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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1922
Page
4
The Athens Messenger prints advertising rate information and office locations. It lists home and foreign offices and mentions obituary cards for banks and other notices. It notes national representatives Robert and Ward Inc. with addresses in New York City and Chicago.
The Department of Labor reports improved industry and rising employment in every state after a period of low mood. Agriculture auto and building sectors boom while coal and cotton textile lag due to labor shortages. Director General Jones says the country is returning to an employment basis with labor issues as the main barrier to full prosperity.
Congress considers a bill to grant independent citizenship to married women. Previously alien wives gained citizenship by marriage to a naturalized man, with no English required, while American wives who married foreigners lost citizenship. The measure seeks equal, self-contained naturalization regardless of marriage.
A housewife laments the electric laundry machine shortening her laundress’s work week from two to one day. The laundress resists, while both sides clash over industrial labor shifts illustrating women’s entry into industrial and political struggles.
A fragment discusses writing for a Christmas magazine in June and the challenge of producing a story. It notes a woman’s dilemma between husband and career and suggests letting the man escape. An English artist comments on a changing American female face.
A jumble of humor and anecdotes from the Cedar Radios Times features Prof Gregory captivating a lecture audience, along with quips about false teeth luxury, aging chorus girls, a Tiffany’s caper, New Jersey tobacco chewing, Mr Ford’s vast bank accounts, home made phonograph records, and suspenders as the best bet.
A Brooklyn man was shot in a lunchroom according to a headline. The brief item notes a vital spot and a tense scene as a detail unfolds in the city.
Washington reports a surge among German and Austrian youths calling themselves the Freie Deutsche Jugend. Ranging from preteens to 25, they reject old social and economic ties seeking absolute liberty. Statesmen fear shifts in reparations and labor, while adults and professors endorse the movement, aiming for a broader emancipation and global peace.
Roger W Babson outlines that declining wholesale money rates signal lower retail costs in coming months. He argues banks and borrowers should adapt, believing the high rate era may be ending and money will be more available for homes schools roads and construction.
The author emphasizes the value of minor技巧 in golf from tee setup to grip and stance. He advises low tees, selecting shots away from out-of-bounds, choosing drivers versus brassies on short holes, and maintaining a firm hold on irons. He also stresses decisive, single-minded execution and practice to cure the habit of looking up before striking.
Questions and answers cover legal holidays home economics aircraft altitude and a 1913 baseball forfeiture in the American League. The Athens Messenger quiz column notes Decoration Day status Arkansas Florida Louisiana Michigan Mississippi North and South Carolina Texas no longer legal holidays and mentions Confederate Memorial Day in North and South Carolina.
The story profiles W. B. Southerton and William Roberts during the Gainesville clash. Southerton flees rebels with a colored escort as Roberts, wounded, battles through swamps and bullets before capture. Both end up at Andersonville prison. next installment promises their grim ordeal.
Merle Atkinson, son of Mrs. H L Atkinson of Lancaster Street, has returned from an extensive trip through eastern Europe. He toured Azores Lisbon Gibraltar Italy Switzerland France England Wales Scotland Ireland Belgium and Germany, inspecting coal mines in Wales and noting postwar rebuilding, agriculture, and factory activity. He heads to receive his Ohio University degree soon.
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