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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1924
Page
4
A compact verse blend cites Proverbs and Spencer about resilience in hardship. The lines emphasize that strength is tested in adversity and that enduring distress reveals value and perseverance.
A Boston con game exposes how a young man loses a $725 diamond ring to a flirtatious girl. The essay argues beauty as a commercial asset, then shifts to fire prevention urging personal responsibility and potential European-style liability laws to curb losses.
The text argues governments mishandle diplomacy by denying women representation. It suggests using female diplomats could improve reparations talks, citing feminine intuition, practicality, and charm as advantages. It recalls historical figures like Du Barry as powers behind thrones.
The United States doubled fire waste over the last decade, burning massive values and causing fatalities. Annual losses reach about 506.5 million dollars, equating to roughly 964 thousand dollars per minute, with severe human costs across the nation.
An Interstate Commerce Commission examiner urges ending the Pullman travelers surcharge as unreasonable. Public hearings involve travelers groups, chambers, shippers, hotels. Adopted four years ago to cover wage increases for railroad workers, the 50 percent extra charge helps push travel costs higher. The railroads may afford to lose it as traffic could rise.
The country celebrates a navy reduction but naval experts warn the job remains to restore and expand naval strength. This stance discourages experts and strains taxpayer funding as plans move from celebration to rebuilding.
A harsh wartime stance discusses how to express disapproval of Japanese presence without provoking anger. The note frames a policy tension between exclusionist aims and maintaining calm relations.
A New York physician Dr. David Orr Edson suggests vacation choices based on eye color and nose size. Blue-eyed people should seek the sea while brown-eyed types fit the mountains. a large nose suits active exercise and camping, a small nose favors quiet lounging and reading. The theory notes exceptions and questions about mixed traits.
The piece argues that separate vacations may be more successful than family trips due to individual needs for solitude. It notes a rise in camping demand as city life limits isolation and mentions a contrast with declining summer populations at ocean resorts. The section also touches on stock market reactions to government spending on soldiers’ bonuses and Mellon’s role.
The notice highlights Mrs. Haldane of Cloan reaching her hundredth year with sharp mental and physical vigor. Lord Haldane calls his mother wonderful as she reads German French Italian Latin and Greek without spectacles, a remarkable feat of aging.
A speaker notes that she reads German French Tra sian Latin and Greek illustrating a vigorous intellect. She asserts there is no old age for women of that kind and reflects that humans and trees die at the top.
Reporters note Harry L Hoffman faces trial for murder as his wife sits in court aiding his lawyer to pick jurors. They describe her shadowy presence selecting potential jurors with a single glance, suggesting ancient instincts favor her keen insight into minds.
Reports describe renewed anti Jewish violence in Hungary and pogroms in Transylvania. In Budapest during an anatomy lecture, students urged four Jewish peers to be killed for dissection, citing lack of access to Jewish corpses for study.
In Transylvania twelve Jews are said to have been killed recently with one woman burned to death after being doused with petroleum in front of her son before his hanging. The alleged brutality underscores wartime horrors.
An article advertises The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington D C. It explains readers may send questions for factual information, with full name and address and two cents for return postage. Advises the bureau cannot give legal medical or domestic advice.
A compilation explains how Fiat arose from Fabrica Italian Automobile Torino with periods later dropped, plus a maritime daylight moon visibility note, biblical sense question about Ecclesiasticus, steam truck history in England, boxing views, Lincoln assassination absence, Long Island and Erie commuter figures, and Cairo as “Mother of the World” descriptor.
The guide recommends a box with three to four inches of damp earth at the bottom. Add nest lining of hay or straw, packed firmly to form a circular, slightly deeper center to keep eggs from rolling and prevent crushing.
Oberlin Ohio announces budget cuts affecting Cicero and Ver gil staff as courses are dropped next season. C L Mackey, five years on the Sandusky high school faculty, will replace W Z Morrison as Oberlin high school principal. Music
The article notes measures to save costs in schooling by dropping classics such as Cicero and Vergil from curricula, prioritizing budget efficiency over traditional literary offerings.
McArthur Francis Lomax accompanied home his wife who recently had tonsil and diseased tooth removed. Mr and Mrs P Gaskill Mrs Les Brown and Orville with Mrs Will Powers of Coshocton visited Mr and Mrs C H Merrill near Hamden for dinner. Miss Grace Secrest cut her hand severely while washing windows. Mrs Merrill Shrum returned to Columbus after visiting her parents here.
Joseph L. Cavanaugh and Elizabeth G. Potter of Zaleski Ohio wed by Rev William J Morn Abner Hatfield and Alberta Lacy of Hamden Ohio wed by Rev L L Cherrington Guy Harper and Jennie Barnett of Allensville Ohio wed by Rev L L Cherrington.
Miss Emma Lee of McArthur will graduate with seven fellow students from the White Cross Hospital in Columbus on June 2 marking completion of a nursing program and entry into the profession.
Two year old son of Mr and Mrs Porter Waldron Wellston was severely scalded when he fell into a tub of scalding water prepared for a wash. The mother quickly rescued him. The Waldron family is well known in the area.
It is expected that the Gallipolis club will play here Sunday afternoon at 3 15 Eastern time.
Miss Ruth Sinnott of Haydenville is visiting her sister, Mrs. William Brown, this week.
Eton College in England reports a lengthy waiting list of pupils sufficient to fill vacancies through 1934. The figure underscores persistent demand for the prestigious public school among families seeking entry.
In Smithfield Ohio Ezra Edgell’s cows Lil and Red stood on hind legs keeping forefeet and heads above flood water as Fishing Creek reached record levels. Their actions prevented drowning while two horses and another cow perished in the flood.
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