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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1924
Page
14
Albert Apple recounts Barnum the circus man describing liquor's pull in his youth, his pledge to abstain, and his lifelong stance against drinking. The piece notes Barnum's fight against alcohol, his anti drinking contracts for performers, and a tongue in cheek tale of Jumbo the elephant preferring whisky. The excerpt also reflects on Barnum's and Einstein's ideas and public reactions.
The piece notes scientists muckraking Prof. Einstein in a genteel way and calls the results disastrous for the Swiss scientist. It suggests relativity unsettles both material and immaterial universe while hinting at a return to old-fashioned notions.
Chairman Thompson warns that price fixing is widespread today more than ever and could wreck the American business structure. He cites historical parallel to the post Civil War era and the panic of 1873, urging enforcement and reforms to curb gentleman's agreements.
The article warns of a falling franc and rising French debt, comparing it to Germany's malaise. It notes inflation but argues France must boost German trade and production to avoid further collapse, citing Gen. Dawes' upcoming reparations report advising freer German markets.
Washington DC reports Los Angeles schools teach saving by prompting children under eleven to open and deposit in robust bank accounts. In nine tenths, $400000 has been saved by youngsters with full passbooks and active depositing, shaping early financial habits.
The Banks School Savings association launches a program linking pupils to banks with a one dollar starter and passbooks. In the first year 40 600 accounts averaged 10 dollars each. second year growth targets 10 000 more accounts as thrift talks and teacher parent outreach expand access. The emphasis remains on honest effort and personal responsibility over social comparison.
A broad Savings Association canvass promotes student savings accounts in Los Angeles area schools. The program aims to improve health and study progress by reducing candy and soda consumption while teaching arithmetic through interest and capital concepts. A student even seeks bank guidance to invest 160 dollars, hoping to start a profitable venture.
Bankers report rising adult deposits as parents set thrift examples for children. The Los Angeles school savings plan cost $40,000 last year, covering metal banks and administration. Banks deem the program worthwhile, arguing it builds future thrifty citizens and stable homes.
The column urges officials and citizens to plan ahead while doing daily tasks. It notes French francs weaken amid speculation led by Edwin E. Popcke of New York and Lutherans urging short selling, warning that France could sustain its economy if it economizes and taxes peasants.
The article debates long term population growth and possible legal limits on family size, notes England’s rising population despite fewer births, and imagines future ages. It praises the steel industry, warns against gambling, and discusses tariff flexibilities under President Coolidge with local praise for Henry Ford aiding Detroit.
The passage offers a reader questions service run by The Chess Messenger Information Bureau directed by Frederick Haskin. It states the bureau cannot give medical or financial advice and asks inquirers to mail their question with full name address and two cents for return postage.
The National Association of Ice Industries states 11x11x1 1 2 weighs 25 pounds and 112x11x13 weighs 50 pounds while 22x31x13 weighs 100 pounds. A refrigerator should run at capacity with about 70 percent filled by ice. Camels can go 3 to 4 days without water, healthy ones 8 to 10 days, exceptional cases 16 days. fiscal year 1923 coal value noted at 965 236 312.24.
A collection of Q A style entries covers administration and law costs in prohibition and narcotics, origins of words, population of Mexico, the great Pyramid’s stone blocks, beard growth among Indians, 1921 California dates, Thomas Paine’s phrase, and Japan dairy history noting limited past milk use and dairy development in Hokkaido with grazing constraints.
An EMITOR MESSENGER letter argues Ohio may soon bar voters unable to read English. It advocates literacy testing for all citizens and suggests a statewide literacy certificate be required for voting. The writer warns non English readers and foreigners lacking interest must learn English or lose franchise.
I. K. Mardis chairs The Ohio Literacy Commission urging volunteers to teach adults to read and write. The program cites Georgia's 17 062 adults educated last year, cites costs of illiteracy to industry, and calls on townships and teachers to enroll nonreaders before this year’s school enumeration.
WMAQ 147.5 in Chicago broadcasts a Babson report at 7:00 P M with travel talk by Jane Adams and readings from Rockford College. At 8:09 P M a literary talk follows and at 8:40 P M LaSalle orchestra performs. The Lyon and Healy program airs at 9:00 P M.
At 6 50 P M bedtime story follows with 7 00 to 7 30 P M dinner. From 8 00 to 8 30 P M a social program. A 8 20 to 8 48 P M program by the American Farm Bureau Federation on The Work of the Committee of the Relation of Electricity to Agriculture and New ideas in Farm House Architecture. 8 48 to 9 30 P M a lecture on the instruments of the orchestra.
In Atlanta a yearly ball and celebration by the Atlanta Federation of Musicians is scheduled from 6:45 PM to 11:45 PM with a featured finale event at the end of the ball. Attendees expect music performances and a formal evening of entertainment.
The Trio Club of Dallas performs from 8 30 to 9 36 P M and Circle Theatre Orchestra from 11 30 to 12 00 P M offering evening music at two venues in Dallas.
Davenport Iowa station WOC plans no broadcasting after 6 P M on Tuesday with a silent night indicated for the area. Weather and sport updates accompany the final program before the cutoff.
KHJ-395 M PTF lists live stock vegetable reports at 6 40 P M Then The Sand man and Queen Titania from 6 45 to 7 30 P M A program by Harry James Beardsley on The Stone That Turns Everything to Gold runs 8 to 10 P M followed by Art Hick man s Orchestra from 10 to 12 A M
The listing shows WLAG 417 M CST from 6:00 to 6:15 P M with a police segment failing to specify content followed by a dinner hour concert from 6:15 to 7:00 P M and a farm lectures program from 7:30 to 8:15 P M
KGW station from Portland Oregon airs a 7 30 P M weather forecast followed by market reports and a 7 45 P M I Talk for farmers segment delivering agricultural guidance and prices.
Listings show WOR 1058 M-740 Ke with a 6 15 PM start for Music While You Dine and 6 30 to 7 PM Children stories The Man In the Moon followed by more Music While You.
Lyric Instrumental Trio and Oakland First Baptist Church Quartet perform in a community program at 8 00 P M Rev John Snape presiding at Oakland Cal venue details provided including address and organizer information
At East Pittsburg, the Grand Symphony Orchestra performs at 6 15 with the Million Dollar Theatre presentation followed by a Pittsburg Personnel Association address at 7 15. Evening features include Stockman and Farmer Reports, a Radio Girl Scout meeting, and a concert by Herbert Roden and accompanying soloists at 8 30.
The listing shows a 7:00 to 7:20 PM sequence with Joska De Babary and Clyde Doerr orchestras performing in the Louis XVI and Pompeiian rooms. 8:00 to 8:48 PM includes a special program by the American Farm Bureau Federation with radiophone announced speakers. Morgan I Eastman as Musical Director will present instrument demonstrations by two solos per instrument.
At 7 00 P M Donald McClench of Brow Brothers and Company Boston presents The Art of Investment eighth in a series. World Market Survey at 7 30 P M Bedtime story for children at 7 40 P M concert by Grace M Adams pianist and Ethel Noble pianist at 8 25 P M story for grownups by Crisof 8 Marden.
London police tolerate a beggar who turns street selling using old shoelaces and sulphurless matches. The mendicant markets wares, but passersby give alms rather than purchases, illustrating a muted social workaround within law.
Senator Hiram W. Johnson, a Republican presidential candidate, announces he will oppose President Coolidge in the Maryland primaries, as reported from Baltimore.
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