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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1926
Page
4
A reflective column laments Anglo French tensions over the franc and debt, noting fierce rhetoric including antisemitic terms. It argues wartime blame shifts from Teutonic aggression to perceived monetary greed, mocking optimistic peace predictions with a biting quip about money and conflict.
A Tuesday night ball game between a colored and a white team near Nelsonville ended in a pebble throw and fights. Arrests were made, fines issued, and later it was noted stones likely came from children playing. The episode underscored race tension and the need for calm sportsmanship.
In a look back in the Messenger, items reflect a past Athens scene: frame building moves begun after delays near the new Athens high school. deaths of elderly resident Mrs. F J Beckler in Carbondale. local officials and trustees from Ohio University in town for various events. a train wreck near Parkersburg with no injuries. car prices listed in an ad. convocation solos by local performers. new Athens Chamber of Commerce secretary Joseph Leopold arriving. and a Ford cars price note.
A Garbled miscellany links Abbe Camboue's butterfly cutting claims to Mexico's religious troubles under Calles, then pivots to aging writers Shaw Voltaire and Pope Leo, European royalty salaries, Rockefeller brood travel, and a jab at Mussolini. The piece mingles sensational notes on religion, science, and wealth with historical tangents and aphorisms about leadership and longevity.
The United States Congress has boosted pension rates for Civil War and Spanish American War veterans and liberalized World War I compensation insurance and vocational training. Civil War pensions will stay capped by dwindling survivor numbers, with rates up to 39 dollars per month on average near one dollar. Widows among Civil War spouses receive extended benefits, and Spanish American War veterans see increased pensions tied to current living costs. World War I veterans gain similar relief. widows and dependents of disabled veterans also benefit under the 1925 act. The reform aims to align pensions with present needs and reduce hardship for veterans and widows alike.
Washington lawmakers clash over William C. Lankford's push for a Sunday closure law in the capital. Critics say the city loves its open Sundays for fueling theaters, soda fountains, and car rides, while Lankford vows to revive the fight next December.
In New York on July 3 the drift from old brownstone fronts accelerates as trip hammers pound steel shells of modern apartments. Private mansions along the avenue now total about 206, with the stretch from 44th to 56th Street dropping to fewer than a hundred.
A Polish immigrant, arriving on Ellis Island, rises from tenement rentals to millionaire status in New York real estate. He controls properties valued around 46 million, buying the Astor home, Vandermint mansion, and Jay Gould estate. His ascent coincides with social shifts and a focus on philanthropy for Poland. Benjamin Winter is cited as a symbol of America's new era.
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