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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1921
Page
4
Virginia state superintendent Harris Hart cites a decade of progress with a 100 percent rise in high school attendance and a 200 percent jump in expenditures while illiteracy drops by more than half. He notes Virginia now has a lower illiteracy rate than Massachusetts despite immigration.
Secretary of Labor Davis asks Congress for a 400000 special appropriation to extend the federal employment service which exists only in skeleton form after postwar abolition. Protests from those familiar with the service buoy hopes it will be re established to aid unemployment and stabilize business in hard times.
A Huntington West Virginia physician asks city officials to pass an ordinance requiring kissing to be done through a medicated gauze screen. He claims to have invented a device resembling a fly swatter to strain kisses and notes the practice has not removed the affection in his own family.
A sea captain jokes that navies have changed since old times while a man recalls a sailor and asks about his rank. A wealthy visitor tours a village birthplace and reminisces about the red schoolhouse and church. An old resident recognizes him and asks to settle a 1883 debt for a codfish.
A movie actor faced the bar on a bigamy charge. The judge noted the double marriage before divorce. The defendant blamed film industry practice, saying scenes are not shown in order and offered to call the continuity man to straighten out the sequence.
A quirky New Jersey tale notes a horse refusing New York hootch while a Detroit auto theft claim fades. A New York man is shot in a lunch room per a report. Scientists say elephants live to a century, yet appear aged their entire lives.
Frederic J. Haskin argues American paper costs rise due to wasteful forest cutting and overreliance on eastern mills. He urges reforestation, West and Alaska pulp development, and strategic forestry to curb imports, with Germany and Scandinavia cited as models.
A golfer outlines a cautioned follow through favoring a bent left arm and a high knuckle position to reduce slicing. He contrasts wrist and clubhead turnover with the aim of relaxed strength, noting stiff left leg aids throwing the clubhead through the ball and offers golf practice tips for putting and mashie use.
Chas Chick Evans explains how club feel guides practice and balance. He outlines a detailed session with mashie shots bunker work tough grass runs and long and short putts to build consistency, noting practice must fit individual temperament and circumstances.
The note discusses Jocko as a stage star insured for 50000, plus a backstage view of practice philosophy for big events. It quotes a veteran speaker on practice, performance joy, and the idea that true skill comes from regular, systematic training and enjoyment of good shots.
Roger Babson argues a general railroad strike is unlikely but warns leaders may push a vote to force Congress to curb the railroad labor board. He notes unions seek to change control, suggests the public accepts wage cuts, and says a strike could present a buying opportunity in railroad securities as markets improve.
The Athens Messenger announces a public information service from the Information Bureau in Washington D C led by Frederic J Haskin. It clarifies the service provides information not advice on legal medical or financial matters and asks questioners to include full name address two cents for return postage.
Athens Ohio October 14 Thoughts while strolling around Athens note humorous sketches and local observations. The writer comments on landmarks people and shops including Landis and Robinson impersonation talk, street repairs, a fixed sewer, and reflections on local politics and social life.
Editor notes Commissioner Andrew Murphy's statement on road funds but adds that county funds have drawn over $80,000 from townships and property owners. The editorial asserts every dollar will be repaid, describing the money as gilt-edged and payable.
The road fund shows a debt of about $28,000 but has collected over $80,000 from townships and property owners, leaving a net county road fund credit of $52,000 which carries six percent interest. Commission members must examine how this credit was built and how it supports road work including York township above Nelsonville and Sunday Creek road north of Chauncey, plus Guysville Stewart road.
Two grams of radium worth about 250000 is placed on display by Radium Chemical Co of Pittsburgh for the Cincinnati health exposition opening today. The display equals one gram less than Madame Curie's supply given by President Harding.
Ohio University teams up with a special Saturday train trip to Denison with round trip tickets at three dollars. Athens residents urged to support the university and the football squad by filling the train with about three hundred citizens.
A lyric voice speaks of bloated skin and sagging form with a resigned tone. The speaker compares happiness to a June songbird and claims no remorse as a playful self depiction.
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