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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1927
Page
4
A daily reflection cites Ephesians 4 26 urging restraint from wrath and a life focused on forgiveness. It notes life’s first duty is to forgive, attributing the second quote to Lytton.
The piece notes rural life growing more bearable as winter tightens its hold on Hocking hill farmers. It contrasts past hardships with modern improvements like all year roads radio rural mail and reliable food and savings. It highlights ongoing seasonal resilience and differences between farmers and townspeople.
The Athens Messenger notes that a cooking class drew many women seeking to improve home life and social ties. The piece argues that all professions seek better outcomes from cosmetics to education, wages, and sermons, framing improvement as a universal motive.
President Coolidge challenges the idea of being a public servant to every civic group. He walked out of a dinner after his speech and vows to further reduce presidential appearances. In 1926 he spoke at sixteen events. in 1927 the schedule fell to seven organizations, showing his preference for privacy.
The piece cites President Coolidge and Governor Alfred E. Smith urging gratitude for wealth and survival. It extols living with wisdom, thrift, and level heads while acknowledging each person’s brief chance to understand the world and the universe before mortality.
The state high court upholds the jury verdict in the murder case of Mrs Ruth Snyder and her acquaintance Henry Judd Gray. They are condemned to die in the electric chair for the killing of Mr Snyder.
Reporters observe inmates approaching the death chamber by a narrow door with the electric chair nearby. The scene portrays a tense, reflective moment as one or both prisoners contemplate their final steps and whether fear will override thoughts before the current is applied.
The caller condemns a community that calls itself civilized for killing a woman by electricity, using science as a tool for official murder and public degradation. The remark frames the act as a betrayal of civilized values.
A historic claim contrasts science miracles with religious legends noting that in battle Mohammed reportedly cast dust which believers say transformed into angels on horseback aiding victory.
All eastern religions include among their miracles curing of individual lepers. But lep rosy continued to conquer and claim fresh vic tims.
Science announces a future where leprosy ends in a generation due to Chaulmoogra oil. The claim portrays a universal safeguard for leprosy patients and a global victory over the disease.
The excerpt envisions the Metropolitan area within forty miles of New York City hall growing to 100 million people. It predicts daily life with residents commuting by air to a central industrial hub and returning to hillside dwellings, detailing vast urban expansion.
The text argues that cheap power and improved machinery will cut daily work to four hours and the work week to four days for most people, leaving only thinkers exempt. It reflects a historical debate on productivity and labor efficiency with implications for society and industry.
German astronomers discover a new comet and a vast new star in Pisces. Visible only with telescope, the star is so large that a dozen worlds would melt before it, while the comet attracts little public interest.
Europe observes a duel for influence in Russia as Standard Oil of New York leads the fight to secure oil resources while the Great Britain based Dutch Shell seeks control. The outcome will shape who governs Russia’s oil wealth.
Tex Rickard notes neighboring cities of similar size in the United States should consider census results. The message emphasizes coordination with towns near their scale following population data releases.
A historical health column explains asthma causes including diaphragmatic restriction from gas and mucus buildup, and differentiates cardiac and bronchial asthma. It also discusses dietary and activity recommendations, cautions against drugs, and answers reader questions on arsenic, peanut butter, kidney issues, and skin itching with practical home strategies.
Gilbert Iwan notes the rise of home style buffet apartments as key speakeasy venues this winter. Invitations mark entry and cocktails arrive by private delivery while police resources strain from weekend revelry. Actors in Broadway circuits attend professional matinees to gauge peers amid nerves and scrutiny.
A Moscow survey of baby asylums shows most abandoned infants are named after great revolution figures. Newly named Nicolai Lenins Clara Zetkina Red October Trotsky and Revolution Stalins appear as a new generation cared for by the State.
Post Office officials predict two cent letters and parcel post by air could become routine as air mail costs fall. Contractors bid as low as 83 cents per pound. volume rose from 99 000 pounds in May to 146 486 in September with Chicago handling over two tons daily.
A historical exchange notes Jefferson Davis’s hint that states recently separated might unite under the Confederate government. Separate Q and A cover why the volt is named for Volta, why wallpaper peels, and how to clarify bouillon by simmering, skimming fat, adding egg shells, and straining.
Harley K Moler Arthur L Moler and Gilbert McDougal were commissioned as second lieutenants at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Wilcox attended the Presbyterian Synods committee meeting in Columbus. Mrs Ray F E Slaughter and her mother Emma Woodruff returned from a ten days trip visiting California Pennsylvania Pittsburgh and Columbus.
Elijah H. Brown, a longtime respected citizen of Athens county, died at his home near Wingett's Chapel. Dr. H. Harris, city editor, killed a wild turkey on the first day of a hunting trip in Virginia.
A testimonial advertorial touts S S S as a remedy for boils pimples and skin eruptions claiming it clears skin builds red blood cells and increases energy. Mrs J W Barker of Cincinnati endorses its effectiveness and urges weak and run down people to try it.
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