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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1921
Page
8
Dotty greets Mrs Flamingo a wading bird who explains how long legs and neck help her wade and find food. Happy Giggles introduces the encounter, and the trio muses on why creatures are made as they are as Mrs Flamingo departs by flight.
A scattered clipping surveys odd notes from diverse topics. It mentions self harm timing statistics, how Chinese stokers tolerate heat, Cornwall China clay processing, cane chair seat maintenance, sealing wax etiquette, royal colors, and oak galls housing a jumping worm larva that animates the gall.
In a barnyard search, Rover the dog finally uncovers the twins hidden under the front wagon seat amid straw and roat hair, after they briefly disappear among pallets and poultry yard mischief. The scene shifts to Arline and Ned debating romance, marriage, and the memory of old days.
An intimate note reveals Ned joking about his secretary Awley and Dr. Peter as he quips that Awley may never marry. Ned predicts Awley will marry Dr. Peter and settle in Darbyville as domesticated.
A hippopotamus sustains itself on about 200 pounds of food each day, highlighting its substantial eating needs and grazing pattern within its enclosure.
Columbus July 26. State highway officials rejected Senator Bond of Urbana claiming the state is squandering money on public roads. Herrick noted current road projects differ from older ones and must be judged by present conditions. Blosser, highway engineer, opened past contract records and Herrick said figures will prove themselves.
Mrs Annie Miller aged 75 a pioneer resident of North Baltimore Ohio died after a stroke of paralysis on July 26. Her dying wish was to pass away the same day as her daughter who was killed by a train weeks earlier and she died almost simultaneously with her daughter.
The article extols steady saving over speculation, noting the virtues of thrift and persistence. It advertises liberal interest and invites new accounts for Buckeye State Building and Loan Co at Rankin Bridge, 22 West Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio.
Wrightstown Miss Edna Swart stays with relatives at Chauncey. Miss Lucy Carpenter of Athens visits her mother Mrs. Cora Carpenter. Alfred Rhodes and daughter Dorothy Louise visit, with William Wogan of Athens, at C. C. Mills. Marie Morris hosts Miss Mary Tall of Joy. J. H. Archer of Glouster calls on A. T. Archer. Wendy Williamson visits uncle Clyde Dulaney at Joy. Flossie Ball calls on grandmother Mrs. Hogsett. Mary and Chester Ball with Marie Morris attend Athens street carnival. Aaron Ball and Herbert Ball with two sons visit William Triplett at Trimble.
The Philadelphia court recently appointed a lunacy commission composed entirely of women, marking a historic shift in the judicial panel handling mental health cases.
Six American banks including National City Bank and Guaranty Trust Co were served notices by Charles Recht, a Russian soviet agent, to halt $324 million payments. The funds, allegedly Bakmetieff proceeds from Kerensky government contracts, were to be paid only to accredited soviet agents. National City Bank is said to hold about $146.8 million tied to ship charter contracts with the United States Shipping Board.
Berlin reports updated WWI losses from 1914 to 1918 totaling 1,792,368 killed and 4,246,874 wounded. An additional 300,000 men are listed as missing. Navy losses amount to 34,256 killed and 31,085 wounded.
The writer Zona Gale has been appointed as a member of the Wisconsin free library commission, adding an accomplished author to the state body.
Advertisement promotes a no cost asthma relief method with promises of immediate benefit. It targets long standing and new cases alike and urges readers to mail a coupon today for a free trial without paying postage or money.
Five men were on trial for the May 30 murder of George A. Lewis in Clinton Tennessee. Tom Christmas Charles Petrie Otto Steans and John H McClure were found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to die in the electric chair.
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