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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1926
Page
4
A brief devotional note cites scripture from Eph. 5 29 about caring for one's body and a Beecher quote on selfishness as a universal vice. The compact meditation links self care to moral living and invites readers to examine character.
Congress adjourns this month after a record of tax reductions and a push toward World Court membership. It approved the Italian debt settlement and other foreign debt deals, left French debt for later, resisted tariff pressure, and set up new railroad labor dispute machinery. It outlined rechartering for federal reserve banks and expanded national bank branches, aided commercial aviation, and funded pensions while maintaining steady annual appropriations. It deferred Muscle Shoals fate and future war claims, and faced a flurry of radio regulation questions.
The MIT biology head predicts future food shortages in the next century with reduced meat output as grazing land shifts to crops. He foresees more fish, Arctic and tropical meat sources, and greater reliance on vegetables, fruits, soybeans, peanuts, and bananas, while noting farmer profits could rise if hunger grips the world.
A fragmented humorous list cites rare items and oddities tied to June, including a player piano, a suitable wedding present for a June bride, a golf hole in one, and a vacationer’s private trip tale, along with tangential commentary on credit limits and quirky solutions.
A column recalls the old fashioned hunting case watch once popular for time reading and safety of crystal. It notes its decline with fashions and the rise of simpler straps, high gear efficiency, and modern watches, mentioning its role in family keepsakes.
In a brief Arthur Brisbane note, Jeffersonian notions ride to Washington and on toward Philadelphia. The author recalls Jeffersons proposal to aid a British brewer and allow extended facilities while advocating light wine and beer as a remedy to whisky.
Cadet William Point and Major William L. Moose perished when a plane exploded in flight. A farmer witnessing the crash described heroic acts as Point ran into the blazing wreckage to save Moose, though both men could not be saved. The survivor’s account noted Point was thrown clear during the landing while Moose remained trapped.
A brief in the paper questions whether a young American’s death in the incident was a genuine accident or a result of official recklessness and incompetence. It argues that such men are valuable and should not be exposed to deadly situations.
A German scientist claims Atlantis lies in the Sahara Desert within Algerian salt marshes called Shottel Jerid. He presents proofs to convince readers that ancient writers described an oasis that became a salt marsh once part of an ancient sea, with Atlantis rising above it.
Geologic history shows mountains formed where ocean bottoms once lay as marine life created chalk cliffs in England. The land has repeatedly risen and sunk through time, reshaping the surface like bread in an oven.
Arthur Williams describes a forthcoming Edison Company turbine in New York that will powerfully exceed existing units. The 1,000,000 pound machine will cost about 2 million dollars, consume coal efficiently, and symbolize progress in material science and mechanical ingenuity.
The farm bloc tells the administration the GOP will lose control of the Senate as the farm bill was defeated. The President’s allies say he plans a new farm program, proposing a $100,000,000 government agency to stabilize distribution and prices and cut waste. The bloc will oppose the plan amid a more complex 1928 landscape.
Britain urges France to settle its debts with Britain before finalizing any agreement with the United States. Caillaux’s handling of Bereneger suggests he doubts the value of the proposed American settlement.
The article contrasts French British and French US debt during the war. It credits French fighters with delaying Germans at the Channel and saving Britain, notes British billions funded France, and portrays the US as an easy international mark under President Wilson. It asserts the US faced no German invasion danger, calling the nation “easy.”
In Alabama C W Jackson breaks the world record by swimming forty miles in salt water in eighteen hours. The piece ponders the mystery of eel migration from inland ponds to the Saragossa Sea and back expanding on questions of instinct and guiding forces.
A Galesburg Illinois girl takes top honors in a rifle championship in a bold display of marksmanship. The event drew regional competitors and spotlighted youth talent in shooting sports.
A column discusses a global rise in religious reflection and study of early humans. It cites tensions in the Mennonite and Quaker traditions over modest dress and schooling, alongside worldwide excavations tracing civilization’s origins from Ur to the Holy Land to illuminate beliefs and behavior across eras.
President Coolidge worried as Congress, now with a solid party majority in both houses, delays adjournment to pressure for farm relief and Chicago drainage action. Madden and Haugen lead regulars against timely adjournment, while Senate leaders face praise and rebuke amid partisan tensions.
A mosaic of small town items includes a mayoral warning to newsboys, licensing rules for keeping horses within city limits, congressional adjournment, miner operator talks, a tally ho to Albany with social dinners, a Robin Hood benefit for the humane society, baby party hostesses, lists of babies and attendees, a historic English coaching inn slated for rebuilding.
Ten years ago reports show militiamen crossing into Mexico with expected prisoner releases at Juarez and Kaiser subs en route to the United States. Trench sweeps in Champaign, British forces retreating, and a Triangle Keystone comedy with Arbuckle and Mabel Normand entertain.
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