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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1920
Page
4
Oct 7 report that the Italian government refused permission for former King Constantine of Greece to enter Italy after he expressed a wish to visit. The decision blocks his planned travel to the country.
A 1920 column argues aspiring dancers must devote nearly all hours to practice and study to become professionals. It notes many abandon the dream for easier paths, while leaders in business and the arts succeed only through relentless effort and self denial.
The piece argues the American Federation of Labor rejects Soviet policy and breaks with British trade unions, signaling a conservativ e shift away from the Third International. It condemns Bolshevik influence in Britain and notes British labor lost public support amid radicalism.
Information bureau page explaining how readers can submit questions for answers from The Athens Messenger with directions for sending questions, including required name and address and return postage details.
The National Coffee Roasters' Association reports record coffee consumption in the year ending June 1920, with an estimated 1.358 billion pounds consumed and about 16.09 billion more cups poured for a dry nation. The piece argues coffee a mild social substitute for alcohol and notes political commentary around James Cox and William F. Dyer.
A woman’s path to self improvement is described as a costly process requiring discipline. The dancing teacher Monsieur critiques plebian habits while urging time for practice, grooming, and mental effort to gain poise and self mastery.
The piece contrasts Cox and Harding visions, praising a presidential era of constitutional government, Roosevelt-Hay style foreign policy, Americans first, wage returns, and reforms in transportation, federal departments, and the merchant marine. It frames Harding as the president we need.
A collage of humorous vignettes and social scenes from a city essay and magazine pieces. A driver is arrested after a man is struck by a car, a neighbor chat turns on housekeeping, and a seven year old visits a metropolis with a supervising brother at a hotel dinner.
The article recalls the 1883 to 1892 era, detailing Cleveland's hard fought convention victory, rivalries with Harrison, and the 1892 plurality. It notes McKinley tariff debates, Quay’s politics, and the wave of Democratic gains that framed the era's partisan shifts.
A reader Q and A Q covers topics from taxation on land value proposed by Henry George to pronunciation of Cicotte and Desertion versus enlistment stats. Also asks about distillate composition, Three Wise Monkeys, war risk insurance for illegitimate children, oil sources in Europe, and boiler insulation materials with bureau guidance.
Latrobe Evelyn Huggins came home Monday from a Parkersburg hospital where doctors removed adenoids and tonsils. Oscar Zeisler and wife of Chillicothe visited her grandparents Dean and Mrs. Ewers this week. T. E. Fitch and family were guests of D. F. Morrison and wife near Stewart on Sunday. A H Huggins was in Athens on business Monday. Wilma Carlton of Athens spent the weekend with relatives near here.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Barrows and baby and Mrs. Nelle Keck of Pennsylvania visited Abner Deeter recently. Mildred Fitch, an Ohio University student at Athens, came home Tuesday night due to illness. Mrs. A. H. Huggins was in Parkersburg Monday, T. & Fitch traveled to Athens on business Tuesday.
The public sale of the F. Fair estate drew a large crowd with good prices. Local farming activity includes wheat seeding and corn cutting, upcoming apple picking and two car loads from the Ackley orchard. Visits from Curtis Knight and family and the Olivers are recorded, while Scarlet fever appears in Lottridge schools and Rev. Cole preached in Lottridge. There was a killing frost on the bottoms Thursday morning.
Stewart Miss Frances Hayes of Athens stayed with her grandmother over the weekend. Charles Nice and Mrs Clarence Boles and son Earl visited George Boles and Wade Dean families. Elizabeth Leeper of Athens High School visited her parents. Mrs John Lightfoot continues to recover after Parkersburg hospital surgery. Ralph Byron and daughter from Johnstown Pa visited relatives. Wade Dean now runs the post office from his business location.
United Press reports from Paris that Russian peasants wage forest fires to thwart Bolshevism. Troops ordered cutting and transport of timber provoked, villages and homes burn, famine widens from Tambov to Volga regions as winter clothing and fuel run scarce.
A bleak portrayal of Moscow under siege like conditions with famine and fear. The quote contrasts starving citizens with well fed commissaries and declares a collapse of human life under the present regime.
Residents report Henry Dille visiting from Mansfield to winter on his sister Mrs Albert Brooks farm. G A Patton of Sandoval visits relatives after 25 years away. Attendees at the funeral of R. McCune include Mrs Miller Townsend and others from Chillicothe Greenfield Columbus Nelsonville Bedford Zanesville Chesterhill. Democrats form the League of Nations Study club with Lucy Weber as president and a slate of officers.
J P Tumulty said Senator Spencer of Missouri was invited to produce official records of the peace conference to back his claim that President Wilson promised military aid to Romanians and Serbs if attacked. Tumulty noted no stenographic reports exist and the only official record is in Paris. White House officials maintained the president’s assertion that the Spencer charges are false.
New Marshfield reports the Girl Scouts will host an ice cream social this Saturday night in the K of P hall. Residents are invited to attend.
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