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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1926
Page
4
Work for Prisoners in Kansas City Jail
Officials in Kansas City propose bootleggers in jail should work to pay for their imprisonment. Prisoners would break rock eight hours daily, with the broken stone sold to fund county costs and road projects. The plan argues jail labor reduces idleness and teaches usefulness while supporting government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ohio State Journal
Spoiled Parents and Tempers Across Generations
A discussion of parental indulgence and its long term impact. Critics blame Puritan strictness and lenient upbringing for producing ill mannered adults, noting a cycle where spoiled children become spoiled parents and perpetuate conflict and divorce in later life.
Traffic and disease clash over cars endangering children
Metropolitan Life warns that automobiles rival scarlet fever in threat to child life noting a 50 percent rise in auto deaths over five years and that two of five deaths involve children under 15. It urges safer driving while acknowledging cars' benefits and asks drivers to protect the vulnerable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Anyle
Trafand
Aviation's Year Opens With Hope for Commercial Flying
The period anticipates commercial aviation expanding in the United States after limited prior activity. The government air mail is the main large scale venture, while Curtiss Flying Service, operating seven years, shows safe growth through instruction passenger flights cross country photography and urgent transport services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Curtiss Flying Service
Red flag displayed by Bermondsey and Battersea
Arthur Brisbanes Today column notes Bermondsey town council flies a red flag over the town hall with Battersea also showing the banner. He says Britons react calmly, allowing expressions of dissent without hysteria or jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Brisbane
Bermondsey
City of London
Town Hall
London
Battersea
Chinese Students Shot in Shanghai Not Historic Turning Point
The speaker discounts a Shanghai shooting of Chinese students by European police as not history making. With a 500 million population, most are illiterate and unaware, so even a dramatic event is judged average in historical significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
International Settlement
Lexington
European steel trust aims to dominate postwar production
The text warns that American business is too small to compete with a European steel monopoly uniting Britain France Germany Belgium and excluding the United States. It argues European nations consolidated iron and steel output during the war and now, with Allied-German collaboration, seek to profit from this centralized production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Britain
United States
France
England
Germany
Belgium
Steel Giants Show Large Profits and Cash Reserves
The article notes Bethlehem Steel earned over thirteen million dollars and United States Steel over ninety million net last year. It says U S Steel could pay $12 a share in dividends and holds more than five hundred million dollars in cash, with a potential $100 per share cash payout discussed but warns markets may deteriorate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schwab
Bethlehem Steel
Gary
United States Steel
Philanthropic Chinese Merchant Hanged for Family Murder
Lock Ah-Tam, a Liverpool merchant known for charity, killed his Welsh wife and two daughters during a family celebration. He was hanged after the confession in a case that highlights Britain’s severity toward murder. He hoped to join his loved ones in heaven, a belief reflected in his final remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lock Ah-Tam
Liverpool
League of Nations Mirrors Prewar Europe Ties
The passage notes that alliances fueled European tension before the war, with France and Russia pledging to unite against Germany if triggered, a pattern that materialized as conflicts unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Europe
France
Russia
Germany
France seeks allies to offset Germany in League of Nations
France seeks partners in the League to counter German moves as the United States weighs its stance toward the organization and its controversial court viewed as a back door to the gue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
France
Germany
United States
Court
Vocational Rehabilitation Comes Close to End of War Program
Washington reports the World War I vocational rehabilitation program nears completion on June 30 1926. About 200000 entered training with 117000 rehabilitated though many are in other jobs or on pensions. Cost estimated around 500 million dollars with roughly 100000 restored to independent living amid mixed outcomes and lessons learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Veterans’ Bureau
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Scions Like to Make Someone Goat In Congress
