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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1926
Page
4
A reflective adage warns against meddling in others affairs. The verse likens interference to grabbing a dog by the ears and urges peace by avoiding busybody conduct.
The piece analyzes the Tangier international district in Morocco as a flashpoint of European influence. It notes the 1906 Algeciras Conference and US participation, questions whether Tangier is a political or commercial dispute, and cites Spain France and Britain in shaping control. It links naval disarmament, debt, and trade to broader US foreign policy.
Arthur Brisbane surveys world events from the Geneva world court to Mussolini currency plans and German reparations. He notes fashion in London tattoos and a Vienna court defining paternity, then critiques La Follette and political power, ending with a young robber’s superstition and a church link.
The piece argues that President Coolidge and top advisers refuse to pursue broad debt cancellation. It notes congressional resistance, mixed motives, and the chance that some lawmakers might push for full or no settlement, warning that inaction could delay three generations of payments.
Delicate global grain outlook raises foreboding of tighter supplies. France and Italy consider stringent bread controls while U S wheat production expands. floods devastate Volga region and Baltic crops. India withholds exports. world consuming nations may face higher prices and limited grain availability.
Economists explain that stabilizing the paper franc depends on backing by real value. Germany stabilized a similar currency by pledging land and resources, not gold, then introduced a new mark backed by national assets. The result shows currency stability but limits cashable value.
In New York Trinity churchyard tombstones attract visitors beside Wall Street icons as tales of Charlotte Temple mingle with graves. A new $2 beer dinner scheme revives saloon culture while bootlegging and blue laws drive barbers to operate with side doors and roaming customers. Gilbert Swan.
A quiz feature answers questions on crime rates by country noting Saxony at 35 per 100000, types of commercial honey including comb virgin strained and candied, New York hosting 26 percent of last year's immigrants, and defines an oratorio as a sacred musical work for solo voices chorus or orchestra.
The Messenger cites E. J. Jones removing a ten cent ad after a flood of calls, the Eastern Stars picnic on North Hill, chimney swallows over Athens, Nelsonville school costs, and a football callout from Coach McFarland with Captain Bob Wood. It mentions a new oak pulpit in Ewing auditorium, August deaths in Athens county, council contracts and paving plans, E. B. Clarke’s real estate surge, and visits by Mrs. T. R. Biddle and Mrs. L. D. Poston to Mackinac plus praise for Dr. E. W. Chubb at the teacher’s institute.
A compilation of trivia covering cinema land values, Mohawk trail origins, ultra micro measurements, Plattsburg army posts, golf ball cores, big trees, Chinese professors at Peking Union Medical College, Atlantic Ocean salinity, Irish language use, and buzzard flight. It presents direct Q and A exchanges with concise factual statements.
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