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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1922
Page
4
A survey of ministers views on whether the Garden of Eden is myth folklore or sacred story. Some call it myth, others legend, while a few see historical background for Genesis. The piece compares definitions from the Century Dictionary and notes varied religious interpretations.
Donald MacTavish lies dying after spending the day at the event while his wife waits to tend their home and complete neglected chores.
A Portage Dispatch inspired reflection on changing norms from old honor to radio reminders. It notes a pastor in Pennsylvania earning more and questions sensational newspaper habits. The piece asserts a common truth that mass demand often overrides minority opposition.
Washington May 9 the Kenyon Bill would create a National Coal Mining Board of nine members with three miners three operators and three public representatives to oversee labor disputes in the coal industry. Appointments require Senate confirmation and the board would have 100 day decision timelines and subpoena power but no penalties for noncompliance.
Daily notes from Athens Ohio dated May 11 describe Stanley Dew visiting in a green car to discuss attending a gun shoot at Logan and a fishing trip to Buckeye Lake. The writer records garden scenes, meetings with advertisers and local merchants, a cat killed by a garden cat, a catfish lunch, and social outings with police and business figures before returning home to a moonlit garden and a supper of dandelion greens.
The note jokes about coal in a coal bin at Cole Inn and mentions a YMCA youth visiting Ohio University to speak with students about their past and present, prompting reflection on postwar YMCA reports.
The Information Bureau section answers readers questions on mail, government ownership, and friendship stories. It notes the Post Office Department views railroads as mail car owners and explains mail hauling is paid by space and service frequency. It cites David and Jonathan as a deep friendship example from 1 Samuel 18:1.
A reader Q and A covers carrying charges on margin stock purchases, Sapsago cheese flavoring with malilot, river bank erosion comparisons, tax revenue from liquor laws, discovery of silver in Cobalt, cereal crop value in 1921, restoring color with baking soda, boosted bottled whiskey stock, and painter Charles Chaplin born in 1825. The answers provide brief explanations and historical details.
Obituary notes report Mrs Clarence Turner age unknown of Locust Grove Vinton county dies in Columbus midweek. Various short items include a collision injuring Marion Ringer Ramsey Wills and Attorney Chas Jones in Wellston, visits by Florence Hawkins to her father in Wellston, and a marriage of Roy Rinehart to Retha Hewitt in Jackson township. Other items mention Emma Ullom returning to Logan and Lawrence Dunn resuming duties, plus arrangements for a child from the local home to Cumberland Maryland.
Pert medical testimony in a case being tried. Mrs. C. H. Merrill of Hamden visited Mrs. C. C. Morehead in Athens. A jail escape near Starr left a white man with a broken collarbone before recapture. An Ohio Fuel L. C. Burt well in Harrison township may or may not prove profitable. W C T U regional conference set for May 19 at McArthur. Mother's Day services planned at the Christian church. Millfield and McArthur to play ball at the fairgrounds next Sunday. Mr. J. Robertson of Wellston suffered a severe stroke. his daughter Mrs. Harvey Greenwood travels from the Panama Canal area. Mrs. J. L. Turner, a Robertson relation, resides here. Salem Brown suffered a paralysis attack on the Dan Curry farm. D. A. Martindill shows a peach branch with 85 ripe peaches from his west Denison orchard.
Readable text notes peaches withstand frost better than other stone fruits such as cherries apples and pears, suggesting frost-resilient stage in fruit development.
Pratts Fork Mrs C Orr and Dorothy, Mrs W W Wingett and David, Mrs F M King with Mr and Mrs Wilford Sinclair. Harley Jierce and Mrs A C Cline with M R Cain. Mrs M Beam with Mrs R O Burson. Miss Myrle King stays with grandparents Jacob and ? King. Memorial services at Pratts York on May 21 at 2 30.
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