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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1926

Page

4

Local notes highlight social visits and university events

Mr. Fred James of Manila guest of Mr. and Mrs. Preston. Ohio University faculty attend Allied Educational Association in Columbus. Labor train service Athens to Sugar Creek praised after a 30 day trial with over 100 daily riders. I O C F lodge hosts oyster supper for Brother Rose after election. Two basketball games set at university gym with four girls and four boys teams. Home children welcomed by Athens High School efforts. Ohio University prepares for first basketball game against Antioch. Baptist Ladies Aid hosts chicken pie supper in Albany Opera House. Lillie class Christian church meets Stimpson Avenue. United Spanish War Veterans elect officers at Armory.

A Thought For Today Quotes Dog Douglas Jerrold

A daily meditation presents biblical and literary lines. The wolf will dwell with the lamb and the leopard with the kid from Isaiah. Douglas Jerrold notes human nature is bound to love something.

Douglas Jerrold

Legislative hopes fade as Senate congestion looms

The article outlines likely failure of major measures as Christmas brings Senate gridlock. Bills in play include German American claims, railroad consolidation, postal rate cuts, and tax relief, with debt retirement favored by some and McFadden banking bill facing hurdles. House may pass some items but Senate paralysis dominates.

House Senate Joint Postal Committee Post Office Department Ways and Means Committee Congress

Edison and the value of a specialist in art and science

The article questions whether Thomas Edison’s views on art and poetry matter as much as his expertise in electricity. It argues that a celebrated inventor may know his field well but lack authoritative insight into Shakespeare, Monet, and other domains, challenging the belief that a specialist’s broader opinions hold equal weight.

A. Edison Mr. Edison Gauguin Troy Thomas Edison Monet

Nervousness at Heart of Salm Separation Case

Count Ludwig Salm von Hoogstraeten’s divorce trial reveals his wealthy wife Milli cent Rogers Salm stating he was never made to work and is too nervous. The letters, read in a New York court, frame the count’s past reluctance to toil and draw public sympathy. Lies about hunting are contrasted with fishing in a tongue in cheek closing remark.

Ludwig Salm von Hoogstraeten Millicent Rogers Salm New York Ludwig America

Government submarine maintenance costs spark debate

Navy experts tell Congress that $164000 a year keeps forty-one submarines in condition while eighty others are ready. The report shows this leads in submarine construction worldwide. The piece suggests future battleships and cruisers as targets for air and sea power, with Japan allegedly unlikely to threaten.

NAVY Congress House Naval Committee Japan

Pope Critics Modern Women Dress as Irreverence

The Pope tells 1,000 Federation of Catholic Men delegates that the modern woman’s role is an outrage against human and Christian dignity and urges fathers to check their daughters and wives for immodest attire, acknowledging the task will be difficult.

Federation of Catholic Men

Wall Street Gains Amid Yuletide Optimism

Prices rise as traders sense holiday cheer on Wall Street. Employers tap fifteen million in gold coins for worker gifts, and stock listings show cheerful gains with affable "plus" signs, reflecting a buoyant market mood.

Wall Street

Marvels of sun heat measurement reach others

The Smithsonian Institute distributes precise instruments to gauge solar heat, noting humans can measure heat to within one millionth of a degree. This precision, while extraordinary for Earth, seems minor against the sun's immense heat that would melt the planet long before touching a star's surface.

Smithsonian Institute

Secretaries of Junior Atheist League Named

A sixteen year old girl is chosen secretary of the Junior Atheist League, a branch of the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism. The group aims to remove boys and girls from the influence of the clergy.

American Association For the Advancement of Atheism

Free Youth From Evil Influence Urged by American Association

A speaker condemns bootleggers and liquor venues and calls for action by an American association to protect youth from growing disrespect and reverence erosion. The plea stresses curbing illicit drinking and its social impact.

Democrats Move to Cut Federal Surplus Use from Debt Plan

Congress factions debate diverting surplus federal income from debt reduction. Democrats seek to remove this option from committee consideration as they push alternative uses for the funds.

Congress

New law imposes life prison for habitual dangerous criminals

New York enacts a statute enabling life terms for repeat offenders of a violent type. Police report crime decline follows the measure, prompting interest from other states. The piece speculates on a growing prison population and potential work programs on an island penal colony.

New York

Sabbeth day fines hit Irvington merchants drivers and exhibitors

In Irvington New Jersey court, many were fined for Sabbath violations. The crackdown targeted bus drivers druggists grocers butchers bakers and movie exhibitors who argued that if showing pictures of acts is a crime then performing them should be too.

Irvington N. J Sabbeth

Sabbath Made for Man Enjoyment, Not Boredom

The speaker argues that the Sabbath should tolerate respectable leisure, noting heaven's angels are not bound to seven day sameness and suggesting joy fits divine intention. The point emphasizes freedom from tedious ritual in sacred time.

Girl of 17 Enters Grand Opera Field

A 17 year old girl pursues grand opera, possibly due to adverse surroundings. The notion of lofty dreams built on fragile hype is challenged as expectations falter.

