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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1924
Page
4
A Thought for Today Verse Reflection
A brief devotional line cites James 5 20 urging repentance to save a soul from death and hide a multitude of sins in daily reflection.
Man to be converted must surrender will and ways
A man facing conversion in a Seabee L. Moody context is urged to give up his personal will and familiar habits as part of the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seabee L. Moody
Telephone as Blessing or Nuisance Calls in Daily Life
The article argues that constant telephone interruptions hit housewives hardest yet stem from human curiosity. It suggests curiosity can make phones a blessing rather than a nuisance if managed wisely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephone
Over-Balanced Trade Debates U S Export Surge
Analysis weighs mounting American exports and a growing trade surplus as Europe revives. November exports near 2.5 billion annualized, sparking questions about the merit of a sustained favorable balance. Economists note the debt would be repaid in goods and caution about higher imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Amer
United
Slaves of the Telephone
The Norris couple in a new apartment ban incoming calls and never answer the phone, following a Bell family myth. The piece notes most subscribers should adopt half way measures, not complete avoidance, when faced with telephones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Graham Bell
Charles
Kathleen Norris
Bell
No Lynchings Aimed For 1926 By Church Group
The Federal Council of Churches Race Relations Commission seeks to keep 1926 free of lynching citing progress to November 1 1924 with 15 lynchings and notes total mob murders fell from 1922 to 1928 28. Public sentiment backs law and order and church groups push practical methods to reduce prejudice and fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission On Race Relations
Federal Council of Churches
United States
NERVE PRESSURE AND A NEW DEFENSE SYSTEM
A Russian wrestler teaches Parisians a method called diodo that uses pressure on nerve centers to force passive compliance. The article notes its contrast with jiu jitsu and Greco Roman wrestling and discusses nerves and glands as future targets for medical and therapeutic control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diodo
Westward shift in U S Senate and House chairmanships
A historic westward shift in Congress is born as chairs of major committees move from Eastern states to the Mississippi Valley and beyond. The Senate sees names like Norris Borah Smoot in leadership while House power centers tilt toward Madden Longworth and Western speakers in waiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Orem
Anta Fe
Republic
Mississippi Valley
Ton Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate
House
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachussetts
Frank B. Brandegee
Connecticut
LeBarron Colt
Rhode Island
Hale
Maine
Sena
Military Affairs Committee
James W. Wadsworth
New York
Wadsworth
Mississippi River
House of Representatives
Frederick W. Gillett
Martin Madden
Illinois
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
William R. Green
Iowa
Appropriations Committee
Martin B. Madden
Charles R. Davis
Minnesota
Daniel R. Anthony
Kansas
Bertrand H. Snell
Royal Stohmeon
South Dakota
Frank Scott
Michigan
George 8. Graham
Leonidas C. Dyer
Missouri
Power shift in Congress reshapes immigration and agriculture panels
The article notes Iowan Gilbert Haugen heads the agriculture committee and Albert Johnson of Washington leads immigration, while Hiram Johnson chairs Senate immigration. It discusses Pacific coast influence on policy, a postwar power realignment, and implications for future legislation, with an official nod to Japan’s Mikado in sending two distinguished Japanese families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
George W. Norris
Nebraska
McNary
Oregon
Capper
Kansas
Aldrich
Reed Smoot
Utah
Jones
Washington
Curtis
Boies Penrose
Pennsylvania
William P.frye
Maine
Committee On Commerce
Wesley Jones
Committee On Foreign Relations
Shelby M. Cullom
Ilinois
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
William E. Bo
Colt
Rhode Island
Hiram Johnson
California
Allison
Iowa
Appropriations Committee
Francis E. Warren
Wyoming
George F. Hoar
William D. Bois
Charles A. Christopherson
South Dakota
Gilbert Haugen
Albert Johnson
Senate Immigration Committee
Johnson
House
Pacific Coast
Secretary of State
United States
Hughes
Japan
Q and A on Mutt and Jeff origins and world curiosities
A compiled Q A dialogue covers Mutt and Jeff origins with Budd Fisher in 1907, the knot as a speed unit, burial sites of Lee and Jackson, robin senses, the Seven Sister Ships schedule, and questions on Christmas origins, Indian War pensions, Eskimo status, wheat in America, and Massachusetts historical society dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutt
Jeff
W. F. T. A. Budd Fisher
