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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1930
Page
4
A damaged OCR fragment shows a subscription rates list with items like Fear, Works, and four weeks. It cites prices such as $4.50 and $1.60, but the garbled text makes full details unclear.
The Van Sweringen brothers from Cleveland rose from modest beginnings to create a railroad and real estate empire. They aimed to secure a streetcar line to a suburban development, revived the Nickel Plate, and led a series of mergers. Their office tower sits in Cleveland’s new terminal station, a project said to rival the Panama Canal in cost.
A brief devotional notes that He built fenced cities in Judah and the land had rest with no war, attributed to Chronicles 14 6 and Lord Lyt ton. The message emphasizes peace as the Lord grants rest after conflict.
The Van Sweringen brothers rose from modest beginnings to create an 18,000 mile rail network worth about 2 billion dollars. Their holdings include Nickel Plate and other lines, challenging long established systems and shaping American railroad history. Ohio tax debate weighs income tax prospects and civic duty among residents and businesses.
A column recalls Judge Samuel Harrison of Evanston Illinois who has wed 900 couples. His top tip is forgive your partner seventy times seven and throw away the account book. The piece stresses mutual forbearance and forgiveness as keys to happiness in marriage.
Gilbert Swan notes a shift in the aura around Wall Street giants as biographies and media access erode old secrecy. Clarence Mackay, Kahn, Vincent Astor, and George F. Baker are cited amid open opulent lives, while Rockefeller still golfed though retired from the sport.
A prisoner explains how he dug a shallow hole to escape while others confess to the plot. Freni, in hospital, proclaims pride in being the only man ever dead buried and self exhumed. His teammates confess the plan and he faces jail.
A fragmentary report notes discussions among criminals about their acts, highlighting the myth of honor among thieves and the emptiness of such claims. The text emphasizes distrust and moral ambiguity surrounding their deeds.
Belief grows that Britain Japan and the United States will sign a three power pact at the London Naval Conference. One observer quips that if the text read You mind your business while we mind ours it would still be a fair treaty.
A suggested agreement among the War Department, Navy Department and aircraft and submarine makers aims to keep the nation well prepared in air and under water to ensure good behavior by other powers.
Dr Frank McCoy notes cheese varies by region, digestion differences, and timing with meals. He recommends leafy greens with cheese, avoiding simultaneous starches, and suggests home made cheese from leftover milk for better digestibility.
Farmers urged to cut spring wheat plantings by two million acres in Minnesota and the Dakotas to protect prices. Substitution with barley, rye, alfalfa, sweet clover is proposed. It may help if other states also reduce acreage, though changing habits is difficult for farmers.
The article argues world wheat prices stay shaped by foreign producers. It notes U S farmers cannot easily raise prices through policy alone and suggests organizing wheat production like the automobile industry to deter foreign competition.
News from Moscow raises anxiety among Jewish citizens and contradicts a statement to the chief rabbi praising Soviet treatment. Ninety Jews are sent to Siberia for belonging to various Jewish organizations and others are forced to sign promises they will not join such groups.
The article argues that Russia imitates the czars by forbidding thought and speech. It contrasts this with Bolsheviks who would arrest dissent only if they spoke publicly. The piece asserts free speech becomes whatever one believes while sedition is what another believes.
The report notes 27 new manufacturing plants opened since the start of 1936, creating jobs. New power from Bounder Dam, if sold at fair prices, will generate more jobs in several states. Nevada could receive one third of the power if it contracts within six months and agrees to terms.
The text argues that states should retain rights to power within their borders and sell it at profitable rates. It urges fixing rates to encourage industry and distributing proceeds among Nevada Arizona Colorado and California. It warns against forcing states to use large power supplies within six months or risk losing valuable rights.
The industry foresees air travel expanding with experiments and demonstrations relying on power. The author notes this country already builds more planes than all others combined and asserts we should dominate aviation as we do cars and film.
A reader asks about a chronic throat and nose condition in a child and possible dietary cures. Advice suggests a ca tarrhal upper respiratory issue and to reduce starches sugars and fats temporarily to gauge improvement.
A compact lesson on correct English noting pauses and pronunciations. It defines words like plagiarism and urges vocabulary growth by mastering one word daily. The sample sentence wrongly cites plagiarigh as an act and hints at a guilty author.
At a county conference held yesterday in Athens at County Farm Agent Raymond’s office, agents from Southeast Ohio explored methods and problems to help farmers. Mrs. Mary Graham Nosx and daughter entertained the Reading Club in University Terrace last evening. Twenty years ago the Ninth Fourteenth Senatorial District committee planned the next senatorial convention.
Misses Lelia Sherman and Mildred Banks entertained last evening with a tea towel shower in compliment to Mrs Bryan Stevers Garnet Beverage a bride of recent date.
Dr and Mrs P E Hixson and Edward are spending Easter as the guests of Mr and Mrs B H Rawlings of Ruviand.
Mrs Pearl DS and two children traveled to Nelsonville this morning where Bil Hill acts as assistant paymaster for Sunday Creek Coal Company. The community will use the new Wook stories of Authors by Dean B W Chubb in the coming year's course.
Ellis departed yesterday morning for Pittsburgh to attend the Pittsburgh Alumni banquet at the Onto University event.
A fragmentary mixed crossword style page lists horizontal and vertical clues including references to biblical themes and state terms. The garbled entries mention the circulation of blood, Supreme Court terms, various numeric clues, and scattered word fragments such as capital of Netherlands and rivers. readability is limited.
The per capita consumption of ice cream in the United States in 1928 was 2.90 gallons annually, not counting homemade production. The Q&A notes also discuss endangered flowers and trees, historical political emblems, and the first unfurling of the American flag in September 1777 at Gooch's Pridge, Delaware.
A Washington column reviews the troubled history of GOP national chairs from 1910 to 1929. It notes Hays' ethical questions over bonds for the 1926 campaign, Adams' brief tenure, Butler’s long run then Senate defeat, Work’s failed campaign steerage, and looming resignation of Uncle Claudius Huston amid allegations of using funds for Muscle Shoals lobbying and stock speculation.
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