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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1924
Page
4
The text notes Bray reclaims Edton F. Bush, editor with Chas. H. Harris as managing editor, on all weekday evenings through Saturday, highlighting leadership during the week.
A brief devotional note cites a Bible proverb about sowing and reaping and adds a quip on riches. The lines mix religious reflection with a secular aphorism about wealth.
The text extols Republican gains since taking Congress citing budget cuts and debt reduction under Wilson era conditions. It highlights tariff restoration, war finance support for agriculture, Dawes Plan influence, and defense reductions. It also notes oil industry expansion and persistent gasoline use amid oversupply, while praising scientific energy prospects.
The piece argues that nature follows the path of least resistance including electricity water and mercury. It extends the idea to humans who also seek the easiest route in actions and decisions across daily life encounters.
The text argues that human progress arises from choosing difficult paths rather than ease. It contrasts sleeping on the ground with building from crude huts to modern skyscrapers, asserting that effort yields worthwhile rewards including comfort and maintenance of the home.
The piece argues work advances society while leisure tempts avoidance. It critiques political news for demanding thought yet notes national policy shapes living conditions each four years. It laments lazy reading and urges sustained effort in civic matters.
A survey of 30 American cities shows average tank wagon price under 15 cents per gallon and retail prices that seem absurdly low. The piece notes the era’s shift from fear of dollar gasoline to abundant cheap fuel, reflecting market dynamics and regional pricing.
The article explains how the United States, through the Department of the Interior and its bureaus, distributed public land to settlers. It notes 1.835 billion acres under government ownership since founding, with most land reserved or distributed, and a system of homesteads offering 160 acres, sometimes more for stock raising, plus oil lands leasing rules and low sale prices.
The General Land Office oversees land grants signed by the President with a unique signatory once done by a woman in the office. The Reclamation Bureau uses funds from public land sales and oil royalties to build irrigation, storing 10 900 000 acre feet and opening up to 2 990 000 irrigated acres for settlers. Deeds of daring and resourcefulness are noted in this broad land and water program.
A 1924 summary tracks the Uncompahgre irrigation plan in Colorado linking Gunnison water to the Uncompahgre Valley. It recounts daredevil surveys, a six mile tunnel, and the Pension Bureau’s vast but shrinking workload with millions of claims and notable veterans. It notes pensions for 1812 and Mexican War vets, and parallels 20 years of Interior Dept progress including Indian livestock values, crops, and National Park growth.
A heated clash between Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon and John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil drives a nationwide price war. Gasoline prices fall below 14 cents in nine states as oil firms slash costs, with the public bearing the ultimate bill.
A weak year for campaign subscriptions leaves the Virginia Democratic quota at 3 106 000 with a shortfall of 95 900. Senator Borah calls for full accounting of election spending, unnerving major Republican donors. Coolidge funds are scarce, possibly forcing voters to decide without financial backing.
The French Maritime Court prosecutes piracy charges against Max Thaff for stealing 136000 cases of whiskey from a French steamer. Thaff agrees to provide full information on international bootlegging to the United States.
A bone dry nation notes that rooterging deals run at a million dollars daily with financing from a top Canadian bank. It also reports 140,009 cases of whiskey entering the United States in June as part of the era’s alcohol trade facts.
Chicago and markets saw May wheat rise to about 1.50 a bushel on news of a grain shortage abroad, amid optimistic forecasts. No other major details available from the fragment.
State Welfare Director Harper announced a transfer of between 006 and 309 inmates from the penitentiary to the London prison farm in the coming weeks. The farm’s new dormitory will be usable as soon as beds arrive from Mansfield reformatory.
Excerpt discusses a stance that racial equality must apply only inside Japan with a contrasting view that people recognize equality among themselves but resist extending it to other nations. The passage emphasizes limits on racial policy and territorial consideration.
Twenty five hundred local members of the Woman's Benefit Association of the Maccabees will host the state convention at the Southern Hotel in Columbus in May 1925. Officers and district leaders met at the Southern this week to finalize plans for the event.
Reds first baseman Jake Daubert had an appendicitis operation at Good Samaritan hospital. The procedure was reported successful. He was sent home on the team's fast eastern trip after a suspected pine poisoning incident.
An information bureau offers readers a Q and A service with contact details and a small stamp fee. It states no legal medical or financial advice, no domestic dispute settlement, and requests full name address and two cents for return paste. Replies go directly to the inquirer.
Practical methods describe violet perfume extraction using lard on glass sheets to absorb oils, then melting and dissolving in purified alcohol to yield essential oil. The piece also offers brief answers on success, hydrotherapy, highway safety, straw gas, notifying Washington, patent needs lists, and insanity trends with figures from 1890 to 1924.
The first underground railway in London began in 1853 with a two track line from Dyeware to King's Cross. Lord Curzon placed a memorial lamp burning above Mumtaz Mahal's tomb in the Taj Mahal to honor his late wife, the former Vicerene of India.
Plans for the nineteenth annual convention of the Ohio branch of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers were approved by the state executive board. The event is set for October 15 16 and 17 in Toledo.
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