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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1921
Page
4
A Fed board chairman criticizes mindless activity and excess bureaucracy in business and banking. He urges personal accountability over titles, warns against overreliance on charts, and stresses knowing people and their viewpoints. He ends by urging filial duty and moral duty, asking if one lives up to a mother's hopes.
The piece argues Governor Small of Illinois may resist arrest and arraignment under immunity, suggesting impeachment as the remedy. It cites Jefferson’s Burr case as a precedent, notes the governor’s independent executive role, and states that removal via impeachment would allow arrest and trial after leaving office.
A reflection-question piece urges readers to consider if they meet their mother’s expectations. It asks readers to pause, reflect, and honestly assess their character against the hoped for standard.
A party tours an English abbey where a verger notes an arch may date to William the Conqueror. A sightseer jokes about sending it back, asking if it suits them. A dentist tells mothers to brush their children’s teeth, but one mother quips her children will duel for the toothbrush.
Mary fears her gift will reflect her age but is relieved when four dozen roses arrive. Her younger brother counts the blooms and notes the bouquet exceeds by twenty, prompting a humorous correction from the young man.
A fragmentary column parodies public figures and trends. The writer remarks on opera singers, crop weather, a fall play, crown princes traveling, phonograph records as pie plates, and a jab at Hugh Midity’s tenure.
Washington July 25 A new exhibit at the national Museum shows balsa wood as the lightest known. A yard long beam weighs 1.6 pounds while a box of balsa acts as an iceless refrigerator. Balsa grows rapidly in Central America and the tropics and is used for life rafts buoys and aircraft parts.
A rambling diary of train travel from Athens to Hamden and Chillicothe. The narrator notes conductor camaraderie, social scenes, small town characters, and reflections on life, memory, and travel. Mentions Florence Hwangs, Bartells, Vickers, and a wartime flag escort, ending with a question about Belgium languages.
The notice hints at a county fair with a local firm distributing watermelons. Rumors claim each melon may contain a shot of alcohol. The author urges calm and orderly guidance as plans proceed.
A playful verse lists all twelve months as unlucky for getting married, suggesting a superstition themed note on wedding timing. The lines read as a calendar spoof with month by month hesitation about nuptial plans.
The jovial city editor Charles Harris is described as enjoying Lake Michigan seaside activities and has reportedly been awarded a barbed wire bathing suit for being the most handsome chap on the beach.
A local note expresses regret that one cannot join the American Legion Band due to inability to play a player piano as the group plans a gathering of boys meeting tonight.
The Athens Messenger describes an Information Bureau by Frederick Haskin in Washington D C offering plain questions for two cents return postage. It clarifies the bureau gives information not legal medical or financial advice and does not settle domestic disputes.
The text lists questions and concise answers on topics like calendars in China, St Ursula legend, corsets in France, transport deaths, US oil pipelines, Custer burial, Suez Canal dates, Man o’ War color, tin cans for plants, and cheddar cheese with origins. It presents a snapshot of early 20th century trivia in a quiz format.
Police expect a small riot when Weyland’s Restaurant on Main Street is torn down for a new hotel. The cornerstone allegedly holds about two dozen bottles of real beer, creating a disposal dilemma for authorities and builders.
In Buffalo a dispute over beer found in a city stone pits has split opinions. Prohibition supporters want the alcohol placed in a museum or given to the historical society so children learn what beer looked like. The wets and workers demand to seize and destroy or hide the booze before any display, claiming it will vanish if exhibited.
Sir Ernest Shackleton prepares to start next month on a new Antarctic voyage aboard the 200 ton Quest. The ship, equipped for all scientific work, will carry a specially built airplane to aid navigation and surveying as it concentrates on regions south of the Cape of Good Hope that have not been visited in ninety years.
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