Answers to Questions From The Information Bureau
A reader page from The Athens Messenger lists Q and A on topics from science to history. Questions cover heart rate, the Grand Canyon, Joyce Kilmer, deer reintroduction, Venice of America, toys in child development, scientific advances, antipasto, Knute Rockne, Canadian carillons, polar exploration dates, iron nails, and an Ohio aviator’s parachute jump.
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Thousand Islands
Canada
New York
St. Lawrence
Paul R. Heyl
Knute Rockne
America
Norway
United States
Chicago
H. FT. A
Simcoe
Guelph
Toronto University
Toronto Metropolitan Church
Parliament Buildings
Amundsen
South Pole
Scott
B.S. A
Amundsn
Pole
A Thought for Today Belief and Blessings Reflected
A devotional verse reflects on faith and belief from St Luke and Emerson. It contrasts belief as acceptance of inner affirmations with unbelief as denial, highlighting spiritual encouragement.
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Emerson
Athens County and York Township Officers Praised in Litteral Case
The piece commends Athens County and York Township officers for their role in solving the Harry Green murder, led to James Litteral’s confession in Oregon, and notes the court’s death sentence and the judge’s difficult choice. It discusses mercy versus justice and reflects on blue laws and historical attempts to regulate public behavior. The article frames law and order as a persistent civic duty.
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Athens County
York Township
Harry Green
James Litteral
Ohio Penitentiary
Nelsonville
Oregon
State Road Work Activated by Hoover Appeal
Governor Myers and State Highway Director Ward respond to President Hoover to push public improvements. Bids opened December 17 for paving and bridges with Brecksville Road the major contract worth over a million dollars. plan favors wide super highways with two 20 foot lanes and a 66 foot curb to fit future traffic growth.
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Overnor Myers Y. Cooper
Robert N. Ward
Hoover
State Highway Department
Ward
Cuyahoga County
Brecksville
Cleveland
Wall Street Loss Inspires Humorous Verses and Art Crush
Joseph Anthony turns his Wall Street wipeout into The Lost Shirt a witty verse collection about losses on Wall Street. Modigliani’s death amid posthumous fame draws galleries and high prices as New York faces a year of bold art exhibitions and rising interest.
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Gilbert Swan Messenger
New York
Wall Street
Manhattan
Joseph Anthony
Edior
Survivors of a Great Indian Nation Face Vanishing Legacy
The article recounts the decline of the Chuecunaque people as Spaniards and later outsiders disrupted their society. It laments disease and ignorance, warning that only about 1,000 remain and will likely perish. It also notes Mexico's old Spanish influence under Plutarco Calles.
Adhesions and Exercise Therapy by Dr Frank McCoy
Dr Frank McCoy describes non surgical hand work to separate pelvic adhesions using deep manipulative and fluoroscopic methods, plus chronic abdominal exercises on a slant board to restore organ position. He advises ongoing sessions, frequent X ray checks, and post cure abdominal conditioning.
Mexican Ranch Promises Large Laborers Parade Lunch
A ranch near Mexico City plans to line the road with thousands of peons, its Mexican laborers, and will later invite 5,000 of them to lunch with him.
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Mexico City
Lunch for five thousand at a strike settlement
The passage notes how in this country industrialists vary tactics with workers offering prayers, stock options, or lockouts to resolve labor disputes. It highlights an extraordinary event where five thousand were invited to lunch simultaneously as part of tensions between management and workers.
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Billy
Wall Street's Santa Claus Sees Little News for 1930s
The piece notes twelve million five hundred thousand dollars in gold sent to France on the Olymp ic, investors selling stocks to claim losses for tax reports, and hopes for a year end tax pause. It mentions unemployment woe, minimal improvement, and East coast shipping delays from heavy pogs. A helicopter plane concept is described as a fog solution.
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Wall Street
Santa Claus
France
British pilot F C Chichester dares Australia flight in tiny moth
Cheerful British flyer F C Chichester began yesterday from London in a tiny moth plane with cheers and a bold claim to beat the world record of 15 days. He says he is off to Australia as aviation proves daily what imagination dares.
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F. C. Chichester
London
Cheerio
Australia
Wages Through the Ages From Colonial labor to 1928
A Bureau of Labor Statistics bulletin compares early colonial wages with 1928 figures. It notes daily pay from 24 to 30 cents in some colonies, tobacco pay in Virginia, barter systems, long hours, and rising standards. Data covers carpenters, bricklayers, weavers, and laborers across Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Boston, and Philadelphia.
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Washington
America
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Europe
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Virginia
New York
New Amsterdam
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Boston
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Maryland
Philadelphia
Bureau
Daily Study In Correct English Word Guide
A compact guide on proper usage and pronunciation. Highlights include avoiding redundancy in phrases like equally as good and correct pronunciation tips for matrices and lesser-known terms. Emphasizes precise word choice and nerve of vocabulary growth with the word emanate meaning to issue from a source.
First American Legion band formed in Ohio
Athens reports a pioneer American Legion band with nearly a score of players. Post Adjutant Moorhead received confirmation from state legion headquarters and congratulated the group.
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Athens
Ohio
Moorhead
State Legion
Looks Easy But Isn’t HORIZONTAL What is Rosa Ratsa
A list of cryptic style clues and definitions is presented, mixing numbers and words in a puzzle format. Entries include historical and linguistic hints such as Captain Kidd date and various cross references across vertical and horizontal prompts.
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John Hix
Nort
Peibitea
California
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Frederick J. Haskins
Free Information Bureau
Athens Messenger
T Information Bureau
Frederic J Haskin
Washington, Pd. c
Public Health Service
Grand Canyon
Kaibab
Kanab
Uinkaret
Joyce Kilmer
Columbia
Delta Upsilon Fraternity
Venice
D. Ss
Garden of Eden
Indiana
Georgia
Michigan
Delaware
North Dakota
Idaho
Gus
New
Moe's
Anthony
Resta
Modigliani
Italy
Modigiani
Birch Street
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Incorporated
Watchman
Uncle Sam
F. A. Mitchell-Hedges
Panama
Chucunaques
Mexico
Generali
Plutarco Calles
Frank McCoy
P. B
Rodney Dutcher Messenger
Estelle M. Stewart
Susan Putnam
George S. Putnam
Maplewood
Alberta Norton Rittenour
Chillicothe
Alfred FE. Livingston
Wendell
Washington, D. C
William H. Livingston
North
Congress Street
H. R. Wilson
Sunday School of
The
Presbyterian Church
Emmett Hooper
Starling O. M. A
Fy Hooper
Margaret Edith Jones
College of Music
J. T. Herbert
Ohio University
Toomorrow
Rosa Ratsa
Captain Kidd
South Amer
Ica
Porto Rico
Japan
Inia
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