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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1923
Page
4
A compact pair of lines from Proverbs and Shakespeare offer cautionary verses on foresight trust and steadfastness. The sayings compare prudent avoidance of danger with the fate of the simple and highlight suspicion toward oaths and fleeting trust.
Thomas A. Edison predicts a farm-hand may spark a major radio breakthrough and discusses invention as chance driven by curiosity. He praises the public’s interest in radio, notes practical lunch ideas for hot weather, and offers dietary tips emphasizing milk, fresh vegetables, and moderate ice cream.
The text argues specialists trap themselves by fixating on small parts of problems. A wide view from an outsider can reveal the path forward. Taking breaks or sleeping on a knotty issue helps workers regain control, while constant effort can let the problem dominate. Procrastinators risk dangerous psychology from overwork.
Edison argues that graduates lose much of their acquired schooling as soon as they leave college. He notes brain folds reject stored knowledge and that much learning is for passing tests rather than long term use. He jokes that if not an inventor he could have been a fine philosopher.
Experts warn heat strains the body and energy systems. Eating too much or too little worsens outcomes. Recommend lean meat once daily in small amounts to ease the burden on the body during hot weather.
The article argues the French plan to seize Ruhr industries and press German workers into service amounts to confiscation and conscription. It notes German protests and warns that French tactics may verge on terrorism, urging outside mediation to end the Franco German deadlock and resolve reparations.
The article argues ancient bias against snakes and toads is unfounded. It notes snakes mainly kill rodents harming crops, while toads are beneficial, devouring pests. English gardeners value them, and American gardeners are starting to, urging children not to harm toads.
The piece explains that as the fiscal year ends, the federal treasury moves from feared deficit to a surplus, aided by debt refunding. It notes a net debt reduction from about $24.0 billion to around $22.4 billion, and describes refinancing as paying due amounts with longer terms. It highlights treasury strategy to issue new securities at optimal interest rates to ease long term obligations.
The article explains how the Treasury borrows small amounts at a time to keep interest costs down while refinancing old Victory notes. It notes that next year’s taxes may exceed current expenses, suggesting possible tax-rate reductions and a proposed soldier bonus bill.
Marshal Allison Wittle, 79, of Attica, beaten when two escapees from Willard jail fled Friday. Edward Carpenter and Walter Trocke, both 19, were recaptured and held on $5,909 bonds for assault with intent to kill.
Reader questions cover topics from college endowments to paint removal and Death Valley location. Notable answers include 136 U S colleges with million dollar endowments, a soda lime solution to remove old paint, nicotine range from tobacco, flour types for baking, mocking birds as cageable, Death Valley in Inyo County California, and ancient glass examples in the British Museum from Thebes dating to 2400 BC.
The excerpt discusses early composers including Hayden Mozart Mendelssohn and Beethoven. It notes Beethoven’s nine symphonies as a pinnacle of the form and asks about the flu epidemic toll compared with World War deaths. It also covers ice wrapping in refrigerators and John Jacob Astor’s fortune from the era.
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