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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1921
Page
4
The article extols the 145th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, praising American growth and urging citizens to honor the pledge of the nation’s founders. It compares past sacrifice to present opportunities for peaceful global leadership and warns against faltering in this rebirth moment.
An examination of preventable fatalities highlights high highway deaths in the United States with 91,000 lives lost in the last nineteen months and 166 traffic fatalities in New York during May. The piece urges stronger traffic regulation, child safety, and psychiatric crisis intervention, noting declines in railroad deaths after reform and calling for broader life-preserving policies.
A doctor recounts dinner table tales with a medical donor candidate failing to answer questions. A bookmaker on deathbed seeks confession, and a clergyman endures long hours at the bedside. He finally reports the dying man confessed only up to 1892.
An economical wife asks for $2 more weekly citing high living costs. her husband offers $1, calling her extravagant. Amelia retorts with a bitter laugh about saving her wedding dress for over thirty years in case of a future marriage.
A collage of ironic maxims and quips on civilization, wealth, physician roles, and society. Miscellany notes include remarks on motor fuel from pipeapples, dress costs, murders reported, long journeys, and social sayings from Russian wisdom, with a final line on Russia watching its steppes.
Washington July 1 A detailed guide on proper flag etiquette ahead of the Fourth of July. Notes on how to display the Stars and Stripes, dress lapels, handling when the flag passes, and rules for bunting and night display. Emphasizes reverence and laws protecting the flag’s use.
A 100 day campaign across 169 newspapers argues recovery hinges on business buyers and consumers reaping full value. Editors, ads, and editorials reach nearly 5 million daily readers in 25 million homes with vast economic impact and costs outlined.
Editorials emphasize how advertising aids buyers with present benefits and future savings. They highlight price concessions by forward looking merchants as part of economic readjustment and advocate advertising as a force restoring normal life. The pieces have drawn national notice from journalism schools and industry groups.
The staunchest aid to the buyer in his praiseworthy effort to make his every dollar do its full duty. A cautious shopper champions value and prudent spending, urging careful choices and smart purchases amid steady local commerce.
A Q A page answers on cricket extermination using boiling water and ginger, climate zones with warm dry elevations, fur production, spiral gas lighters, American citizenship by birth, first tariff law in 1789, abbreviation rules, Algonquin Mississippi meaning, Cuba’s farm staples, and the usage of nee in French names.
Dawn patrol of locals including Professor Cooper and others heads to the depot to watch the circus unload. W. H. Nice of New Marshfield has waited since eight this morning for the parade amid a huge crowd.
A first person account of a small town circus bustling with characters. Chauncey residents like Chauncey, C. B. Bradfield, Jim Richards and others are noted as spectators, workers, or merchants. The narrator mentions feeds, balloons, clowns, a Mrs Lawhead, and a parade while reflecting on old friends, local politics, and everyday life. The piece weaves humor and pride through glimpses of neighbors and places such as Chauncey, New Marshfield, Glouster, and Morgan County.
An Ohio University professor collected fifteen cents from students to buy a fan for a hot classroom. The fan has helped the room, but a caller claims he carries it home each night and returns it at dawn, using it for private purposes unknown to students.
A woman informs of her pet dog’s passing at her summer lakeside retreat. She recalls the dog’s companionship and asks a stranger she does not know to join her on a lake outing, expressing hope for companionship.
A local observer recalls predicting trouble for Dr Higgins over nose glasses worn on the ear. He notes Higgins overbalanced and fell into an embankment the other night, not expecting the eyewear to cause so much trouble.
At the Churches on Sunday July 3 a Sunday School lesson covers the Early Life of Saul and his training using Acts 21:89 and 22:3 28. The golden text urges hearing his voice and not hardening hearts from Hebrews 3:7 8. Christian Endeavor focuses on Thy Will be Done with With My Strength from Matthew 6:7 15. Epworth League topics include Thy King me in the World and Matthew 3:47.
The Church of God on Hocking Street led by Pastor B F Timmons holds Sunday school at 9:00 a.m. and morning worship at 10:00 a.m. The evening service is at 7:30 p.m. with the sermon Is Christ Divided. All are welcome.
The notice invites attendance at a Sunday service at 10 45 A M with the subject God and the golden text Psalms 91 2 9 30 A M Sunday school and a Wednesday meeting at 7 30 P M are also announced all are invited to attend
E D Crane is pastor with Sunday school at 9 A M. Morning preaching at 10 15 A M and 7 30 P M. Evening service announced with Sunday school at 10 and preaching at 5 30 P M.
A Sunday schedule from First Baptist Church lists Music Hall as venue with A Homer C Smith as pastor. Sunday school begins 9 15 A M, morning worship 10 15 A M, and a young people service follows at 6 30 P M.
Abbott Y. Wilcox to lead Sabbath school at 9:00 and Regular Communion with sermon by Rev. A. C. Hacke at 10:30. Christian Endeavor meeting at 6:30. Mid-week prayer services follow.
A cordial invitation is extended to attend the services scheduled for Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. The notice emphasizes a welcoming atmosphere and encourages community participation.
Pastor C Lloyd Strecker leads Sunday school at 9, morning worship at 10 30 with a communion meditation The Epworth at 6 30 discusses Thy Kingdom Come In the World The 7 30 evening service features an opticon lecture The Life of Bishop Bashford Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 welcomes all
Minister E D Murch invites all to morning worship at nine, evening service at ten, and a 7 30 p m prayer service. A 45 minute song service features old spiritual hymns. Adults and intermediates welcome with reports from the State EB Convention and student groups noted.
Pastor L. R. Roberts hosts a preaching schedule with a morning service at 10 00 and an evening service at 7 30 Rev Floyd Bostick of Ironton attends to begin a fifteen day meeting Sunday morning Three more services are planned on Monday July 4 at 9 00 2 00 and 7 30 with daily 7 30 services throughout the week Everyone is welcome.
The report records local visits by Misses Mable Williams Lois Cecil Bea trice Porter Pauline Lacy and Jay Morris visiting relatives in Amesville Marietta and Athens. It notes cattle killed by lightning on the Howard farm a barn strike at John Flemirng farm minor injuries to King family members and a medical call for blood poisoning. It also mentions a recent game at McConnelsville with a 10 to 2 score and an invitation for Sheriff Parker to seek Detective Sid Carpenter across the divide.
A man with oil connections trapped a suspect who had been missing a robe and a machine. The accused claimed to have found the robe but faced further questions. Dr. Weber arrived after a two month course in Cleveland.
United Press report from Washington notes a tense bloc within the senate as farmers press for resistance to limiting legislation. The session summary includes opposition to a peace resolution, navy funding awaiting senate action, and Senator McCumber signaling the soldier bonus bill after the maternity bill.
Paris July 1 small betting action on Georges Carpentier for tomorrow’s match. Opening quotes 3 to 1 on Carpentier or 2 to 1 later. Only a few bets were placed as Dempsey gained support with early odds.
A Seattle home for working girls sets room and board at forty percent of each resident’s wage. The policy ties housing costs directly to earnings, reflecting a earnings-based rate structure.
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