Air Commerce Rules Set for New Airports

Government explains minimum standards for new airports and landing fields. Rules cover site near roads, level terrain, two runways, clearance margins, and safety measures. Classifications include Triple A for fully equipped fields with lights, shops, and facilities.

Washington Secretary of Commerce

Minute Broadway corner draws world’s highest rent

In New York City a tiny Broadway corner, about the size of a kitchen, commands a rent of 55000 dollars. The space is used to demonstrate a popular cigarette brand rather than for occupancy, illustrating Broadway’s circuslike allure with lights, street stands, ballyhoo, and stunt acts. The piece notes the street’s universal appeal and compares trickery in nightlife to old theatre clowns.

New York Broadway Kitchener

Broadway Cubbyhole Clown Waiters Draw Big Tips

Broadway clubs employ mimic waiters who disrupt guests with pratfalls to earn about 450 dollars weekly. Patrons pay three dollars cover and two for ginger ale to enjoy the staged chaos as dancers are teased and laughs rise from the crowd. Gilbert Swan.

Broadway

Questions and Answers Q and A from a local paper

A series of Q and A items covers cabinet meeting days, the age and origin of Christmas cards, a football score record, matter destruction, skunk displacement by wood smoke, and World Series attendance and receipts. Notable facts include cabinet meetings on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 10 30 AM 1846 card design by Horsely 1862 Leighton for London designers 206 score at King College Bristol Virginia 1922 and World Series attendance 328051 with receipts 120764.

CC. C Thomas L. Masson J. C. Horsely John Leighton Messrs. Goodall King College Bristol Virginia Lenoir M.M. WA R. A

Radio Notes and Orchestra Listings Across Cities

A dense compilation lists radio notes and orchestra segments by station and city including WBAL Baltimore WGN Chicago CFCA Toronto WEAF New York and others. It records programs such as orchestras ensembles organs concerts and musical features with times like 10 o clock and 1 o clock and mentions stations handling classical and variety formats.

O'Clo Wbal la Sieece Desde Circle WGBS New York Baltimore—Orchestra Milwaukee WGN Chicago CFCA Toronto—Orchestra O'Clock Weaf WGR WSAI WWJ Wei WCAE WEEL Philadelphia Kyiv WAG Worcester Mass WBBM Chicago—Comic Opera WBAL WJZ Royal Hour WBZ WGY WRE KFI Los Angeles Variety WEAF Pekimos WIP Musiecal Chicago—Musical WRVA Richmond Musi Cal, Wiz KFIL University of Southern California WRC Washington—Orchestra Ww Ba Hartford, Conn Musi- Kgw Portland Ore Zippers Wip Philadelphia—Orchestra WHO Des Moines—Orchestra WOW Omaha Mustical KYW Chicago—Classical Chicago—Orchestra WRAL Wen Kdka Eeeee Weaf Eeomatra P Sasenn Ned Podestts

Gould Case in Senate Raises Precedent on Expulsion

The Gould case in the Senate centers on whether a member can be expelled for alleged private life misconduct after charges of a $100,000 campaign bribe in New Brunswick. The piece traces historical precedents from Roach in 1893 to the Credit Mobilier affair of 1872, noting investigations without decisive expulsions and highlighting potential implications for Gould’s Senate fate.

Rodney Dutcher Messenger Washington Senate Arthur &. Gould Maine Gould New Brunswick Fortude Will N. Roach North Dakota Roach George Frisbie Hage Massachusetts William FE. Chandler New Hampshire Kota Territory Hoar Evger New York Chandler

Inmates Rescued As Fire Destroys Castle Rest Home

Inmates of the Castle Rest home for the aged were carried to safety by firemen when the building burned near Kansas City Missouri early today.

Kansas City Castle Rest Home For

Boxer dies from injuries after bout in Minneapolis

Minneapolis report states 21 year old boxer Harry Berglund of St Paul died in hospital today from injuries suffered in a ring clash here Tuesday night. His opponent Carl Augustine of St Paul is detained by police.

Minneapolis Minn Harry Berglund St. Paw Carl Augustine St. Paul Berglund

Also Mentioned on This Page

Nba Ted the Messenger Fred James Manila Philippine Islands F. L. Preston James Ohio University Athens Sugar Creek Hocking Valley Allied Educational Association Columbus I. O. C. F. Lodge E. T. Rose Dodgemen Grand Lodge Germany Victor Alsace Greece Athens High School Antioch Aid of the Baptist Church of Albany Lillie The Christian Church Sarah Guthrie Stimpson Avenue United Spanish War Veterans Arthur Brisbane Frederick J. Haskin Denver United States Aeronautics Branch Department of Commerce Gilbert Swan St. Louis Carolinals New York Yankees John Coolidge Plymouth G. W. English Abd-el-Krim Morocco Gerald Chapman Wethersfield Connecticut Redner Braucher WLW Cincinnati—Musical KPO San Frisco WPAF Los Angeles—Orchestra San Francisco—Orchestra Lhe Kentucky Humphrey Marshall House of Representatives Oakes Ames James Brooks Ames Brooks House Judiciary Committee Nelsonville Logan Pomeroy Return R’y
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