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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1920
Page
4
The text discusses a rare chance for workers and owners to observe both socialist and capitalist schemes in one country. It argues that communists can identify flaws and capitalism’s strengths, while capitalists can see positives to retain for labor peace and efficiency. It warns the experiment could yield good or evil and calls for wisdom and patience.
A notice invites readers to send questions to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington at Frederic J. Haskin for factual information. The offer excludes legal medical and financial advice and requests full name address and two cents stamped return postage.
We extend thanks to neighbors and friends for aid during sickness and death of our husband and father. Appreciate floral offerings and kind words from Reverend Miller. Mrs. W. R. Angell and family.
A female candidate for judge argues against male juries leniency toward women offenders and calls for impartial application of law. She contends women can better judge certain offenses and that feminine judges and juries may improve justice and mercy in American courts.
The City Club of New York proposes exempting from local and state property taxes newly started single houses and tenements for two years to encourage construction. Builders fear price drops after contracts and rents too low to break even, risking delays in private home projects.
Italian workers vote 600000 to 400000 against a total seizure of all plants. Non metal industries would revert to owners, while metal trades stay under workers control with Soviet style methods. Government sits back to observe if violence is avoided and the experiment proceeds.
A liberal German paper notes Americans prize action over gold, and this view resonates with women who do things. Many married or dependent women pursue activity for its own sake, while businesswomen index earnings as a pleasant incident. The piece praises women who value achievements over pay and questions whether long undervaluation of women’s work explains the attitude.
The Baltimore Manufacturers' Record reprints an opinion arguing that Allied failure to seize Berlin, Vienna, and Constantinople allowed Bolshevism to rise. It claims American troops halted too soon after armistice and warns of greater future losses if Berlin was not captured.
A humorous note recalls a club physician visiting after a chat with a champion absent-minded man. The doctor saw him out and teased the club’s ongoing status. The punchline arrives when the beggar realizes their goalkeeper is in a fit.
In Washington on Sept 27 1848 the Whigs nominated war hero Zachary Taylor amid party splits in New York that helped Martin Van Buren and the Free Soil wing rise. The Democratic convention in Baltimore chose Lewis Cass over James Buchanan while factional tensions and the barn burners influence swayed New York. Taylor’s surprise nomination came when he learned of it by letter, the only known case of formal notice arriving after the fact.
Q and A summarize how the base on balls rule varied in early baseball, noting eight balls in 1880, earlier six or seven in other periods, and explaining the distinction between climate and weather, wheel base, poetry, horsepower limits, silk production, X-ray discovery, WWI service, and Sunday observance history.
The item lists numerous visits and trips around Columbus Athens Logan and Nelsonville. Names include William Roach Liz Guess Merwin Stauffer Dr Nelson Will Hamer Edison Riley Arthur Finney Joe Hutchins Charles and Dana Nash Rob Hawk William Bobo Harry Notestine Jeff Harrison Frances Aleshire Evelyn Lon Humphrey Walter Geisicke Hilda Port Dicken Orla Shreves and Luke Hardy. The mentions cover Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday and weekend travel and family gatherings.
Ohio Experiment Station tests show similar feed per pound of gain for pigs fed hominy feed and corn. Pigs prefer corn, so growth is faster with corn. Previously higher value of hominy feed due to oil content decline as oil is now extracted from the corn germ.
An injunction suit has been filed in court naming Louis Wend James A. Davidson James T. Wright Thomas W. Wright Wilhemina J. Wilson Fred Mondhank A. B. Haller Mra and others as parties. The action seeks court relief and resolution of related claims.
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A Los Angeles inventor develops broad steel flanges that attach to motor truck wheels to improve mobility over soft ground while remaining usable on hard roads.
Mrs H E Timberlake of Indiana Pennsylvania describes a history of pneumonia that weakened her throat and lungs and caused bronchitis. She states a neighbor recommended Chamberlains Cough Remedy and that a purchased bottle gave immediate relief from her persistent cough.
The county undertakes repairs on Albany road to fix numerous potholes amid rough sections described as pitted as shellfire. Lime is used to fill holes with conditions improving by winter.
An advertisement urges readers to seek a blood remedy that allegedly targets the germs causing skin diseases like eczema. It contrasts temporary relief from surface treatments with a “fine old blood remedy” and offers expert guidance from a medical adviser at a Georgia address.
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