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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1924
Page
4
A compact excerpt contrasts biblical and Shakespearean views on money. It highlights the rich ruling over the poor and a borrower’s servitude to lenders, noting that borrowing merely prolongs financial decline and cannot cure it.
Emma Goldman, after five years abroad seeking a socialist utopia in Russia, now finds asylum in England. She critiques Soviet leadership, arguing the Bolsheviks betray revolutionary ideals and that true freedom and democracy are necessary for ideals to flourish.
William an De Wall, a Pennsylvania state official, argues that intellectual life has progressed faster than emotional development. He says primitive instincts surface under modern conditions, driving mental disturbances.
The argument links Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde to a view of two natures within every person one intellectual and spiritual the other emotional. It suggests humans descend from brutes with repressed primitive instincts occasionally breaking through and affecting behavior and justice systems.
Mrs. Coolidge is expected to release doves at the christening of the German air cruiser ZR-3, a peaceful gesture by the Navy. The dove symbolizes peace between America and Germany, though the airship remains under naval control.
A Washington feature highlights a National Museum display of White House costumes from Mrs Warren Harding onward, noting plaster figures of presidents and wives, hairdressing, and the evolution of gala dress. It covers garden parties, state receptions, and the Marine Band tradition accompanying national ceremonies.
The article recounts the Marine Band's long history from the St. Louis 1893 exposition to modern radio, notes the White House Gallery's presidential portraits including Washington and Wilson, and contrasts Harding and Coolidge portraits. It highlights Coolidge household routines and the sorrow over Calvin Jr.'s death, mentioning the boy's wish to sleep in Lincoln's bed.
In Chicago yesterday eS Straus unveiled a 32 story building project on Michigan Avenue costing 15 000 600 dollars aimed at creating a new financial center. The plan pools scattered capital to fund large scale housing and commercial construction as a solution to wartime housing shortages.
The firm claims hundreds of millions in investments and tens of thousands of jobs for mechanics. W. Straus proudly notes that over forty years of continuous business no investor has ever lost a dollar through the company.
Chicago ministers condemn the ten thousand dollar coffin and costly flowers for Dion O Bannon a noted murderer. they warn such honors set a bad example for youths and future civilized society amid criticism of any Napoleon death pageant.
John J. Chapman of New York protests to William Lawrence, Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts, over the election of Roman Catholic James Byrne as a fellow, challenging church governance and interfaith norms.
Mr Chapman asserts that Roman Catholics are attempting to control American education. He frames the issue as a challenge to Protestant institutions and accuses Catholics of broad influence over schools and curricula.
Mr. Chapman notes that ancient universities often emerged from the Roman Catholic church and suggests Harvard may endure even as a Roman Catholic is elected one of its seven fellows. This marks the first time a Catholic has been chosen to sit among Harvard's seven fellows.
A New York woman was convicted after authorities found she burned her nine year old stepdaughter's fingers with a hot object for taking a five cent piece. The child was seen at school crying over the injuries as the case drew attention to violent abuse within a family.
The Government arranges fuel supply for Shenandoah and future dirigibles in mid ocean. Admiral Moffett envisions a bridle device to lower a pipe to ship decks and suck up gasoline. Future airships may be much larger and capable of round the world travel using wireless power.
Two educated young women appear central to a fragmentary report on a crime or social event. The readable text hints at a discussion of their involvement but lacks full details, names, places, or dates to confirm the case or outcome.
A descriptive note states that about fifty thousand square miles are devoted to wheat in India, highlighting the extensive cultivation and agricultural scale in the region.
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