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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1927
Page
4
A quoted reflection warns that the love of money is the root of all evil and that treating money as a god will bring ruin, attributed to I Tim 6 10 and Fielding.
A Pennsylvania college football team demoted its head coach and refused to play in protest. The piece laments the loss of die for old Siwash spirit and disciplining influence, criticizing the players for making their own rules and betraying loyalty to alma mater.
Ruth Ider of America and Lillie Dillenz of Austria called on the town of Horta in Fayal during a layover in the Azores. They were hosted for a dinner before continuing to Lisbon and onward to America, illustrating a rare moment of female travelers roaming the seas.
The Cleanliness Institute of New York plans to spend half a million dollars in the coming year to educate the public on keeping clean. The effort aims to reduce colds by promoting soap use and hygiene practices, backed by the Association of American Soap and Glycerine Producers.
A piece extols hygiene with hands, air, exercise, and soap. It urges cleansing inside and out for health, longevity, and vitality, emphasizing fresh air, purging thoughts, and exterior cleanliness.
In Washington of October 25 a lively snapshot shows senators Borah and Pomerene, Treasury official Lowman, Vice President Dawes, former President Taft, and President Coolidge, plus Mrs Coolidge, mingling with the public on streets and buses.
The dialogue voice argues women as inventors, compares Edison to his mother, and reflects on aging, progress, and future lab creations. It cites Nancy Hanks and Lincoln, quotes G C Wise on America, and suggests solutions like shorter workdays and new jobs amid industrial change.
Edwin J. Clapp cites 2000 plants and 8 million workers showing July earnings 114 percent above 1914 while living costs rose 62 percent. He argues Americans gain 10 billion annually over living costs as a general sign of strength, despite social ills. He cautions Chicago against burning books over British propaganda and King George influence.
A historian notes how early religious actions led to the destruction of Greek texts. They burned libraries deeming books either consistent with scripture unnecessary or blasphemous, choosing to erase knowledge rather than risk disagreement.
A magazine excerpt critiques a lab claim that aging can be reversed via starvation in worms, while warning readers about dubious health theories. It emphasizes that periodic fasting can aid growth in undernourished children and offers cautious dietary guidance for weight loss and milk consumption.
A jumble of Paris observations surveys hotel life, concierges, and social climbers as Americans abroad navigate menus divas and divorcés on credit. The piece lampoons cafes, taxis, and hotel gates while noting a cultural clash and humorous mispronunciations.
The article discusses whether fish drink water, noting fish do not consciously drink but ingest water with food. It also explores biblical Mt. Sinai and Mt. Horeb, identifying debated precise locations on the Sinai Peninsula projecting into the Red Sea between Suez and Aqaba, with the southern part described.
Historians differ on whether Jebel Musa and Jebel as Mir are Sinai Horeb or two separate peaks or a single peak with different names. AQ asks why the pound is abbreviated as lb, explaining it from libra. Christopher Columbus is Genoese and Italian, with most biographers deeming him Gentile, despite some writers claiming Jewish ancestry.
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