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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1928
Page
4
A fragmentary quotation emphasizes defending the poor and afflicted. The text critiques generosity pursued without true heart, reflecting a moral exhortation tied to Psalms. The source appears as a devotional or sermon excerpt with archaic phrasing.
The piece critiques bootlegging in Straitsville Ohio, noting the spread of illegal whiskey as far as Chicago and Akron while lamenting American regulatory zeal and public fascination with crooks. It contrasts harsh poverty with complaints about one’s own lot and urges gratitude for basic comforts amid social ills.
The article advocates renewed effort to build a constructive Boy Scout program in Athens County. It argues parental engagement and strong adult leadership are crucial to guide youths toward moral, physical, and civic development and warns that sustained involvement, not sporadic effort, yields lasting benefits. It emphasizes personal mentorship alongside funding to shape better future citizens.
The passage urges readers to consider sorrowful lives and reflect on gratitude. It contrasts comfortable family life with scenes of illness and hardship, asking readers to imagine others’ pain and seek a new outlook through exposure to suffering.
The Savannah Press says President Coolidge will likely visit Sapelo Island near Savannah just after Christmas. He would be invited by Ard Coffin who owns the 25,000 acre island and his magnificent residence. If he goes, Georgia will welcome him nationwide.
The narrator recounts Darien Georgia once a thriving port with Bank of Darien capital of $1,000,000, now a small $25,000 country bank. Ships once carried Georgia pine and cotton, but the shore is lined with ballast stones. Darien resisted railroads, claiming the river sufficed, while Savannah prospered with harbor and rail access.
The quote describes Sapelo Island as a place of beauty and history with four centuries of ruins including Spanish Mission remains and monk cells. It notes shrimp boats and a Geechee community with a distinctive language, seen with ambivalence by other African Americans.
On walks along the island north end the President stops by a graveyard of Negroes to admire the practical and religious side of the Negro character. He notes lamps alarm clocks and cups on graves, symbols to awaken, guide, and sustain the departed after sleep.
Medical column presents weekly menus and Q A on thyroid disorder double chin remedies neck exercises bronchitis vs laryngitis with brief guidance. Answers note exophthalmic goiter eye protrusion and generic doctor consultation.
A gravestone reads In memory of my first husband Carl Hilry born April 25 1857 died September 11 1889 age 32 At rest. Another reads Cesare Jackson he died in faith Sleep on Son.
The report notes over 400000 influenza cases in 20 states as the epidemic shifts eastward. It cites oxygen as the best remedy and states that blood fights the germ with oxygen fueling its strength.
Walter Rawlins, jailed for wife beating in Brunswick Georgia, seized a carving knife during a prison visit and escaped to stab his wife multiple times. He claimed he killed to prevent her being with another man, saying he preferred her death to remarriage.
The article notes Jessica Brown now wed to Cornelius after a previous marriage to Lord Northesk. Northesk travels to America aiming to become Peggy Hopkins Joyce's fifth husband, illustrating a circle of high society unions and ambitions.
Herbert Hoover departs Montevideo aboard the battleship Utah en route to Rio Janeiro where Brazil prepares a grand welcome. The narrative notes a colossal waterfall in Brazil with power surpassing Niagara that currently goes unused.
Mrs L asks about the cause of eyes and what makes them function. The inquiry looks for biological explanations of eye structure and vision and how light, nerves, and the brain work together to create sight.
Gilbert Swan portrays a Christmas in Manhattan as theaters push for holiday crowds while performers face hard work and little pay. In hotels and stations, charity tries to warm lonely chorus girls, yet crowds and cold streets reveal the season's stark contrast between festivity and isolation.
An FAQ style piece covers Mary Pickford's first screen appearance The Violin Maker of Cremona first shown at Bilograph Company under D W Griffith It notes a 1929 London Postal Congress The piece also discusses cat diet ginseng exports filet mignon and white eagle questions with concise answers
December 1 marks a Plymouth landing by the Mayflower pilgrims in 1620. Other notes include 1837 congressional gag rule to curb slavery debate and 1862 Federal destruction of Confederate rail lines in eastern Tennessee.
The piece imagines science delivering power to distant sites, with industry moving factories toward power sources. It envisions airlines crossing from North to South Pole gathering wireless power from Niagara on the Canadian border, coal mines in Alabama, and Brazil’s large waterfall as future supply sources.
Washington society editors denounce the idea of Florence Trumbull marrying at her fiancé’s home, arguing such a move would ruin wedding etiquette and devalue future brides. Mrs. Rose Gouverneur Hoes recalls past White House nuptials and cautions against breaking tradition for status.
The Athens Brick Company halted operations for a month when a gas engine powering the drying room fans broke down. About 130 men lost work until repairs were completed. Mrs. Ralph A. Dalton travelled to Columbus to visit her sisters. Mrs. H. F. Link and family planned Christmas in Columbus. J. R. Lostro and family moved to Athens occupying a Fenzel flat.
A mixed Q and A segment covering topics from birth rate trends and animal species to name accents and American Prohibition fines. It includes figures on fines totaling 7 303 563 28 dollars for prohibition offenses and 4 497 378 22 dollars collected, plus definitions of Syrians versus Assyrians and a discussion of blasphemy under U S law.
Ten years ago Mr and Mrs D C Cornwell left for New York to spend the winter with their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs E V Tuttle. Government agents uncovered a plot to overthrow the Carranza government in Mexico.
An eight week College of Agriculture program covered live stock management soil fertility farm crops dairying fruit growing gardening and poultry raising in a focused reconstruction effort.
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