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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1922
Page
4
Advertising rates on application at Home or Foreign offices. Nominal charge for obituary cards of banks. National Advertising Representatives Robert M. Ward Inc. lists addresses at 501 Fifth Ave New York City and 5 South Wabash Avenue Chicago.
A proposed amendment to the tariff bill would allow officers to board vessels within six marine leagues of the U S coast to enforce the liquor laws, extending national enforcement from three to 18 miles. Critics warn it could trigger international tensions and reshapes global navigation with Britain at risk of spillover searches.
A distorted fashion note from a 1920s style column praises brave men wearing tight-fitting clothes with pearl buttons in colors like pale green and honey. It questions who in town will dare to express emotion in such attire after decades of rigid masculine restraint.
A narrator recalls staying at a seaside resort with a flashy name. He laments the place’s empty promises like fresh garden truck and canned fare. He notes the resort’s poor boating, early bedtimes, and swarming mosquitoes, contrasting it with the comfort of home.
A reformer calls for a moral awakening while a platform scene prompts a witty interruption from a tall woman. A veteran minister then shares a matrimonial advice card urging partners to understand and support each other through various temptations and trials.
In a Louisiana scene during cane grinding a stern elder scolds a boy for eating sugar cane saying cane killed Abel. The old man warns the child about excess and invokes the biblical warning.
In New York, Oscar of the Waldorf Astoria introduces a diet service with eight menus for twenty conditions including overweight, diabetes, colitis, and rheumatism. Each menu guides guests with specific foods and doctor‑approved guidance to simplify dieting and reduce waiter guidance.
Roger W Babson in New York with rail interests predicts a freight car shortage this fall due to limited equipment and repairs. He says coal and grain volumes will strain rail capacity, potentially lifting prices of raw materials and securities while rail earnings improve in the short term.
The poem contrasts Robert Paut who squanders berries and cache with Ben Spry who saves for hard times. It praises preppers who harvest, can, and store fruit to feed livestock and family, while laments future shortages for the unprepared. The piece notes berry use, jams, wine, and cellar stock as practical foresight.
Readers are invited to mail questions to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau Frederic J Haskin Director Washington D C The service provides information not advice on legal medical or financial matters and requires full name address two cents for return postage All replies sent directly to inquireants
The text explains that three shots out of bounds followed by a ball staying in play counts as a stroke and distance penalty, with seven strokes plus eight to reach the ball unless a local rule changes the penalty. It also covers superstition about two-dollar bills and Kipling’s son’s fate, plus definitions of industrial efficiency and buzzard flight propulsion.
A reader asks about gravity aiding bird gliding and coasting. The Geological Survey reports no producing wells at 5000 feet, with 4736 feet in Richfield and 4682 feet in Santa Fe Springs. Other queries cover Salon Carre naming, dwarf language, plant life timing, caterpillar stings, and Norwegian sea freezing patterns.
White Hall and Columbus area residents shared weekend visits and family time. Frank Hooper hosted Mr. and Mrs. Adam Niggemeyer and a guest. Eda Moore visited Columbus with W. C. Parker. Wood Higgins returned from Albuquerque to visit Cyrus Higgins and family. Weekend reporters include G. C. Lawson, C. S. Moore and daughters Edna and Bertha, Ray Moore, and Richland avenue residents. Additional visits: G. E. Tribe with Frank Kenney in Pleasant Valley. Herb Moore and sons with Ada Parker. Mack Braley and wife called on Wella ton relatives. Difford Kern and Lenore visited G. H. Kern and family.
Plains Methodist Church holds Sunday School at 9:30 and preaching at 10:30 led by Rey L Dabritz. New Marshfield hosts preaching and song at 1:09 with evening prayer and praise at 7:00. The Salem Sunday School plans a big noon dinner and all day outing inviting all to attend.
Arthur E. Robinson of Columbus visited Thursday with Okey Hall on his way home from Letart Falls where he was saddened by the death of his mother.
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