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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1926
Page
4
Dr Daniel McGurk argues that churches fail to engage youth as ministers admit. The piece laments that church life centers on adults and neglects children forcing devotion and interest. It urges making church activities meaningful to youths beyond worship and prayer.
The piece contrasts two men viewing Millet's painting to discuss wealth versus cultural riches. It argues education should balance liberal arts with practical training, criticizing elective drift and defending compulsory Latin and Greek for discipline, while noting Harvard President Lowell's critique of intellectual laziness and choice.
A road travel lament on perils of touring by car. Punctures, ditches, rounded stones, and animals threaten the driver as a vagabond hitchhiker waits by the roadside signaling for a ride. The piece blends humor with hazard and roadside scenes.
A riff on ride share danger questions the ethics of offering rides to strangers. The piece contrasts helpful motorists with robbery risks, noting delays in medical help and a satirical line about grasshoppers at soda fountains.
A critic denounces modern science enabling cruel displays from electricity to radio. He cites New York ring crowds of 45,000 and warns broadcasting the prizefight degrades civilization by spreading the mob’s brutality into homes and cities.
The piece rails against prize fighting as illegal under New York law and criticizes corrupt politicians who profit from promoters. It laments broadcasting brutality to children and contrasts today’s leaders with historic rulers, hinting at tension ahead in 1928 and political maneuvering surrounding Cal and Al.
The piece argues the public now favors luxury cars over first class caskets with solid silver mountings. It contrasts funeral customs with the benefits of automobiles, noting the psychological and social value of air, health, and family interaction amid shifting sentiment on war debts and generosity between nations.
The passage argues that wealth creates shame for admitting crowds to a country owed by many nations. It recalls that money lent to France came from big American financiers rather than the state. Real money returned to U.S. war profiteers, highlighting public discontent with economic aftershocks of war.
The piece critiques lending millions to Russia during wartime, noting Wall Street sought the money and received it. It argues that public understanding of this “war generosity” is limited and critics the policy as misdirected support.
Washington reports aviation gains as Congress passes laws directing Army Navy and commercial programs. New assistant secretaries will oversee defense air arms with five year plans for personnel and matériel. Army aviation aims for 1650 regular officers 550 reserve officers and 15 000 enlisted with 1800 serviceable aircraft.
New York reports reveal about 1200 pairs of ballet slippers each month from a shoe maker serving Broadway and touring shows. Demand also flows to road productions and dancing schools nationwide, with Italian artisans dominating the best makers and a lineage of craftsmen passing the trade to descendants.
The text covers a Continental Congress act from 1775 establishing a single banner later unfurled by John Paul Jones on the Alfred, known as the Grand Union flag. It also states Carnegie hero medals have no ribbon and aren’t worn, three inches across in a leather case. Lastly it lists principal banana-producing regions in the Americas and notes no commercial banana farming in the United States.
The article notes yearly fifteen day vacations for rural mail carriers nationwide. It also mentions Ned Wolfe named general superintendent of Athens Brick Co, repairs on a B and O coal tipple, a university grand stand being painted green and white, and various local prices and events from years past.
Washington reports Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, seen in elite circles at the White House, is emerging as a rising figure for the 1928 Republican nomination. Debate grows over whether Dawes or Watson could be the farm support candidate, with consensus unsettled.
A tidal wave devastates coastal villages in Burma's Arakan region, causing hundreds of local deaths among native communities as relief efforts begin.
In Ottumwa Iowa a motorist named George Firh man was strangled to death and driven his car into a road block stretched across the street by an unknown assailant. The incident ended in a fatal collision and police began investigations into the cause and identity of the attacker.
The Buckeye has won the confidence of over 70,500 customers and grown resources to more than 32.6 million dollars. It emphasizes sound principles with funds secured by first mortgages on real estate. A reserve of 1.35 million dollars protects members, and deposits are available nationwide. Certificates of Deposit pay 5 percent, with interest issued from the date and payable in cash or semi annually compounding.
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