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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1925
Page
4
A garbled excerpt presents a religious exhortation urging liberty and service through love. The legible fragment emphasizes mutual aid and avoiding self-righteous use of liberty, framed as guidance rather than narrative.
Auerbach states liberty comes from God while liberties originate from the devil, prompting debate on the source of freedoms and the role of spiritual authority in civic rights.
Editorial lauds the Supreme Court for striking down Oregon's public school law. It argues the ruling preserves constitutional protections for minorities and individuals, safeguarding private and parochial education against majoritarian bias and upholding educational freedom.
A superintendent states that a teacher should combine general knowledge with mastery of the subject, sound health, and an attractive personality. Educators emphasize varying factors like training and tact, but unanimously stress personality as the core trait distinguishing an effective teacher.
The passage stresses that true success comes from being a living force who concentrates on self development rather than copying others. It rewards individuals who cultivate a unique blend of traits that sets them apart in any human dealings, especially in business.
The Department of Agriculture argues that better roads reduce vehicle operating costs and raise land values, making road improvements economically self-financing. The piece asserts transportation underpins civilization, enlightenment, and progress, and equates road presence with railroads in societal value.
The article notes leaded gasoline was banned in some states due to danger, despite its efficiency. Scientists now report a new gasoline type from an extended cracking process that eliminates knocking, enables higher compression engines, and promises more gasoline with better mileage while conserving oil resources.
The eighteenth annual convention of the National Association of Building Owners and Managers gathers in Cleveland with owners and managers from across the United States. Sessions cover apartment and office properties, maintenance, renting demand, and specialized buildings. A building planning service and cost surveys aid efficiency, with focus on reducing fire premiums and fair service for tenants.
Washington notes hidden activity as Congress adjourns for summer. Lobbyists and propagandists push for tougher liquor penalties while reform groups push for lighter wine and beer laws. The Couzens committee works on tax and prohibition enforcement, with a bombshell report expected upon reconvening. The Senate races around Brookhart of Iowa pit Progressive Republicans against Democrats and Old Guard lines as party politics shift.
In New York City a ten cent ride offers an hour of heat relief as commuters use ferries to Staten Island. The bay breeze stays cool but riders must disembark at each terminal and reenter through the turnstiles, yet many ride all night for relief from the heat.
The piece jokes about eying city amusements labeled side shows and plans for printed taxi cab numbers on both sides and rear. It contrasts Father's Day tobacco gifts with Mother's Day flowers and cites W. J. Bryan predicting a landmark Tennessee trial about evolution taught in schools.
Richard T Harriss is elected Cotton Exchange president in his third year of membership at age 45, among the youngest to hold the post. He once sold papers in Waco Texas and his family owns 12000 acres of cotton land there. He is famed for knowledge of local darkey stories, boosting his popularity.
Buses in a hot spell faced delays as operators refused higher wages sparking a strike by women decoys used to simulate full loads. The idle vehicles on hot streets created discomfort and skepticism among potential riders while sightseeing firms relied on workers to suggest shorter waits.
City officials will mandate taxicab drivers wear a cap with a shiny visor a white collar and a necktie as part of a broader effort to regulate traffic conditions. The plan includes driver identification measures to follow.
A man described as a professional bicycle rider also sells imported candies that are alleged to contain hard liquor when not riding.
Dancing instructors who train choruses for musical shows conduct summer sessions in the Charleston style charging $20. The classes promise steps from upcoming fall shows while many participants are not stage folk and include numerous obese men and women seeking weight reduction.
The city endures scorching heat with shade temperatures at 102 degrees. Real estate brokers from Florida rush back, having sold land to northerners, while Spreckels of California and the federal telegraph company expresses pity for the East and heads to cooler southern California.
The text notes that 102 degrees is not a high fever but only four degrees above winter body temperature. It explains the vaso-motor system adapts with care, enabling people to endure and work in 100 to 120 degree heat for extended periods.
The author argues against lamenting 162 Fahrenheit and imagines if 100 Celsius ever arrived, heat would boil water bodies and end life, urging gratitude instead of complaint. The tone is cautionary and speculative about climate extremes.
In Columbia, Doctor Butler is denounced by D. G. Poland as tangled in paralegisms while Poland accuses Butler of anarchistic demagogery. Poland stresses strong feelings on free speech amid a Father’s Day date confusion between June 14 and June 21.
Mr. Bryan defends a theory that the mind is not free and that youths should not know all theories. The upcoming trial is called the biggest farce and perhaps the most important case on record. Politeness highlights a figure described as the biggest and most amusing human monkey in the so called monkey trial.
The passage argues Russia should have the government handle all farm output and profits for middlemen, praising the theory as sound but noting it fails to market crops effectively. It questions the feasibility of state control over agricultural commerce.
The Soviets reluctantly study allowing private individuals to handle on a profit making basis about one third of the projected crop of three thousand million poods. Theories like moving picture scenarios do not always work out as authors expect.
A European statesmen warned of growing anti foreign sentiment in China and predicts China may soon acquire power or influence that could challenge world stability, urging caution as events unfold.
The speaker questions whether naval reinforcements are needed to quell discontent in China and whether American actions go beyond protecting citizens. They ask if cooperation with Japan is necessary, noting deep Chinese hostility to Japan and arguing against incurring global resentment toward the United States.
Tom Sims jokes a bachelor is funnier than anything else as the Tobacco Saleamens association offers faint praise.
The passage urges adults to guide children to shaded, sheltered play areas in heat. It emphasizes parental responsibility to teach sensible behavior for safety and comfort during hot days.
A light verse suggesting parents survive heat by dressing light, guiding children to walk not run, serving greens and limited meat, and giving a cool bath at night. It closes with a homespun reminder that common sense helps through hot days.
The article links rising typhoid cases to warm months and thick fly populations, peaking in August and fading by December. It promotes a home made outdoor fly trap two to three feet tall and 12 to 18 inches wide, plus outdoor sticky fly paper and swatters for indoor control, warning against fly poison.
A collection of Q and A items covering topics from Mrs. Coolidge’s height to bank clearings and Old Age Pensions in England. It includes when W. J. Bryan left the cabinet, the origin of veneer use, and why Tennessee earned the nickname the Volunteer State.
A collection of folk maxims about trouble and change. It notes how troubles clear space for new issues, summer as a period of settling debts, small repairs as better than bigger fixes, and the idea that a person’s character is reflected in companions. It also debunks casual phrases about sweat and perspiration.
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