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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1920
Page
4
An overheard lunchroom conversation shows Joe avoiding dates with factory girls who seek parties, while a woman narrator contemplates lessons in chivalry and women’s place. Joe insists he cannot go with girls, hinting at social pressures and youth romance in 1920.
A Chicago official urges a return to sane prosperity after a period of extravagance. He argues prices should be managed by public restraint, warns against overexpansion, and calls for business labor and politics to unite for rational national growth.
The text notes upcoming August special elections for state legislators in Tennessee connected to a constitutional suffrage amendment. It argues these races could attract attention as a near‑certain test of public opinion on women’s suffrage in the South, potentially shaping the legislature’s stance before a broader ratification effort.
A fragment reviews a story by Edith B. Moriarty noting a clash of societal views. It discusses a fifteen year old Italian boy named Joe driven from his mother to a home, his struggles with Red Tape, and life in a three room tenement. The piece contrasts intelligent women with demoralizing city oversight and hints at the boy’s hardships and a directorial interest.
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson sister of the late Theodore Roosevelt and widow of Theodore Douglas Robinson serves on the Republican national committee's executive panel for the campaign. She has been a leading woman worker, praised for a Chicago convention speech supporting Leonard Wood, and later backed Harding. She also writes poems such as At Sagamore the Chief Lies Low.
A posting by Mrs. Sutton seeking a general housekeeper draws a colorfully impractical applicant who admits she cannot cook wash or sweep, claiming only that she can do duats. A later audience interruption involves a misidentified Mr. Smith, provoking relieved laughter. The piece ends with a quip about Rex Beach.
Five boys were aboard a boat that capsized near Hazelwood in the Monongahela River. Two boys, William Milton 16 and Thomas Barrett 13, died. Charles Gormley 16, John Welshman 15, and Harry Kinley 17 were rescued. May Leezer 16, a girl on a nearby houseboat, heard the cries and helped by rowing to the scene.
Reverend Dabritz will conduct preaching Sunday morning in Salem inviting all to attend. Mrs Bertha Shannon and her daughter visiting Cleveland relatives with Cecil Perry family. Annie Morgan from Lancaster visiting her parents Evan and Mrs Morgan for two weeks. Mrs William Six and two children visit Bruce McNeal family over Sunday. Clarence Burt and son Guy with Eva Burt visit Salem and George VanMeter shown with a new threshing machine. Harvest work is active in the area.
In Sharpsburg R D 2 the community enjoys a two week enforced pause amid summer visitors who lift spirits. Farmers report good harvests though corn is weedy. A surprise party for Mrs G W Hanson draws 65 guests. Local families travel for medical care and visits as illnesses affect residents.
A Bern area letter complains about state route 157 paving delays on Sharpsburg Hill. Residents urge clear plans from commissioners and joke about local politics while noting other social happenings including visits by Miss Gladys Dickson Glen Smith and Ella Barnes.
Dover Ohio women praise Thurber & Yeo's Herb Wonder and Thurber's Quick Relief for health issues from flu and sore throat to stomach trouble and constipation. Testimonies from Mrs E R Pearl and Mrs M J Warther claim complete cures. Sold by The Cline Pharmacy Co and other dealers.
Thomas J. Tully, architect, leaves for Norfolk to serve as general headquar ters while supervising the erection of a new town for the R. L. Dollings Company of Columbus. The North Carolina project near Norfolk will include utilities water and sewer systems and may last several years. The town has been named New Holland and construction will start once materials arrive. Tully previously led the Athens Home Company which planned houses in Athens but was blocked by costs and transport issues.
Beaumont brief items report church attendance by Mr. and Mrs. George Shafer, business trips by Mrs. J. H. Lock and Mr. L. W. Russell to Nelsonville, and improvements in health of Mrs. Emmett Ar. Others note bone coal hauling by Frank Hill and several local workers returning to duty after illness. A fatal accident near Lakeville claims Mrs Grace Miller when a blind horse fell and dragged them over an embankment. An aviation night locating device is described for aircraft by engine sound.
Circle Hill resident Miss Cleo Wilkinson visits Akron relatives while Mrs. Harry Wilkinson hosts. Nelsonville visitors include Mrs. McNabb and Mrs. Thompson with children, and Mr. Pearl Lehman in Logan. Stephen Oakley of Columbus visits his mother, Mrs. John Smith. Mr. Henry Parks travels to Nelsonville, and aged Mr. Smith shows signs of improvement after illness. John Devol visits Nelsonville. Howard Bateman drives there as well with Phillip Devol.
Murray City visitors stop by Tuesday. Mrs. Charles Downhour and mother from Nelsonville visit. Mr. and Mrs. William Devol and daughter Leona from Nelsonville call. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Hite of Pomeroy call. Theodore Hammerling mowed to Logan. Mrs. Thomas Sweazy of Columbus visits daughter Mrs. Clifford Hawk.
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