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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1927
Page
4
Readable excerpts note butter at 60 cents a pound and four for six dollars, a reference to a decade old disaster, plus scattered items about weather, marriages, markets, and wartime prices. The garbled OCR yields multiple unrelated facts including food costs and a German air raid mention.
In the article the author cautions about the spread of information on contraception and moral concerns. It discusses legal penalties for obscenity and contraception materials, the social morality drive by the W C T U, and the suggestion of a shift in American rural life toward tenant farming and land control by banks prompting a potential peasant class.
A Today Lookout on the cruiser Memphis recounts Lindbergh sighting a bull whale at sea and notes various postflight items. It mentions Charles A. Levine's plan to spend 2.9 million on transatlantic airlines, Governor Lowden's 1928 presidential prospects, and other contemporaneous news including Coolidge, Haig, and Straus.
Fragmented plea for bigger city hospital facilities and funding. The author laments rising hospital use and urges health education over more beds, arguing for public money to support a new larger hospital and improved care rather than endless admissions.
The article surveys New York as a romantic setting with many marriages and weddings amid high living costs and crowded churches. It notes brides and grooms facing obstacles, busy rehearsal schedules, and the pull of the city’s allure for romance.
Frederick J. Haskin explains the origin of the American flag and the Grand Union Bridge Cambridge flag used before the Betsy Ross design. The piece notes congressional actions approving the flag and references Revolutionary War usage by Washington’s forces.
Washington dispatch discusses Ambassador Sheffield and General Andrews amid talks on enforcing prohibition. It notes Andrews may reveal details of his career and views on Wood's policy, while Anti Saloon League fears adverse disclosures. Lindbergh biography due in New York stores.
June 16 U P Rainbow division veterans arrive in Chillicothe for their annual reunion through Sunday. Hundreds of buddies who served together in France will parade in town wearing their tin hats and marching to the strains of the 166th Infantry Band with many leaders planned to take prominent spots in the parade.
National officers and directors of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America will work out details within the next year for a pool of exhibitors to deal with producers and distributors of films.
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