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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1921
Page
4
The text defines shadow boxing as boxing without an opponent and explains laughing gas as nitrous oxide. It notes Davy suggesting nitrous oxide as an anesthetic in 1800, Wells proving it in 1844, Long using ether in 1842 with general use by 1846, and chloroform beginning around 1847.
A Los Angeles dispatch describes Roscoe Arbuckle returning from San Francisco with his wife Minta Durfee Arbuckle to an illuminated mansion in West Adams. Guests cheer him as Hollywood’s moral code is questioned, and the public debates whether the film profession should embrace or reject him.
A feminist orator addresses a male audience and claims women have driven national history. She asks who is the world's greatest hero, ruler, and martyr, answering with Helen of Troy, Queen Victoria, and then declares the greatest martyr is the speaker’s wife as the crowd responds in unison.
The Spur Of The Moment column notes Germany promises to pay France seven billion marks in building materials as a backdrop suggesting the war may be concluded. It also comments on automatic telephones replacing operators, a Brooklyn bridge jump remark, and a humorous limerick about a city and its smog.
A groomed Athens to Nelsonville ride reveals shopfront chatter and a parade of curious locals. Readers discuss Ohlinger & Wolfe robbery, a Washington football ticket tale, and stray dog cruelty as a column of questions and answers fills the car’s view with small town life.
Frederic J. Haskin surveys American and English views on girls athletics and motherhood. Doctors from Harvard and Vassar defend athletic training as beneficial, noting that proper individualized programs improve health and childbearing resilience, while English critics overstate risks and call for milder limits.
The Athens Messenger notes an information service by Washington DC bureau head Frederic J. Haskin. Readers may mail questions with full name and address, include two cents for return postage, and receive replies directly. no legal medical or financial advice provided.
Mrs Frda Nice has returned home after a hospital stay in Parkersburg and is progressing well. W O White operates the engine at the Schuler mine in Lathrop. Blaine Driggs moved from Utley to the Glazier house. S C McGilton leased a country mine near Possumm. The new school age law is bringing in several new scholars to the area. Parents of prospective high school scholars in Bern township.
Utley held a joint meeting Tuesday four bids for transporting thirteen Broadwell Utley high school scholars to Amesville. W O White had the lowest bid. Road repair at the reverse curve off the pike is planned and may be finished if commissioners provide funds. Taylor would finish the road in first class condition if allotted funding.
Yesterday in Ohio notes the death near Columbus of Thomas S Grimke, born Charleston 1786. It also lists the birth of Isaac Wilson Joyce in Hamilton County in 1836 and George Tod, a Ohio Supreme Court judge and Gov. Tod’s father, who died in 1841. Charles Foster’s 1881 reelection to governor is recorded.
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