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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1920
Page
4
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A columnist argues combining Armistice Day on November 11 with Thanksgiving could honor World War I victory and harvest celebration. They note shifting Thanksgiving to late November would align the two holidays without erasing history, urging presidential support for next year.
Fragmentary text describes violence and death in war and siege, mentioning homes and orphans among victims. References to costs and labor across fields and railroads appear, with garbled phrases and illegible names. No coherent event or entity clearly identified.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a person named Bee and mentions trees and the poor. No clear event, organization, or date is readable. The text is too damaged to identify a coherent news item or outcome.
The speaker argues laws depend on common sense not mob desires. Wealth inequality mocks justice yet laws should curb passions and mobs while protecting rights and prudent finance.
A jumbled OCR snippet references a plan to dredge the Rio Grande to widen it and block gunfire across it. It also includes scattered phrases about calling by telephone and a dubious note about a man named Joe Minell, with stray musings on old time scenes.
The article surveys Mormon growth and organization, noting large families, tithing, and active missions. It explains the church’s financial model, its strict social code, and youth recreation, tracing origins to early 19th century revivals and Joseph Smith’s visions.
Read note urging customers to demand satisfaction from Powders stores and to refuse substitutes. The message reflects a wording style aimed at steering purchases to specific brands and outlets.
The Treasury plans a national bank named The Bank of the Mexican Republic to issue notes for fifty years. Capital 100 million pesos, split between government and private or foreign subscribers, with notes from five to one thousand pesos and branches nationwide. The move aims to restore confidence and revive paper money in circulation amid postrevolution turmoil.
The Ohio University Girls Glee Club will sing again at the Deschler hotel crystal room in Columbus. A concert is set for Tuesday February 22, Washington's Birthday, continuing the group’s favorable impression from a prior performance.
A reader inquiry describes a bureau led information service. The notice explains the offer, limits legal or medical advice, and requests concise questions with two cents postage for direct reply. The fragment mentions domestic issues and research intent.
A scanned quiz page asks which states allowed women to vote before the 19th Amendment and notes Utah Idaho Illinois Montana Nevada South Dakota as early grantors. Other questions cover phonograph groove speed, Mississippi Bubble banking panic, and block signaling history in railroads.
Athens voters cast ballots on November 22 to decide the proposal regarding King Constantine, as Greece debates the future of its monarchy. The referendum centers on whether to accept or reject the king's position and the constitutional arrangements surrounding the throne.
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