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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1927
Page
4
An editorial brief presents a moral cue urging to act with effort and strength, citing Ecclesiastes 9:1 and a Carlyle maxim on labor. It frames diligence as path to ease and rest.
The article notes a potential five republic federation in Central America as a response to unrest in Nicaragua. It cites leaders favoring a single government to project strength and cites looming embassies in Washington as a sign of future diplomacy. It recalls a historic federation from 1821 and ongoing reform efforts.
The Washington Information Bureau notes that Europe’s nations are largely new since the United States’ founding. Since then many borders and governments have changed, with republics, dictatorships, and new states replacing the old order. The U.S. remains the enduring old country and a stable map.
In a humorous note the article describes a new electrically refrigerated ice box for the White House. It imagines President Calvin the Cool accessing a modern ice box for midnight snacks, with references to Washington and successors seeking cold food items.
The excerpt recalls Abraham Lincoln's ice box as a simple wooden trough and caulked with putty. It then imagines modern leftovers from White House dinners becoming delicious celery cheese butter fried chicken and tapioca pudding that elevate the presidency.
A fragmented obituary note marks the year 1926 with references to bells horns and bootleg whisky at midnight on a Friday, noting both good and bad events as history. The text mentions dying and born on the year and hints at celebrations and excess.
President Coolidge orders policy shifts as Mellon fights industrial alcohol poisoning while bootleggers label and bottle the product. Public warnings urge restraint though many will drink and censorship may ease to avoid exposing Congress and people to hidden facts.
The article notes Southern tensions over Nicaragua port seizures and cites Russia confiscating all American property. It recalls Russia’s refusal to occupy its territory. It then reports Doctor Curtis addressing Philadelphia scientists about immortality of the soul and critiques of materialist doom versus art.
The text weighs arguments for immortality against earthly end and cites Charles Fournier’s view as strongest. It notes human longing for eternal life and that creation does not deceive. adds praise for Congressman McClintic of Oklahoma for opposing costly battleships and favoring airships.
Mr McClintic recalls a past wartime tactic saying if another war comes we would mobilize ships as before by basing battleships in a river, reflecting on strategic reserve methods from prior conflict.
Representatives from Arizona Nevada and California seek fair terms for water and power from Boulder dam to be built on disputed territory. Arizona proposes six dollars annually per electric horsepower while California expects one dollar. The discussion hinges on what constitutes fair pricing for electric power and water resources.
A group of young English college students recently passed a resolution declaring that woman ought to be abolished. The remark reflects a dated polemic and stirs debate about gender and equality in academia.
Washington proposes raising the postal savings limit from 2500 to 5000 dollars per depositor to expand access for native and immigrant savers. Postmaster General New urges the change, citing growth, reliability, and the system as a permanent government facility with widespread multilingual outreach.
In New York the old Mulberry Bend neighborhood shifts from poverty and gangland notoriety to a modern commercial strip. Italian wares, updated fish tanks, and a marble market building mark the change as Mulberry Street replaces the historic bend. The city eyes a new 108 story skyscraper, signaling further transformation.
The piece describes a proposed 22 million dollar skyscraper on Manhattan’s 42nd Street, a quarter mile tall and visible to tourists. Citizens worry about traffic, elevator capacity, and the limit to how high buildings can grow, while activists push for height restrictions as towers multiply.
A good quality cocoon yields 400 to 800 yards of reelable filament. The term Pig and Whistle for coffee houses may derive from Peg and Wassail, with Peg from Low German pegel and wassail meaning good wishes or the liquor used.
West Athens 家庭十五口人，其中两人是 twins。Athens县报告新成立十个 Sunday schools。 diphtheria 疫情区已被健康部门列为封锁。一个 bean 竞猜活动由 C W Gross 以两粒误差赢得。十年前德国对盟军最后通牒以潜艇战回应，罗斯福对凯撒发表言论。Emmett Oxley 接任 Junior Order 之 Athens 分会领袖，Alice Kincaid 以矿工死亡事件获州赔偿逾三千美元。 James Warburton 于 Marietta 对雅典商会发表“美元日”“ cleans-up”等倡议。
Washington dispatch describes nut letters to officials arriving after every full moon and notes anecdotes about Fiorello La Guardia Butler and other lawmakers. The piece highlights persistent mail from imaginative citizens seeking patents, treasure tips, or financing while detailing Butler’s deafness and peppery naval deficien ces remarks.
The Bureau of Standards explains shell composition as alternating horny material and calcium carbonate with trace organic matter. The Fahrenheit thermometer freezing point is fixed at 32 degrees by immersion in ice. scrapple is meat or meat byproducts mixed with grain flour and seasonings set in a mold.
The Buckeye Investors safeguard capital with a reserve and surplus over legal requirements and $5,400,000 in insurance and bonds. Funds are loaned only on first mortgage real estate and no investor has ever lost a dollar. 8% Certificates of Deposit issued with semi annual interest or compounding.
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