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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1927
Page
13
Albert Payson Terhune argues today’s parents must become comrades to grown children to gain happiness and value from their bonds. He notes shifts from a slower past to a faster world, urging dated authority be replaced by mutual respect and friendship between generations.
Imperial business leaders backed a venture claiming a geyser will yield hundreds of barrels daily after L. F. Heseman, famed for his sickly plea, asserted his stomach tests foretold oil beneath a site. Clues, storms, and skeptics surrounded his dramatic, illness tied pursuit as improvised tests spanned the Canadian Rockies and local towns.
Special Messenger writer Dan Thomas recaps Marceline Day rising from bathing beauty to dramatic starlet with talks of a First National contract as sister Alice shifts from comedy to serious acting. Marceline, aided by mother Mrs Day, has become a top box office draw after work with John Barrymore in The Beloved Rogue and upcoming The Hypnotist with Lon Chaney.
Acoma, among New Mexico pueblos, sits atop a 359 foot rock mesa long pre dating Augustine's era. The town preserves ancient defenses and two streets of stone homes reached by ladders. Water comes from rain in rock depressions, with hauling from the valley when needed.
Kansas City man Dr Walter L Weston runs a manufacturing firm with 186 employees and $1 million in annual volume while serving as a licensed physician and a spiritual guide to 290 Sunday worshippers. He presides at marriages and manages daily duties with little downtime.
ATLAND Sept 17 The Pioneer society met at R Pomeroy and released a letter by Charles Matthews revealing Rutland township’s early roots. Livingston Smith, born in Bennington Vermont about 1797, became a central figure after his family migrated with Higley and Case. The piece chronicles their westward trek from 1801, the deaths of Noah Smith and John Case, Higley’s relocation to Marietta, and the 1820 Rutland list naming 105 families supporting the town’s settler generation.
London September 17. A Sparratt Brown principal of Rusk college Oxford university told his class there are no hopeless duds in the world. He qualified his claim by noting there are conditions and limits to effort and achievement.
The Rev John A Ryan argues humans possess souls and cannot be treated as animals in social work. He condemns eugenics driven by materialism, warning that neglecting the sacred element undermines social integrity and humane practice. He criticizes researchers who view people as mere cases.
At North Island Naval Air Station San Diego two air service men known as the Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig of Parachute Jumping share feats. Sergt Archie Atherton has made 36 parachute jumps from airplanes while Chief Petty Officer BM Diedson has jumped 34 times. They race to the ground from high planes in a spectacular sport. Atherton writes for The Messenger and NEA on parachute jumping giving details of leaping from a mile up and what the sport feels like.
Sergeant Archie Atherton, famed Marine parachute jumper, describes thrilling jumps, parachute operation, and tactics. He compares Dodson and himself to Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, explains chute deployment, drift, and landing advice, and notes safety and maintenance are crucial for reliable use.
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