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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1921
Page
4
Rates shown include by mail in Ohio 4.60 year 2.60 for six issues 1.00 for weeks and 60c for four weeks Inside Ohio 5.66 year 3.00 six months with adjustments. Carrier rates 16c week 7.00 year. All subscriptions by mail must be prepaid and end on expiration date.
A safety director warns that narcotics fuel crime, especially in big and small cities, with dope bootlegging from Canada Mexico and the Pacific coast. Drug prohibition enforcement is urged alongside alcohol controls and broader law enforcement cooperation. The piece ends debating relativity and differing theories before signing off.
A New York mathematics professor comments after an Einstein talk that any relativity theory must keep laws form across reference frames. He notes Lorentz transformations suit unaccelerated systems and warns that knowledge may be relative and absolute truth elusive.
A Salina man recalls a winter day when a Chicago friend asked if the sun shone. The man replies sun, then snow, then bright sun again as the snow melts, with messages exchanged by wire throughout the day.
A soldier’s cuff stars intrigue a fair visitor as the escort calls him the battalion astronomer and guides home by the stars. She notes a bandsman’s badge and jokes that he is the regimental lyre.
The traveling troupe faced ruin as the leading lady deserted the company and eloped with the ostler from the nearby public house on a night the audience outnumbered the cast. The actor-manager cried out in frustration and blamed luck.
On the spur of the moment women organize to promote universal disarmament yet disarm men they encounter. A street postcard mocks the paradox with a line about the water wagon helping people feel better off.
Washington May 7 1920 scientists say the Salt Creek Oil Field near Douglas Wyoming will be opened under the 1920 oil leasing act with 640 acre tracts sold at public auction. Bidders pay a 20 percent down and 25 to 33 1 3 percent royalty, while the government keeps title. The field may yield about a billion barrels from upper sands and three other sands await development over a quarter century.
A local column volleying thrift criticism and playful anecdotes. It lampoons frugal types while riffing on Einstein poetry and campus pranks. The piece notes reader reactions from Ohio University students and church groups, ending with lighthearted remarks about Life with the Watch Dog.
The piece argues thrift is central to national thought and urges readers to capitalize on current sale opportunities. It notes widespread thriftiness in purchases, warns of potential negative effects if disciplined buying ends, and calls for a wise attitude toward merchandise needs with immediate benefits expected.
A column argues that prudent purchasing relies on intelligent thinking about value and advertising. It claims advertising boosts quality and lowers price, and that reputable stores offer money back guarantees and avoid dead stock. The piece also presents a quiz about US symbols and historical questions with concise answers.
The passage urges readers to decide boldly, promising a brighter future under Providence. It calls for decisive action now, advocating normal buying to organize and progress, while urging an end to endless searching and sifting of ashes.
A Gallipolis native born about sixty years ago will command occupation forces if the Ruhr invasion proceeds. General Hennocque, now in charge at Düsseldorf, is hailed as our American General by the Poilus. He has many relatives in the United States, his mother American and his father French.
The Grange held a regular meeting Friday night at the hall with good attendance. There was degree work and refreshments. Mrs. Nora Lee and her son Kenneth of Buckeye Lake visited Friday and left Saturday. Also present were J. B. Bradfield and wife, parents of Mrs. Lee. George Turness and FB L. Jewell are on the sick list. Alfred Greenier left for Chillicothe to work, traveling with Dale Warner to Athens. Dana Turner stayed Friday night with Dale Williams. Dave Nelson of Dexter visited Friday on business.
In Columbus the first German airplane shot down by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker will become a permanent historical exhibit if a congressional bill introduced by a representative is approved.
Harrisonville W. B. Johnson of Athens visited for the Athens Messenger early week. Young folks organized a town hall cleaning and planned a forthcoming play. A spelling match saw Downington visitors compete with home talent Coell Alkire and Fauntilla Clark winning. Mrs. Fred Graves of Athens arrived to assist her ill mother Mrs. Linnie Latting. Rev. Joe Vines visited friends and checked on his farm. Lib Scott, Guy Bolin and wife, and Will Graves were in Gallipolis on business.
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