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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1921
Page
2
Fragmentary notes show a Methodist union gathering proposing a campaign to combat illiteracy. Mentions Rev. A C Hacke and Co L Strecker and aims to call on complete counts in the effort led by ROV B D Murch Jew Prevent illiteracy.
Fragmentary text notes acknowledgments for support and friendship, mentions a death of Mrs. F. in Athens with unclear dates, and a discussion of an ambulance or motorist incident involving lubricant oil. The readable segments reference Kircher and an obituary context in a local setting.
The message warns parents that many children have undetected vision problems and emphasizes that eyes require attention even when children seem fine. It stresses the impact on a child’s development and urges proactive eye checks.
Washington March 19 a terse announcement states former Attorney General Palmer's opinion that physicians may prescribe beer for medical purposes stands unless Secretary Mellon requests a review.
Chicago reports a woman, Frances Schreiner, lying across a trunk containing her husband's ashes. She was found deceased when responders arrived after an alert. The incident occurred March 19 and authorities note she was dead upon discovery.
The Home was the evangelists at the Richland avenue meeting last night. He called the home the first greatest and holiest institution, saying it forms the church, government, nation and civilization. He urged focus on family life over frivolous pursuits and business pursuits. A county tag sale report notes Athens County collected 26 percent more for auto tags than all of last year. For the year 3100 auto and 600 truck tags were sold. Athens ranks 29th in car numbers in the state but leads in passenger and truck counts in the southeast Ohio district.
The Carthage township board of education met on March 17 to consider issuing bonds under general code provisions to cover existing indebtedness after a failed three mill levy. State aid was lost, teachers unpaid for over three months, and one school closed, prompting the action to keep schools open for at least thirty-two weeks. The board acted to ensure equal schooling amid legal and patron demands.
Albert Soles, 65, was brought from Tmanville on a charge of insanity and confined to the county jail. He appeared before Probate Judge J. M. Johnson and was declared insane. He is now at Athens Hospital. Soles had lived at Robert Bean's Mush Run farm for seven years and worked as a general handyman. He reportedly threatened to shoot Bean family members.
A novel automobile shock absorber operates on the resistance of oil to pass through a small orifice. This mechanism aims to dampen vibrations by controlling flow, potentially improving ride quality and component durability.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a wedding secret and an agreement over a year. No clear names, places, dates, or events are readable to define a specific news item.
Ohio will build more roads for less money as highway contractors bid aggressively. Fifteen construction jobs drew 123 bids totaling 1 777 452 dollars for 34.64 miles. Darke county saw 16 bidders and another Darke contract had 14 bidders. Work spans Ashland Darke Hamilton Hocking Huron Jefferson Marion Montgomery Pickaway Seneca Trumbull counties with Niles Ashtabula road the longest segment.
Premier Lenin argued for peasant proprietorship and liberal concessions to foreign capitalists at Moscow’s communist congress. Dispatches report widespread peasant upsurge across the Volga region and Ukraine, with burning soviet offices, arrest of red officials, and mutinies in Bolshevik garrisons.
Governor Davis calls public authorities and private employers to speed up repair and building work to create temporary jobs amid widespread unemployment. He urges home and building owners to begin spring cleaning and repairs quickly to provide relief, hoping for a return to normal prosperity.
William W. Mills of the First National Bank of Marietta urged Athens business men at the Presbyterian church to resist easy spending and luxury. He contrasted Puritan pioneers with modern pleasure seeking and warned that ego-driven excess endangers government stability. The event included remarks by I. M. Foster and a posttalk supper.
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