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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1926

Page

4

Radio Listings Across U S Cities Show Evening Music Mix

A dense schedule lists stations such as WHT in Chicago and KGO in San Francisco with orchestras vocal solos and variety programs from 6 to 12 at night. Cities include Omaha Detroit Pittsburgh Philadelphia and New York with multiple time blocks and acts and notable performers like Vincent Lopez Helene Koster and Henry Humphrey.

Fort Worth Tex Chicago Ill Sores Omaha Neb WBZ Springfield Diano WGBS New York City Varie Kgo San Francisco Calif WEAF Helene Koster Nathan Weinberg George Kanony Henry Humphrey Vincent Lopez Smith Brothers The Starkinites WEEIL WGR WOC WFI WSAI WWJ Cliquot _ Club KSD WCAE WIAR WEAR Silvertown Cord Orchestra WSJAR WEEI WTAG WEI Pittsburgh WCAU Philadelphia WGHB Clearwater Fla WTIC Hartford Conn WIR Detroit Mich Cleveland Ohio CKCL Toronto Canada WRC Washington Chain Seca Tee Fe ‘Orent Orchestra WJZ CNRM Montreal Can WLER Staten Island N. Y WBBM WHAS Louisville, Ky Atlanta WMAQ Ore Oean Wate Teef Has Shenandoah Cincinnati WMBB WQJ Davenport Ila KPRC Houston Studio St. Louis FWCCO St. Paul-Minneapolis WHO Des Moines Kansas City WORD Zion Denver Colo KSL Salt Lake City Utah Calgary WNYC York City

Thoughtful maxim on honesty and moral truth

A compact quotation collection highlights honesty as the finest natural beauty. It contrasts biblical virtue with the idea that beauty lies in truth, citing Romans and Shaftesbury to foreground ethical integrity.

Shaftesbury

A Father’s Pride Dictates a Senator’s Early Roots

The late father of California Senator Hiram Johnson left a will saying he made no provision for his son’s finances, only his love and pride. The piece argues that a father’s early guidance shapes a boy into a man who can stand on his own, stressing the lifelong impact of good parenting.

Hiram Johnson California Hiram Senator Johnson

Jazz band replaces organ music at western church

A western city church has eliminated organ music in favor of a jazz band during services. Officials celebrate the change with photographs, prompting questions about whether jazz adds dignity or beauty to worship.

Four F's guide to life by Babson in business terms

A statistician turns from figures to advise on Faith Family Friends and Funds as the four essential assets for investors. He ranks them in that order and argues that true wealth comes from applying money and time to all four, not just financial reserves.

Roger Babgon Mr. Babson

Deportation reference shadows local publicity mill

Fragmentary OCR notes mention a foreign author and actress tied to a historical deed and moral concerns. No clear dates or places are readable, but the text indicates a disjointed discussion of deportation, publicity, and market reception.

Paradox of Tax Cuts Driving Higher Revenue

The speaker argues a paradox that cutting income tax could spur greater earnings, leading to more tax paid overall. He contends people will work harder when net pay rises, increasing total state revenue despite lower rates. The claim emphasizes behavioral response to tax policy.

Grand Canyon described with vivid scenery by Arthur Brisbane

Arthur Brisbane writes from Grand Canyon Arizona describing the canyon’s vast height and color. He notes the sun setting on the left and the moon rising as the canyon towers rise from the floor a mile below.

Arthur Brisbane Grand Canyon Arizona The Colorado

Foliage and Canyon Air At Seven Thousand Feet

A contemplation of a high canyon scene. The narrator notes the open air seven thousand feet above sea level and the distant Colorado river carrying water from far mountains. The atmosphere and distant trees are described as the scene’s quiet, timeless folly.

Colorado

Moonlit Sky Over a Poetic Night

A vivid description paints the moon as queen of Heaven riding a colored throne under a pale moon. The scene notes a dark rose purple sky with a heavy blue band below and hints at an artist lost in typewriter letters.

Heaven

Sunset over the Canyon Reveals Earth’s Ancient Layers

The passage describes a western sunset over a canyon with shifting colors and shadows. Exposed rock layers, formed over millions of years, stand revealed by rushing waters, offering geologists a clear view of the earth’s age as if reading a painted face.

China

Shadows in Canyon Light Slow Descent Toward Heaven

A reflective scene contrasts fading day and rising moon with canyon walls revealing dark caverns twenty miles away. The piece recalls Bishop Brown losing faith when astronomy questioned the universe’s size and the pace required to reach Heaven amid extreme cold.

