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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1926
Page
4
A devotional line quotes Psalm 85 10 about mercy and peace meeting together and cleanliness of heart. It contrasts jealousy with truth and a dove eyed calm, offering a brief spiritual meditation.
Dr. Boyd S. Gardner argues hard chewing and bone picking strengthen teeth better than strict manners. He cites bone-picking toast crunching and celery cracking as key forms of mastication, posing the choice between lasting teeth and refined behavior.
The piece notes plans for tax cuts face solid resistance from lawmakers. The president proposes a temporary individual and corporate income tax reduction for 1927 with the best chance of passage among options. Deadlock shifts focus to using surplus for debt reduction. Democratic permanent tax cuts face Treasury demands next year. Corporate rate reduction gains some support but likely not this year. Agricultural interests oppose tax cuts before relief for farming.
The article discusses Oberlin College expelling a freshman coed for drinking on campus and reflects on the institution's history and evolving social norms. It notes Oberlin's long legacy, Civil War role, and shifts toward stricter conduct, questioning whether expulsions deter widespread drinking.
The article reports Nicaragua and United States criticizing Mexico for arming revolutionaries in Nicaragua. Mexico denies gun-running and points to U S citizens’ prior actions in Latin America, arguing equal treatment and urging reflection on Latin American relations.
A famous diamond known as The Golden Dawn sold at auction Wednesday for 240000, half its appraised value. Wealthy Indian Prince Age Khan, noted for horse racing, bought the gem despite having a mortgage on it. Dealers speculate low price reflects worries over South African diamond finds.
As a high income filer you planned smiles for a $250,000,000 refund but that amount will not be refunded. The note turns from celebration to disappointment for the taxpayer as policy or ruling prevents the payout.
The piece notes Congress favors reallocating funds toward public buildings and farm relief, with the farm bloc pressing for money to solve farming issues and cotton growers seeking aid. It also dismisses spiritualist claims about Houdini messages as fake, quoting Doctor Crandon.
Physicists ponder how voices from Houdini or Valentino on far stars would reach Earth. Light travels 180000 miles per second, taking a million years from those distances, while sound moves 331 metres per second. Even loud voices would not be heard by descendants for 500000 years.
Captain Mabcutt asserts champion fighter Dempsey was poisoned via coffee. He argues prize fighting lacks ethics and that a drug of success affects champions, fueled by money, self-indulgence, and flattery. Father Time remains the ultimate equalizer.
The piece notes a German engineer designing a super plane with ten 430 passenger capacity, a 25 person crew, and 10000 horsepower engines to fly the Atlantic in 36 hours. It contrasts this with Henry Ford developing experimental engines and air cooling challenges, speculating on eventual improvements and the race to aviation progress.
A reflective voice muses on fear of foolishness, persistence, and the chase of stable income as a dog catching its tail. The Pacific Ocean is noted as vast and deep, and memories touch on old terms for music shifting from ragtime to yaeni.
Washington explores the strict selection of military pilots with neuropsychiatric exams and meticulous habits checks. Emphasis on cheerful temperament, stability, and fearlessness, plus flawless eyesight, and the Schneider Index scoring to assess circulatory fitness.
In Manhattan a remaining cafe persists with a strict ban on women smoking inside. The venue, a relic of old Broadway manners, contrasts with Midtown flash as flappers test the rule with bold defiance. A young woman argues for equality while patrons pressure her to dine elsewhere.
A reader notes a shift toward strict usher conduct and civility in midtown theaters. West Point influence appears in new floor captains and orderly crowd management during screenings.
The text covers lynching prevention by police with figures from last year and names a French druggist inventor. It then provides a Philippine group quiz stating 1083 islands with 2441 named, total area 115 026 square miles, and notes on volcanoes coral reefs river navigation and mountain trends across the archipelago.
Regular meeting records show plans to tile the Athens high school roof and authorize up to 100 for library books. Elks held a quail and rabbit dinner with Arthur Wolf and Charles DeMolet as guests, Exalted Ruler Worstell presiding.
Athens high school football players enjoyed an oyster supper in the Agricultural building cafeteria hosted by several alumni. The informal event gathered players and former students for food and camaraderie at the school facility.
John Goddard earns first team tackle honors from the Ohio State Journal. Melvin McCreary lands first choice center on the Cincinnati Enquirer mythical team. Walter Rogers is named fullback on the Cleveland Plain Dealer second team. Ab Finsterwald is placed as an end on the Cincinnati Times-Star eleven.
A long list of radio stations from cities like Schenectady New York Baltimore Chicago and New York schedules brief orchestral and musical offerings. Entries mention programs including orchestras vocal ensembles piano and drama pieces with times around 6 o clock 8 o clock 10 o clock and 11 o clock along with venue notes and program types.
Rodney Dutcher reports on the Ruggles Orientator at Brooks Field Texas a device simulating airplane maneuvers to test a candidate's fitness for air corps service The test records responses under spin and tilt then a flying board judge's verdict plus a standard training course to confirm eligibility The apparatus could become a standard preliminary filter within a year
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