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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1926
Page
4
A devotional line notes that sins resemble shadows at noon, unseen in daylight yet vast in evening. Quoted from Ecclesiastes 43:1 and attributed to Suckling, the reflection emphasizes moral reckoning and awareness of fault.
A University of Missouri analyst argues that lower intelligence groups reproduce more, predicting a drift toward a moron majority. He notes historical patterns show a small brainy minority can guide civilization, while a large unbright majority sustains it, warning of inevitable decline if trends continue.
Yale economist Dr. Ellsworth Huntington argues weather affects prosperity by influencing farmer output and consumer demand. He links U S panics to preceding droughts and notes recent heat and cold spells raised deaths and costs, urging careful study of climate prosperity connections.
A quote argues many confuse democracy as a social ideal with democracy as a system of governance. It stresses founders designed a non democratic framework and warns reformers misapply the concept to protect or justify political structures across populations.
A brief, fragmented quotation questions the fragility of democracy, contrasting Swiss traditions with the American Republic and noting that pure democracy is a constant danger. The text hints at political philosophy without full context.
The article notes Wall Street mood improving with stocks rising while a Thanksgiving tornado devastated Arkansas and surrounding states leaving many dead and injured. It cites weather's far reaching effects and links optimism to tax cuts and wage gains for railroad workers as prosperity broadens.
The piece links prosperity to cotton growers and textile makers. It notes women’s fashion shrinking from long fabrics to minimal wraps. It argues Northern textile jobs fear offshore shifts as coal and iron move to Pittsburgh and cotton, cheap power, and labor pull textiles south.
Bishop Manning denounces Rome and the Catholic Church over the Marlborough Vanderbilt wedding annulment. Cardinal Hayes offers no new reply. Monsignor Dunn cites the church’s stance against selling women in marriage as the vow’s coercive element amid the high profile dispute in a land of 115,000,000.
Natacha Rambova reports Rudolph Valentino’s spirit will enter cinema in the spiritual world as a star in celestic styler specials. Friends Caruso Wallace Reid and Sarah Bernhardt are said to guide him, illustrating how a man adapts once he has seen.
Expert George Frederick Kunz notes 1925 diamond sales rose despite fears of shortages. Union of South Africa controlled about 70 percent of world value, with reserves likely lasting a century. Demand for large gems remains high, while bracelet wear shows a shift toward small stones and varied colored sets. Queen Marie of Romania cited as bracelet-saturated example.
In New York a backstage Broadway post office stores hidden dramas of stage life. A doorman and three chorus girls reveal casual letters and flirtations as they sift through envelopes for news of lovers and marriages, exposing private backstage tales.
A reporter recalls back stage post offices on Broadway where letters from home bring tales of broken families and missed-messaged loves. Performers hide sorrow as they return to makeup and stage, while audiences remain unaware of the personal dramas behind the glamour.
Mrs Elizabeth Jaffray former White House housekeeper says the presidents food costs are handled as part of official expenses. The inquiry asks whether the president must pay grocery bills personally or receives an allowance.
The Athens commercial club planned a meeting with canning factory representatives seeking to establish a plant in Athens. Scioto Valley Traction directors slated a meeting to discuss extending the line Lancaster to Logen and Athens. The junior cooking club met at Mrs. V C Loos's home with guests. The Athens National Bank planned a move to the new bank building on Court Street. A mass meeting at Ohio University featured a yell about Esse esse quam velit. Ten years ago news notes include British air cruiser losses and Wilson protest, along with local arts and sports items.
A survey of radio notes lists Cleveland Washington New York and other markets airing orchestras operas and variety programs. Entries include Cincinnati Baltimore Nashville Los Angeles Des Moines and Portland with schedules for morning afternoon and evening blocks and multiple music genres.
Rodney Dutcher profiles the Anti Cigaret Alliance in Washington D C noting its secrecy and reliance on formal press statements. The group avoids public visibility and keeps its office unlisted while distributing pamphlets for 25 cents per hundred. The piece contrasts its low profile with the more influential Anti Slavery League and cites exaggerated claims about cigarette use.
Discussion covers the president's personal expense limit except clothing, whether lightning qualifies as a sea peril, swan wintering in Chesapeake Bay Back Bay Currituck Sound and boldness under ten year protection, Jean de Reszke as baritone turned tenor, and Panama soil fertility with key crops like bananas rubber and coffee.
Ohio produced four diplomats who held the post of envoy to France. Lewis Cass was appointed in 1836, Edward F. Noyes in 1877, Myron T. Herrick first in 1912 and again in 1921, and W. G. Sharp in 1914. Herrick served under Taft Wilson Harding and Coolidge.
In Leeds England a special exhibition for undertakers displayed 39 new coffin designs and styles.
In Chicago, James Mosier was arrested on suspicion of peculiar thefts after a kneeling pose in church, described as praying while pockets were forced.
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