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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1922
Page
6
Its steady growth has given it strength and safety for money. The Buckeye State Building and Loan Company invites your account offering 5 percent and security. Located at Rankin Building, 22 West Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio.
Throughout summer, the federation column seeks news from Ohio clubs about the General Federation biennial meet at Chautauqua New York. Clubs are asked to send reports to Mrs George Elliott McCormick The Plaza Marion Ohio to share ideas on Citizenship day playground work and other club activities.
Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker of Austin Texas urged observances of Fourth and Armistice days focus on citizenship. She called for civic education across all schools and for clubs to form civics classes, highlighting the need for widespread citizenship study and teaching from kindergarten to university.
Two English women smoking during Wagner's Twilight of the Gods at the Munich Opera House were escorted out by a policeman as the audience applauded. The Münchner Nachrichten urged etiquette rules for foreigners, claiming locals revere art as a fetish.
I Staff Correspondent reports July 14 that Arthur Lant rus, a Russian, is probably the first case of its kind. The brief item notes a fine imposed in connection with a professional marriage matter.
A man identified as Laazrus was fined in a London police court for bigamy after evidence showed he married a succession of women to prevent deportation. He charged $100 per marriage and operated as a professional marriage facilitator.
In Honolulu on July 14 a duck billed platypus, first of its kind landed alive in the United States, has been imported from Australia for potential inclusion in the city zoo. The animal, resembling a duck beaver, lays eggs and suckles its young, with previous attempts to establish it north of the equator failing. the price tag is five thousand dollars.
The piece notes a lace revival influenced by Paris and catching on in New York. It describes a modern woman in a black canton crepe dress with ornate sleeves paired with white lace mitts recalling antique styles.
London on July 14 Rev H G Poile Vicar of All Saints Acton devoted a Sunday evening sermon to the youth on courtship and marriage stating that real love cannot be based on frivolous talk. The message aimed to guide young people in relationships and future married life.
A playful ad line promises a fragrance comparison noting that a Blue Devil bath leaves a sweeter scent than Cleopatra. The dated phrasing suggests a marketing tease from a past era.
Sheri dan County farmers fight a severe grasshopper outbreak with United States Government control efforts. Alfred Eastgate says one turkey can eat seven bushels of grasshoppers in a season while farmers are urged to raise flocks. Over six tons of poison mixed with bran and molasses have been used in the past month to combat the pest threatening ranges and farms.
July 14 report says Jacques Jeannes, who betrayed Edith Cavell, an English nurse, had his death penalty commuted to life imprisonment in a ruling announced today.
A Hancock Michigan resident P S Meehan of Elm Street reports a thorough trial of Foley Cathartic Tablets calling them the best laxative. He asserts strong personal satisfaction with the product’s effects.
London dispatch reports Cork remains quiet under irregular rebel control after rumors of a proclaimed republic circulated for three days. No formal declaration has occurred and Cork city is described as isolated and under rebel hold.
Fire starting in an open shed adjacent to Ben Ineskys junk shop on Charles street gutted the shed and a private garage. A car and two valuable horses were lost. The blaze occurred at 10 30 this morning with estimated damage of 8000 dollars.
Washington July 14 Secretary of Agriculture Wallace approves 523500 from National Forest Highway funds for Alaska road work. The next fiscal year will see 55.3 miles of new highways built across the state.
Bloodhounds owned by Deputy Sheriff Thomas Everson traced robbers who stole from CG W B Chapman general claim agent of Monongahela Power and Traction Company. The scent led to a vacant house where officers uncovered a large distillery and hundreds of bottles.
In Mansfield Ohio on July 14 a female star from the Ohio Brass Company girls baseball club impressed fans with power and speed. In a game against the Westinghouse team she hit a home run with bases loaded and raced home ahead of runners from second and third.
Berlin July 14 Munich central station with 32 rails is now the biggest rail station globally. It surpasses St. Louis Paris Gare du Nord and Leipsic in track count and cost, with Munich totaling 30 million marks versus 135 million for Leipsic.
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