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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1923
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR passage mentions names and actions but lacks coherent events or clear entities. No verifiable persons, organizations, places, or dates are readable to establish a summary.
Herbert Kaufman surveys antitrust debates over Standard Oil a decade after its breakup. He cites Senator La Follette and Walter Teagle, notes stock gains, and warned on gasoline prices while predicting industry shifts to alcohol benzol and new fuels amid ongoing monopoly scrutiny. He also reflects on technological advances and a dramatic accident as a cautionary coda.
Secretary Davis faces added delays in naturalization hearings as an immigrant relies on friends for support while vouchers depart the city. The piece argues for more efficient handling to speed population statistics revision and reduce un-nationals.
Scrambled lines show a district event with seniors and freshmen competing. The text hints at matchups and scores but is incomplete, leaving the winner and specifics unclear.
Fragmentary report notes a dramatic world mile contest with swift runners including Ray and Ritola. It references a indoor track, a great English athlete, and a tense finish amid fast laps and high competition.
In North Carolina, researchers from the United States Geological Survey and influence from U.S. senators traced the Brown Mountain light sightings. The eerie glow haunting Brown Mountain for 50 years is explained as natural phenomena rather than a supernatural ghost. Civil War era reports of the mysterious lights are reviewed and debunked with scientific analysis.
Burgeoning Burke county residents long reported a nightly glow over Brown Mountain. Researchers led by USGS geologist George Rogers Mansfield traced the phenomenon to distant locomotive and automobile headlights refracted by cold valley air, creating balllike lights and distorted colors rather than supernatural causes.
Children and families are urged to enjoy raisin cookies as a nutritious treat. The Washington Information Bureau offers a free booklet with 18 cookie recipes and high food value. Send two cents for return postage to Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC.
The Athens Watch Dog column humorously recounts Errett Tanner of Trimble spilling granulated sugar syrup on himself while making a dessert, turning his hair and face and home red with the sticky mishap. The piece riffs on sugar prices and playful urban legends, then shifts to short Q&A snippets about marriage laws and science, all in a light, comic tone.
President Harding arrives in Daytona Beach seeking a relaxed holiday with no program or schedule. Aboard the Pioneer houseboat he plans informal rounds of golf with a small party, avoiding routine duties and even discreet security notices.
Detroit, Mich., Mar 7. A yacht rented from a Bay City millionaire sparked an international liquor smuggling case. The owner led a boarding party of longshoremen and recovered the craft in Toronto after learning its illicit use. Three men Alfred Emond, his father-in-law, and Captain John J. Dorington are held on smuggling charges.
The Athens Messenger advertises an Information Bureau offering readers answers to questions. It states the service provides information but not legal medical or financial advice and requires name address and two cents for return postage.
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