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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1927

Page

2

Castle Miramar Gardens Show Historic Imperial Wonderland

A National Geographic bulletin recalls Miramar near Trieste as Maximilian and Carlota’s fairyland retreat. Marble castle, sea views, and meticulously tended gardens reveal a harmony of architecture and nature, with baths by the Adriatic and a legendary era in Austrian imperial history.

Ashington Carlota Mexico Miramar Maximilian Trieste Austria Italy Archduke Maximilian Belgium National Geograph Society Kamar Miranicir Fruropé Dhe Firamue Sharabanes Masimilien Ian

Eye Exercises Claim to Improve Vision Without Glasses

An article reports Dr Samuel S Harris of Boston offering optical exercises to cure near and farsightedness and astigmatism. Readers are told to perform methods like the swinging wall or ceiling door look and the flashing exercise to strengthen weak eyes and reduce dependence on spectacles.

QSTON Br. Samuel S. Harris Boston Harris Harr

Violinista claims to sharpen vision with new method

Dr Harris of Harvard Medical School promotes optical gymnastics called the violinista as a remedy for near sightedness. He says 70 percent of glasses wearers could ditch specs with these exercises, while electrical massage aids remain for severe cases. Paris report notes the device as a near sightedness countermeasure with a perforated score and hinged violin.

Rye Lalisthenics Harris Harvard Medical School New England Association of Physical Therapeutics Paris

Miss Cambridge Winner Keeps Youth Through Work

Lucy Regan, 26, titled Miss Cambridge for 1924 26 27, is praised for housework driven routine. She rises 4:30 am to cook, clean, bake, tend garden, care for twins Stanley and Warren, and nap daily to preserve beauty while boxing with her husband and dancing the Charleston. Her regimen includes eight hours sleep and tea or milk with no strict diet rules.

Marian Bush Snyder Cambridge Mass Rose Regan Marcel Miss Cambridge Regan Charleston Stenley and Warren

Shaker Settlement's Echo in Warren County History

A long-remembered Shaker colony began near Lebanon in 1805 with John Meacham Benjamin Young and Issacher Bates arriving at Turtle Creek. The article recalls Union Village's rise and decline, Abbas Hilmi's Egypt era, and early envelope making innovations.

German Republic Ebanon Veiten Sam Abbas Hilmi Khedive Afj Keypl Ont Shem of Brick Egypt Kiel F Pennessy Abbas Hilmi Ellen Ross Land Plain Yeas Abbas Kiet Salors Here Turtle Creek Lebanon New Lebanon N. Y Maade Kent John Meacham Benjamin Young Issacher Bates Turtlecreek Church United Society of Believers Shakeriam

Electric lights illuminate Tibetan palace in Lhasa

Reports from London say the Grand Lama of Tibet’s palace in Lhasa, the Forbidden City, is now lit by electricity. Tibetan engineer Ringang, trained by Chelmsford manufacturers, reached Lhasa with equipment and aims to electrify the city. Unverified reports mention a murder along the Indian frontier and attempts to harness a local waterfall for power.

London Grand Lama Tibet Lhasa Forbidden City Chinery Chelmsford R. DP Ringang Oday Chelmsnidon Ford Wasj

Death Ends Odd Pair in Peabody Museum Exhibit

In an unusual tale from April, the horse fatally passed at 22 weighing 2500 pounds while Fatima stayed silent on age and weighed 2000. Soon after Fatima died, Old Bill followed. They will be displayed together at the Peabody Museum, a rhinoceros and a hippopotamus from different continents.

Raven Old “Ami Fatima Old Bi Old Bill Peabody Museum

Berhanenal Salem the Abyssinian Chronicle of Empire

A fragmentary description of Berhanenal Salem the Abyssinian weekly from Addis Ababa. The piece notes imperial signatures on issues and content ranging from court and church celebrations to provincial reports, with references to Ethiopian calendar holidays and empire life.

Abyssinia Italy Alee Ly

Woman Will Find Happiness By Devoting Life To Career

A viewed column argues happiness for women comes through a great career rather than marriage. It contends beauty is a lesser pursuit and places career first as the path to fulfillment.

Mary Mars Riage Chicago Opera Dunes Chile Noveimber France Paris ONION Julia Blanshard Tork Caereer

Pickles blamed by W C T U for craving liquor

A Meihautic conference of the Women’s Temperance Union condemned treoty competitions ads and depictions of scantily clad figures at parties and dance halls. Delegates urged prohibition of beauty contests as corrupting morals and fueling liquor availability.

Meihaurtic Wonen's Temperance Union

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