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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1921
Page
4
Estimates from the bureau of blue sky operations indicate about 448 800 dollars was lost by Allens county residents in worthless stocks over three years. The piece urges placing funds in local savings institutions to benefit the community and protect at risk groups like widows from scams.
A terse item notes a national advertising preregentives matter tied to Ward at 226 Fifth Avenue Newark and mentions Wabash Avenue Chicago. The fragment suggests a business or address listing without a clear outcome or context.
The Petunia Argosy editor notes visitors by foreign clothes on a line. George Caylor smiles with his two best girls on Sunday. Mr Bill Pool and his two daughters attend preaching at Cross Roads. Mrs McGaha mourns the death of her 17 year old cat, a family member.
Two young Strand patrons discuss film history and the renaming of German imports for American audiences. The blonde grumbles that a picture renamed Passion would have been a bigger hit than Du Barry, while her companion argues many know the original Passion.
A physician asks a young clinician about practice patterns. The student replies that mornings are quiet with few patients, while the afternoon sees a slight decline in patients. The exchange highlights early career patient flow challenges.
William Tibbitts, a popular liberal grocer, starts a woodstick demand to visit customers at the stove. A west story of tricks and prizes is told by Hank Tumms, while a Dallas man travels to New York to meet his mother in law. The disarmament conference may benefit Washington hoteliers.
An economics note argues that compounding six percent on a dollar from childhood to adulthood yields vast sums, illustrating the value of small consistent savings. It warns against neglecting savings and chasing get rich quick schemes, urging steady deposits from birth or marriage for future financial security.
A New York man threatens to sue his wife's French poodle for alienation of affections. A local druggist recently went broke after stocking a large reserve of chest protectors for ladies.
Frederica J. Haskin argues for a British style Middle Classes Union to protect the general public from strikes. The piece cites Sheffield actions, shows unions recruiting workers to avert shortages, and contrasts with American groups like the League of Women Voters while noting the union’s non political stance and impact on prices and services.
A diary style column outlines daily activities in Athens with social observations. It mentions dog catcher patrols, editor’s home, Glouster road discussion, Florida resort ads, a card of thanks, an omelet at Central Restaurant, a dental visit, voting concerns, and a Boy Scouts gift. It also includes reader questions on ovens, cleaning isinglass, subjunctive usage, butter history, Pastor Russell biography, Moses in bulrushes, homeownership stats, and a reference to Carlyle character.
A local quip praises daily apple or cider consumption with a friend at Court House Corner who claims his cider is "working hard" as he spends long hours loafing. Readers are invited to send a stamped envelope for his name and address.
A recent Ohio Wesleyan University graduate praised the paper’s coverage of college spirit. He was in town Saturday and saw the Ohio Cincinnati game and said the yells used were surely in keeping with the spirited atmosphere existing on campus.
The text notes that readers can obtain answers to questions by writing to Frederic J. Haskin and a bureau. It states the bureau cannot provide advice on legal medical and financial matters and directs readers to enclose two cents in postage for responses.
Washington November 7 counsel for the American Farm Bureau Federation urged the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee to repeal the six per cent guarantee return to railroads and restore pre war freight rates, arguing protection for farmers from rising transport costs.
The committee chairman says carriers earn record net profits while farm products stay near prewar prices. If rates remain unrevised, farmers face the peril of bankruptcy across the nation.
Highway department division engineers and assistant engineers called to Columbus for a conference with State Biway Director Herrick. The meeting aims to set the 1922 road program so field workers receive year instructions, allowing winter planning to speed spring construction.
Mary Flamingo is jailed in Canton charged with attacking her husband Leon Flamingo a 46 year old poolroom proprietor while he slept. Police say jealousy sparked the assault and she used a hatchet in the act.
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