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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1922
Page
4
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The piece argues southern cities lack funds but can gain from river work flood protection and street paving as northern cities have. It cites New Orleans as an example and foresees a ten year municipal marathon where vision governs who leads. Babson barometer shows activity below normal but may rise.
A Cleveland man describes persistent facial pimples lasting four to five months. He credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with quick relief after use. The notice promotes Cuticura products and offers free samples while listing prices and the Cuticure Laboratories address.
A business expert notes that U S activity hinges on people's mood. American industry continues to grow despite European tensions, with the stock market rising and optimism spreading. The piece links confidence to prosperity and social cohesion amid global upheavals.
Community campaigns to promote home ownership regain momentum as theaters show plays and movies on owning a home. Civic and trade groups unite to plan financing, building and buying schemes while leading newspapers publish features on property ownership and its link to citizenship and business.
A Maine observer notes August events show a community’s push toward normalcy and prosperity through collective home ownership goals. It argues that homeowners collaborating can solve many problems, while contrasting wealth with prudent investment and social action.
The piece notes Europe’s growing reliance on the U S for critical services and jokes about a future arrangement in which the United States would pay Germany’s indemnity to the Allies.
Despite a postwar surge, American exports to Europe exceed war-time totals yet lag behind in balance. From January to August Europe bought about $637 million more than the U S shipped, leaving the United States effectively in the red by about $1 billion annually. Europe’s demand is offset by gold payments, while trade with South America and Asia shows mixed gains and deficits.
Frederic J. Haskin notes grass interests farmers and urban lawn owners, but golf players form a large audience. C V Piper of the Agriculture Department explains grass diversity, origin myths about Kentucky blue grass, and how blue grass spread from Europe and Asia to North America, now common in the northern United States and valued for lawns and pasturage.
The article reviews grass biology including roots stems leaves and nodes while noting cereals are grasses and the industry relies on varieties like timothy redtop Bermuda and many others. It highlights 1400 US species with Washington state rich diversity and discusses golf course turf management including bent grass at Columbia Country Club for resilient putting surfaces.
In a humorous piece set in Athens, Abrigal and narrator recount a dinner event where hosts test Abrigal's appetite with a rotating course of dishes and utensils. The tale follows social mishaps, kitchen mishaps, and the narrator’s wary amusement at the guests and etiquette, ending with a quip about Turks and rug complaints.
An elderly caller to the city tries to order two seats for a show but learns the actors are long dead. The piece riffs on frost and farming while noting cantaloupes and a bouquet of forget me nots tied to a debt.
Roger W Babson warns Wellesley Hills readers that a suburban shift will reshape living and labor. He links rising building demand to car, road, water, and sewer expansions, urging city leaders to widen limits, fund bonds, and improve paving and schools to seize the moment.
Readers may write The Athens Messenger Information Bureau Washington for answers The service warns it cannot give legal medical or financial advice nor settle domestic matters Full name and address are required with inquiries
A reader questions jam marmalade and butters distinctions. Jam uses crushed small fruit, marmalade uses larger fruits with piecey pulp, and butters are smoother with spiced flavors. The text also defines fait accompli in diplomacy and notes Alaska hair seal skin use and hawkbill turtle shells. It cites pure drinking water as non harmful substances and gives New York City public school pupil totals for September 193?.
The expression derives from dice language, once "to set on six and seven," likely a corruption of "to set on cinque and sice." The form has persisted since the eighteenth century.
The word lucubration means work by lamplight and is linked to late study. The passage notes undergraduates today favor updates on varsity football progress over academic lucubration in sporting prints.
The Christian Science Society reports relocation to 65 South Court Street with Sunday service at 10 45 A M on Reality Golden Text Psalms 71 19 and Sunday school at 9 30 A M Weekly Wednesday meeting at 7 30 P M You are invited A second note states a service at the County Infirmary on Sunday at 1 30 P M with Rev Ahlbrand preaching
Sunday school begins at 9 10 with a 10 15 sermon by the new pastor Rev Brown Epworth League gathers at 6 and a 7 o clock sermon follows Young People's Prayer meeting is Tuesday at 7 and regular Wednesday prayer meeting is at 7 in the evening.
Dr Daniel McGurk pastor leads Sunday school at 9 00 morning service at 10 30 with sermon First Things First Epworth League at 6 90 and evening service at 7 00 A special choir and minister service on The Ministry of Great Hymns invites college young people to affiliation Sunday This is church affiliation Sunday
The Christian Church on W State and Congress Streets lists morning worship at 10 15 and Sunday school as M E Bible School. Evening sermon at 7 with Christian Endeavor at 6 and Rev C M Bond, Student Pastor, assisting in day services.
Abbott Y Wilcox minister announces 9:00 Bible study for university bound young men. 10:30 sermon Public Prayer. 6:00 Young People meeting led by Miss Maier on Christianizing the Orient. 7:00 sermon Where Do You Live. Dr Wilcox preaches morning and evening. Mrs Benedict and Miss Headen sing at both services.
Homer C. Smith, pastor, announces Sunday school at 9 15 A M and morning worship at 10 15 A M Rev C J Bowen of Granville will preach at the morning service.
A compact reflection contrasts Proverbs 16 18 with a Shakespearean line about pride consuming itself. The excerpt juxtaposes biblical caution with dramatic imagery, highlighting pride as self-destroying and its praise mirroring the deed.
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