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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1924
Page
4
The piece surveys jury duty origins and reforms, then shifts to a political scene where the Ku Klux Klan is debated in a Democratic convention. It notes Bryan’s prominence, McAdoo’s support, and warnings against nominees aligned with the Klan, predicting a contentious election shaped by religious tensions.
A meditation contrasts Gus Bishop a 70 year old man who has never tried phones movies radios or travel with the life of Abraham Lincoln and Immanuel Kant. It argues marvels are merely tools for growth health and family life and that simple living preserves spiritual focus.
State medical associations condemn efforts to spread birth control information and clinics for preventive means. Advocates argue parents should decide when to have children, while opponents warn of increased immorality among youths and selfish luxury.
A Detroit Free Press note mocks a road hog as it critiques population concerns and family planning. The piece suggests Nature or Providence may guide human reproduction despite welfare worries, while calling out reckless driving behavior.
A Michigan teacher and schoolmaster Arthur W. Kent, once respected for 49 years, becomes a cautionary tale after embezzling funds, fleeing, and eventually surrendering to the law in Ann Arbor. He laments that education is meaningless without moral stability and offers himself as a stark warning.
Farmers praise college students who trade sunbathing for harvest work, finding them cleaner, smarter, quicker to learn, and cooperative. The trend shows educated youths embracing farm labor, challenging anti college views and signaling a shift in attitudes toward the business end of farming.
In June a debate on jury service highlights rising evasion in cities. Commissioner Fred U. Bryne cites education and civic duty as fixes, urging college programs to teach juror obligations while detailing exemptions and common flimsy excuses used to dodge service.
The piece notes reduced Democratic chances as religious fights intensify. Bryan warned against spreading religous issues, but the party presses the conflict in every district. Republicans cheer the infighting while wheat prices rise, hinting at a favorable climate for Coolidge and farming outlooks.
In Poplar Bluff Missouri members of Mount Zion Baptist Church argued with deacon T K Stewart attempting to intervene. Art Tune ordered Stewart arrested for interference in the dispute.
A historic note explains how readers can submit questions to the Athens Messenger Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington. The service provides information only and cannot offer legal medical or financial advice. Send full name address two cents postage for return replies.
The North Coast Limited, run by the Northern Pacific Railway, is described as ten trains with two in Chicago yards, two across the North Dakota prairies, two in the Montana Rockies, two near Puget Sound, and two in reserve. Sixty one skilled employees and fifteen locomotives per train are required for Chicago to the Pacific Coast.
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