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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1926
Page
4
A concise quotation invokes humility from Romans 12 16 and Varuki. The piece contrasts pride with folk sayings about a cuckoo and a frog from celestial and swamp waters. It presents a moral reminder in a period newspaper voice.
In Ohio valley a cache of century old items was dumped as a museum dream fades. Residents fear loss of historic papers books and dishes unless a university linked museum emerges to preserve and share the region’s early history.
A Yale Sheffield Scientific School class of 1917 with about 326 graduates shows marriage 75 percent, average earnings 6000 dollars plus investments 1800, total 7800, asset average 46500, max 1,000,000. Over 70 percent own cars, 30 percent own homes, insurance average 22500. Nearly 90 percent smoke, three quarters drink, golf tops recreation, and half planned work before college.
The article discusses an alarming scenario of dropping a were into a tank of 1,000,000 barrels of gasoline and the catastrophic effects imagined. It notes nationwide attention as motor vehicles were fixed for a certain day, with daily line readings around 760,000 barrels in May and July’s figure near 650,000 barrels.
The article recalls a July 25 vision of near 1,000,000 barrels of gasoline supposedly released by American motorists. It describes hot weather and widespread driving, estimating massive production with a 10,000-gallon tanker train three miles long. The piece emphasizes the improbability of visualizing such volumes from local wells and cars.
Bishop Manning protests the Catholic Church’s annulment of the Duke of Marlborough and Consuelo Vanderbilt marriage noting they wed in 1890 at St Thomas Episcopal. Brisbanes item cites Lavelle arguing annulment requires strong grounds and recalls Henry VIII and Luther alongside the broader church stance.
A provocative query notes the Duke of Marl borough's plan to convert to Catholicism and his annulled marriage. It asks if he must return seven million dollars taken from the W. K. Vanderbilt fortune before marriage, a sum secured by a London solicitor. The implied answer: likely no, findings keepings.
The 18 year old daughter of a wealthy factory owner joins the business to help produce 350 million soup cans annually. Her schooling at the Sorbonne is noted as she earns 30 cents an hour peeling potatoes, a modest wage for an only child of a fifty million-dollar fortune.
A well educated girl aims to preserve mineral salts in vegetables and meat for soup then joins the advertising department to promote the business and potentially double her father’s output and income.
The passage cites Professor Julian Huxley predicting longer human lifespans and eugenics to reduce deaths and control births. It contrasts animal studies with rats fed mineral-depleted diets and water only, noting elephants live about 100 years with few calves, and critiques ignorance of birth control.
The text notes that while people expect longer lifespans, few have plans to make extended years meaningful. It questions mere continued dancing eating sleeping and earning more money for fifty extra years as worthwhile.
The Festival of the Dolls aims to send Doll Messengers of Friendship to Japan. A nationwide school contest will select Miss America and Miss America Jr. to travel with state themed dolls, then be exhibited in Tokyo or Washington and then in Japan.
In New York on November 17, prominent figures collect exotic pets from elephants to a trick ape. E F Albee owns two baby elephants, Jeanne Eagles a talkative parrot, Billy Burke a baby leopard, Mia Albert Smith a pet monkey, Bent Lopez an alligator, Lenore Ulrich a famous kitten, and John Barrymore a trained ape.
The Oyster Growers Association says no official oyster eating record exists though one man ate sixty oysters at a shucking plant. A survey of boys aged 14 to 21 shows more than half choose clothing shoes sporting goods radios and musical instruments without parental help.
A mayoral proclamation orders all places of business to close on Sundays, aligning with state practice beginning next. The notice reflects a broad citywide change in Sunday commerce and public life.
A fragmentary radio list shows Cleveland-Orchestra engagements and Cincinnati-WLW orchestral broadcasts along with New York WEAF WEAF New York Concerts and Chicago instrumental programs. Multiple stations including WJAR WRC KDKA WKSB and WLW are noted with various orchestral and vocal offerings across 1920s era listings.
Special writer Charles P. Stewart reports Senator Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota, shunned by both parties, may bargain for farm relief as the price of party backing in the new Congress. He hints at supporting Norris Sinclair or McNary Haugen style measures to secure relief while remaining independent and principled.
In 1920 there were 5603 stations or offices. The system saw a discontinuation on October 1, 1883 when the letter rate dropped from three cents to two cents, marking a change in the U S postal framework.
The Buckeye serves 70 800 customers statewide and nationwide with mail and counter services. Investors earn 59 percent on Certificates of Deposit with interest from date or semiannual compounding. Resources exceed 33 million dollars with 1 35 million in reserve and supplies.
James Kirkpatrick of Columbus Ohio testifies that after years selling accessories he suffered indigestion pains and fatigue until Tanlac eased his symptoms. He claims better sleep appetite and energy and urges others to try the tonic. Tanlac is described as a natural remedy from roots barks and herbs with over 40 million bottles sold.
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