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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1922
Page
4
A reader argues for variable course hole counts not limited to nine or eighteen, suggesting clubs use all good holes regardless of total. He asks if any course uses an odd number of greens and notes indoor instruction can improve play ahead of the season.
Advertising rates are available on application at Home or Foreign offices. A nominal obituary charge applies with cards of banka and other fees. National Advertising Representatives include Robert M. Ward located at 226 Fifth Avenue New York City and 6 South Wabash Avenue Chicago.
A life insurance writer says many men lack coverage due to wives not supporting policies. Only 18 of 100 widows live on their incomes while 47 work and 35 depend. She argues immediate expenses drive choices, but a future fund offers security as ages advance. Big business appears a dominant force in Germany today.
The article notes Germany’s past objections to settlements and asserts they can meet proposed payments now. It outlines an annual total of 542 million dollars, with 180 million in gold and the rest in goods. Germans pressed to pay two thirds in goods, a concession claimed at their request.
The article exposes a widespread practice in New York where private dealers pass off new items as second hand to create the illusion of bargains. It follows a widow who grows a profitable scheme buying low from factories and auctions, then selling as rare finds to a credulous public. The piece notes legal risks and the public's gullibility.
A British cyclist trudges through rain and mud and asks a countryman how far to Riston. He is told eight miles in the opposite direction, and discovers the signpost had been turned to misdirect Zeppelins long ago.
An editor jokes about a misprint in a Clarion article stating a fine showing of calves on Main Street. A wager over college football loss leads to a cheeky demand to the winner to admit victory and the bet’s payment.
A fragment notes modern American dances being banned in Turkey and suggests American dancers boycott Turkish cigars as a response. It mentions a taxidermist and taxicabbist with skin games and an Indian who reportedly had eight wives and lived to 137, with a quip on experience.
Investigators found half-smoked cigarette butts near the back door, signaling that a man waited nervously at the murder site on the evening in question, according to the Taylor murder account reported by Phil.
Roger W. Babson reports from the central south after visiting 20 major cities. He urges a National Committee to design labor tests and local committees to gather city statistics, arguing improved production efficiency and local comparisons will raise profits and attract new industries.
The piece argues golf sways skeptics once tried, with testimonials on the sport’s appeal. It notes many converts regret only that age limits future play and highlights golf as both spectator and participant sport, blending thrills from watching others and playing oneself.
The piece traces the age and holes of early courses, noting Royal Blackheath seven holes, Brestwick with twelve, Musselburgh at five, Montrose at twenty five, and St Andrews’ journey from six to twenty two and back to eighteen. It argues the 18 hole standard arose partly by accident at St Andrews and became the norm as clubs planned for later expansion.
In McArthur a floral display marks Dan Will's 90th birthday. Citizens age 84 to 94, including Dr. C. B. Taylor with 56 years in McArthur, and Vinton County figures, are noted for long lives and active work. The town, population 7300, highlights aging residents and local veterans.
McArthur praises its schools and Maurice Henson of Jackson as an alumnus who led them. General Grosver allegedly refused competitive exams to boys from Athens Garfield Vinton Ross counties for Annapolis. three exams were won by McArthur graduates Vance Ogan, John S. Bar lon, and James, now navy officers and Annapolis instructor connections.
Readers are invited to submit questions to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington with two cents for postage. The bureau provides information only and cannot give advice on legal medical or financial matters or settle domestic troubles. Answers are sent directly to the inquirer.
Aaron J. Griffith, 30, died after an illness that developed while he served in the 882nd infantry, an Ohio unit, in Italy during World War II. He is survived by his family. The report notes his service and death as a consequence of his long illness.
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