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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1929

Page

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Preventive Medicine Promises Supreme Science in Dieting Talks

The 1929 interview with Sir Arbuthnot Lane discusses future medical progress driven by prevention. He argues ultra violet rays and artificial sunlight aid health, stresses dieting for longevity, and says the physician of the future will be a preventor of ills. He compares life to an automobile and links bad feeding to cancer and other diseases.

Arbuthnot Lane Henry T. Russeli Preventab George Speier Sir Arbuthnot

Five Chauncey Mines Active In Chauncey Area

Chauncey April 17. Five mines in Chauncey and vicinity were marked for work today. Chauncey Mine Nos. 25 9 10 255 and 86 on Halleyhua are operating. The Manhattan Mine No. 25 at Chauncey was in operation Monday and Tuesday.

Chauncey Manhattan

Fragmented inquiry on debts and postwar Europe

The speaker questions whether the nations owe 22 billion dollars and reflects on Europe after the war. They remark on modern branding and schooling, mentioning codes, colors, and pervasive adoption of a new product or idea.

Europe

Benders Proposal for State Legislature Apportions by Population Approved

Columbus April 17 The attorney general approved a synopsis of State Senator George H Benders constitutional amendment proposing legislative apportionment by population The plan sets House seats not more than 120 Senate seats not more than 36 and uses census data to determine ratios Rural counties would join neighboring counties for districting Dallas Sullivan Union County leaders urge rural lawmakers to oppose the measure

Columbus U.P George H. Bender Cleveland Gilbert Bettman Bender House Senate Dallas Sullivan Union County

Britain Wants A Lottery And Other Thoughts

Arthur Brisbane argues that the Hoover message was delayed and discusses usury, stock speculation, and Federal Reserve policy. He cites W. Durant on money and calls out high interest rates as a national issue while noting the press hush before the president’s address. The piece closes with a note that the discussion continues on page four.

Britain Arthur Brisbane King Features Incorporated Federal Reserve

Bell Labs payroll robbery injures boy and patrolman

Four bandits opened fire on a payroll taxi outside Bell Telephone Company laboratories. A boy and a patrolman guarding the payroll were wounded as the bandits seized about 30,000 dollars before fleeing.

New York U.P Bell Telephone Company Laboratories

Amarillo Men Refuse to Pay Chicago Opera Debt

Amarillo editor W R Gene Howe, famed for his outspoken views on Mary Garden and the Chicago Grand Opera Company, inspires local backlash. One thousand businessmen planned a grand dinner to honor Howe, while 16 Amarillo stakeholders who backed a $10,000 opera guarantee refuse payment, saying the goods were not delivered as described.

Gene Lindbergh Amarillo Howe Mary Garden Chicago Grand Opera Company Cow West Texas Ernest Thompson

Stale Bread Exchange Leads to 14 Arrests

The State Department of Agriculture prepares affidavits against 14 bakers dealers and drivers from Bellevue and Columbus for practicing the stale bread exchange trick. Stale bread is allegedly collected at one store and left at another as fresh bread, a practice said to be statewide and to trigger arrests in several cities.

Columbus U.P Food and Dairies Division State Department of Agriculture Bellevue and O. J. Bailey

Logan Blue Lodge Work Is Praised

Logan Blue Lodge No. 171 F and A M reports record attendance at the annual inspection with 235 present including 53 from nearby lodges. Lancaster district inspector Ros De Laney observed the Master’s degree work as officers and the degree team were praised. Refreshments followed, catered by a committee led by Lloyd A. Mount. Worshipful Master Lawrence Adcock and secretary M. G. Harbaugh led the lodge. Harbaugh was absent ill.

Logan Mingo Lodge A. M Ros de Laney Lancaster Lloyd A. Mount Lawrence Adcock M. G. Harbaugh Harbaugh

YEGGS GET 200 IN BREAK-IN AT CENTRAL HIGH

Youthful suspects escaped with two hundred dollars after breaking into the board of education safe at Central High School last night. A later checkup confirmed the amount. Police continue investigations and expect further charges.

Akron Yegrss Board of Education Central High School

Rousey Custody Appeal Brief Filed in Ohio Court

Attorney for Mrs. Kathryn Rousey filed a brief in the Court of Appeals at Pomeroy on the Worstell ruling over custody of Jennie Sue Rousey. The two parents each hold two children. Mrs. Rousey seeks to keep Jennie Sue with herself in Cincinnati.

Athens Court of Appeals

Drink Gin or Stay Home Edict Chills Chicago Teens

Chicago reports a coroner jury linking parental lax discipline to the death of George Lux in a grammar school party accident. Virginia Graf 18 testified that girls must drink to stay in social circles, while educators questioned modern teen party norms and parental oversight.

