Thought For Today Quote On Charity And Ownership
A brief reflective note quoting Luke 6 30 about giving to those who ask and not reclaiming what is taken. It adds a proverb about ownership belonging only to what you have given away.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1925
Page
4
A brief reflective note quoting Luke 6 30 about giving to those who ask and not reclaiming what is taken. It adds a proverb about ownership belonging only to what you have given away.
After Congress adjourned, widespread belief favors Calvin Coolidge. Support crosses party lines as observers cite his fiscal restraint, economic stability, and honesty in choosing officials. Voter confidence grows with his inaugural stance and tax-cut prospects.
The piece celebrates the season shift from winter to spring and anticipates summer. It extols spring as the most cherished period for its progress toward goals, noting summer’s abundance and warmth can lessen the allure of the journey.
In spring we are hopeful as nature awakens with new life from the earth and signs that progress is underway.
An Ozark farmer with little schooling donated 3000 dollars to Missouri University to create a professorship, illustrating that illiteracy does not equal ignorance. The act honors those who sacrifice to give the next generation access to education and opportunity.
A discussion on whether women should swear in emergencies and public life. Proponents argue it is a justified tool for many situations while opponents warn strong language distorts appearance and ages the face. The piece contrasts male swearing traditions with a call for equal rights.
The president proclaims April 27 to May 3 as American Forest Week to broaden forest protection efforts. The National Lumber Manufacturers Association joins the Forest Service to coordinate extensive education, literature, and events through allied groups.
A quiz style exchange covers how often the U S president is paid and the monthly amount, Honolulu’s vast extent and wards, mail limits to Kennecott Alaska, Easter dates, the smoke tree scientific name, Trinity Church vestments history, why revenue cutters are named thus, metal expansion, Arkansas civil skirmish 1874, Daniel Boone birth, carpentry origins, and sugar beet soil impact.
The article argues the scandal drawing world scrutiny is trivial compared to routine city life as it notes politicians expect the President to replace the old Republican guard and seek new cooperation. It frames the move as a prudent shift amid recent events.
A political column notes Republicans shifting members out of the party while lawfully elected. It suggests a prophesied regret as the Senate appears to tilt toward a six vote majority and the Warren defeat signals potential consequences for the party.
Religious organizations press for daily routine reform demanding the ten commandments be read to students at least once a week in public schools. They argue religious training belongs in school life and seek policy action from authorities.
The writer argues that children should read the Sermon on the Mount rather than the full Ten Commandments. They claim most commandments are unnecessary for children under 15 and advocate keeping religious instruction separate from public schooling, as historically practiced in America.
President Coolidge calls on states to back the federal dry law arguing it respects the constitution. He notes that while 75 percent of states ratified the amendment, nearly all juries sympathize with violators and violate the law.
The text asks how to stamp out whisky use and stop bootleg drinking by school children. It argues prohibition has left millions in the nation on a whisky drinking basis and seeks solutions from the President and nation.
Memoirs recount John Sargent painting a rich young American woman so intensely accurate that her physician detected insanity in the portrait. The subject later died in a madhouse, illustrating the threshold between art and psyche.
A painter Whistler is told a moon cannot be seen at 1. He responds that she should wish she could see it, underscoring his belief in unseen art.
British inventors propose a bomb designed to follow an airplane by reacting to the magnetic influence of metal in the aircraft. The device is described as capable of tracking and pursuing the target through the air, likened to a toy fish following a magnet.
President Coolidge and Secretary Wilbur praised the launch of a massive hydroairplane built locally. The craft, powered by two 450 horsepower engines, is capable of crossing more than 3,000 miles before refueling. Supporters say it signals renewed focus on U.S. aviation defense with restrained rhetoric.
Aviators fly high and radio gunners aboard battleships to correct long range fire. From above they identify the invisible target beyond the horizon due to the sea's curvature, guiding shells onto the aim.
In Paris a 15 year old girl Irene Laurent, likened to Madame Curie, claims to have produced a new automobile fuel from sugar. It is cheaper and more efficient than any gasoline substitute yet. If Professor Haldane is right that chemistry will soon make sugar as cheap as sawcost, sugar power could solve the gasoline problem temporarily.
Murphysboro resumes recovery efforts after a disaster that killed 208 people with more than 175 laid to rest at St. Andrews and Tower Grove cemeteries. The city focuses on rehabilitation as about 700 injuries are treated and the area moves toward recovery.
In San Francisco on March 24 the 16 year old Dorothy Ellingson known as the Jazz Baby fainted during the first session of her murder trial. She rose from her seat, stepped toward the exit and collapsed to the floor.
The librarian at Dulwich Public Library orders crossword puzzles deleted from newspapers before display due to repeated stealing by visitors.
Widespread listings show WCAP WEAF WJAR WNY and others in a March 25 schedule. Programs range from orchestras and operatic numbers to lecture courses and talk shows across New York Philadelphia Chicago Pittsburgh and Boston stations.
The clipping lists a Denver broadcast slate with 3 PM final news, 8 PM Rialto Orchestra, 8 10 PM KOA Players Minstrel Show and piano, 10 PM Joe Mann's Orchestra. Calgary programs include a 9 PM dance program and 7 45 PM classical program. Edmonton offers a 7 30 PM children hour and 8 30 PM studio program.
A fragment notes Wednesday silent stations WCBD WOAW WFAA CNBW CNRA CNRT WRC near WBAV WPFG and that station management reserves right to alter programs.
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