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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1923
Page
4
University of Illinois tests show rotation alone doubles corn yields from 27.8 to 55.6 bushels and rotation with soil treatment reaches 83.3 bushels. Researchers urge farmers to vary crops to combat pests and diseases and to seek guidance from agricultural schools and the federal department of agriculture.
The sun, our light and heat source, steadies after weeks of disruption labeled a warpath. Evening December to January saw powerful solar storms visible as sunspots, some larger than Earth, with astronomers attributing the cause to ongoing solar activity.
TOM SIMS quips on Russia and a claim of thirty million eager to fight. Pennsylvania Governor trims pay, a Cape May trucker repeats train collisions as a bad habit. A reformer is shocked by radio broadcasts while government notes silver dollars wear out faster and workers face cursing at work.
Frederic J. Haskin reports on wildlife recovery in the United States driven by federal migratory bird treaties protecting ducks and geese during breeding season. The piece covers buffalo recovery, predator control, bounty issues, poison campaigns, border hunts, prairie dog eradication, rabies control, silver fox farms, martens in captivity, reindeer expansion, and a grizzly bear kill in Arizona with substantial livestock losses.
Advertising rates on application at Home or Foreign offices. Nominal charge for obituary, cards of thanks are National Advertising Representatives: Robert Ward Inc. 601 Fifth Ave New York City and 6 South Wabash Avenue Chicago
A rainy Athens day closes with McKinley Day as the town reassesses the holiday, shoppers seek shelter, and night crowds fill Court Street. The scene shifts from morning commuters and umbrellas to evening revelry with cinema goers, a bank clerk, and a dentist among the patrolling streets as lights glow along Park Place.
A friend near the Court House corner recalls a Messenger report claiming 25 feet of snow in Northern New York last week. He would ride the next train to see it again to dig fodder from the snow for yearlings, a scene familiar to many.
The piece urges immediate action to eradicate the Ku Klux Klan, calling it a deadly poison endangering right-minded citizens across 48 states for months. It argues for concerted efforts to "kill the murderous" organization and shut it down.
The Athens Messenger announces an Information Bureau offering readers a Q and A service run by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington. The bureau answers information questions but will not provide legal medical or financial advice nor handle domestic matters. Submit question with full name address and two cents postage for return.
The 1920 census shows the largest percentage population increases over ten years in Grand Rapids Michigan Hamtramck near Detroit Miami Florida Wichita Oaks Texas Norwalk Connecticut Tulsa Oklahoma and Bethlehem Pennsylvania. The content also covers snow in Australia yolk substitutes for custards and Marine Band summer concerts beginning 1854 along with orange cowry shells and their value and natives’ honors.
A compact saying notes that four hours of intense thinking exhausts the tissues as much as ten hours of manual labor. The observation contrasts mental strain with physical toil in a concise remark.
W L Chalmers unearthed a 66 pound blue granite rock image near Grand Lake Colorado six feet underground during irrigation work. It shows a seated figure with a three fingered hand holding a tablet bearing glyphs possibly linked to Aztecs Utes or Mormons. If authentic, it could prove remote antiquity of man and outdate other carvings.
In Hagen two well dressed men visited a jeweller and after a ring vanished both suspects allowed a search. Police investigated with detectives and X rays revealed one man had swallowed the ring, exposing the clever theft.
Boston January 27 Auto foot is the latest foot trouble caused by stepping on the gas says Dr Nathaniel Levington Boston foot specialist The complaint affects the right foot from pressure on the accelerator causing pain numbness in the foot and leg Cramps in the calf muscles accompany the condition Massage and exercise are advised by physicians to effect a cure
Elyria Ohio January 27 farmers in the region plow early as dry fall leaves soil loose and workable with no hard freeze in sight. Local reports note the soil turns over easily enabling rapid field work for planting season.
Law students at Kansas University voted at convocation to institute an honor system for examinations. Each student caught cheating or aiding others will be reported to a faculty member. Law class members pledged to help expose cheaters, with potential "kangaroo court" for offenders.
A Berlin traveler was accused by a woman of attacking her on a train. she described torn blouse and hair in disarray, but the man pointed to a cigar ash, nearly an inch long, as proof. It emerged the woman had entered his apartment uninvited and had tried to extort money, threatening a false charge.
Verses reflect on vanity and illusion amid earthly joys and sorrows. The quoted lines contrast worldly glitz with heavenly truth, invoking Ecclesiastes and Thomas Moore to frame human experience as transitory.
Medina Ohio January 29 Carrier Nichols had a narrow escape when coal oil used in a radiator exploded and set the machine aflame consuming his Henry. No further injuries reported.
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