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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1926
Page
4
Bigot Missionary Punishes Boy In Korea
A Seventh Day Adventist missionary branded the word thief on a Korean boy using chemical agents. Reports differ on whether chloric acid or silver nitrate was used. the mark did not fade and caused regional agitation. The church discharged the missionary and let Korean law proceed. The incident strains Christian efforts and raises questions about Christian teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
General Assembly
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Washington
Seventh Day Adventists
Competition Declares A Truce In Electric Power Dispute
A lightning strike damaged Ohio Power’s Rutland sub-station causing a nineteen hour power outage in the Pomeroy district. Southern Ohio Electric offered to interconnect its lines to provide uninterrupted service but Ohio Power restored its transformer by nine p m Friday. The episode highlighted neighborly cooperation amid fierce competition and the value of shared service in emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Power Company
Rutland
Pomeroy
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Child Welfare Data Disputes Labor Amendment Claims
A national survey attacking statements by child labor amendment proponents finds only 8.5 percent of all children were employed in all industries, with agriculture employing 647 309 of those under sixteen. The study cites Census figures and notes declines in non agricultural employment from 1900 to 1920 across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Manufacturers
Howard Cheney
Cheney Brothers
United States Bureau of the Census
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Scott brothers in Chicago murder trial update
The Scott brothers Rus sell and Robert face murder charges in Chicago for killing a drug store clerk during a robbery. Robert Scott previously pleaded guilty in open court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hey
Scott Brothers
Russell
Robert
Chicago
Robert Scott
Scott brothers face clemency after conflicting murder verdicts
Russell Scott was sentenced to be hanged after admitting the fatal shot. Robert Scott, cleared by trial, received life imprisonment. Robert later claimed responsibility, leaving the governor to weigh clemency for both brothers amid a scandal of guilt and exoneration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nied
Russell Scott
Robert Scott
Robert
Russell
Scott Boys
Cain and Abel
Democratic Issue for Public Debate in A. Brisbane Column
Arthur Brisbane argues the tariff as a political issue, noting Democrats seek a shift from Coolidge plurality to a Democratic edge. He recalls Martha Bates’s crime of slapping a preacher over hair style, cites Governor Fields granting a pardon, and critiques provincial views on female dress as a testing ground for character and political timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Bates
Kentucky
Arlie Brown
William J. Fields
Democrats Split Over Light Wine and Beer Issue
The passage notes the Democratic position on light wine and beer is controversial in the South where many voters oppose it, yet the issue has political traction. It argues the Republican candidate must be dry and that a dry Democrat would fail against financial interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Finance
Parker
Democrats urged to unite West and South for farmer aid
Editor Hamilton argues Democrats must offer strong farm support to win wheat and cotton voters. Capper's Weekly highlights Standard Oil profits and copper exports under Webb Pomerene acts. A bus crash kills ten and injures 41, prompting calls for public speed controls on omnibuses and private cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Augusta
Poer
Capper
Standard Oil
Standard
Kansas
Othems
Silk Handkerchiefs Mentioned In Worn Bootleg Case
In Chicago a bootlegger attempted suicide by hanging using a silk handkerchief. The incident appears in fragmentary OCR text and may reference improvised methods during Prohibition era crime. Further readable details are unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ong
End of the Small River Trade in America
U S Army engineers urge abandonment of 123 river projects and partial curtailment of 16 others as obsolete. Only about 220 000 tons move on the waterways now, well below historic levels, with restoration costly and likely unneeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
United States Army Engineers
Harry Taylor
War Department
Congress
Board of Engineers
Jadwin
Taylor
Army
Black River
New York
Tilghman Island Harbor
Maryland
Army Engineers
Elections to Decide Coolidge’s Fate
Washington July 27 President Coolidge’s renomination in 1928 hinges on the coming congressional elections. A Republican victory in the Senate and House would boost his hopes, while a Democratic or insurgent surge could derail renomination and push him to bow out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Charles P. Stewart
Washington
President Coolidge
Senate
House
Night prowlers and midnight harpies in Broadway youth
In Manhattan near Jefferson Square a steady stream of midnight activity unfolds as patrols flush out women fleeing nightclubs cafes and apartments. Runners for lawyers and bond agents swarm the dawn hours offering aid and bail while officers handle arrests amid social bustle and fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Jefferson Square
Labor day plans and local transfers headline Athens notices
The article notes transfers at United States Express offices Philip Ward moves to East Norwood near Cincinnati and Eugene Woodworth takes over Athens agency. Labor day observances are planned to draw thousands of mine workers to Athens. Also reported: a Nelsonville home burned and the Lavelle family's return from Washington County with Doris Nye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Ward
United States Express
East Norwood
Cincinnati
Athens
Eugene Woodworth
Mrs
A. A. Lavelle
Mrs. Lavelle
Washington County
Little Doris Nye
Reading crisis in rural Ohio schools sparks editorial
Lillian Barthan of Sharpsburg, Ohio urges state education leaders to address the decline in reading instruction. The editorial laments lack of time for reading, poor classroom practices, and calls for better literacy foundational to all education, citing McGuffey readers and alarming outcomes in hygiene geography and arithmetic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Ohio
MccGuffey
Billy Goat
Lillian Barthan
Sharpsburg
Washington's presidential speculation among farmers and pols
Washington observers weigh farm leaning candidates Frank Lowden Dawes and Watson as serious contenders while Hughes Longworth and McNider receive limited support amid shifting 1928 expectations and political maneuvering.
Fastest bricklayer and beets and reserves QandA
A 1925 Q and A column notes J Gordon Powers of Knoxville set a bricklaying record by laying 996 bricks in one hour on August 1 1925. It also answers how to keep beets red by leaving roots and a stem, explains Federal reserve bank resources totaling 4 980 423 000 as of Oct 28 1925 versus Oct 29 1924, defines a dry wine as fully fermented with 0 1 percent sugar, and states the Bishop of London salary as 10000 pounds a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Gordon Powers
Knoxville
Tenn
Federal Reserve
Comptroller of Currency
Federal Reserve Banks
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Dailies
United Press Service
Ning — Sea
F. W. Bush
Chas. H. Harris
Robert Ward, Inc
Rvine
Wabash Tie
Cervantes
Arthur Brisbane
Capper's Weekly
al Smith
America
Frederick J. Haskin
Commerce Hoover
Hoover
William E. Borah
Borah
Broadway
the Messenger
George Clark
Nelsonville
Greendale
C. H. and
C. I. Coal Company
Deutchland
Missouri
Brotherhood
Hildebrand
Abbott Stamping Company of
Detroit
State Penitentiary
Wilson
Lowden
Frank O. Lowden
Dawes
James E. Watson
Indiana
Watson
Hughes
Nice
Longworth
Slemp
Mc Nider
London
Fabrica
Standard Oil CO
New Jersey
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