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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1923
Page
4
A pair of quotations contrasts scattershot generosity with steady giving and links ongoing kindness to character. The Proverbs verse notes that generosity grows, while withholding leads to poverty. Sterne remarks that casual acts of good nature differ from a continual disposition toward kindness.
The article notes ten months ending in April showing U S exports totaling 3 265 billion dollars with items such as nearly 2 000 000 pounds of chewing gum over 8 000 000 pounds of candy and 1 500 000 gallons of fruit juices and flavorings. It mentions yeast 2 400 000 pounds and 12 000 000 pounds of prunes plus 30 000 000 dozen eggs and 380 000 000 pounds of tobacco and pipes and 9 000 000 billion cigarettes.
Opinion argues for mandatory one year of housewifery training for all girls after elementary education, with free public schools and living arrangements provided. Proposes equal approach for boys to learn a trade, framing as social progress and balance in education.
The British government paid 69 million dollars to the United States as semiannual interest on four point six billion in war borrowings, using Liberty Bonds. Britain has been buying Second 414s in the open market, lowering a profit to at least 1.4 million, while US bonds delivered will be cancelled reducing national indebtedness and stabilizing Liberty markets.
Washington study shows high rents and the automobile drive urban growth. Urban centers shrink as suburbs expand, with parking policies altering downtown trade. Experts warn future cities will feature distant retail hubs and outlying finance districts as car use rises.
Opinion snippet discusses American mobility and laziness with cars, contrasts cowboy mornings, notes urban parking behavior, mentions Mount Ararat and 19th century earthquakes, plus a Q A about ocean depth and US Navy receiving ships and their use.
A humorous column notes alumni banquets winding down and the social quirks they bring. It jokes about invitations, dancing around duties, and the overly formal atmosphere, with anecdotes about tables, chicken, and coffee. It ends by promoting the Sunday Messenger as the place for want ads.
Reader information service offer from The Athens Messenger details how to submit questions to the Washington bureau for factual answers. It specifies no legal medical or financial advice and requests a brief question, full contact details, and two cents in stamps for return postage.
The text discusses anthracite coal depths in Pennsylvania averaging four to five hundred feet with deeper mining up to about 2000 feet and explains rising costs due to exhaustion of upper veins. It also covers flag etiquette for hanging the national flag, waterproofing glue with potassium bichromate, the field of vision, bricks laid by an expert bricklayer, and Mount Ararat's location and height in Armenia.
On Friday April 15 1791 the District of Columbia’s first cornerstone was laid with Masonic ceremonies. The southern corner of the square near Alexandria Virginia was marked by the ceremony and stone placement.
Washington June 21. Commissioner General W. W. Husband launches a campaign to require steamship lines to operate immigration stations in major ports. If successful, the government would abandon Ellis Island in New York harbor Angel Island San Francisco and stations in Philadelphia Boston Seattle and New Orleans, costing about 1 million dollars yearly.
Governor Donahey will return sixty shares of stock and 37 percent in commissions yesterday to Mrs. Gertrude Bean of Erie Pennsylvania. The funds came from C. a Kirchner a Cleveland stock salesman under indictment for embezzlement. The governor had agreed to refuse Pennsylvania's requisition if Kirchner returned the stock and commissions. Assistant Prosecutor Cassidy of Cuyahoga county said no crime was committed.
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