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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1927
Page
4
Advertising representatives listed are Robert J ward Inc with offices at 501 Fifth Ave New York and 5 South Wabash Avenue Chicago for promotional services.
Twenty years ago and ten years ago reports mention an executive order for police to arrest loafers near saloons and public buildings to curb the practice. The text notes pleasant weather, planned Muskingum division line work, assessor meetings for personal property, and state welfare counts.
A brief devotional note quotes Ecclesiastes urging memory of the Creator in youth. It contrasts youthful impulse with warnings of temptation, invoking a Victorian voice about virtue and restraint. The excerpt cites a sermon style reflection by a writer identified as Vicar Hugo.
Bid acceptance marks progress on the new alumni auditorium at Ohio University on the green. Plans emphasize acoustics and visibility for all seating while uniting alumni, faculty, patrons, and students in support of the project amid ongoing fundraising and committee effort.
Anatol Josepho, a Russian inventor and socialist, earns a million dollars from commercial photography. He plans to place half in a charity trust and use the other half to assist struggling inventors, insisting his fortune remains guided by unselfish motives.
A Spanish zeppelin would carry 100 passengers plus crew with sleeping and dancing facilities as music plays. German engineers envision a regular air train with a locomotive plane pulling gliders that descend to land under separate pilots. In Athens Socrates drank hemlock after impiety accusations, choosing to respect the law and die.
Mr. Paradopoulos of modern Athens asks the high court to reverse the 2,325 year old Socrates judgment arguing that Greece’s honor requires revision of the ruling.
The passage notes Plato’s immortalization of Socrates and the dinner scene with Alcibiades. It suggests the judges’ verdict and Socrates’ drink of hemlock may have spared him from future folly and public embarrassment.
The readable text hints at everyday life and derisive or humorous asides about Turkish bath attendants and a Death Valley egg sprint. It mentions training in shade and an egg slicing scene, but no clear event, dates, or people are established.
Mrs Chaplin finds only part of her husband’s reported fortune, noting a personal obstacle in accessing his assets at night. The fragment hints at a wider mystery surrounding the late financier.
Washington column notes Congress adjourned without supplying May and June pensions for 493,000 Civil Indian and Spanish War veterans and widows. Treasurer McCarl found funds from July 1 to cover the shortfall, while aging pensioners face uncertain support and shifting political clout.
Gilbert Swan reports on the Statue of Liberty tour in Manhattan, noting a carnival like Jazz flavor in the experience. Vendors, street entertainment, and signs frame the visit as a busy modern spectacle with celebrities, cops, and crowds blending into the city scene.
Mt. Vernon April 4 Kenyon college students responded to a tire alarm in Gambier and saved the contents of the P. M. Lyberger residence which was burned to the ground.
A compact overview of a religious work arranged by Dr. William Be. Gilroy with sketches by Krofsen. The material presents a narrative outline of Christ’s life emphasizing key episodes and thematic highlights for devotional study.
William A. Anderson, Minnesota farmer labor state chairman, rejects reports of the party’s demise. He predicts a farmer-labor senator and governor in 1925 if farm relief lags, cites solid 260,000 gubernatorial votes and ongoing party unity despite past upheavals. Shipstead’s status remains debated while Johnson’s influence wanes.
Radio schedule lists multiple stations with live concerts, operas, choruses, and orchestras across the United States. Notable items include WPG and WIBO in New York and Chicago Lyric Trio on air, with programs from WEAF.
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