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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1921
Page
4
The article warns of rising World War I veteran disabilities, noting 260 to 300 new insane cases monthly in New York alone and worsening tubercular numbers. It projects peak treatment needs by 1927, calls for rapid action, and stresses inadequate facilities while urging sustained care for veterans as hardship grows.
The piece urges thrift and steady work as the path to revival, citing Secretary Davis's warning that leaders aren’t magicians. It links extravagant spending to higher prices and notes shifts in labor efficiency and wages, arguing prosperity comes from disciplined effort and sensible action. Comets do not live up to their press notices.
A narrator recalls quirks from the town’s past. A visitor asks a pupil the capital of Holland and the class laughs. An elderly barber and a physician reminisce on childhood ambitions, while a pharmacist muses on life choices and careers.
A mother’s instinctive caution shields children from strangers offering candy. The piece argues that strangers’ candy is dangerous, urging skepticism with numerical odds and stressing that familiarity with people and brands builds knowledge, confidence, and safe exchanges.
A humorous glossary style piece defines marriage terms and social roles with playful, satirical definitions. It pairs wedding motifs with light insult and beach culture slang, featuring recurring terms like Bride Groom Best Man Minister and seasonal jokes.
The snippet hints at a debate over whether hobbling home injuries count as bruises and mentions a physician praising post bath exercise. It notes a soap stepping practice and a line about defeating Gompers, then asks a puzzling “What, again?” indicating confusion or satire in a short, fragmentary Lexington News item.
Washington June 27 The National Geographic Society’s photo archive reveals how pictures replace text in teaching about cultures places and life. Photographers face risks from Moslem restrictions to battlefield danger while expanding access to images of opium fields Mecca carpets Maarken and Volendam.
The piece argues ads reveal goods source and guarantees, letting buyers evaluate value anywhere from Alaska to Timbuktu. It claims advertising builds credibility, letting consumers pursue advantages by tracing products to their origins and promises.
Advertising builds trust by presenting visible, accountable goods and merchants who advertise persistently foster neighborly confidence and a voice of recommendation. It contrasts with hidden, unidentifiable merchandise and reassures buyers they are dealing with real entities.
The piece extols advertising as confident and persuasive, highlighting word of mouth praise and direct guidance to purchasable parts. It asserts ads provide tested facts on what where how and why, positioning advertising as a path to informed buying and intelligent choice.
Columbus June 29 Roy C Richardson colored convicted Toledo Ohio murderer will dig at the state penitentiary here Thursday night unless Gov. Davis intervenes A delegation from Toledo planned to call at the governor s office to seek clemency in a final effort to save Richardson from the electric chair.
In a northern Arctic community a husband from a tribal family leaves in anger seeking a divorce and does not return for several days prompting his wife to depart as well.
A reader inquiry offer from The Athens Messenger Information Bureau invites questions and provides that only information will be supplied. It requests full name and address and two cents in stamps for return postage. The bureau cannot give advice on medical or financial matters or domestic troubles.
A collection of Q and A items covers topics from car cylinder counts to Senate service of presidents, oil finds in Canada, sewing needle origins, bridges, Navy vessel types, Chicago loop district, the origin of cold shoulder, Apostle Paul’s trade, aerial mail route cuts, and a reflective campus vignette on intelligence and athletics.
A reminiscence contrasts past and present campus life. It recalls a student who paid his way by teaching, writing, and solving practical problems, then notes how today’s students rely on parental funding and pricey meals while the old values fade.
A brief obituary-style item notes the passing of William Nerve with a sharp quip about attempting a risky maneuver on the curve, reflecting a newspaper snapshot of a sports or local life moment.
A jumble of quotes and reflections notes a death on Guysville road and a wish for a front page byline. The text also extols Want Ads noting their popularity and low cost for selling items.
A notice states holes along Guysville road have been stocked with fish. Motorists are warned to steer clear of the fish ponds, with the author remarking that road officials likely have a good reason for this measure.
The text is a partial, fragmented reminiscence mentioning a plan to go away and fish with an automobile and rear seat usage, but no clear event, entity, or scope is discernible.
Washington June 29 Treasury figures show more than one billion dollars in interest and loans due to the United States from foreign governments. J. P. Mellon told the finance committee that $451,736,000 in interest has been paid on the more than $10 billion loaned abroad, with prepayments on principal totaling $162,293,000 as of June 1.
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