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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1923
Page
4
The Athens Messenger lists Robert E. Ward Inc. as national advertising representatives, with offices at 601 Fifth Ave New York and 6 South Wabash Avenue Chicago for agency coordination.
A reflection opens with Prov. 14 13 about laughter and sorrow and ends with Lavater on concealing joy. The brief quotes offer a moral view that hidden feelings can outpace outward cheer.
A look at matrimonial ads reveals patterns in what women claim to offer husbands. Many emphasize beauty, figure, clean character, education, and stability, while newer norms de-emphasize housekeeping as essential. Some ads tout dowries and financial security, others display aspirations for independence and companionship.
A nerve specialist notes a surge in hypochondria as postwar stress unsettles many. Patients chase imagined illnesses, shifting from cancer to stomach trouble while doctors fret over unbalanced endocrine glands and the need for calm care.
Secretary Mohler notes hogs boost school funding and bank balances, making 1928 look strong. Kansas hogs have added about 4.0 billion dollars to state wealth over 20 years, with last year adding 5.349 billion to national wealth. Hog prices lift corn value and agriculture overall, as corn surpasses wheat and cotton in worth. Hog census shows 63.4 million hogs in Kansas, up from 57.8 million, with corn supply shrinking slightly but market strength growing.
Germany seeks to restore German language purity by taxing the use of foreign words, especially in advertising. Officials argue retaliation would be limited as other nations no longer import German terms as they once did.
Miss Celia Bargent of Evanstown Illinois, a teacher for fifty years, argues that children have not changed over generations. She notes human nature endures and that each generation acts and thinks much as the last, while adults often misread their offspring.
The National Board of Fire Underwriters reports last year’s fires cost 522 million dollars, surpassing the San Francisco blaze. It amounts to about 5 dollars per person and 25 per family, excluding building-material price hikes and fire department costs. Many fires are due to carelessness and indifference.
Courts and bank officials face delays and costs as they interpret Section 6190 of the Revised Statutes. National banks argue for multiple branches while states seek a single banking house per location, highlighting a need for clearer language.
The article discusses how vague indefinite articles like a and an cause broad bank actions. It details the Missouri bank branch battle, States vs banks, and how language meaning impacts nationwide banking limits and constitutional interpretation.
Government booklet offers practical methods for eradicating ants bedbugs cockroaches fleas moths rats and mice while warning about dangers to humans. The free publication includes cleaning tips and extermination instructions and can be requested by mail with a return postage coupon.
The article recalls Mrs. John Bruce Dodd as founder of Father’s Day, fostered by Spokane organizations and adopted nationally by Congress in 1914. It mentions a colored rose for living fathers and a white rose for the deceased, with a trivia question on US workers and per capita wealth and a Census data reference on ten years and over in gainful occupations.
Pioneering questions mix math riddles with practical science. The text surveys hand value in cribbage, indelible ink, and a report on U.S. forest fires, followed by a note on South African diamond yields since 1867.
A rambling Memorial Day vignette from Athens recounts a frustrating drive as a bus stops and a gas station encounter interrupts a chase for fuel. The narrator jokes about police, fines, and mistaken judgments while hinting at a new car and local road tensions.
A narrator complains of endless parking woes and gas shortages as flags and patriotic imagery clash with hostile reception. He longs for a dog to chase in a imagery filled hunt, noting he walked half the distance of a gasoline car in search of fuel and space.
A humorous verse sketches Mack short of gasoline during Decoration Day. The speaker, amid a stalled car and an urgent request for fuel, recalls the community spirit and a self mockery of domestic blame as he seeks help from fill station workers and jokes about biblical oil.
A brief verse notes that during a trip a car desires drinks at hand. It playfully suggests keeping beverages accessible as you travel.
A fragment reports Toy being fined forty dollars for speeding away from the Messenger office last Saturday night, mentioning Oliver Hartley of Pome and noting Hartley’s four companion.
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