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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1924
Page
4
An obituary fragment mentions Wardine and addresses in Chicago, with references to advertising representatives and a New York connection. Details are incomplete but indicate a memorial notice setup through home or personal cards.
A column argues curb-stone parking harms traffic in large cities and promotes underground municipal garages funded by the Harmon Foundation. It notes two acres as a minimum, urges towns to bid for benefaction, and praises philanthropic space for children as a civic future measure.
The article discusses Henry Ford considering a large scale garage plan in Boston starting with 8000 cars, featuring cooperatives, cafeterias, and gasoline stations. It suggests space constraints will curb car sales downtown and notes auto manufacturers may pursue similar garage and service expansions.
National manufacturers long since learned that prosperity requires more than selling to their customers. It also hinges on effective advertising to move products through channels such as grocers. Auto sales suffer when restrictions like limited downtown parking curb consumer access to cars.
A call offers 50 towns a chance to receive free playgrounds this year. Eligible communities must have populations of at least 8,000 and show growth, with further criteria likely outlined in the notice.
The opinion urges replacing the crude temporary immigration law with a permanent, humane system that selects immigrants by quality rather than numbers. It criticizes current administration and calls Congress to act now, warning postponement harms national interests and election year considerations.
President Coolidge backs a vast plan to connect the Atlantic with the Great Lakes via the St Lawrence River. A special committee, chaired by Secretary Hoover, weighs economic and national benefits while negotiations with Canada loom over rights and cost sharing.
The East Central Ohio school league is organized with Wooster Medina Orrville Loudonville Wadsworth Millersburg. Millersburg’s Guy Oxenrider serves as president, Wooster’s Paul McClure as vice president, and Orrville’s Joseph T. Herman as secretary and treasurer. The league will award a trophy to basketball and football champions.
Thirty schools in Coshocton County report student illnesses from measles whooping cough and chicken pox leaving many absent and prompting health officials to monitor outbreaks.
Readers are invited to submit questions to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC. The service offers information only and excludes legal medical and financial advice. include full name address and two cents for return postage.
A compilation of queries and authoritative replies on topics from international health governance and U S history to geography and navigation. Notable items include Dr Cumming and the League of Nations mixed committee, the Potomac River depths near Washington, saddle horse gaits, Bureau of Engraving paper delivery, Walt Whitman brain weight estimates, Japan’s first Christian girls school, Washington’s oath bearers, and Panama Canal lock sequences.
A known observation notes that radio receptions are better in winter than summer and at night than during the day, highlighting the influence of seasons and time of day on signal quality.
The passage questions stockholders' trust in company leaders and warns of corporate malfeasance. It cites New York Railways losses as a caution, critiques Democratic safety in nominations, and notes Soviet leaders Promoting European conquest while seeking funds from capitalist nations.
The text argues that a major telephone firm profits via a Western Electric tie and recalls how the Vanderbilts privatized New York Central assets. It notes bridges, depots, and a White freight line as insider schemes to extract extra charges from stockholders and customers.
The piece argues money may be siphoned to insiders as graft via inflated prices for wheels rails and related items. It extols owning real estate as a way to act as one’s own board of directors and avoid self deceit.
President Coolidge's allies say he will secure the nomination after more primaries. Senator Lafollette, recovering from pneumonia, may test a third party bid, echoing Roosevelt's disruption of Taft.
The writer condemns assaults on Secretary Mellon, noting his sacrifice of private business to handle U S finances. He argues Mellon, though not young, bore heavy duties at a crucial time when the nation needed its best minds on financial leadership.
The individual described has managed finances well reducing the national debt by hundreds of millions annually and earned praise for his service. He is paying a junior clerk from the public purse and is seen as one of the nation’s ablest business and financial minds.
Senator Walsh of Montana asserts Democrats can win if they name a Progressive, arguing the party should designate Progressives to enhance prospects. He heads the senate investigation committee and urges clear identification of progressive elements to gain public support.
In Asia only Japan has a concentrated intelligent power. The earthquake compels Japan to devote all energies to domestic issues for the next generation, reflecting the nation’s unique position and urgency.
The census bureau notes the United States total wealth at about 320 billion dollars with 800 million more, a 72 percent rise in a decade and an average of 2918 dollars per person. It adds that 99 percent of wealth remains undeveloped and makes a provocative claim about the value of atmospheric nitrogen above land.
German newspapers claim the United States sought Bergdoll's return to distract from the oil inquiry and aid the Republican party. The piece contrasts European ignorance of America with American misreadings of Europe, calling some coverage shallow and biased.
Ohio Wesleyan Transcript statistics show that among 29 Wesleyan football captains elected since 1890 only one is dead, refuting the claim that intercollegiate football is physically detrimental to players.
Personal property of William Ler, convicted wife slayer, now in Lima State Hospital, will be sold. Antiques owned by the family span generations and include valuable pieces.
Casper Cay faced a theft at the Cash Cas in Elyria with $59 in cash four suits of cloth and a revolver taken by intruders who entered a room. The incident leaves Cay unlucky as crooks flee the scene.
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