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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1922
Page
4
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The essay argues that losses from coal and railroad strikes spur innovation in energy use. Households upgrade furnaces, adopt new combustion methods, and adopt more efficient electric heaters. Expert advice and consumer self-reliance rise, aiming for warmth at lower cost amid postwar reconstruction.
The article notes Canada’s dollar returning to par with the American currency after years of weaker value. It credits disciplined postwar finance, restrained government spending, and indirect U.S. assistance, including cross border liquor flows and tourist spending, plus tariffs prompting Canadians to keep gold at home.
Tom Sims critiques reformers he claims mistake justice for vanity, arguing reformers overextend to fix global wrongs while neglecting common decency. He contrasts costly fashion with moral priorities, noting black crepe dresses symbolize mourning for short skirts and the era’s sartorial shift.
The article argues the displayed Russian crown jewels are priceless in imagination yet worthless practically. Farberger values them at 60 billion dollars, a figure questioned as sensational, noting guards, secrecy, and the paradox of immense wealth versus human need.
A Nel sonville maiden seeks advice in a lovers quarrel and the letter is printed for readers. The piece presents an advice to the loveworn style column without the author claiming to give guidance.
A 1922 essay argues two rival views on industrial strife. One side seeks a final clash between capital and labor, the other favors pacific settlement and negotiated peace. The piece cites Roosevelt Harding Endicott Rockefeller and Leverhulme as advocates of ending fights without victory. It warns a total victory or total peace harms society and stresses a balanced approach.
A wry note likens a Duluth hay fever convention to a gathering of satisfied users. The speaker jokes about kiss motives and mentions a coded pass word and a playful misdirection about access.
A reader guidance notice explains how to submit questions to the Messenger information bureau in Washington. It outlines that the bureau cannot give legal medical or financial advice and will not settle domestic troubles. It requests plain questions, full name and address, and two cents for return postage.
The text notes gunpowder predates guns with roots in Greek fire and Arab mixtures around 1280 and 1318 for gun invention. It cites Augsburg 1340 and Landau 1344 mills, Crecy 1246 gun use, and Berthold Schwartz as early gun inventor. It also mentions the Crystal Palace 1851 world fair and 1862 London exhibition.
The passage discusses the line of succession to the British throne naming Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David and notes friends call him David or Davy. It then asks about five dollar yellowbacks and answers that the Federal Government has never issued gold certificates below ten dollars.
Charles H. Fry of Mohr Minton buys the Candy Shop in McArthur from the Martindill brothers and will operate it. The Martindill brothers will run the bar and Buick garage here. William Maccabee and family move to Logan for work at Happy Home factory. Mr and Mrs Luke Sowards of Cincinnati visit Mrs Inez Thorp.
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