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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1930
Page
4
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Company lists publishers Gordon K. Bush and Charles H. Harris with John W. Cullen representing United Press. Rates shown for subscriptions and mail delivery include one year four dollars fifty and various shorter terms.
A devotional line exhorts happiness as union with God and hearing wisdom. It connects scripture I Kings 10 8 with Pascal on inner peace and spiritual alignment. The brief reflection invites contemplation and faith.
A columnist argues selfishness is self‑interest not greed and drives efficient markets. The piece cites business profits, buyer leverage, and philanthropy shaped by self-interest, then contrasts past youth freedoms with modern supervised recreation, praising progress while missing old adventurous romance.
A historical reflection credits Adam Smith, an Eighteenth Century statesman, as the first to teach the world that self interest drives progress. The author notes the idea’s relatively recent acceptance and the profound impact it has had on global thought.
In a Washington dispatch, private efforts to protect wild birds by establishing golf courses as sanctuaries are praised as more effective than some laws. The National Audubon Society notes birds improve turf through natural pest control and nesting, with golf courses offering safety from hunting and ideal habitats, encouraging clubs to welcome avian tenants.
A short poetic piece describes summer rain bringing water for children and wildlife, with vivid scenes of puddles and wading. It contrasts gentle nature verses with brief satirical lines about public concerns like water shortages, animal welfare, and publicity stunts.
Freely offered Washington information service answers readers questions on home plumbing grease removal with hot water and washing soda, caustic potash safety, and pipe cleaning. It covers Glassmakers' Street origin in New York, time zones Rome to Providence, racing pigeons speeds, miniature golf courses, Royal Gorge suspension bridge facts, Quaker Meeting House in Newport, Emil Ludwig birth and education, and Leon Theremin’s theremin basics.
The piece explains mass production and gasoline taxation as key to funding highway expansion. It notes Iowa’s 1929 spend on 730 miles of roads, average yearly driving of 8,500 miles, and total road costs around 38 dollars in taxes with savings of 1 to 2.5 cents per mile. It highlights broader social and educational gains from a nation on wheels.
Gilbert St.Van reports in New York on the rise of spiritualist venues that feature celebrity spirit mediums with prices from 1 to 10 dollars. He notes Conan Doyle, Dreiser, Hecht, and Fowler linked to Hollywood deals while a rum-runner tale hints at Wall Street fraud and a mob fortune worth millions fading and reforming after the crash.
The passage notes booming business at seances where Doyle is invoked as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Mediums are defended as legitimate, charging up to ten dollars per person. The narrator recalls wanting an interview with the famed writer during a London visit but a postponement altered plans.
A gossiping lieutenant reports singer Will Osborne has nicknamed his butler Rudy the Valet. The note also mentions Horace Liveright, the publisher.
John Fef Lawson seeks a divorce from Kate Lawson in Crawfordsville Indiana alleging she failed to keep her promise to continue working to help support the home. The suit cites marital strain and requests court action to dissolve the marriage.
Summary unavailable due to fragment. The readable items reference topics titled Monkeys And The Masses and individuals like Mr Ryan and mention a large sum of jewels, but no coherent event or report details are provided in the fragment.
Four hundred have registered for the Athens County Teachers' Institute to be held at Ewing Hall Ohio University. The Misses Clara and Amy Weiher and Miss Nelle Pickering arrived home from Terra Alta W Va and Lake Park Md after a two weeks absence.
In Chicago a 3,000 strong audience will hear a committee on American citizenship critique the Farm Act as the first step to a Socialist government. Critics warn it imperils institutions, the constitution, and government by corporations steered by lawyers.
Prof and Mrs J N Hoover and their children traveled Saturday to Youngstown to spend vacation at Mrs Hoover's parents home.
Mr and Mrs C D Roush have departed for a ten day journey through Northern Ohio, scanning towns and sights along the route.
Lawyers contend the act was not for the general welfare but to aid farmers. They note 20,000,000 farmers exist, questioning the act’s overall impact and scope.
A historical report recalls a government loan to a Brooklyn street car company that faced bankruptcy after aiding only a few stockholders and promoters. No bar association committee intervened or spoke on the matter.
In a confrontation over security, senators note jewels on tables unguarded by armed guards as they observe the display. The federal reserve urges employees to pay by check due to cash payroll risks. A remark about Bolsheviks hints at a wider honesty lesson.
Twenty years ago Mr and Mrs Charles DeMolet spent two weeks at the Athens cottage then returned home. Mr and Mrs D C Cornwell came back from a yearlong western journey. Junod families of Athens and vicinity held a reunion at J P Clester home in Sugar Creek.
Mr and Mrs Charles Pickering Mr and Mrs Ralph Jennings and son Mr and Mrs Everett Buren Field and Mrs Julia Dew and children have returned home from a week long camping trip on Eight Mile Island in the Ohio River.
TheBrooklyn group opposes the city purchase of its subways saying the offered sum of about 200 million dollars is shamelessly inadequate. Farmers receive no similar treatment in complaints.
A historic note recalls a Czarist execution by knout for political crimes. Lenin, whose brother was killed, is portrayed as avenging him as the era ends with the city renamed Leningrad and Romanoff jewels passing to Communists trading them for agricultural machinery.
Archaeologists reexamine the Menephtah mummy and discuss its implications for biblical narrative. The recovered evidence is presented to clergy and scholars, highlighting claims that the pharaoh of oppression may be reassessed in light of new findings.
The article describes Stole, who vowed to live as a beggar after murder and has kept the vow for nearly thirty years, never wearing clean clothes or sleeping in a bed. A 1923 police photo accompanies a drawing of him as he travels Europe, speaking multiple European languages. Tomorrow notes reference filing by British scientists and a 23 year Testament.
Three American senators visiting Russia were invited to inspect a royal jewelry trove amassed by the Czars and now in Soviet hands, valued at about 1.25 billion dollars.
The Chilean plan covers all workers with compulsory savings, bonuses, and retirement funds. It imposes an eight hour day, job security, and child birth leave while funding medical aid and long term retirement benefits through a state backed bank. The system, praised for stabilizing workers and reducing communist influence, grew from earlier radical agitation and now enjoys broad support.
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