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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1921
Page
4
General Dawes takes a federal budget directorship arguing four paid assistants at up to 6000 dollars each are insufficient while his own salary stands at 10020 dollars per year. He appeals to big business volunteers, warning quitters would be cursed by conscience and by himself.
The article notes a shift from traditional learned professions to business as graduates increasingly choose commerce over medicine ministry or teaching. It cites shortages of physicians clergy and teachers and suggests business may rise as a learned profession while pay gaps deter other fields.
A wealthy couple lived 60 years in a nontraditional marriage with many children and travels. They stayed together despite social pressure and no divorce. The tale ends with their deaths after six decades of companionship, noted as a queer world observation.
True adventure tale in sunny Spain where two women artists reach a dusty inn. Unable to speak Spanish they draw a beautiful cow to ask for milk, then coin jingling prompts a boy to return with two bullfight tickets.
The broker Isidor Cohn introduces his wife and two children to business acquaintances saying this is my wife and these are the consequences of our marriage.
A promotional invitation describes a guided shopping tour through shops and merchants offering summer apparel shoes hats suits gowns and home goods at attractive prices. It emphasizes ease savings and a enjoyable buying experience with special value highlights across fashion and home categories.
A judge's young daughter attended his court for the first time and recounted to her mother that the judge and others gave speeches to twelve men who sat together, after which the twelve were placed in a dark room to be developed.
Washington D C June 22. The piece outlines the idea of a unofficial adviser or Kitchen Cabinet for the Harding administration led by Ohio journalist Howard Mannington with ties to Attorney General Daugherty. It details Mannington and associates residence on K Street, their roles, and Mrs Harding’s influence and the evolving nature of informal advising in past administrations.
The notice urges readers to check the advertising columns for daily special values and to buy what they want when offered. It stresses making purchases promptly by going downtown and following the outlined ads for best prices.
The article promotes a merchant driven shopping tour to cut costs and restore value. Merchants and manufacturers pledge quality merchandise at prices showing the dollar’s buying power, with the advertising columns guiding the effort to save time and money.
It will mean greater comfort in your home more personal satisfaction to you because it will enable you to buy more buy better quality for less money The advertising columns your guide to wise shopping
A June diary page notes worship with Presbyterian brethren and praises choir member Clark Williams and violin soloist Miss Margaret Merwin. It also presents scattered Q and A items from the era, including phonograph production figures, patent costs, school years, candied rose petals, Capitol windows, and Warwickshire as The Heart of England.
A diary style note describes social lunches at Colonial and home porch musings, then shifts to a Q and A column about the Civilian Training Camp at Plattsburg opening August 7, the red bug, Portland cement origin, and cereal definitions. It frames light personal anecdotes around factual trivia.
The campus serves two thousand students who rely on a single working spigot. Students queue up to twenty deep around the remaining fountain, but three of four spigots are out of commission. The Watch Dog urges immediate repairs so everyone can get a drink.
Miss Maria Grover led Epworth League services Sunday evening in the Methodist Church basement. Attendees found the space cool and remarked on the potential for a large turnout next Sunday night.
A Washington Dirge quips about coeds who schedule dates but claim surprise when asked about love. The column notes Fourth of July festivities loom a week away with couples debating holiday plans, suggesting lingering independence in homes since seventy six.
A reader can get answers to any question by writing to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau. The bureau will not provide medical or financial advice or delve into domestic troubles. Send full name and address with two new stamps for return postage. responses are sent directly.
Lawrence Tucker, intoxicated, was arraigned before Mayor Miller after colliding Ford with Frank Hood’s car on Main Street. Hood’s vehicle mounted the curb, both cars damaged. Tucker admitted the charge, paid $25 fine plus costs, and claimed Austrian birth.
Jack Donley of Logan and George Glass of New Straitsville sustained numerous cuts and bruises when Donley missed a bridge and drove his delivery truck into a ditch. The truck was badly damaged and towed from the scene by Buckeye Garage wreck crew. Donley works at Logan Bottling Works and Glass runs a soft drink and lunch room in the East End.
Two small tracts in Perry township were sold at a sheriff's sale at the courthouse on Saturday afternoon. The Hedges estate owned the property and the buyers were Austin Hedges and Harrison Creiglow, both of the same county. The purchase price totaled 800.
Miss Cleo Haley driving south on High street collided with a fire plug at the Second and Hunter streets corner shortly before noon Saturday. The roadster struck the plug, broke it off, causing a water flood. front wheel and radiator were badly damaged and the fortune was badly damaged.
The barn of Dan Deible in Wright addition was partly destroyed by a Friday evening fire believed started by children playing with matches. Fire crews and a volunteer bucket brigade helped check the blaze until a hose line from Hunter street could be laid.
Fire Chief Schorr estimates $100 damage to the building and $30 to the hay filled contents after a blaze in a hay loft. The section lacks nearby water mains and the fire is covered by insurance.
Mr and Mrs M W Bailey arrived in Logan Friday from a week long wedding trip spent in Washington and Baltimore. They wed last week in Columbus. Mrs Bailey formerly Miss Helen McKinney and has taught two years at S H S faculty. Mr Bailey is county agricultural agent. They are at home with friends in the R W Bowen property on West Second Street.
Supt. W. C. Brashares sent letters to prospective applicants about entering a proposed normal school to be established locally. The board of education is prepared to fund the school if a suitable plan is approved.
The board notes a proposal to hire a sufficient number of students to fulfill a program requiring twelve workers. I have replied to the letter and expressed willingness to cooperate. The board believes the arrangement would be more lenient for Hoc county teachers.
The American Legion committee plans to secure a rain insure policy to cover potential losses from rain during the July celebration. Local agent F A KK pe handles the matter for the organizers who say this would be the first such policy in the city. The group hopes weather forecasters can provide the right forecast to protect expenses and potential profits.
New York City expands its police by enlisting women as officers, increasing gender representation within the department. The move aims to broaden recruitment and enhance community policing efforts across the city.
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