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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1926
Page
4
A brief quotation reads Nor filthiness nor foolish talking nor jesting which are not convenient but rather giving of thanks Eph 5 4 Then O My Humor is the mistress of tears Thackeray reflecting on virtue and wit in literature.
Department of Commerce reports only 17 of 48 states paid all expenses in 1925. Governor Al Smith comments on the policy saying the trouble with pay as you go is that you don't go anywhere.
Treasury officials push a single fair method to cancel war debts by rewarding Liberty bond holders who surrender bonds and reduce the total. The piece questions feasibility, fairness, and political stance, noting the public could bear some loss through taxation while major holders would profit either way. It concludes the stance is superficially clear but unclear upon deeper reading.
The piece muses on how modern records—from newspapers to phonographs and museum archives—shape our view of history. It notes Will Hays’s proposal to store 50,000 motion picture reels in Washington and asks whether posterity will value this heritage or dismiss history as bunk.
The discourse argues that Germany will rebound after its League entry while Spain fades, and Latin America unites as Iberian influences grow. It notes Spain as mother to many nations, Latin America’s historic ties, and Germany's postwar loss of colonies complicating its League role.
The article argues that many mandates in Mesopotamia Syria and elsewhere provoke dissatisfaction and criticism. It questions whether the League will be able to manage these mandates and suggests Germany Spain and other powers will oppose further division or fault finding.
Today Arthur Brisbane notes Mussolini has endured a third assassination attempt this year and sixth overall, with six attempts cited and only minor wounds from one prior attack. The piece questions how many more he can escape and if further plots will occur, while forecasting a future steelmaking breakthrough discussed by chemists in Philadelphia and an old Ford connection on a factory wage.
The article notes California's potential iron supply via a new electric process powered by waterfalls, enabling nap steel. It cites Japan's rising independence in iron and Brazil's vast untapped steel, with leaders Judge Gary and Mr. Farrell pushing mass production. It also reports 69 Harvard philosophers gathering to ponder human understanding from Thales to Croce, who grew atheistic after personal tragedy.
A hidden Mexican broadcasting station blasts denunciations of church seizures and school bans as Calles fumes, while radio’s reach mocks the miracle of a pre radio era. In London a 30 090 year old armored dinosaur stands with a flea model, illustrating microbe dangers alongside human nature.
A short quirky note contrasts rest with restlessness and mocks gasoline price forecasts tied to a thermometer. It reflects on language changes from historic conjugations like drink, drank, Danke to a modern stuck pattern of drink, drink.
A nationwide probe by Harry Evans, with sixteen fraternal societies and Labor Secretary Davis approval, condemns almshouse systems with thirteen counts. He cites inhumane stigma, cruel housing for inmates, and mismanagement, urging abolition and consolidation into scientifically managed state institutions.
Charles P. Stewart notes President Coolidge’s focus on Massachusetts where Butler, his former campaign manager and Republican National Committee chairman, seeks election to the Senate. Butler, Lodge’s successor, has no opposition in renomination and faces the challenge of securing re election as a standing executive ally in Coolidge’s home state.
Scattered notes describe Manhattan at night as vegetables and fruit flood the docks. Night crews bid and barter in cavernous sheds while a waking city dreams, with trucks, crates, and spectral workers moving through the sleeping streets. Names and places anchor the vivid scene.
The page lists varied Athens area items from years past: Ohio University registration passing 1000 and 390 in different eras, Prof. Eli Dunkle praising the rise, Uncle Tom's Cabin staged as a $35,000 production at the opera house, work on the Stedman building, inspections of the Huntington telephone company, the death of Mrs. Nelson H. Van Vorhes, and a soldiers and sailors gathering led by Major Jewett. Additional notes mention a clean-up drive, a new school superintendent election, a police car provided by the council, Buffalo Bill's Wild West show coming to town, a Glouster missionary conference, attendees listed, and ten years ago headlines on Balkan war developments and Maine voting.
The piece contrasts candidates Senator William M Butler and David J Walsh, highlighting Walsh as a fiery, persuasive Democrat and Butler as cold, dictatorial, ultra conservative. It notes Massachusetts is doubtful and the national impact hinges on the outcome, with public sentiment split between a liberal wet Walsh and a dry Butler.
Q and A style summary notes the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto as the largest annual fair. It covers a ground puppy term for prairie dog, estimates of radio sets in use around 16 million, and tobacco acreage data including Maryland tobacco figures and upcoming increases. It also mentions Davy Burns as the original owner of the White House site.
A discussion reveals Burns insisting the cottage site not be taken and two lots be sold for private buildings nearby. The exchange touches on property rights and local development plans amid broader questions about land use and public policy.
New York on September 13 reports House wives starting canning will face higher sugar costs as the American Refining company announces an 11 point rise to 6.80 cents per pound.
In Cincinnati on September 13 Edward Sefton 85 of Cleves was killed when he fell from a locomotive tender while checking the boiler water. He lost his balance and was run over by the wheels.
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