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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1928

Page

4

Ten Years Ago Y Reports on Service Marriages and Dances

Ten years ago Y noted few American men marrying French girls while in service overseas. Melita Worthworth and Virginia Dalton led a patriotic dance at a Red Cross benefit party. War gardens for Athena children discussed at the Athens school board meeting. Doctor John Sprague attended a Willow Creek home where a woman fell ill after adding canned milk to coffee. Glass found at the milk. Twenty years ago RS J B Williams hosted the Sunny Keele club with Miss Lucille Henry at a pedre party in Edith Bean’s honor in Gallipolis. Episcopalians met in the old chapel on the university campus planning a church build not yet materializing. Baseball season at Sunday Creek was formally opened.

John Sprague Willow Creek Hocking Field Glouster Chauncey Hocking Valley Hocking Athens County

Girl Scout Ideals and Local Community Ties in Athens

Feature sketches celebrate 75 Athens Girl Scouts at the Little House on Mill Street, praising Juliette Gordon Low’s legacy and the movement’s keepsake motto Be Prepared Do a Good Turn Daily. The piece also notes regional coal and baseball shifts, farmer collaboration suggestions, and springtime reflections on renewal and time.

Apd Athens Mill Street Juliette Low United States Savannah Georgia Low England Pring

A Spring Pause Yet A Duty to Work Refrain

The passage compares taking a country day in spring to quitting work for a moment. It argues a collective pause would disrupt industry but would quickly recover, while renewing contact with home could restore youthful vigor and be worthwhile despite short term costs.

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Depew death shocks readers as aging statesman honored

The item recalls Chauncey Depew’s long life and career, noting his 94 years, fond memories, and countless banquets. It contrasts his humor with Napoleon’s, lists Depew’s political reach, and closes with reflections on public figures and a scatter of cultural notes.

Hauncey M. Depew Republican Party Napoleon Mr. Depew Chauncey Depew Lincoln Andrew Jackson Calvin Coolidge Jackson

Health and Diet Advice From Dr Frank McCoy in Paper

Dr Frank McCoy offers guidance on protein foods starch and non starch vegetables and safe pregnancy diets. Readers request pamphlets and a special article on food combinations while questions cover post operative strength after uterine surgery and smoking during pregnancy with cautions against smoking for nursing mothers.

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Tiny Tim in New York’s Village Becomes Timeus Mystic Leader

A 1920s Village chronicler recalls Tiny Tim’s rise from candy seller to occult cult figure. Tim Felter’s persona shifts to Timeus as he leads a growing following in San Diego and Los Angeles before returning to New York cultural circles.

Tiny Tim Los Angeles San Diego Hollywood Arly Reemand Noves Tiny Tin Peared Tim Timeus Tim Felter

Uneconomic mine talk stirs Ohio coal debate

Public Form Editor Merse weighs economic factors in Ohio coal production. He cites John L. Lewis remarks on uneconomic mines and contrasts Southern Ohio with West Virginia and Kentucky. He notes production costs, market outlets, and freight rates shaping mine viability. A letter from President Fishwick urges operators to sign agreements amid expectations of increased coal output.

Merse Ohio Anstane Lewis Slanj Yhorse Lewin Acale West Virginia Kentucky Lew Hocking Illinois Louis Tadianapalis Jacksonville Tinks Ofleixt Offen District 12 Harry Fishwick Pee Shere

Easter festival and related terms puzzle clues

Clues include Easter festival timing and related terms such as ridge with sharp outline, animal linked to Easter, railroad abbreviation, and Jewish festival. The page presents horizontal and vertical word prompts with mixed readable fragments and garbled OCR.

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Platform notes for Governor Smith from South Dakota rally

By the Way in Washington previews Governor Al Smith stance on the national platform. The piece surveys farm aid parity, tariffs, civil rights, world policy, and water power conservation, noting Smith’s likely emphasis on agriculture and his need to address Nicaragua and Haiti policies. It discusses nomination tactics and party dynamics with references to past conventions and labor tensions.

Rodney Dutcher Singer Ashington al Smith South Dakota Smith W. G. McAdoo Nicaragua Haiti Smith Leter World Policn Tahar New York

Convicts Supposed to Have Kidnapped Boy in Los Angeles

Police pursue theory that four Weeks released from Folsom state prison may be involved in a kidnapping plot. The men, part of a prison gang once led by W. J. Colling, are connected to the boy's father, a former Folsom guard, aiding an investigative effort.

Los Angeles Cal Apr Collins Cgbt Folsom State Prison W. J. 8. Colling Folsom

Jackson's capture of St. Marks Florida in 1818

Historical notes record April events including Andrew Jackson taking St. Marks from Spain in 1818, a 1865 Chan t ultimatum to surrender to avoid bloodshed, the 18 percent Nouvian embassy withdrawal from Washington, and 1888 Canada defeating reciprocal U. S. tensions.

Jackson St. Marks Fla Lee Washington Canada

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