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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1925
Page
4
A brief devotional note cites Isaiah 55 6 urging seek the Lord while near and call upon him. It adds a line attributed to Samuel Dufifeld comparing God’s commandments to an iron door that opens by keeping them.
An editorial urges high voter turnout in a midwest city to ensure good governance. It argues registration reached about sixty percent, praises civic groups and parties for mobilizing voters, and warns that apathy allows unfit officials to be elected. It calls on informed citizens to vote and hold leaders accountable.
Silk and its imitators blur lines between real silk, mercerized cotton, and cellulose silk. The piece notes widespread use of luxurious fabrics across classes, predicting silk stockings as a symbol of commonality. It cites a California senator once seen in pink silk nightwear and contrasts modest workers with opulent transport, suggesting living standards outpace Aladdin’s dreams.
A Supreme Court ruling favors the anti liquor movement, signaling a win for those backing strict enforcement and the fight against unlawful search and seizure in prohibition era policy. The decision is framed as a victory for reformists and their law enforcement allies.
The court rebuts dry enforcement abuses and affirms Fourth Amendment protection for homes. It holds that searches without a warrant are unlawful unless a lawful arrest occurs, condemning officer zeal for fees and stressing equal protection for all.
Rabbi A H Silver argues for middle ground between science and religion. He says religion should welcome knowledge from human thought and use it to advance truth and goodness. He asserts religion's focus is human destiny and reforming life, not origin or world formation.
The United States Employees' Compensation Commission handles claims of workers disabled on duty. Eligible cases receive two thirds of pay up to 66.67 monthly plus medical care. Death benefits, family allowances, and funeral costs are outlined, with safeguards against misconduct and late filings. The article cites cases including a hatchery death from lead poisoning and a dramatic survivor ordeal aboard the Bogard vessel.
In New York on October 30 the writer laments the plight of the white collar worker. He notes easy manual labor jobs but stagnant pay for office work and a high cost of living that harms small earners and their families. The commuter in subways and trains appears as the town's most pitiful sight.
A fragment discusses weighing crowds at the Bamberger store in Newark and jokes about elephants and featherbeds illustrating 871 292 pounds. It mentions press agents and Germany’s national film week, arguing the United States will dominate moving pictures due to market understanding.
Dr Hugh S Cumming outlines how infantile paralysis or polio is caused by a germ that enters via the nose and spreads through lymphatic glands. Transmission from diseased or carrier individuals. quarantine recommended for six weeks. onset typically sudden with fever vomiting and convulsions. paralysis earliest and most severe early on.
The writer recalls New York letter carriers in threadbare uniforms and argues government employers do not adjust pay for regional cost differences. He suggests rural carriers contend with harsher conditions while city workers appear better off, reflecting broader pay disparities.
Jazz band leader Roger Wolfe Kahn, son of Otto Kahn, is said to master 18 instruments. He recently received a circular from an Ontario music correspondence school promoting ukulele lessons and party hosting skills.
A Vatican like marvel on a wall in Ionia and a Constantinople birthmark on a baby stir religious talk. Mussulmans invoke signs while Christians watch. In 1925 people find radio a modern wonder. An old farmer warns against baptisms in his pasture after gate openings by Christian visitors.
Bishop Montgomery Brown, expelled by fellow bishops for his beliefs, urged in Chicago that communism cannot arise from human nature. He argued selfishness drives action and that only justice and intelligence could foster a benevolent order, praising no lasting communist reform.
The column contrasts definitions of home by courts on different coasts. It cites an Atlantic view tying residence to washing and voting rights in one place, and a Sacramento ruling centering home on where a Bible and family album are kept. It then asks for mankind’s ultimate home, heaven.
Marian Brazer, jailed for passing bad checks and buying $35,000 in jewelry with the proceeds, escaped from Hackensack jail with a sixteen year old girl, Alice Cedarlind. Brazer left a note to the jailer saying laugh this off.
Yesterday observers called the airplane an amusing but dangerous experiment. In London a Vickers flight carried a luncheon for fifteen, flew into a fifty mile gale, and returned with champagne unspilt. The 16,000 pound machine mirrors national lag in aviation progress.
Cleveland era columns note aging trends as blonde figures dwindle and market dangers rise. Separate item mentions a wedding vow change in Ohio where dropping the word obey alters the brides crossing fingers ritual. A final line references ongoing steel industry coverage.
A reminiscence of childhood days and longing for simpler times. The speaker reflects on youth, growth, and the rougher path of adulthood, expressing a wish to relive carefree moments before responsibilities intensified.
The piece reflects on aging and youth through simple scenes of winter and play. A narrator longs for the days long past as snow falls and children play outside, recalling a derby hat and snowballs. The mood blends nostalgia with light humor on aging.
Washington, Oct 30. Members of the House Ways and Means Committee agreed taxes must be cut as Congress prepares to meet. Key questions center on whether large taxpayers or small filers benefit most and how to pace the national war debt repayment. Secretary Mellon advocates favoring the rich and extending the debt payoff to 62 years, while Democrats resist. Mellon's calm and resolve under questioning stand out as he weighs policy and politics.
The average number of Class 1 railroad employees in 1924 was 1,777,089 with total compensation of 2,866,905,348 dollars. The average yearly pay per employee was 1,613 dollars.
A collection of aphorisms on smoking pipes work money and social folly from Tom Sims. Snippets note open tombs in Ohio pearls and a chorus girl while highlighting US typewriter exports cabinet members from New York and New Hampshire timber production.
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