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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1927
Page
4
A compact quotation note presents two proverbs about hope and expectation. It cites Proverbs 13 12 and Benjamin Franklin linking hopeful living to risk and mortality. The item reads as a reflective, period voice card for readers.
The Senate Post Office Committee approves restoring second class mail rates to 1920 levels to boost government revenue and curb war taxes on newspapers. The measure aims to reduce the postal deficit and expand access to newspapers and reading material for the public.
An article argues that perspective matters, comparing postwar recovery to Reconstruction in the South. It urges readers to judge today’s events with long view, noting optimism will come with time and history’s gaze, while a minor Los Angeles earthquake is barely felt by a desensitized public.
Dispatch reports twenty four camels have arrived for distribution to zoos across the country. They are expected to be well received by the institutions and wildlife programs.
A Brooklyn doctor who arrived twenty minutes late to a sick child’s home was murdered by the household inmates after the child died. The piece reflects on Hippocratic duty and the dangers physicians face, noting the profession’s risks, lack of gratitude, and potential for violence.
John Wollman reported to a strict religious group that an evil spirit possessed his 35 year old wife. The two reverends restrained her for three days and deprived her of food for five as prayers continued, aiming to drive out the devil.
Philosophical musing contrasts business influence and medical intervention as a crowd event falters. The speaker questions the strength of human intelligence by comparing it to a chain whose weakness governs its overall resilience.
Chauncey Depew, aged ninety three, rebukes Edison, eighty, for allegedly denying the word God. Depew claims Edison did not mean it and says he remains firmly anchored to the Bible and its teachings.
A fragment questions biblical depictions of divine commands as it contrasts an ironclad faith with a belief that cautions against harming the innocent. The speaker hints that Edison would envy such a frame of mind and ponders which God is truly taught in scripture.
The piece argues ancient views of heaven and hell as ceilings and floors are obsolete. It notes that even in a straight line above or below us one could travel 1,600,600 light years in 1,900,000 years at light speed, finding only stars and planets with no heaven.
Scientists describe a radio ceiling about 190 miles high that bends radio waves toward the ground. The discussion contrasts gravitation pulling matter to Earth with a probing question about a force that could pull electric phenomena back toward us.
Washington in a wartime era notes women taking on jobs once closed to them. The piece traces the shift from domestic tasks to broad roles including lawmaking and heavy industry, highlighting increased female strength and capability across professions and machines.
In New York on a February night a meandering look at Broadway reveals aging theater program mascots and famous faces from Billy Burke to Charlie Chaplin. The piece notes the growing presence of fourteen women in Washington journalism, detailing their roles in the press gallery and their varied duties across Congress, White House briefings, and major newspapers.
Judson Harmon, former Ohio governor, lies in a Cincinnati hospital with a treatable ailment and potential surgery being considered. Details indicate his condition is serious enough to warrant medical attention but no final prognosis is provided.
Senator Howell of Nebraska leads a set of measured speech speeds among U S senators with about 115 words per minute, followed closely by Shortridge and Simmons at ca 120. The list, tabulated by Theodore P. Shuey, charts average speaking rates across many named senators plus notes on speech style and effectiveness.
The Federal prohibition forces authorize import of Palestine kosher wine for sacramental use distributed to congregations through rabbis. Each rabbi may obtain one gallon per adult member annually, with stock held at the New York Customs House warehouse.
Musterole Laxative Cold Tet tablets promoted as safe effective relief for head colds. Advertised by The Musterole Co of Cleveland, priced at five cents, tied to the makers of Musterole for muscular pains and chest troubles.
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