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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1923
Page
4
A 1920s chronicler argues epidemics surpass wars in toll and urges strong international health action. He contends U S relief aid, domestic defense, and overseas care are essential while warning against dependent debt diplomacy. The piece then shifts to farm insurance and crop policy as tools to stabilize yields and prices amid pests weather and disease.
A reader questions details on currency imagery, Weather Bureau staffing, citizenship by marriage, second growth timber value, city high schools, fluid concepts, trader rats, birds in the Bible, future Olympic sites, Bagdad Railway progress, and egg hatch during shipping. Answers cite Treasury notes design, over 200 paid staff plus thousands of observers, maintained citizenship laws, timber values, New York’s large high school, fluid theory, trader rats, listed biblical birds, Paris 1924, railway disruption, and egg hatch conditions.
A critical editorial argues against French demands for reparations, recalling Allied wartime sacrifices and aid. It contends France owes the United States about 4 billion dollars, with insistence that payment occur on honor, while Belgium claims Wilson canceled its IOUs.
The piece notes Chinese bandits holding hostages for ransom to gain Shang Tung title, with torture and execution offered as an alternative. It mentions Arch Bishop Tikhon facing death and a prosecutor urging foreign opinion to shift toward Lenine’s government for recognition as a responsible state in 1928. It mocks the era’s aviation, radio, and naive history regulation notions.
A Dawson wireless reports the Yukon River ice has gone out with a thunderous crash as millions of tons move seaward. Three young caribou ride an ice floe in the river, while tens of thousands wander near the city, survivors of a herd attempting a crossing. Dawson men allow caribou to proceed, avoiding sport with rifles.
In the Far North region few sportsmen kill for pleasure. Men are slain for hides and furs rather than sport. The article notes a subdued, subconscious drive behind hunting, with readers urged to recognise their own detached attitude.
A column from the Athens Messenger lampoons circus arrival in a college town. It jokes about street vendors selling red balloons and canaries, trampled lawns, and loud brass bands while noting circus pricing for animals from monkeys at 190 a dozen to elephants at 2650. It playfully mocks the ex police chief Graham joining in on circus dances and hints at chiropractic studies.
A playful verse about Fahr the young lady who jokes that dancing would reveal her love of the outdoors and being in the air. The quip rests on cheeky wordplay and light social observation.
A circus advertising note promises help for readers who lose valuables after visiting the circus. If found, the item may be at the newspaper office. otherwise a small lost ad will locate it. It mentions the 100 lb fee and suggests using the Want Ads for recovery.
A reader named Page Leonard Tucker claims a rumor says the Bible will be rewritten and the Commandments may be omitted, noting his long habit of studying at the courthouse corner and anticipating such changes.
The Senate Committee on Agriculture in Washington studies far reaching reforms for farmers including crop insurance. Weather is cited as the major risk to crops, with plans to present recommendations and draft bills to Congress next December for federal aid and prudent measures to mitigate weather related hardships.
A government pamphlet titled Growth of Annual Flowers is offered free to readers. Frederic J. Haskin's Information Bureau, Washington, D. C., invites readers to mail two cents with a coupon to receive the booklet by return mail.
The May grand jury of Ath ens county common pleas court reconvened Monday morning to investigate the charge of first degree murder Bert Juniper aged 29 of Hunterdon who shot and instantly killed his sister in law Mrs Ethel Whitehair last Monday evening in front of the company store at Hunterdon. More than 30 witnesses were called to testify before the grand jury which is not expected to report before Tuesday morning.
Secretary of War John W. Weeks arrives in Los Angeles aboard the U S Grant with five United States senators 22 representatives and a score of high army and navy officials. The party will inspect coast defense facilities and travel northward to Alaska from San Diego Harbor.
Former Congressman Charlies L. Knight of Akron announces willingness to help secure the necessary 98,000 signatures to place the Taft reform measure on the November ballot. Knight, who promoted the bill in the Akron and Springfield papers, aims to fund the signature drive.
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