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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1920
Page
4
A historical list outlines nine town attributes for choosing a residence including attractiveness healthfulness education people recreation living accessibility business and employment The piece blends civic guidance with a later war era note on hunger strikers and Irish martyrdom.
The last of the Irish hunger strikers in Cork Jail endured 94 days without nourishment. When they finally accepted food, doctors doubted the human body could sustain such a long deprivation.
The passage discusses gendered notions of duty, praising mothers for devotion to children while noting men’s devotion to home and offspring as less emphasized but potentially admirable. It contrasts animal behavior with human expectations, using quail as a metaphor.
A humorous note compares spring millinery campaigns to fall political campaigns. It jokes that women hats shifted from feathers sticking out to sticking up, saying Paris experts barely changed them this summer. It further likens the fashion shifts to Washington state men’s winter political moves.
The speaker reflects on family duty and how women, through an informal Free Masonry among them, coordinated wedding preparations. He contrasts wives and sweethearts, arguing that calling women weak shows ignorance and asserts love varies by relational role rather than fame.
An elderly patient at an eye hospital cannot read a placard on the wall. The doctor moves him closer, but the man still cannot read and admits he never learned to read. The scene highlights illiteracy and the limitations of eye exams without literacy.
New York holds ten percent of U S motor vehicles while twenty two nations fight ing ends. The passage of peace is celebrated as a stable era approaches.
Williams hunted a persistent Dakota wolf known as the lone prairie pirate. Government trappers map wolf habits to predict next kills. wolves and coyotes devastate livestock while mountain lions remain elusive threats. The Biological Survey views the predator campaign as final subjugation of the wild West.
A sequence of real estate deeds shows multiple transfers across towns. Names include A R Swarts Linley Baker Trimble T John Rush Frances Rush Chas Wallace Earl and Sarah plus many others with lots 51 602 800 and more, prices range from 1 to 2900 dollars.
A public information feature invites readers to write to The Athensenger Information Bureau to ask questions. The War Department notes six victory medal stars balance the design. California leads gold production with 140.7 "we" (likely tons) valued at $17,380 in 1919. A referendum is voters express approval or rejection of laws.
Navy says some transports did carry cows for fresh milk but Leviathan did not while in service. Other questions address porcupine quills, future presidents from vice presidents, and number of Shriners with a 1920 count of about 385000.
A compilation of numerous land transfers with buyers and sellers including Addie M Almond and G H Hutchinson in Dover. Isaiah Baker to multiple Baker tracts. John H Martin and L Martin to Fred D Nida. John S Duncan to Edison R Heaton. Athens City deals with Henry Zennertom Trustees. Martha DeWitt to T W Craig. Mary M Brown to Julia C Gin. A A Hedges to William Holm. K M Church to M and A M Alias. A A Walsh to Louise Fagan. William H Lemons to George E Woods. T P Alexander to Byrd V Williams. David D Moody to EB Priestley. R W Roach to Geo Nicholson. E W Sayre to Edw and Letha Ford. Ames Township transfers to Bradford Cary and Sylvia Kagler. Dover Township transfers including John Parker to L G Cary. Brle Robinson to John Poston. John H Martin to Hershel and Grace Kirkendall. James Day to Joe Pitts. Chelicey Corporation Trustees Dover to A E Watkins. A E Watkins to Garfield Grimes. Wallace Six to A Glass.
The record lists numerous deeds and transfers: Albany Corporation George Thorn to George H. and B. Carsey for lots 94-95 at $1350. Rome Township A. J. Gould to Chas. T. Walraven for lot 41 at $375. Walraven to Edwin Goodwin for lot 1 at $18. Troy Township Chas. Tucker to G. Cata for lot 36 at $800. Ray D. Morrison and others transfer titles involving Clark and Morrison families for multiple acres and residences. Coolville Corporation W. H. Jackson to Albert R. Swartz for many lots.
The passage lists several couples from Athens and nearby towns including S. G. Runyon a miner and Carrie Mingus, both of Athens. Eleworth Byers a miner of Glouster and Goldie Senegar of Hollister. William Smith a farmer and Jennie Burchfield a house keeper of Chauncey. Walter Hopstetter a miner and Addie Crabtree of Buchtel. Harry Keltell a miner of Nelsonville and Emme Stiles of Nelsonville. I O Sayers a miner of Nelsonville and Katherine Gallagher a domestic of Deanville. It also notes an inventor patented a jointed ice skate claimed to bend with the foot for flexibility.
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