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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1928
Page
4
The narrator envisions an old walnut log house in Athens County being purchased through civic action. Modern weatherboarding covers it, but removing the outer sheeting and chinking with cement could restore the structure as a shrine of local history, drawing many visitors annually and sparking further historic markers nearby.
Edward L. Thorndike asserts adults can learn new trades languages or arts as quickly as younger people. He argues age is not a barrier and that the belief that learning slows after youth is a limiting myth.
Department of Commerce data from 156 manufacturers shows July factory motor vehicle sales at 390 445 with 337 933 passenger cars and 52 512 trucks. Comparisons note June 396 967 passenger cars and trucks and July 1927 268 485. Passenger cars include taxicabs and trucks include ambulances and other specialized vehicles.
Herbert Hoover envisions a new era of industrial and commercial expansion worldwide. He emphasizes the Pacific coast as a bright spot due to Orient adjustments and notes foreign trade 50 per cent higher than prewar levels after dollar price differences. As nations stabilize, demand rises and U S exports will grow with global commerce.
A civic group in Athens proposes civic publicity to revitalize historic places including the West Street cemetery and the old East State Street courthouse. Tourism growth from increased travel could fund restoration as energetic local women already revived the burial ground.
Arthur Brisbane notes a colossal Union Square sign urging Vote Communists and workers’ class struggle. He argues times have changed as workers now own assets and can become bosses, suggesting appeals must sound reasonable to win support.
Rosamond Pinchot backs Governor Smith while Helen Wills supports Hoover in a public campaign push. William Fox plans to invite both to speak five minutes for their candidate in all Movietone theaters, Miss Pinchot possibly appearing in nun costume from The Miracle and Wills in a ten nis outfit.
District Attorney Monaghan of Philadelphia states boot leg ring leaders using fictitious names deposited 10,000,000 dollars in banks and trust companies over twelve months. He notes profits from bootlegging rival stock market gains and mentions a sawed-off shotgun and portable machine gun as tools of rum running.
Sixty stocks reached new highs on Wednesday as buyers moved about 4 million shares in five hours. The market shows strong conviction in securities, despite high rates and Federal Reserve influence. The speaker warns readers not to gamble in the current climate.
Uzal H. McCarter of Fidelity Union Trust in Newark, brother of Thomas McCarter of Public Service, shifts from GOP to back the Democratic candidate. McCarter controls and manages tens of millions and is not deterred by party change.
Friends mourn the illness of Mrs Augusta K Stetson and recall her devotion to Mrs Mary Baker Eddy, noting the expectation that mortality ends for all though they hope she may outlive many. The writer reflects on eternal life as not for earthly existence.
Eva Brown, devoted woman suffrage worker, dies on Wednesday. Her father was Robert Ingersoll. Some believe she may reunite with him in heaven while others doubt. Henry Ford is cited among believers that Ingersoll may return here and that his daughter could return as well.
Secretary Kellogg stuns observers by attending a major European assembly presenting a peace treaty, joining banquets, and not delivering a single speech, while meeting influential leaders.
Dr Frank McCoy answers readers on appetite and diet with practical tips. He discusses taste aversion to new foods, dirt eating in some cultures, and methods to redirect cravings in children and babies. He also addresses canned spinach safety and infant feeding guidance for a rash, warning against diluting milk and recommending plain Holstein milk with orange juice.
Mrs C asks about pain in left shoulder wrist and arm and fruit fasting. The advised reply notes neuritis or reflex from angina and recommends a thorough examination by a local doctor to determine the cause.
A reader’s Q and A column covers home accidents and fatality estimates, firearm and gas warfare history, card game odds, and the Interdepartmental Patents Board. It notes 24 000 fatal home accidents last year and 200 times more non fatal ones, discusses Ben Hur’s Christ representation, and cites 431 B C gas warfare as well as a 1922 executive order establishing the Interdepartmental Patents Board.
A quirky New York column recounts odds and ends from late summer streets. A return policy tale, odd pillows sold for fire escape use, monogrammed dentures, a parrot named Mr Dooley who drinks hootch, a crossing of customs with a singing bird, and a new walking signboard girl on Broadway advertise lozenges.
Fragmented crossword clues mix archaic terms and random phrases about astonish, near the stern, prophes, vault, lace, custom, beguile, feminine pronoun, citadel, sunburn, rip sound, property types, cyst tumor, diamond, plant, Eucharist vessel, maple, affirm, rink, edible root, magic red, obese, recipe, smooth, lemons, convent worker, long church bench, grasp forcibly.
Wealthy donors pull back as activity lags while Democrats and Republicans recalibrate spending. The piece notes fear of Sinclair’s notoriety, plans to energize the farm belt by October, and governor Smith’s nationwide tour. It cites Southern states as pivotal and hints at large fundraising aims.
A mixed digest recalls past local movements such as M. E. Twiss buying and moving a home, and varied items including Frosyth in Monongahela, Miss Stickney and Miss Putnam visiting Columbus, and state fair travel to Columbus. It recalls ten years ago Camp Gordon training, family visits, and notes from the era. The page also includes a government coordination description and trivia Q A about Diana monkey naming and immortality doctrine.
Civil War cost estimated at 8 billion dollars in 1865. A Charleston, North Carolina earthquake devastates the area in 1886. In 1910 Theodore Roosevelt proclaims the New Nationalism, shaping progressive policy.
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