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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1925
Page
4
The article notes a New York travel psychology trend where high society and finance figures become talkative aboard liners, unlike on dry land. Photographers increasingly capture these moments, with many portraits taken on ships and some informal poses not appearing in print.
A contemplation on travel exposing social shifts via Abby Rockefeller and others, noting how photographers, venues, and bohemian scenes illustrate public life abroad. The writer cites Judge bribery and appeals, urging scrutiny of official corruption and legal standards in public conduct.
Washington observers debate if President Coolidge will seek another term as party leaders weigh public support and the 1928 nomination. The piece argues Coolidge would run if he believes he can win, but party chiefs could ditch him if he loses voter confidence.
A religious reflection citing a biblical line from First Corinthians about death’s sting and the grave’s victory. It asserts no evil in honor, and questions whether death itself is evil.
An expert observer reports a generally strong U.S. economy with high wages, ample money, easy credit, and rising bond prices. Labor is well employed, autos and gasoline set records, freight and steel show gains, and cotton spinning improves, though some stalls may exist due to weather and personal fault.
A Sunday school picnic featured a wildflower contest that ended with littered woodland and wilted blossoms. Leaders regret the approach of gathering flowers and urge guided identification and notes instead to avoid harming nature.
The passage advocates guiding students to identify local wildflowers, study their habitat, sketch them, and maintain notebooks, rather than teaching them to wander and indiscriminately pick every blossom they encounter. It emphasizes observation, record keeping, and respectful conservation.
Graduation season brings throngs of earnest girls and boys to receive diplomas amid caps, gowns, and cheers. Orators speak with hope for the future while families celebrate the class’s self-made dresses and earned funds, challenging elders’ forecasts about youth.
Archeologists in California uncover a wall sketch resembling a living dinosaur in a canyon. Samuel Hubbard of the Oakland Natural History Museum calls the find evidence the artist lived in the dinosaur era, 12 million years ago, challenging human origins. A rival naturalist offers devolution theory, suggesting apes descended from man, a view once floated by Blavatsky fifty years ago.
A report on the Needlework Guild of America from the Washington exhibit shows branches donating garments and linens for hospitals and orphans, with clubs raising funds via bazaars and bridge parties. The group, inspired by English origins, operates nonsectarianly with international relief, notably aiding St Quentin and Labrador projects.
The piece argues that spicy foods, mustard, vinegar, pepper, and salt in large amounts harm health by raising blood pressure and irritating the kidneys. It notes benefits of reducing spices, suggests lemon juice as a substitute, and urges dietary reeducation. It also highlights a Labrador climate aid drive and a Philadelphia guild’s welfare work led by Dr. Grenfell.
A quoted speech criticizes a wealthy man unable to keep bought property from a public official and questions church baptism practices, noting Dr Fosdick and the push versus immersion. The piece highlights tension between money, property, and religious rituals in a civic context.
The text argues that resource production carries a hidden human cost. It links alfalfa farming and coal mining to a precise ratio of output to lives lost, suggesting a grim arithmetic: every million tons of coal costs three lives and every ton of coal in a home adds a fraction of a life. The piece frames industrial gain against human sacrifice.
Dr. John Roach Stratton laments the deteriorating influence of great wealth on religion while contrasting with Dr. Fosdick’s Rockefeller era stipulations. Fosdick offers a new song with a salary cap of five thousand dollars, provoking Stratton to weigh the ethics of wealth and religious leadership.
A proposal asks Rockefeller to fund a new skyscraper church on Park Avenue with a central worship space and extensive facilities for youth. It envisions dormitories, pools, gym, dance hall, library, and broad religious inclusion beyond strict denominational lines.
A fragment urges men to pursue a brisk run after work to restore energy. It contrasts fatigue with the energizing effects of light exercise and hints at a final motivational note about taking action rather than lingering laziness.
The passage argues that charm and habit fade without effort and that regular exercise keeps you in trim. It warns against rusting in laziness and promotes exercise as essential for feeling good and staying fit.
A reader asks about income tax receipts and is told a cancelled check serves as a receipt. Other Q A pairs identify cenotaph meaning empty tomb, number of US ambassadors, Madame Curie status, Prince John death date, and classification of potatoes vs onions.
The quote contrasts lofty architectural ambitions with common sense as believers discuss Fosdick church skyscraper plans. Critics liken grandeur to progress while the public imagines an improbably narrow entrance.
The passage contrasts the unenlightened mind with cosmic vastness, noting the universe and time stretch endlessly. It questions whether submersion alters the ruler of all creation, then cautions against presuming to answer such queries.
A harsh analysis condemns the practice of buying foreign bonds at high rates and selling them to unwary Americans, warning of a costly future for buyers as brokers reap outsized profits.
Financiers express contempt for their country’s meanness, arguing it benefits them financially. They claim repudiating a few millions of foreign bonds shifts the loss away from big investors, while small American holders would bear the impact.
The speaker urges President Coolidge to curb the sale of American cash for European bonds. He calls for stopping the use of borrowed principal in government finance as a disgraceful form of usury and argues it would curb the loud apologies from officials.
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