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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1921
Page
4
The piece argues that disarmament and reduced production would harm industry, citing power projects on the St Lawrence River as proof of peaceful development driving employment. It notes wartime stimulus benefits would vanish, while global engineering efforts illustrate vast opportunities for growth.
The piece argues hunting on private land rises with more people pursuing game and more properties posted. It contrasts skilled sportsmen who respect laws with rude, careless hunters labeled as game hogs, calling landowners cautious yet fair in posting their domain to prevent damage and trespass.
A jumble of items notes German actors and actresses receiving salary boosts from 600 to 2000 marks, equal to about $12 weekly in the U.S. money, plus a Canada science party finding the smallest animal. A Hoppertown dispatch mentions a lightnin express incident near the depot with a window and mail sacks, a green-hatted traveler from New York.
A farm tale features a new hired man described as unmoved by criticism. A witty exchange follows between a punctual student and a sarcastic English professor. The piece also recalls a cotton grower and his enslaved worker remarking on wages and eating, with a judge sentencing three African American men in a quarrel, one claiming three months’ punishment.
A modern politician warned that good intentions do not guarantee good outcomes, noting that attractive rhetoric cannot fix a flawed end. The remark frames ongoing debates over policy effectiveness and accountability in public life.
Washington Nov 20 Mrs Winifred Sackville Stoner argues the toy soldier in the nursery shapes attitudes toward war. She cites destructive toys and war stories as fostering belligerence, while constructive toys like boxes of paints dolls and phonographs promote learning and skill development.
Mrs. Oriko Komatsu, acclaimed as Japan's most beautiful woman, arrived in Washington with her husband from the Japanese arms delegation. She praised American attire and announced she would discard her traditional kimono in favor of American dress.
Walseburg Colorado November 22 martial law declared across Huerfano county as coal miners strike Colorado Fuel and Iron Company 30 percent wage cut. Citizens ordered to surrender arms to rangers with notices to be posted tomorrow.
A Thanksgiving Day service at the Christian Science Society housed in the Masonic Temple begins at 10:30 a.m. The subject is Thanksgiving with scripture Colossians 4 2 and a call to continue in prayer with thanksgiving. The notice invites attendance.
Athens community blends nostalgia and faith as Thanksgiving is marked with memories of Grandma Berry and bygone days. The column weaves personal vignettes with scripture and local quips about bookkeepers, a new Dodge, and the curiosities of Beebe Ohio.
The column presents reader inquiries answered by The Athens Messenger Information Bureau. Topics include Bible italics, William Jennings Bryan lectures, the Unknown Soldier’s ship Olympia, World Series brothers, Mississippi source distance, Swiss chard edibility, Pilgrim Tercentenary stamps, and Julia Ward Howe’s Midnight Battle Hymn creation.
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