Athens Day by Day by the Messenger Watch Dog
A quirky Athens column recounts streetside scenes with flirtations, outfits, a golf suit, a night watchman, and local chatter. It notes Catholic and Baptist activities, a Washington tale about Jock Moore, and Congressman Foster’s homecoming, ending with a plea for a hearing.
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Athens
Woman's Music Club
Cee
Court Street
John
Cady
Merrill Atkinson
Schmidt
Cline Ice Cream.Co
the Berry
Foster
Jock Moore
Ohio
United Mine Workers
Ohio Federation of Labor
Jock
Athens County
Washington
National
Henry Clay
Emma Goldman Aims for a U S Return Amid Anarchy Debate
Emma Goldman tells United Press she plans to return to America soon calling it home while praising freedom there over Soviet Russia. She defends anarchist violence as still advocacy and notes printing restrictions in Russia. The piece cites Berkman and notes U S authorities would bar or swiftly expel them.
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Emma Goldman
United Press
America
Emma
United States
Soviet Russia
Russia
Uncle Sam
Anarchy
Berkman
Department of Justice
The Fat Milestones and Weight Management
A health authority advises adults past 30 to keep weight near the average for their height. For those 40 plus, reducing excess weight is often necessary through moderation in fat-rich foods and regular walking. Physicians can provide the target weight and scales assist in monitoring progress. Pounds over the average are seen as milestones toward a shorter life, so weight down.
Outdoor sports for health and competition
An essay extols baseball, football, tennis, and golf as outdoors activities that exercise major muscles, rest the eyes and fingers, and foster self expression, rivalry, and contest for a healthier American public.
After Dinner Stories and a Bargain Pig
A mother promises Clara a doll and visits a store with a wide array of dolls. Clara asks if a doll can cry or respond to outfits, while a saleswoman demonstrates talking and dress features. Separately two farmers discuss selling a pig for thirteen dollars after counting costs of shoot, lumber, and feed.
Follies Sparks Reflections From a Wandering Editor
A column recalls earlier musings on stage versus Shakespeare and notes the writer’s aging via reminiscence of New York nights. The narrator cites Remy de Gourmont Ana tole France and Friedrich Nietzsche as companions of wiser, slippered ease. He hints at a verdict on this year’s Follies.
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Roy
Shakespeare
New York
Remy de Gourmount
Anatole France
Friedrich Nietsche
Saul Charles Edwin Gordon
Eastman School of Music planned in Rochester
A $2,000,000 Eastman School of Music to be built in Rochester will house 88 studios and 80,000 instruments? No, 88 studios with sound proofing, a 3,000 seat moving picture auditorium and extensive facilities. George Eastman funds the project, aiming to offer lessons at low cost and foster musical appreciation citywide.
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Rochester
N. Y
Iman School of Music
America
George Eastman
Eastman
Eastman School of Music
University of Rochester
Eastman School
Ethelbert Nevin
Moving Picture
Ters
Eastman Laboratories
Eastman Photographic Paper
National Capital
Congress
School of Music
Public Library
Babson Comments on German Marks and Market Speculation
Roger Babson analyzes Germany's monetary collapse, noting the marks are paper and unredeemable, while credit flows from international bankers to German firms. He warns of a stock market fever, later a downturn, and cites lessons for the United States about not seeking something for nothing.
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Germany
Berlin
New York
United States
The Run-Up Shot and Its Golf Significance
A veteran golfer extols the run-up shot from ten to thirty yards off the green, praising its reliability and strategic value. Jerome Travers is highlighted for perfecting this stroke, with examples from matches including a game with President Harding, and notes on regional differences and equipment use.
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Jerome Travers
Harding
Washington
Mastering the Full Mid Iron Shot for Distance and Control
A golf expert outlines a full mid iron technique emphasizing relaxed wrists and quick leading clubhead snap along an imaginary direction line. It covers grip strength, follow through, keeping the elbow close, and a groundward takeaway to boost distance with accuracy.
