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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1924
Page
4
A museum expert studies a parasitic fly found on a moth that itself infests a pine tree. If the moth is destructive and the fly preys on useful insects too, government action may be needed. The Nebraska specimen could become museum material and a possible addition to Uncle Sam’s insect holdings.
A compact reflection notes two maxims: many who are first will become last and honesty remains the best policy. It pairs Matt 19 30 with a Cervantes quotation.
The piece laments the Prince of Wales cannot enjoy true wilderness due to royal constraints and public intrusiveness. It contemplates future possibilities of travel to the moon, noting rapid aircraft advances could someday bridge earth to lunar journeys in weeks.
A speculative piece notes at 100 miles per hour a Mars voyage would take about 40 years, while 1000 miles per hour would cut it to four years but impractical due to overheating and fuel limits. It suggests electrical power as a potential alternative.
The piece argues the flying machine is mankind’s greatest invention, on a grand scale, comparable to X ray and radio. It predicts ownership of personal airplanes will arrive sooner than expected, with safety in mind.
Surety and burglary insurers report losses from burglary and embezzlement rising from 1923 to 1928. Embezzlement losses grew about 400 percent and burglary about 700 percent, reflecting a broader craze for quick money postwar. The piece links these gains to wartime societal changes and moral shifts.
A discussion on the minuscule energy called fly-power. A fly walking energy in a New York to San Francisco radio loop could power the set for 85 years with amplification. The piece extols radio and natural forces as astonishing and almost incredible.
The National Museum preserves a vast fly collection of over 250 000 specimens, many unnamed or undescribed, with wide variety from around the world and nearby Washington. Dr. T M Aldrich leads the entomology division while the collection grows from major additions like 44 000 flies from his own stock.
The Republican Publicity Association led by Jonathan Bourne Jr criticizes the 1913-1922 Democratic tariff as a poor revenue producer. It argues Underwood’s revenue-only, competitive theory failed, citing five-year import and revenue figures and claiming the Republican policy would have yielded higher revenue with similar import growth. The piece notes ongoing arguments into 1919 and 1920.
Readers can mail questions to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau Frederic J Haskin director Washington DC for factual information responses only provide full name and address include two cents postage return. Replies go directly to the inquirer.
The Bureau of Standards says moths will eat woolen cloth even when clean, but stains invite earlier damage. About 135,000 passports issued to Europeans this year, including amendments.
The text recalls the completion of a global flight by six young Americans tied to a presidential campaign era. It notes mankind’s achievement of a flying machine as central to national history, suggests birds did it earlier, and advocates for a robust flying machine defense for the nation.
Mr. Grenville Winthrop, described as a wealthy retired banker and aristocrat, is under care of two doctors as his daughters elope with a chauffeur and a young electrician. The piece notes the shock to a rich family and spins it as caution for keeping daughters secluded, while oddly comforted by the idea the family gains new lineage through the lovers.
After a burst of grief the father may study William the Conqueror and Leonardo da Vinci. Details note his mother washed a brook, the Duke of Normandy married her, and Leonardo’s mother was a peasant girl who did not marry his father. One painting could fetch two million dollars today.
Will Hays, former Postmaster General and Harding campaign manager now guiding the moving picture world, spoke on politics yesterday to Lady Diana Manners and Mrs. W R Hearst. He said that if he ever bet he would wager "anything."
The column previews potential Coolidge election outcomes and cites Judge Caverly detailing Chicago murderers’ fate. It recalls Loeb with a girl’s remark, and records social news from a Lakewood event with attendees, travels, and a death in Columbus, noting survivors and family.
The passage notes repeated waves of invaders against Peking, with newcomers ruling, luxury waning, and new hordes rising. It reflects on the persistence of conflict toward the “middle kingdom” despite defense like the Great Wall and early flight as humans evolved.
Local residents report many visitors and departures. William Kerns, Kilpatrick, and Sapp went east to Ohio for work. Dolans left for California Pennsylvania. numerous relatives and friends from Murray hosted or visited, including Wilsons Glouster and Powell family Millfield, Evans Millfield, Webb Logan, Bradberry near Cincinnati, Trease Athens, Ballard Logan, Denny Cambridge, Ferguson Akron, Worthman Logan, Smith Massillon, Hoffman Bremen, Keaton with Thandington, Dixon Carbon Hill, Knapp Athens, Weinfordner Glouster, Hutchinson Philo, Swygert Murray, Spencer to Detroit, and a watermelon feast on Straitsville hill.
Vanderhoof and Carson families hosted relatives from Coolville and nearby towns. Visitors from Delaware New Marshfield Athens and Vienna linked to farming, health, and church activities. Carson Boggs bought a car James Murphy works in Pittsburgh and Lenore Wight begins teaching in Glouster.
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