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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1927
Page
4
A thoughtful editorial compares oil producers’ glut with farming struggles. It notes overproduction in both sectors, calls for curtailment or regulation, and warns that driving independents out of business harms farmers. Supply and demand balance governs fortunes in oil and agriculture.
A retrospective note contrasts old royal unions used to seal peace with modern times. It mentions the recent marriage of President Calles’s daughter to a young American and wonders how diplomatic pairings might have avoided wars, hoping the new union brings closer ties between nations.
The piece recalls the old Spanish American war tale of a messenger seeking General Garcia. It says the legend is outdated and notes Charles Lindbergh’s nonstop Paris flight rendered the story obsolete. It portrays Lindbergh as risky yet successful and compares him to the futile Garcia quest.
A terse rebuke toward a telephone operator, described as tight by her own lights, hints at a small workplace fracas. The incident underscores tensions in a routine communications setting without escalating beyond a sharp remark.
A brief item highlights a figure nicknamed the flying wise man after soaring feats or aerial stunts. The short note signals unusual travel or aviation-related prowess attributed to a local personality.
Standard Oil of Indiana promotes a new all metal flying machine with three Ford engines and supports its use by large oil executives like Col on Rober W. Stewart Allen Jackson E J Bullock R E Humphries Norman R Grimshaw. Lindbergh describes his high altitude cloud flight with sleet and careful navigation.
George H. McGovern and others urge ending the use of the label flying fool for Captain Lindbergh. The remark may fade from common newspaper usage as editors rethink terminology.
Lindbergh’s aircraft used less than twelve gallons of fuel per hour and exceeded 100 mph. At twenty cents a gallon that is about $8 in fuel plus twenty gallons of oil. The piece argues air travel across oceans could cost under $50 on daylight routes, reflecting confidence in innovation.
This week the nation mourns H. E. Huntington, a California heir who used his fortune to acquire fine books and art. He donated collections and a grand estate to the people of California, with the country recognizing his generosity.
The New York free thinkers' society plants a Central Park tree to honor Luther Burbank and denounces clergy for vilifying him. They argue Burbank’s right to belief and note no truly free thinker exists, since ideas grow from others like forests from fallen trees.
The fall plan calls for medicinal whisky bourbon and rye made from corn and rye under Treasury supervision. Do not use whisky for medical purposes, doctors should favor grape brandy. Grain whiskies may contain poisons, while real brandy is free of poisonous oils unless pure alcohol is ingested. Wood and potato alcohol are deadly, grain alcohol less so, grape alcohol safest.
Mussolini praises Lindbergh for the historic flight calling it a demonstration of superhuman will. He links space progress with conquering gravity, framing aviation as a step toward the conquest of space and power beyond Earth.
An army officer envisions a future where young people take to airplanes for recreation within five years. A California inventor has created a device that steers aircraft without using hands.
Lindbergh's reception in Paris after his Atlantic flight provoked a complex reaction as onlookers celebrated his feat while others mocked the effort with snide remarks about making the world safe for aviators to be kissed.
A general guide on using hot and cold water to alter blood and lymph flow. Hot applications relax tissues and improve circulation in limbs and abdomen. cold applications stop bleeding and constrict vessels. Practical tips include hot foot baths, hot hand immersions, hot abdominal compresses, ear applications, and soaking injured digits to reduce inflammation.
New York May 26 Manhatten snapshots depict a doorway scene with three dwarfs arguing over a side-show contract. The writer observes window displays of a piano girl, drugstore patrons, bakers, and women rolling cigarettes, ending with a chimpanzee in a cage and a general sense of public spectacle and discomfort.
Answers cover fashion forecasting colors for autumn from a major silk maker in New York with twenty one tones including soft blues beiges mahogany greens coral platinum and steel gray. The piece also provides concise factual Q and A on topics from the first US eagle on silver dollars to Armistice details and biographical notes on Belva Lockwood John Golden and more.
The Christian church Sunday school class taught by Mrs. E. J. Jones of 44 Elmwood Place will hold its regular session at 7 39 Thursday night.
In Athens the Masonic groups considered forming a joint stock company to manage their property. Over 200 citizens met at the First Presbyterian church to organize a Law and Order league with F. and Roach as temporary president.
A Washington dispatch reports on a government theory that agricultural prosperity drives industrial mood and vice versa. Economist L H Bean notes that periods of low farm prices correlated with industrial growth, while high farm prices forecast industrial slumps, reshaping views on federal farm relief and rural policy.
Government tests by the Bureau of Standards find cigars pose a lesser fire hazard than cigarettes. Cigars extinguish in one fourth the time compared with cigarettes which burn their full length after ignition.
A five member producers committee told the Secretary of the Interior that the Seminole pool in Oklahoma will be used by the petroleum industry as the first step toward solving its overproduction problem.
Plans to stimulate silk cultivation in Spain receive royal approval for silk committee ordinances. The Department of Commerce is informed by the commercial attaché in Madrid about the new policy.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics Edward P. Warner states that aviation serves naval warfare best by expanding operations rather than shortening operation times. He emphasizes broader air power deployment to enhance maritime campaigns.
Henry L. Stimson, special envoy for President Coolidge, says a conference with President Coolidge on May 23 brings negotiations to a close and peace to Nicaragua. The statement marks a return to stability after the discussions.
Summit county is declared the illegal residence of Mrs. Bessie White Tyler and her eight children, wards of charity. The ruling implies a public expense of about $75,000 for care, with two children alleged feeble minded and the county owing the state for custody.
The Osservatore Romano prints a bitter attack by Pope Pius XI on the Galveston Texas international beauty contest and all similar bathing beach pageants, as part of official pronouncements.
Detroit May 25 The 15 millionth Model T automobile is scheduled for assembly at the Fordson plant around 3 p m today. The milestone highlights Ford Motor Company's production record with the famed touring car and its impact on mass mobility.
An advertisement touts 8.5.8 as a cure for skin eruptions and impure blood. It asserts the product helps Nature build red corpuscles and nourishes the blood, sharing a testimonial of someone who improved from pimples boils weight loss and itching.
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