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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1927
Page
1
Athens scene as Hymn Society of America pushes for America the Beautiful as national anthem replacing The Star Spangled Banner. Leaders including Thomas P. Tuite and Carl Fowler Price clash over lyrics and verses while critics denounce the move as unpatriotic.
The Newark New Jersey Red Cross chapter claims top honors in a mixed doubles knitting championship. Mrs Julia Schweikhardt shows five sweaters in a day and sock production for emergencies, while August Brodeen contests the male knitting fastest record. Both boast rapid, precise work as they answer the challenge How do we do it we just tend to our knitting.
A group of eminent American engineers backed by the engineering foundation of Newark and other agencies aims to build an arch dam in a Sierra canyon to test height limits. The project features a 60 foot rise so far with a small crack, plus instruments tracking movement and stress as they push the structure toward a potential 110 foot height. Dr Fred A Noetzil and Prof Mars weigh in on its resilience. The work proceeds amid caution about water force and canyon geometry.
The Peters family of twenty children and eight in-laws lives on a farm near Glidden Iowa. Parents Mr Peters and Mrs Peters run a structured household with clear outside and inside roles. Twelve children remain at home, four reach near adult ages, and the clan attends a local Lutheran church together on Sundays.
Ohio Bell launches an educational program to teach linemen and public service workers safe tree trimming to prevent service interference. Harry C Hyatt leads the effort with horticulture expertise, stressing trees as potential conductors and hazards near overhead wires.
A copy of the Athens Messenger from 1861 to 1866, sent by Harry Stewart, reveals a dusty mix of items. A flat piano, spring machines, and many liver medicines fill the pages, advertising to wartime readers. The paper was weekly by T J Wildes and priced at 33 1 3 cents.
Gordon Morrow recalls the 1851 Athens turnout of forty men who set out for California hoping for wealth. The piece highlights Samuel McCune and his brother John K. McCune, their journeys, hardships, and the era’s harsh winter conditions that accompanied the expedition.
News wires describe Winfield Scott sailing to San Francisco with 360 in gold paid by Tachmar. The steamer wrecks after three days, seventy two days adrift. Farmers and others endure rationed days as all occupants face peril at sea. Athens county readers recall ongoing war coverage.
The article highlights Kramer crafting delicate sun heat instruments including a water-flow pyrheliometer for the Smithsonian standard. It recounts a grueling Jamaica to Panama voyage where shipboard hunger and thirst tested a small party, with a water call revealing endurance and leadership as they crossed the isthmus to safety.
The Panama voyage ended four months after leaving New York. Many returned, while Samuel, the former storekeeper, made money then lost it in a gold river project. McCune faced imprisoned trial and a daring escape, later joined Indian wars, lived years in captivity, taught school as an interpreter near Salt Lake City, and rededicated a new name George W Hat face. He married Caldwell and moved to Idaho with five sons and five daughters, whose true fatherhood was only revealed after his death. John McCabe later visited the family to confirm their settled lives.
A 19th century report notes corrections to milage on English roads as part of straightening efforts. It discusses false milestones between London and Brighton connected to King George IV and explains orders given to remove or adjust markers that misstate distances.
J F Smith of Portland Maine submitted an unused 1878 Excursion Fare ticket from Portland to Philadelphia to the Canadian National Railways. The railway suggested a refund might be possible, but there was no refund granted.
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