Williams becomes editor of Jackson Standard Journal
News items note D W Williams formerly consul at Cardiff Wales takes editorship of the Jackson Standard Journal. Other notes mention street wear sales, a prank ghost sighting on Millett, ten years ago eighth grade exercises at Eastside, men returning to Ohio University for farm work, Rankin's suffrage amendment rejection, and 3423 men signing Athens county for military registration.
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D. W. Williams
Cardiff
Wales
Jackson Standard-Journal
Ohio University
A Thought for Today Delivers a Biblical Reflection
A devotional note cites Romans 13 1 about ordained powers and adds a caution that power pushed to extremes invites reaction from Rufus Choate. The brief item presents a religious reflection rather than news.
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Rufus Choate
A Sensible Commencement at Heathens High
The Heathens High School 1927 commencement broke with tradition by naming six graduates to speak on modern historical figures. Each presented studied, scriptlined insights into Patrick Henry Horace Mann Daniel Webster Lincoln William Jennings Bryan and Woodrow Wilson without grandiose rhetoric. The program kept teachers in the background and featured student leadership throughout.
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Patrick Henry
Horace Mann
Daniel Webster
Lincoln
William Jennings Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
The Great American Home and a New Architecture
The text imagines a future American architecture defined by distinct styles and individuality. It notes regional influences from Spanish, Tudor, and Colonial styles and praises the skyscraper's American concept with setbacks and covered penthouses, predicting a uniquely American home emerging with pronounced character.
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America
Bravery Question: Lindbergh versus Local Sheriff
The piece contrasts Lindbergh's Paris flight with a Tampa sheriff and deputies who, barricaded in a jail and firing, repelled a 600-strong mob after a murder suspect. It weighs public admiration against mob hatred to judge which act is braver.
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Indbergh
Paris
Tampa
Fla
Lindbergh
Curing Green Doctors Urges Tougher Surgeon Qualifications
A prominent surgeon argues for stricter surgeon credentials due to evidence of poor work by untrained hands. The piece notes lengthy training time from pre med to internship and specialty, and suggests the era of medical mastery may push established practitioners toward forty before mastering the field.
Must Seek a Personal Endowment or Marry Money
A short note discusses the dilemma of securing wealth through self made funds or advantageous marriage. It reflects social pressures on individuals to achieve financial security by either talent and effort or advantageous unions.
Lindbergh Returns on Fast American Cruiser from Paris Flight
ARTHUR BRISBANE recalls Lindberghs first trip abroad ending Saturday aboard a United States fighting ship. He notes the 33 hour New York to Paris flight and the wide welcome from Europe and American cities, predicting a fine reception yet belief that people quickly forget after ten days.
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Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Europe
United States
Ontario Goes Wet and Booms Canadian Trade
Ontario’s shift to alcohol sales attracts American tourists who buy guaranteed government Canadian bottled goods. Demand outstrips supply, forcing per person allowances to be cut. The surge is framed as a major boon for Canada, predicted to bring about vast revenue and influence.
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Ontario
Canada
Mississippi
Continent gains health and prosperity with lower death rate
Eighteen million industrial policy holders in the Metropolitan Life Insurance company show a drop in the death rate during April of 21.6 percent. This improvement reflects broader health and economic gains affecting policyholders.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Advertising leaders promote public health messaging
The piece credits President Haley Fiske of the Metropolitan and associates for using advertising funds to spread health information. A German scientist argues that billions of body cells outnumber the heart in importance, each cell living independently within digestion and circulation.
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Haley Fiske
Metropolitan
Life as Nation and Minds as Government
The passage likens the body to a nation with brain and heart as rulers and cells as citizens. Berlin university doctor Men delssohn notes life hinges on cells changing matter and fluids, while the brain’s uptake of ideas drives human progress. Wall Street bears endure, hopeful that time and vigilance will reconcile wrongs, yet uncertainty looms.
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Mendelssohn
Berlin University
Wall Street
Barefoot Boy’s Simple Analysis Wins Humble Praise
A playful observation credits a barefoot boy with a ball and bat as the sharpest observer of the era, suggesting plain practicality outmatches formal expertise in understanding the world. The remark applauds simplicity and natural skill over jargon and theory.
Health and Diet Advice for Children by Dr McCoy
Dr McCoy argues most child illnesses stem from improper feeding and careless diet choices. He links repeated bilious fevers to poor training and urges strict rules on exercise sleep and meals with simple at home remedies like water diet and fruit juices while blaming parents for allowing bad habits.
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McCoy
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Obscurity Shrouds Unsung City Daredevils in New York
A columnist notes fleeting fame for anonymous daring in New York. A flyer first woman to fly under the Brooklyn Bridge, a radio tower acrobat, and a vaudeville advert promoter are seen as rare public curiosities. Crowds gather for oddities from a drugstore mouse to a stuck elevated car.
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New York
Brooklyn Bridge
mid-Broadway
Artificial ice versus natural ice for purity and quality
A reader asks if artificial ice is as good as natural ice. The columnist says artificial ice is purer when made from distilled water, while natural ice often contains foreign material.
Answers to Questions From Frederick J Haskin
The Radio Division of the Department of Commerce says about 164 broadcasting stations operate in Europe with less extensive fare than U S stations. The phrase naked as a needle derives from William Langland with nedle spelling. A Vanderbilt ship was turned over to the War Department for Civil War use as a gun boat.
Coolidge Owes One Cent
Washington May 6 the scope of Coolidge economy has begun the Senate post office handles long standing postage dues for former leaders. The president owes one cent from a postage due stamp though the post office notes others owed 85 or 90 cents by time terms end. Mail for past figures like Hanna Cannon Dawes and Penrose flows to current leaders for determination of delivery.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate Post Office
Senate
Mark Hanna
Boies Penrose
House
Joe Cannon
aAotice
Dawes
Longworth
United States
Congress
Vanderbilt Ship Sent Civil War Guard Vessel
The article notes the ship Vanderbilt later used by the Navy to guard transports and to attempt to destroy the Merrimac. It mentions the U 88 designation and invites readers to seek authoritative information from the Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington D C with a two cent return postage request.
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U. 88
Vanderbilt
Washington Information Bureau
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D.C
Lindbergh’s Humble Roots Belie a Famed Aviator
In Little Falls Minnesota a young Charles A Lindbergh is remembered for fearless toy balloons and homemade parachutes. He rode bicycles and motorcycles at high speed, drove an old Saxon car, and never had a serious illness or accident. Friends recall a solitary, determined boy, sharing a close bond with his Congressman father as they paddled a Mississippi headwaters canoe trip.
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Little Falls
Minnesota
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Charles
Charles Farrow
Charlie
Lindbergh
Charile
Activi
Bertha Rothwell
University of Wisconsin
Sammie
Congressman Lindbergh
Mississippi River
Carl Bolander
Healthier Stronger Girl Credits Vegetable Compound
Julia Schmidt of 113 Willow St. Silverton Ore. worked hard in a canning plant while weak and fatigued. After five years of illness she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and reports improved health and strength, recommending it to friends and answering inquiries. Sold by all druggists.
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Oregon
America
Julia Schmidt
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Schmidt
Willow St
Silverton
All Druggis
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