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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1927
Page
4
Twenty years ago flood sufferers were cared for at Athens State hospital after their homes were washed away. College girls in the dormitory made clothing for three babies born to homeless flood victims. Miners in the local sub district adopted a resolution expressing sympathy and offering aid to flood victims.
A long excerpt discusses rising youth suicides in colleges and schools, attributing causes to mental health gaps, shifting morals, and inadequate student support. It notes universities attempting confidential counseling, parental involvement increasing, and the need to treat mental hygiene as crucial as physical health, alongside college budget concerns and bond repayments. Griff Evans vouches for sound finances with state examiners backing him, while urging rainy-day reserves.
Griff Evans, Athens city auditor, compares city finances to a homeowner’s budget with reserves for a rainy day. Officials note sound funding, conservative bonding, and gradual expansion to north east and west as utilities grow to serve a large student population.
Julius Rosenwald financed a Luxor library seen as a lasting legacy beyond his many U.S. charities. The project echoes Maimonides, who in Egypt wrote pivotal works including the guide to the perplexed and translated Greek philosophy into Hebrew, inventing new Hebrew terms for abstract ideas.
For alleged tampering with Hebrew, Maimonides faced excommunication by Spain's high synagogue. Yet the famed scholar known as Rambam pressed forward as a modernist in his era.
The text notes that the United States urges Italy and Paris to cut armaments, but real reductions seem unlikely. It recalls Washington era pledges to scrap unfinished battleships and European commitments to erase blueprints, while both sides shift to faster cruisers driven by submarines and aircraft.
The speaker argues the government should stop self deception and childish talk, and make the country strongest for defense and offense. He stresses that among fighting nations only strength matters, and the missing weapon is the fighting airplane.
Harmon Loeb of Chicago, a five week old infant, walks unaided and shatters records while noting a chicken can walk at five seconds old. The piece contrasts early mobility with Pope who wrote on Man and, though grown, remained so feeble he required a canvas jacket to sit and write.
A fragment urges balanced growth for children noting that a strong body supports a sharp mind while overdeveloped brains can sap a young child’s energy. It cautions caregivers to care for the feeble baby who may prove the best.
This item notes Rodman Wanamaker backing a Fokker plane for North Pole routes and mentions Commander Byrd possibly attempting an Atlantic hop. Meel Davis of the American navy plans a cross Atlantic flight, while Secretary Wilbur's team has just set a notable record.
The Reverend Dr. Straton of the Baptist church warns that Baptists face doom as church membership declines and gifts to missionaries shrink due to modern ism.
A National Geographic and Smithsonian led expedition searches for sun heat rays on an isolated desert mountain in southwest Africa while Millikan's cosmic ray work sends researchers to a Bolivian lake and Mt Wilson. The article explains the spectrum from visible light to gamma rays, noting the expansion of ray knowledge and practical uses like radio waves and X rays. It ends with a local crime note about Mrs Grace Lerch, wife of a federal prohibition agent, being bound and robbed in Columbus.
A SWAN NEW YORK report explains tent show slang from the Broadway scene. Terms like hot and sweet, gold outfit, dirt and flash, grift, grip and hoopla are decoded with playful notes and examples from the Billboard jargon study.
A compact feature presents sketches by Kroesen alongside a synopsis arranged by Dr. William E. Gilroy D D. The output blends literary sketches with biographical framing in a periodical style.
Former Georgia congressman William D. Upshaw, recently removed from the congressional payroll, joins a national effort backing Better Citizenship Through Better Homes. The foundation outlines membership levels and aims to exalt the home as core to American life while Upshaw promotes nationwide speaking tours.
A Q and A list covers denaturants for alcohol such as kerosene acetone benzol pyridine and wood alcohol. It notes most frogs come from Minnesota with St Paul as the shipping point and nine million killed yearly. Rural free delivery routes were measured in May 1926 with some measures by inspectors. Banana oil is inflammable and caution is advised. Lead poisoning from pipes is possible though tin-lined pipes mitigate risk by avoiding standing water.
A 60 cent package of Pape's Diapepsin is advertised to digest bread pastries and rich cakes and to relieve heartburn gas and biliousness. The ad claims it makes the stomach sweet helps absorb gas and empty the stomach on time for the next meal before noting classified cook ads.
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