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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1926
Page
4
A devotional anthology offers Luke 11 44 warning about Pharisees seeking high seats and public greeting, paired with a Marryat quip on vanity. The pair contrasts religious pride with worldly boasting and moral reflection.
A prominent editor urges ongoing public education on alcohol’s harms to morals health and society. He argues earlier campaigns through schools press and pulpit helped passage of the Eighteenth Amendment and that continuing scientific explanation will win the intelligent and ease enforcement.
Boston man William McIntyre claims he was drunk and in the camel house when an ostrich named Governor attacked him in the dark. He wrestled the eight foot bird, thinking a dragon or serpent fought him, and escaped home sober. The judge reserved judgment in the unusual case.
A parent visits the superintendent to press for less emphasis on sports and more focus on academics. She urges interschool contests and broader achievements like music, but the superintendent urges involvement from education boards and local media to promote such goals.
In Omaha Mr. Wiswell grabbed his own car from a street in front of a shop believing he needed it more than his wife. Police recovered the car and jailed him before he was reconciled with his family after two nights. The tale ends with the remark that two cars would have prevented the mix up.
Report from Kramer Hills near Barstow California describes a crowded scene as investors flock to shafts in search of gold. The piece lampoons the era with a warning not to invest while noting missing dance halls and saloons and the endless cycle of hopefuls leaving disappointed.
The Barstow Printer notes the Herkelrath brothers sold their original 60 acre gold land discovery for 100000 dollars. The editor regards the sale as a very wise move by the Herkelraths.
Henry Ford and Samuel Crowther outline wealth growth ideas in a collaborative series for the Los Angeles Examiner and other papers. Ford notes 600000 workers and argues that opportunity persists as new ideas emerge yearly, despite long-standing debates over resource distribution.
The passage asserts Henry Ford proposed ideas to lift the world from poverty by providing livings for all who work, noting his early success with a gasoline buggy business that ended the old buggy factories. It frames this as a radical new concept in economic action.
Mussolini argues government should compel private enterprise to act on rail improvements. He told Bradford Merrill that Naples to Rome travel time will drop from five to three hours and five mountains will be tunneled for a shorter route, signaling state-driven modernization.
The text argues Italian trains would average fifty miles and Chicago to the Pacific trains would take about sixty hours, far faster if time cut by forty percent as Mussolini plans. It questions why private enterprise cannot achieve these gains without Mussolini’s push.
The piece explains Maunaloa and other volcanoes building Pacific islands from beneath the sea. It notes lava burying villages and boiling the ocean as part of geological shaping over millions of years. It adds England’s chalk cliffs formed from tiny marine organisms and suggests Earth’s creation spanned more than six days.
Judge L P Russell of Los Angeles identifies a so called class of automobile offenders led by Lilian B Accelerator and others to inspect white sheeted morgue figures. He claims the sight may make reckless drivers pause and reflect after an accident.
The article details how Senators like Lawrence Phipps William Borah Frederick Hale Reed Smoot and others use the Senate Exercise Club for baths massages boxing and workouts. It notes age varying but persistent routines including handball golf hiking and Turkish baths.
A New York column describes fancy perfumes sold to chorus girls by drug stores on Broadway. A con turns perfume purchases into commissions for the sellers and a rotating bottle scheme nets profits for the players. The note also mentions Nick the Greek, a suave gambler, recently returning from the Middle East.
A tale of Nick chasing high stakes in West casinos with losses around 540000 and a quick return, while Broadway male idols fear thinning hair threatening their appeal. Barber threats promise best methods to stave off bald spots, fueling easy money chatter.
A list of Q and A items covers Child Health Day observed May 1 and its goals, the training of fleas by Prof J C Ruhl with historical note, Louisiana Territory division under the 1804 act, Hartford Convention views on secession, and state tobacco smoking regulations with 24 states regulating sales.
A dense radio grid across time zones lists station call signs, cities, and evening programs. Notable items include orchestras, ensembles, vocal and instrumental segments, and guest entertainers scheduled from Portland to Los Angeles.
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