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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1927
Page
4
Mss Jean Gist and Miss Doris Nye held leading parts in a school pageant. Dr J C Jones athletic director stated Ohio University prospects look good as Ohio faces Starling Medical College.
A reflective note quotes a biblical line about laying down life for friends and urges readers to be heroes in daily virtue at home and in life. The author James Ellis frames the message as encouragement to personal nobility and service.
Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman, president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, urges patience and balance for women pursuing careers. She cites women’s evolving standards, argues against shaming flappers, and emphasizes virtue through conduct rather than dress.
The piece laments Mussolini's autocracy in Italy and his suppression of press freedom and assembly. It jokes about American cultural defiance by proposing sending a girl to teach the Black Bottom to Italian officers near Rome, mocking the regime's bans on jazz dances.
The piece extols radio’s value to Southeastern Ohio residents in remote hills. It highlights how radio brings daily news and world music to isolated homes, easing winter hardships and linking farmers and towns to broader events before print arrives. It notes radio’s potential remains largely unknown to some, yet its benefits are already proven.
The article argues Americans may not be wasteful after all noting 27 year population gains of about 50 percent while life insurance policy holders rose 500 percent. Payments to beneficiaries and endowment policies this year eight times 1900 levels with new policies in the last two years exceeding total outstanding seventeen years ago.
An anti smoking league in a provincial English town laments smoke in theaters movie houses trains and restaurants. A speaker quips that women who smoke are no longer ladies and have not yet become gentlemen.
Lindbergh notes two Mexican bull fights with a killing bull and aroused spectators. The piece critiques bull fighting and comments on heavenly beliefs of bull killers. It also reports the International Canary Roller Breeders association hosting a Milwaukee singing contest and advocates teaching children music citing Henry Ford.
Schwab says he would not alter a minute of his past and plans to live twenty more years. He imagines traveling to Europe by airplane to view wealthy front yards and air terminals, and foresees children learning geography from the air, with ground travel reaching 200 miles per hour and air travel at 400 miles per hour.
Commentary suggests the country will expand its air power capacity after meeting the needs of battleship builders and armor plate makers, providing them with the millions required to sustain wartime production.
Dr Mary Walker once tied to New York Sun reports a public stance by Police Commissioner Thomas of Sterling Illinois restricting female attire in dance halls. He declares bloomers mandatory in these sport skirt days, with other outfits allowed.
A Burmese earthquake shatters Guatama's Rangoon temple while pagans defend their faith by blaming inadequate donations. The piece notes Christian churches use lightning rods and muses on 1928 economic optimism with forecasts of 5,000,000 cars. It mentions Pullman porters seeking tips ban and hints at John D. Rockefeller's potential rail resume.
Dr. Frank McCoy advises avoiding sugar at the same meal as starchy foods and recommends pairing starchy items only with non starch vegetables. He discusses vaccine related arm reactions and prescribes a long fast to treat deep seated infection from Streptococcus or staphylococcus in the smallpox vaccine.
The passage argues that high culture is shown by steady calm, not emotional storms. It warns against over excitement from news or disaster tales, notes women as more nervous, and advises daily emotional inventories to balance work rest and recreation for health and success.
The answer states there is no secret potion to cure alcoholism without the drinker’s willingness. It suggests a simple method: a fast on acid fruits will, in a day or two, destroy all craving for liquor.
By the Way in New York catalogs a mix of city life and art highlights. It notes posters in Yiddish, Helen of Troy satire, O Neill plays, and Maxwell Bodenheim at Greenwich Village events amid a crowd of panhandlers and Christmas parades. Edgar B Davis backs The Ladder with free seats and evolving rewrites, reshaping Broadway habits.
Questions and answers cover domestic duck varieties noting Pekin as popular for eating and origins from Mallard Muscovy and Asiatic ducks. Include handwriting founder Spencer born 1800 died 1864 and notes on amplification limits and the piccolo as highest pitch instrument.
Residents near a Barnet menagerie have bought guns to shoot escaping monkeys that invade nearby homes and properties.
The Labor Department highlights include 545 strikes or threats handled by the Conciliation Service with 395 settled and 67 unresolved. Over 575,000 workers affected. The U S Employment Service placed 1,688,175 people in jobs, with 2,440,640 registered and 1,991,598 job requests. Immigration and naturalization figures show 538,000 aliens admitted and 199,804 naturalizations issued.
Nine year old Altamon Ira Lucas II known as the wonder child will study public school subjects under Ohio law but not attend public schools. A compromise with the parents was announced by George F. Whitman attendance officer. The children will be tutored privately under Cleveland school board licensing to establish a private education system.
Puzzle text fragments reference a wide range of terms from land at river mouths to railroads and citrus, with notes on fish, scents, and packaging tools. The garbled lines hint at a mixed puzzle page featuring vocabulary, definitions, and wordplay.
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