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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1930
Page
4
The Athens Post Office lists subscription rates and mailing options. Rates include one year for $4.50, ten weeks for $1.08, and four weeks for 5 cents. The notice notes second class matter status and publishing affiliations for distribution.
A brief devotional line notes fools mock sin with a proverb, followed by Boileau on folly. The compact item reflects moral reflections typical of a newspaper column or daily bulletin.
Ohio Education Director J L Clifton urged 2500 boards to buy Ohio coal to ease unemployment and support local industry. He cited statewide coal resources, production figures, and demand, noting only 24 million tons mined last year despite a 70 million ton annual consumption. State Geologist Wilbur Stout endorsed coal uses from heating to gas manufacture and urged broader Ohio demand.
The American Road Builders Association summarizes that building more super highways is ill advised. It urges broader regional planning and surveys of current and future traffic needs. Most state and county highways may suffice with two lanes of 20 feet for the next decade, if a 100 foot right of way is preserved for widening.
A broad survey examines rural and urban traffic origins, roadway widths, and rights of way. In Ohio four years ago about 11 000 miles of state highways existed with only 131 miles carrying more than 2 500 vehicles daily. The study maps show major traffic radiating from population centers, aiding highway planning.
The article notes that five parties from different nations explored the Antarctic in the past year, with three still present. It argues Antarctica is a vast continent half again the size of the United States, and hints at aims to uncover ancient vegetation and climate history from uplands near the South Pole. Equally, a European myth of a lost southern continent adds to the romance of exploration.
The public no longer seeks star power in films as audiences demand entertainment over personality. Studios rethink drawing power and explore genres like love mystery and comedy to find what the public wants in talkies.
By Gilbert Swan Messenger Weller New York April 4 Noted in passing 21 of 23 Broadway theaters have surrendered to cinema leaving Hammerstein and Empire. Hammerstein wired for sound signaling a shift while Empire slated for extinction soon. Old Columbia burlesque wreckers own and Casino Knickerbocker torn down this year.
After a turbulent debut and rough reviews on Broadway Argentinita staged a Sunday night dance concert that became a major season triumph. Critics praised the music and dance while crowds returned, forcing extra weeks and a longer engagement for her spellbinding performance.
A dismissals and mixed reviews surround a Broadway show as audiences and critics clash over its fate. One side predicts a flop while the other hails a classic, underscoring the town’s unpredictable tastes and the show’s uncertain future.
Theatre and film figures swirl in a gossip column style roundup. Rudolph Frimi returns home in a rage over talkie music work. Helen Morgan imitations rise, George M. Cohan revives a failed play, and Morris Gest faces bankruptcy. Rudy Vallee may join Ziegfeld Follies, and Henrik Van Loon dines with Gilbert Patten as Harry Thaw backs a Village theater group.
Bars display the word Nodas as Saloon spelled backwards and a Broadway peep show advertises naughty things to be seen inside with men only. The piece notes how these tricks echo county fair eras and old times.
Text outlines mutual respect between the United States and Mexico, emphasizing neighborly ties, friendship, and cooperation to advance prosperity for both nations and uphold rights. No specific events or dates are provided.
Fernand Balbet of Meudon notes the newly discovered planet by an American is thirty times smaller than Earth and deems it unimportant. He argues human intellect and perception give Earth its true value, implying cosmic scale matters little without observers.
Dr Frank McCoy outlines a week long diet plan with meals from breakfast to dinner. The menus feature eggs, meats, vegetables, fruits, Melba toast, soups, and a stuffed cucumber dish with mushrooms and tomatoes. The tone mirrors a health guidance column promoting structured daily nutrition.
Breakfast features browned waffles coddled eggs and stewed prunes. Lunch offers stewed corn lettuce and ripe olives. Dinner presents baked chicken stuffed cucumbers and a string bean salad with Jello or Jell well and whipped cream.
The text ponders immense scales from angels dancing to atoms and suggests the universe’s ruler may lack finite size. It notes radium’s enduring power and urges consideration of a new planet without assuming a humanlike deity size.
The text describes a future where children are taken from mothers during infancy and raised by the state. Mothers enter factories and perform the same labor as men, aligning with a collective farming and production model under state direction.
The passage recalls Sparta training youth to kill Helot slaves at sunrise to harden fighters. It notes Spartan law using iron money to curb wealth and force discipline, and a proverb about mares and colts in breeding.
The piece contrasts Sparta with Athens noting that Rome ruled by different ideas but Athens fostered Greek grandeur art literature and philosophy when human nature was free from Draco or Karl Marx guidance.
The passage argues that innate drives guiding how we are raised shape national fate. It claims trying to alter these impulses through motherhood, ambition, and familial reverence risks a nation's downfall.
Across India thousands of girls aged two to ten are reported missing or abducted. Officials say the cohort is broad, with ongoing investigations and appeals for public assistance to locate victims and identify perpetrators.
Mrs J P M asks for the symptoms of cancer of the breast. The inquiry seeks guidance on early signs and protective steps.
The passage notes hurried marriages by many to full grown men to evade a newly promulgated child marriage law across British India. It states the law excludes territories of native princes and those who submit to British rule, allowing abuse of young girls and others.
The article recalls规定 that no girl under fourteen or boy under eighteen may wed in British India and notes deep religious resentment. It cites a recent marriage where the bride was two and the groom an adult, prompting shock and comparison to Protestant baptism beliefs about infants' eternal fate.
The article notes sharp breast pains and armpit discomfort with lumps as early cancer signs. It cautions cancers can occur in young people but more often after 40 and stresses diagnosing carefully while using breast congestion relief and improved circulation as initial steps. A week long fruit fast may aid differential diagnosis from mastitis.
This item presents daily guidance on proper English usage including pronoun forms and common mispronunciations. It defines panoramic as an unobstructed view in every direction and includes guidance on expanding vocabulary with a word a day.
The county commissioners today toured the lower part of Athens County to inspect several road stretches and bridges reported in need of repair. Also noted is a social mention of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Woodruff and others visiting Mrs. Minerva Calvert in Pleasant Hill.
Mr. Carl Porter and family moved to a new farm near Hocking and will reside there for the summer, making the farm residence their home during the season.
Miss Winifred Higgins a Jackson schools teacher is spending her spring vacation as a guest of her parents Mr and Mrs J W Higgins on Richland Avenue.
Ten years ago Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Holmes returned from a three month stay in Florida. They aimed for Lakeland and visited resorts on the East and West coasts. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Mayhew and Mrs. Arthur Bolles of Columbus motored to Athens to visit their parents Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Frye and returned home today.
A complete Beasley family reunion in Athens included a luncheon at The Colonial yesterday and a dinner at the parental home on Elmwood Place, marking several days of festive gathering.
Mrs Bryan Stevers received a miscellaneous shower Saturday evening at Miss Julia Porter’s home on West Washington Street. The gathering featured friends and light refreshments.
The Department of Agriculture notes alcohol in ice cream soda is minimal after flavoring and dilution. Mount Rushmore progress includes a July unveiling of Washington’s head and Coolidge history, with plans for Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt to follow.
Washington report notes Mrs. Guinn Williams pushes for Smithsonian display of the Star Spangled Banner. She seeks an adequate appropriation to unroll the flag to its full 25 feet in a prominent case. Also covered are anti prohibition activity, university polls, wage figures, and a Washington police education anecdote.
Puzzle-like OCR fragment lists clues and numbers with varied topics from animals to words. Readable bits include references to calendar period, age, door rag, lily plant, vertical hints, and several undefined clues. The text resembles a cryptic crossword clue dump with scattered terms.
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