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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1929
Page
4
A Messenger essay contrasts country and city living, praising city life as a source of strength and community while acknowledging country beauty. It argues genuine worth in humanity, not scenery, and discusses the value of accurate reporting over rumor, citing the paper’s aim to publish straight facts from court records.
A discussion of how defendants seek to avoid newspaper coverage after arrest, noting the natural wish to suppress notoriety and the counterpoint that reflection may reveal the impulse is misguided. The piece emphasizes public awareness of crime and accountability.
The article praises a California law requiring Department of Commerce licenses to fly any aircraft. It notes junkyards filled with unsafe planes after passage, some selling for $25, and claims the change would greatly reduce fatal airplane accidents nationwide.
A speaker at a Society of Automotive Engineers meeting in New York described that Americans burned more than 14 billion gallons of gasoline in 1928. The illustration of a lake five miles wide and nearly four feet deep showed how vital oil is to modern life and the challenge of finding substitutes.
Commissioner Ru Spert R. Beetham of Ohio told church members that the liquor traffic’s enemies should return to old-time temperance teaching by showing alcohol’s effects on drinkers. The prohibition law remains on the books and must be enforced, but reviving the temperance movement could aid enforcement and broad acceptance that liquor is harmful.
The author reflects from Port Huron on how alleys barns garrets and backyards shaped childhood imagination after 20 years. He recalls play in old alleys yards garrets and barns with Diamond Dick and Nick Carter stories and the shift from opera houses to motion picture palaces.
A reader describes the instant reflex when a mosquito lands on the back of the hand. The brain signals the opposite hand to strike, illustrating the quick coordination between nerves and muscles.
Dr Frank McCoy outlines recognition of Raynaud's disease early signs such as cold pale fingertips toes and recommends circulation care including massage cold and hot baths diet bowel care and daily exercise. He notes diagnosing and professional care after full development and warns against self cure. He also answers reader questions on abscessed kidneys chewing gum enemas and sugar sources.
In Chicago at a congress on philosophy a claim appears that angels, gnomes, and sylphs could be photographed, with a note that such images would aid aviation engineers. The piece discusses instantaneous light methods and references an old Miracle Play "Everyman" staged at Canterbury Cathedral recently.
Report notes theatrical impersonation of a deity in The Canterbury with a white beard crown and red mantle. It discusses vast Montana forest fires threatening Oregon lumber and questions chemical aircraft firefighting at dawn. It also mentions Russia Britain and China tensions and a British officer’s Schneider Cup speed.
The race plan to surpass the record hinges on Lieutenant Williams and his boat Mercury as backers invest 175000 dollars of personal funds. The piece notes high cigarette consumption with 130 billion cigarettes annually, averaging over 1000 per person.
A column compiles Q and A about anti weed laws nitro glycerine shipments by rail duties on English goods and infant mortality vs breast feeding. It notes states with anti weed laws including Connecticut Idaho Illinois Michigan Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Oregon Ohio Pennsylvania California and New Jersey and outlines causes of anemia and parasite related blood destruction.
The text notes the Naval Observatory finds no appreciable direct lunar impact on Earth's temperature. It also discusses anemia causes, frost tolerance of crops, and the ancient origins of celery lettuce sesame walnuts peas spinach spinach and other produce, tracing their antiquity in Greece China and New Zealand.
A scrambled clue list asks for capitals theologians and misc words. It mixes questions on Spain Paris Rome and word meanings with misprints and partial phrases. The item resembles a vintage crossword style page segment with a long chain of numbered hints.
Washington column features Senator J Boomboom McWhorter denouncing White House breakfast invitations as intrusive and mocking modern pressures on Senators. He laments secret sessions eroding privacy, praises past discretion, and critiques patronage and modern qualifications for public posts.
On the last day of the Athens County fair hundreds of machines and thousands of visitors arrived for the county show. County Auditor W. F. Riley was elected president of the Athens County Teachers Association, with D. O. Chappel as vice president and Miss Alice Shannon as secretary. Mrs. G. I. Fenzel’s daughter Anna May and Miss Helen Tedmin returned from New York City after eight weeks away, en route home via Atlantic City. Geor Kalter arrived in Columbus after a win at Mansfield, allowing two hits and six walks. Dr. J. M. Hiceins returned from a three week fishing trip to Kagawone, Ont., with Dr. W. N. Alderman. Lena Patterson came back from Parkersburg with pins and ribbons for exhibiting, winning about 80 premiums.
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