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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1922
Page
4
The piece notes unions split over sympathy actions with shop workers. Locomotive engineers may refuse to run even with engines in repair, risking service delays. The President issues a proclamation on national rights and mail transport while railroads face operational trouble and potential broader impact.
The piece argues Germany should pay war indemnities promptly with penalties if delays occur, to prevent France bearing undue burden. It condemns Germany’s postwar finances as a disgrace, noting its prewar prosperity and ongoing avoidance of payment measures, and contrasts with Russia and Lenin.
A stranger at the mahogany orders drinks with a live toad placed before him. He explains his drinking system: when one toad sits there he stays for a few more rounds, when two toads appear he leaves, and he never stays after three. The crowd reacts with amused disbelief.
An old woman brings her underfed pig to a physician. He suggests seeing the vet, but she replies she has no confidence in him as he is so thin himself.
Eloise welcomes women’s political activity as a fresh topic while commenting on a theater season. She jokes about customers, from bloomer reviews to fingernail biters, a baseball man with knotted fingers, and a newspaper man who treats two fingers as baby dolls with a special perfume. The Bull Moose death hoax is mentioned.
Frederic J. Haskin reports that within three years the United States will have a highway system surpassing all others. The Post Office appropriation totals 190 million dollars for state participation plus 10.9 million for national forests, aiming to exceed 25 thousand miles of Fed‑aid roads, bringing total federal and state mileage to about 71 thousand miles. The plan emphasizes maintenance by states, avoidance of railroad crossings, and a vast forest-road program in 23 states led by Oregon and California allocations.
Athens Ohio diary notes a day of chores church lessons and observations on Prohibition. Sheriff Parker mentions Herb Dillinger and Palmer Wood while social meetings, a parade committee, and a riverfront picnic frame a slice of town life with local humor and concerns about liberty and enforcement.
Information column invites readers to send questions to the Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington. The service answers factual queries but offers no legal medical or financial advice and does not handle domestic issues. Include full name address stamp return postage and request replies be sent directly to the inquirer.
The Pittsfield works of General Electric will supply the program for WGY on Thursday July 27 with instrumental and vocal numbers and an address on Money Value of an Education by S W Ashe of Pittsfield works. A lifesaving task by Harry MacManus will air during the 7 45 program Friday. Wireless innovations include a wireless receiver worn as a ring and a match box wireless receiving station.
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