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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1925
Page
4
The note presents a religious quotation from James 1 12 praising endurance to gain the crown of life and adds a Dryden proverb warning against temptation. The fragment reflects a devotional card style with a moral urging steadfast faith.
The piece notes West Australia’s narrow 2 to 1 vote against prohibition and compares it to older skewed tales. It cites American propaganda and jokes about missionary expeditions, arguing Australians learned from overstated American stories and saw the truth about prohibition.
The text notes that once realization occurs, the plan is to be prepared to learn the method to cure the issue. It emphasizes proactive preparation before seeking a remedy.
The New York World argues that economic and political power is decentralizing from New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts to rising Western and Southern centers. The shift follows the Federal Reserve system and industrial growth, seen as beneficial to a balanced national life with no tragedy in the redistribution. We are members one of another.
The Simplified Spelling Board notes rising inquiries on simplified spellings in English. Despite acceptance of words like though and through in some papers, broader reform remains stubbornly resisted as readers fixate on familiar spellings.
The California legislature passes a bill for a judicial council to improve administration of justice. Taft administration and other states show cautious moves toward reform. The author questions the system and advocates revising methods to elect better judges.
Walter Reed General Hospital graduates its first class of occupational therapy aides. The program combines lectures, demonstrations, and hands on shop work in weaving, pottery, jewelry, rug making, wood turning, and leather craft to boost morale during convalescence. Aides tailor activities to individual needs, with patients allowed to keep or sell their creations and monthly material quotas.
A ramble through Manhattan neighborhoods paints vivid street life from Monroe to Orchard and Grand streets with pawnshops crowds and a bustling day. The Maharajah of Jodphur hosts a polo match hinting at American troops serving as pon y handlers prompting a critique of enlistment purpose.
Chauncey Depew, nearly ninety one, declares eating, not drinking, the curse of America. He notes whiskey harmed before and under prohibition, but foolish eating still shortens life by about twenty five years per person, while liquor’s record is not as bad.
In Cumberland Rhode Island twenty cases of smallpox worry authorities with three more reported yesterday. Investigators will determine if some residents refused vaccination claiming they did not need poison in their blood to protect them from disease.
The Cumberland health officer calls for all household pets exposed to the disease to be killed. He warns parents that the pet can be a permanent disease carrier and breeding ground. He even suggests a hairless Mexican dog as a safest option, kept germ free with daily washing in a weak carbolic acid solution.
The text notes French newspapers and American critics fault President Coolidge for praising the socialist Prime Minister Herriot. It recalls past Western greetings to Russian czars and Lenin, contrasting U S government sympathy toward France with a distant stance toward a Romanoff autocracy.
The piece argues socialism holds sway in France and Belgium where Vandervelde, a former Belgian justice minister, is summoned by King Albert as prime minister. It notes the latest Belgian election added 10 seats and 138,000 votes, suggesting even monarchs recognize socialist strength.
Insightful travel reflection laments the decline of traditional Ireland experiences as modern taxi cabs replace jaunting cars. The author recalls journeys from Queensland to Cork on a side car and mourns the loss of Put-put boats on the grand canal and the roaring lakes of Killarney.
A poorly written OCR fragment notes the Maharajah of Jodphur arriving in London in state. mentions wealth, British oversight, polo ponies, and a questionable reference to a film plot. The text is garbled and unclear about specifics beyond the ceremonial arrival and general attributes.
United States figures weigh enforcement as Sargent cites Darrow on prohibition. Officials discuss public education, temperance, and enforcement strategies while Bolivia reportedly ends legal education. The interview touches constitutional limits, federal authority, and the future of prohibition policy.
The passage covers population movie attendance at about one fifth of the U.S. each day and annual admissions near 606000000. It notes five college graduates among 13012 inmates at Sing Sing per Warden Lawes. It explains toasting converts starch to dextrines and sugar by calorization. Eskimo dwellings are tents in summer and huts or igloos in winter.
Health guidance explains daily water needs for adults and factors that alter this amount. It lists a typical three quarts per day target, notes body water loss through skin and kidneys, and discusses how salt intake, meat consumption, and hard water affect water requirements and mineral deposits.
A traveling vendor hawks windup toys to children with a quicksales cry. He promises fun for girls and boys, offers two for a quarter, and claims quick returns if toys fail. A single batch remains, with a marketable pitch for a “wonder surprise” tot gift. The text closes noting the familiar highway cry echoed from the seller.
The children flock to Hal Cochran who sells toys on the street and thrills them with his shout as they gather around to see his wares.
The column notes a boy awaiting Coolidge and questions foreigners' grasp of English. It mocks a "dumb-bell" as one who talks too much, reflecting humorous political discourse of the era.
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