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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1926
Page
4
A brief meditation urges brethren to grow, study to be quiet, and to work with their own hands. It contrasts with the old proverb about multitudes of irons in the fire, labeling it a lie and urging full engagement with one’s tasks.
Rogers Hornsby, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, endures bereavement as his mother, dying at home in Tex, requests he finish the pennant bid and only return after the game. The piece praises maternal sacrifice and Hornsby's resolve amid sorrow.
An article argues that despite claims of safe highways, high speeds yield accidents. Maryland records 355 crashes outside cities in 1925, with 181 on straight safe stretches. Recklessness and excessive speed blamed. lifting limits seen as inviting fools.
A Los Angeles witness used ankle cues to distinguish Aimee Semple McPherson from another woman in the Carmel “love nest” scene with Ormiston. The columnist notes ankles becoming a new factor in legal identifications and predicts more ankle based disputing evidence.
The American Association of Engineers began a campaign against dubious correspondence schools that promise high pay for short study. An official cited a case where such a school promised salaries above Chicago Telephone Company’s chief engineer after a six month course. The movement seeks backing from other professions to curb deceptive advertising.
Friends mourn Mrs. E. S. Woods, late owner of a $20,000 string of 96 graduated rose pearls lost at Texas Guinan’s famous New York nightclub. The piece drew attention amid lingering whispers of high prices and social excess.
An antiquated travel voice compares the highlands of New Mexico Arizona and Colorado to Europe and Asia affirming vast landscapes and sparse human life. The narrator contrasts Western scenery with European grandeur and notes a lone muleteer and a prospecting ride along a cross country express.
A sweeping eleven page advertisement from Walker's Los Angeles department store extols Westward growth and the Examiner reach. The piece highlights Mojave desert development and national signals from Denver to San Francisco. It claims 410000 circulation and a readership of 2 million, urging merchants to seize bold ad campaigns.
Chicago readers recall Richard Evans a 19 year old who killed a policeman after drinking bootleg whisky. A jury condemned him in minutes and the youth lamented the severity of the sentence. The piece argues bootleggers share blame for killings. It notes whisky fatalities among elderly and a young girl as part of 1925 data.
The government limits European and Canadian whisky imports improving local moonshine prospects and potentially increasing whisky deals. Foreign whisky, while problematic, is less lethal than denatured alcohol whisky bought at gas stations and redistilled.
Washington exposes the broader economic impact of the British coal strike. Authorities estimate losses exceed one billion dollars, with ripple effects beyond government debt. The article discusses how extravagant spending and missed opportunities can alter wealth and social status across the nation.
The piece argues a avoidable national expenditure is an irreplaceable loss and that coal strike costs could have funded U S loans lowering American taxes. It notes three leading banks Barclays Midland and National City Bank assess the strike’s broad economic impact, with emphasis on living standards and long term damages beyond immediate sums.
Washington hotel keepers press for presidential patronage as the Coolidges prepare for White House repairs next spring. The couple may stay in a hotel for three months with a small staff and security, while the president continues business at the executive offices. public access will be limited and guarded, but the stay promises extensive publicity for the chosen hotel. In a separate note, Henry Williams is reported to have bitten off rival taxi driver George Mosher’s lower lip in a Chicago rough-and-tumble fight.
A visiting reporter captures a New York City district where residents praise local leadership. Charley describes how Paddy the district leader fixes sidewalks, benches vanish and reappear, and chemical plans are halted by quick action. The piece portrays a generous city with practical, responsive governance in a rain soaked metropolis.
A collage of old items notes a three-mine sugar strike settlement at a power house, university football practice with injured Gahm, a Supreme Court win for Hildebrant in Ohio’s Sixth District, and Mayor Day seeking a secretary to handle rising case load. Also referenced are ten years ago headlines on German sub warfare, air patents, and uprisings in New York with Mother Jones and Ohio suffrage leaders.
The Q A discusses correct spellings gladiolus and gladioli with English plural gladioluses. It notes Miss Gertrude Ederle did not win money but incurred about $5000 in training and support costs. It adds government meat packing oversight is limited to out of state shipments under the Agriculture Department.
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