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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1926
Page
4
A short devotional line recalls Lot's wife from Luke's teaching. A quote Extols inquisitive people as channels for conversation and criticizes critics in the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America. The note ends with a paradoxical praise of laughter amid ridicule of “human insects.”
The article argues the Democrats seek a sacrifice candidate while targeting a treasury surplus, crediting Republican governance for economic strength. Secretary of Labor Davis defends high wages as prosperity, urging continued pay levels to sustain future welfare and purchasing power for 41 million workers and their children.
An author urges creation of a history making commissioner to preserve artifacts and data. He cites whaling’s decline in New Bedford and Nantucket as an example and warns future writers may forget early technologies without preservation efforts.
A humorous piece riffs on renaming January as Laugh Month contrasting its tough weather and bills with lighter cheer. The author uses playful wordplay and exaggerated descriptions of slips on icy sidewalks, cold illness, and tax burdens to mock the start of the year.
The writer, on his eleventh transcontinental trip in fourteen months, notes uniform American life across cities from New York to Los Angeles. He describes young men in semi-balloon trousers, Kansas prairies and Texas counties, and Chicago and New York fashion with pink silk stockings on women, reflecting widespread homogeneity in manners and dress.
A reader paraphrases Huxley noting evolution in his view moves from incoherent homogeneity to definite heterogeneity. The letter suggests in America the opposite trend for people, becoming more alike in interests and appearance.
The fragment notes how travel from Brittany to the Auvergne alters language clothing and customs, while across the Atlantic from Miami to Portland people share similar sports scores films attire wages and routines.
A Washington reviewer notes that postwar changes and international efforts have renamed many European cities and redrawn borders. The piece lists examples from Rome to Moskva and Warsaw to Warszawa, with many capitals adopting local spellings and new national boundaries.
In New York on Wednesday banks and agencies paid out one billion dollars in cash without affecting the public balance. The event was likened to taking biscuits from a well stocked ship, illustrating the smooth flow of funds amid prosperity and homogeneous national pride.
Farmers along the line between Kansas City and Topeka say they refuse half measures and support the McNary Haugen bill as the train passes through flat corn country.
Albert Lasker used a tactic of giving an ambitious man the title of assistant vice president at the same old pay to pacify him. Farmers demand a federal farm board to aid in the disposition of surplus farm products and push for action.
A letter argues two ways to handle surplus crops eat them or export them. It proposes inviting immigration to absorb surplus here and criticizes current immigration policy as harming farmers. The writer cites Turkish reforms and modern revolutions as context for changing social norms.
The article notes that Constantinople’s ancient St. Sophia, built by Constantine nearly 1600 years ago, will be turned into a dance hall by the Turks who have used it as a mosque since capturing the city, with worshipers now removing shoes at the door.
Commentary notes that some performers improvise with unusual technique, producing lively, foot tapping sounds while others rely on ear for melody. The passage highlights creativity and the mix of skill and spontaneity in piano performance.
In New York the broker’s market room shows quiet readers and routine slips of paper as traders pass time between bouts of buying and selling. The piece notes few suicides in offices, warns against melodramatic portrayals, and highlights margin calls that can ruin small investors. Gilbert Swan reports.
A compiled Q and A excerpt covers caffeine plants boxing hand wraps flag measurements briquettes and Washington’s residence. It lists five caffeine sources Coffee tea cas sina guarana Yerba Mate and notes new gloves and soft gauze bandages for boxing. It also describes garrison storm and post flags and remarks Washington did not occupy the White House.
Readable fragments note remodeling plans by Athens Masonic bodies and a planned move by the F. C. Stedman company after completing their new building. Also mentions Bishop Charles C. McCabe’s death, YWCA Ohio university calendars selling at Ewing hall, and the state auditor announcing a new cash total of 4 755 366 39 dollars.
A dense list of radio stations and offerings across several cities notes 6 to 2 o clock programs. Entries include Baltimore Chicago New York Detroit Hartford and more featuring orchestras concerts talks and varied music formats.
Sid White, famed Oklahoma attorney, visits Washington to seek admission to the Supreme Court bar over a custody case involving Martha Jackson and a $200,000 estate. He explains his necktie and hat fashion as social challenges, recounting past cases and mock-solemn court scenes in Arkansans counties.
A 1759 note discusses preserving pencil autographs with a shellac alcohol fixative and cautions on evaporation. It also lists mercury properties stating freezing at 338.7 degrees below zero and boiling at 267 degrees above zero Fahrenheit.
In Sheffield England Mrs. Leah Stawlins, mother of twelve, deserted her family to elope with a man sixteen years her junior.
Robert Rundle aged 19 was convicted of blackmailing Reverend C. J. Palmer. The verdict concludes the case against the defendant accused of pressuring the clergyman for money through threats.
Canada values its apple orchards at 120 million dollars today with annual production up from 13 million to 27 million dollars over the last 15 years.
Mrs RR Shalion was left with complete amnesia after an auto accident in Chicago. She suffered memory loss described as total and sudden, with medical officials reporting temporary impairment of recall following the collision.
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