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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1927
Page
6
Twenty years ago officials on trustees and road superintendents of Athens county were to be acquainted with provisions of road laws passed by the state Legislature. A bill by Representative Totman proposed a brick plant for Athens
Sinclair Lewis is challenged for attacking ministerial methods in Elmer Gantry while readers and critics debate its satire of commercialized religion. Figures like William Allen White and Dr William Stidger call the work uneven and unfair though Lewis’s provocation continues to fuel discussion of religion and publicity.
A mixed set of reflections covers a recent Taft ruling affecting courts and potential biases in prosecutions, plus broader critiques of government reach from weather services to aeronautics. The piece questions prohibition enforcement, compares dinosaurs to modern power structures, notes Siberian mountains, European gas warfare, and mummies, and ends with cautions on religious intolerance and mobs.
Washington reports on how women, organizing through the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, press for sanitation reform and fair water rates. The analysis notes a shift from individual to collective complaint, citing a study of roughly 000,000 African homes and detailing how some cities base water charges on the number of fixtures rather than water usage. The piece underscores the clubs’ confidence in achieving changes through court action and organized advocacy.
In New York on March 12 Gilbert Swan describes evolving methods to dodge detection at illicit liquor outlets. He notes hidden doors, palm signals, special keys, and hotel like registration as tricks to limit spotter exposure, with further scenes of Times Square and Broadway carnival culture and a Billboard post office serving performers.
A quiz notes that 1600 cubic feet of gas could perform diverse tasks from cooking eight meals for six to lighting cigars for 500 years and boiling 275 gallons of water. It also asks how many radio broadcasting stations are licensed in the United States, with the answer from the Commerce Department’s radio division not completed in the excerpt.
A brief catalog entry notes a life of Christ synopsis arranged by De. WM. EB. Gilroy with sketches by Kroesen. The item highlights collaborative illustration and devotional framing in a 19th century or early 20th century church publishing context.
Major Charles Manty Stedman of North Carolina, the South’s oldest congressman, eyes becoming the first centenarian to serve. At 86 he begins his ninth term next December while recalling Civil War memories and friendships with leaders like Joe Cannon. The piece blends his longevity, political ties, and a mix of anecdotes with a public notice on examinations and a brief commerce note on February retail gains.
Max Hausmann, a 68 resistant engineer in charge of hydrographic work in the lighthouse service, will be retired after fifty five years of service. A permanent organization to protect fisheries, the International Fisheries Conservation Council, was discussed at a recent conference. Jazz music was barred at the dance held in honor of the new mayor in Stoke-on-Trent.
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