Washington dispatch notes how occasional proposals provoke broad opposition by choosing a fresh, inexperienced figure to bear the political risk. The piece portrays veteran lawmakers steering a rooky into hot water to avoid direct blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scions
Raquel Meller Open Night Draws High Demand in New York
In New York on March 26 a hectic opening night for Raquel Meller drew a vast crowd outside the box office where seats listed at 25 dollars proved obsolete. Spectators say scalpers charge up to 190 dollars for a coveted seat, highlighting the season’s craze for premiere performances in the metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
European stars and tariff quarrels in spring notes
The piece surveys European celebrity pricing for opening nights and Broadway visits by Harry Thaw amid spring signals of summer tourism. It then shifts to politics, noting Senate debate over tariff commission investigation, Norris alleging Coolidge reduced the commission, and Republicans drafting a mixed investigative panel led by Hiram Bingham as the push begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Thaw
Broadway
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Harry
Senate
Tariff Commission
Norris
Coolidge
Pan
Hiram Bingham
Radio Listings Digest Across United States and Canada
A dense daily guide lists radio programming from coast to coast including Detroit WEAF New York WMCA and many more. The schedule shows orchestras vocal acts dance programs and talk segments at various hours across dozens of stations including WJAR WEAF KDKA WGN KYW KFAB and WDMF with dates marking Saturday schedules and Sunday shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Tun
N. Y
Orches One
Detroit
Mich
Or- Weaf
New York City
Vincent Lopez
Orches
Harvey Wiley Corbett
WEAF
Ross Gorman
WMCA
Cazenovia
WCAE
Pittsburgh
WGBS
WGY
Schenectady
KDKA
ADC
Akron
Sonia
WBZ
Springfield
Mass
WTIC
Hartford
Conn
Variety
Orches Kcl
Toronto
Canada
WOO
Philadelphia
Orch
Orchestra
WNYC
WOKO
C Wne
Staten Island
Tim Wbem
Chicago
Ill
Louisville
Atlanta, Ga
KFAB
Lincoln
Neb
MAQ
KYW
Chicago, Ill
WBAP
Fort Worth
Tex
Wacco
St. Paul-Minneapello
WOAW
Omaha
OTAA
Dallas
WGN
KFNF
Shenandoah
St. Louis
WLW
Cincinnati
WSM
Nashville
Tenn
Ohio
Orc Wgy
Gchenectany
Iwrie
Aes
CAF
Metropolitan
George Barrere
Little Symphony Orchestra
WJAR
WFI
Edward Bowes
Capitol Family
Capitol Theater
WREL
WCAP
WWY
WCAL
Atwater Kent
Richard Bonnelli
Helen Stanley
WEERI
WGR
WCA
WCCO
WWJ
Ws8ai
WEAR
KSD
WET
Ease
Providence
Ion
WBAL
Baltimore
Vocal
Iinstrutal
CAE
Oncert Ag
Land of Cheer Message Encourages Positive Living
A cheerful verse exhorts readers to seek happiness through smiles, song, and friendly acts. It promotes upbeat living, teamwork, and helping others, ending with a playful gag about calling a family head Dad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land OF Cheer
The Easiest Man in the World to Overlook
The piece notes how people underestimate him and assume he is always in good spirits, though he may have reasons to feel otherwise. It reflects on the expectation that he remains cheerful despite possible unseen burdens.
Question on route for returning youth with groceries
A riddle asks where the young man would go if not by the longest route, returning from the store with groceries. It plays on a paradox of choices and travel paths, hinting at a clever or literal solution.
Questions and Answers on Science and History Highlights
A numbered Q and A list covers causes of blindness, differences between High German and Low German, biblical terms for wine, Burne-Jones models by Lily Langtry, U.S. physicians and incomes, 16th century American ship, coal extraction limits, and origins of England's crown jewels with entries ranging from 1562 to 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burne- Jones
Lily Langtry
Wadsworth and Reed Sit Out Summer Facing Election Prospects
Wadsworth and Reed of Pennsylvania plan to sit out the summer as the Republican congressional election prospects loom. The party leadership weighs strategy for the upcoming campaign season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadsworth and Reed
Pennsylvania
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Wardinc
Fifth Ave
Wabash Avenue
FF. W. Bush
Tuor
Chas
H. Harris
Ley
Lock-Ah-Tam
BY Frederic J. Haskin
Congress
East Side
Charles P. Stewart Messenger
Washington
Oldsters
Main Street
Moscow Arts Theater
Chauve Sports
Raquel Meller
Central Park
Hudson River
Robinson, Bruce, la Follette
Ouston
T Gan
WJAZ
Gore Coor
Davenport
Iusical
Kansas
Central Time
Independence
WHO
Des Moines
WDAF
Vesper Servic Ace
Louis
Theater Progra
Machine
Zion
Vocal. Ie
Windonald
Hot Springs
Art
Org
RPRC
Houston
Paramount Five
WKRC
WOC
Hal Cochran
I. KE
L. Cc
Port Royal
C. K
Edward
Charles II
Robert Vyner
Victoria
Rundell and Bridge
India
Garrard
George V
Delhi
Mary
Mary of
Modena
James II
Mary II
William and Mary
Henry IV
George IV
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