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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1930
Page
4
The Athens Messenger dated from 1825 lists publishers and editors and describes its circulation across Athens counties Ohio. It notes production schedules and the Athens post office classification, with subscription rates and mail options.
An item presents a short religious and literary quote from St. John and an Emerson reflection. It notes truth unmasking illusions and the desire for comfortable beliefs.
Logan's oil refining venture secures a site for a new refinery in Southeastern Ohio. The project aims to build modern facilities for refining local crude and to market and distribute products directly from Logan. The editorial endorses the regional impact and urges motorists and distributors to support Ohio oil and gasoline.
The article advises sprinkling lawns not daily but once or twice weekly during hot dry periods. Weekly watering suffices unless soils are very dry. light frequent watering harms roots. It recommends soaking every five or six days during brief heat and notes mowing frequency increases fertilizer needs, especially nitrogen, and warns not to expect thriving lawns without fertilization.
The guidance advises mowing only when grass exceeds a half inch above an optimal height, cutting to half inch below that height, and leaving clippings unless they form mats after 36 hours. Hot periods warrant letting the lawn grow taller and storing the mower in a cooler place. After a dry spell, raise the blade for the first cut.
A writer in a contemporary magazine recounts a Russian workman asking if late workers are mangled as punishment and contrasts beliefs about American efficiency with respect for life. The piece cites China’s war horrors and warns that Americans forget their blessings by comparing life in the United States to global cruelties.
New York August 7. The National Board of Motion Pictures Review gave Admiral Byrd and his Antarctic expedition a library of films for leisure on the ice. Classics like Chang Grass and Nanook head the list, with Chaplin and Langdon popular. Felix the Cat also favored while Shackleton and other expedition records echo explorer spirit.
A fragment notes Seaman's Institute sailors inspired by the Madsefield episode as they head to sea. The brief mentions men who go down to the ships drawing motivation from that experience.
In town, artists can sit on the Central Park grass if they promise to paint. Grass is scarce and the remaining green spaces are tightly protected.
The text argues that critics label socialism when public officials are bullied, yet support higher rail rates to the ICC. It notes railroads and manufacturers seeking increased earnings consistently obtain higher charges.
The narrator notes late train travel habits and encounters with bankers and millionaires returning from Southampton. He observes that eight of ten conversations among these older men focus on their children and what they are doing.
Stalin states Russia will not honor Czars debts and argues the country should not pay them. He questions why Russia should be held responsible for loans tied to Tsarist abuses, comparing to hypotheticals involving Britain’s bonds and past imperial actions.
Nanking dispatches report a British wife of a British official attacked while asleep and expected to die from bayonet wounds. Shanghai columns describe torture and outrages inflicted on women missionaries amid growing tensions.
Washington action aims to standardize type faces used in American printing. The Department of Commerce acts as clearing house to unite manufacturers, reduce waste, and lower consumer prices by agreeing on which type styles to stock. The National Board on Printing Type Faces already evaluates new faces for value to typography and liaises with government efforts.
Curtis cites the 50 greatest actors with living figures like George M. Cohan age 52 and actresses Mary Anderson 71 Minnie Maddern Fiske 65 Maude Adams 58 Julia Marlowe 64. Witnesses say Cohan and the women may be at least twenty years younger than claimed.
A terse assertion praises charming actors and actresses over “great” ones. It mentions Rachel born in Switzerland, daughter of a Jewish peddler, as possessing untapped genius not found among American actresses.
Albany couple Nellie Audra Smailey and J W Hoisington married in Justice Pearl Helwig's office. County Engineer Fred Baker met with state highway officials about constructing a new road from Nelsonville north to the Hocking County line.
S. D. Webb Dr. J. N. Brown L. H. Price Hugh Gormley and Clerk Frank Bryson organized the Athens County board of deputy supervisors of election. Frank Roach W. N. Alderman W. S. Blackwood and George H. Junod formed a committee to solicit stock subscriptions for the Hocking Sun Creek Traction Company.
The text hints at unseen genius in ancient Greek theater as Euripides' tragedy reportedly played in Athens for centuries. It notes actors wearing masks and suggests hidden factors sustained such performances beyond time.
Dr. J. J. Richeson Dr. W. A Matheny and Dr. A. E. Wagher of Athens were listed as speakers for the 1920 teachers institute.
News of a substantial gold find in Australia sparks a rush as prospectors travel by foot, cars, planes, camels, and horses to peg out claims. Many seek fortune though most energy will be spent in the chase, not guaranteed success.
A group of Athens and Nelsonville businessmen organized the Federal Creek Oil Company to pursue oil holdings and development in the region, signaling local entrepreneurial effort in the energy sector.
When prosperity droops, the car stays in the garage as New York state’s gasoline tax income shrinks. May sales fall by 200,000 gallons from the previous year, reflecting a broader downturn in fuel purchases and state revenue.
The text argues that certain potent words trigger universal human responses tied to survival and risk. It notes examples like death fear snake rat gold torture and invites suggestion of others that similarly influence effort and motivation.
Ripley asserts a theoretical baseball scenario where nine pitches retire the side each inning. A triple on the first pitch, a steal attempt, and batter interference produce outs, with the pitcher throwing to home each time and only one ball used per inning.
Jean Tasserand, seeking to prove love to a girl, wrote a goodbye note and jumped from an airplane. His broken body fell in his mother’s garden. The tale, branded by some as heroic, spares a harsher truth about neglecting his mother.
The Messenger describes Fal fashions with semi fitting coats, short waisted lines, larger sleeves and narrow skirts. Large picture hats dominate with many called marvels of beauty while some appear woefully eccentric in style.
The Coolville Camp Meeting Association reports its forty ninth annual session July 27 to August 3 1930 was well attended despite drought dust and heat. Finances were low yet offerings and cooperation remained strong. A jubilee in 1931 plans extensive repairs new auditorium seats enclosure to expand capacity and beautify grounds.
A verse piece contrasts romantic Araby fantasies with harsh rural life and social taxes. The poem mix critiques of exploitation and modern comforts, noting cinema absence, banditry, tax burdens, and the quirks of medical referral systems. The humor pieces poke at bootlegger cheese, doctors’ specialization, and taxes.
A compilation of brief Q A items covers golf in South Africa banking fees, coal fleet battle ships, antiperspirant guidance, foreign embassies flags, Lydia Pinkham history, Sunday cream usage, Kuomintang meaning, and early Spanish settlements. Includes figures like Johannesburg reefs twelve, fifty cents fees, and dates for California Florida New Mexico Texas.
In a submerged political moment, three adjacent congressional districts around the District of Columbia may each place a net representative in the House. Maryland and Virginia races hinge on wet versus dry lines with notable candidates like Frederick N. Zihlman and A. K. Lovethe in Maryland and R. Walton Moore’s retirement opening a field in Virginia.
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