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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1920
Page
4
The text shows garbled OCR of subscription and mail rates with several figures like 7.0v, 4.60, 2.60, and 60c, plus six months and yearly terms. Mentions Ohio and mail subscriptions, but fragments are inconsistent and incomplete.
The article outlines a period of robust wartime profits in southeastern Ohio with strong coal demand, abundant bank money, and brisk trade. It urges rail loading of coal cars to maximize tonnage before conditions change, urging labor and employers to “Keep going while the going is good.”
A discussion on using schools for propaganda during war and its extension into peacetime. It argues education should lead, with teachers guiding youth and focusing on standard school work, while propaganda effort, though well meaning, may divert time and energy from core lessons.
A cryptic note discusses keeping people from dying while dealing with potential transformations. The text hints at moral or existential stakes and possible intervention but lacks clear actors or events.
Saving cause once topped public interest but now national saving leads. Men fear agents and women fear dangerous lovers, yet people believe a statesman will finally emerge with a plan for perpetual life without labor.
An English lady visiting the United States fears the idea of baked Indian pudding and worries that her husband’s cigar could cause a blush or comment. The exchange ends with the cigar discarded and a blush signaling the hint.
A school scene ends with a student joking that Moses lived in 4000 B C because that appears as a line in the textbook. The teacher prompts reading and the class falls silent, prompting the humorous misread about a phone number.
Oliver Herford, famed for witty verses, recently joked about a grand ambition met at a dinner. He quips he dreams of someday throwing an egg into an electric fan, eliciting amused reactions from the soulful lady.
Narrator recalls crossing the continent only to meet a lawyer demanding a $4.56 unpaid grocery bill upon arrival. The tale reveals frustrations with debts, hotels, and disrupted plans as the crew faces financial reminders and lingering indignation over forgotten payments.
The piece describes the Salt Lake City theater and Saltair as Mormon ventures, noting their influence on local entertainment. It recalls Brigham Young’s support for public buildings, details Saltair’s location on the Great Salt Lake and its carnival attractions, and contrasts church oversight with the park’s popular dances and family picnics.
A public notice describes a questionnaire service where readers send questions with full name and address, two cents for return postage, and receive direct replies. It states limits on legal, progress, and financial matters and disclaims domestic trouble research.
A compilation of quiz style Q A items covers language learning, piano fingering, mail voting, military justice, buffalo nickel iconography, French republican weeks, debutantes, and a note on revival services at South Canaan Baptist Church with events on November 20 and 29 led by Pastor H C Smith.
In Leavittsburg Ohio a man named M Plack forty eight was attempting to board a fright train on Thursday and fell under the wheels. He was ground to pieces. A brother in Chicago has been notified.
The Plains residents and visitors are listed with frequent mentions of trips to Athens. Darrell Moore suffered a work injury at 210 mine last week and is unable to work. Several families including the Shepards, Gravers, McHargs, and Nortons are noted with visits, shopping trips, and overnight stays in Athens and nearby towns.
Advert reads take one or two Cascarets tonight to ease bilious feelings and stomach upset and wake up feeling clear and fit. Mentions price 60 cents for children.
Rutland area notices report the death of a local resident aged 65 at a church service led by wife Hep Bryant and a brief obituary note for her husband. A teachers conference for Rutland and Salem teachers is planned at the grade building next Saturday. The Rutland farmers institute met with poor turnout due to cold weather. speakers were Mr. Lewis Mr. Miller and Miss Woods. The lyceum season opens November 30 with Visocchi’s Florentine musicians in a five-attraction course. Red Cross roll call solicitors urge a one dollar annual membership fee.
The Albany post office aims to fill a $1500 a year job via civil service testing on December 15. Applicants may obtain full details from the Albany post office or Francis Lavelle at the Athens post office, or from the civil service commission in Washington. The commission tests applicants though appointments are made by presidential nomination and Senate confirmation. The president is using civil service machinery to select nominees.
Rome Grange holds an all day session tomorrow November 20 at the I O O F Hall in Stewart. County Farm Agent Raymond and Rome township Farm Bureau members will join discussions on farm matters with election of 1922 officers and a noon lunch with oratora on the program.
Dennis Morgan testifies at the American commission on Ireland about Thurles in Tipperary, describing a peaceful market town turned into a scene of terror by the Royal Irish Constabulary. He says council members favoring independence faced bullet-riddled homes and destroyed stores after January 20.
New Marshfield residents visit daughter in Dexter as Mr and Mrs J C Anderson join relatives in Columbus after the death of Elizabeth Pierce. Everett Hambel returns to Akron from visit with Kate Hambel and brethren. Nelsonville guests include Crede Duncan and R Hysell. Families from Lima Snowville and Parkersburg connect through nearby gatherings and relocations.
Don on of Athens visits his parents Mr and Mrs Lee Knowlton. Mr and Mrs W M Dixon were Sunday guests in Meigs county. Mr and Mrs I M Cooper and their little daughter plan a winter trip to Valley Wells Texas to visit Mr and Mrs R M Cooper. Mrs F G Hoodlet spent Tuesday in Athens with Mr and Mrs A D Townsend. Om Tse re.
Aged man favors show over labor as he nears retirement, signaling a shift in values. The remark suggests a lifestyle change where ambition gives way to leisure and social display, reflecting attitudes toward aging and productivity.
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