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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1921
Page
4
A citizeness hen is celebrated as a key contributor to a billion-dollar poultry sector. The piece argues her rising output matches demand growth of 104 percent over a decade, and that small farmers joining the poultry boom align with big business, while praising her impact on economics and breakfast eggs.
The piece argues workers are their own employers since the public pays wages through prices and goods. It suggests wages should be valued by products obtainable, not dollars, and that price changes determine wage levels. If applied, this shifts emphasis from money wages to purchasing power and mutual benefit.
A newspaper note weighs optimistic views that rising mail volume indicates business rebound, while a counterview suggests backlog and slack periods allow the post office to clear undelivered accumulations.
The piece quips about Scotland voters choosing to remain temperate with humor. A Scottish joke highlights the irony of a dry vote while Scots smile. An Aberdonian old dame refuses change, insisting she will vote to leave the temperance act as it is.
A humorous list of life tips quotes a pet scientist offering rules for longevity. It covers avoiding poisoned water and disease, dangers of fast trains, early marriage, oyster shells for digestion, language limits, factory smoking, avoiding bystander roles, Wall Street protests, and minding own business with a final quip about a Ford elopement in Indiana.
Frederic J. Haskin notes a nationwide surge in cross country auto camping as families, laborers, and the wealthy convert cars into moving homes. Nomads travel coast to coast, sharing tents, trailers, and built on chassis houses, while road hazards include petty theft and highway pirates. The trend revives nomadic roots, blending romance with practical mobility.
The Athens Kiwanis banquet featured a mock Indian pageant with varied costumes, war dances, and humorous skits. Guests included A B Whaley Fred McKay Dr W W Lee Wm R Cable and Professor Stailey as a claimed hat thief amid playful rivalries and banter.
In this Q and A feature the Athens Messenger presents reader questions and concise replies. Topics cover weather drops classing rain, Brazil’s states, bird varieties in the United States, tennis dress codes, whether England has a court jester, why Moonlight Sonata is named, heart and respiration rates, age of Little Red Riding Hood, railway mail clerks numbers, and color setting for washed fabrics with Epsom salt.
A priest administering last rites finds two wounded men, Ikey and Pat, in the Argonne engagement. The Irishman Pat answers a question about belief with a groan, joking that he is dying and being asked riddles instead of prayers. The scene follows as Ikey remains unresponsive.
The Department of Agriculture notes that bur clover is a seed that can be planted without hull ing. This identifies the specific legume as suitable for direct sowing.
An advertisement extols Blue Devil as a remedy for aging hands, urging readers to try the product with a date tag 9 12 16 and a confident claim of delivering results.
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