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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1927
Page
4
A brief moral quotation section presents two sayings about sin and its consequences. The first cites Romans on the wages of sin as death, followed by a reflective line about uncommitted sins attributed to Madame Necker.
The text argues that surplus in agriculture and oil mirrors a universal law of supply and demand. It notes price drops from excess wheat and cotton, then shows oil’s rise in production outpacing demand. Both sectors are sound and eventually correct themselves as markets expand and profits stabilize.
A Maryland judge freed a woman who pled guilty to embezzlement of about $20 000 solely because she is a woman. The piece argues such chivalry clashes with equality under the law and predicts the judge's mercy will not endure as women gain full legal parity.
The American Bankers Association committee finds motor trucks and buses have cut small traffic from railroads. The loss is to less remunerative freight, not essential rail traffic, challenging views that railroads face obsolescence from motor transport.
Railroads are described as good feeders to motor transportation and vice versa. The piece notes that in congested areas railroads have begun using terminals for motor business, with both sectors benefiting and neither harming the other.
Edwin J. Clapp argues that farm efficiency hinges on better machinery and its use alongside farmer labor. He notes dredging in the Sacramento valley yields high profits at low costs, suggesting U S farms can compete with European labor despite high freight rates. He cites a global efficiency gap with American workers producing twelve tons of cereal versus Europe’s one and a half tons.
A compact roundup notes rising farm output and population in the 1910s, Mussolini praising Italian mothers, and aging global tensions. It reports British aviation advances, a Baltimore mayoral race Catholic angle, warships en route to Nicaragua, and light commentary on judges, baseball fashion, and Mexico war talk.
Dr. Frank McCoy promotes cancer treatment through fruit juice fasting arguing it removes cancerous dead cells and can cure many cancers if started early. He cites cases of breast and stomach cancers cured after about a month of fasting and urges readers to request detailed instructions.
Color blindness is the inability to distinguish colors due to a brain color center defect. The Public Health Service says no cure unless color blindness is caused by another disease, in which case treatment may restore it after the disease is relieved.
By the Way in New York Studio High Life as Seen in New York Today reports a typical studio party with guests including a football coach and a Chicago flapper, artists, writers, musicians, and radicals. The evening features paintings, lively talk, and three rounds of bacardi with lime juice and ginger ale.
A robbery of 1700 dollars from the U S post office in the U S Root company building in Medina was discovered today.
Gov. Howard M. Gore stated after a White House call that West Virginia Republicans will demand President Coolidge run for reelection on May 21.
Athens city voters approve a dry option by thirteen votes ending saloon presence. County commissioners back a new South bridge to replace the old covered span. Sugar Creek miners reach no settlement with operators. Sedalia mine near Glouster abandoned. Ten years ago Ohio University honored 400 graduates at Senior Day in Ewing Hall. French war office reports 8,600 prisoners taken since May 1. Science Hall wireless gear dismantled per war orders. The Birth of a Nation to be shown in Athens on June 4.
Senator J Thomas Heflin of Alabama has been touring the country delivering speeches on Mexico Nicaragua and religion. Reports from Shelby Star Davidsonian Davidson College and Corning Times News praise his oratory and predict a path toward national prominence despite prior controversy.
Saint Saens biblical opera Samson et Delilah to be sung Monday night by the National Grand Opera Company over the WEAF network across eleven stations. Cast includes Delilah Devora Nadworney Samson Giuseppe di Benedetto High Priest Giovanni Giovanelli Abimelech Nino Russi. Also reports on radio listings for several stations and local notices.
In a sunny Oklahoma pasture a tired farm wife, Mrs. Cora Short, gains energy and sleep after taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She weighed 115 before treatment and now 135 after seven bottles, and she reports renewed confidence and able to work again.
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