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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1921
Page
4
The Grand Army of the Republic plans its last will and testament at its Indianapolis encampment. The document disposes of relics and property but emphasizes intangibles like loyalty bravery patriotism and good citizenship as its enduring legacy beyond taps.
The popular H G Wells volume on the globe's early states through the late war draws readers on streetcars and at dinners. It explains history to ordinary people, making events meaningful and connecting facts to life.
An elderly man of means is escorted through a chain of specialists from a neurologist to a psychopathologist then a psychiatrist. After a brief examination he loses most of his money and is abandoned by his relatives who deem him a crank. A frugal general practitioner finally cures him for a dollar and sixty cents.
A new railway guard in Wales faces a blank look at Llanfairfechan pwilgogerych station. He studies the long name then gestures to the carriages, declaring, If there's anybody there for here, this is it.
A humorous riff on Bernard Shaw opinions and public quirks. The speaker mocks fashion, weather, and disarmament while joking about barbers and rented dress suits. The tone is light, satirical, and reflective of social foibles.
The head chemist of a perfume laboratory guides a reporter through a plant showing the stages from raw essences to final blends. He explains master perfumers create bouquets with delicate florals and heavy animal fixatives like musk and civet, and notes the craft is more celebrated in Europe than in America.
In Athens Ohio the diary of a modern Samuel Pepys recalls a chilly morning with overcoat on and a wish for a furnace. The writer walks past College street and recalls a girl with paper curls, a run‑in with John Cross, and memories of stealing watermelons. He notes city changes, new homes, and a music building addition, attends worship, comments on a Californian speaker, and dines with the Kresges. He writes of a Blueberry pie, a letter from Kingsbury Foster, and stage gossip before ending with praise for officer Mr. Cady and a jab about carved peach stones.
A mixed set of questions and answers covers the Rosetta Stone facts a palindrome term and a Russo Japanese War gun range comparison. It notes left handed writing debates with opinions from the Bureau of Education and historical weapon range details.
Ernest Goldschmidt was found guilty of first degree murder for killing two Akron men more than a year ago. Mercy was recommended and Judge William Ahern sentenced him to life imprisonment.
The ad urges people to check iron levels with a blood test and to boost iron by eating spinach carrots and green vegetables while taking organic Nuxated Iron. It warns against metallic iron and claims one dose equals half a quart of spinach and similar amounts from greens. It promises refunds if results are unsatisfactory.
In Erie Pennsylvania on October 8 George Ross a former policeman died in a peculiar accident inside a two mile cement tube over Mill Creek. He slipped into a hole or fell from a temporary bridge near the tube and was swept away before coast guards could reach the mouth. Civilian workers had been painting with a Blue Devil ad on the tube.
Texas farmers and stockgrowers have filed loan applications totaling several million dollars since the War Finance Corporation opened its agency in Fort Worth. The loans aim to support agriculture under the new act.
Readers note a Baptist Young People's meeting colored by tobacco juice and mention Officer Cady among Saturday items. The fragment hints at local happenings but lacks full context or outcomes.
A call to candidates to campaign openly before the courthouse as the election nears. Voters are urged to hear Moore and other contenders explain why they deserve votes and what they would do as mayor.
A nostalgic note ponders the fate of the old fashioned girl who once paused before saying no on dates at the Court House corner. The speaker, a lifelong friend, marks the change from lively flirtation to a quieter street scene.
A reader information service offers written answers from the Athens Messenger bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington. It states no legal medical or financial advice and cannot settle domestic issues, with questions to be sent with full name and address and return postage.
The text reviews freeze effects on jelly, notes red blood cells appear straw colored individually but redden in mass, estimates ex service members in the U S with about four and a half million civilians, and recalls Burns monument attribution. It ends with a question about the Great Wall of China.
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