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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1921
Page
4
A quiz style page notes progress on tackling a disease affecting wheat varieties first seen in April 1919, mentions a probe into ancient furniture, and offers a cooking tip for scorched vegetables. Names provide context, with a mix of questions and concise answers.
A critic notes a recent meeting of federal state and local officials on reforming dry law enforcement in Colorado. Despite unity in aim, agencies fail to co operate as they act independently. The piece urges harmonized action and uniform state enforcement laws for true prohibition.
The article warns disability from war injuries will grow for years with seven in ten discharged soldiers affected. Many cases are tubercular or mentally deranged and some ill men have not sought treatment, signaling a long term, generation lasting burden and a need to prevent future wars.
A struggling worker contemplates steps to avert joblessness and reestablish stability, reflecting on options to regain employment. The statement highlights the broader challenge of unemployment and the need for solutions.
A playful feature titled Our Own Little Schoolhouse presents light Q and A humor about Columbus, sports writers, peanuts, and the circus. The pieces mix simple questions with witty answers.
Jene Smithers demands ever smaller liver slivers during a dinner, wrestling with a slippery waiter. The scene spirals through mispronunciations and verbal gaffes as the comical exchange escalates with Mr Smithers insisting on increasingly odd orders.
A tenderfoot professor asks about housing issues in Crimson Gulch. Cactus Joe explains overcrowding makes the boys irritable and drives the surplus population to seek elsewhere, signaling local strain and potential relocation.
New York sculptor Gertrude Boyle argues art should reflect contemporary life and figures like baseball stars and factory workers, not only classical Greek athletes. Her work includes a planned Central Park statue and a Burbank portrait, with living subjects embraced despite alive statues remaining controversial.
A Athens Chronicle column recounts a Nelsonville ride with locals including conductor Silas Scott and motorman Seelum Styles. The narrator notes shops, inquiries, and Ada references, plus a string of neighborhood characters, shops, and the growing use of want ads in Nelsonville.
Readers may submit questions to the Athens Messenger Information Bureau to receive factual information. Frederic J. Haskin directs from Washington D C. The bureau does not give legal medical or financial advice or handle domestic disputes. Include full name address and two cents for postage.
A man returning home after years away finds the town unchanged but old friends eager to move on after warm welcomes. The piece notes the tension between nostalgia and the drive to depart quickly.
An advertising notice promotes Epsonade Salts a blend of epsom salts and fry derivatives with a lemonade flavor promising relief from biliousness headaches or constipation for a few cents. It warns against asking for tasteless salts and directs readers to look for the American Epsom Association. A stray line mentions paper made from seaweed and a note about Judge Taft and a cigar.
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