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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1926
Page
4
A brief devotional note contrasts a biblical call to watch and pray with Petrarch’s lament that despite knowing the good, the wrong pursues. The verse emphasizes spiritual resolve amid human frailty.
A former Missouri prohibition administrator cites large bribe offers in the illegal liquor trade. He recalls $10 000 and $6 000 bribes for permits and a $15 000 yearly average for a St. Louis brewery to operate one day weekly. He estimates dishonest administrators could make $15 000 to $20 000 monthly.
Dr Alfred Thouris, a French surgeon, argues Napoleon Bonaparte would be rejected now for physical unfitness. At 17 he was underweight, at 30 overweight, with heart stomach lungs and muscles out of balance but a perfect head that made him a great strategist. He notes modern science validates some limits yet cites the old practice of natural balance.
Secretary Mellon reports credit conditions remain healthy and warns against bet against him. He notes unsound expansion has been avoided and the general business situation offers promise for the New Year.
The article explains that 1927 paper money will be printed on paper twice as thick as 1926, making it last twice as long. It will resist wear from folding but may still be weakened by everyday spending like bakers and butchers.
A British royal Christmas nearly stalled by a coal famine as Sandringham Castle faced a log shortage before a late coal delivery saved the royal Yule. The report notes imperial generosity from Kaiser era symbolism and mentions John D. Rockefeller as the wealth benchmark.
A reflective note recalls a monarch who hosted a Christmas party with carols and gifts, Henry Ford hosting Dearborn youths, and the universal human wish to celebrate. The author muses on rich men with toys and former rulers posing as Santa, suggesting such stories enthrall us and endure.
Arthur Brisbane surveys U S policy in Nicaragua, noting Kellogg and Borah clash over who guides events. He cites Mussolini’s aims and praises Secretary Work’s Pan Pacific conference plans while predicting advances in radio and science. He warns of youth turning to lawlessness amid professionalization.
Washington D C reports on the Public Health Service Hygienic Laboratory under Surgeon General G W McCoy. Dogs assist in pellagra studies while researchers pursue Rocky Mountain spotted fever trachoma and typhus. field work in Montana Missouri and New York expands understanding of disease and addiction trends. Evidence from Hamilton Montana links deer fly fever or rabbit fever to human cases, with multiple scientists falling ill during early investigations and later immunity building in the lab.
On Broadway New York city watchers spot William Haines with his mother in Tell It to the Marines John Drew in gardenia boutonniere Ben Lyon with Marilyn Miller Elsie Janis with her mother star presence Meighen with wife Mal St Clair Florence Vidor directing a film at Astoria Mad enjoys eating haunts In Manhattan a noted director roams the back streets in a motor chariot and Hungarian eateries with a grim front and sordid rooms.
In a portrait of social dining and theater lore, Mal seeks out coveted dinners with a loyal circle, while Samuel Goldwyn hosts tea under Mrs. Goldwyn Frances Howard. Daniel Frohman marks half a century in show business as an office boy turned industry pillar.
The text gives: 14 carat gold yields 58 3 10 per cent gold by weight. Horseshoe Curve gradient averages 1.68 percent with a maximum of 1.73 percent over 6000 feet, rising 4 feet. The Old South Church Boston remains Congregational. Old North Church is part of Christ Church and Episcopal. Near beer contains alcohol reduced to half of one percent.
West Virginia state librarian Samuel Starks and New York editor Roscoe Simmons visited local leaders. Officers elected after the Junior Order United American Mechanics installation include W T Mills Mayor Day Benjamin Eddy F T Petty Clifford Fulton George Fox and George Ballinger. Robert Wood returned from Lancaster where he visited friends and relatives. The pure food law was set to take effect January first after practice since October. Ten years ago headlines noted international war talk and a growing peace movement with Athens high school defeating Gallipolis in basketball.
A dense roster lists dozens of radio stations and cities with musical programming. Entries cover New York orchestras, Chicago and Los Angeles ensembles, Pittsburgh broadcasts, and waves of variety programs, operas, vocal and instrumental slots, plus New Year and Christmas themes across stations like WCAE WJZ KYW WEAF KNX and more.
The piece recalls the 1912 US intervention to save President Adolfo Diaz during a constitutional crisis led by rebel Gen Mena. It notes naval bombardments near Managua, the capture of Mena’s gunboats, and a pro US Chamorro succession, highlighting the Chamorro rise and a 1921 tally of Chamorro officials across key posts.
Magistrates at Old Bailey recommend installing a whipping post as a punishment option for repeat offenders. The move targets persistent criminals and aims to deter ongoing lawbreaking in London.
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