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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1925
Page
4
The fragment cites negotiators, terms, and the difficulty of reaching a clear intelligent agreement with Germany. It notes people will tolerate no other result and urges proceeding carefully with capable negotiators to avoid wrong outcomes.
The article critiques Dr Fosdicke as a heretic amid political and religious controversy. It argues against nationalist war fervor, urging a broader, inclusive patriotism and warning against labeling those who promote peace as unpatriotic.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a clipped local note about a public matter or schedule. Readable names or places are absent or garbled, leaving only partial action hints and an unclear context.
The text notes a surge in the country’s car numbers and calls for government at state and county levels to improve roads and build a subway or highway system to handle traffic.
Fragmentary text references Col Billy Mitchell and aviation policy discussions. Mentions police department, Washington opposition, and a network of coalitions for action. Lacks clear events, dates, or names beyond Mitchell.
A corporate head funds a $5000 contest to answer how business can be improved quickly and surely. Roy MacCardell wins with the idea that constant courtesy in daily public contact drives sales, summarized in the phrase Thank You. The award highlights that brief grace of appreciation can yield significant dividends.
Bayreuth in Bavaria is described as a national monument to Richard Wagner. The Festspielhaus, founded in 1872 and opened in 1876, embodies Wagner's ideal theater for presenting the Ring cycle and Parsifal. Critics debate his merit, but Bayreuth supporters praise the artistry, atmosphere, and the orchestra hidden from view to preserve drama.
The Toronto Ohio Tribune notes a trend in film exports showing Americans struggle to reach the right phone numbers abroad, causing communication confusion and delays. The piece highlights misdialed calls and the impact on international outreach.
In New York a street artist on an elevated platform sketches passengers and hawks his work for two bits. Buyers discover crude, childlike drawings, typical of a penny tablet effort, aimed at panhandling while he pursues schooling.
A young musician seeks mastery on Forty second Street night shift performing amid gutter rats and panhandling claims. Nearby on Hester Street a blind-in-one-eye eyeglass vendor eyes customers, listens to ailments, and selects spectacles to fit their needs.
At Thirty-fourth and Broadway a wrinkled newspaper seller poresto the inside pages while occasional pennies rattle in her cup. She traces stock market reports with a scrawny finger seeking worth in her daily sales and reflecting on her hardship and past speculation.
A young man with long hair and a bow tie enters a 25 cent lodging house carrying a violin case. The shabby shirt and collar frame a scene on the Bowery as observers note his appearance and actions.
For three years the local papers have printed his picture and hailed him as a grand opera figure named Carush. Yet he remains a laundryman and has not made a public appearance according to the records.
In Brooklyn a man known for impeccably pressed clothes and air of affluence engages in paying cash for old garments. James W. Dean is described as dignified and financially selective in his thrift, preferring cash transactions.
August 22, 1654, Jacob Barsimeon lands as the first Jew in what becomes New York City. He marks Rosh HaShana alone the next month while Dutch governor Stuyvesant opposed Jews. The West India Company blocked expulsion, while later land plans by Rockefeller and others circulated for affordable union housing. Metropolitan Life notes strong profits and long waiting lists.
President Coolidge selects Dwight W. Morrow to head the Aircraft Board. The banker-turned aviation supporter brings industry contact, production insight, and knowledge of small flying machine firms to boost U S military and commercial aircraft output.
The notice notes improved construction methods lowering costs for homes. It mentions financier John D. Rockefeller in the context of housing effort, with emphasis on progress and potential affordability.
The author asks who will solve mass housing like Ford did for cars and Rockefellers for oil. The vision includes 20000 apartments on city outskirts with quick transport, theater, market, pools, playgrounds, and other amenities, and suggests the name of the innovator will be remembered.
An American filer reports Moorish sharpshooters have shot twenty airplane pilots out of their machines. He says one Moorish nest could have mowed down a thousand French fighters on the ground in half an hour. Riffians reportedly shot twenty French airmen in months of fighting, implying air operations as the key. He then questions how many thousands of Riffians those twenty French airmen had bombed and destroyed before sharpshooters acted.
Lady Cynthia Moseley, daughter of the late Marquis Curzon, joins the British Socialist Labor party to run for Parliament on Labor's ticket. The move links Leiter’s fortune, once allied to Curzon marriage, to funding socialism and the British Labor party, prompting thoughts on what Leiter would think.
A plain father explains that radio is in its infancy and shares his observations from East Liverpool Ohio where the phenomenon of radio howling has been found not by a scientist but by a layperson.
The Baruch plan to remove profits from war is not new. The Youngstown Vindicator notes that many American patriots previously sought to profit from the last war and oppose such gains.
A daily poem from HAL COCHRAN reflects on a mother’s guidance shaping a child as she grows toward her teens. The piece suggests surprising awareness may come from kindness and warns that early lessons can build or harm the daughter’s common sense and future behavior.
Bob Junior appears set to win the Republican senatorial primary in Wisconsin. He inherited control of the family political machine after his father's death and has long contributed to managing the campaign. His experience and name prestige shape the race and future Senate prospects.
The piece notes young Bob's likely election as a foregone conclusion and casts doubt on Senator Lenroot's renomination next year. Lenroot won postwar by leveraging La Follette's weakened influence, but 1926 presents a different climate with potential White House support unlikely to reverse a tough outcome.
The text contrasts young Bob with his father, noting he resembles his mother more than his father. It suggests Bob is dramatic in makeup but not the father’s equal as an orator, yet extremely wise in counsel, thoroughly informed on public questions, and an indefatigable worker.
A fragment notes that he will be a major nuisance to Senate regulation when the body reconvenes, akin to his father’s behavior in prior sessions.
A historical overview explains how early peoples blamed demons for epidemics and how modern science shows vaccines, vectors, and sanitation prevent diseases. It notes smallpox vaccination, plague transmission by rats and fleas, yellow fever via mosquitoes, and typhus spread by contact while urging calm and cleanliness in outbreaks.
The Newark Ohio American notes a plan to widen and lower fenders on the mile over to protect wheels when they strike pedestrians. The idea aims to reduce damage and improve safety for foot traffic near the roadway.
A Cincinnati Times-Star aphorism states there are two hard to convince groups to yield their will men and women.
Mansfield Ohio Journal quotes a humorous reader letter arguing that the law does not forbid placing a kick in a football game. The remark playful but framed as a legal quip about sports and rules.
The Bureau of Fisheries notes the largest haul seine used in shad and herring fisheries is 1800 yards long and 20 feet wide in North Carolina. The Q&A also covers Arabic numerals origin and Uranus visibility, a powerful searchlight in Oakland, Hopi snake handling, and unclaimed money from the Dead Letters division turned to the Treasury.
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