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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1922
Page
4
A brief, unclear OCR snippet mentions amounts and actions with quoted phrases, leaving the event, people, and places unreadable. The readable elements include monetary references and a possible account of doing or handling items, but no definite subject or dates emerge.
The piece notes how Mrs. Harding's health mobilizes 100 million people, with news editors confirming public curiosity about her recovery. It reflects on shared humanity and the sudden focus on the First Lady amid national concerns.
United States Steel Corporation holds 6 000 000 tons of unfilled orders, enough to run the company for a year without new orders. Total orders are rising, about 2 000 000 tons above last February, as industries accumulate orders while fuel and transportation shortages persist. Despite obstacles, employment remains high with good wages and domestic trade improving, hinting at a dawning prosperity once wider hurdles are removed.
Scientists led by Dr. A. V. Kidder excavate Pecos New Mexico arguing the city thrived nine centuries before Columbus. In 600 Pecos is pictured as a walled, democratic society with three story houses and advanced culture.
A scattered editor's page weaves satirical lines about court letters religion and debt with headlines about a jurist freed by a self made widow and odd remarks on Columbus Buddhism and Lord Robert Cecil. The piece blends social commentary and stray observations in a dated tone.
The piece reflects on Norse and other early explorers reaching parts of North America before Columbus. It notes Amnerica in 1922 is only about ten percent discovered, urging every American as an explorer of natural resources and potential powers. It lauds each person as a Columbus in their own right.
A Washington examination by the National Canner's Association finds canned foods rarely cause poisoning. Investigators show most cases result from indigestion or external factors, while fresh foods are more prone to illness. Experts urge consumers to discard any canned item that tastes or smells off.
The excerpt discusses etymology of an island resembling an eye and confusion with isle. It notes anthracite coal mining totals for the week ending August 12: 29,000 net tons versus 1,772,000 tons in the same week last year.
Athens observer relays a quirky Detroit Free Press visit with Edgar A. Guest and a tour of a paper plant. The journal covers travel from Cleveland to Portsmouth and Wheelersburg, glimpses of old friends, a fire at a depot, and humorous anecdotes about sharks mistaken for a dog, fog horns, and the era’s auto dreams.
The Athens Messenger presents an information column where readers submit queries and receive answers from the Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin. Topics cover exhibits at Rio de Janeiro, typography, tuberculosis rewards, gas masks, 1920s theft stats, linguistic origins, and island etymology.
McArthur hosts the county fair as the event opens Wednesday and runs through the week. Guests include James Gill of Breckenridge Missouri visiting D. C. Gill and family. Loise Witt of Grantsville West Virginia vacationing with her parents and sisters. William West of Ravenswood Missouri visits and attends the 114th O W L sixtieth anniversary at Circleville on September 19. Edward Miller of Cincinnati tours the fair and county events.
Irwin, married to Mrs. Ladd for five years, previously led the Methodist church at Hardin Shel by county. C Frank Keeney halted the Red march of union miners with a speech at Danville Boone county on August 26. Bandholtz was called as a defense witness.
The word pusillanimity denotes weakness of spirit and cowardice in leadership. It is traced to Latin pusillus meaning very little and animus mind, illustrating how editors blamed European governments for their pusillanimity over Constantinople.
Brigadier General S. Bandholtz testified in Charlestown West Virginia on September 14 in the treason trial of Walter Allen. He is credited with suppressing the miners uprising in Logan County in August 1921, describing the events and his role in halting the insurrection.
Rescue crews push into an abandoned chute on the Kennedy mine 3600 foot level hoping to reach the entombed 47 in the Argonaut. Progress was slow overnight with shifts advancing five and twelve feet as crews pass the rock barrier and start the final rush to safety.
A brief meditation quotes Proverbs 24 16 and Quarles on rising after a fall. It contrasts righteous endurance with wicked downfall and hints at timing of warnings and sorrows awaiting better times.
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