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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1924
Page
3
A short devotional piece presents Luke 15 6 verse about finding a lost sheep and a Marguerite de Valois quip about joy and emptiness. The lines invite reflection on gratitude and inner fulfillment.
Word from Chicago says the Leopold hearing will cost the community no less than 600 000 dollars. The piece argues crimes are costly to taxpayers, touching every citizen regardless of crime size, and that the public must demand stronger civilization to bear the price.
Prices for woolen goods in the spring market run about ten percent below last year and modestly under six months ago despite high raw wool costs. Businessmen see gloom for suppliers but relief for consumers as prices stabilize and demand strengthens.
The article forecasts a stable business path with gradual growth, noting some price adjustments are likely and wages may need readjustment unless productivity rises in high-wage industries. It envisions a long period of steady activity at fair wages and profits, avoiding extremes of boom or slump.
A famed dance instructor touts exercise as a universal aid for weight balance. A three week course saw pupils lose 21 pounds and gain 23 pounds, showing exercise aids digestion and fat adjustment. Any moderate activity or labor can suffice for health and muscle growth.
The state convention of blind delegates urged sighted people to treat the blind as equal and capable, seeking normal consideration and opportunities for economic independence. Their message emphasizes dignity over sympathy, with diverse delegates including stenos, musicians, mechanics, and merchants.
A federal survey by Karl H. Clapp and Charles W. Boyce warns the United States nears a pulp wood shortage as imports stagnate while domestic demand climbs. It urges expanding publicly owned forests, intensified forestry, fire and pest protection, and improved timber data to boost domestic pulp wood growth and reduce reliance on imports.
The Athens Messenger advertises an Information Bureau by Frederica J. Haskin in Washington DC offering answers to questions. It states limits on advice areas and asks for a written question full name address and two cents in stamps for return postage.
A compilation of brief Q and A items covers topics from Allegheny National Forest maps and Algiers Hospital capacity to Elinor Glyn's husband and comparisons of Central Park with Rock Creek Park. It also includes notes on dates grown in the United States and the Suffolk Resolves of 1774.
The page surveys global unrest with civil wars in China and revolts in Georgia and Azerbaijan while Western powers guard Pekin. It cites speculative U.S. politics with La Follette and Coolidge, notes oils and battles around Batum, and mentions a sensational Paris collection issue and a court case involving Miss Bessie Burne and George Pfister Jr.
In Herrin Illinois Sheriff George Galligan faces accusation from the Ministers' Association that he incited killings of visiting Klansmen. Clergy demand his resignation while the sheriff calls clergymen Ku Kluxers. President Coolidge remains silent amid the dispute.
The Robinson-Johnson reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lafe Anderson near Albany on Sunday. More than one hundred members and friends gathered from distant areas, sharing a noon basket dinner and an afternoon of social time and games with many relatives listed among attendees.
An old health claim advertises 666 as a universal remedy for colds grippe dengue fever constipation bilious headaches and malaria fever.
Massillon health records show 53 births and 13 deaths in July. Contagious disease reports totaled 13, with eleven cases of measles among them.
Chicago plans free evening elementary and high schools with 70000 pupils expected to enroll for the Fall term starting September 15. Morgan G. Hoggs, assistant superintendent, announced the anticipated turnout after 62000 enrolled last year.
M B Runkle of Los Angeles, holder of the world’s greatest stills collection, houses over 300 items used for liquor production including garbage cans, wash boilers, gasoline tanks, bath-water tanks, steam cookers, tea kettles, milk cans, oil containers, tobacco cans, ash cans, washing tubs and tin bathtubs. Power output of some stations is expected to reach high at 10,000 watts in the near future.
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