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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1928
Page
4
Washington reports that farm population declined by 3 283 000 in eight years with annual city migration averaging two million since 1922. In 1927 net farm loss fell to 192 000, a record low, as Secretary Jardine notes migration is slowing and rural living gains in efficiency and services are needed.
A Balzac saying notes temptation itself is not sinful, but yielding to it marks moral failing. The line emphasizes inner struggle over external vice and frames strength as resisting temptation.
A debated paper titled If I Were a Union Leader argues unions could evolve into industry wide associations focusing on skill, efficiency and mutual advancement. It envisions less antagonism with employers, open shops, merit based admission, and a collective push for better workmanship.
The article discusses President Elect Hoover's planned approach to stabilize the ailing U S coal industry. It recalls his role on Harding's fact finding panel during the 1923 strike, notes prior ignored recommendations, and outlines Hoover’s preference for cooperative federal action over coercive legislation while citing successful stabilization methods used in lumber and building sectors.
Ostmaster General announces postal clerks will have their Christmas holiday this year despite backlog of undelivered packages. Work on Christmas Eve will end and all will wait until the day after Christmas, a move praised as good sense for workers.
Artney Brisbane notes King George’s steadfast service to Britain and empire, with Queen Mary praised for inspiring women. Amid a lame duck Congress, relief for farmers, pending Kellogg peace deal, and needed naval and air resources are highlighted as national priorities.
General Mitchell praises Japanese defense as nations build ships and submarines. Reports cite submarines up to 4500 tons and effective cooperation between Japan’s submarines and airplanes amid world security developments.
Reports describe Japanese air crews landing on ice off the Kuril Islands south of Kamchatka. Submarines rise through holes in the ice to supply fuel, gas, provisions, and repair parts, forming a resilient, hard to break system.
General Mitchell endorses a commercial air route from New York to Peking as the most promising. Boeing Airplane Company of Seattle and investors led by C. E. Mitchell of National City Bank in New York have joined the venture.
A plan to move commercial paper from New York to Peking in 65 hours instead of four weeks could make the route profitable. The concept envisions air transport turning a profit by carrying high value items such as furs, with sable skins illustrating the vast value difference versus gold.
A 60 year old former assistant pastor marries her 21 year old Sunday School pupil in Massachusetts drawing swift public rebuke. The bride's 30 year old son calls it madness while the mother expresses regret for her son. Plato is invoked to defend or critique age gaps and wise marriage patterns.
A Washington rumor suggests Mrs. Raymond Robbins could be named secretary of labor in Hoover’s cabinet. The note argues she would be an apt choice as a representative of half the population that helped drive the Republican majority.
Mrs. Robbins alias Margaret Dreiser is praised for public service and labor empathy. The piece notes Wall Street volatility with call money at ten percent and a financial chill that dips stocks before a rebound to new highs. It argues that high profits from usury may aid banks short term but harm the sector long term as the Hoover boom persists after inauguration.
Captain John Donald Smith a distinguished scientist and the oldest Yale graduate has died in Baltimore at age 100. His passing is noted as a milestone reflecting on the long arc of human history.
The column covers neuralgia causes linked to mineral deficiencies and toxic conditions, lists triggers from drugs to dental infections, and cites various body regions. Questions address burning tongue, almond oil for wrinkles, and pineal gland basics with cautions on stimulating secretions.
By the Way in New York notes Jeritza the opera star’s tricks and hair-dye routines of Richard Bennett, Katherine Cornell’s contract clause, and Broadway quirks. It also remarks on Respighi’s Sunken Bell at the Met and Tony Sarg’s Christmas window show, plus fashion notes on chorus dancers and underground NYC basements beneath tall towers.
This date marks Georgia adopting the state motto Wisdom Justice Moderation on December 5 1799. Other notes include the 1876 Brooklyn theater fire with 255 fatalities and 1892 congressional action over Sunday openings for the Chicago World’s Fair. The 1918 Congressional Medals of Honor awards to U S soldiers also occurred on this date.
A collection of Q and A covering civil service fingerprinting policy parrot captivity citizenship loss by marriage postage stamp denomination Tristram author Edwin Robinson dispensary era excursion boat trips and China Celestial Empire Madame Curie pronunciation. facts cite official acts and historical notes.
A jumble of crossword hints listing: bound sheets, cocoa beverage, rejoice in triumph, ship cabin, abundance, affirms, leprosy sufferer, affirmative, eye organ, wrath, featherscarf, larval crustacean stage, memorial remainder, incite secretly, spicy Mexican dish, skirmish, faulty, extreme heredity flaw, stonecutter’s tool, deer family’s bane resembling tastant, utensil, limb, extol, bulrush incline, raven avarn, three in cards, I mention, way of Born, aeriform fuel, astringent, derided, troubles, theatrical play, amused, lubricates, card game term, bare skin blemish, wood fiber knots, Ballot, answer to Yesterday’s Farce.
A set of brief Q and A items covering why clouds arenot frozen below 32 degrees, which divisionheld the furthest advanced position at Armistice, ibid meaning in Latin, and the origin of carnations named pinks. The piece cites the Weather Bureau and the Department of War as authorities and notes 54 American organizations along the western front.
Mrs P S Bukley of St Paris and Mr and Mrs Will Huffman of Medway visitors with the Snyders. J P Wood Jr leaves for New York on business. Clyde Reasoner from Zanesville visits during quad hunting. Wil Merritt from Bremen visits relatives. J C Lewis and daughter Leona spend Thanksgiving with A B Tewksbury family. McAdoo heads Treasury and Railway, wartime casualties total 236177 with 5000 killed. Mrs D H Williams returns to Columbus after Columbus visit. Sgt Hilbern Steenrod guest at J W Pickett home. Mrs EB Mills and daughter Mildred Mills Cox visit Huntington to see Herald Millis.
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