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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1926
Page
4
Heathens County farm bureau urges farmers to record flock production and monitor milk and butter fat yields daily. The piece compares farming records to business bookkeeping, arguing accurate records reduce guesswork and strengthen profitability.
The city faces a need for a park and driveway as natural beauty spots near picnics and outings are sold for homes. A small Highland Street park is feasible with modest expense and a landscape plan. City parks improve civic pride and provide public gathering spaces for outings and children’s play.
A newspaper column argues parental criticism of schools travels in one channel while educational theory travels in another. It urges parents and board members to meet directly, not through gatherings, to turn kicks into real school improvement and mutual understanding between fathers, boards, and educators.
A trainer and Los Angeles dog breeder argued as an automobile carried Peter the Great away. A rifle fired a bullet that killed the famous dog, with envy and jealousy cited as the motives behind the tragedy.
A fragmentary report recalls a New York incident where a woman, after removing a flag bit from a tenant’s property, confronted the tenant when he refused to fall in line. Reprimanded by a magistrate, she claimed the act was not to desecrate the flag and criticized the decoration as unattractive.
The text contrasts dirty flags with clean patriotism and criticizes hanging a soiled badge as a sign of muddy patriotism seen on the battlefield and beyond.
A railroad wreck kills fifteen, injures fifty with blame on the engineer. The piece cites New Jersey Central testing a safety device that prevents collisions, notes Switzerland national railways with safety gear, argues for US adoption, and questions British railway safety claims.
The piece notes severe congestion on British railways with forty million travelers moving in a territory smaller than California, highlighting strain on transport infrastructure.
Doctor Butler of Columbia University argues in Paris that self rule is an ongoing global trial. He claims governments have always experimented and gradually improve, rejects socialism and communism, and says public parks and schools funded by taxes illustrate what he calls intelligent government.
Frederick Brown, a leading real estate operator, passed on a Portland area bargain four years earlier as dirt cheap. He later secured the same Vanderbilt New York house for 7.1 million dollars after waiting costs 2.6 million, illustrating the perils of delaying land and property deals.
The Freethinkers' society of New York telegrammed Governor Smith and Mayor Walker to protest a reception for visiting Cardinals at City Hall. They object to a throne in the aldermanic chamber for Cardinal Bonzano, arguing the Vatican and papal temporal power are not US government concerns.
Article argues France is not financially desperate noting a gold reserve around one billion dollars, larger than most nations except the United States. It states the franc drop hurts but internal debt is payable in francs, asserts wartime debt increases did not raise real total beyond prewar levels, and claims real money value is already lower than before the war.
The piece traces early remedies for snake bites among Indians and early settlers, notes reports of Indian powder antidotes, and contrasts with whisky as a disputed first aid. It details Brazil’s snake serum program at Sao Paulo, horse-based production, and the spread of anti venom research to the United States via the Smithsonian.
Charles P. Stewart reports from Washington on Senator James A. Reed shifting an expenses inquiry into a broader anti saloon league probe. Reed leverages wet and dry tensions, faces limited witnesses, and gains partial support from Sen La Follette while managing a divided committee as Wheeler’s testimony promises ongoing, damaging disclosures.
Sun day Creek Coal Co contracts let for sinking mine shaft 212 at Sugar Creek amid renewed mine optimism. Also noted are a permanent injunction on tearing down an old hill school building and local dairy and bank asset figures in Athens County.
Fashion notes describe smartly dressed women carrying canes made from rhinoceros hide that gleam like gold, drawing attention in London streets.
A 45 year old girl single handedly saved 13 lives in the Kamenitea Valley flood near Belgrade. She guided residents to safety and coordinated with rescuers to evacuate villagers from rising waters. Her actions were praised by local authorities and aid workers.
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