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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1923
Page
4
Mrs Frank Webb and her daughters Sylvia were guests Friday of Mr and Mrs Vern Prose at Hamden.
A fragment reflecting on blindness and peril with a biblical citation and an invocation of Milton’s lament. The text contrasts divine guidance with human frailty, mentioning enemies and harsh conditions.
The piece argues for a two sex labor draft in Bulgaria with eight months for men and four for women, applicable 16 to 40 for men and 16 to 30 for women, as a democratic antidote to wealth-based snobbery. It suggests a peacetime service to benefit society, likening it to selective service and calling for systemic balance.
Baldwin states Britain will press for Germany to pay reparations up to its capacity but warns against demanding more, arguing ruinous consequences for Germany, Britain, allies, and Europe. He implies U S moral support without direct responsibility, reflecting American public sentiment.
The passage contrasts tastes of luxury enjoyed by the rich with the grim routine endured by the poor during the draft period. It suggests social leveling as a deliberate outcome, framing privilege and hardship as contrasting experiences in society.
The piece argues wheat hardship hurts American farmers but benefits consumers through cheaper flour and grain. It credits abundant world supply as the cause, notes other crops fare better, and predicts farmers will reduce wheat planting over time, cautioning against rushed legislation that could disturb economic forces.
Government chemists isolated apple flavor compounds and created a synthetic apple oil that mimics aroma and taste. The oil is volatile, cannot be heated, and enhances ice cream and cold drinks. A New York firm is first to commercialize the patented process.
Government chemists describe cassina as a natural 1.90 percent American beverage. A cassina ice cream with vanilla-like flavor was prepared during Shriner’s Convention in Washington, sold downtown, and reportedly satisfied attendees. The article also lists Canal traffic figures for 1922, major world churches by seating capacity, and other trivia on printing removal, copyrights, irrigation, and Wagner’s Bechstein piano.
Summer beauty inspires a plea for gentler faith as the Athens Messenger criticizes a local pastor for sensationalism and meddling in civic life. The piece argues for separation of church and state and laments overdrawn sermons that focus on rumor rather than plain record.
Rumor claims a secret gathering at Alonzo Ridgeway’s apartments last week with Chas Hayden as guard. Attendees John Parker Mont Ruth and Ridgeway. Ridgeway and Ruth reportedly intend to swing votes to Parker in the next election.
A brief note urges readers to place ads in the Mess enger Want Ad section to sell ripe blackberries and highlights the potential financial benefit of advertising.
Sunday guest Cletus Mulligarros visits Mr. and Mrs. Potter near Amesville. Emma Cord of Springfield visits her mother Mrs. Lucetta Dean this week. A. G. Henry travels to Columbus then Detroit aiming for a new Hudson Sedan. Edward Moore sustains wrist fracture after his horse fell while rounding cattle. Hetty Ahle’s barn on Wrightstown road burns in a lightning strike. hay and farm implements lost, no insurance.
A heavy Thursday evening downpour in the local area reached 2% inches in about two hours, the worst since last August’s flood. Fields near Phillips farm and along the Athens road showed corn and meadows flattened in mud, with some crops salvaged by cutting from the mud. Gilchrist left six shocks of wheat in a field while McDaniel lost part of his crop though most was stored or moved to higher ground.
Mr and Mrs T M Keirna on Trimble road host over Sunday visitors Mr and Mrs Ray Byron and their three children plus Mrs Elizabeth Byron of Columbus. Mrs Byron the elder will stay longer for a visit.
McArthur residents visit relatives in Long Bottom and Columbus while others host guests at home. Notable visitors include Miss Gladys Witte from Rio Grande with her parents, H S Jordan of Lancaster, and Ed Hunter of Swan Township. The column also records miscellaneous questions and trivia alongside moves to Columbus for summer work.
Readers are invited to send questions to the Athens Messenger Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC. The service provides information only and cannot offer legal medical or financial advice or resolve domestic troubles. Include full name address and two cents postage for return.
Mrs. Charles Harper and daughter Brinetta of near Dundas were business callers here. Wrifav.
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