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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1929
Page
4
Dr Fane McCoy author of The Newest Way To Health explains mumps risks and care including isolation, fasting, hot neck applications, bed rest, and avoiding vaccinations misused. He answers reader questions on myopia diet versus exercise and decoction versus infusion, plus night-time anxiety linked to digestion.
Washington reports wide interest inCalvin Coolidge post presidency. He plans occasional articles and rejects a law career. The piece surveys ex presidents including Roosevelt Taft Wilson McKinley Harding and Grant detailing their post White House paths and a proposal to make ex presidents senators at large.
A reflective column questions how people truly support prohibition laws. It contrasts public support with selective enforcement and discusses attitudes toward liquor, raids, and personal behavior. It notes how headlines react to alcohol-related events and comments on fashion trends, smoking, and hairstyles shaping public discourse.
The month opens with strong winds and notable changes as women embrace fashion trends in defiance of Paris norms, with longer hair and cigarette stacking seen on New York streets. Ohio plans include garden planting, cars returning to the road, tax returns filed, and baseball season starting.
Residents urged to gather tin cans and trash for city pickup within ten days. Waste piles in Athens vacant lots prompt complaints as officials plan to enforce pet and poultry confinement rules from April to October, aiming to improve yard safety and democracy in cleanup efforts.
Day by Day in Greater New York City surveys eccentrics and scenes on Broadway as it describes a Wall Street broker with a baby stork, a dignified resident with an orchestra, anonymous spenders, spotlight seekers, and vaudeville personalities. It notes the culture of cigaret brand games, temperance publishers among speakeasies, Tin Pan Alley figures, and silk toppers crafted by aging artisans.
A raid on the Tanbark Club netted fifteen men accused of illegal gaming. They were to appear before local magistrates today, with the club said to have been established only days earlier after arrival from an unnamed location.
In Mill Street shooting results M Kerr J B Swanson and J B Bain led the high points. State politics feature a Lloyd bill to rename Ohio State University to University of Ohio and a counter effort to keep Ohio University’s name. Bolshevism spreads in Berlin with troops deployed. J N Rathburn Department Store in Middleport robbed for 1500 dollars using a car to haul loot. Paris League of Nations session notes multilingual women earning good wages.
The piece notes the death of former U S ambassador Myron T Herrick and mentions a French state funeral plan, including the body returning on a French man of war. It also discusses persistent usury and crime stories about stick-up men and a Chicago stenographer victim, with a lament about rising crime in America.
The merger of Guaranty Trust and National Bank of Commerce creates the largest financial group in the country with about two billion in resources. Charles E. Mitchell signals further moves at National City Bank by absorbing Farmers' Loan & Trust.
The report notes President Hoover intends to cut oil production by 15 percent to curb waste and will confer with the American Petroleum Institute. It contrasts fears of plagues and famines with a focus on reducing costly excesses in national oil resources.
The article notes Richmond Virginia surrendered to Union forces on April 3 1865 after General Lee decided to evacuate the city with 360000 Confederate troops. A city fire destroyed much of Richmond as Grant’s forces pursued. Appomattox Court House saw the Army of Northern Virginia surrender to General Grant on April 9 1865.
A discussion explains rain gauge placement to record rainfall accurately and defines rainfall depth as the vertical measure over the area. The question asks when the English began, but the readable text does not provide the answer.
Readable fragments from a puzzle page note clues on words like beam total unit of electrical resistance and a long list of varied items. It mentions a note on a grant extension and references vessels and materials. The piece blends stray terms and incomplete definitions from yesterday’s puzzle.
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