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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1922
Page
4
Observers note Ireland’s one day of calm shows common sense in action as labor disruption exposes the public mood. Provisional Government aims to implement the London treaty and form the Irish Free State while factional violence remains limited and restrained.
Lady Astor argues national progress must align with spiritual peace and goodwill. The piece contrasts worldly conquest with true peace, urging global kindness and forward momentum. A Boston note jokes about fermented blueberries and a missing toupee, ending with a playful March pun.
A jurist jokes about punishing only an arm for a burglary. A minister chats with a neighbor’s son about hope. A Los Angeles screening passes a gag about Our Leading Citizen. A colored boy faces a chickens theft, pays a fine with a twist.
A reader voices curiosity about the fate of Senator Watsons investigation and various wartime symbols from posters to Liberty bond buttons. The note humorously groups the vanished items with dances and social curiosities, then ends with a reflection on a frail woman and a 150-pound tarpon catch.
The Inter state Commerce Commission studies rail freight rates to balance fair earnings for railroads and value for shippers. Dr. Muller compared ten year earnings, mortgage levels, and surpluses, showing railroads are more debt laden yet essential, while industrials offer higher but riskier returns, and the 6 percent dividend cap disadvantages railroads.
A Athens column spotlights Mrs Hiram Bingham of the Lower Plains turning ninety three this month. Her life spans pioneering travels from Vederal Creek to Oregon to the Isthmus, gold seeking and a quieter retirement on a grassy knoll with her niece. The piece recalls strong memories, humor, and local civic notes ahead of Memorial Day cemetery care.
A fragment notes Edgeware to Kings Cross gun incident in 1853 and asks about rhubarb jelly recipe. It gives a rhubarb jelly method with gelatin, lemon juice, sugar and whipped cream. It also cites co education origins in the United States with Oberlin College in 1833.
An information bureau provides Q and A on topics from flash point versus fire point of oil to numbers of U S postmen and historic facts. Questions cover Bourke Cockran s congressional terms the Royal Scots Coliseum Rome size and capacity the world s economic fish and origins of subways with concise authoritative answers.
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