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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1922
Page
4
The piece urges pedestrians to stay on sidewalks and drivers to avoid tire marks on lawns as spring thaws soften earth. It warns that ruts and bare patches mar neighborhoods, lower property values, and calls for public action to protect and maintain neat, attractive yards.
New Jersey farmers plan newspaper and media advertising to link producers with consumers. Officials urge early campaigns to align market readiness with delivery logistics and speed up parcel post service. A related note says the Russian Soviet government remains fixed on fighting capitalism despite failings to feed its own people.
A lawyer tells his client he must drop the guilty look to get a defense, but the man admits joining bootlegging and jokes about possibly recognizing the judge due to his poor memory for faces.
A rainy night tableau follows a group waiting for Sam as a man struggles to stay upright on slick pavement. A water polo ball shipment to a customer ends with a dead man and a quip about water. A kindergartner proclaims writing skills, while his mother questions the scribbles.
A fragment lists Paris revue fashion as a single feather influences attire. It quips about a baldhead row and questions Margot’s view on beauty in America. The piece mentions John D Jr and hints at consumer unions and brokered money issues with satirical tone.
A 125 member Authors League of America compiles 125 chapters from successful writers revealing how they began. The piece profiles Ray Stannard Baker, Cobb, Booth Tarkington, Fanny Hurst, Kathleen Norris, and others, showing early struggles, persistence, and eventual breakthroughs toward becoming noted American authors.
Roger Babson reports cautious optimism for the Mountain States economy. He notes improved conditions despite farm sector losses, rising bank renewals, and easing labor costs, with lumber and mining dull but edging toward 1922 gains especially in oil regions.
The text argues for strict practice regardless of rain and poor weather. It stresses maintaining a daily or weekly schedule to improve, even if only two holes or two shots are completed. The goal is steady effort, not perfect conditions, to prepare for championships. It notes weather is not a barrier to practice.
The author urges golfers to stay cheerful under rain and setbacks. Practice with serious purpose as if a championship depended on it. Willpower and determination yield big returns, increasing skill and the joy of playing well through focused effort.
Athens observer notes everyday life and pop culture from Athens Ohio on March 17. The piece humorously considers shops selling goldfish and fishing tackle, divorce cases at court, college life, trains, and local characters. He mentions McArthurs Boy Scouts, St Patrick reverence, jazz, spring hints, and a desire to hear Salvation Army music in Columbus.
Question and answer column from The Messenger Information Bureau Frederic J H Washington D C provides readers with brief replies on topics from early Jewish immigration and carpet origins to animal anatomy and almanacs. The page lists questions with concise expert answers on history, botany, zoology, publishing and royalty salaries.
A speaker recalls attending a College auditorium concert by the Women's Music Club and overhears three women criticizing performers' clothes and appearances. The piece questions whether such remarks reflect true education in Athens.
C M Jones says Athens police missed a still in a bank building and alleges a sight problem. He parked on Court Street yesterday morning and found a missing front license tag, which witnesses confirm he had. The Chief of Police pardoned him in a peaceful conclusion.
In a brief exchange a customer asks the price of Nitrate of Soda at a local drug store. The clerk replies swiftly that the price is the day rate and nothing more.
A playful note invites twenty five words about a wish to Messenger office with fifty cents and return home smiling. The tone is light and brisk.
The nations interchurch committee, which surveyed the steel industry two years ago, is preparing a risk investigation into the coal industry. Bishop Williams of Detroit, head of the movement, provided word from Elyria on March 17.
Aerial observers recently detected new lakes and rivers in the Rock Mountains. The discoveries expand knowledge of the region’s hydrology and may affect future exploration and mapping efforts.
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