A Thought For Today From Arch Bishop Quote
A noted quotation urges cheerful countenance and a merry heart. It suggests that pleasant behavior and smiles can win others to virtue, attributed to Archbishop in the text.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1925
Page
4
From Joyous Dream to Daily Duty A Girl’s Long Journey
A New Orleans girl recounts a drastic end to a romance with narcotics smugglers and the fallout for her sweetheart. The piece shifts to a quieter tale of a young singer who dreams of fame, marries a poverty-stricken teacher, and ends up a country schoolteacher bearing five children and supporting herself after her husband’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Underworld
New York
Ben
Woman’s steadfast love frames a challenging life
The passage portrays a wife who bears hardship without complaint. Her eyes soften and a wistful expression surfaces whenever reminded of her husband, illustrating how love acts as an alchemy easing the burden and shaping her daily resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Iun
Prosperity Wave Forecast for 1926 by Leonard P Ayres
Economist Leonard P Ayres predicts 1926 will bring broad prosperity peaking in late summer with high building costs and wages. Construction gains in spring, rail and iron steel demand rise, and stock markets cool early. Employment stays strong though living costs rise, with gradual activity decline later year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard P. Ayres
Christmas Money Drives Bank Gifts Into Savings Trend
A flood of new money flows from bank tellers as Americans buy Christmas gifts. Bankers expect most deposits to return within two weeks, while many savers place money into savings accounts, signaling a broad thrift trend in postwar America.
Bridge across Channel could unite England and Continent
The article reviews a Swiss plan by Jules Jaeger to link England and the Continent with a bridge canal system. Two parallel jetty cantilever bridges would extend from France to England carrying rails and a protected roadway, with a central canal and sheltered waterway for car ferries, potentially enabling direct rail and road movement to the Continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
English Channel
London
Paris
Atlantic
England
Jules Jaczer
Continent
Ates
France
Dez
Enz
Calais Canal
Deal
Kent
Wae Bay
Bases
Penden Caveuy
Tate’ Londo Arbors
Cote
Calais
New York
Channel
Dover
M. Jaeger
Richborough
Jaeger Carferry
British War Office
Stabilizing the French franc with a large industrial mortgage plan
The excerpt argues for a patriotic loan backed by first mortgages of about 40 million dollars on all French industries to stabilize the franc and protect property. It notes the industries are worth ten to twenty times the loan but questions mortgage valuation and security specifics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campenetion
New Steel Giant Rises On Forty Second Street in New York
In New York City a 30 story steel skyscraper climbs on Forty Second Street as industry experts from Cleveland Seattle Boston Detroit and Chicago gather to discuss the project. The article notes winter street life in Grand Street with vendors, lamps and festive glow as snow and sleet fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Forty-second Street
W. FE. Malm
Cleveland
Walter T. Douglas
Seattle
Wash
Wm. Baker
Boston
Carl 8. Wells
Detroit
Louis Clark
Chicago
Lee_ T. Smith
Jean
Grand Street
Pushcart Trade Thrives Amid Night Market Firelight
In the pushcart districts crowds fill the streets at night as buyers and sellers mingle. Bonfires glow center street while wares burn in the glow, and the commerce of winter and all nations persists despite cold and snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Max
Pa Blatsky
Gilbert Swan
Fragmented note on mortgages and human beings
A fragment discusses that there can be no valid mortgage on human beings and hints at owners forgetting such constraints. The text is garbled and lacks clear details or named entities.
French thrift could balance budget and restore exchange
The text asserts France possesses intelligence and thrift with wealth far outweighing debt. It argues that by removing political distractions and applying part of wartime expenditure, France could balance its budget and restore favorable exchange rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Animist Ghost Worship Reported in Burmese Valley
A colonial-era account describes the Hukwang Valley in upper Burmah where forest peoples, a mix of Mongolian and Asiatic races, allegedly practice Animism with a belief in ghosts and human sacrifice, hidden deep in teak forests beyond British reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hukwang
Upper
Burmah
Britain
Uncertain Preachers and Ancient Sacrifices Recalled
The author laments past and present rituals and bigotry, noting priests once sacrificed victims to appease gods. They warn intolerance persists, urging reflection on similar cruel practices still possible today.
