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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1929
Page
4
A devotional note compares human life to a fragile thread with sudden ruin for the strong, quoted from St. Matt 24 41 and a proverb about two women grinding at the mill with one taken. The piece offers moral reflection on fate and caution.
Athens prepares an ambitious traffic ordinance to regulate speed parking walking and vehicle movement. City council meets to approve provisions drawn from larger centers while seeking teeth in penalties and empowered safety officials to adapt rules as conditions change.
Officials say visitors and locals will be tracked under strict rules to identify persistent offenders. Police note months of warnings have failed to deter some violators while enforcing the new framework.
The piece argues Ohio will spend sixty million dollars over two years on roads in both primary and secondary routes. It notes poor road conditions, fading sandstone foundations, and the dust problem. A four cent gasoline tax would fund more projects, with faster, cheaper improvement in flat areas versus the hills.
Gilbert Swan portrays five recognizable Manhattan figures Joe the newsboy Gus the blind stand keeper Maggie the room cleaner and Mrs Guido the organ grinder. The piece contrasts their daily struggles and small pleasures with city life highlighting resilience and streetwise charm.
The piece questions diesel fuel costs and grain dust dangers, argues Fed limits on purchases are unpopular, and critiques U S tariff policy toward Canada. It notes Europe’s outstanding debt to the United States totals about twenty five billion dollars and favors domestic investment over further overseas lending.
On April 4 1818 Congress fixed the flag design ending the 15 stripe era from 1795 after Vermont and Kentucky joined the Union. The act reduced stripes to 13 and provided a star for each state, to be added on the Fourth of July after statehood.
Marshal Chang offers General Liu $60000 to surrender while Liu holds out for $250000. The column recalls Catherine the Great’s camp follower tactic and notes Rudolf Kawikowski of Kosmos Machine Works in Goerlitz reports farmers can power motors with pulverized coal dust.
Report says children near a field unearthed a body of an infant four miles east of here on Sunday while picking Kester flowers. Police opened an investigation as the scene was secured and examined.
Dr McCoy answers readers on tongue signs and diet remedies. He notes coated tongues appear in many diseases with fever and in healthy people, discusses causes and symptoms. He cautions thyroid tablets require medical advice and suggests dietary changes for weight control and nasal catarrh.
The Kentucky Derby will be run May 18, 1929, at Churchill Downs in Kentucky. The event is described among a set of general knowledge questions and answers covering sports trivia and historical notes.
The page presents a scrambled cross word puzzle with both horizontal and vertical clues. readable items include agriculture, biology, geography, and literature hints with a mix of unclear spellings and partial phrases. The jumble lists several clue topics and fragmentary hints for contestants to solve.
In Washington a satirical Old Guard senator laments Republican leaders and a Democrat-turned-Republican president. He mocks policy shifts, tax refunds, post office politics, and the Mayflower yacht, questioning party loyalties and the cost to loyal Republicans.
A compilation of Q and A on language origins food history printing and reading from a historical column. It notes feet of clay derives from a Bible reference Daniel U 33 and mentions pretzels in Pennsylvania Dutch regions. It also covers Buenos Aires automobile shows and light versus heavy reading concepts.
News notes at the court of Judge John Pyla in Athens. Civil suit proceedings unfold as President Gross of Flagdale Oil reports a Griggs farm well yielding 90 to 100 barrels daily. Ohio lawmakers publish a law penalizing listening to and repeating telephone conversations. International automobile races begin at Daytona Beach with 21 events across four days.
John H. Stalin, a prominent steamship owner, died at his New York home. The obituary records his leadership in maritime business and his prominence in the shipping community.
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