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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1925
Page
4
A devotional note urges that any action done with heart gives it meaning as if to the Lord. The muse from Colossians and Ruskin emphasizes elevating even small deeds through purposeful intent and character.
A letter argues the August 8 Ku Klux Klan parade in Washington should proceed with masks off and no fiery displays. It says public opposition banners the event’s visibility and urges equal treatment for opposing groups, while noting traffic law inconsistencies across towns.
A columnist on traffic legislation notes the complexity of traffic rules and enforcement. He estimates nationwide arrests for traffic offenses could reach about five million annually, based on comparisons with Washington and Baltimore figures.
The motor industry is the most taxed sector with last year's taxes on motor vehicles, excluding property, at 469,090,009. War license and gasoline taxes plus property tax push total toward half a billion, surpassing railroads. Car owners grow irritated, doubting fuel taxes yield promised road benefits.
A Congressional committee proposes restoring the White House interior to its colonial 18th century style. The plan would replace current French Empire furnishings with American period pieces including furniture rugs hangings and colors to reflect the nation’s birth era.
Congressmen back a nation wide campaign against narcotics with lessons from Columbia University educators. They stress fear plus control, curiosity limits, and building character from early age through school and home to curb addiction and promote self discipline, citizenship, and responsible living.
Those who accept a ruling divine intelligence say man was destined to walk erect from eternity to gaze at the stars and study the universe after conquering the globe. Few believe chance and natural selection drive bodily evolution through struggle.
The piece discusses existence shaping life forms and evolution as a force, citing the chicken egg as a metaphor for birth and deformation. It notes Earth’s life developing despite struggle and extends the idea to other planets with possibilities of different life, while warning that survival of the fittest has historical consequences for indigenous peoples and extinct races.
A author extols Wallace and Darwinism and praises Kropotkin for arguing that mutual aid shapes evolution. The author asserts kindness has aided species survival, citing deer and wolves as examples of social behavior influencing persistence.
An anti evolutionist declines to testify in the Tennessee monkey trial saying he cannot believe good will come of it. The piece argues thinking results from the trial and mocks its opponents. The Episcopal Commission revising the prayer book suggests removing the word obey from the marriage service.
A stark description of a past era where a husband could abuse a wife, cast her aside, or take additional wives at his discretion, reflecting entrenched patriarchal power and lack of legal protections for women.
The query asks for a modern substitute for obey that preserves the cadence of a long sentence. Suggestions include tolerate or phrases like love, honor and give a fair trial, with divorce court records as a potential gauge of tone and meaning.
A New York feature surveys 1923 telephones and calls across the United States. It notes New York had 1,186,573 phones, United States total 15,000,101 at start of 1924, and a Havana call lasting 323 minutes cost 118.76 dollars. It also recites anecdotes of a Great Dane and a thrifty Brooklyn man and his overcoat gifting.
The article explains that most city adults carry tuberculosis germs without disease unless body resistance drops. It describes how tissues form a wall around germs to neutralize them, allowing dormancy for years, and urges maintaining fitness to prevent serious illness.
An English view argues divorce may become easier until divorces equal marriages, noting marriage protects women and children and may be a training ground for men. The piece urges an end to industrial strife and credits the President with potential to solve the problem, akin to Lincoln’s era.
United States mine workers push for higher pay and safer conditions and threaten a strike. British miners face wage cuts and longer hours as tensions rise between miners and mine owners.
Production of artificial silk has grown from nothing to about 1,006,600,000 pounds annually. The National Bank of Commerce reports no overproduction signs. Rayon mills are running at full blast, unable to meet demand as new mills rise across Europe, signaling strong textile and cotton grower impact.
A fragment notes a person says these are the days they feel too sick to work but too well to stay home from going fishing, reflecting a rare mood of contradiction and desire for outdoor use of time.
Charles W Holman argues that European flat segment cars offer a solution to high short haul costs in U S railways. He notes the efficiency of grouped small cars, modular loading, and light locomotives as a model for reducing the producer consumer price spread while improving service.
An excerpt celebrates driving and train travel as restful forms of motion and escape. It reflects on the lure of speed, the pull of mobility, and the habit of lingering in motion even while resting the bones. The passage questions why people extend hands or lean into a lazy lunch break while on the move.
The piece argues people avoid walking for health in favor of riding. It humorously laments lost leg fitness and promotes getting out to walk as the best aid to health versus talk and excuses.
A Brooklyn era Q and A column provides brief queries and concise answers on topics from treasury bill counting speeds to stadium seating, Alaska territory dates, dancing marathon records, Twain’s Life of Joan of Arc, and train speeds. The piece cites multiple figures and locations including Pittsburgh stadium seating, Philadelphia style, and the 999 engine record.
The writer delivers a witty set of maxims noting Sunday rest fading as the week fills with recovery from Sunday. He jokes about wind on beaches and procrastination from chores, and reflects on aging usefulness, courtship expectations, and confusing ignorance with good nature.
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