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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1930
Page
4
A discussion on tariffs and protectionism argues that keeping Americans at work matters more than foreign purchases. It notes profiteering from overseas factories, the pull of cheap labor, and the need for clear thinking free from propaganda to understand economic causes and wealth growth.
An American Legion stance urges continued focus on youth development. Enthusiasts push for sustained programs for boys and girls, emphasizing benefits to the public and long term community interest.
The American Legion emphasizes youth programs such as baseball to revive the sport and deter gambling pools. It sponsors patriotic education in schools to foster citizenship, noting early investment in youth yields lasting returns. The Marietta scout camp project and Muskingum River site are highlighted as examples of durable community-building efforts.
Willard K. Denton, president of the Metropolitan League of Savings and Loan Associations, urges young buyers to pay at least 25 percent cash and avoid homes costing more than three times annual family income. He notes many own homes without saving the upfront cash, risking imprudent purchases. The piece contrasts owning early with saving policies and the lure of better cars or radios during the wait.
Elliott B. Macrae of E. P. Dutton reports Everyman’s Library editions sell about 1,000,000 a year while old Shakespeare and other classics continue to outsell most new fiction. A New York bookseller notes demand centers on Shakespeare tragedies David Copperfield Comedies Don Quixote Dostoevsky The Idiot and Plato's Republic.
A New York writer recalls the long history of a harbor town once busy with whaling and trade. He notes locals like Miss French 84 and Ann Steight 85 among aging residents who keep alive memories of voyages, pirates and battles from colonial times to the War of 1812, inviting readers to imagine a bygone era.
A narrator wanders with the county clerk through Sag Harbor and collects assorted notes. Items mention Andrew Carnowie's arrival aboard the Wis casset, James Fenimore Cooper courting early fiction, and the first missionaries departing for the Sandwich Isles aboard the Whames with a rotting vessel visible at Conkling's Point.
Wandering hills and lanes reveal Fordham inna memories and markers. Elders recount shindigs and revels tied to Cornwallis surrender Burgoyne defeat and John Paul Jones whalermen. Meeting House Hill, whipping post, stocks and a rush of whalers mark this town’s old days.
The piece notes a threatened execution date with a taunt about hanging. The condemned man faces a looming deadline and unsettling thoughts about gallows and poison as his last days unfold.
Washington Herald editor Eleanor Patterson endorses Ruth McCormick for the United States Senate in Illinois this fall. The Chicago Herald Examiner reprints Patterson's unsigned editorial, noting their long friendship and Medill lineage.
Washington reports that drought battered crops yet signals rising farm product prices. Wheat prospects are mixed with high quality winter wheat good for export while animal feed needs reduce available exportable wheat. Global demand slowdowns and European distress limit buying, yet officials warn heavier purchases of imported farm products are inevitable as silver currency issues constrain China and Japan faces similar pressure.
The report identifies the daughter of the late Mark Hanna, highlighting her relation to the prominent name. The piece traces familial connection and mentions Hanna as a historical figure in context.
The era of Prohibition created strong incentives for bootlegging and organized crime. Even with good motives, illegal liquor trade fostered vast illicit incomes and diversified criminal activity beyond early expectations.
Investigation into Tong murders notes Chinese individuals entering the racketeering trade. Chinese bosses smuggle newcomers for about $2,000 per person while others earn roughly $500 per killing. The crime network is described as spreading and eroding traditional livelihoods.
In a Chicago underworld case, Jack Zuta and associates reveal a letter from a police captain seeking a loan of 400 dollars denoted as "4 C's." The captain obtained the loan but did not repay. A check payable to a state senator is disclosed with the senator’s name published.
In North Carolina Oliver Moore 29 a Black man accused of assaulting two white girls was jailed. A mob overpowered guards and dragged him from prison to his home where they hanged him to a tree then shot his body. The event sparks calls for swift northern judgment though some suggest harsher sentiment from fathers of young girls.
Fragmentary report indicates farmers in China, long starving, are turning to dog raising as a livelihood, with dogs valued as a trade since the fashion era began. Distinct entities include China and unspecified farmers and dog trade.
The piece notes fur dealers in the western regions asking $1.50 per skin and describes markets where owners avoid killing dogs due to sectarian beliefs, selling them alive for others to kill. It claims a good skin now fetches $15, enough for a Chinese person to live on for three to four months.
The Congressional Library acquires a Gutenberg Bible as part of a $1,500,000 purchase of Doctor Volbehr's book collection. Volbehr originally bought the Bible from monks at Stia Se Monastery in Austria for $275,000, and the tale would astonish Gutenberg, though a modern press would intrigue him more.
The Washington program begun as conservation and aided by state laws has reduced crude output. Through six months of 1980 production reached 465 million barrels versus 488 million in 1929, while imports of crude declined to 31 million barrels.
A humorous poem shows a father distracted by golf while a child pleads for home. The piece contrasts domestic strain with the game’s distractions and ends noting social shifts from Belgian hares to Tom Thumb golf and England’s Hollywood influence.
The column compiles reader inquiries on topics from dis infecting raw foods to language needs for singers and details on figures like Disraeli and Velasquez. It covers food safety, education, geography, and history with concise answers from experts and reference sources.
Charles E. Miller of Athens Ohio discusses broad contrasts in society, from prohibition views to religious belief, and notes historical lessons from Napoleon and Metternich. He argues cooperation and reason over coercion in resolving employer and employee conflicts to restore America's forward progress.
A rough boulder tombstone near Cripple Creek Colorado bears the inscription He called bill Smith a tiar. It is unclear if this Bill Smith is a famed early western outlaw or who erected the stone.
At the time of the revision of the New Testament a Chicago newspaper received a complete copy by Yire from New York City tomorrow The Man of Mang decidenta.
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