Robert E. Lee
Arlington
Lee
Jackson
Lexington
Virginia
Biological Survey
van Buren
Harrison
Garfield
Monroe
Adams
Hayes
Polk
Telesphorus
Antoninus Pius
Christ
Palestine
Pension Office
Pension Bureau
The
Bureau of Ethnology
Smith Sound
Greenland
America
Columbus
Historical Society
G. KR
Massachusetts
National Christmas Tree to Shine in Washington
President Coolidge will light a 30 foot fir tree at Washington as a yearly national Christmas symbol. The Amawalk Nurseries in Amawalk New York育rives the tree under Evelyn W Smith daughter of the late Orlando Smith, famed to editors, who dedicates her life to perfect trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Washington
Amawalk
N. Y
United States
Evelyn W. Smith
Orlando Smith
Major Smith
Bombs Found Under Altar At Mexican Cathedral
An attempt to dynamite the Puebla Cathedral, a famed Mexican church, used two timed bombs placed under the altar. The device aimed to explode during a Feast of Guadalupe celebration with hundreds of women and children present, highlighting religious hatred as especially vicious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Mexico
Air mail funding trimmed amid calls for expansion
The article argues against cutting 150000 dollars from the air mail appropriation, urging instead a larger grant. It claims air mail will repay its cost many times over, remains self supporting, and serves as a prime training ground for American pilots who cross the continent and could deter enemy fliers in wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Secretary Hughes greets Japanese ambassador Tsuneo Matushaira
Secretary of State welcomes most cordially Tsuneo Matushaira, new ambassador from Japan, in a formal ceremony. The note highlights greetings at a moment of diplomatic engagement and cross cultural respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Tsuneo Matushaira
Japan
United States Eyes Pacific Struggle for Domination
The speaker notes U S focus on Pacific interests including Hawaii and the Philippines with Canada needing British approval for action. He compares modern Pacific dynamics to ancient Rome Carthage power shifts, warning domination could shift between the United States west coast and Asia, but indicates this is distant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pacific
Hawaii
Philippines
Mediterranean
Cato
Europe
Asia
Air power must be built to deter future wars
President Coolidge argues the nation must possess a large air force of advanced, capable aircraft and trained pilots. He contends the country is twice as large and wealthy as potential rivals, making strong air defenses essential for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Pilgrims Fill Jerusalem On Christmas Eve Tour
Dec 26 Jerusalem reports a bustling Christmas Eve with large pilgrim crowds in the old city. Devout visitors tread the windy streets as candles glow in homes echoing eight days of Jewish festival lights marking a historic re kindling of flames against Roman rule two millennia ago. Jews and Christians share the pilgrimage this year, Muslims absent despite a major mosque on the temple site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Jesus
Palestine
Mecca
Bearded Madame Luseau Smokes More Cigars in Vienna
The famous bearded lady of a Vienna freak museum, Madame Luseau, is said to smoke more cigars than any man woman or child in the city. Years ago she agreed to pose in the museum if her beard and lodging were provided, a bargain the owners did not fully anticipate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Madame Luseau
Brick Man Climbs Eiffel Tower For a Dare
John O'Brien a Hull England carrier of bricks for thirty years climbed the Eiffel Tower to say he had done it. At the top his feat ended abruptly as the report stops with his fate unclear, leaving the daring stunt incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
John O’brien
Hull
England
Eiffel Tower
First Brick Drop Sparks Mournful Remark in Street Incident
A brick slipped from a man’s hand and fell near pedestrians, narrowly missing several people. The incident followed by a boy named O'Brien, seven, recalling it as his first brick drop. A separate note mentions a poisoning candy case and Mrs Ensmi ger’s parole in custody with her attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Brien
Woman Arrested In Poison Plot Charge In Mississippi
Mrs. Hilma Ensminger wife of Columbia golf pro George Ensminger was arrested here on December 24 at the request of Olen New York authorities who say she attempted to poison her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, Miss
Hilma Ensminger
George Ensminger
Olen
N. Y
Paris milliner finds market in Peking fashionable girls
A Paris milliner fails in Paris but finds demand in Peking among Chinese girls who adopt European and American fashions after previously wearing kimonos. The trend shows slant-eyed women of the city embracing new styles on the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Peking
Paris
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