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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1927
Page
4
A devotional note cites John 4 1 urging calm and faith amid fear. It blends a Henry Ward Beecher line about worry with a brief reflection suitable for daily guidance and comfort.
A weather writer reflects on forecasting in the Hocking valley noting variable winds caused by the hills. He describes how forecasts from Columbus may miss local gusts and how air currents shift, sometimes sparing residents from severe conditions. The piece cites a century old wind observation and urges balanced expectations.
Farm barns and outbuildings in this section are often unpainted while motorists from northern Ohio note the lack of paint. Attendants and hotel men say farmers fear high prices for hired painters and argue that self application can be learned. Painted structures improve the property and draw favorable comment in Southeastern Ohio.
A Coolidge-Whittle note says he will return to Vermont after his term and spend a year or two in quiet reflection. He explains whittling offers time alone with thoughts to review life, career, and the meaning of it all. Simplicity follows solitude after a leading national role.
Local college community braces for new term as students resume studies and campus life. Administrators emphasize safety, academics, and engagement as the fall semester begins.
Arthur Brisbane explains the Leonid meteor stream crossing Earth with meteors speeding toward the planet. He notes millions of meteors entering the atmosphere and forming shooting stars, with vast numbers observed in past events and the atmospheric role in protecting life.
Stocks were cheerful yesterday with big steel leading gains, General Motors rising, and a rumored image of Henry Ford's new car not unsettling Wall Street. Dry goods and chain store stocks also advanced.
Isaac Gimbel of Gimbel Brothers asserts American firms operate across 48 states with uniform money, laws, and credit. He compares American reach to Paris Bon Marche in Cairo and British houses in Cairo, noting vast differences in law, currency, and revolutions. He praises the consistency of the U.S. market and urges gratitude.
The ten most important agricultural crops in the country show an indicate value of eight thousand million dollars, five hundred million above a recent estimate, according to Mr. Garrett who knows.
Lindbergh Ruth Elder Chamberlin Levine Byrd Haldeman attended a White House luncheon on Monday, illustrating President Coolidge's interest in aviation. The piece notes Lindbergh flew from New York to the event and urges Congress to share the aviation enthusiasm more.
Edward P. Warner warns the canal’s air defenses are hopelessly inadequate while noting a record revenue of 18,131,119 dollars last year, a statistic that could attract government attention.
Chicago planned an arts ball centerpiece featuring a Godiva sculpture on a white horse as the Pieces de Resistance. The plan drew on legends of Lady Godiva framed by a long hair costume, with Mayor William Thompson steering support as the city explored multiple Godivas rather than a single figure.
Admiral Eberle and Secretary Wilbur advocate a law to ban pilots from taking dangerous risks. The proposal hints at extending similar protections to sailors iron workers and pedestrians in the future.
A New York column surveys evolving slang from Broadway show world and the underworld, noting terms like goulash misinfo and keyster slang. It discusses public signs at Madison Square Garden, Eddie Cantor’s fame, and a breakdown of wartime spending and debt trends through 1920s.
Dr. A. S. Thompson organized a twenty one member military cadet band at the College of Music, Ohio University. Dean Irma E. Voigt addressed army Y M C A work at a Chamber luncheon. In the trench raid, three Americans were killed, eleven wounded and eleven missing in the first German assault.
General and Mrs Grosvenor of this city attended the wedding of the daughter of Senator and Mrs Root and the grandson of General Grant in Washington. Fred Crow, former Ohio University student, was appointed referee in bankruptcy by Judge John E H Rater of the U S district court at Columbus.
Hon. J. P. Wood, chairman of the American dyes and director of the Spanish War Claims Commission, returned from Washington after attending a meeting of the body.
The Armistice Day discussion notes the high price of war with the federal budget showing 1927 receipts at 4.13 billion dollars and a defense burden exceeding three billion. Projections for 1928 promise little change as the deficit remains linked to war debts and preparedness.
Answers discuss sunlight as a therapeutic influence and life sustaining energy for living beings. Other items note low recovery rates for baseball foul balls, early spring color trends with grey and beige, Lake Placid’s elevation at 1864 feet, and the origin of the nickname Ladies from Hell for Highland regiments due to kilts and combat prowess.
Police asked to post a guard around the home of Alexander Schreiber 38 in Cleveland area as Herbert Meisterknecht 43 inventor and former Cleveland er was slain last night in his Highlands shop. Schreiber is sought for questioning.
A receiver was named for John J. McCrehen after Judge John R. King granted the action. Simeon Nachman was ordered to take over the affairs of the owner, at the request of a local lumber company, with building number 35 valued at 1346 dollars.
In Gallipolis Merrill Briggs, age five, is in Holzer hospital with four broken legs after a football game at Cheshire against the Mercer sville team. In Dayton the Westminster choir plans a 1929 Europe tour, manager Martin Hanson says. booking followed a Hague contact after a Washington performance.
William D Day of Salt Lake City told local teachers that dancing should hold an important place in public school physical education programs. Day, once of Dayton and connected with the YMCA here seven years ago, spoke during the address.
Advisability of opening public schools a half hour later in the mornings will be discussed at a upcoming board of education meeting in Dayton.
An advertisement urges readers to try VINCO a safe herbal remedy for chronic constipation. It claims no side effects unlike salts calomel or harsh physics and promises a 25 cent box from a druggist with plain box labeling and a one day to feel better claim.
Buckey Trust highlights 324 years of service and a customer base over 78,000 with resources exceeding 37.5 million. It promotes 5 percent Certificates of Deposit for various amounts, paid semi annually or compounded, and invites Columbus visits or mail transactions. Reserve and surplus stand at 1.7 million with 5.4 million in bonds and insurance.
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