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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1927
Page
4
A church tribute praises Brooks for championing grace and love while lauding humility as the beauty of his character. The message emphasizes steadfast labor and devotion in service.
The piece explains President Coolidge’s stance on military size and disarmament. It notes support for reducing arms while avoiding weakness, highlighting a plan to delay new warships yet proceed with ten new vessels if needed, and warning against continued competitive armament by other nations.
A London newspaper discusses Parliament’s divorce reporting act limiting what may be printed. Editors from Liberal and Tory camps, including Beaverbrook, oppose the measure, arguing it hides truth and deprives the public of key details about cases and the circumstances behind them.
Brigadier General Reilly states the soldiers’ barracks are fit to live in and questions possible deployment to Nicaragua as a treat, reflecting concerns about conditions and intentions.
A compact dispatch notes a shift in public mood toward caution on personal freedoms. Officials urge responsible choices amid social debate as communities weigh tradition and modernization. No major policy changes reported.
Mexican protests flare in Guadalajara as shots ring out during anti consulate march. Students vow to fight with Calles against the north while the Russian envoy denies Bolshevik propaganda claims. The Pope defends Mexican Catholics amid ongoing tensions. The United States moves Fifth Marines to Quantico and dispatches two more ships to Nicaragua. Lat in American press decries Coolidge message as imperialistic.
Despatches from Mexico City say business is almost paralyzed and a serious crisis threatens the Mexican cabinet. Observers warn the fate of President Calles may rest with President Coolidge as tensions between Mexico and the United States rise. Some caution against attacking religion and oil simultaneously.
National Committeeman from Missouri asserts only a political miracle can halt President Coolidge’s renomination and reelection in 1928. The piece notes there is no third term question, only Coolidge’s potential second elective term and contrasts with George Washington’s view on patronage.
The note argues that no miracle could alter a six week old call in five minutes, since a five minute interval would not still be six weeks old. The gist hinges on a paradox of age and duration.
A columnist riffs on free love, Florida slogans, and rail progress. The piece notes Florida’s chosen motto optimism and work, praises Warfield’s expansion of seaboard routes to Miami, and humorously nods to hotel scarcity and traffic police in 1926 Seattle.
The National Safety Council in Chicago announces weekly cash bonuses for staff who log an hour of continuous exercise each day. CEO W. H. Cameron says the plan boosts health and productivity and may spread to other employers if successful. He exercises continually himself, insisting healthy workers are happier and absent less.
A 1926 Q and A feature covers Byrd and Bennett North Pole flight dates, slums in Washington, card par lancing, India racial notes, Fiji cannibalism and missionaries, municipal waterworks ownership, and the height of shooting stars.
In New York on January 18, a column notes changing attitudes toward hair and grooming among young musicians. It contrasts past European standards inspired by La Bohème with current looks, citing Kochanski as well groomed and fitting film roles, while Klemperer leads the New York Symphony baton in a dynamic style.
Gilbert Swan notes shifting trends in musicians hair and style reflecting evolving tastes. He observes Toscanini and other figures with varied looks, contrasts modern performers with traditional standards, and comments on Manhattan's peak music season and the crowded concert scene around Aeolian and Carnegie halls.
A historical brief recalls a West Athens building boom with many new structures under construction and others planned. The Athens Masonic board sought plans for remodeling lodge rooms and Joe Hood showcased pool tricks at the Elk lodge club. Edwin Motter left Ohio to join the Dawes land commission in Muskogee. Jamestown exposition honors Ohio State University with a state exhibit. Ten years earlier Prof. J. J. Richeson spoke at a Chamber luncheon, and Mine No. 209 at Sugar Creek resumed after two years idle. The Athens county Agricultural Society offered two Washington trips as prizes for junior contest participants.
Officials scheduled a vote on a $19,000 bond to build a joint high school serving Coolville and Troy townships. The measure aims to provide a local secondary education facility for both communities.
Classified readers do a little more have a little more and got up faster than their less wise neighbors.
A compilation of assorted items from Washington insiders and government press agents. Topics include beehive coal exports, crop acreage guidance for 1927, prohibition debates, industrial production gains, wood alcohol terminology, railroad dividends, tile shipments, tobacco grading, and a call for national literacy and pension funding.
Meteors are consumed upon reaching earth’s atmosphere and are typically observed between 30 and 100 miles above the surface.
A record breaking crowd was expected at the opening of the Columbus automobile show at Motor Hall within the Ohio State fairgrounds tonight.
County prosecutor E C Staton said the Supreme Court will consider the Court of Appeals decision granting a new trial to John Kosienski, convicted in a bomb murder case, announced today in Cleveland.
Yorkville village officials face responsibility for 2227.90 in sinking fund losses from the Yorkville Union Savings Bank failure. Attorney General Turner ruled the trustees failed to require a depository bond, despite a state finding by Examiner W. C. Jones against Benjamin Oliver A J Tolbert Jr and David Hopkins.
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