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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1920
Page
4
The piece rails at the bourgeois as a target for radical action and contrasts the two classes. It frames the small property owner as a prime target while condemning capitalist gains amid a Leninist critique of social hierarchy. It notes Leninist attacks in Soviet Russia focus on the bourgeois, including his family.
A editorial urges awakening voter interest urging citizens to value local and national problems. It argues against penalties for abstention and promotes extending citizenship rights so every voter recognizes individual power and responsibility in elections.
A young Protestant pastor in a diverse urban parish draws twenty three nationalities to his services and uses Sunday programs to support mothers with children. He hosts public evenings on politics and science and works to unite families, improve morals, and mold citizens into true Americans. The church thrives as long as he guides its mission.
The National Federation of Postoffice Clerks filed charges against Chief Clerk McArdle and Postmaster Selph alleging civil service law violations through political participation. An affidavit claims McArdle and Selph forced a St. Louis printer to produce Democratic campaign literature on government presses in government time during the 1918 campaign. A humorous aside notes a presidential candidate in a sleeper car washroom with collar off.
The piece recounts how Theodore Roosevelt emerged as the sole lasting wartime hero after Spain’s war, shaping Republican strategy to favor Roosevelt over a vice presidency and detailing 1900 campaign dynamics with Bryan McKinley Roosevelt and party factionalism and the end of sectional strife after McKinley’s southern tour.
United Press reports Congress party arrival in Tokyo after Korea journey. Delegation attends Imperial Hotel receptions as Japanese officials extend cordial hospitality. Congressman Heisman involved in Seoul incident. Tokyo papers seek his version. Heisman remained in Nara to care for ill mother.
A reader information service from The Athens Messenger describes the Washington Information Bureau by Frederic J. Haskin. It invites readers to send questions with full name and address and two cents in stamps for return panes, noting it cannot provide legal medical or financial advice.
A questions page covers compulsory attendance laws up to age fourteen for all states. It notes ten percent disability for World War I veterans eligibility for vocational training. It also answers about platinum safety and provides the earths north south and east west diameters and the origin of the proverb Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones with a James I anecdote.
Mrs Niles begins six months of testing on pullets to establish if 13 eggs daily is possible. She describes how moulting affects laying and notes conditions under which hens increase productivity, including health and feed impact.
The Tokyo papers initially gave little attention to the arriving party but since then have been friendly. They claim greater familiarity with Japan and its people could foster goodwill and friendship toward the United States in Congress.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces a test on November 13 in Athens Ohio to certify for the postmaster vacancy at Carbondale and other office openings. Last year the Carbondale postmaster earned $381. Applicants must be at least 21 on exam day.
Women are declared by statute to be at full age for all purposes at eighteen years. Women eighteen years of age on the date of the examination will be admitted. Applicants must reside within the territory supplied by the post office for which the examination is announced.
Ambrose Gibbs of Glouster sues Scioto Valley Traction Company in Columbus alleging injuries June 17 at Deadman's Crossing near Carroll. He says both legs were broken and he suffered burns from the third rail, leaving him crippled for life.
Canaanville Colorado October 11 Following is a list of pupils in the Canaanville schools who were neither absent nor tardy during September Intermediate room Mary Ogle Goldie Kinder Elsie Kinder Elwin Dorr Wendell Seel Chester Border Hazel Cook Luck Cook Ralph Koker Glendon Baker Gladys Baker Raymond Fose Emma Kolenich Evelyn Darnell Beatrice Jones Mrs James Burchfield teacher Primary room I Irene Almashy Marieda Darnell Stella Dunfee Lucile Donaldson Mary Goff Donald Halbrit Opal Kinder Mary Mc Cloy William Baker Ralph Davis John Darnell Vernon Edwards Joseph Konchar Joseph Kolozyk Junior Seel Walter Smart Hannah Smith teacher
A new packing material made from flax mill waste is being developed to protect eggs and other perishable foods. The invention highlights reuse of industrial byproducts to improve shelf life and reduce waste.
An old advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup for babies with constipation. It claims wide use by American families, describes the product as a popular remedy and laxative, and notes extensive sales and endorsements in pharmacies. It presents no clinical data and uses promotional language to urge purchase.
First M. E. Sunday school reported total attendance of 567 with 26 officers and teachers 10 visitors and 531 scholars. Adults included 144 men 184 women and class totals list Prof. Cope lands 137 Martzolff 95 and other classes reaching 16 to 58. Collection totaled 20.13 dollars with several classes contributing portions.
An ad-like fragment urges replacing wear on the human body with tonics for health. It mentions a blood tonic said to strengthen nerves and vitality and cites Swift Laboratory in Atlanta as a source.
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