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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1927

Page

6

Scenic Ohio motor routes lure Southeastern drivers

A 1927 travel feature touts the Mount mountains rivers and ridges of Southeastern Ohio. It highlights Logan to McArthur Creola to McArthur views from Ridge country near Ringgold Bishopville and Morgan County and praises the Glouster McConnelsville route and the Ohio River Scenic highway. It notes oil field history and growing yearround highways widening the region for motorists.

Ohio Logan McArthur Creola McArthur-Athens Glouster-McConnelsville Ohio Hills Ringgold Bishopville Blue Ridge Morgan County Athens Hocking Perry Chesterhill Coolville-Chester Ohio River Great River West Virginia Parkersburg Huntington Charleston Gauley

Statue exhibit highlights pioneer woman in American frontier

A New York display features diverse sculpted visions of The Pioneer Woman created for a prize. The debate over the winning piece underscores the overlooked labor and sacrifice of frontier women who bore children, cooked, sewed, and endured hardship while men opened trails.

New York Pioneer Women of America Great Plains Oregon Northwest Kentucky Washington American Indiana Ohio Plains

Woman Pioneer Solidarity Deserves Nation’s Tribute

The passage contrasts the overlooked role of women in frontier history with the romanticized male pioneer. It argues a 35 year old woman, aged and weary, still deserves national honor akin to the buckskin rifleman, suggesting a statue as fitting remembrance of her contribution to the West.

St Lawrence shipway and power plans shake global tariff talk

Hoover outlines a bold St Lawrence shipway proposal that could surpass the Panama Canal in impact. It would harness five million horsepower shared among Canada, New York, and New England, while Canada and U S brackets work together for the canal dream and global steel firms push on with iron from Brazil. A UK Englishman, E V Sterry, faces jail for blasphemy in Canada, and U S post office bans Boraccio's Decameron, while New Jersey towns guard rabid dogs and Russia wrestles with a hydrophobia surge among wolves and packs.

New England Hoover St. Lawrence Shipway Panama Canal Canada United States New York State

Loans for Veterans Are Being Discussed

Veterans face delays securing loans against adjusted compensation certificates as Congress delays hindered funding. Frank T. Hines announced plans to use investment funds from the insurance program to finance loans beginning April 1 with regional offices prepared. loans resemble bank loans and bear small interest with a year-end renewal option.

Frank T. Hines Veterans’ Bureau Bureau Mapines Hawaii United 8Th Meas Bank Federal Reserve Bank of Veterans’ Hospital Manila Dipsalalit Washington, D. C Insrch Thane

Broadway Supper Club Hustle Near Closing Hour

In New York the supper club scene runs tight as the 10 pm closing charge looms. Diners rush to exit while staff quickly clears and reconfigures chairs and tables for the next event. A mix of entertainers, shoppers, and locals populate the era’s nightlife amid quirky city chatter and notable personalities.

Lang Uwieir

Questions and Answers on swimming animals

Q what animals do not swim instinctively when put in water J No A A animals excepting aman monkeys and perhaps the tree toed sloth either swims naturally or so through the motions of swimming when suddenly immersed in water There are however such animals that although they swim naturally drown as they swim This is the case with rab-

Life of Christ Synopsis Arranged by Gilroy and Kroesen

A religious study presents the life of Christ in a synopsis arranged by Dr. William E. Gilroy with sketches by Kroesen. The work outlines biblical events in a structured format suitable for devotional reading and study.

DR. WM. E. Gilroy B.D Kroesen

Athens Faces Power, Flood Damage. Ohio University Terms Near

Twenty years ago Athens struggles with power cuts from municipal plants flooded by water around generators. Herrol’s church, a former Underground Railroad aid station, was washed away. Ohio University exams ended winter term. spring term to begin April 1. Five hundred men worked along Hocking Valley railroad repairing tracks. pay and overtime details noted. Marie Dressler and others star in local films. Jessie I Linscott earns Marine marksman qualification. Thirty seven adults join the First Methodist Episcopal Church.

Herrol's Underground Railway

Promotion Is All One-Sided By RODNEY DUTCHER

About 100 diplomatic officers and 600 consular officers in the U S foreign service face unequal promotion prospects. Consuls accuse social bias in advancement favoring diplomats, with seniors blocked from promotion as younger, well-connected officers receive top posts. Berths are limited and retirement rules trap capable consuls in lower ranks.

Rodney Dutcher Ashington United States State Department Act of Congress Nene Legation Army Navy

Smater eats and Roman letters in old quiz Q&A

A compilation of Q and A discussing digestion myths how fur saturation causes drowning and how elasic Lair is, whether dolphins outrun ships, the meaning of salukis hunting by sight and burial legends Evangeline and Gabriel, plus notes on Roman letters introduced in Britain and straw flowers used to decorate serving trays.

Vancoine Gabriel Evangeline Philadelphia Britain Gaul Bureau of Plant Industry

Divorced Woman Allowed to Keep Address Secret

Mrs. Elsie Knight won a divorce and was granted secrecy of her address after her husband threatened to kill her, per court records from Chicago. The ruling protects her residence while the case resolves.

Chicago Elsie Knight

Danny Murphy Aims for Phillies Return With Stuffy McInnis

Danny Murphy plans a stay with the Philadelphia Phillies to assist Stuffy McInnis. The veteran infers his past influence on McInnis while both played under Connie Mack, and Murphy hopes to contribute to the team again.

Danny Murphy Connie Mack Phillies Stuffy McInnis Murphy

Midol Promises Quick Menstrual Pain Relief

An advertising note praises a tablet named Midel as a healthful, non narcotic remedy for menstrual pain. It claims rapid action within seven minutes on affected organs, with lasting relief up to twelve hours. The product is marketed as harmless and available at druggists for 0 cents in a small aluminum box.

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