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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1922
Page
4
The piece argues lending becomes easier as gold reserves improve and business stabilizes, creating a lender's market after years favoring borrowers. It notes lower interest, fewer bonuses, and urges prudent savings or security deployment to protect lent capital while value rises. It also cautions about rising suicide rates and urges practical help to avert more tragedies.
The piece argues that threats of suicide are often serious and not mere bravado. Dr. Frederick Hoffman of Prudential notes many attempts follow long struggle, not quick impulse, urging readers to respond with kindness and patience rather than dismissal.
A Los Angeles studio on location staged a dramatic scene with revenue officers firing on rum smugglers. The director shouted shoot at will as blank rounds rang out and a gun wad zipped past the cameraman. A quarrel over slang humor surfaced with a purist insisting the phrase is offensive.
A collage of quirky observations on cinema, baseball, politics and health. Jabs about Will Hays, a joke on a yellow first baseman, a New York political split, and an ad claiming four of five will get pyorrhea with a pointed nod to gender and employment.
An article describes Vienna planning a municipal premarital eugenics clinic to advise couples on inheritance and offspring prospects. Dr Tandlier, Vienna’s chief sanitary officer, argues the service will educate the public to consult doctors before marriage and address heredity in marrying decisions.
The McArthur high school senior class hosted the sophomore class for a St. Patrick's Day party on Friday night with refreshments served late. Mrs. Rebecca McGathey of New Plymouth and daughter Mrs. Wilbur Hardesty of Carbondale visited E. T. Ansel family Saturday. Ernie McVay of Logan visited friends Saturday. The Philomathean Literary Society held a Friday afternoon program with several visitors in attendance.
Jottings from Athens O H March describe daily life and reflections from a busy observer. Scenes include a laundry mishap, car traffic, influenza talk, church class attendance with 170 men, a music-filled Bible class, and meditations on Israel Greece and America. The entry notes meals, a lecture on Acres of Diamonds, and December through January diary fragments with wages and ads.
The Nelsonville Boy Scouts claimed the large trophy with a strong showing in the weekend basketball tournament. McArthur also performed well, drawing praise for its effort.
Readers are invited to send questions to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington. The service provides factual information but does not offer legal medical or financial advice. Include full name and address and two postage stamps for mailed replies.
An assortment of questions and answers covers toy making’s age, materials used, and staples like rattles and balls. It recalls ancient doll toys, frogs lacking tadpoles, the first reliable census of Jews, and notes on brick roads, submarines, cats, Versailles, and Dover Castle.
Republican leaders defer action on the soldier bonus bill in the house until President Harding returns from Florida. Speaker Gillett leads affairs but no decision is made after talks with close allies. A White House conference with the President is set for Sunday night to seek a decision.
Miss Anna Darby spent the weekend with her brother Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Darby in Columbus. Miss Grace Loofburrow a McArthur high school teacher, visited her Mt. Sterling home. Miss Dorothy Benner teaching in Washington D. C. H. arrived Friday for a week with her Dundas parents. Miss Lelia Trainer was the
Transfers include C B Ramsey to L E Fri of Allensville for No 7 and Leander Scott to James Ellis for 35 acres in Knox township. Sheriff’s sale records show 182 acres in Madison township to C L Ferris for 2550, 69 acres in Richland township to Charles E F Tripp for 4350, and Inlet No 215 Village of Hamden to Chester A Ward for 59.
Ohio Building Co of Wellston files a lien against Lewis Ag2nson. The case centers on a property dispute and securing claimed payments. Local court records indicate the filing date and parties involved.
Congress pushes economy cuts to 65 000 sailors threatening to shrink the navy to nine battleships from the postwar level. Navy men fear skeleton crews on 18 ships or halving the treaty fleet with reduced auxiliaries. Naval opinion favors a well manned nine battleship force with linked support craft.
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