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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1926
Page
4
A thought for today speaks of deliverance from deceitful speech. A satirical line chides a bald man who pretends to have hair, attributed to Martial, highlighting humor at vanity.
An examination of crime rhetoric and statistics contrasts alarmist claims with calm analysis. Clarence Darrow, famed defense attorney, is presented as a criminologist whose objective study suggests crime stems from social and psychological factors rather than mere numbers.
A garbled OCR fragment references a wartime topic with the phrase How We Die. Readable facts are minimal, but the item appears to note a wartime discussion or feature connected to wasp waist imagery and mortality.
Arthur Brisbane warns of dangerous fashion trends as women tighten corsets and risk heart failure while the era’s briefs mix in political misstatements and mythic restoration notions. The chaotic prose hints at social critique and sensational speculation.
A British editor notes fears of Mussolini and Kemal Pasha, warns against U.S. intervention, and critiques endless punishment in Christianity. He argues absence of fear enables worthwhile actions and cites Bishop of Liverpool and Dean Inge on eternal torment. France, as an independent agricultural nation, will not pay.
In Washington? D C the National Safety Council notes about 70 million registered passenger vehicles plus trucks and buses, yet pedestrian casualties rise. The piece highlights a Detroit Safety Congress focus on street and highway safety and argues for pavement markings to guide traffic amid varied local codes.
Gilbert Swan reports a proposed winter fad called the gigolo linked to Paris dancing mates for wealthy ladies. He notes street agents in Times Square promoting nightlife, near beer bars replacing real beer, and a shift in social norms with women’s advances in voting careers and leisure, while saloons fade from the scene.
A quiz style exchange asks which country drinks the most coffee and estimates counting ten cent pieces to a million dollars. It notes counting speed depends on the counter and his counting method, and defines a rain forest as a tropical forest with daily rain and enormous trees.
Local notices report W E Peters of Athens County Home Telephone Company inventing a toll rate book for calling long distance stations. Judge Wood refuses saloon injunction due to residency in the affected district. A new flight of steps is built from Dean Avenue to the school grounds amid muddy access. Veneered Door Co selects a five acre lot on East Mill street for excavation work. Headlines note German raids and Allied air searches on the coast. Public health nurses meet in Chillicothe with colleagues from six towns. Students plan to sell playground tags citywide. Newport RI reports a steamer sighting the German submarine U 53 near Nantucket Shoals.
Three cornered GOP races in Illinois New York Oregon and Wisconsin unsettle party leaders amid potential splits. Illinois pairs Smith Magill and Brennan threaten regulars. New York pits Wadeworth Christman Wagner. Oregon deploys Steiner Stanfield Haney. Wisconsin centers on Blaine Tittemore with Kearney likely doomed.
The piece explains intaglio engraving and lists ages of heavyweight champions from Corbett to Dempsey. Corbett won at 25 and lost at 26. Fitzsimmons 35-37. Jeffries 24-31. Hart 30-30. Burns 25-27. Johnson 30-36. Willard 31-36. Dempsey 24-31.
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