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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1926
Page
4
A short devotional note presents two aphorisms: a Bible proverb about boasting of a false gift and a Sir Philip Sidney remark on feet and a tongue as defense. The entries read as reflective maxims rather than news.
A critical editorial argues ministers face unfair sensationalism when scandals surface. It defends the ministry’s high moral standards while urging boards to tighten admission and ordination rules to prevent wayward clergy from staining the profession.
A spiritualist medium describes a "spirit radio" receiving set that supposedly channels energy from three people to power a device. Skeptics warn of fraud and urge cautious experimentation as the concept clashes with science and seasoned amateur radio experience.
Tom Sims riffs on seasonal moods and public scenes from ballpark anger at umpires to near-misses with President Coolidge. He laments reputation limits, gas guilt, and quirks of life noting bald barbers, skinny cooks, and lazy married men.
Arthur Brisbane comments on Major Darwin's plan to ban more than two children in poor families and to forbid children among the unfit. He argues population size will not dwindle and that virtue and affection determine child quality, praising later-life family dynamics over early privileged births.
In Peking, Manchurian forces occupy the capital, displacing residents and staging deadly attacks on men and assaults on women. The three Changs, though leading the invaders, fail to restrain their troops or impose order.
The passage pleads for vigilance in Western Europe and the Americas to prevent Asiatic invasion. It recalls near-misses in history when Asia threatened Europe with foot soldiers and slow ponies. It imagines potential danger from flying machines under capable leadership like Genghis Khan and warns of future history logging such threats.
The writer argues the country lacks flying machine defense equipment while Europe has air fleets that could assist the United States if disaster strikes. The piece critiques American leadership and implies reliance on foreign powers in a military crisis.
Shakespeare could not survive a modern college course and would be stunted by over education. In a scientific age no Shakespeares could possibly be born, as true genius cannot be created by schooling or education.
A satirical take notes Oxford's sports woes against Cambridge and laments modern mobility. It claims richer Oxford men rely on cars, weakening legs, and predicts a future where flying distances erase current exercise. The piece mocks reliance on transport over physical training.
Theodore Roosevelt argues for repealing or modifying the Volstead Act to let states decide alcohol limits. He warns of murder and corruption tied to prohibition and cites influential Americans including three Catholic cardinals. Change unlikely before 1928, but could shape the election campaign.
Chauncey Depew, age 92, says he hopes to live to 100 and would ask for five more years if he reaches that milestone. Cornaro reflects on life past ninety and the realization that the world is beautiful amid nature’s self preservation instinct.
An article profiles Anne Tillery Renshaw in Washington D C who runs a six year old school using the Curry method focusing on remedial development. It recounts cases of a bond seller turned brushes entrepreneur, a grieving woman who grammar studies steadied her nerves, and a Southern woman helped through storytelling, highlighting how voice and body coordination reduce distress and tensions.
The writer laments the white slummers in Harlem and Greenwich Village drawing crowds to street minstrels on weekend nights. He notes police efforts to curb the practice and worries that cabaret popularity dulls spontaneous street performance.
Gilbert Swan reflects on Harlem nightlife as a shift from quirky inviting venues to polished ventures. He notes higher rents, starving artists, and touring crowds eroding the authentic mood, with a visiting white audience shaping the scene. He fears most clubs will follow the same path toward artificiality.
A Q and A column covers farm name adoption with about 3000 named farms and support from the Department of Agriculture. It notes daylight saving laws in Europe, muscles needed to smile versus frown, European and other nations sending exhibits to a Sesqui Centennial Exposition, leading horse-raising states in the last decade, and the Mountbatten family’s origin linked to Windsor royal changes and allied descendants.
A long list of radio stations and their programs across the United States. Entries note city, station call letters, and musical or orchestral offerings with occasional mentions of concerts, vocal and instrumental programs, theater, and dance tunes.
A short humorous poem depicts a scene of hungry beggars at a doorstep asking Little Willie for jam and bread. The mother contemplates feeding them while the father dislikes chores and a traveling man’s diet. The poem ends with observers noting how wildflowers spring from a carefree, unplanned abundance.
The remark divides memory into two types tied to women: those who forget everything and those who remember everything. It underscores contrasting memory experiences among female individuals and invites reflection on the effects of memory on identities and relationships.
A friend called to check on Old Man Jones who had been ill for some time. The servant relayed after a moment that Jones is seventy six years old.
Washington April 27 Senator William E Borah Idaho is described as a strap hanger who cannot afford an automobile The piece notes his blunt face and stolid demeanor as he rides a street car and discusses his preference for a horse over a car amid debates on progressivism versus tradition.
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