Athens Area News Highlights From The Past
The note recalls a picnic by non fraternity students at Hibs bard's grove near Athens and highlights Athens high school commencements with a program of orations. A Junior Cooking club meeting was hosted at Mrs Harvey D Wilson's Morris avenue home. Ten years ago officers inspected the Plains site for a possible national cantonment. Company L aimed to fill its war quota with four more men.
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Ohio University
Hibsbard's Grove
Athens
Harvey D. Wilson
Morris Avenue
Company L
A Thought for Today Verses on The Devil’s Power
A devotional note cites I Peter 5 8 urging vigilance against the roaring lion seeking to devour. It adds Shakespeare’s line that the devil can assume a pleasing shape as a warning and moral reflection.
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Peter
Ambassador Herrick Guided Lindbergh Toward Frantic Paris Praise
The piece credits Myron T. Herrick, then US ambassador to France, with shaping Lindbergh’s Paris visit and strengthening Franco American ties. It lauds Herrick’s diplomacy while affirming Lindbergh’s heroism and charm. It emphasizes Herrick’s behind the scenes guidance during the hero’s Paris homage and calls him a superb public servant.
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Jacob
Harles Lindbergh
Paris
Myron T. Herrick
U. S
France
Lindbergh
America
Herrick
New York
le Bourget
Rance
Esau
Ambassador Herrick
Coolidge Vacation Sets Westward Precedent
The article argues President Coolidge's planned vacation in the Middle West marks a historic shift. It notes past presidents rarely stayed long in one city and credits Coolidge with starting a precedent for westward presidential travel.
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Coolidge
Middle West
Lincoln
Kentucky
Illinois
Reforestation hoped from flood disaster relief
The May floods revive interest in reforestation as a partial solution to flood dangers. While not the sole answer, planting trees at stream headwaters could reduce future floods and provide timber as supplies dwindle nationwide.
Music a Universal Language in America and Italy
The piece argues American popular airs replace old Italian opera as the lingua franca of music. It notes a swing and simplicity in new American tunes that attract mass audiences. Through radio, many Americans learn European music, a fair exchange with no harm.
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Italy
United States
Europe
Corn on the cob endures amid floods wars and Congresses
A lighthearted note contrasts ongoing floods and wars with the enduring appeal of corn on the cob, suggesting simple foods persist through turbulent times and political events.
What Lindbergh Missed An Air War
A reflective piece imagines Captain Lindbergh flying low in a future submarine aged era. It contrasts his Paris flight with a submarine scope showing whales porpoises sea life and sharks. It envisions long term discovery and the persistence of underwater wonders beyond mankind.
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Lindbergh
Paris
Darwin
World War Plane War Fears Rise Across Nations
The piece notes a looming air plane war scenario as a warning. It cites Britain severing trade and diplomatic ties with Russia and denouncing possible war. Russia responds with anger, insisting it will make its own move if conflict escalates.
Russians See Air Power as Path to Western Europe
The article argues Russia lacks a fleet like Britain or France but may strike Western Europe by air first. It notes British efforts to achieve air supremacy and contrasts their caution with the author’s view that Russia would rely on modern air power rather than luck or outdated notions.
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Russia
Britain
France
Western
Europe
Gods Angry They Promise No Summer This Year
In northern Siberia the Samoyedes and Ostiaks say severe cold means the gods are angry and must be appeased or there will be no summer this year. Their religious teachers blend medicine men and pagan priest roles to issue the warning.
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Siberia
Enlightened religion ends barbarous polar sacrifices
The narrative claims native peoples killed hundreds of rein deer as sacrifices to angry gods to appease polar darkness and freezing temperatures. It contrasts this with medicine men who might gain meat, noting a shift after the spread of “enlightened religion.”
Mussolini vows 5,000,000-man Italian army
Mussolini dismisses the league and Locarno as he declares Italy must maintain an army of five million. He asserts control over the southern Tyrol and warns of the burden on Italy to feed clothe and equip that force, noting the lack of American money from Washington. Germany deems the speech a move toward war.
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Mussolini
League of Nations
Locarno
Italy
Tyrol
Germany
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Japan Moves 2000 Troops to Tsingtao Amid Chinese Crisis
Tokio reports sending 2 000 Japanese troops from Manchuria to Tsingtao to protect Japanese nationals in China. An official note to the Chinese government warns that if China cannot protect its nationals Japan will act, a statement deemed stronger than any European or American assertion.
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Tokio
Manchuria
Tsingtao
Japan
China
Europe
America
Lindbergh to receive distinguished flying cross
President Coolidge plans to award Charles Lindbergh the distinguished flying cross authorized by Congress and promote him in the reserve flying corps. Lindbergh, who flew over Brussels yesterday, has logged 7,190 flights in five years, including the Atlantic crossing.
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Coolidge
Lindbergh
Congress
Reserve
Brussels
Ocean
Tailors Rush to Revisit Knee Breeches Says Humorous Letter
A humorous remark laments French tailors aiming to dress men in knee breeches, joking that someone should contact Lindbergh to halt the fashion shift.
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Lindbergh
America Turns Skirt Into Lamp Shade Rallying Quip
A playful remark frames American ingenuity as a country where a skirt can be repurposed into a lamp shade. The line highlights improvisation and humor in casual commentary.
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America
That Tired Feeling in the Morning Health Guide
Dr. Frank McCoy explains morning fatigue arises from physical and mental causes. Overeating, lack of exercise, insufficient sleep recovery, bowel issues, and toxemia coat the tongue as a sign. He prescribes greens, walking, enemas, exercise, reduced portions, limited eggs and meat, daily sweat, deep breathing, and habit regulation to restore vigor.
Crowds on New York piers and Broadway wind down season
By the Way in New York notes crowded steamship agencies and piers as European season wanes. Broadway shows close fast with losses, while Fifth Avenue sheds barricades for summer. Park Avenue wealth shifts and Italian children chase Lindbergh imagery amid dour theater outlooks.
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New York
Manhattan
ABC Kowl
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Park Avenue
Prohibition Shakeup in Washington Involves Andrews and Haynes
Washington observers analyze the resignation and promotion moves in the prohibition enforcement bureaucracy. The Anti Saloon League questions General Lincoln C Andrews a strong enforcer and favors Haynes alleging greater commitment to the Volstead Act and harsher enforcement, while noting prior limits under the Treasury and IRS.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Anti-Saloon League
Lincoln C. Andrews
Andrews
Treasury Mellon
Haynes
Seven Seas
Congress
League
Internal Revenue Bureau
David Blair
Health Q A with Dr McCoy in Athens Messenger
A health Q A feature invites readers to send questions to Dr Frank McCoy for free medical answers. Questions should be addressed to McCoy in care of the Athens Messenger with a stamped self addressed envelope for reply.
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McCoy
Frank McCoy
Automobile journey links Buenos Aires to Asuncion
An American made car completed the first overland drive from Buenos Aires Argentina to Asuncion Paraguay. Reports to the U S Department of Commerce confirm the historic route marking a milestone in cross border motor travel.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Asuncion
Paraguay
United States Department of Commerce
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