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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1927
Page
4
The piece argues President Coolidge will spend his summer vacation in the West while his veto of the McNary Haugen Farm Relief bill draws criticism. It contends he aims to aid farmers and believes public opinion will swing back in his favor as farmers realize his motives and seek relief measures.
Ohio is celebrated as the mother of presidents and notes its high numbers of native-born legislators in Congress. The state sent twenty two of its own to Congress and seventeen to other states, with Reed of Missouri Norris of Nebraska Dill of Washington and Robinson of Indiana named among notable examples.
A long forgotten hill village in Japan was rediscovered by census takers. They report 152 inhabitants living in huts with homespun wool clothes and speech centuries old. The people, initially frightened, proved happy and genial and had no concept of the outside world. The piece compares this to other isolated peoples seen by explorers.
The article notes worsening conditions for Americans in inland Chinese cities. It highlights the danger to missionaries and especially to wives and children who accompany them, arguing the heavy burden of their risky assignment amid mob violence and unsettled times.
In a tense standoff off Nanking, southern Chinese warlords appeared to be impressed by the firepower of American ships. They agreed to free American citizens after the threat to bombard the city was raised, a move seen as wise given the danger to civilians aboard.
The Soviet government recalls Goethe and proposes using German plays and actors as propaganda to Germanize Poland. The strategy aims to divert peasants from church devotion by engaging them with theater shows.
Mr. Tomsky head of the Russian trade unions tells the government that even ninety percent propaganda cannot succeed or compete with the influence of churches.
Editors of labor newspapers lament they cannot compete with ordinary papers due to excess propaganda, noting the clash between trade union messaging and mainstream journalism standards.
Mr Teagle, president of New Jersey Standard Oil, warns oil men they are risking their futures by mismanaging oil wealth. He compares current policy to frontier hunters mistreating bison, whose herd was doomed to vanish.
Oil sells below production cost aiding buyers while firms invest in new wells to boost competition. Companies hold about 530 million barrels above ground, incurring annual costs and losses approximating 130 million dollars.
The text argues that oil wealth is a national asset not private wealth and calls for a method to give oil production national control to prevent waste and misallocation.
Coronado Beach writer R H Davidson asks readers if prohibition has driven a 400 percent per annum increase in the sale of children's shoes. He probes market effects and public reaction with satirical tone.
The author contends that increased shoes for children and bigger savings deposits result from prohibition. They claim those opposing the Volstead Act overstate beer absence, noting postwar earnings roughly double the prewar level, tying higher wages to greater savings and child footwear.
The Sapiro Ford dispute advances in Detroit courts with both sides firm. Mr. Ford’s newspaper accused Mr. Sapiro, who then sues for 1 million dollars.
The statement argues a Ford libel verdict affects only one case. If Sapiro wins damages, it settles nothing for others. Ford is an individual, not representative. Millions of Americans and Jews aiding the country remain unaffected by the outcome.
A terse note reflects rapid change as a distinctive burnt-wood necktie holder reappears after years of absence, signaling a revival of a quirky accessory in a shifting cultural landscape.
More than a thousand attendees from forty states Canada and foreign countries are expected for the third summer session in Chicago June 20 to July 16 at Northwestern University School of Commerce. 136 authorities will lecture on marketing cooperatives livestock dairy fruit and vegetables buying credit and related topics.
The piece notes a new towering apartment hotel rising on Fifth Avenue above Central Park, featuring plated gold door fittings and plate glass shower enclosures. It contrasts this excess with Park Avenue rents and social climbers, then shifts to a university summer school with econ professors and cooperative market courses.
A solar heat engine was successfully operated for irrigation use in Egypt. The device demonstrated effective heat collection and conversion to power, signaling potential advancement for arid region farming and public works.
Portrait sketches by Kroesen arranged with assistance from Gilroy and editor Sk. The pamphlet presents brief vignettes and observational scenes in a concise format reflecting the authorship and editorial collaboration.
For more than 100 years a remedy claims to relieve skin diseases including eczema. The advertisement extols 8. 8. S. as a vegetable tonic made from medicinal plants to balance the body and cure longstanding skin troubles. It notes availability at drug stores in two sizes and urges readers to seek relief.
The Athens Masons vote to remodel the temple built in 1877 at a cost of 15206 dollars. Elsewhere J E Williams and William Bower buy the Herrold Home west of Athens. Miners at Luhrig mine go on strike per the miners committee.
Washington dispatch discusses the State Department split over Mexican and Far Eastern divisions. It cites consular service complaints of discrimination in favor of diplomatic branch officers and notes senior consular staff with extensive field experience in Mexico, China and Japan.
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