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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1927
Page
4
The article recalls a French ammunition ship explosion in Halifax causing massive casualties and damage. It notes two thousand dead five thousand injured and twenty thousand homeless in the area and suburbs. The piece also mentions local residents visiting relatives in Leverly Cincinnati and Columbus and references Ringling Brothers circus experiences.
A daily quotation from scripture and Cicero warns that evil communication corrupts good manners and that small harms grow if not stopped early, urging readers to guard their temper and conduct.
State health figures show 1926 TB deaths in Athens 53 up from 36 in 1925 raising the rate to 101.5 per 100000. Hocking deaths rose to 14 from 8, Meigs fell to 17. Local committees sell seals to educate and fund treatment with eighty percent of proceeds staying in Athens County and state health benefiting with the rest.
In Idaho's Thunder Mountains a young miner fights influenza. Dr Don Numbers races through snow with dog teams to reach Warrens and Elk Summit, braving 10,000 foot peaks to save a life. The tale highlights the country doctor's aura of mercy and heroism.
Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American Tree Association, urges that Christmas trees can be grown as a profitable farm crop. He notes retail prices are high, demand is steady, and idle land across the United States could be used for planting trees, with proper thinning and cutting to sustain supply.
A call argues that pinging large trees to obtain a petty crown should be illegal. It notes Christmas trees bring cheer to millions of households and profits to thousands of farmers.
A writer argues that drivers, including women, ignore stop signs and signals, accusing them of endangering seconds saved by careful driving. The piece predicts licensing regulations like elsewhere and notes Athens mayor is already enforcing penalties, urging stricter safety measures in zones and school areas.
The President proposes no more than 4.258 billion dollars for next year with 225 million in tax cuts. Defense would total 645 million dollars for submarines and aircraft, plus fast cruisers to deter attack. Sir Samuel Hoare warns Parliament that air war will devastate civilians, especially in southern and southeastern England, as cities remain defenseless against air attack.
The piece notes guayule grown rubber from Salinas California as a potential substitute for imported rubber, but warns labor costs, especially Asian labor at 25 cents a day, challenge competitiveness. It mentions synthetic rubber and steel springs as alternatives and includes a sharp aside on George Bernard Shaw advising charity to Dublin children, with a plea to send money.
Germany fines smugglers in Mayence totaling over 33 million dollars and 16.5 million marks with a year in prison for five Hamburg bootleggers. Socialists fail to abolish the death penalty but influenc e headsman attire changing to a sack suit in executions.
The passage contrasts Tycho Brahe and Buffon who wore refined garments to honor their work with the electric chair's use in executions. It condemns the harsh, clinical attire of modern executioners as a sign of a degraded approach to science and justice.
Reader letters request a healthful Christmas menu. Dr. McCoy shares a full dinner plan and a dessert, with notes on substitutions, food combinations, and a non starch diet for blood pressure. A reader asks about dry aging skin and body care tips follow.
The reply claims a cold nose results from auto intoxication and colon poisoning and urges awakening sluggish intestines to restore warmth. It adds that a warm nose indicates health in humans and contrasts with dogs.
A New York essay contrasts simple town social life with Manhattan excess. It notes families in ordinary districts share common gatherings from church suppers to school meetings, while Park Avenue parties spend huge sums for private entertainment.
A dialogue format quiz covers identifying the obverse of the five cent piece with the Indian head, ages for Al Smith, origin of the term solon for Congress members, average depths of the Atlantic Ocean and the Porto Rico Trough, and the nature of tornadoes as small atmospheric vortices often producing multiple tornadoes in a storm.
Ayleene Donatiello, three, left Hamilton seeking Santa Claus but wandered along a rural pike toward the North Pole before a tourist persuaded her to turn back. Police took the girl home after she and her would be adventure drew attention.
An unidentified testator left 574090 dollars to the town of Yolnes for local improvements, with a total estate valued at 375000 dollars.
A jumble of crossword prompts and fragment clues appears, with many entries garbled. The legible parts reference terms like to prevent prevention, standards of celestial bodies, bivalve mollusks, outer garments, and a club used in playing ball, among scattered numbers and phrases.
President Coolidge signals change from two years ago with emphasis on agricultural relief and military readiness. He urges cooperative marketing aid for farmers, warns against tariff cuts, boosts naval armament and aircraft, and proposes Latin America aviation and road projects while addressing Mexico and Nicaragua relations.
A state witness testified that George Remus declared he was sane, would conduct his own defense, and would not plead insanity, hours after shooting his wife in Cincinnati on December 12.
In Glasgow Joseph Simpson attempted arson to kill his wife by setting their bed ablaze but was thwarted when her daughter intervened and saved her mother.
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