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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1928
Page
4
An essay arguing that youth need social training in manners and charm, criticizing reliance on parents and fraternities. It warns college freshmen to master greetings, hosting etiquette, and proper conduct to avoid embarrassment in adult life. The piece cites examples of crime and personal fault to emphasize self discipline.
Athens faced a real sugar shortage with difficulty in obtaining even a pound using sugar cards. The Athens State hospital suffered coal absence amid a fuel shortage and local men such as J. 8. Gandee and D. J. His son joined delegates from Athens county at a Republican convention in Columbus.
Readers are urged to visit Newark Ohio to see expansive earthworks including a 30 acre giant circle with an eagle shaped center and a 20 acre circle connected to an eight sided formation at Moundbuilders Park. The guide notes accessibility from New Lexington Somerset Buckeye Lake and the National Pike and compares Newark mounds to world wonders.
Rank City prosecutor argues for a five year penitentiary term for repeat juvenile theft to deter thrill theft among youths. He urges firm penalties to curb delinquent careers and protect society from growing crime by young offenders.
A suspect in the Dorothy Schneider killing cites an external influence as a defense. Police report the Michigan incident involves a claimed urge or impulse tied to the accused.
Detroit boasts 1.7 million people and hosts the greatest Titian display in America. Frances Kleinberger and Colonel Friedsam showcase Titian paintings including a portrait of Philip II of Spain once owned by the Bargarigzo family. Distinct works circulated from Berlin to Cincinnati and New York, with values rising from $7,500 to about $1.5 million for the batch.
Edsel Ford lent one of the best Titian works titled a Man in Brown. Jules Bach of New York lent Venus and Mars and Jacob Epstein of Baltimore lent Portrait of A Senator. An antique remains a good investment though four Titiians are no longer affordable.
The writer spoke with Henry Ford about cars rolling off the line and a new air engine in development. Ford’s 50 horsepower cast engine meets expectations and he plans a 1000 horsepower version. He intends to build an airplane powered by six of these 1000 hp engines.
Mr Sloan, president of General Motors, and Mr Ford recently met for luncheon and agreed that producing many cars by one manufacturer is beneficial for all makers. The aim is to create a national auto appetite and supply it with quality.
Ford claims the egg should be cooked by starting in cold water and boiling two minutes then resting six minutes. He notes health follows diet and cites Luigi Cornaro as a model, sending his life to Albert D. Lasker who funded research on men dying after fifty. Cornaro lived to 105 after diet changes.
The passage notes Henry Ford drinking only water as doctors warn against it. It highlights W. S. Knudsen and R. H. Grant at the General Motors building, valued at 25 million, with Chevrolet production figures of 32,000 cars in December and 90,000 in January, plus 10,000 expected in February. It ends with a quip about a scientist foreseeing a toothless world and a possible law study.
Dr McCoy argues readers seek easy cures but must learn to change habits to stay well. He urges studying nature's laws, offers a diet article titled A Good Curative Diet, and discusses why pain signals life’s limits. He answers reader questions on honey, appendicitis ice treatment, and Pyelitis with practical cautions.
Mrs. R. G. reports serious loss and nervousness affecting her eyes. The answer recommends a definite physical culture routine with increased exercise and proper diet and notes she may need glasses.
Special writer Gilbert Swan notes New York’s growing congestion as millions crowd the streets and subways daily. The city experiments with staggered hours to ease rush, spreading work across the day and prompting changed dining and theater schedules.
A series of reader questions covers topics from the racial makeup of two individuals to Coast Guard Cadetship tests in 1927. It confirms Moran and Mack are white, notes 475 applicants authorized for exams with 260 reporting, 51 appointed. mentions the 1906 Yale Harvard forward pass debut and its impact. explains ice thickening on the bottom side. states Washington DC has 690 miles of streets with 415 improved and 175 unimproved. defines a company limited as shareholders’ liability limited to shares.
Rodney D. Dutcher reviews Capitol Hill entries that propose paying indemnities to foreign governments for deaths linked to U S forces, plus a boxing regulation bill and a Longfellow coin plan. He also notes odd joint resolutions on Civil War reunions and juror replacements.
A compilation of Q A style facts discusses company name conventions with limited adjectives, submarine Atlantic crossing capabilities and times, automobile fatalities around 1926 totaling about 28000, and beaver wood preferences including aspen poplar cottonwood and a balsam tree of 46 inches diameter.
The letter V appears in inscriptions and is identified as V, while U is the manuscript form. The explanation notes that in historic scripts the V shape functioned as both V and U depending on context.
Grandmother trusted mustard plasters for chest and throat ailments but blistered skin. Musterole offers a white oil based alternative that rubs in cleanly and quickly eases pain. It targets sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis croup stiff neck neuralgia headaches congestion pleurisy rheumatism lumbago and bruises while aiming to prevent pneumonia.
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