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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1924
Page
4
A verbose column in Athens detailing scams and jokes about taxes, rats, and public finances. It blends satirical letters about rat infestations, government statistics, and local notices with trivia Q and A on historical topics. The writer mocks funding and civic life while referencing figures and local sources.
A brief quotation collection notes that each person gets reward or consequence from labor and deeds. It cites a biblical verse from first Corinthians and a line about divine justice matching cause and effect. The pair contrast heavenly regulation of outcomes with deserved punishment for the wicked per Corneille.
The article argues Lenine kept Russia intact during a weak, fragmented era and conducted a practical test of socialism. It credits him with preserving a unified Russian state and steering socialism toward a workable, mixed economy, noting his concessions to land reform and private capital while splitting from Trotzky.
A U S Senate bill would stop importation manufacture and sale of pistols in the United States. Advocates say disarming criminals at home is as vital as disarming foreign powers.
An essay argues insurance or assurance as the core motive for intelligent social organization. It calls property insurance a vital economic tool and a civilizational service, built by private initiative and essential to prosperity and welfare.
In a New York speech Senator Borah argues against pairing tax reduction with the bonus, stating that a temporary $140,000,000 to $150,000,000 relief cannot mask a permanent $4,000,000,000 to $5,000,000,000 obligation. He warns Congress that tax cuts and bonuses are mutually exclusive.
The piece argues foreign foes pose little danger while bureaucratic growth threatens democracy. It cites the current administration’s push to cut spending and criticizes the budget system started under Harding as insufficient to curb entrenching tax-based power.
Washington January 25 Mexicans disturbances renew talk of U S purchase of Lower California the 750 mile long peninsula with arid central desert and potential irrigation. Articles note water shortages and possible river mouth control, historic Walker filibuster, Jesuit aqueducts, mineral wealth and Rothschild concessions as factors in a possible annexation debate.
The article notes an uncertain rat population per head in Union and says details are awaited from Snedden the historian librarian and recorder of events in that small town.
A fragment from a Poultry and Pets column urges readers to raise baby chicks as an alternative to feeding rats. The text mentions a father at the golf links and a mother killing rats, with a call to spend money saved on feeding rats to feed chickens.
The Athens Messenger information bureau invites readers to mail questions for answers. Include full name and address, enclose two cents for return postage, and note the bureau cannot provide legal medical or financial advice nor settle domestic troubles.
Zev won the Belmont Purse for 38000 dollars, the Kentucky Derby 53600 dollars, and the International Race 80500 dollars. His total official winnings amount to 286573 dollars and 57 cents according to the Jockey Club record.
In London a nearly six year silent marriage ended when desertion proceedings were heard at Marylebone Magistrates Court. The wife testified they shared a home yet never spoke for years while the husband offered no words other than a written note. The magistrate ordered the husband to contribute to his wife's maintenance.
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