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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1926
Page
4
A morning aphorism contrasts wealth with talent and social regard. The quote warns that wealth gains many friends while the poor lack neighbors. It frames wealth as an easier, if superficial, source of power compared with true talent.
Citizens show strong interest in parks and playgrounds with calls for a revived city park commission. The Izaak Walton league proposes beautifying North Hill property for a picnic nook and leadership is urged to shape a unified city park policy and future recreational system.
A Philadelphia concert by Stokowski’s orchestra features a slow start with the conductor and a few players then grows as others join in. After a biting lesson on concert manners the conductor bows with an invisible ensemble, rewarding late arrivals and early leavers.
A well known Missouri farmer loses between 100 000 and 150 000 due to excessive credit and trading in futures. The collapse involves two banks two commission houses a clergyman relative and many neighbors. He cites too much credit and irresistible fascination with futures trading as key factors. The piece argues futures and easy credit cannot be blamed for failure and notes gambling temptations persist even if futures were abolished.
Harles Fox and Joe Gerock of Fort Worth Texas rival for Ileta Leggett. In a Dallas to Chicago mail flight both men seek to visit the seriously ill woman. After debate Gerock wins passage while Fox collapses and is taken to a hospital.
A jovial German man reportedly drugged a friend's beer with poison as a joke, confessing to a habit of scaring friends with poisonous substances found at his home. Police say he joked about it, claiming 71 victims, prompting concerns over such pranks.
In Paris a silent parade of wounded French veterans marched to the Washington statue protesting France paying one half of its debts to the United States. The piece notes lingering French wounds and reflects on wartime history and attitudes toward U.S. lending. Israel Hecht dies in Philadelphia leaving 1 million dollars to buy coal for poor families.
The text argues that investing $1,000,000 or half in scientific work could solve the fuel problem and free the poor from high coal prices. It also mentions that thirty million dollars might tap exhaustible heat sources by digging into the earth, ending coal digging.
In the long run the policy of D. Rockefeller and his son John D. Jr is viewed as wise. The remark attributes prudent guidance to the elder and his successor in shaping future action.
The speaker argues that funds target broad obstacles rather than curing individual cases, noting triumphs against yellow fever across the Americas and praising the intelligent philanthropy behind such progress.
The article notes Monday marks Muharram the Mohammedans new year and predicts renewed clashes with Hindus as religious hatreds risk British rule in India. It laments Muslim Hindu divisions and calls superstition and ignorance to blame for its failure to unite.
The President says his forest camp work mirrors White House effort calling the vacation a change of scene. He argues serious men keep thinking after death, continuing somewhere beyond the body.
A critique links industrial systems to human brutality and cites three New York subway workers striking for better pay, earning $38 weekly for seven days of toil in dark tunnels. The piece argues prior mismanagement and stock theft harmed the company’s finances and wages. It recalls Rodman Wanamaker’s 1914 letter offering a transatlantic airship project to promote peace and end wars through aviation.
The United States Department of Labor coordinates a nationwide wheat harvest labor system guiding 100000 temporary workers from Texas north through Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska and beyond. Government offices issue dates wages and offices for free help as workers travel by rail road or car seeking seasonal jobs while enduring long hours and hard labor.
Wilbert Swan guides explorers through Manhattan’s atmospheric eateries across districts from the Hungarian Union Hall on Second Avenue to Barbetta on 46th Street. He highlights clubs and cafes featuring Balalaika music, Met star sightings, and international cuisines in the Eighties through Manhattan villages and downtown locales.
Questions and answers cover the Derby Course length at Epsom one mile four furlongs shortened 29 yards by Tottenham Corner and travel times of 24 days from California to China by steamship. Also whether the U S Government issues perpetual bonds with Britain and France as examples and a mirage explanation from the Bureau of Standards about water pools on roads appearing and disappearing ahead while driving.
Athens overwhelmed Middleport 11 to 0 as Terrible Hagan continued his gilt edge pitching. The town prepares for a soldier and sailor reunion in Athens on September 18 and 19. Boxwell commencement set for July 14 with 100 diplomas.
Washington investigators prepare a broad inquiry into the District of Columbia government during Congress recess. A special House committee led by members from Michigan Vermont Illinois Delaware Kentucky and Virginia vows to uncover possible mismanagement and improper dealings including hospital spending and a district hardware supplier’s sales.
The passage notes that a road bed becoming hotter than the surface causes the lower layer to reflect heat in a manner similar to a body of water, illustrating temperature-driven optical effects.
Experiments are under way in Essen to produce false teeth from enameled steel. researchers explore durability and fit, aiming to offer affordable dental prosthetics.
London report says Lord Latham has opened a new establishment for interior decorating services. The move expands his business interests and targets residential and commercial clients in the city.
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