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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1927
Page
4
A housewife’s overheard remark in Athens highlights the garbage problem as summer approaches. Residents report missed pickups, forcing burial of refuse or long trips to dump sites, urging city action to manage growth and protect public health.
A movement within the Federal Council of Churches backs a shift from emotional revival meetings to personal home visits to win converts. Proponents argue the method reduces costs and yields better long term retention, contrasting with Billy Sunday era campaigns that drew crowds but few lasting members.
At the New York World's Fair 1924 it was noted 6,000,000 receiving sets exist. The latest receivers feature ornate cabinets with hidden wiring and simple controls. Prohibition shakeups aside, 5874 drunkenness arrests in Washington last year and a Jesse James monument planned for Kearney Missouri prompt fund appeals from cab drivers.
Industrial advances boost cotton production with a machine stripping five bales per day per two workers. The report weighs economic impact against labor markets and global competition, noting potential for cheaper Egypt Sudan India labor and reform in costs.
Dr McCoy discusses ancient diets and the shift to cooked foods. He notes early humans cooked to gain flavor and safety, contrasts raw diets with modern research on heat effects. The piece touches on tannins and the idea that cooked foods may alter vital elements.
A vivid scene on the New York waterfront as a ship sails out amid crowds of lovers, flowers, and music. Passengers bid farewell with embraces and gifts, while a narrator threads through cafe chatter and street life. The prose shifts to diet advice and a Q A about heart disease and raw vegetables.
News from twenty years ago recalls Euther Burbank displaying 74 apple varieties on one tree. Mrs. Joseph Pickering guests in Lancaster. John Preston returns from Charleston. Seventy years ago German plotting in America is revealed. Former German envoy linked to intrigue in the U.S. Mia Zenner and Laura Coe visit Newport. William Moorhead leaves for Ohio Council in Cincinnati.
Washington dispatch outlines qualifications for the Anti Saloon League successor to Wayne Wheeler. The league plans to split legislative superintendent and general counsel jobs with Edward Dunford taking the latter. The new superintendent will be chosen in December. Wheeler’s humor and cool head are cited as essential, and his death followed his wife’s death after long illness.
The lemon or gelatin should be added to milk to improve digestion. Gelatin aids assimilation and lemon juice breaks milk into small curds for digestive juices to act on.
The column covers frosted electric light globes made by alum dipping, two capitals in Rhode Island and Connecticut, and two towns Hartford and New Haven assertions. It notes watermelons can be kept with paraffin coating until Christmas but not satisfactorily through winter. The Bureau of Plant Industry guidance and the Messenger Information Bureau offer free help.
Editor Hoag reports mileage comparisons for routes from Marietta to Columbus including via Coolville and Sugar Creek. He lists distances between towns such as Hotel Lafayette to Barlow and Bartlet to Sharpsburg, totaling about 271 miles, with a projected save of about 44 miles when newer routes via New Lexington to Jacktown and a new highway are complete.
City officials fight a $15,000 lawsuit alleging wrongful arrest of Mr and Mrs Mack for a noon hour parking incident. The couple says they were detained for six hours after being taken to jail and believe the arrest was unlawful. A judge dismissed the case.
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