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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1924
Page
4
A devotional note quotes Proverbs 14 29 about slow wrath and wisdom and Philemon urging restraint. It offers a brief reflection on temper and prudent conduct for readers.
A critical examination argues reparations from Germany were far below claims and questions if payments will ever be made. It notes 1928 receipts and assets, the total paid to date, and suggests politicians rely on timing and shifts in production to pressure payments.
The Senate agricultural committee voted 11 to 4 for government ownership and operation of Muscle Shoals. While floor votes in the House and Senate are uncertain and public enthusiasm is tepid, the move marks a shift toward federal control of the asset. The piece notes past fears of private sale to Henry Ford and affirms Uncle Sam’s capability in large engineering projects like the Panama Canal.
Dr Haven Emerson’s survey for the American Association for International Conciliation finds severe child hardship in Germany after World War I. Malnutrition leaves 2.5 percent of school children with open tuberculosis. many lack fresh milk. Wealthy elites stash assets abroad, sparing themselves while smaller children suffer.
Washington report details Mrs H H Locher testing Saturday matinees for children with 22 cent admission for kids and 25 for adults. Short films and child friendly stories are screened, with Peggy Albion narrating and subtitles read aloud if needed to avoid crowd noise.
The passage notes that adults describe stories differently and children enjoy tales about a marriageable princess and a young prince. It suggests future child friendly pictures and calls the exhibitor’s experimental work a potential step toward that goal.
An editorial column links Bishop Brown's shifting faith to reading Haeckel and Darwin, then shifts to Democratic prospects with Smith, McAdoo, and La Follette. It cites a Joyce fraud case, Rockefeller funding for Harvard research, and social critiques on beauty standards and diet.
Readers submit inquiries to the Information Bureau for factual replies. Sample Qs cover the Coffee House of New York, alien naturalization, Indian ward royalties from oil and gas leases, proper horn use when meeting a young lady, and relief from pain announcements in medical updates.
An experimental procedure at the University of Pennsylvania claims to relieve incurable cancer by severing sensory nerves in the spinal cord. The text also recalls historical notes on granite sources for the Mormon Temple, notable graduates, and various inquiries.
F S Coultrap served at the Methodist General Conference in Omaha during May. He later joined Ohio's public school syllabus committee as appointed by the state school commissioner. In 1893 Governor McKinley named him distributing agent for food supplies in Hocking and Sunday Creek valleys, directing about $50,000 in aid during distress. In 1919 a national committee organized in Washington began appointing members in each state.
San Francisco reports that the deer population in California is growing even as hunters and mountain men collectively take at least 59 000 annually. Current estimates from the California Fish and Game Commission place the herd at about 409 000 to 460 090 in the state.
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