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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1921
Page
4
Fatty Arbuckle, accused in the Virginia Rappe case, sits with a notable legal team including Milton Cohen of Los Angeles, and Frank Dominguez and Charles H. Brennan of San Francisco, forming a formidable defense lineup.
An editorial advocates a ten million dollar national victory memorial in Washington DC to honor soldiers sailors and marines. It urges Athens County to donate based on enlistments and losses, estimating about fifteen thousand dollars from the county, noting local contributions to war effort and calling for immediate action.
A Cincinnati man lauds the Athens golf course on the local course saying it reflects credit on a fifty thousand people town. He commends the clubhouse and calls the institution an asset for efficiency, longevity and civic morals while praising the movement’s organizers.
A tenant in a poorly built house complains of rain entering the roof, while the landlord retorts that he should pay rent and jokes about not supplying soap and towels. The exchange highlights shoddy construction and practical disputes over repairs and expenses.
Old newspaper fragment features a murder headline from 1819 and a want ad listing a Brase crib copper percolator sewing tray wash bench lawn mower garden tools chafing dish pewter dishes plus a Ford. Mentions Lloyd George and writer freedoms with no cohesive report.
Amid gossip about China famines and world events, Ganna Walska and her husband separate. The piece notes he was famed as America's richest bachelor and hints at wartime context with General Pershing planning an early return of U S troops from the Rhine sector as the war nears closure.
Urbain Ledoux, a self described mystic and organizer, gained fame for living on five dollars weekly while studying the poor, advocating cosmic consciousness, and promoting unselfish service. He says unemployment is waste of energy and aims to lift the unemployed through acts rather than speeches.
Mrs Watch Dog presides over a Ladies Aid gathering at Floodwood home described as charmingly cluttered with patches, kitted furniture, and a sea of chairs. Euchre, gossip, harmonica, and a three course lunch follow a decorative night with kittens in ribbons and an onion floor aid.
A speaker warns that several men betting on baseball games may publish want ads to lure workers or inform on them. He jokes that ministers would be shocked by the truth about certain church members and urges readers to watch the want ads tomorrow.
A Kansas report notes distant diplomacy and broad horizons, reflecting on how local voices echo global connections beyond a single street corner. The piece frames everyday observations against larger world affairs with a concise cultural tone.
A reader information column lists Q A entries on topics from religion and demographics to crafts and cooking. Questions cover Christianity in the Philippines spear grass uses oldest and youngest college football coaches boomerangs and postal guide conventions with practical answers and tips.
Dance Friday night October 14 at the Athens Armory. Music by Webster's Jazz Harmonicans Kings of Syncopation. All invited. October 31, 1931.
A large gathering at J B Enlow home features many guests including Oscar Knowlton and daughter Marjorie, Fred Elliot, Silas Scott family, Ed Hawk family, George Scott and sons, Theodore Hawk, and other relatives. Additional visits include Notestine and Trout households and Nichols family friends.
The state board of pardons and paroles at its annual convention in Columbus approved 87 pardons and granted paroles to 34.
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