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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1926
Page
4
A compact reflection on open doors and genuine hospitality. The quotes urge that kind deeds exceed mere sustenance, urging truth, love, honor, and courtesy to shine in every action.
A Kansas City siblings dispute over heritage ends in poverty and disgrace for the brother. Repeated annual notices proclaiming the proverb erode hatred and reveal pity. In misfortune, the sister remains, and love rebirths as they unite. The tale asks if love endures when the loved one is worse off.
A family avoids disturbing a wild canary nest in a mailbox area by relocating mail duties and locking the porch during nesting. They remove the cat to the farm, protect the young, and urge neighbors to keep cats away as young birds hatch and venture near lawns and streets.
The article describes Henry Ford, one of the world's richest men, seeking joy in a small gray inn in Massachusetts. It contrasts Ford and other rich men longing for country life with the hard toil of farming and the allure of the simple life. It notes a presidential family spending summers in the Adirondacks and hints at broader themes of wealth versus contentment.
The narrator compares distant New Mexico vistas and future potential as airship population grows, noting red rock walls and expansive mesas. A lone Indian woman leads a thin white horse while a fat male Indian explains he wears the hat for sun protection and that squaws walk.
A fragment reflecting colonial power dynamics with the white man dictating Indian land, and a critique of family respect affecting children's status as servants.
Pietro Lombardi, Fred Harvey’s steward, reflects on an Indian family and quotes a line in Italian about the difficulty of climbing muddy steps to reach cleaner ones, illustrating a metaphor about effort and progress.
A biased statement contends that what are labeled inferior races remain on lower steps but may rise if diseases and vices of so called superior races do not annihilate them. The speaker warns whites not to boast of progress while mud remains on the staircase.
The article quotes Morgenthau accusing Kemal Pasha of brutal murders of Armenians and urges Christian America to avoid dealings with Turkish leadership. It contrasts with American views on treatment of Native peoples and hints at broader imperial critique.
A terse, grim, metaphorical passage compares coyotes to Turks and Armenians, noting the predatory nature of both two and four legged beasts and their vulnerability. The tone remains stark and accusatory.
Dr Hunt condemns betting and immoral temptations linked to horse racing in Louisville during the derby. He cites estimates of industry funding and bookmakers profits, and criticizes the city’s rising vice as a sign of moral decline.
An upbeat invitation to travel the American West by steamship through the Panama Canal and by rail via Southern Pacific Northern Pacific Santa Fe and car trips coast to coast. Readers are assured good hotels clean auto camps plentiful opportunities and friendly helpful locals.
The article details how old cars are dismantled for parts and scrap in Washington, D C. Junk yards and wrecking firms salvage usable components from engines upholstery glass and more while burning or shredding remaining structures for metal.
Washington May 21 The Treasury redesign committee proposes smaller bills by about one third to cut costs by roughly 4 million dollars yearly and to simplify and standardize designs. The plan wipes yellowbacks, lowers size from 7.28 by 3.04 inches to 6 by 2.5 inches, copying Philippine money.
A New York essay muses on the rise of luxury smoking with tailored holders and “trick” lighters, noting trends in cigarette cases and monograms. It also surveys U S currency changes, highlighting proposed smaller bill sizes, design simplifications, and color updates to thwart counterfeiting.
The text explains eye span as the amount read in a sweep and relates it to eye fixations during reading. It notes slow reading has many fixations. It then cites the 1908 Inter-Sorority Conference defining a national sorority.
Twenty six diplomas were awarded at the forty eighth annual graduation ceremonies of Athens High School. Recipients include Samuel Warren Jr H Edward Crannner Lucy K Halbirt Louise Roach Mary Connett Edna V Campbell Ethel Walsh Grace Marie Junod Lulu H Brickles Gertrude Cameron L Dean Voer John J Fagan Emmett L Hooper Fred S Wheaton Robert Raw Herbert N Koons Elbridge Dean Ring Franklin A Davis Harrison Spicer Villa B Van Dyke Lara Belle Pixley Anna Mae Smith Mary Adda White Harriet L Putnam Fredian Finsterwald Addie Marie Grones.
The new Aiken law requiring saloons to pay one thousand dollars yearly begins. Officials estimate about seventy of the 116 saloons in Athens county will remain after the law takes effect.
The university announces that twenty two students will receive the arts degree at the June 21 1906 graduation. About thirty three students from other departments will also graduate, marking the largest class to date.
A retrospective highlights Roosevelt's threats to Henry Ford and calls pacifists copperheads. Berlin dispatch reports firmer peace signals, while Allies refuse concessions. French defenses hold as attacks are repulsed.
Mrs George North aged 65 of Nelsonville died at her residence on May 15. Funeral services were held May 17 by Reverend Plummer. Miss Kathryn Collins hosted the Nelsonville Priscilla club gathering Tuesday evening with Mesdames Ed Knight Mona Smith and Misses Christina King Helen Grey Lessie Johnson May Runnion Prdie Ann Blaine and Susie Maze in attendance.
A Buchtel item notes that Mine No 31 of the New York company has resumed operation after a pause. The report emphasizes the restart and ownership.
John McLaughlin of Coolville and L. E. Munden of Glouster announced their candidacy for county commissioner, seeking election on the upcoming ballot.
A Findlay report notes a brief snow shower lasting five minutes followed by hail. No injuries reported and weather conditions returned to normal shortly after.
A humorous verse laments mens high standards for a ideal partner while questioning if they offer equal consideration in return. It contrasts demanding expectations with the reality of family frictions as vacation looms and a father reflects on his son’s lessons.
A strongman known for lifting heavy weights astonished townsfolk with feats including a thousand pound lift and lifting a car. He later pulled a prank that ended with arrest when police found a small white mule on his hip.
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