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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1925
Page
4
A religious meditation cites Romans 12 8 praising generous giving diligent leadership and cheerful mercy. It adds a Joubert maxim urging the poor to show virtue and the rich to act with good deeds for moral distinction.
The piece predicts a dull but prosperous summer for public event observers as Congress takes a long vacation and state legislatures adjourn. It notes few new laws or threats of laws, stable business, and little domestic upheaval while foreign events continue to cause chatter.
The piece argues that smoothing names would not heal the split in the party. Smith and McAdoo are acceptable men, but irreconcilable groups align with them. One faction favors progressive New York views, the other a rural church ethos, with Ku Klux Klan and Tammany Hall symbolizing those divides.
The article lauds Judge Lindsey for expanding the juvenile court and treating juvenile wrongdoing as a human problem. It notes the close election and recount leaving him in office, asserting his national value despite mixed local reception.
In a heated dispute, residents warned that choosing a side could pull in half the community and escalate tension beyond the initial disagreement.
A police officer spots a man asleep in a car by the roadside and prepares to arrest him for intoxication. The man, a traveling salesman, insists he is sober and prefers sleeping in his car to a hotel to save money. The piece muses on future motorist sleeping arrangements and the slow rise of in-car comforts like Pullman berths.
Twenty years ago the city funded a handful of concerts with large deficits. Now the local symphony plays about 20 concert pairs yearly plus eight to ten sold out Sunday matinees, with grand opera in season. Music memory contests in schools have raised interest and improved finances, expanding the audience.
Washington establishes a night traffic court to curb rising motorist violations. Judges impose fines from twenty to fifty dollars and now require immediate appearance. Police report sharp increases in arrests and fatalities in 1924 and 1925, with congested areas surprisingly safest in accidents.
TOM SIMS cites old fashioned beliefs against science noting an X ray of a hand ordered by a distant doctor. He jokes about readers praising a famous phrase and hints at modern warfare tech and summer mosquitos.
A New York report notes Broadway sets fashion trends ahead of Fifth Avenue with Bell-bottoms Valentino sideburns and kangaroo shoes seen on sidewalk scene around 431st Street and 47th Street. Opening nights outdress the Met Opera and reveal mistresses of rich men. Times Square is described as the world’s crossroads attracting diverse characters from ranch towns to sailors and circus sideshow figures.
A vivid panorama of Manhattan street life from the Bowery to 47th Street showing misery among beggars, actors, and cutthroat crowds, contrasted with wartime Pacific misgivings about battleships and imagined enemy attacks. The piece invokes dope peddlers, gamblers, and doomsday flights as urban peril and national security fears blend.
The city cites 145 police officers in traffic roles including 50 motorcycle, 32 bicycle patrols, and crossing duty. A Congress traffic director is to study regulations modeled on modern systems. Judge Shuldt led motorists to pledge to obey traffic laws in a night court session.
Russell Scott, a very young man, faced execution in Chicago today but the sentence was postponed. While awaiting death he worked a crossword puzzle, adjusted a radio dial, and smoked cigarettes to steady himself.
A young stock and bond salesman, before he turned to robbery and murder as a shortcut to wealth, puzzles reporters. He refuses religious consolation from sisters of charity, saying he has read too much and that his only religion is Darwinism.
The Chicago public library advocates avoiding trash reading, arguing kids need easy to digest material. It compares tough content to serving hard steak to infants and warns against exposing youths to mature hooks.
The article argues that what a child reads and hears between ages seven and fifteen has a major impact on future success, second only to heredity, and stresses parental awareness of influences on development.
A strong stance asserts that youth should read classic tales like Robin Hood and Oliver Twist rather than modern trashy stories. The author links literary trash to harm to character and notes trash in food as a parallel problem for the stomach.
A discussion notes prohibition is linked to insanity with assertions that bootleg drinkers are prone to madness. Prohibitionists retort that drinking bootleg whiskey proves the drinker is already crazy.
The piece parodies global belief systems urging a young man toward faith or philosophy. It notes critics blame Darwinism for a youth’s fall while the speaker claims he did not advocate robbery or murder. The core issue is the youth’s insufficient reading and understanding.
Washington reports veteran railroad president B F Yoakum advocates direct farmer to consumer delivery with no middlemen and private cooperative marketing on a national scale. He argues this would raise agricultural prosperity without government control, while railroads maintain fair freight expectations. The era of booms and slumps looms as Hoover cautions against overoptimism.
Chairman Bessie Barker Bruegge of the United States employes' compensation commission stated city agents work in the government’s most hazardous civil job. In response, dozens of scofflaws mocked the remark by saying the quality of hooch proves the crowd is untrustworthy, implying dry agents can pick and choose.
The Washington Letter notes Comptroller General ruling that a naval officer transferred to a new post cannot claim reimbursement for taking his mother-in-law on the move. The decision limits expense coverage to the officer’s own designated duties and approved travel.
A poem portrays a blue coated officer viewed as strict enforcer and source of fear. Citizens watch him constantly, challenge his rulings, and feel the world has turned sour under his stern law. The verse notes his steady pay and ongoing influence on daily life.
The passage lauds Hal Cochran for patrolling streets through sun and rain and sleet. It questions harsh judgment while noting his long, wearisome beat and dedication as a protector, implying reduced crime with better street policing.
Q and A style questions cover rabies found in cats cattle swine and horses. The unknown and unidentified World War I dead declined from about 20 900 to roughly 1 700. The Post Office deficit for 1924 stood at 14 463 976.24. Florida is cited as a winter resort state with cities like Miami Palm Beaches St. Petersburg and Clearwater noted. Navy Army and Marine retired lists are listed with counts. An electric light bulb withstands atmospheric pressure despite the vacuum inside.
Tears keep the eyeballs moist and wash out small particles under the eyelids. Do not rub the eye. lift the lid and let tears flush the debris. If needed, roll the lid back and remove with a handkerchief, or draw the upper lid down to aid the lower lid. For dust, flaxseed can seal the eye with a glutinous layer.
A playful note compares a barber with a head like a brush pile to delivering a surprisingly good haircut. The remark highlights humor in ordinary grooming and the skill of the barber despite an unusual look.
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