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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1927
Page
4
A quotation notes that true justice requires self examination for sin. It urges readers to persuade themselves that no one is without fault and implies humility in judgment. The motto invites reflective temper and ethical consideration.
The piece recalls 1918, contrasting noncombatant nostalgia with soldiers’ trauma, urges memory to guide current policy toward peace and freedom. It warns against forgetting the war’s true costs and stresses a responsible, principled approach to future conflicts.
A letter urges state action to repair artificial lakes on Heathens State Hospital grounds. The lakes lack proper bottom sealing, despite years of appeals for a few thousand dollars to cover the bottom with clay or concrete, but lawmakers in Columbus keep cutting appropriations.
Arthur Brisbane notes election and golf day as a reminder of civic focus. He cites an Oregon case alleging Bolshevik plots to spread germs and mocks the notion of mental fitness amid such fear. Will Rogers weighs in on Navajo oil wealth and Indian oil funds used for a bridge and canyon dam.
Rogers argues wealth harms both Indians and whites, saying oil money would tempt Indians to spend and return worse off, while a simple life brings greater happiness for both groups. He frames the greatest good for the greatest number as the guiding standard.
Percy Rockefeller fronts promo ters for a Caribbean airship service with aims to extend to South America. Wall Street men see fliers as safer than sugar era travel. Hoover backs a plan to boost commercial flying for national air fleet growth.
A Paris-like scene unfolds as fourteen graves in Mexico City's French cemetery mark deaths tied to Calles era opposition. The Yaqui revolt in Sonora collapses with 600 surrendering, and remaining rebels hunted. Trotzky faces disgrace after a Bolshevik procession snub, while U S soldiers head toward Paris on a second fruitless visit to France.
A health column argues that modern taste loss stems from over seasoning and poor eating habits not from cooks. It prescribes a reset: rest from food, water, long walks, and enemas to revive hunger and restore appetite, then notes baby cramps may signal spinal irritation and lists iodine rich foods. It also critiques resting heart patients and promotes gentle activity and diet control for heart health.
The writer arrives in New York aboard a ship and describes Manhattan seen through morning mist as a mirage like a Maxfield Parrish scene. He recalls Andre Maurois and notes New York’s beauty from afar before the city’s clamor returns, with immigrant crowds and views of Jersey coast, Staten Island, Coney Island, and the Statue of Liberty.
Senator J McWhorter and Mayor William Hale Thompson are depicted as allies in a mock America First campaign targeting foreign books in the Library of Congress. The spoof suggests confiscating foreign language works and burning history books, joking about political figures and isolationist stances.
A Q and A column explains home versus auto accident death rates with September averages of 51 and 78 per day and cites the National Safety Council. It identifies Marshall Field and Company of Chicago as the world’s largest department store with 1 717 553 square feet of floor space. It answers if a whale is a fish, noting it is a warm blooded mammal that breathes air and likely descended from land animals.
Mrs Frei. Derick Jervis sought a separation alleging her husband played the organ ten to twenty hours daily. The unusual claim centers on his excessive practice and its impact on domestic life.
Safe Relief touts Tonsiline as reliable throat and mouth remedy for children and adults. It claims over thirty years use and physician favor, urging buyers not to substitute and to insist on the long necked bottle with the logo.
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