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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1927
Page
4
A quote from James 4 14 warns about tomorrow and a line from Milton hints at new surroundings. The piece notes a police officer's claim that censorship rests with flappers consciences, prompting reformers to question if uncensored costumes will expose absent consciences.
An opinion piece laments the rise of an empowered professoriate influencing policy and public life. It cites Nicholas Murray Butler and university leaders from Columbia Yale Harvard Wisconsin, noting doubled pay since 1913 while living costs rose and praising freer academic speech as a sign of health.
The Federal surplus for the fiscal year ending this month is anticipated to exceed $600,000,000. Washington estimators foresee about $70,000,000 net for the year, with $1,200,000,090 in public debt reduction and $8,000,000,000 wiped out since August 31, 1919. The result would yield over $300,000,000 in annual budget savings and support a $300,000,000 tax cut next year.
Chicago authorities will not enforce specific measurements this summer for bathing costumes. The city appears to accept a reforming flapper or has given up hope of strict regulations, signaling no defined dress restrictions on local beaches.
With over 20,000,000 cars in operation in the United States, automotive servicing offers a major field of opportunity for young men today. Despite debates on a saturation point, demand for service rises yearly as automobiles increase, expanding the business for mechanically inclined individuals.
A terse note asserts worms are used, the dollar rule endures, and marriage stability will endure. The fragment hints at a belief in lasting unions tied to economic or natural elements. Named entities or concrete details are not provided in the readable text.
President Coolidge fishes in South Dakota using worms rather than birdlike flies. He has seen strong results with trout and catfish, drawing a vast response from rugged Americans. His western fishing success contrasts with delegates in the east.
An Episcopalian clergyman from Ann Arbor Mich faces criticism for advocating experimental unions without marriage to curb promiscuity and divorce. Bishop Manning of New York calls any clergyman promoting unmarried unions or sex experiments for youth a dishonor to the Christian church.
The passage argues that young people reject temporary unions seeking lasting happiness. They want a partner who represents that ideal and believe it is attainable through marriage. Disappointments occur, often blamed on men, but marriage endures when men become fit for it. marriage is described as a training school.
The Rev J H Mellish of Brooklyn says great wealth is losing its power and America will shelve plutocracy as Britain shelves land power. The Democrat speaker describes this view as earnest yet mistaken.
The text argues that money will strengthen military power, creating industrial feudalism where a few elites use dollars for soldiers and vast resources for armies. It predicts democratic equality remains distant, as intelligence gaps sustain ruling elites.
Judge Gary lifts his hands above a glass sphere without touching it, activating an electrical circuit and a Westinghouse Knowles grid glow tube. The energy travels 400 miles to Homestead Pennsylvania, starting a 6000 kilowatt, 700 volt motor and a rolling mill, sparking thousands of horsepower. The event is likened to Elijah's chariot of fire.
A plane capable of 300 miles per hour could be tested by Lieutenant Williams. It would leave Chicago in the morning and land James Simpson of Marshal Field at Voisin's in Paris for dinner, then return him to Chicago by next morning. Wider, quicker airliners are expected within a decade.
Dr. Frank McCoy argues that modern youth show superior intellect and social growth compared with early 20th century standards. He credits education, co education, media exposure and travel for broader minds and a more advanced moral sense among the rising generation.
A New York column recalls the Flatiron Building wind and old time tourist megaphones. It notes Bowery bars, barber colleges, and Chinatown while praising enduring town lore and a romantic urban balance.
E R Walker auditor traveled to Gallipolis on Wednesday for business. Locals heard that many graduates received diplomas at closing exercises while changes were made in the university faculty.
Washington reports that the Lindbergh welcome drew crowds and boosted commerce while the aviator avoided personal profit. Post office stamps and posters rode the wave of enthusiasm, but Lindbergh declined to monetize his feat, leaving businessmen and advertisers to cash in on his fame. He rejected army uniform pomp, though posters and promotions widely used his image.
A reader asks about eating a dozen oranges daily. The advice says it is acceptable if no other food is eaten that day, otherwise limit oranges to one meal such as lunch, and avoid mixing with a regular meal to prevent excessive stomach and intestinal fermentation.
June 20 report from Dayton says Maude Ballard and her daughter Julia Rickets, both of Dayton, died after an automobile collided with a Baltimore and Ohio freight train engine at Tippecanoe City. Ted Bassel is in serious condition.
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