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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1927
Page
4
A brief quotation shows James A. Garfield asserting the right of private judgment for every American citizen and urging nonjudgment. The note cites Matthew 7 1 and reflects a moral instruction in a historical periodical.
The article argues education is an industry in Athens due to university enrollment boosting local trade by about 40 000 weekly and a collegiate year payroll over one and a half million dollars. It notes Athens funded most of the Alumni auditorium and celebrates mutual appreciation between the university and town.
John E. Edgerton of the National Association of Manufacturers compares voting to stock ownership in a so called corporation with no interest. He notes 27 million and 28 million voters stayed away in 1920 and 1924 respectively and only 29 million of 57 million eligible cast ballots in 1924. He cites 51.2 percent turnout versus 49.1 percent in 1920 as an indictment of civic consciousness.
An Nebraska farmer's car stalls on tracks as a train approaches. the engineer stops in time and the crew investigates. The saved driver berates the crew, then a moral riff on human nature follows about blaming others and self reflection, ending with a quip about readers of a newspaper.
The article speculates that when suffrage passes in England women will outvote men by 2,000,000. It notes doubt about how women will vote but expects them to act independently. It also ponders party responses and potential effects on the liquor trade and British distillers.
A forest ranger in Oregon reports sighting a pack of twenty wolves far from their usual range, prompting questions about how they traveled so far from New York. The event raises concerns about wildlife dispersal and habitat connectivity across states.
The Cleveland auditorium hosts the National Machine Tool Builders exposition showcasing industrial ingenuity and the tools powering prosperity. The piece contrasts human tool use with animal adaptations and highlights how man uses outside tools to harness nature and energy.
The National Machine Tool Builders display in Cleveland features 300 carloads of machinery sent from eighty cities by 180 companies. Among the items are guns turning thirteen inch calibers and devices measuring light waves and a million waves per inch.
Three gypsy ladies on Wall Street were fined twenty dollars each and given ten days in the workhouse for pretending to tell fortunes. The piece notes the harsh sentence in a market where many brokers claim tips for small sums and jokes they could have earned honest pay by advising bears instead.
The army will open an air laboratory at Wrightfield near Dayton Ohio on October 12 Secretary of War Davis and the President are praised for plans to boost plant defense and aviation. It calls for new ideas more efficiency and stability in aircraft and engines with encouragement and patient hearing for inventors.
A Virginia barn blaze killed four people and two mules while injuring others, prompting praise for modern lightning rods. The piece notes White House roof restorations include a copper pointed system with earth connections, claiming insurers reward factories that install proper protection and denouncing old cheap rods as dangerous.
A critic argues against the University of Chicago's American translation of the Old Testament. The writer suggests Chicago scholars should study Job and Isaiah repeatedly in the King James Bible to improve understanding, noting a preference for traditional wording.
Dr Hardin a Georgian speaking scholar and president of the American Electrotonic Research association asserts humans are a blend of electrical impulses influenced by electronic energy from the sun and distant stars.
A Jersey couple tied the knot in a lion’s cage drawing awe. The writer notes future weddings in a church will be newsworthy, implying ordinary church nuptials will feel trivial by contrast.
A Idaho campaign plans an automobile license plate carved like a potato to promote its primary product. A question asks which southern state will be first to adopt the cotton bale as a symbol or issue.
A New York judge holds that a defendant can be considered offensively drunk even when not visibly intoxicated, reflecting a legal standard that focuses on conduct and state of mind rather than obvious intoxication.
The piece argues inhaling tobacco smoke harms lungs while mouth drawing causes little harm. It urges quitting if inhaling cannot be avoided and suggests replacing postmeal sweets with a smoke. It notes rising cigarette use among schoolgirls and skeptical results of prohibitions.
In New York the luxury belt along Madison Avenue and near the Ritz Biltmore and Ambassador hotels shows how travel gifts pour in for departing passengers. Florists and gift shops proliferate around piers and hotels as baskets of fruit bouquets and flowers flood ships, while some passengers joke about eating the bounty.
Veterans of the 63 O. V. I. were to hold their twenty third reunion at Amesville. Other items note Hocking mines operating on half time due to car shortages and local social visits. The piece also mentions government steps to end a Pacific coast ship building strike and new employment at McKee drug company. Hazel Wyatt of Trimble visited Mrs Russell.
Washington notes Simon Michelet finds primary votes rising six times faster than general elections across 40 states. In 1920 1926 primaries grew to 13.83 million while overall state votes reached 17.17 million, signaling primaries reshaping candidate selection and diminishing machine control.
A full grown male ostrich stands about eight feet tall and weighs around 300 pounds with a running speed of about 26 miles per hour. Wings aid balance like sails. Navy Hydrographic Office notes typical ship rolls from 25 to 30 degrees in heavy seas and up to 46 to 50 degrees before righting, with calm seas producing only a few degrees. Moon halos are caused by ice particles or cloud mist refracting moonlight.
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