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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1925
Page
4
A compact notice quotes a biblical verse and a Dryden line urging immediate action against vanity before a public audience. The fragment reflects a didactic or moralizing tone typical of era print. It offers no names or concrete events beyond the quoted lines.
The American Construction Council warns many new homes will be worthless in ten years due to poor construction and bad financing. It urges lenders to require sound builds and more architectural supervision, noting women and churches aid the effort and comparing liquor spending to reparation bills in Germany.
The piece notes a shift toward a dry Germany led by prohibitionists who expect 15,000,000 votes and aim to extend local option as a step toward nationwide prohibition. It contrasts Germany’s wine and beer culture with a future of abstinence and stricter laws similar to the United States.
The Bowmanville Ontario government boys school aims to rehabilitate youths by treating them as unadjusted boys rather than delinquents. It emphasizes schooling over punishment and readjustment, with no parole system and a strong after care plan after discharge.
Two men died on the same day in unrelated incidents a speaker at a Huxley anniversary event collapsed after an anti religious speech and a physician in an automobile crash died from apoplexy during his rush for bandages. The piece muses on whether fate or divine will caused the pair.
Washington affair splits Commission members Thompson and Nugent over publicity and merger scrutiny. The majority backs limited action and secrecy while dissenters warn of a new trust in the copper merger and threaten removal threats. Congress and the President loom over possible resignations and policy shifts.
In New York a regular old fashioned horse auction draws buyers to the Pioneer Club on Twenty Fourth Street east of Lexington Avenue. Horses parade, wind tests are shown, and the auctioneer seals the bid with a quick smash as bidders vie for the finest steeds.
A famed columnist married recently as the New York paper printed a guest list dominated by Lucy Stoners. The story joined husbands and wives with ands and commas, echoing old country weeklies coupling sweethearts in party reports and social events.
A local clergyman defends youth with a pointed quip about adults mirroring the younger generation. His remark, flowery and sharp, suggests moral symmetry between youths and their elders amid social change. James W. Dean notes the exchange.
A rustic monologue extols strawberry season and dessert delights. The speaker revels in berries with cream and pie, praising shortcake as the finest treat. The playful tone hints at lingering appetite and a lighthearted finish.
A casual line suggests heading out for dessert tonight to enjoy some shortcake, with no additional event details or participants mentioned.
Samuel Reibel arrived from Russia years ago with little money but a strong belief in saving. He started by peddling coal and rose to head a $60,000,600 fee and coal concern, proving that saving a little can lead to great wealth.
Lord Albert Milner former Secretary of War of Britain dies from sleeping sickness amid a spreading epidemic in Great Britain. The illness, unlike African sleeping sickness, resembles the influenza germ and reaches the brain after entering via the nose, with slight hope of recovery for survivors.
Conservatives in the Protestant Episcopal church greet Bishop Manning of New York for standing against liberal doctrines and applaud his drive to raise 15 million dollars to build a new cathedral. After securing the funds, efforts may focus on saving thousands of souls, a plan described as old fashioned but part of the aim.
The piece notes a U S inquiry into the wheat price drop from 3 to 1 40 and profits by shorts. It argues farmers face risk from market manipulation by non farming insiders and calls for France like penalties including life imprisonment for grain gambling.
Congressman from New Jersey proposes trimming $400 million from the national tax bill and reducing the maximum surcharge to 20 percent. The plan also would eliminate excise taxes on automobiles, jewelry, and similar items, viewed as beneficial from the common man’s perspective.
Harry Waikes of Pittsburgh sells bootleg whiskey and warns the judge that while selling is allowed fools drink. He argues the wise sell, not drink. The remark highlights the illicit trade during prohibition era.
The piece notes Trotzky’s partial reintegration into the Bolshevik party after leaving the war ministry. It contrasts the Russian revolution with the French one, suggesting gentler times, and reports a 10 to 12 percent price rise for tires in London and locally, urging readers to buy now before prices rise further.
Washington reports word from France that several American automobile parties are near the Moroccan war zone. Abd el Krim may seize Americans for ransom. past raids like Perdicaris guide State Department thinking. The sultan’s past refusals and diplomatic standoffs echo in current anxieties.
A health note explains adenoids as extra tissue at the roof of the nasal passages that block nose breathing, dull smell and taste, and reduce appetite. It notes adenoids can be removed safely by a surgeon and urges checking tonsils for related problems.
A compiled Q A list covers costs of operating a play yard center, the Winneshiek Bot tom Preserve as a 300 acre Mississipp y River tract saved from drainage, a women’s medical college, cranberry origins by state, yellow fever history, electric light ignition risk, egg water absorption during boiling, and rising high school and college enrollments with population growth.
A collage of quotes from Ohio papers notes fashion mockery, umpire associations planning to honor a cups idea at ballgames, Premier Baldwin’s cautious optimism on the European crisis, and a tax-saving angle on a $10,000 income.
Local column from Youngstown Ohio cites a saying about a boy’s misdeeds reflecting not his father but the father’s retention of possessions as a cultural comment. The Cincinnati Star notes similar themes in its coverage.
The Youngstown Ohio Vindicator comments that there is no way to fix a divorce suit to avoid exposing its seamy aspects. The Newark paper notes Mexico’s lack of interest in attending the Geneva arms talks, suggesting they may handle matters more effectively on their own.
The Washington Post notes Arthur Balfour takes Curzon’s seat in the British Cabinet at age seventy one. It predicts a brilliant political career ahead for Balfour.
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