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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1926
Page
4
A devotional note cites Proverbs 11 14 about the danger of unguided crowds and the safety found in many counselors Burke’s line praises consulting a superior mind to elevate one s own effort The brief reflects on shared wisdom and intellectual partnership as a path to greater understanding
The Messenger discusses credit education for merchants and wage earners. James H. McClure of Athens National Bank advocates limiting grocery credit to one month or thirty days, urging cash payments when longer terms are needed. He stresses credit as a contract based on verifiable finances, not mere accommodation, urging both merchants and consumers to evaluate finances before extending or taking credit.
Grace A. Fendler sued over her unpublished manuscript In Hawaii claiming it was plagiarized to create The Bird of Paradise. The appellate division of the supreme court ruled fourteen years later that the play was plagiarized, a lengthy pursuit with implications for the author’s hopes and potential rewards.
Cities observe New York subway strike while discussions hinge on keeping a five cent streetcar fare. The nickel fare has long been a municipal badge in New York, challenging lawmakers as wage costs rise.
A fragmented passage questions claims by a Chinese physician and a Chicago doctor that daily thinking or attention to life prolongs existence. It ponders fifteen minutes a day as a practice, contrasts with active life, and asks who truly believes thoughts can alter fate.
The item mentions President Coolidge and a pike weighing three pounds with plans to catch its grandfather. It notes 1928 returns, a Royal Order of Orange event in Philadelphia, and Irish questions. Luke Lea offers 12 million dollars for the Kansas City Star, arguing newspapers are valuable property but risky stock until earnings are proven.
Doctor Abbott of the Smithsonian, after thirty years of study, reports that solar heat fluctuates day to day and year to year. He notes the sun sends rays through 90 million miles of ether at absolute zero yet has kept Earth warm long enough for life for half a million years, warning that a cosmic freeze could end it.
Doctor Abbott spent thirty years studying the earthworm, half the size of a finger, gathering information on how worms contribute to soil fertility and creation.
United States Consul General Miller reports a Seventh Day Adventist missionary in Seoul burned a Korean boy's cheeks with acid, carving the word thief after threatening the mother with prison. He settled with the family for $310 and issued a public apology. The incident damages mission work in the East despite overall kindness and sacrifice of missionaries.
Mrs Clemmington Carson of New York swam Dover to Ramsgate twenty two miles in six hours and twenty minutes in rough channel water a fine performance. The piece notes a $7500 out out boat would improve results and compares Nancy Hanks unfavorably for not contributing Lincoln to the nation rather than attempting an ocean voyage.
Hayes argues moving pictures should show real events even if prohibition is ridiculed. He warns against pre censorship while insisting films must reflect truth like newspapers and history. He questions whether ignoring public sentiment serves the industry or the law.
Witnesses in a bootlegging trial testify that rum shipments landed in New Jersey and New York under police protection. The industry pays $200 daily to officers and other officials earning under $200 a month, forcing bribery as a daily inducement.
In Europe under dictators, General Pangalos orders labor leaders and agitators to a closed island retreat in the Aegean after a strike warning. The piece questions what American corporations would pay for such an isolated stronghold.
A report says Mussolini issued a decree ordering Italian workers to add one hour to each day’s labor amid planned strikes for higher pay. The regime argues the extra hour will boost production and lower costs.
President von Hindenburg begins a speaking tour across Germany to promote national unity and address political concerns during a period of regional tension and economic strain. He plans public gatherings in multiple cities and emphasizes civic responsibility.
The Census Bureau figures show 1925 expenses rising in 21 of 26 states while seven hundred million dollars in 1924 grew to about 1.4 billion per year. Bond issues and gasoline taxes push costs, with only five states saving, largely due to 1924 soldiers' bonus payments ending in 1925.
The city kids find makeshift swimming spots in public fountains near Columbus Circle and Hall Square beneath Civic Virtue, while bankers and brokers from rural towns watch. Kids improvise street cricket with a rubber handball, dodging taxis as they play and chase coins in noon hour crowds.
A reader Q A dialogue covers visit opportunities for Swiss Press Congress attendees at League of Nations sessions. Funding for musical progress reaches about 100 million dollars by 1925. Lafayette Escadrille losses total 210 flyers with 65 dead and 19 wounded. Peace monument Christ of the Andes funded by Buenos Aires Christian Mothers. Plural of cheese given as cheeses per Funk and Wagnalls history.
The Athens Brick strike ended with workers returning to ten hour days and a ten cent daily raise. The district coal strike closed. Nelsonville news launches a city department with Michael Jr in charge. Boxwell grads total one hundred with Judge Sayre giving the commencement address. County funds sit in local banks at two percent. A MAJOR rail wreck and a cross country train crash are noted from ten years prior.
Senator Joseph E. Ransdell of Louisiana pushes a plan to expand the federal hygienic laboratory into an international health clearing house. He seeks at least 2 million dollars annually for five years and 50 fellowships to train 100 scientists yearly for six years of service to study disease causes and cures.
The passage contrasts plural cheeses for types and numbers with singular cheese for attributive use. It cites examples from Langland's Vision of Piers Plowman showing cheeses of many kinds and a cheese-room with fifty cheeses, while cheese in compound phrases refers to bulk or attributive sense such as cheese sandwiches and the cheese market.
John Richie aged 30 was arrested today in connection with the death of Morgan Blair aged 32 from injuries after a July 3 fight. Blair had told police before his death that he and Richie fought over a job in Steubenville.
A reader from The Plains letters on July 14 1926 condemns gambling as a vice that robs property corrupts morals and leads to crime. The writer argues gambling destroys families communities and lawfulness tracing its effects to intemperance and social decay citing Jezebel Naboth and biblical justice as warnings.
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