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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1920
Page
4
The New York Commissioner of Health says colds come from lowered resistance not luck. Overwork worry indoor conditions poor habits and lack of sunshine and exercise weaken the body. Germs abound in air food surfaces and money, but healthy living helps resist infections.
A 1920s style document alleges that Samuel Gompers and other autocratic labor leaders sought to dominate U S policy by installing a President Led Congress. It claims they laid elaborate plans in Washington to promote subservient candidates and manipulate legislation and executive power.
Public notice invites readers to submit questions for the Athena Bureau to obtain answers on legal medical and other topics. Include name address and two cents stamps for return mail. Responses sent directly to inquirer. bureau does not settle domestic disputes or conduct lengthy research.
Here Henry, nurse at thy hospital in Columbus, was brave Tuesday through Wednesday. O. McKelvy of Marietta visited Mr. Ureon Glaster and sister, Miss Efi. Fritz has been filling rabbits around his old haunts as relatives visited Athens. The farmers institute hosted Friday and Saturday, deemed a success by attendees. The steel anvil ring at De Spracke shop on the Fleming lot resumed after years idle.
The piece cautions about a plan for a farmer worker coalition to keep prices up and push favorable legislation. A labor leader urged farmers in Washington, but the form and benefit remain unclear. The author suggests a coalition would likely harm producers if it sustains high wages and price levels.
A skeptical piece likens politics to baseball noting the public gains little from elections. It argues reform is machine made, funded by capital and driven by propaganda. A satirical scene about a boy Bobby and a sheep offers a lighter ending.
A former student argues that colleges are split between strict scholarly aims and entertainment driven by athletics and fraternities. He likens campus social hierarchies to tribal barbarism and urges professors to make study more engaging to restore academic focus.
A mixed set of questions covers hunting seasons animal protection German wartime reparations and Swiss languages. Answers include open season behavior of wild animals and turtle diets. The piece mentions Tommy Milton and the Duesenberg speed record, plus regional weather and local school notes.
Colonel William Leckie, 66, principal owner of the Leckie Coal Company, died from miner's asthma caused by coal dust. A former miner, he began in the West Virginia fields, contracting the disease early in his career and never recovering.
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