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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1928

Page

4

Smuggling Fight Shifts North Across Canadian Border

Washington reports the attorney general’s annual review shows liquor smuggling from Canada into the United States grows despite efforts to curb it. The Great Lakes region supplies most cross border shipments, with a rising Canadian export value and fewer foreign ships seized. Bahama and St Pierre-Miquelon areas remain key supply nodes for illicit liquor as enforcement tightens on coastal smugglers.

Allene Sumner Pssenger Ashington United States Bargent High Seas Canadian Canada International Boundary Line Great Lakes Dominion Canadian Department of Trade and Commerce Supreme Court Pescanha Quadra Oregon California Florida Bahama Islands North Atlantic St. Pierre-Miquelon St Lawrence

Christmas Charity and Red Cross Roles Described

A thoughtful Christmas reflection urges sharing prosperity with the less fortunate, noting many homes lack holiday cheer despite national wealth. It lauds the Red Cross for its peacetime relief work, disaster response, and support for veterans, arguing its impact reaches beyond wartime needs and strengthens communities.

Keep to the right of the white line motorists urged

The Ohio State Automobile Association warns drivers to keep to the right of the white line on highways. Secretary Jones says this avoids danger, especially on hills and curves. In Belmont County some are arrested for reckless driving when not observing this position. no law requires it, but safety improves with compliance.

Ohio State Automobile Association Jones Belmont County

Today chilly for lambs the kings doctors

Wall Street reports a late week chill as benevolent managers of high finance raise call money to 12 percent to protect the public from foolish gambling. If the public gambles and banks and the Federal Reserve overstep into supposed usury, a market smash may follow.

Wall Street Little Lambs Federal Reserve

Psychic health and diet advice from Dr Frank McCoy

Dr McCoy answers reader questions on mind body links to illness, digestion, and rare cases linking emotions to disease. He discusses stress, happiness, and fear triggering symptoms, outlines cautions about colon and appendix health, and offers non surgical dietary guidance for a child with yellowing skin and for hardening arteries.

Frank McCoy Vesalius

Royal Doctors and Deep Sea Questions on King George’s Illness

Physicians monitor King George III with cautious optimism while insurers flag the royal risk. At Rockefeller Institute Dr Carrel experiments on dog lungs. Science notes humans cannot live at extreme depths or altitudes. German stage daring meets public recoil as audiences in Frankfort protest with stink bombs over actors in plus fours.

China Rockefeller Institute New York Carrel Carter Lair Germany Europe Frankfort Hamburg Hamlet

In New York Old-Store Characters Mark City Change

A portrait of aging tradesmen and surviving chemists shops in New York as new subway construction reshapes the city. Recounts of Richard L. Samford, famed Exchange starter, and a glimpse of Gotham highlights including Meighan, Lady Heath, and Beverly Nichols show a city in transition from tradition to modern media and architecture.

Gilbert Swan York Dec Jee Subway Sener Sixth Avenue Chinatown New York Gotham Thomas Meighan Mayfair Club Lady Heath Myer Flying Field Beverly Nichols Nicholy Theater Authors’ League of America Wallace Irwin Jesse Lanky Arthur Train Ellie Parker Butler Qwen Davis George Dorsey Berhave George Creot League America

This Date in American History Incomplete records

Fragmented dates mention Tal Whitney and a cotton gin birth 1765 and references to sieges and gold deposits with General Grant Lincoln amnesty proclamations. The text is garbled and lacks coherent events or context.

Dichubbers Tal Whitney California Congress General Grant Lincoln

Answers to Questions From Frederick J Haskin

A Reader’s Q and A on stamps for the Aeronautics Conference in Washington D C 20 million two cent stamps and five million five cent stamps. England and Wales murder deaths in 1920 were 288, about one tenth the U S rate. Reconstruction housing postwar: about 700 000 homes built and 8 500 factories and workshops erected. At war end 840 709 homes destroyed and 526 000 damaged requiring rebuilding. Caracul fur details from a dictionary: also known as Astrakhan, sheep family, habitat Tashkent and southern Russia provinces.

Washington D. C Post Office Department England and Wales United States France W. A Anya Caracul Astrakhan Tashkent Russias

Three Generations Plans and Visits Mentioned in Ohio Notes

Twenty years ago items report Mr and Mrs William Ruston J M Ruston and William Turaman traveling to Washington and England for about two months with Birmingham and Dudley relatives. Leroy Grimm visits sister Mrs George Mason in Columbus. Attorn SM Johnson in Tottuadgs two days on legal business. Miss Roe from Pittsburgh visits. Ten years ago notes include visits by Will Coo and Lt Vern Finsterwald from Hampton VA. Dr P E Hixon at Ohio State Dental Convention in Columbus. Mrs J T Merwin and daughter Margaret go to New York to join Captain Merwin. Fred Gockler goes to Charleston. Henry Zenner business trip with wife.

Wiliam Ruston J M Thomas Ruston William Tureman Washington England Birmingham Dudley Fe Fred Gockler Charleston Henry Zenner

Geography Lesson Puzzle Sparks Atlas Needed

A scrambled crossword style clue set asks for the Bunflower State largest Australian city English coin propelling boats and many more. The puzzle hints at geography terms, prepositions, measurement, weather, and archaic phrases, inviting readers to solve without reference while noting odd spellings and garbled OCR phrasing.

Australia Christiania Sea of Japan Gannetti

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Atticus Bust Chas, B Hares Elmer Fale Teshkent Mongolia Whistler Black Ion G. D. A. Whistler Joseph Pennell Black Lion S. A Dominion of Canada Arma of Canada Luther Oes Bethlehem Stock Exchange Santa Claus Red Cross Athens Everglades Sam Johnson Assur Vance Athens County Fis Charles Schwab Rabe de Wars Hee York Boutr Wabasha Avenue Chicago Arthuy Brisbane Peat Ap McCu Tn Viper Mr. Mellon Tess Mra. R. I. M King George's Britain Earth Ocean By the Way Connecticut Richard L. Samford Furry Lramford Samford Frederick J. Haskin Leroy Grimm Columbus George Mason East State Street Attornis SM. Johnson Tottuadgs Miss Roe Sirs. Zenner Pittsburgh Will Coo Vern Finsterwald Hampton, Va P. E Hixon J. T. Merwin Margaret New York City Captain Merwin
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