British solve slavery by market purchase in Hukwang Valley
In a pointed opinion the speaker argues Britain should buy all slaves in the Hukwang Valley for cash to end human sacrifice and ban the practice, claiming a $100,000 sum could purchase them all and avoid Civil War casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Hukwang
North America
Pick Ups We Parents Want The Litt le Folk To Learn
A fragmentary item notes parents wish children knew proper closet use. It describes dressing routines, clothing mishaps, and a boy named Willie making a late return from school. The text sketches morning chaos and a habit of dropping garments on the floor.
First heart stitching case and other Q A during era
Answers cover historic heart surgery by German Rehn in 1896, birds on wires safety, helium containment in dirigibles, early gypsy arrival to America, Oberammergau Passion Play music, Jerusalem mayor Musa Pasha al Husseini, Earth shadow diameter, and a closing verse about household habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rehn
America
Louisiana
Oberammergau
Jerusalem
Musa Pasha al Husseini
Lipstick tariffs and wartime worries spark farce and fear
Tom Sims warns of higher lipstick tariffs while quips about costs of kissing, foggy Florida zeal, a St. Petersburg man mistaken for Bergdoll, and odd news from the Riffs populate a playful column. A laurel Miss. hunter, a crazed Oxford student, butter aged a year, and Christmas anxieties close the chunk.
Wise Crax Critics Decry Congress Fid Dling
Dawes and Speaker Longworth are described as expert fid dlers and suggest Congress members cannot expect to avoid discordant notes. A separate item notes a lovelorn department editor is asked if clothes count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawes
Longworth
Congress
Zanesville
Toronto
Ohio
Tribune
Free verse label oddly allows authors at large in Cincinnati
A Times Star note from Cincinnati casts a quirky label on a free verse piece, joking that its authors are at large for reasons not explained. The remark frames the poem as a playful anomaly in local coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Times-Star
Get a wiggle on meaning from ancient saying
The Akron Beacon Journal notes the phrase get a wiggle on once meant hurry up, not to dance, tracing its old usage and literal sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron Beacon-Journal
The Penitentiary Entry: A Journalist’s Time Tradeoff
A brief note observes that incarceration slows reporting and frays access, arguing prison limits press work and timely truth, while underscoring editors’ need for swift sources and unchecked information.
Mavericks Flock Alone By Charles P Stewart
Washington reports on lone party members Senator Henrik Shipstead and Representative Victor Berger, with Fiorello La Guardia labeled Socialist, as they operate independently from major factions. Berger is upbeat while Shipstead foresees a grim trend but both influence committees on labor and foreign relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Stewart Messenger
Washington
Congress
Henrik Shipstead
Minnesota
Farmer-Laborite
Victor I. Berger
Wisconsin
Shipstead
Magnus Johnson
Berger
Fiorello H. la
Ships
Raiders Unearth 300 Beer Cases in Haystack
Ganton News reports 300 beer cases found hidden in a haystack during harvest. Defience Crescent News notes a lonely mood at a fall swimming hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ganton News
Police continuing hunt for Harrisburg Savings Bank robbers
CONTINUE THE SEARCH COLUMBUS. Police pursue bandits who cracked the Harrisburg Savings and Banking company's gate near Harrisburg Monday and escaped with 5206 dollars 38 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Harrisburg Savings and Banking Company
Harrisburg
Gas Head Resigns From Logan Gas Company
Preston W. Lu pher of Columbus resigns as president and general manager of Logan Gas Company. His retirement takes effect January 1 after twenty eight years at the helm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Preston W. Lupher
Logan Gas Company
Theompany
Ohio State Board Affirms Faith in Coach Wilce
The O. I. athletic board adopted resolutions expressing full confidence in Dr J W Wilce head football coach at Ohio State university and accepted the resignation of Grant P Ward assistant football coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
J. W. Wilce
Ohio State University
O. &. I. Athletic Board
Grant P. Ward
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