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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1927
Page
4
Critics of New Russia face harsh lessons from history
The piece argues socialistic and radical calls for public ownership fail in practice, citing Soviet autocracy and limited freedoms. It contrasts Lenin and Emma Goldman with the perceived laziness of public ownership advocates and warns against repeating wartime railroad and utility controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
America
Lenin
Emma Goldman
England
United States
Miss Goldman
Teaching Alsatians German and French in new schools
The French authorities plan a bilingual Alsace education system. French will be the main language in public schools with German taught from the second year and optional German catechism. The approach contrasts with prior German policy and aims to fit frontier needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alsace
France
Germany
Hoover on Insurance Solicitation Also
Erbert Hoover argues the need for insurance sales by agents, noting fire insurance exceptions and comparing death and liability risks. He criticizes the habit of avoiding insurance sellers as groundless and foolish and observes widespread jokes about insurance salesmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erbert Hoover
Mor quickens as Joker dies leaving penniless kin
The piece argues that rapid public reaction to the Joker’s death or ruin will push people to support efforts that safeguard their own safety and benefits. It predicts more individuals will seek aid from insurance dealers rather than shun them in their own offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mor
Joker
Scientist Voronoff Proposes Monkey Gland Experiments
The article notes Voronoff’s aim to use animal glands on talented youths to create a race of supermen. It argues such a plan conflicts with nature and would threaten social balance, asserting that humanity should not advance a select few ahead of others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voronoff
Nietzsche
Earth
Fire Prevention Week Urges Care to Cut Losses
Fire prevention week highlights that fires destroy over 500 million in property annually. Carelessness with matches cigarettes and faulty wiring cause more than 300 million in losses, funds that could underwrite national building, power, irrigation, canals, and flood control projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Laws to curb incendiarism and careless landlords
The speaker argues for life imprisonment without credit for good behavior for incendiarism. They urge insurers to cover full value yet neglect fire precautions should lead to automatic insurance cancellation for three to five years by paid officials. This would reduce tenement fires and force landlords to reform.
Premier Baldwin Says Britain and America Will Never Fight
Baldwin states Britain and America will not engage in war. They may disagree but will resolve differences like friends and gentlemen. He warns any conflict would be a grave mistake, set the world back centuries, and ruin both nations financially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Britain
America
Great Industry Research Spurs Oil Firm Advances
The piece notes that successful industries pursue better methods beyond large output. It highlights Standard Oil investing heavily in research with no immediate profit, spending more yearly than John D. Rockefeller was deemed to be very wealthy at an earlier time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
Rockefeller
Steel tube works fights erosion and rust with research
The United States Steel tube works department studies methods to protect iron from rust and chemical decay underground. It spends millions renewing pipelines for major oil companies each year and seeks a copper like protective solution to save the nation from debt in twenty years. Rubber also degrades as oxygen reduces elasticity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tube Works Department
United States Steel
Antioxidant Discovery Aims to Lengthen Rubber Life
Chemists report a chemical discovery, an antioxidant that could extend the life of rubber in tires, balloons, and footwear. A small addition of a negative catalyst substance reportedly yields lasting improvements, promising big savings. The era marks rapid growth in chemical knowledge across decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Nervousness and Eye Strain Link to Health Habits
The article explains the nervous system, how irritation affects cells and bodily functions, and that many health issues stem from mental or physical irritation. It urges identifying personal causes of nervousness, correcting eating and work habits, and replacing negative thoughts with constructive ones for better health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
Health Quiz and Household Advice Answers
Readers seek causes and cures for nail biting thirst at meals and tongue burning. Advice cites nervous habits diet and weight. Suggestions include alum water nibbling habit discouragement weight loss diet and reducing stomach acidity to ease tongue burning.
Verdun Journey Ten Years On War Memorial Tour
A New York by the Way piece recalls a postwar auto tour across the Verdun region and former battlefields. Veterans and travelers pause at grave crosses from Meaux Belleau Wood Dormans to Verdun, reflecting on war’s memory and the unseen German dead nearby.
President learns royal manners in a Fox theater viewing
Washington headlined tale notes President Coolidge watched a vaudeville and full feature at the Fox theater in the National Press Club building. The satire follows a European prince, an American capitalist, and a staged romance used to secure a loan. The president stays through the film gaining an education in how royalty behaves and how finance influences monarchies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Queen Marie
Fox Theater
National Press Club
J. P. Morgan
President Coolidge
White House
Fragmentary reminiscence of war memories in bar setting
A reflective, unnamed narrator recalls pockmarked hillsides and regiments of white crosses, seeking a moment of silence over beer. The fragment hints at emotional distress and lingering questions as the writer continues to reflect.
Quickest nine inning game in major league baseball
A brief look at baseball records notes the fastest nine inning game occurred in New York on September 28, 1919, lasting 51 minutes with a 6 to 1 score for New York over Philadelphia. It also mentions the Chicago Iroquois theater site and the Masonic Temple, Liberia’s area of 48 000 square miles, and rubber production figures from 1905 to 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Masonic Bodies of
Chicago
Masonic Temple
Liberia
IL. Ss
Religious reform urged to break from Bible as word of God
Reverend Hillary G. Richardson of New York told the Unitarian Surrey School Society that religion cannot advance until it makes a clean break with the idea that the Bible is the word of God, speaking at the convention in Washington on October 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Washington
Hilary. G. Richardson
Your Vs
N. Y
Unitarian Surrey School Society
Gallipolis Water Condemned By Railroad Order
Gallipolis water condemned by the Hocking Valley railroad which ordered no railroad employee to drink local water. Two new wells were sunk recently to improve supply. State health board reportedly condemned the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Hocking Valley Railroad
State Board of Health
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