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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1926
Page
4
A juvenile delinquent is studied with sympathy rather than punishment. Judge S M Johnson and Probation Officer N K Alderman advocate scientific treatment, treating delinquency as illness. The court seeks causes and provides stay environments, medical or educational help to rehabilitate the child.
The article notes cabinet decrees aimed at stabilizing the lira and improving the balance of trade, including longer working hours, curbs on nightlife, a ban on new cafes, bread with 15 percent nonwhite flour, and reduced gasoline imports. It questions public willingness to endure wartime sacrifices.
The article recalls the New Jersey arsenal blast as a brutal, nonromantic tragedy. It notes property losses near a hundred million dollars, about forty killed and hundreds wounded, contrasting with war's deliberate acts versus this accidental explosion.
A humorous, incomplete clipped column lampoons sensational science notices. It mocks claims that milk makes cows mental and predicts humans may grow web feet due to rising swimming popularity as July heat swells curiosity.
The reader muses on how consumption might shape human anatomy and questions why swimming would grant web feet if fish lack such adaptations. It ponders biological causation and uses humorous hypotheticals about cheese and athletes to probe evolution.
A protest in Paris of 12 000 French war veterans led by the blind and maimed marched past the George Washington monument after wreaths were placed. The piece contrasts French and American wartime funding views and notes skepticism about repaying borrowed money.
Protestant missionaries plan to leave Mexico before July 31 as new religious restrictions take effect. The law confiscates church property and bans religious instruction in schools while limiting coverage of politics. The government denies mass closures but targets Catholic influence in public life. Spainfar notes the Lake Denmark incident as a parallel warning about lightning defense.
Professor Popin of electro mechanics at Columbia University cautions the disaster stemmed from ignorance. He urges focused study and public awareness to prevent recurrence.
A long, eclectic observations piece notes copper roofing and grounding for lightning safety, color vision questions about red and blue, color blindness in women, and bees preferring blue. It critiques Standard Oil stock and huge wealth, and ends with Old Joe the White horse spared for Windsor.
Washington reports the Bureau of Fisheries seeks clubs and private waterowners to hatch and raise 40 000 trout for stocking streams. Agencies will supply eggs or fingerlings and 50 50 split of fingerlings after raising, with water and supervision provided.
A reader quiz compiles concise responses on private plane landings, Dutch place names, garter snake length, halos in ancient art, cartridge waterproofing, and American cannibalism among Native peoples. Answers note kil origins, snake length about three feet, halos in ancient aureoles, cartridges sometimes affected by climate, and cannibalism as rare and largely ceremonial.
Washington July 17 Radio patent applications are swelling despite tripling examiners. The radio division has 1850 applications awaiting action, up from 1594 at year start, and is five months behind schedule.
In New York a growing network of nursemaids, mothers with children, and babysitting services forms a mobile work force. Maids and nurse girls keep rotating shifts across households, while "baby buggy" garages and front-office services sprout in poor neighborhoods.
A collection recalls late 19th to early 20th century hometown items: university shifts after a law curb on technical courses, a tied baseball game paused by umpire dispute, church and YMCA site plans, a dog shooting trip by the mayor and marshal, grocery representatives backing centralized delivery, and a Clevelands-era cultural note on watches for athletes amid a revival of theater and songs.
Washington reports that General Lincoln C Andrews, tasked with enforcing Prohibition, plans to try another year despite doubts about curing alcohol. Once a sociable cavalry officer who drank, he vowed to enforce the Volstead Act, but recent signs suggest he may crack under pressure from both wets and drys.
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