A Thought for Today From Faith and Patience
A short devotional note cites Hebrews 6 12 urging followers to persevere through faith and patience while Livvy adds that prosperity breeds sloth and caution.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1927
Page
4
Safe and Sane Fourth of July Road Safety Call
The piece argues for reducing fireworks and promoting highway safety on holidays. It contrasts firework injuries with far higher automobile deaths and injuries, urging Americans to stay home or practice safety on crowded roads to prevent ghastly holiday fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Safe and Sane
America Faces Question of Music's Place in Nation
The article argues America has produced little enduring music despite wealth in opera and jazz. It cites a history of busy lives hindering the arts but notes a recent cultural awakening in music, literature and theater suggesting an emerging aesthetic, though grand operas and jazz as a significant new music are uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
American orchestras to gain new sound with new tech
Forecasts of new music face futility as modern composers push for innovation. Yet a rebirth of American music appears near. The article suggests future orchestras may adopt unconventional devices like airplane propellers and auto horns, signaling a shift from prior barrenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Quakers Plan to “Pop Up” Meetings at Convention
Quakers at a recent convention voted to resume more active meetings after a period of quiet. Colonel Lindbergh reportedly left his name in a Streator Illinois telephone booth on January 3, 1926. A comment notes the risk of sleeping in garages leads some to rent houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Lindbergh
Streator, Ill
Sky scraper church complex planned by Manhattan Congregational
The church intends a twenty three story building in Manhattan combining worship space with apartments offices stores and a gym with cler gymmen living on the ground floor. The project carries a price tag of two million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan Congregational Church
Religion Above Commerce Aims For Peak City Churches
A historical note recalls Mrs. Stetson founding Mrs. Eddy’s Christian Science church in New York by renting space above a drug store with the slogan Science above drugs. It envisions a future church that places religion above commerce, a contrast to the era when churches were the tallest structures in cities.
Frenchman to organize large scale snake killing here
A fragment asserts a French hunter who killed 2,000,000 poisonous snakes in India and had skins cured in Switzerland for Paris shoes plans to expand snake killing locally. The remark cites Genesis and Eve, ending with a complaint about women wearing serpent skins as footwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Switzerland
Paris
Doctor Stratton Foresees Christ's Return Outshining Lindbergh
The New York fundamentalist declares Christ's second coming will surpass the reception of Lindbergh. He predicts the entire world will tremble in awe and wonder at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Stratton
New York
Lindbergh
Earth
Hell
All the Inhabitants of Heaven and Earth Gather
The piece imagines Earth lasting at least 100 million more years with a grand crowd in the afterlife. It places Lindbergh among famous figures like David Goliath George Washington Bonaparte Joan of Arc Wellington and others in a vast assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Earth
Hell
Lindbergh
David
Goliath
George Washington
Bonaparte
Joan of Arc
Wellington
Pennsylvania Railroad Reports 1926 Gross Income of 784 Million
General Atterbury leads the Pennsylvania railroad a three thousand million dollar concern announces a 1926 gross income of 784,062,000 dollars. Of every dollar 46.32 cents goes to wages. The writer argues workers doing the thinking deserve ample pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Atterbury
Six doctors accused in brutal hazing at public hospital
Six doctors in a public hospital face accusations of hazing three junior colleagues. The victims were bound gagged tied to beds ducked in cold water and smeared with shoe polish. If convicted the six should forfeit medical practice for about ten years to learn not to disgrace the profession.
hazing attack marked by anti Jewish prejudice
The report describes a hazing incident by older men targeting three Jewish victims. It notes un American racial prejudice played a role in what it calls a vicious performance.
Diet reform boosts mind and health in July Cosmopolitan
A new author E Barrington argues diet can cure chronic headaches and boost memory and mental clarity. She cites examples from musicians and professionals achieving improved outputs and invites readers to share their own experiences for future health columns in The Athens Messenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Barrington
Cosmopolitan
Suburban Garden Fever Hits Manhattan Flats
In New York City a surprising suburbia scene unfolds as garden stalls line Greenwich Avenue with shrubs, bulbs, and mowers. Commuters pause for a plant on the run while apartment dwellers long for a yard, and city life and green life clash under the skyline. A girl recalls a California plant shipment that failed but weeds thrived, a touching link to nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Greenwich Avenue
California
Cattle Tuberculosis Risks and Diet Based Health Advice
A column answers questions on tuberculosis from cows caused by over milking and improper feed, weight loss and bladder health linked to fasting diets, fruit and cereals separation, plus nerve twitching with medical skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte W
Twenty Years Ago in Dungten and Nearby Local Notes
T R Biddle resumes duties in Dungten after com mencement week. Jimmie Hughes visits his old home in Aythshire Scotland. Forty two Dutfee family members reunite at Trimble. Probate Judge Lynch licenses eight marriages. Miss Louise Dana travels to Columbus for summer school. Campaign Red Cross to begin Monday. Miss Louisrice returns to Lockland High for study at Columbia University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pr. T. R. Biddle
Dungten
Jimmie Hughes
Aythshire
Scotland
Louisrice
Lockland
Columbia University
Stamp Collectors Recruited by Postal Philatelic Agency
Washington June 23 Grownup stamp collectors have convinced the postoffice that philately is a real calling. The Philatelic Agency sold 135875.94 dollars worth of canceled stamps to collectors last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Dutcher
Messenger
Washington
Postoffice Department
Department
Philatelic
United States
Philatelic Agency
Washington Post Office
Imagination blamed for tremors and stomach gas cure
A doctor explains tremor symptoms stem from excess gas pressing the solar plexus and urges removing the real cause before using imagination for health. He notes patients often magnify troubles, then suggests directing imagination toward health after relief. He cites fruit juice fast as effective for dissolving kidney or gallstones, with limited use acids noted by others.
Differences Between Condensed and Evaporated Milk
A reader asks about the distinction between evaporated and condensed milk. Condensed milk adds cane sugar to milk, then is evaporated to about one third its original bulk. Evaporated milk is sweetened-free and condensed by vacuum to about half its volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Cochrane
Westinghouse Research Engineer
Washington Information Bureau
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Clear and White Hands through Lemon Bleach Mixture
An advertisement touts manual beauty with lemon juice and Orchard White to soften and whiten hands and arms. It claims daily massage will restore softness and youth, promising dramatic whitening for stained or worn hands.
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Promoted for Indigestion Relief
An old advertisement touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a trusted remedy for indigestion sour stomach and gas. It claims fast relief with a gentle bowel action and notes the product is a registered trademark of Charles H Phillips Chemical Co and has been since 1875.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philly
Magnesia
Phillips
Charles H. Phillip Chemical Co
Ita
Charles H. Phillips
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