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National Newspaper Service
Need for East Side Sidewalks Highlighted After Accident
The need for sidewalks on the extreme east end of East State Street was pressed after a Thursday afternoon collision. Miss Clara Gibson was knocked from the curb by two passing automobiles but her injuries, though painful, are not serious.
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East State Street
Clara Gibson
Information Bureau Q and A Offer Promoted
The Athens Messenger details an Information Bureau run by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington D C. It offers to answer questions with plain clear queries and includes safety limits on legal medical and financial guidance. Respondents must provide full name and address with two stamps for return responses.
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
The
Inquirer
Weather and science Q and A roundup from historical queries
A compilation of Q and A items covers sea temperatures off the Middle Atlantic coast peaking in late summer or a warm September, 1916 Northern Lights sighting on August 26, 1916, two cent postage first used in 1883 and 1885, barely perceptible seiche tides in the Great Lakes, a yard equaling 3600.3937 meters, projected Pellagra cases in the United States, 1924 federal revenue estimate at 4.45 billion, Russia plague and famine death estimates, wildlife extermination notes by Louis Agassiz Fuertes including buffalo counts, Britain's Navy lead with the United States second and Japan third, and metals expansion under daylight.
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Middle Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Hydrographic Office
B. A
Bureau of Standards
United States
Public Health Service
Russia
O. F. A. Gorky
W. T. A Louis Agassiz Fuertes
United States Navy
S. U
Great Britain
Florida man of faith sends persimmons to correspondent
In Lynn Haven Rev. M. B. Cooley, father of John Cooley, a local car dealer and former Athens County resident, responds to a plaintive appeal for persimmons by sending two large Japanese specimens as big as tomatoes. The writer awaits ripening and plans a visit when traveling south.
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Lynn Haven
Florida
Rev. M. B. Cooley
John Cooley
Athens County
Cooley
Persimmons
Mr. Cooley
Jury Deadlocks in $100000 Dempsey Suit Over Dare Devil Jack
After nine hours the jury in the Spellman versus Jack Dempsey case on profits from the motion picture Dare Devil Jack failed to reach a verdict. The panel stood 12 to 2 in Spellman’s favor. Spellman said he would seek a change of venue.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Frank P. Spellman
Batavia
Dare Devil Jack
Spellman
Stirling Wins Semi to Reach national final in 1921
Elaxia Stirling the American champion advances to the final round of the women’s national championship at Hollywood Club Newark by defeating Mrs. Clarence Vanderbeck of Philadelphia one up in the October 8 match.
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Hollywood Club
Deal
N.J
Elaxia Stirling
Clarence Vanderbeck
Philadelphia
Out of town bread cheaper in Cleveland price war
Cleveland bakers cut bread prices for Higria and Lorain retailers by two cents a pound vs Cleveland shops as independents in the other cities spar in a price war. Clevelanders pay 14 cents a loaf while Elyria and Lorain residents pay 10 to 12 cents.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Higria
Lorain
Notable Ohio Figures Born or Dying, 19th Century
Yesterday's in Ohio notes the births and deaths of historical figures including Wells A. Hutchins born in Hartford and died at Portsmouth in 1895, Gen John A Campbell born in Salem and Wyoming's first territorial governor, William Creighton first Ohio Secretary of State, Thomas West Ewart 1850 constitutional convention member and probate judge, plus Major McKinley and Governor Campbell in a joint debate.
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Wells A. Hutchins
U. S
Ohio
Congress
Hardford
Portsmouth
John A. Campbell
Wyoming
Salem
William Creighton
Chillicothe
Berkeley County
Thomas West Ewart
Washington County
Granville
Major McKinley
Campbell Encrane
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Lim
Els
Pacific
Harding Pres
Justmell
Conner
Baptists
Music Hall
Ohio University
Mother
Clara
Httle Clara
By Frederic J. Haskin
Roger Babson
Mark
Mr. Babson
Atlantic Ocean
Jersey Coast
K. A
Emipoey
Victor
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