Bishop Brown Heaven

Canyon Colors Fade Yet Hope Rises In Dawn

The speaker contrasts the canyon's fading colors with the promise of return at dawn. They muse on Earth's smallness in space and ponder whether a power great enough to carve can ferry souls across vast distances. The central question remains if humanity is worthy of such divine capability.

This Is It The One Wonder On Earth

A boastful plea invites readers to behold the singular wonder described as the ultimate marvel. The speaker claims no other wonders compare and urges an invitation to come and see.

A Canyon Stadium Of Golden Rock And Millions

The narrator compares a vast rock stadium with sixteen hundred million people on Earth. He describes seating that could fit billions, noting that if five hundred million shouted on one side, the other would hear only a faint murmur, illustrating incomprehensible scale.

Turkey adopts Swiss Civil Code and aligns its laws

A fragment notes Turkey has adopted the Swiss Civil Code and now follows it closely like clockwork. The text also briefly mentions health influenced by drinking and an early eater’s hunger, but specifics are unclear.

Turkey

Alexandria Transforms Into a Modern City

Alexandria shifts from cobblestones to a modern council system led by William A. Smoot. The city debuts automatic signals, improved streets, reformed police with veterans, new patrols, and a strengthened health and sewerage program marking a civic revival.

William A. Smoot Alexandria Washington Bushrod Washington George Washington Smoot State Board of Health

Airmen Can Sink Battleships

Washington March 3 Congressman LaGuardia, noted WWI ace, discusses aviation with Charles P. Stewart. He asserts aviators can sink a battleship reliably, examining whether air power can render battleships obsolete as a regular, certain outcome.

Charles P. Stewart Washington Congressman LaGuardia House of Representatives LaGuardia

New York Dining Room Etiquette Mystery

In a Pennsylvania Hotel dining room a rural family of five, new to the city, pauses as the soup arrives. They study other diners, mimic tableware, and suddenly clasp their hands, bowing their heads as the father begins to speak, sharing a private moment in an urban scene.

Washington D. C George Washington Alexandria Virginia Brooklyn Hoboken Christ Church Mount Vernon Robert E. Lee Christchurch America General Braddock New York Massachusetts Pennsylvania Maryland Pennsylvania Hotel

New York Lectures and War Talk in a Blazing Debate

A columnist notes New York’s love of lectures from Louis XIV furniture to hoof and mouth origins with many venues and free talks. The piece presents LaGuardia’s bold ideas on using aviators and explosive sown missions against battleships and contemplates air power, carriers, and dirigibles after recalling the Shenandoah and Titanic.

New York Congressman LaGuardia LaGuardia

The Very Idea by Hal Cochran Ashes

A humorous poem notes husbands neglect ashtray use, flipping cigarette ashes onto floors, tables, and even plates. It observes wives’ frustrations with ash habits and derides the idea that ashes are harmless. The piece emphasizes domestic annoyance with carelessness and the need for proper ash disposal.

The best filling station ever built is the dining room

Defiance Ohio Crescent News quotes a local saying that a dining room serves as the finest filling station, blending hospitality with daily sustenance in the home.

Defiance Crescent News

Judge Upholds Elasticity of Speech Laws in Ruling

Toronto Tribune notes a judge's decision granting limited flexibility to speech statutes, stating remarks did not expand pedestrian rights beyond a single bounce. The piece frames the ruling as a measured approach to free expression within existing limits.

Toronto Tribune

Confident Philanthropist or Not, Newark Riddle

A brief note questions whether the so called man of the people who does good is truly a philanthropist. The Newark American Tribune raises the label and invites scrutiny of his motives and deeds.

Newark American-Tribune

The Next Time You’re Chilled Put Your Hat On

A terse reminder urges readers to keep warm by wearing a hat when cold. The note reflects practical advice common to winter comfort columns in local papers.

Born with Shoes On Not Barefoot, Says Speaker

A speaker condemns toeing the line of casual calls and wasted conversations. He mocks those who boast of starting life barefoot and urges accountability for actions that upset others. He favors punctual, purposeful communication over idle requests.

Young FELLOW WORKER LOSES JOB FOR Lateness

After a long search the young man got a job but quickly proved shiftless. He was an hour late on Thursday, prompting the boss to remark on lateness and question his Tuesday and Wednesday attendance.

Shoe sales quip highlights wear durability myth

In a Fostoria Times item, a Wise Crax customer asks if shoes wear long. The dealer retorts that no one has ever returned for a second pair, turning the question into a joke about shoe longevity.

Fostoria

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