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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1924
Page
4
A sermon-like article by Albert Apple discusses personal crisis reports and suicide risks, citing statistics and advice to delay self-harm. It also covers relief after the bonus agitation, reflecting on Civil War pensions and the idea that further government payments could follow unless a clear policy is set.
The article reports a nationwide rise of 2,631,875 telephones in five years, totaling 14,347,000. New England and the Middle Atlantic lead gains while Florida and New Jersey show notable state increases. telephones are praised for bringing cities closer, rivals only to automobiles. It then shifts to the unresolved question of the congressional bonus measure and its national reception.
The seven high school speakers representing regional sections converge in Washington D C on June 6 to compete for the national oratorical title on the Constitution. Supreme Court judges and the President preside as orations are judged, with wide community interest in the outcome and in the effort behind it. An editor notes the contest has energized interest in law and government among millions of students over time.
John Hays Hammond Jr. demonstrates a new device enabling radio telephonic communication. Italian army and navy officials express great interest in the experiments as science pushes toward wireless telephone concepts. If proven, wavelength combinations could enable public isolation of private conversations, prompting potential radio telephone companies.
Washington D C demonstrates how weather forecasts save money and aid better decisions. Examples include umbrella stock planning, timely lamb purchases, roof design under snow loads, and legal cases using Weather Bureau data to explain water flow and shipment losses. The piece stresses public value and growing commercial use of forecasts.
A limousine damaged in a storm was claimed to have overturned due to high wind. Weather records showed wind pressures were far lower than the car’s tire force, concluding bad driving caused the wreck. The piece also discusses weather data use in commerce and broader social issues.
The article extols successful wire photography and predicts future radio communication with Mars. It envisions radio portraits of Martians and blueprints to manage oceans as Earth becomes spherical over millions of years, arguing Mars will teach us through radio.
A preacher in Chicago would be heard in Los Angeles and New Foundland in the same second, a remark illustrating rapid, far reaching communication. The note reflects on how connected media makes distant sermons instantly accessible.
Reported counts show McAdoo with over four hundred Democratic delegates, potentially reaching a two thirds majority if loyal. Meanwhile Cox, allied with Al Smith, is said to have a plan to oust McAdoo early in the convention.
A historical note claims raw meat nourishes consumptives with tuberculosis by rebuilding worn muscular tissue. It further states dogs inoculated with consumption recover on raw meat but die from the disease when fed vegetables.
The article urges readers to focus on diet in combating consumption. It notes meat is the most easily assimilated food, especially for weakened bodies, and suggests vegetarians and spiritual seekers reconsider dietary choices to support recovery.
Readers are invited to send questions to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau Washington with two cents for postage. The service provides information only not legal medical or financial advice and does not handle domestic troubles. Include full name address and question clearly.
A dinner for Mrs. Jane Peacock's 78th birthday drew relatives and friends from Lancaster Carbondale Columbus Logan Murray City and McArthur. Attendees included Mrs. Homer Shively Mrs. John Daugherty Mrs. John Mayo and others. Gifts included cash totaling about 50 dollars and many useful presents.
The passage argues the Cox Al Smith plan would alienate railroads and other labor backing that McAdoo brings to the ticket, claiming no other candidate could win with McAdoo’s labor followings. It stresses McAdoo’s unique labor support and warns of lost labor backing for the Democratic Party.
A circulating statement, not vouched here, claims La Follette will run as an independent Republican unless the Democrats nominate McAdoo. If McAdoo is nominal, La Follette would not run, believing McAdoo could secure the railroad vote he needs for an independent bid.
The National Association of Manufacturers reported yesterday that labor unions have lost about nine percent of their membership while only twenty percent of eligible workers are in unions. Still this twenty percent is enough to raise and sustain salaries for all workers, aiding national prosperity.
Fragment discusses strikes costing the country more than five hundred million dollars annually. No further details or context available.
The text covers questions and answers on motion picture film production totals, time meridians and their named zones, Mount McKinley's ascent history and official height, and notes on early schooling methods. It cites 65,000,000 feet per month, 160,000 miles annually, and Mount McKinley height of 20,300 feet with ascent dates.
Mrs. Margaret Holland of Ports mouth visits daughter Mrs. Inez Ogan. Mrs. Bertha Fletcher of Columbus also visits at the Ogan home the first of the week.
Miss Frances Reynolds of Columbus is visiting for a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Reynolds.
Mrs A A Goodman of Cincinnati is visiting her mother Mrs Ida Bay for a few days.
Mrs Evelyn Garrison returns to Bremen after a brief visit in which she had a disagreement with her brother Carl Moyer and his family.
C. A. Bubb from near Dundas visited the city on Wednesday for business.
Rev and Mrs D R Warne visit relatives in Zanesville this week as records show.
Hearings are underway with representatives of 100 in Delphos and Bluffton summoned. In most cases valuation was increased, reflecting rising property assessments under the county audit.
Two $25,000 damage suits have been filed in Elyria. William J. Pitkin sues the New York Central Railroad over a fractured skull and injuries at Oak Harbor. Patrick McGovern sues the Ohio Public Service Company for burns after attempting to move a live wire.
More than $1,000,000 worth of property will be listed for taxation for the first time this year in Allen county following a campaign targeting tax dodgers. Officials say the listing process will broaden the tax base and improve revenue for local services.
State bridge department engineers from Columbus arrived at Defiance at the request of County Surveyor Henry T. Toberen to collect data on the Clinton Street bridge over the Maumee River. The bridge, used by hundreds daily, prompts caution about its safety.
Confiscated laser whiskey seized during a raid on the farm of F H Kotlachok in Orange township Ohio. Kotlachok fined 500 dollars while I L Foster and G A Thorp were each fined 100 dollars.
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