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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1928
Page
4
A health column presents Dr Frank McCoy offering practical guidance for parents and readers. It emphasizes truthful parenting, modeling healthy habits, avoiding overindulgence, and positive guidance. Answers cover effects of soda in cooking, possible arm injuries from pitching, and Witch Hazel as a facial astringent.
By the Way in New York tours Harlem beyond 125th Street noting a townlike community life with lifelong residents and small businesses. It contrasts Chelsea and Greenwich Village and cheekily mentions a hotel that changes national menus nightly and the persistence of homegrown gin as a Manhattan staple.
The article compiles concise questions and answers on diverse topics. It covers daily pasteurized milk consumption in the United States, George Washingtons rank in the British Army, Cyrils addition to the Slavonic alphabet, numbers of women in state legislatures, largest American chicken breed, stamp production costs, big game in national forests, March winds explained, mental focus when tired, and the Spirit of 76 painting by A M Willard.
A garbled crossword puzzle page lists horizontal and vertical clues with numerous misspellings and stray letters. The fragment mentions words like Unusual, age on, Suture, imitate, knot, and other unclear items, suggesting a damaged or partial puzzle readout from yesterday.
A compact religious and literary quotation card shares a Bible verse from Thessalonians on faith and a Shakespeare line urging chastity, chastened love, and deep affection.
A writer argues that tax increases reflect broad demands for more services and bureaus. He recalls his property taxes rising sixfold in Athens over two decades while noting roads, health, schools, and police payrolls expanding. He contends taxpayers fuel and must pay for added government services.
An old river fishing scene recedes as pollution lingers in the Hocking Valley. Tales of large catfish and family outings fade, replaced by hardship for hardy anglers and fewer preservable catches along the river.
A vivid feature extols the new silvered bridge over the Ohio at Kanawha linking Gallipolis with Point Pleasant and enabling a Kanawha valley route to Charleston. The piece celebrates its daring engineering, dramatic cables, and the historic river junction as Central and Northern Ohio eyes the Bend’s cross river access.
University of Chicago researchers studied 800 children, half orphans adopted by foster families. The study found intelligence tied more to home environment than lineage, with foster care normalizing 26 of educated children and orphans of morally defective parents reaching normal behavior levels.
A succinct quip on causation and fate in human outcomes. It ponders whether heredity or environment shapes destiny, suggesting future generations may credit the surrounding world more than bloodlines. The note hints at evolving beliefs about influence beyond genetics.
On the way through Kansas two cars are stuck up to their hubs in mud beside the Santa Fe track. The writer contrasts this scene with a vision of a national 100 foot wide paved highway spanning from ocean to ocean.
The Topeka Daily Capital editorial page advocates walking in the light while it is day, quoting John 2: from Senator Capper's trusted column. The brief note frames the moral guidance as timely, urging readers to act now before darkness falls.
Denver Post reports Colorado Fuel & Iron Company will produce steel with natural gas and will also utilize gas from coke ovens to feed blast furnaces.
The speaker proposes converting natural gas at the well into electric power and using electric steelmaking to replace coke. He suggests this would yield cheaper, near rust-proof steel and would interest Rockefeller’s Colorado Fuel & Iron and Henry Ford collaborator Wills who helped develop strong steel alloys.
Detroit district attorney charges prohibition inspectors took bribes from rum runners, totaling about $200000 in the first half of 1927. The report notes bootleg liquor moved freely as inspectors received one dollar per whisky case and twenty five cents per beer case.
The report claims inspectors under Prohibition can earn up to one hundred thousand dollars annually in bribes if they accept them.
A Pullman porter jokes that not all gentlemen steal soap from Pullman cars but insists everyone has a price, casting doubt on finding enough trustworthy inspectors.
The Socialist congressman spoke after tax-cut talks, praising workers who earn too little to pay income tax. He argued these low earners sustain taxpayers and civilization itself, urging consideration for those without tax liability.
The passage notes that many people avoid income tax yet exceed a hundred fifteen million in number. It remarks Congressmen split with Berger yet acknowledge his honesty and value his points, amid mixed reactions and laughter.
A thousand additional Marines are sent to Nicaragua while three thousand five hundred of the "devil dogs" will monitor elections there. The piece notes a possible query about using some troops in U S city elections.
Farmers near Ellinwood Kansas patrol their cornfields along marshes firing blank shells to frighten thousands of wild ducks, a method aimed at protecting crops and reducing crop damage while avoiding live firearm use.
A laundress returns with unexpected items from the wash revealing curious finds and oddities that spark wonder and amusement among neighbors and the local crowd.
The text asserts that in earlier times a man could be hanged for stealing a motor vehicle, contrasting past punishments with modern practices and reflecting on shifts in law and justice.
A fragment describes two individuals drifting apart as their lives diverge beyond recognition. The tone hints at irreconcilable differences and looming distance. No names or places are provided.
A light humor piece notes the joke that a trolley car and a sardine can differ only by the fact you cannot add another sardine once closed. It uses a playful analogy to poke fun at packed spaces.
A stark reflection on mercy and neglect shows how some people dispose of unwanted animals by drowning, revealing a pattern where sorrow and indifference intersect leading to fatal harm to vulnerable creatures.
The remark frames film censors as individuals tasked with uncovering who injects sin into cinema, portraying censorship as moral policing and industry scrutiny.
City officials report another mayoral ouster in Indianapolis as election headlines highlight ongoing leadership upheaval. Details on dates, candidates, and governance implications remain unclear in the fragment.
A timid man is described as one who believes he should limp slightly when he carries a cane. The passage examines nerves, posture, and social signaling in everyday behavior. It highlights how small acts reveal inner hesitation and self-perceived weakness.
A witty saying defines a good barber as a bald-headed man who sells hair tonic to at least half of his customers.
A witty remark compares President Coolidge to swimming to Havana based on his humorous hand received, implying a bold or surprising move and evoking a light political quip of the era.
Dyspepsia can arise from the same causes as acidosis. Acid dyspepsia reflects stomach over acidity and poor digestion. A well balanced diet can correct these issues.
Mrs. T. Ogg donated a quilt to the Red Cross and a raffle raised 11 dollars. Ohio authorities viewed Mrs. Herbert Hoover's eggless Easter idea as having little value due to eggs being plentiful. F. M. Chase recited the history of the old war chest bell. Ten years ago James Cox governed Ohio and asked for Liberty Day events to mark a year since America's entry into war.
Property owners on South Court Street faced the destruction of the Nelson building after a destructive fire. The last 1907 flood victim was located a year later on a sand bar near Harmony. Mr and Mrs J Pickering vacationed in Columbus while Mrs James P Wood visited friends there.
Washington March 23 Senator J Boomboom McWhorter presidential candidate replies to Senator Borah’s prohibition questionnaire with a jesting yet pointed statement of principle. He dismisses rumors he is a stalking horse and mixes humorous claims about inch worms fresh air and economic law with vintage trivia about Mount Kanchenjanga and Zalacen.
March 25 marks Patrick Henry’s famous liberty oration delivery in 1775. The date also notes Schuyler Colfax born in 1823 and Commodore Perry’s 1854 commercial treaty with Japan.
Thomas W. Cunningham a Vare leader in Philadelphia was cited to the Senate for contempt by the Reed primary investigating committee. The action stemmed from his refusal to disclose the source of a $50 000 contribution to Senator William S. Vare’s Republican primary campaign in Pennsylvania.
A cablegram from President Ira Copley of the Copley Press Inc denying any connection between his newspapers and public utility interests was submitted to the Senate without comment by Senator Norris of Nebraska. The exchange highlights media independence concerns amid utility issues.
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