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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1929
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR lists entities such as Cullen Company General Motors building and references to addresses South Michigan Avenue Fifth Avenue New York. The text appears to be an index of organizations and places without a coherent event or narrative.
A column reflects on 16 King County Poor Farm veterans who joined the 1898 Klondike rush and returned to the poor farm. It argues the allure was not wealth but intense living, noting the harsh pursuit tested men and left them richer in experience than many at home.
Rear Admiral W A Moffett told Culver Military Academy summer school students that the United States is not yet prepared in military aviation. He said Germany still leads in aviation in expenditures and progress and urged building four more modern aircraft carriers. He commented on the ease of rapidly expanding a large air force in war now versus 1917.
The St. Lawrence canal backers and Chicago supporters now see value in linking the lakes to salt water via both routes. Each side recognizes that connecting from Lake Michigan to the gulf and via the St. Lawrence would boost Midwestern traffic. The combined waterways would stimulate business, likely increasing railroad commerce as well.
Gilbert Swan reports on Broadway oddities as a South Carolina editor in pajamas draws eyebrow raises. The piece notes flamboyant costume, street theater, and a playful “Ticker” game simulating stock market moves with dice and paper stocks.
The Vatican voices concern over safety of Christian shrines in Jerusalem amid rising Muslim influence. An Italian fascist paper blames Jewish immigration for regional violence, noting Zionist migrants fueled anti Semitism on the Jordan. Also recalled is the July 1885 founding of a Minnesota regimental club by Bull Run fighters and the death of John Goss at eighty six yesterday.
In Brooklyn the heir to the murdered Frankie Yale, Michael Petrone, sits in his car with two gangster friends opposite the Beach View Coffee Pot. The grim prophecy about a dying sun frames a tense moment in a city of crime and allegiance.
Petrone and two friends were shot by two men in a fast car near Brooklyn. Petrone died saying he and others would be better off dead. A philosopher gangster, he sought control of bootlegging and hijacking along Long Island shores but died refusing to name his attackers.
The article notes Sir Philip Snowden, Britain's finance head, securing a fairer German spoil distribution. It mocks British Tories praising Snowden despite his labor-government links and contrasts foreign views painting him as a pirate and Shylock. It ends with a quip about Uncle Sam and a population figure.
At Bellingham Washington the plane flown by R C Graham aided by W A Granger sowed 60 acres in one hour and forty minutes scattering 800 pounds of alfalfa timothy clover and orchard grass seed from a sack in the cockpit doorway. The writer imagines a future when giant machines plough harrow harvest and planes sow creating a union of agriculture and big business.
The British Shell Company explains that effective ads reveal what people want and signal that they possess it. Competing with Standard Oil and other major U S brands, Shell emphasizes understanding consumer desire as a core advertising principle.
A fragment describes Shell gasoline cars cruising the countryside and cities. The bold livery draws attention as advertising aims to attract attention and earn approval.
Advert describes a small milk bottle top extractor that prevents milk spills and saves temper by minimizing spills during opening. It highlights its tiny size, sharp point, and low price as advantages.
When planning a family picnic include a small first-aid kit with disinfectant gauze and essential items from the medicine shelf to handle minor injuries and common needs during outdoor outings.
Weekly menus from Dr. Frank McCoy outline breakfasts lunches and dinners from Sunday through a nine day period featuring cantaloupe baked potato roast chicken roast beef halibut and more with recipes and serving tips. Reader questions cover trimming upper arms and back pain with arms exercises osteopathy chiropractic and hot/compression therapy guidance.
The discussion notes the new Shakespeare Memorial Theatre replacing Stratford on Avon’s burned building with a projected cost around 750000 dollars. Other items cover auction results for a submarine, Tristan da Cunha settlement ages, U.S. wheat belt states, and various trivia Qs with concise, factual answers.
The notice says the White House will not publicize letters before receipt but publicity will follow if the issue interests the public. It notes presidents answer or ignore at their discretion. A nine year old, Marshal Newton, received a puzzle from Mrs Hoover after amputation surgery, illustrating a light White House moment amid sympathy for Lindbergh.
The document lists historical apple varieties with origins and dates from 1750 to 1895, including Baldwin near Lowell Massachusetts and Rome Beauty in Ohio. It notes Lydia Pinkham's business start after 1873, and mentions Dolly Varden fashion around 1870, plus the Danzig Corridor and its impact on Poland's access to the sea.
Daily vocabulary guide teaches proper usage and pronunciation. It highlights common errors such as feel bad versus feel badly and mispronunciations like alleg e and pronounce. The page encourages expanding vocabulary by mastering one word daily and using sentiment correctly in context.
Advice urges positioning mirrors to reflect light into dark corners rather than directly at the sun. The goal is to brighten rooms and create a sense of expanded space using reflective surfaces.
Daily trains depart Athens with No 3 at 10 32 a m No 9 at 7 12 p m Deep 3 at 11 58 a m No 6 at 8 15 p m No 33 at 7 35 a m No 37 at 6 30 a m No 30 arrives 11 15 a m No 34 at 0 18 a m No 22 No 3 No 43 No 11 10 05 p m Eastbeand service noted with Sundays excluded
A 300 person turnout celebrated a Carthage Township picnic near St John’s Church. Athens public hospital prospects rise as Dr. B R Leroy and local physicians support the move and a local philanthropist offers help.
A fragment from a puzzle lists clues such as who wrote Paradise Lost and a hospital freeing patients for treatment. It includes terms like epoch, recorded fabric, improve, for each, unbeliever, eye socket, relinh, measure of 2020 yards, garment, present, a hotel, cone shaped, drink, and swerved.
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