Chicago U.R George Lux Virginia Graf University of Chicago Northwestern University Law Virginia Samuel Stevens Northwestern

Former Syracuse Woman Injured in Columbus

POMEROY April 17. Relatives report probable fatal injuries in Columbus to Mrs. Bailey 85 formerly Mrs. Horace Church of Syracuse. After Mr. Church's Civil War death she moved to Columbus and later married another soldier named Bailey. A stroke and a fall down stairs are cited as the likely cause. The Church family adopted a girl now Mrs. Guy Chase of Columbus. Mrs. Pownall wife of Captain Henry Pownall of Pomeroy is a near relative.

Pomeroy Columbus Bailey Horace Church Syracuse Church Guy Chase Pownall Henry Pownall

Raid Seizes 1000 Bottles and 70 Gallons at New Straitsville Home

Prohibition officers raided D. J. Griffith in New Straitsville finding 1069 bottles of beer and 70 gallons of mash. Griffith and two assistants were arrested for manufacturing and possessing intoxicating liquor as a crowd watched the destruction of liquor and mash. KR Beetham led the raid with inspector Meg Gaw and others confirming the operation as one of Ohio’s largest.

Beetham Ohio New Straitsville D. J. Griffith Prohibition Griffith P. F. Crowe Fred Newman Perry County New Lexington KR. R. Beetham Columbus Chet Toledo BK. C. MegGaw Athens County William Lewis K. Beetham B. V. Ward Norman Bedford

Students Describe Museum at Chapel Center Today

Students of Dr. W. A. Matheny presented illustrated talks on the Ohio University Museum. They described a growing collection with more than 10 000 species and explained displays on light, mastodons from 30 000 years ago, mound builders, snakes, birds, and shells.

W. A. Matheny Ohio University Museum Ohio Museum

Armed men steal truck from Canton dealer on highway

Four armed men held up Michael Drake on the Roseville Zanesville route today, stole his produce and merchandise valued at $1,000, and escaped in his truck.

Zanesville Michael Drake Canton Roseville

Northeaster Causes Two Deaths Across East

A northeast storm cut across the North Atlantic states, killing two men in New Jersey and Connecticut and washing a sailor’s body ashore at Point Pleasant. The storm disrupted New Jersey coastlines, delayed liners, swelled rivers, and sank five ships near New York harbor. The weather reached as far south as Norfolk, Virginia, with several inches of snow along the New York Pennsylvania line.

New York UPA North Atlantic New Jersey Rivera New York Harbor Norfolk Point Pleasant N. J Stanford, Conn Qaseee New York Pennsylvania Line

127 Men Arrested at Cleveland Stag Party Raid

A Cleveland police raid on a stag party at a hall resulted in 127 men being detained and later released from jail. Three young women dancers, three reels of risqué films, and a movie camera were seized. Police Captain Marin J Horrigan led the operation and 16 patrol wagons ferried the prisoners to the station amid frantic appeals for release.

Cleveland U.R Marin J. Horrigan Hte

McNary Backed Debenture Plan For Farm Bill Debate

Senate committee discusses adding a debenture bounty to the administration farm bill as McNary signals support. The plan would pay farmers a bounty funded by mortgages on imported wheat, aiming to fortify tariff effectiveness amid Hoover administration positions and Republican division. House remains tied to its debture plan while preparing to move forward with the cooperative marketing bill.

Washington House Senate Hoover McNary Senate Committee Benaetor Caraway Arkanealy Républicana White House Mr. Hoover Brookhart Iowa Norbeck South Dakota Borah Idaho Haugen Agriculture Committee

D A R Session Focuses on National Committee Chairs

Washington April 17 The third annual DAR congress schedules a session to hear national committee chairmen and to dedicate and unveil services of the D A R memorial.

Washington U.P Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution National Committee

Bones Found in Burns Barn Near Belmont

Coroner J. W. Neal announced bones found in the ruins of a burned barn on the Rice farm near Belmont are human. Police said, after inquiry, the bones may belong to Shannon Atom 65, a painter who disappeared a week ago.

ST. Clairsville J. W. Neal Belmont Shannon Atom 65

Retired Postal Man Gets Annual Pension

POMEROY April 1 Special The local item notes Jesse Brewster who served 28 years as rural post office clerk and assistant master. In February he was granted retirement benefits and plans an upcoming motor trip to the Pacific Coast. Gerald Eiselstein will move from carrier to clerk in the post office vacancy created by Brewster’s retirement.

Tuppers Plains Homer McLane Tuppers Plain Common Pleas Court Pomeroy Jesse Brewster Ter Pacific Gerald Eiselstein Brewster

Lower House to Probe Springfield Raid Inquiry

The lower house decided to investigate the raid in Springfield involving Mrs. Lillian De King. Details remain sparse as members prepare to question witnesses and seek evidence from relevant agencies.

Springfield A. U.pi Nois Aseserhly Lillian de King Ldev

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