A Thought For Today From Cor. 3 13 And Jeffrey
A short reflective thought cites Cor 3 13 about trials and a good name earned by many actions and lost by one, attributed to Jeffrey.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1927
Page
4
A short reflective thought cites Cor 3 13 about trials and a good name earned by many actions and lost by one, attributed to Jeffrey.
The piece argues that average people are capable of great self sacrifice when a noble ideal is freely presented by leaders. It cites World War I as proof that many willingly gave themselves to a cause larger than personal gain and asserts that true change comes when rulers issue a compelling moral call.
A Madison Indiana fraternity house discusses a member’s suicide and a vigil for messages from beyond. The column muses on humanity’s search for meaning, death as certainty, and the haunting of shadows as they wait for voices that never come.
George Young says his Catalina channel swim was aided by clean living though he admits taking flappers to the movies a couple of times. He frames his habit as the key factor in his endurance.
Otto H. Kahn argues Americans grow more interested in cultural values and art without weakening manly fiber. He cites Benvenuto Collini, Leonardo da Vinci, and historical vivisection to illustrate misused fear and curiosity, noting scientific progress from blood circulation to modern study.
Rockefeller Institute scientists and prison hospital head Doctor Sweet will photograph a condemned man's heart as the current shocks him. Extra electrodes will be placed on wrists and legs, with big head and leg electrodes, to study how long the heart fights the current and other effects.
Metropolitan Life reports alcohol related deaths rising sixfold in six years and bootlegging remains a focus. Treasury officials urge undercover agents to trap bootleggers, while Coolidge promotes economy and fiscal discipline with Mellon.
U.S. Department of Agriculture notes jujubes, a Chinese fruit, have been grown in the United States for over half a century but only recently improved varieties from China have expanded cultivation. Texas California New Mexico and Arizona now host small home orchards with potential commercial prospects if interest and markets grow.
A New York anecdote follows Kenneth Le Roy, a Utah Agricultural College graduate who, while studying for grand opera, drives taxis and eyes Broadway. The piece also surveys jujube trees, noting their late bloom, resilience in semi arid climates, and suitability to Texas soils and climates.
The reader asks about edible yield from a 15 pound turkey and about salt curing peanuts in the shell. The answer notes waste of 15 to 20 percent after removing inedible parts, and the peanut salting query references tropical preparation methods.
Eight members of the junior mining engineering class at Ohio State University Columbus traveled through the Sunday Creek mines with Professor Simon as guide. Athens county commissioners revisited plans for a new South bridge and voted to repair the old one per engineer recommendations. Athens Gas moved offices to the Hotel Athens building. A T Cordray mayor of London Ohio gave a temperance sermon on The Evils of the Liquor Traffic at the Methodist Episcopal church.
The piece recalls 19th century tensions in China over Christian missions. It cites old treaties granting foreign protection, arrests and killings of converts, mob attacks on missions, and indemnities after incidents in Nanking and Tientsin. It argues superstition and fear drive anti Christian violence.
The text describes boiling peanuts in salt liquid then drying and roasting without special equipment. It notes Oil Red O can color kerosene and gasoline. It reports big game on reservations rose in ten years to about 1530 with better control, and that Andrew McNair rang the Liberty Bell at the Declaration signing celebration.
Paris February 1 the council of ambassadors announced that Germany had fulfilled the disarmament obligations set by the Treaty of Versailles. The allied body has represented the Allies in negotiations with Germany since the war.
More than two hundred people gathered at the county jail in Cleveland to bid Herman Geltman farewell as he left for Atlanta to begin a twenty month sentence on the conspiracy charge.
Columbus February 1. Farmers urged to adopt big business methods of mail order and large department store style marketing for crops by W M Jardine Secretary of Agriculture. He disapproved of any relief method.
New Floodwood resident Frank Perry, long hospitalized, returned home yesterday. Grandma Blair came back from Indiana after visiting her sons and daughter. A ple supper was held at the school house Wednesday evening. Martha Rizer and neighbors visited Nelsonville Saturday. Mrs. Mattie Reed of Nelsonville visits daughter Hazel Staley. George Hook moved his family to Glen Ebon into the John Glenn house. Mrs. Guy Holmes and daughters Dorothy Miller and Minnie Lanning visited Murray City. Mrs. Lottie Crane returned to Bicknell Indiana after visiting sisters Pearl Parnhart Bess Hook and May Hook. Mildred Hutchison is ill. Mine No. 28, shut for water, is back in running condition. Mr. and Mrs. Shine Galloway visited Deanville Tuesday evening.
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