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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1927
Page
4
A regional column critiques state run railways in Germany showing a new civility program. Uniformed staff salute travelers, avoid idleness, and address all female passengers as My Lady. The piece contrasts this with Romanian officialdom and praises Terente as a folk hero.
Leveland proposes public adult education buildings to serve mature learners who need practical, nontraditional courses. The plan envisions no competition with colleges, but a supplementary path for workers aged mid life. The experiment will reveal hours and scope, with Cleveland leading nationally.
The piece contends that many millionaires are unjustly viewed as misers while noting Andrew W. Mellon gave $1000 to families of French aces lost attempting to fly to America. It emphasizes many donators give quietly, and Mellon's gesture was gracious and praiseworthy.
In Romania a notorious outlaw named Terente is pursued as police mount a nationwide manhunt. Authorities offer a large reward and express skepticism about quick capture as they confront a legend resembling English Robin Hood tales.
Day reports that a Bolshevik debate society in Leningrad was blown up by two bombs injuring 26. The previous day an advocate of czardom murdered M Volkoff Bolshevik minister to Poland.
The excerpt discusses Bolshevism, references Volkoff linked to the czar's death warrant, and likens events to The Crime of Sarajevo that sparked a world war, noting murder can accelerate history while not changing its course.
A draft financial state ment outlines assets of the United States including Alaska Philippines Hawaii and public schools and notes income likely surpassing a hundred billion ar with debts indicated.
Ogden Mills reports to the Bankers Association that since 1919 the national debt has fallen from 25.484 billion to 18.873 billion, a reduction of 6.611 billion. He notes last year’s 873 million payoff and that the current fiscal year’s net payments will exceed one billion.
London notes that Prince of Wales marriage to Infanta Beatrice would shape a future king while a less public union could determine a future prime minister. The piece contrasts royal destiny with unseen domestic alliances and political leadership.
When Chamberlin and Levine landed in Germany they asked for beer and drank it. Mrs Ella A Boole head of the National Women's Christian Temperance Union comments that the fliers after their heroic flight have undone much good by expressing a desire for beer. The piece notes the thirst after forty hours of flying without sleep and that ice water is scarce in Germany.
Jack Pickford arranged to divorce Miss Marilyn Miller and depart for Paris. He says they are perfectly friendly and have simply tired of being married, with the couple now pursuing separate lives.
The passage notes shock at a lasting cohabitation after loss of affection and even hatred. It critiques the notion that marriages survive by heaven’s will and objects to dissolving unions in Paris.
The incident description suggests the holdup men robbed an editor recently as a rehearsal or practice for future crimes, implying a cautious approach and potential repeat offenses.
A trans continental speaker notes a "perfect dinner" by dietetic doctors yet critiques a five course menu as unhealthy and illogical. The writer mocks pepper rings with radish and apple, vegetable oyster stew, stuffed sole, sauerkraut with pineapple, and honey sweetened sherbet as inharmonious, arguing dietitians mislead the public.
Gilbert Swan records scattered notes on Manhattan landmarks and scenes in June. He visits exchange restaurants where patrons set their own bills and notes the city’s honesty. He walks by Gramercy Park and Roosevelt home museum and watches Players Club rehearsal with Kilgour and Hoffman before ending with a turning bill.
The narrator notes a new subway cutting through Greenwich Village, observing wreckers tearing down the old venue once frequented by Eugene O Neill. Once a gathering spot for bums and sailors, it provided material that matured into American stage masterpieces.
Question and answer set discuss whether diet influences grey hair and if certain foods can restore natural coloring. It cites excess sulphur from foods or stress as causes and suggests a contented mind and good food as a cure.
News from twenty years ago notes North Wing and Boyd Hall at Ohio University expected to open September 1. Plans for remodeling the Masonic temple were approved by the Masonic board of trustees. The university baseball team traveled to Delaware for two games with Ohio Wesleyan, the season’s key series.
In Washington June 10 the Nicaraguan envoy Don Alexander Napoleon Caesar Chamorro, official title envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, is snubbed by some Latin diplomats and social circles. His surname Chamorro carries political stigma from the Diaz era and 1925 coup, while U S officials push to separate him from that history.
A compilation covering construction, cadet training pay and privations, shipping depth records, comparative foreign car taxes, straight edge feasibility, and the maelstrom off Norway. It states residential building share, eight hours to solo flight, cadet pay, shipping board leviathan depth, foreign vehicle taxes in several countries, and that a perfect straight edge is impossible.
Spokane reader Miss Casal De Felice reports severe skin trouble with blackheads and pimples, tried remedies, found relief after using Resinol Soap and Ointment, and now keeps the products on hand. She endorses asking a druggist for Resinol Soap and Ointment.
The ad warns about gall bladder trouble and hepatic torpidity with symptoms like dizziness headachy weakness and gas. It touts Klax Ko tablets from Cline’s Pharmacy as a home remedy with a money back guarantee if no benefits appear in a week.
The Buckeye in Columbus Ohio is a strong safe financial institution serving 74 000 customers with real estate financing deposits and first mortgages. It offers certificates of deposit from 50 to 100 000 drawing 6 percent interest with annual or semiannual compounding and is protected by bonds insurance and reserve funds totaling over 42 million.
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