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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1927
Page
5
A short reflective piece notes that the Bible verse about hairs being numbered inspires a view of fate and learning. It discusses how three Rs and modern methods affect schoolrooms, recounting a fathers versus children math day where kids won, and hints at mothers attempting spelling challenges next.
A Mos cow professor argues sun spots cause world woes and social upheavals by cycles. He warns against shirking responsibility and urges justice and righteousness to avert future tragedies, noting World War roots in greed and nationalism.
A 12 year old boy in New Jersey aimed to buy a five dollar dog kennel with savings of just over three dollars. He walked into a bank and asked the president for a loan of two dollars, promising to provide security he would obtain soon.
A president signed a regular three month promissory note at 6 percent interest for two dollars to a boy who works in a store after school. The banker praised the moral security of industry and sincerity and predicted the boy will be a real success in life. The remark suggests the boy has the right stuff.
Arthur Brisbane argues American prosperity spreads beyond wealth centers, lifting workers toward comfort. He notes cars enable tradespeople to work within miles of home, compares progress to the locomotive, and highlights a transforming era from plantation to wage labor slavery. A Nevada vantage along the Overland route marks national progress, while a cryptic note names Eloise A. Leak as Pratt Tribune’s society editor.
At a hearing on independent offices and appropriations officials described wartime piers on the Atlantic coast later turned to peacetime use. Fronted by Philadelphia and other ports, the terminals aided the merchant marine, earning profits after private lease and private operation arrangements. The Shipping Board reports annual net profits rising toward six figures, with five terminals generating substantial returns and repairs funded by allotments.
In New York March 5 fame often arrives by accidental incidents. A once unknown film actor gains fame after a minor incident with an orchestra leader, while other performers rise through a single dramatic curtain call dispute. Critics and audiences shape celebrity. luck and timing can trump long effort, as illustrated by singers who gained recognition after pivotal performances.
Five million farm boys and girls were reached through the 4-H club work under the Smith lever act during the ten year period between 1914 and 1924. Synopsis arranged by Prof. Wm. E. Gilroy, D.D. Sketches by L Kroesen.
A long ago Athens moment recalls General C H Grosvenor returning to Athens oath ceremony and a ball game where Athens High beat Nelsonville 25 to 20 as snow blankets the city. A separate note mentions a plan change for Civil War monument skirts and a shoe trade nod. Ten years past, President Wilson kissed at 12 47 and flag prices rose due to material shortages.
Washington march 5 WV The Hon Haile Mayfield Texas senator amused the Senate during an all night Boulder dum ses sion with coin tricks and other parlor feats He can make coins vanish and reappear in unlikely places even pulling a coin from his ear He inscribed on a Senate memorandum symbols that puzzled colleagues and he told jokes about mules and a minister that circulated among staff and visitors The piece blends humor and anecdotes about Mayfield and his coin tricks in a light political sketch.
This fragment discusses public college football costs, a 39 9 million per year estimate from 50 top universities, and travel or study abroad figures for Americans in Europe during summer. It mentions white graduates from Howard University and notes the university admits students of all creeds with no white residents this year.
The report notes Allied forces in the Meuse Argonne drive captured 16,089 prisoners. It mentions 3 percent artillery pieces and 2,864 machine guns among trench war assets, with various phrases indicating the wartime context and numeric tallies.
The Supreme Court case cites authority to limit price rises amid a nationwide campaign led by the federal government and agency directives. Watson M. Mil, national committeeman, speaks at Hawes committee subpanel hearings on World War veterans legislation and related protections.
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