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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1921
Page
4
Minnesota farmers say they will burn corn for fuel next winter rather than market it, amid similar talk in other states. The piece argues corn should feed people and animals and criticizes high freight rates, coal prices, and government reluctance to act. It calls for putting government bonds into circulation to finance industry and commerce.
The Treasury Department estimates over 83 million dollars in unclaimed interest on government securities mainly Liberty Bonds. With 7.4 million bonds totaling about 21.1 billion dollars outstanding, many owners have forgotten their holdings and uncashed coupons remain in safes and boxes. Investment Bankers urge banks and brokers to promote exchange and cashing to recapture owed interest.
In a remote Scottish coast cottage the isolation leaves children unused to men. A figure on the hillside shocks a child who runs in to declare, Oh mother, here's a thing like father coming. Muggins quips that neighbors lack common household gear, noting one man borrowed nothing after moving in.
A poet laments editors who rejected his verses sent to Helen Bowen. He imagines bold lines, humorously suspects she may be married, and jokes about printing his work. The piece notes a rise of a middle class in England calling for war on profiteers, referencing the White Collar Union.
A curious note claims ninety percent of gin drinkers cured at drug stores fall ill from the effects. It adds seventy percent of husbands are glad when wives depart for summer but also rejoice upon their return.
The piece portrays a north of the Chicago River shop once the Old Tower Book Shop now hosting arts and a weekly poets circle led by Miss Ruby Black. It frames Chicago as both a hub of commerce and a growing Western literary capital with Bohemian quarters and Dill Pickle Club echoes.
Berlin General Sukhomlinof, accused of duping the czar and triggering the 1914 mobilization, was said to be on leave in Dresden after a treason conviction. He received life imprisonment but was later released by the regime.
The Athens Messenger offers general information through its Information Bureau. Readers may send questions with full name and address and return postage stamps for replies, but legal medical and financial advice is not provided.
A sequence of Q and A covers wages for coal miners, religious census dates, belladonna meaning, bicameral legislature, Banana Banana island and town, Akbar the emperor, Bible quote origin, Dorothy Dix identity, black powder in CO2, Dick Whittington tale, and golf unplayable lie penalties.
A diary style account from Columbus notes an Athens observer at the Ohio State Fair. He recounts meetings with Bill Moler and M. P. Totman, mentions a ptomaine scare with 150 cases, and observes crowds, a blonde woman, and a car from Athens. He describes loitering after eleven, enjoying the fair, and reporting fewer amusements and less spending than in earlier years.
A reader writes from Court Street noting no flag on the university flag pole and urging the campus fountain be repaired. The letter compliments the paper and campus coverage while expressing civic pride.
Millfield James F. Shaner returns home after a week with his parents Mr and Mrs George Shaner. Mrs James Adams visits Pomédroy guest of Mrs Abe Rankin and friends. R F Totman family Sunday at Gifford home in Sharpsburg. Leonard Ogg family of Broadwell visits Charles Ogg family. Mrs John Hughes Crooksville, Harold and Pauline visit L E Wood family. Alpha Werner visits Athens. Harold Touts moves family to Pomeroy for work. Charles Ogg wife and daughters with relatives in Chesterhill. Mary Evans weekend in Columbus. E C Ruth and Dan Fulton Glouster visitors. State Fair attendance noted. Mary Daft of Peoria guest this week. C L Sanders Sharpsburg guest of sister W A Bell. Ina Lindsey Buchiei with Elmer Poling family. Dorothy Ball The Plains visiting Abe Rankin. Lee Warner The Plains guest of sister Elmer Poling. Thelma Rankin Glouster visitor.
John Corbin of Kenmore fatally wounded his wife this afternoon and then shot himself. Four children survive the couple. Authorities report no motive yet. The wife is reported to be dying.
Washington dispatch reports the Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Western railroads to cut grain export rates via the Gulf Coast, with a five day notice instead of the usual thirty. The move affects shipments to Gulf ports and related trade.
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