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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1927
Page
4
A brief meditation links Psalm 90 9 to Augustine on life as a weaving tale. It notes how each hour shapes the next and likens existence to Penelope's unending web. The lines invite contemplation of fate, time, and continuity.
A letter from Waukesha Wisconsin, dated February 14 1927, discusses religious transformation after a life of theft in Athens Ohio and Armitage. It questions psychology’s explanation of religious experience and notes the author’s turn to Christianity and restitution. It ends with a travel plug to Death Valley via Union Pacific for a two day excursion.
The narrator urges a Salt Lake City stop to view the gold Moroni above the temple and reflect on Brigham Young and the Latter Day Saints. The text notes polygamy’s end, Moroni’s trumpet pointed to wealth filled mountains, and fertile lands surrounding the site.
Below Moroni Brigham Young's monument features a naked bronze Indian on one side and a bearded Mormon on the other. A bronze tablet narrates the story of adventure as Young sought a land for followers to live by his interpretation of God's orders.
The piece recalls a Mormon party traveling west eighty years ago with 143 men three women two children and a host of wagons and beasts. On a tablet corner three colored slaves Green Flake Hark Lay Oscar Crosby are named while others are omitted to balance names.
The census bureau estimates continental United States population will hit 118,628,000 by July 1, 1927, rising about 13,600,000 since 1920. Projections show 149,000,000 by 1940 and about 290,600,000 by 2000, with density around 97 per square mile.
Aimee Semple McPherson drew attention during a Los Angeles revivalist tour after visiting a Greenwich Village night club on a sightseeing bus route. The venue featured nude art and underage youths, provoking criticism amid the city’s vice debate and public nuisance concerns.
Gilbert Swan argues that tourists see a magnified, glamorous yet controlled view of vice in Manhattan while real crime operates undercover. He notes brothels in cheap venues, wealthier clients, and the city’s openness allowing more people to move unseen and evade scrutiny.
In a 19th century exchange a question asks if a US town over 25 000 exists without a movie house. The answer cites Brookline Massachusetts to illustrate a wealthy town with about 47 000 residents and notes it lacks a cinema.
Henry Ford backs Coolidge but his libel suit with Aaron Sapiro pits Reed of Missouri for the Democratic nomination on a national stage. Reed defends Ford in court and gains headline stature that could boost his 1928 presidential bid. The trial begins March 7 in Detroit, with Reed’s courtroom prominence likely to shape public perception ahead of the next party conventions.
A travelogue notes a visitor from "Your Dad Read Long Ago" held a seance at the New Athens hotel in Athens. Residents showed enthusiasm though the gathering failed, while nearby two Ohio University students abandonedly fell into icy asylum lakes.
Superintendent Morgan hosted a dinner for the Athens high school basketball team to recognize the continued spirit shown during the past season's games.
The text lists 1925 car theft totals with 14 percent recovered and 86 percent unrecovered. It defines a calory as the heat needed to raise one gram of water by one degree and notes its use as a food energy unit. It answers questions on Chinese rest days, quiet fishing, fish hearing, and why popcorn pops with steam as the expanding medium.
Firemen responded to a frantic man on a roof hurling bricks. Charles Newman, described as insane, was restrained after a tense standoff in Evanstown.
In Chillicothe on February 24, Commonwealth charges allege manslaughter in the Ralph Strohmeyer case. Police Chief C. Manie and Officer Tom Templer face possible indictments after Judge Hornbecker orders a grand jury review of Strohmeyer’s death from injuries alleged to be caused by police.
The notice lists symptoms including dizziness headaches shortness of breath distress after eating gas in stomach and bowels right side pain radiating to the back coated tongue and bad breath. It touts auto intoxication from poor bowel action and hepatic torpidity and promotes Klax Ko Tablets from Cline's Pharmacy with a money back guarantee if no benefit in a week.
A 47 year physician from Monticello Illinois promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a non gagging gentle laxative for constipated infants and children. It claims to establish natural bowel regularity without harsh purges and offers a free sample by mail.
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