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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1927
Page
4
A New York financier George D Pratt donates 100000 to the American For Association supporting forestry and conservation. The editorial praises philanthropy while arguing tariffs protect home industries noting sugar beet farmers rely on tariff protection to safeguard the domestic sugar industry.
A 1920s critique argues vaudeville style campaigns boost turnout, citing Chicago’s mayoral race where a chorus of jokey appeals, a rat cage prop and patriotic routines produced a record vote. The piece mocks voters guided by spectacle over issues and suggests campaigns rely on entertainment to drive participation.
Ilbert Swan notes a prominent musical comedy star who shuns laughter to protect her voice. She believes hearty laughter harms vocal quality, and the article ponders the high price of sacrificing mirth. The piece frames laughter as a human trait worth preserving.
A survey of hostile actions and diplomatic strains in China shows Chinese snipers targeting Japanese troops while Western powers urge Americans to depart. Reports of papers seized at the Russian embassy hint foreign influence aimed at curbing Russia in China, as Chinese authorities resist foreign pressure and seek self settlement.
Representatives of Christian mission boards in China say missionary activity among 400,000,000 Chinese has reached the vanishing point. They fear future of missions as workers may be driven out.
The writer ponders Chinese salvation and mass deaths, then shifts to bankers in Washington. They claim Providence has a solution besides hellfire, and state intelligence, ambition, and work drive prosperity more than any gold standard or wealth. The piece also notes W J Bryan's death and mocks bankers.
The piece argues buying now with earnings is wise and productive, opposing excessive installment mania. It notes public interest in the prohibition debate, predicting it will remain a political topic but not define the 1928 campaign, with focus shifting to the Volstead act and liquor policy.
A lighthearted quip notes crossing the Atlantic by roller skates as an imaginative mock statement during a London telephone call. It playful references speed and novelty travel without stating a real event or plan.
Washington report outlines the Hudson River suspension bridge linking Fort Washington in Manhattan to Fort Lee New Jersey. It will be the world’s longest and cost about 50 million dollars with first year traffic projections of over 8 million vehicles and 19 million passengers.
A collage of New York scenes includes an organ grinder shadowed by the world’s richest bank, a Black kitten atop a Wall Street skyscraper, laborers at Trinity churchyard graves, John Golden’s barber chair purchase, Vincent Lopez’s theaterlike apartment, Dorothy Gish in Gramercy Park with hounds, a Broadway comedian with a baby carriage, passport photo sellers, a bootlegger trade paper, and a jokester whose stories fail to amuse a singer who trusts musical theory over laughter.
The text says Gary, Indiana was founded in 1906 by U S Steel and named for Elbert H. Gary. It notes the town may be said to be built to order. It also answers questions on scye meaning armhole in clothing, mustard gas odor, and voting rights in Liberia for men of negro blood who own real estate.
A compact feature presents sketches by Kroesen accompanied by text arranged by Dr William E Gilroy D D. The piece showcases portraits and scenes in a compact literary card style.
Mrs. E R Walker entertained forty guests at her North Congress street home with a stunt party. Miss Bertha Gillen and Mr. Albert Hooper were married. Hooper served as chief electrician at the municipal electric light plant. James A Palmer bought the Nancy Goodspeed farm near the old White Hall schoolhouse south of the Athens state hospital. A state tax commission suggestion said oil gas and mineral deposits should be valued as developed. Ten years ago Governor Cox appointed George Ewing as state civil service commissioner. Two Jacksonville men enlisted in the U S Navy. Wooster College President Campbell White to speak at Athens Presbyterian Church. Athens Christian Church to be dedicated the following Sunday.
Washington reports say Belgian ambassador Baron de Cartier de Marchienne framed diplomacy as bringing home the bacon without spilling the beans. The piece notes Lawrence Dennis’s shifting diplomacy amid controversy, and jokes about cocktails at embassies influencing officials while public business remains separate from social hours.
The peanut is a vegetable in the same family as peas and beans. Intoxicating comes from Latin intoxicare formed by in and toxicum a poison. Antimacassars get their name from Macassar oil and were protected by doilies on furniture.
Paul Case of Brockton Massachusetts claims a French prescription for rheumatism and neuritis cured many and cost him nothing. He offers to mail the prescription to anyone who sends their address by postal card today.
The piece observes afternoon frocks featuring drapery shirring or pleating at the hips. It notes the large self material hip bow as a very good detail and comments on overall silhouette.
A notice invites readers to request a free sample of Resinol Soap and Ointment by writing to Department 60 Resinol Baltimore Maryland.
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