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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1927
Page
4
A reflective note quotes Romans 12 16 urging humility and warns that people overestimate their virtues while underappreciating their true flaws. The excerpt also cites Voiture on vanity linked to perceived qualities rather than real ones.
The article argues forests act as nature’s sponge by absorbing and delaying water from rainfall. It cites about 225 million acres of logged land as wasted flood control potential and calls for forest preservation and land acquisition, especially in the Appalachians, to mitigate Mississippi floods.
Rear Admiral Thomas F. Magruder argues in a Saturday Evening Post piece that the Navy remains overorganized and wasteful, with demobilization incomplete, unnecessary yards, and ships kept in service at high costs. His critique pleases taxpayers seeking accountability.
An Ohio wife testified her husband gave her only 50 dollars in 35 years of marriage prompting a divorce case. The remark mirrors a wider sense of restlessness among women noted in the era.
A Russian report claims farmers lynch dandies accused of horse theft in the United States. The remark is echoed in a dialogue noting sensational broad judgments across nations.
A man chewed 412 sticks of gum in what locals describe as a peculiar stunt at an ice cream parlor. Police filed no charges as the act drew curiosity rather than harm and the gum remains the centerpiece of the odd tale.
California merchants grasp advertising as vital to business with a strong Los Angeles market reach. The Los Angeles Sunday Examiner prints a 12 page two color section for Walker's Los Angeles department store, while George Young reports a Sunday circulation of 445000 beyond Gallup, New Mexico.
In a western setting oil is discussed as a future concern. Some stock owners warn of dwindling supply while oil furnace makers publish pamphlets promising oil for 1,000 years, highlighting competing views on energy longevity and exploitation.
The speaker claims vast oil beneath the land with lakes of oil under lakes, urging drilling plans. Oil shale could yield oil at 125 a barrel and various regional shales show billions of barrels, notably Colorado with 80 billion and Kentucky with 50 billion barrels.
The passage contrasts forecasts of oil scarcity versus abundance, noting that past oil reserves would now last shorter due to higher consumption. It cites 1923 overproduction as the old norm and 1927 as new normal, and records a British shift where oil burning ships exceeded coal for the first time, signaling industry anxiety for coal miners and oil investors alike.
The piece predicts vast growth in tractors flying machines gas engines and oil burning ships and locomotives fueled by oil and gasoline. It argues future gains depend on a gas engine that uses ninety percent of gasoline power rather than the current fifteen percent.
A Denver Post one day report notes Colorado sent to market many steers sheep and hogs with no horses. It also records thousands of automobiles shipped in and out. The piece humorously imagines settlers reacting to such shifts and observes cowboys using light cars to round up cattle.
Dr. Von Schrenck Notzing of Munich reports at the International Congress in Paris that a Spiritualist rose in air thirty five times during June, July and August, remaining four feet above the floor in a horizontal pose with no supports.
A British zoologist suggests jellyfish possess a quirky instinct influenced by observed dancing behavior. The claim humorously implies the professor was spying on a dance.
Movie operators in Chicago went on strike forcing theater closures. The remark about defying a king hints at political tension linked to Mayor Thompson’s actions.
Dr Frank McCoy answers health questions via the Athens Messenger. The piece extols grape fasting during peak season and discusses Vinifera and native American grapes, their uses, and the profitability of wine grapes under prohibition. It warns grapes are a real food and should be eaten alone or as an exclusive diet, especially for kidney or gout issues.
A traveling correspondent laments fashion labeling as increasingly Paris and New York driven noting wax models in Paris with La mode a New York and calling out the global fashion circus. The writer wanders Paris at five o clock observing diverse crowds from Turks to expatriates and tourists before concluding with a sense of astonishment at the city.
Answers discuss if the cough germ can spread via a book and suggests sterilizing the book. They also list top protein foods including beef, mutton, chicken, turkey, fish, eggs, cheese, gelatin, frog legs and turtle meat. The third letter describes “athlectic heart” with swollen legs when standing and seeks guidance.
Rodney P. Pucht er reports that Dwight Morrow's selection as ambassador to Mexico signals a shift to conservative intelligence in policy. The move pleases the Mexican government but alarms State Department oil interests. it centers on safeguarding foreign bond holders and Mexico’s debt payments while balancing Mexican prosperity with investor needs.
A Miner's Wife from Athens Ohio writes about heart trouble notes cure depends on examination with literature offered. She questions fairness of wage and coal pricing between union and non union miners and mentions honesty among miners and others in the daily Messenger.
Old fashioned garden blooms include larkspur iris hollyhock phlox peony columbine spiraea poppy evening primrose rocket lupine foxglove anemone bluebell pink mignonette bleeding heart verbena candy tuft tiger lily and lily of the valley. Library of Congress in 1926 held 3 420 345 books and pamphlets 985 890 maps 1 007 007 music pieces and 4558 132 prints. Cranberries are mainly from Cape Cod Massachusetts Pine Barrens New Jersey and central northern Wisconsin with smaller crops near Columbia River Long Island and scattered in several states.
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