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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1926
Page
4
A historical note recalls today’s news with miners striking over coal prices while international events unfold. The Messenger also reports local life, from a pastor’s church talk to noncommission camps and a farm accident in Newark.
A reflection on friendship from John 15 13 and Thoreau. The essay cites the value of genuine support over wealth and outlines the success of the Harmony Foundation student loan program with 357 borrowers, 355 repaid in full and 2 still owing. Ambition and honesty are linked to college access.
Legal minds win over bare-knuckle brawling as boxing shifts to courts and legal battles. Dempsey Tunney hopes hinge on casework rather than punch power, with alimony claims and divorce disputes framing the ring. A court saga of prize fights becoming free in appellate halls.
A Champaign scene profile shows C. C. Pyle rising from obscurity to national notoriety as manager of Red Grange and now Suzanne Lenglen. The piece notes his persuasiveness, business acumen, and the axiom to hitch a wagon to a star while predicting mixed fortunes with Lenglen yet potential profit.
A terse line notes someone making something in a country lane with minimal details. It hints at late hours but provides few concrete facts or names to identify the scene.
In Oklahoma Osage murders linked to oil wealth reveal a deadly pattern where rich heirs die by poison, dynamite, or stabbing. Investigations, trials, and confessions expose a long line of killings tied to wealth transfers and racist tension, ending with a formal claim of the curse being broken and pale authority stepping in.
Arthur Brisbane reports Gertrude Ederle completes the English Channel crossing from France in 14 hours 31 minutes. She beats by two hours the best male times, overcoming wind rain and tide to land unaided off the British coast.
Official note states President Coolidge cannot comply with the Knights of Columbus demand for U S intervention in Mexico. The State Department reports no interference with American property or rights and says the United States cannot legally intervene unless American property rights are harmed. Catholic churches and schools taken by the Mexican government are not US property.
The administration states Russia has not offered to pay its debts and notes recognition hinges on upholding contract sanctity and property rights. This stance ties diplomatic status to financial and legal obligations.
The piece contrasts czarist Russia’s oppression with the Soviet stance on property rights and questions whether material rights eclipse human rights. It highlights Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose’s plant life experiments showing sap flow and heart like activity in plants, noting British amazement at his findings and recalling a Dutch scientist’s early microscope observations.
The piece argues plants may feel like animals, questioning vivisection. It notes a wealthy donor will fund Washington apartments at 12.50 monthly for federal workers, praising the donor while suggesting Uncle Sam should raise pay to aid rents. It highlights underpayment of federal employees from letter carriers to judges.
Local residents express frustration with officials amid ongoing policy debates and protests. Community groups organize demonstrations, urging transparency and accountability from the administration. Tensions rise as lawmakers face mounting pressure on budget and reforms.
Washington reports the U S and Canada joint engineers are nearly finished with cost findings for the Great Lakes to sea waterway. If engineering and Hoover Commission economic reports are favorable a treaty with Canada may be negotiated for canal construction. The project aims to connect Chicago Duluth Detroit and Cleveland to world ports with a 30 foot depth and heavy water power costs.
Washington observers at anti prohibition headquarters believe a congressional majority for wets may be possible, with hope rising from the Dwyer trial and graft disclosures. News of Gen. Andrews’s potential resignation and Col. Ned Green’s suspension adds to a shifting climate as fall elections approach.
In Manhattan, the postwar scene breathes with sold shows and abandoned props. Brokers like John Cain turn surplus sets into perils and possibilities as small producers and performers seek putative Broadway breaks amid crowded storerooms and dusty mementos.
The piece notes a damp mood heading into November with major events and routine incidents shaping voter reaction. It argues the Anti-Saloon League sees lax enforcement as a failure by true prohibition advocates, explaining its stance.
A collection of Q and A items covers Feng Yu-Hsiang known as the Christian general, charity contributions by New York residents, U.S. wealth abroad, airplane landing with a half propeller, gasoline composition, second anniversary meanings, postwar dollar purchasing power, wages by state, and the world’s busiest corner at Seventh and Broadway Los Angeles.
A 7 year old boy, Robert Taylor, was fatally electrocuted while scrambling up the side of an electric railway in Lake Forest Illinois after touching the third rail.
Evan Lewis and his cousin died burning in a polishing tower in Port Talbot after being trapped at the top. Sweet clover once a pest in mid western farms has become a valuable crop.
A defense of the national newspaper network as a uniform market for goods and advertising. It argues that local papers form a nationwide marketplace enabling distribution of products across states and regions, with interdependent industries and shared news value.
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