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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1930
Page
4
A compact note presents two scriptural and aphoristic lines. The first echoes Amos on despising feast days and solemn assemblies while the second offers a contrasting maxim about hating vices instead of oneself attributed to Brainard.
The article warns Athens may need to soften city water by mechanical means in coming months or years. It notes hard water, cites rock geology and cistern variability, and argues citizens may bear higher costs for a city treatment plant and bonds to retire debt. It also discusses coal market shifts and consumer expectations.
The city cannot fund the softening system from current revenue and will require the consumer to bear all costs for installation and ongoing maintenance. The message says there is no need for misunderstanding of the financial burden.
Ohio prisons report good morale at the start of 1930 with a total population of 8 830 up from 8 358 a year earlier. The Ohio Penitentiary shows the largest rise from 4 182 to 4 681 while London Prison Farm dips from 959 to 940. The State Reformatory grows to 2 811. the Women’s Reformatory falls to 398.
Gilbert Swan reports from New York on the Poetry Society gathering at the Biltmore where Harriet Monroe and Eddie Guest are highlighted figures. The piece notes rising prosperity among lead poets and the shift toward vocal artistry as poets mingle with socialite audiences and discuss art and fame.
The piece surveys poets at leisure, naming Edwin Arlington Robinson Witter Byrner Edwin Markham Ted Robinson Mary Austin Vachel Lindsay John Erskine and others. It notes poets joke about seriousness, enjoy golf and town cars, and mentions Edna St Vincent Millay and Leonora Speyer marrying into wealth and maintaining salons in Washington Square.
Treasury figures indicate about forty five thousand U S millionaires while roughly one hundred unemployed people earn nothing for each millionaire. The super-millionaire class is urged to consider the plight of the jobless.
A terse notice warns that five million idle men exist within a broader 120 million population. It cautions that while many could be managed, a careless approach risks a deeper, unsettled crisis.
In a finals styled aside, Fred Allen implies he met a Times Square vendor who sells birth control weekly and heard her sing the torch song Why Was I Born while he circulated the tale.
A clipped remark notes five million idle, with the first share given to the least able and deserving, seeking sympathy for those in hardship and urging prudent support for the needy.
The passage labels older men as excluded by a cold industrial system not as rebels. It warns that five million more unemployed would spell danger, and another five million would mean disaster for society and the economy.
The writer argues Britain sustains idle masses with public funds to avert revolution. They claim the country could avoid dole and idleness if the wealthy, or their hired thinkers, applied intelligence and initiative to run the nation.
A colored woman started a small eating shanty and cooked well, growing her business into a multi million enterprise later taken over by white owners.
Dr Frank McCoy outlines celery as a valuable protective vegetable for growth and digestion, with recipes for vegetable soup stews tomato celery salad and stuffed celery. He warns against adding salt and notes celery’s mineral and vitamin content including potassium calcium and B vitamins. The column also features reader questions on navel protrusion puffiness in joints and overactive thyroid with brief at home remedies and an invitation to request further guidance.
Arland Dickson, operator of the Dickson Mound Mink Ranch, shipped seventy five minks and received 32925 dollars in cash. The Fulton Democrat reports the sale as a notable gain for a mink ranch.
Report describes moving sand from the bottom of a dug well by suction or other means as an improvement over the old sand bucket. Advises that information will be handed on to other well owners.
The piece argues there are always openings and the need for ingenuity to earn a decent living. It stresses that any willing person deserves a fair chance at honest work and a right to live, even for the average worker.
George Bernard Shaw told Dwight Morrow and other American naval conference delegates that the next naval clash would involve America and England. He warned the conference to decide to fight twelve miles apart with smaller boats and smaller guns.
Delegates note Shaw eats a large amount of chocolate cake as a substitute for calories and protein, a consequence of his vegetable diet. Unable to obtain traditional meat substitutes, Shaw absorbs large quantities of alternatives, raising concerns about his well being.
At New York's Cooper Union Institute of Technology one hundred and fifty trained chemists are taking an education for the educated course in chemical engineering. Scientific knowledge increases fast, that men determined to keep up must go back to school at intervals or read intensely.
The speaker argues that chemistry seemed maximized early in the century yet notes dramatic later gains. He asserts limitless knowledge and a world lasting far beyond human history, pondering what will be known by the year three million.
A writer asks engineers and pump makers to provide information to the Los Angeles Examiner about the feasibility of a proposed idea. The request seeks technical input from specialists on a matter involving engineering or pumping technology.
Washington faces a proposed stiff local liquor code as Senator Robert Beecher Howell of Nebraska pushes the so called home-raid bill. The measure would empower police to raid homes, give Washington officers prohibition powers, require warrants from police and U S commissioners, fund informers, and shift proof of illegality to the owner.
General opinion holds the home raid portion may be struck. Attorney General Mitchell opposes the measure while Senator Borah supports possible changes before Senate committee action. A sudden committee majority of wets is noted, and Dry and wets contemplate effects on crime and prices.
Dr Mary Walker born in Oswego New York in 1832 became a medical graduate at 23 from Syracuse Medical College. She practiced in Columbus then Rome New York and served as 1st Lieutenant on Union surgical staff earning a Congressional Medal of Honor. She died February 1912. Clemenceau Arizona named for Georges Clemenceau via will with vase by Chapelet described as lilac. Almond paste consumption in US estimated 6 to 7 million pounds yearly. The Lost Battalion reference and glass breaking by musical note debunked by Standards Bureau.
A daily study article highlights INSINUATE meaning to suggest indirectly with usage tips. It includes pronunciation notes for theater and misused phrases, and encourages mastering one word each day with example sentences.
Readers urge Athens officials to spend on exterior repairs of the old City Building, note its improved interior, and call for removing the worn fountain near the Courthouse Corner to install sanitary drinking fountains and improve public space.
The City School Board faces a hurdle in raising teachers’ salaries in Athens schools. Members are advised to borrow funds. Founders’ Day at Ohio University is under active planning for February 17 and 18 with Hon. I. M. Foster to preside.
Prosecutor W. B. Bartels negotiates with all coal companies employing five or more men in Athens County to have wash houses built and equipped for workers by the end of April.
Mrs James Brown Gold en and Captain Golden were the focus as Mrs Charles H. Welch entertained at Camp Benning Georgia with a Sunday style tea on a Wednesday afternoon.
About 75 young persons including teachers and prospective teachers from Ath ens County sat the regular monthly county examination in the High School Building on Saturday marking twenty years of such testing in the county.
Ohio University lists home games against Otterbein Capital Ohio Wesleyan Kenyon and Ohio Northern in its basketball schedule.
The Athens Reading Club met at the home of Rev and Mrs H Marshall Thurlow on North College Street. The program centered on The Philosophy of Trimmings with the discussion led by the hosts.
Miss Grace Stickney left Friday evening for Columbus to be the guest for a few days of Miss Florence Sackett.
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