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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1924
Page
4
A Thought for Today quotes Proverbs 11 25 about the liberal soul becoming fat and Leigh Hunt on loving any man who is generous, offering a brief musing on generosity and kindness.
The article reflects on Fourth of July celebrations with parades and speeches while urging recognition of ongoing social ills. It links Independence Day to freedom and warns that tyranny persists through illiteracy, poverty, crime, and preventable diseases, advocating responsible civic action and debate about wealth and scarcity.
Dr G Berg of the Prussian Geological Institute predicts that world gold mines will shut down for good as they near exhaustion. He argues new large mines are unlikely and the white world has largely prospected all gold regions. A note compares this to oil, where forecasts of shortages have not matched ongoing discoveries and a current world surplus exists.
Berg argues that only a portion of mined gold remains in human hands and much is lost in deep water or sinks with ships. He suggests a shrinking gold supply could force a scientific money system, potentially transforming the dollar.
Marguerite Clark recalls finding happiness after quitting stardom and marrying Harry P Williams in Louisiana. She suggests true happiness for women centers on motherhood, asserting babies complete a home and enrich life beyond pets, flowers, or companionship.
European securities rise alongside foreign bonds reaching year highs. France shows revival under a Socialist government while Britain maintains mood, Russia exports large quantities and buys US cotton. Italy under Mussolini remains wary as Europe moves toward cooperation before concrete programs.
Washington learns the Dawes plan grew from two events the New Haven Hughes address and Rome International Chamber of Commerce resolutions. American business leaders Owen D Young Henry M Robinson and others formed a Dawes Committee to adapt Rome principles into a plan for German reparations and European recovery. The effort faced European diplomacy limits and Ruhr tensions but culminated in a unified Dawes Report.
An American plan to aid European rehabilitation is favored over European proposals, arguing Americans seek only service and not national gain. The piece notes Dawes plan promise, skepticism of European motives, and debates about a united Europe amid geopolitical travel references and a mix of cultural Q A items.
The piece notes Democratic splits over Smith and McAdoo with a colorless candidate favored to keep peace, while Republicans push a strong stance led by Mr. Stone who has indicted major oil outfits shifting the issue to the GOP. It highlights Walsh as a potential Democratic pivot and praises civic progress in aviation and oceanography. It also recalls Eastman Kodak stock gains for workers.
Readers are invited to send questions to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC. It offers general information but not legal medical or financial advice. Include full name address and two cents postage. replies go directly to the asker.
The Q and A discusses timber use in the U S with about a third sawn lumber two-fifths for fuel and remainder for pulpwood mine timbers and ties It notes schools teaching whistling as speech remedy and offers a forest fire watchword encouraging use of common sense to preserve forests A fragment mentions lawful use of pectin in jelly making and fruit processing.
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