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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1925
Page
4
A devotional line urges walking worthy of God and accepting one’s providential place. It cites Fieceslentane 1 2 12 and adds Emerson’s counsel to accept the society of contemporaries and the connection of events.
The piece argues children hate school not learning but confinement and adult control. It suggests making schooling child friendly by aligning with natural curiosity, integrating study into child life, and reducing suppression of activity to improve engagement and understanding.
Foreign observers note rising high school and college graduations as a path to educated citizenship. They expect graduates to engage in public affairs with interest and critical thinking, contrasting with past limits of education as a privileged class.
The passage argues that aristocratic schooling failed to produce democratic leadership, but with universal education the masses gain a common right and may develop the interest and responsibility needed for democracy.
A Federal Judge voids the Elk Hills lease while another sustains the Teapot Dome lease, signaling court action to determine the law. The piece argues vindication cannot be conferred by courts and warns against forgetting moral concerns amid legal and business questions.
A columnist challenges readers to dim headlights when approaching other vehicles and while driving at night. The piece warns that bright lights threaten all road users and notes that glass lens diffusers often fail to reduce glare.
Profile of George Holden Tinkham of Massachusetts Eleventh District, his restless spirit and globe trotting career. From frontiers in Africa hunting trophies to enemy fronts in World War I, he pursued interest beyond Congress and resisted excess legislation while championing liberty and anti prohibition.
The British dole unrest grows as workers protest idleness while Alfred Mond proposes replacing universal relief with a subsidy to business men. The plan would compel spending on hiring idle workers to boost activity and government revenue through income tax.
A proposal to subsidize the most downcast workers in industry is criticized as ineffective for the government. The remark implies limited impact on broader employment or economic relief.
In the Bronx heat, Traffic Officer Thomas Gray recalls a day when three young women battled tar stuck heels on Prospect Avenue and 168th Street. One woman fired at an oncoming car in stockinged feet after both shoes stuck fast, while another lost a heel. The officer carried the others to shade as the scene drew jeers and backtalk.
An elderly scene on Amsterdam Avenue near 61st Street depicts open revival meetings by Black residents on Sundays with fervent worship. The piece also weighs political radicalism and conservatism, noting La Follette’s enduring influence in death and urging peaceful civic planning for a future where both ideologies coexist and share in deserved gains.
A passerby notes two large steel radio towers erected near Saint Paul the Apostle to broadcast its choir on Sunday afternoons. A local onlooker quips the towers look like angels practicing high diving.
In a bustling booking office a dozen aging actors in bow ties and slouch hats scheme for a part. They vie for dressing up as Eskimos to march Broadway streets in fur to advertise a new Alaskan dog picture soon to appear in one of the city’s playhouses. James W. Dean remarks on the odd rehearsal scene.
A reader argues that money spent on relief should instead subsidize businesses to hire workers. The writer contends direct payments do little to reduce idleness or boost vitality, favoring subsidies that spur employment and productive labor.
The piece argues British taxpayers fund 2,100,000 idle workers including the normally unemployable. Public opinion opposes leisurely starvation and warns against dole subsidies for business, noting unions must ensure trade union wages for all hired workers.
The speaker contrasts private business needing government help for wages with railroads authorized to raise rates by government, noting the public must pay the higher costs. The comparison questions the fairness of government support for business benefits versus public payment of rate hikes.
The speaker notes that even a proud republic seeks subsidies when organized and powerful groups push for funding, underscoring financial strains and political leverage behind aid requests.
Mr George W Hinman argues there was no real radicalism last fall beyond Sen La Follette exercising his constitutional right to run for president. He contends radicalism did not end and hints more developments may follow.
The author argues that national intelligence should plan earnestly for future welfare, comparing it to a diligent father ensuring his children are busy and happy. He asserts that organized planning could avert many future troubles faced by the United States and Europe, drawing a parallel with Japan’s Mitsui family.
The passage argues Americans should gain land ownership and a stake in government to reward work. It cites French and Swedish examples and warns against financial predators like gambling rings and stock sharks and large corporate profits. It stresses safeguarding savings from extractive schemes.
The speaker argues to improve labor appeal by extending working hours and job security if needed, and by granting workers a real stake in their labor through a generous share of earnings to boost actual interest in work.
A brief note describes a bathing girl entering the water for a wading dip at an unspecified time. The activity is portrayed simply as a casual, intermittent practice.
Fruit whip uses mashed cooked or dried fruit folded into whipped egg whites or whipped cream. It looks like a fancy dessert and pleases children, with gelatine versions becoming mousse or bombe when molded and chilled for hours.
Washington dispatch notes Pinchot’s potential 1926 Senate bid would pit him against Coolidge administration figures led by Senator Pepper and Secretary Mellon. The piece cites Pennsylvania’s population and administration backing, while highlighting Pinchot’s clashes over prohibition enforcement and implied accusations against Mellon’s distillery ties.
Insurgent Pinchot faces dislike from “regulars” and an unfriendly White House. The administration would favor Brookhart Frazier Shipstead Wheeler La Follette or Ladd over Pinchot, with Mellon’s personal grudge cited as the source of the friction.
The piece weighs Secretary Mellon’s size in the administration and notes Pinchot’s criticisms of him. It discusses Pinchot aiming for the Senate from Mellon’s state, challenging Senator Pepper, and why this fuels administration opposition. The tone signals political intrigue and power dynamics.
Secretary Mellon resisted Pinchot for governor as the Republican state organization opposed him but he ultimately prevailed.
After Pinchot's campaign, the organization denied him a place in the Pennsylvania delegation to the Republican national convention. The move signals deep bitterness toward the Pennsylvania executive and suggests such a dismissal by a state governor at his own party convention is unusual.
In a Portland speech Pinchot accuses Secretary Mellon of whiskey ties and refusal to carry out his duties. He signals a new accusation as the administration pushes a forceful effort against prohibition violations, and notes Pinchot’s expected bid in Pennsylvania’s Senate race.
A compiled Q and A from the Biological Survey and other agencies explains why dogs howl to music the first U S golf club date and birthplace is cited the cost to print a bank note and why Indians strip birch bark in May, noting bark removal kills the tree.
A fragment describes men gathering for humor as a crowd listens for a joke with a kick and a laugh that carries through a tense moment. the piece hints at social tension alongside entertainment in a local setting.
Poem notes mood lifting humor from daily tales and jokes. It reflects a small town setting with playful lines about stories, laughter, and everyday troubles during summer and ice box humor.
Tom Sims jokes that grape fermentation yields a better time than producing grape juice. He claims the process offers more flavor, aroma, and excitement for enthusiasts, contrasting it with the simpler juice outcome.
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