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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1921
Page
4
The passage discusses the new administration taking office and the hope for unity. It commends past achievements while urging forgetting mistakes and overcoming hatred. It emphasizes citizen responsibility to support policies for national welfare and better relations at home and abroad.
A distinguished lawyer argues juries are too lenient due to unanimity rules, noting juries often fail to convict when a minority blocks verdicts. He compares jury verdicts with majority decisions in courts and urges lowering unanimous requirements to align with judicial majority rules.
Classified notice shows SALE-325 caliber automatic firearm offered as good as new for ten dollars. Ad notes it was bought to kill a certain party who has since left town. Signed by D. O.
Reading aloud, Mrs. Dugan notes a divorce suit over a wife rummaging pockets. A boy asks for meanings of gardener farmer and middleman, and Dugan jokes about helping his wife search pockets and a rejected suitor finding other ways.
The Agony column from the Times offers a collage of letters and notes including rooms for bachelors, a poultry farm job ad, romantic quips, a note on encephalitis lethargica, a remark about bootleggers, a prodigy child Wilfred with a mythological test, and a reader’s question about microbes from Europe.
A windy day and a final match set the scene as a man lights a cigarette, his wife finds pleasure in a simple present, while a passerby ignores a tie adjustment. The text hints at political intrigue with cabinet changes, legal probes, and a glance at new women juries handling murder cases.
Madam Thit Jensen, Danish writer and advocate, outlines the women’s suffrage struggle in Denmark from 1850 to 1915. She recalls mass meetings, law changes, and the ultimate vote, noting ongoing debates over married versus unmarried women and property rights amid a farming culture.
The passage argues that consumer confidence, built on the reputations of sellers and manufacturers, fuels purchases more than intrinsic product merit. Advertising creates and sustains these reputations, transforming stock turnover into faster sales and supporting the thriving role of organized, nationally recognized brands.
Mrs. Emily Petty, nearly 86, who suffered a slight stroke at her Logan home last Saturday, is much improved at her West Second Street residence. The Messenger had misstated her age by more than a year. T. L. Allen left by noon train Thursday for Cincinnati to consult his physician for an examination.
Work to clear the burned Logan Clay Product Company plant continues under General Manager M. J. Cole. Damaged machinery is being removed and reconstruction is expected to begin soon.
The ceremony unfolded on the Capitol front porch as Warren G Harding took the oath of office. The Bible used, linked to Masonic tradition, was reportedly from Alleman Va with Chief Justice administering the oath in Washington.
A new building project will begin soon featuring steel and concrete construction. The plan outlines durable, modern facilities with a focus on structural stability and long term use.
One hundred fifty workers report for duty at the Hocking Valley shops resuming Tuesday. The firm plans full force by May 1 if wages return to pre war levels. Dispute over wage basis continues with company seeking piece work and workers insisting on per diem rates.
County Recorder Ida M. Allen recorded 29 oil and gas leases during February marking one lease per day plus one. The filings were made by Ohio Fuel Supply Company Logan Natural Gas and Fuel Company and Carter Oil and Gas Company. Leases from Carter Company were releases amid rapid oil price declines.
Mr. Pearl Hickman of Nelsonville, a leading businessman and citizen, traveled to Logan on Wednesday afternoon for unspecified business affairs.
Dr. Elias of Murray City health officer for Hocking county reported in the city on Wednesday that the county is practically free of infectious diseases and that the spinal meningitis outbreak at Gibisonville has virtually disappeared.
Word arrived in Logan on Wednesday afternoon of the death of Mrs. Harry Blosser of Columbus after a brief illness from flu and pneumonia. She was 27, born in Columbus. Funeral held at 2 p.m. Immediate family survives including husband and mother. Logan relatives attended.
John Riser twelve year old son of Mr Ed Riser was struck by an automobile at Main and Spring streets while returning from school. He was unconscious when found and treated by Dr C F Alpin with no bones broken though badly bruised. The driver was Mrs Will Wetherill.
Miss Alvada Nicewander of Lancaster visits West Front street as a house guest of cousins Misses Mary and Louise Stedem. Mrs Lawrence Haacke of Union Furnace shopped in Logan on Wednesday.
A weather aphorism links Wednesday morning March 2 thunder with colder conditions. The saying notes spring and late autumn or winter storms herald a drop in temperatures.
Reader information offer from The Athens Messenger print edition invites questions to Frederic J. Haskin in Washington. It specifies no legal medical or financial advice and asks for clear questions, full name and address, and two cents in stamps for return postage.
The text lists three General Lane Offices in Alaska located in Fairbanks, Juneau, and Nome. It also discusses a French 75 mm gun's rate of fire at about 25 shots per minute and the US production of a 75 mm gun modeled after the French design. It explains real sealskin versus dyed rabbit near seal for Hudson seal, and notes Quito’s colonial ties to Ecuador and Brasenose College’s Oxford origin around 1609.
An old reference explains Bra Senose Hall named from a sign showing a brazen nose. The item links a campus logo to the institution’s nickname and history.
Prof. Cherrington of O U recalls seeing Champ Clark and General Grosvenor on a bench in Kentucky years ago and later in the chautauqua field. He expresses deep admiration and enduring affection for Clark.
A Cincinnati Enquirer reader letter riffs on cures for hiccups, contrasting harmless remedies with calls for harsher substances. The note laments widespread interest in triggering hiccups rather than curing them, reflecting public curiosity and skepticism.
Despite criticisms from opponents, the article notes that at present twenty-one city and county officials hold positions in the city’s administration. The piece discusses implications for governance and local politics.
Report notes that executives and employees face indictment, signaling legal action against the firm. The piece cites the New York Herald as the source of the claim, outlining the scope of charges and potential consequences for those named.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer verse notes that the bloom of youth can be replaced at any store for thirty cents a box, a cheeky line about changing appearance and value.
The 80 year old Mrs Mary Migliore escaped serious injury at her home 3001 Payne Avenue N E when a revolver bullet was stopped by a corset stay and cut to a small lead fragment. Doctors at Lakeside hospital credited the improvised defense for the narrow saving Tip.
Former Empress Zita of Austria, in exile with Charles, welcomed a girl Wednesday. Both mother and baby are reported well. It is the couple’s second child born in exile, bringing their total to eight children.
In Tiffin, residents report successive days with a large flock of wild geese migrating northward across the city while others begin spring garden work.
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