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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1926
Page
4
A city park proposal with a swimming pool and playgrounds is being quietly developed by a mayoral committee. The group, led by Mayor Moore, aims to find a recreation center for the community and plans to present a proposition in the spring. The article stresses affordable public leisure as essential for Athens growth.
A 1920s hardware column urges readers to reduce fat through diet and exercise. It contrasts lean English crowds with overweight Americans, noting middle aged people fail to exercise and eat too much, calling for activity beyond car travel.
Glenn Frank argues sin equals anything that hurts life rather than offenses to God. E W Howe adds that sin harms you and duty is easier than neglect. he cites laziness, shiftlessness, waste, inefficiency, and ugliness as cardinal sins that burden life with drudgery.
A Texas insurance man J P Johns recalls amusing events from the early days of typewriters. A recipient replies that while he lacks Johns education, he could read the letters and questions why anyone would send letters to printers to be set as a bill.
A humorous piece notes two Italian journalists fought nine rounds with rapiers in Nice and remained unharmed. It reflects on changing news values and recalls early naval duels where fatalities were news, suggesting future duels may need to be fatal to make papers.
Sweden advances concrete innovation using gas to create lighter coral like blocks, reducing weight and steel needs. British scientists report UV treatment improving blindness with strong early results. The piece contrasts modern progress with a Vienna pogrom and praises President Coolidge for honesty and duty, noting U.S. influence in global film and consumer goods.
Six Indian princes pledge five million to aid British films against American rivals while opinions on art echo Goethe Shakespeare Dante Cervantes Homer and the line that thinking is hard and action to match is uncomfortable.
A reflective passage ponders how only a small fraction act on thought, shaping slow global progress. It suggests the world moves upward with millions more lives yet to come, and that change is gradual, not hurried.
The Episcopalian leader argues for America to aid European recovery while avoiding entangling alliances. He asserts the United States should finance European industry and remain free from future wars, urging Europe to handle its own affairs for peace and stability.
A historical note argues automobiles and golf draw voters away. It suggests boosting political interest by matching appeal of motoring and religion, with Beecher in a big church or Billy Sunday in a revival tent, so caddies complain rather than clergymen.
Pedestrian Tom Sims remains safe by staying seated on a vehicle or train while traveling, avoiding exposure to street traffic and related hazards. Authorities emphasize proper riding practices as a preventive measure.
In a wave of pre election shocks the GOP loses senator Irvin L. Lenroot of Wisconsin to progressive John J. Blaine. La Follette strength grows as Lenroot fails to secure renomination with Coolidge administration support. Prohibition stance and national mood shape the outcome as other GOP leaders face similar defeats.
Washington notes a surprising result as Leslie J. Steele defeats long time prohibition icon William David Upshaw in the Fifth Georgia district primary. Steele, like Upshaw, backs enforcement of prohibition, though his stance may differ on policy nuance. The outcome shocks observers tracking the dry wet divide in Congress.
New York’s St. Luke’s bread dole marks 134 years of charity on Hudson Street. The article recalls Dutch era roots, the Hudson Dusters gang, and the 1792 will of merchant Leake John Leake, who directed 1000 pounds to be issued from his estate.
The piece contrasts St Luke’s historic charity of laying out bread at 10 o’clock each Sabbath for the hungry with Greenwich House’s modern settlement work. St Luke’s, a long standing church on the fringe of a rich district, symbolizes the parish’s enduring aid while Greenwich House offers bread making, classrooms, clinics, and trade training. The article notes 7000 weeks of this charity and the church’s emblematic yellow façade reflecting parishioner fortunes.
A reader asks why freshly boiled eggs resist peeling and if cooling before boiling helps. The answer notes that fresh eggs tend to stick white to shell, while cooling before boiling aids peeling. Additional Q A addresses the honorary title Colonel for lawyers and a theory about plants in a bed affecting health.
Items from long ago include Mrs D M Burchfield hosting the Needle club, Roosevelt sending Taft to Cuba, 1000 plus pupils in Athens schools, the Athens Messenger carriers forming a newsboys union, Otto Panaman robbed of $140, and a well drilled near Little Hocking.
The Post Office department says there are 67 898 clerks employed in first and second class post offices in the United States and 48 645 city carriers. Labor turnover has been small since the new salary scale began. William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor are the only Presidents who died in the White House. Plural forms of family names vary by rule, not a single standard.
Fragmentary note mentions rhubarb, swimming, necking, ef ing or loafing and asks if the reader enjoys Dickens. The text is incomplete with unclear context and no definite event or persons.
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