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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 11, 1920

Page

4

Women’s Progress and Global Advances in 20th Century Rights

Susan B Anthony and the suffrage movement are highlighted as key drivers, with the International Council meeting in Christiania revealing new member nations Uruguay Russia Iceland Ukraine and Mexico. Reports show progress in political rights legal status and social awareness with 28 countries granting full political freedom and an estimated 100 million women voters worldwide. Under the League of Nations women have voted in plebiscites since Versailles. Sweden’s new marriage law promotes equal rights and responsibilities for spouses and children as wives gain legal parity with husbands.

Susan B. Anthony Chichy Anthony International Christiania Norway Germany Italy Uruguay Russia Iceland Ukraine Mexico International Council League of Nations Sweden

School Week Promotes Public Discussion on Education Needs

The United States Commissioner of Education calls for a nationwide School Week December 5 to 11 to inform the public about school funding and needs. Governors, boards of trade, churches, and civic groups are urged to host discussions to deepen understanding of education and support better school systems.

United States Atreens Boards of Trade Aed

Reports Warn of Treasures Flooding British Markets

Prepare Now Reports from the Department of Commerce of the United Kingdom say German goods flood Great Britain at a rapid, rising rate. Prices are low enough to demoralize English industry. Bosch magnetos sell in Berlin at a pound each in bundles, while English price is twelve pounds. The situation mirrors what may come to the United States without tariff protection against cheap foreign labor.

Department of Commerce United Kingdom Great Britain Bosch Berlin At & Pounds England United States

Stammering Caddie and Humorous Bedtime Prayers At Play

A caddie with a stammer reacts to a top golfer’s boast on a difficult seventh hole. Georgie interrupts devotions to discipline his sister Lorraine. At Howling Wolf the monthly assizes crowd grows loud until the judge demands order, noting four prior cases cannot be heard.

Georgie Saviee Lorraine Lorrie Howling Wolf Sacco

Prohibition Rants and Tax Talk Echo In Town

The mouthpiece rails at supply chains blaming growers and railroads while shifting blame to consumers. Tax policy topics loom as officials debate where income money goes and what it buys. Prohibition enforcement and fashion trends draw satirical attention amid shifting public priorities.

Government uses new office to turn waste into wealth

The Bureau of Chemistry plans a Office of Development Work to guide farmers and business men in turning by products and waste like corncobs and straw into useful goods. It outlines gas from straw and dye from cobs, tanning improvements, and citrus by products boosting prices. The effort hinges on congressional funding.

Labora Bureau of Ata Lck Dey Atoll Stry Burima Aressel Bureau of Chemistry Costa Congress Bureau Office of Development Work California California Laboratory Makeg Office of Development Congress O

Questions and An: An unclear prompt fragment

The readable text presents a jumble of words and garbled phrases with no coherent event or entities to summarize. It appears as stray notes or OCR noise lacking a resolvable news item or identifiable names.

Answers from the Question Box on law race and schools

The column covers queries about the Farm Loan Act's status, race versus nationality, sabotage etymology, misfeasance and nonfeasance, swans as food, Bible placements in hotels, ship smokestacks, federal school funding, Pilate glass manufacture, and Wheeling as West Virginia's capital with dates of service.

Farm Loan Board Supreme Court of the United States Bern'in Len R. EE. M England Ieee Bible Association Navy Department Bureau of Education Wheeling West Virginia

Community Notes From Athens Area Social Roundup

Lottridge O L Davis new emcee in Athens with his daughter and other Sunday guests at the Rice and Ackley homes. Local visitations include Williams in West Virginia and Zumbach with his father in Little Hocking. Andy Zink, 96, begins blacksmith work as revival services start November 8 at Lawrence Chapel at 7. Local turnout and Red Cross fund rise with 296 votes cast and $24 raised.

O. L. Davis Athens Elza Rice A. J. Rupnion Coolville Robert Jacob Zumbach Little Hocking Aulmer Ackley Williams William Winters Andy Zink Red Cross Lawrence Chapel

Fire destroys Chase schoolhouse on Friday

The Chase school house burned to the ground on Friday, likely started by a spark on the shingle roof. Lewis Sargent and wife hosted Sunday guests including Mr. and Mrs. Frank Helwig of Burlingham and Mr. and Mrs. William Gilkey and family of Gilkey Ridge. Also visiting were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Robinette and Emma Kathleen of Hed.

Chase School Lewis Sargent Frank Helwig Burlingham William Gilkey Gilkey Ridge Fred Robinette Emma’ Kathleen Hed

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Tet Your Gray Hair Trial Package Free reads as a fragmentary local item. Names like Mr and Mrs Everett Bolton and James Keowlton appear in a miscellaneous society notices style with no clear event.

Two Children Die In Texas House Fire

Two children aged one and three perished in a Marshall Texas house fire as five family members escaped. The blaze trapped them under a bed and flames drove a rescue party away before they could be reached. An unrelated note mentions Australia prohibiting firearm imports.

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Mortgage policy sparks drive for mass home building

A regional housing plan advocates millions of new homes in the ye and mo regions. Officials say high mortgage costs hinder construction and propose abolishing certain mortgages to attract large capitalists to invest in building.

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Colum bus Political Leaders Hold Post Election Mortems

In Columbus Ohio on November 11 Republican and Democratic leaders met to discuss recent reelection outcomes and assess the political climate following the latest results.

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Police Name Suspect in Bridgeport Murder Case

Bridgeport police report Sergeant Frank said he obtained Joseph Rosch, 16, wanted for the murder of Forté Donahue, a New York man shot near Newton Saturday night.

Bridgeport Conn Gai Police Frank Jonegh Rosch Forte Donahue Newton

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