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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1925
Page
4
A reflective verse compares prophetic peace with a future federation where nations cease warfare and war drums fall silent. The excerpt blends biblical and poetic lines to envision disarmament and global unity.
A vast merger unites seven hundred thousand Methodists Presbyterians and Congregationalists into the United Church of Canada. The move is private not state sponsored reflecting a trend toward economic and religious consolidation and a return to simpler faith.
A real estate developer argues a proposed 110 foot wide super highway with trolley tracks and dual one way lanes will prevent Indian villages and spur progress. An expert notes no road is ever built too wide. The piece contends wider streets justify themselves as communities and traffic grow.
A community policy suggests widening thoroughfares and paving strips to improve traffic flow. The advised approach emphasizes creating extra capacity beyond immediate use to accommodate future growth and prevent congestion.
A state newspaper questions pardons and early paroles amid fifty one convicts seeking release including seventeen serving time for homicide. It argues punishment and deterrence depend on withdrawal of early releases and urges police and courts to act while other authorities resist leniency to curb crime.
A critic argues the weather man has teased readers with erratic spring weather and calls for plain seasonable conditions, suggesting realism over gimmicks to end the unsettled pattern. The remark reflects readers’ frustration with recurring fluctuations in temperature and precipitation.
New York faces growing alcoholic insanity as cases rise in state institutions. Last year 373 new admissions included 302 men and 71 women, up from 122 in the first prohibition year, while 1917 saw 594 admissions, suggesting higher per centage before dry laws. Despite more deaths, overall sobriety may improve as consumption declines.
The piece argues China, ancient and vast, resists Western partition plans and Japanese pressure. It traces China’s long history from Mongol and Ming dynasties to Manchu rule, opium wars, and foreign footholds, asserting China will endure while Western powers chase profits and influence. It recalls John Hay’s claim that China holds the key to world politics for centuries.
The piece notes that moving between boroughs can help a person avoid detection with neighbors in other sections. It cites Bronx to Brooklyn or Manhattan to Staten Island as ways to escape the search. It also states some missing people remain unfound despite remaining in the city.
The piece discusses a loan enabling a local figure to start a business and invest in a vehicle to aid American safety. It notes a new flying machine project by the Stout Metal Company in Detroit tied to Edsel and Henry Ford and the aim to educate American aviators with a fleet bearing the American flag.
The piece notes many venues rent full dress suits gowns and wraps while firms offer limousines with liveried chauffeurs for private feel. A man used such a car to visit a prominent banker for a social call on a Sunday and secured a personal loan the next day without security.
The narrator describes two men in New York who chase a nocturnal rhythm. One saved $1000 then lived by night touring three city sections to rest fitfully. the other earned $145,000 in a bucket shop before a raid, fled, rented a luxury suite, drank liquor, and ended up broke, working as a shoe clerk.
Photographer Artur Fellig recalls a gorilla approach on East Side Third Avenue offering a gun for rent at one dollar a day. The remark highlights New York’s tense climate around firearms and bootlegged weapons.
Young Americans eager to fly uphold rights and safety of the United States on the air battlefield. Annapolis cadets, told they must learn to fly, are willing to give up regular summer cruises to practice flight.
Theodore Roosevelt made troops prove they could endure a fifty mile horseback ride, upsetting many overweight soldiers. President Coolidge may soon require younger officers to demonstrate ability to fly at twenty thousand feet, testing modern aerial endurance.
Secretary Kellogg with President Coolidge's approval sent a clear warning to the Mexican government that American rights in Mexico must be recognized and protected, as rights of Mexican citizens are here.
A playful verse invites the family to a picnic day on the bus to the beach. The family quarrels softly while planning the perfect lunch and ends with a reminder to bring water. The scene blends humor with a sunlit seaside outing.
A humorous verse describes washing down meals with lukewarm soda and urging quick packing for a car ride in a Lizzie to a picnic. The speaker hints at the plan being a hit yet expresses relief at returning home.
This week John D. Jr funded $600 000 to preserve and share Bernard’s cloistered Gothic antiques while Standard Oil ordered a full metal monoplane described as a flying bungalow, a project portrayed as more impactful to the country.
The piece notes Americans view President Calles as sincere in seeking a constitutional government for Mexico, yet warn of strong sentiment that U S enterprise and capital could drain Mexican resources. It argues parallels with Texas and California show American investment has not depleted those regions.
The piece notes a Mexican trend to expel foreigners under clause 33 of the constitution and seize their property. It contrasts old powers with modern North American needs, arguing President Calles should accommodate the United States to attract American capital, enterprise, and engineers.
In ancient times augurs watched birds to forecast events, focusing on ravens and other black birds. The passage notes a shift to a modern context where such birds are still linked to future speculation.
Washington empties during summer as aides handle business while chiefs are away at coast resorts. Universities sought to honor Coolidge with degrees only if he appeared in person, but he accepted none of the invitations, using the occasion to publicize rather than honor.
Secretary Hoover promotes major reorganization and simplification of federal bureaus and commissions. He argues the current sprawling setup, grown during war, is wasteful and inefficient and must be dismantled and rebuilt, despite officials resisting job losses.
A crow near Tonawanda Pennsylvania touched two high tension wires and shorted a 33 000 volt system. A farmer’s warehouse and a barn burned. The power line fell across a telephone wire starting fires in a dozen homes. Several were shocked and service for light power and telephone cut for hours. Three cows were killed nibbling grass near a fence touching the line.
Mr. G. R. Brown notes Representative Langley of Kentucky, arrested for drunkenness, is indicted on an accusation. The report references Henry Clay, with a cue to return to page 5 for continuation.
An old remedy for bee stings is raw onion juice applied to the wound. Tobacco chew is also used, with ammonia dressings and bromide for sedation. Bees sting when molested. do not slap insects on clothing or skin. Hornets are most vicious. dirt daubers do not sting. Honeybees are manageable when understood. several wasp species are especially dangerous.
A quiz of frequent inquiries covers Carlsbad today renamed Karlovy Vary with 60 000 visitors last year. It notes stepmothers’ compensation order under the Adjusted Compensation Act. It explains a 21 gun salute fires at five second intervals and lists costs by cannon size. It also clarifies valet pronunciation and compares cattle numbers in 1920 and 1924. It discusses who invented ice cream and Dolly Madison’s possible role in popularizing it.
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