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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1925

Page

4

Thought for Today Verse and Adage Pair

A brief devotional quotation pairs Matthew 6 25 scripture about daily needs with Addison on viewing life and eternity. The passage contrasts earthly provisions with eternal concerns and reflects on prudent worldly preparation alongside spiritual outlook.

Home paper week celebrated in Kansas towns

The article highlights Kansas observances of home paper week with school ceremonies and essays by children. It contrasts small town editors, closely linked to their communities, with large city editors, praising local papers as bulwarks of honest government and community life.

Kansas Schoolildren

New Word for Prohibition Urged by Dallas Author

Dallas Love Sharp calls for a new term to replace prohibition at a prohibition and law enforcement conference. He urges dropping a hateful term and creating a constructive label that signals reform rather than denial and control.

Dallas Love Sharp Prohibition and Law Enforcement

Adrenalin to Abstinence: A Call to Change Habits

A speaker argues for appealing to the public through adventure and constructive results from quitting liquor. The method mirrors wild game conservation appeals, urging huntsmen to find delight in nature without a gun and to embrace a safer future. The dialogue closes with emphasis on a powerful new concept.

Fraudulent stock promoters prey on average earners

A New York university Bureau of Business Research survey across 15 states shows average victim losses of $1190 in fraudulent stock schemes. Cash buyers outnumber installments, with some paying up to $500 a share and $43.05 as the average price. Some victims exchanged Liberty Bonds for risky securities, suggesting a persistent motive to be swindled.

Bureau of Business Research of New York University

Florida fairy tales of quick Florida fortunes told by a Miami elder

A long essay questions Florida real estate scams that lure investors with dream profits. It follows a teacher who pays 3500 for land, then endures 99 year lease to gain 600000 total, and contrasts minnows who turn to whales with other investor booms and cautionary anecdotes urging thorough investigation before buying unseen.

de Leon Florida Miami New Yorker Everglides North Carolina

Question and Answer column from The Athens Messenger

The reading compiles Q A items from The Athens Messenger Information Bureau directed by Proderic J. Haskin. It includes explanations on printing currency cloud movement geology furniture industry and Kate Claxton The Two Orphans, plus Mussolini era remarks on war and disarmament.

Athens Messenger Information Bureau Proderic J. Haskin Washington, D. C The Inquirer

Light Globes and a Flicker at Dinner

A passerby describes the recurring issue of blown light globes and a dining room bulb that flickers. The habit of trusting luck leads to taps and improvised fixes when the globe fails to shine.

Poem fragment on light globes and nightly outages

Hal Cochran's verse recalls how light globes blow out and are mislaid. The speaker notes home lamps flicker during the day and at night, lamenting forgotten purchases and the frustration of a dark house when the globe fails.

Father

A Rich Man’s Gift of Knowledge Through Reading

A benevolent Schepp invites public ideas for using his fortune and suggests funding a book distribution project. He argues books should be accessible with simplified, illustrated versions of heavy works. He cites Thales and the ancient philosophers to show how knowledge spurs independent thinking.

Schepp Carnegie Thales Ythagoras Aristotle Greece Christ

Senator envisions a world with war abolished

The speaker muses on a distant future where war ends, then asserts that intelligence and justice govern. He notes Senator Cippico as observing deer thriving where wolves once died, and that deer help and warn one another.

Cippico

Rome's patricians ride with armed followers through streets

In ancient Rome and later noble circles a clash could erupt as factions moved through public spaces. The passage paints a vivid scene of tension between powerful individuals and their armed retinues, hinting at the precarious balance of authority and danger in urban life.

Rome

PARTY LOSES A GREAT LEADER

Washington reacts to Bryan's death as a major shift in Democratic politics. Analysts question who can unite his faction, while his influence as party keeper and moral advocate looms large, leaving the party unsure how to fill his leadership and ideological role.

Charles P. Stewart Messenger Washington Bryan Dpryan la Follette Jabonn

Fables on Health How to Attain a Long Life

Longevity comes to those who watch health with daily exercise early to bed and rise. Sun exposure aids healing while a diet of fruits nuts and vegetables adds to life. Medicines require physician advice and moderation in tea coffee and tobacco. Keep light reading free of strain and stay cheerful and active.

No Clear End Yet to Global Conflict Says Historian

A historian remarks that large cities reflect humanity’s lingering dangers and that until nations abandon dissonant aims the peril persists. He urges cooperation and lasting restraint to prevent future outbreaks of violence worldwide.

Vision of a future world police and a peaceful era

A minority of criminals threaten cities but are controlled by police. The piece predicts a future higher civilization with an efficient world police to establish peace. It notes the timeline is long but asserts readiness to dispose of wolves as needed.

Coolidge Seeks Pacific Fleet Visit to Strengthen Ties

President Coolidge voices hope that the U S fleet voyage to Australia and the far Pacific will spotlight cordial relations with all nations of Europe Asia and Africa. He notes the aim is to reinforce peaceful ties among major powers.

Coolidge Australia Far Pacific United States Europe Asia

Australians and New Zealanders praised for guarding southern seas

The author argues that the visit of the fleet should bring recognition of the Australians and New Zealanders for their role in holding their section of the earth for the white race. The piece frames the alliance as a shared effort and stresses racial conduct as a core motive.

Australia

Statement on race and dominance in a white supremacist view

The comment asserts there is no hostility toward other races and that white people hope to maintain dominance. It reflects a belief in white racial supremacy and the idea of ongoing domination as a goal.

Treasury Mellon Collier's Congress

Faeland Fought for Colonies Amid Corn Contention

The Martins Ferry Ohio Daily Times notes Faeland's struggle for the American colonies was linked to a lack of sweetness and delicacy in corn, reflecting local opinion on agricultural hardship and allegiance.

Faeland Martins Ferry Ohio Daily Times

Nebraska’s Bryan Earliest Heard Amid Great Midwest Sea Claim

The Canton Ohio Daily News notes scientific proof that the Midwest was a prehistoric sea and marks the first known hearing of William Jennings Bryan in Nebraska.

Mid-West William Jennings Bryan Nebraska Canton Ohio Daily News

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Athens Messenger American Newspaper Publishers Association Ohio Audit Bureau of Circulations Associated Dailies International News Service F. W. Bush Publ Chas H. Harris Sesational Advertising Robert F. Ware Inc Fifth Ave New York South Wabash Avenue Chicago Addison the Home Paper By Frederic J. Haskin Sam Bureau of Engraving and Printing Monticello Jefferson Memorial Foundation Jefferson M. Levy Commodore Uriah P. Levy Geogerical Survey Alaska America Kate Claxton Louise Count Cippico Massachusetts Italy Hal Cochran Zeller Mr. Schepp Dante Bureau of Railway Economics Percid Tel ‘Ar Interstate Commerce Commission J. Harahan Hocking Valley Railway Company Earth
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