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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1930
Page
18
The Athens newspaper publishes Saturday and Wednesday editions with regional reach across Athens county and nearby communities. The notice lists editorial staff, circulation figures, and postal classifications plus subscription rates and office locations in a period format.
A short devotional quote notes Zephaniah 1 8 predicting punishment in the day of the Lord's sacrifice. It follows with George Herbert remark that punishment may be slow but eventually arrives.
The article surveys two etymology theories for the familiar phrase mind your P s and Q s. It cites printers teaching apprentices with type misreads and an alehouse bookkeeping tale, then rejects the French court bow story as weak, noting pronunciation links to pieds and queues.
The article identifies Ohio’s highest point as located in Logan County, less than two miles east of Bellefontaine. It explains the peak sits in a sparsely hilly western region and is reached with relatively little effort, offering a surprising topography for readers.
A historic hill on State Route 32 near Indian Lake, claimed as Ohio’s highest point at 1550 feet, sits atop a hillside marked by small government markers and a 1917 flagpole. The landowner invites state acquisition to protect, landscape, and preserve the spot as a public recreation and educational area with ties to Mac-o-chee Indians, pioneer figures, and early Ohio history.
A United States Women's Bureau bulletin shows rising female earnings support 27 percent of 30 000 families and one in five of 17 000 unmarried women. It argues marriage economics push women to work not for freedom, but duty, amid widespread male unemployment.
In a Ritz ballroom Peggy Joyce draws a mixed crowd of critics authors editors and celebs as she hosts a literary tea. Notables include William Bolitho Nath an Don Ryan Mike Gold and various biographers actors and artists while Peggy holds court at a corner table amid introductions and chatter.
The readable fragment notes recommend an able man worthy to take Taft's place and Hughes' acceptance shows honor in seizing a useful opportunity.
The text presents a series of questions and answers on radio theme songs streetcar signs air mail stamp design and a Kentucky electric plant, plus a note on Dorothy Arnold’s disappearance and a marcel implement method, ending with Continued on Page 10.
Dr Frank McCoy offers a collection of health and happiness quotes and Q A style guidance. It includes cautions on anger worry and sleep, plus practical notes on voice training diet and the use of dates with foods.
Mr Hughes leaves a lucrative private law practice earning above 500000 annually to accept the lower salary and the greater chance at influence offered by a seat on the Supreme Bench.
A brief note describes doves in religious art and Chaucer, noting doves at Venus and on a rustic bride’s roof as symbols. The text cites their presence in sacred depictions and in Chaucer’s lines, illustrating symbolic use across literature.
Captain Benton of the Los Angeles sheriff's liquor squad discovered an exhausted carrier pigeon on the beach with a note tied to its leg. The message stated be ready to receive cargo at an appointed place off Topanga at 2 a.m. indicating bootlegger activity during Prohibition.
The Chicago retail advertising institute notes that American women invest fifty three billion dollars each year. Analysts call a million or a thousand millions large figures and emphasize the extraordinary total spent by women nationwide.
The text argues that investors protect their reputation through advertising and that women influence auto and dry goods sales, with women said to dominate purchases in autos and dry goods, while men buy what women want. It emphasizes careful ad reading and the power of branding.
Edward Cantor comments on income tax figures noting four hundred ninety six people would pay on incomes of one million dollars or more and suggesting there would be four hundred ninety seven if he had listened to.
The article cautions that in a few months most people will return to gambling on slight encouragement, choosing fancy over common sense as they resume the habit.
Ruth Olsen died after a towel left in her body during surgery. A nurse failed to count towels, but a jury acquitted the physicians. The remark notes doctors who avoid relying on nurses to count operative items.
Doctor Levinstein, head of the Society of British Chemical Industries, warns Britain not to be caught napping in knowledge growth and industrial progress.
A speaker warns that poison gas will be the primary weapon in future wars regardless of treaties, signaling a grim shift in military strategy and prompting calls for new preventive measures.
A British chemist warns that poison gas, like airplanes and submarines in the last war, would render city life impossible in the next war and fill streets with thousands of dead as hostile planes begin operations overhead.
MR Doran, prohibition commissioner, is said to approve making beer at home but selling it would be illegal. The result will be bad beer, improperly made and drunk too soon, fermenting in the stomach of the foolhardy drinker. The wise will seek private breweries run by retired brew masters from Milwaukee New York Cincinnati or St Louis.
The Ohio University debating team gears up for a triangular debate with Wooster and Kenyon on March 19. The question asks whether Congress should empower a commission to price and distribute articles judged by the commission as profiteering.
Superintendent Geoffrey Morgan departs this evening for New York to survey the work of Teacher's College at Columbia University in New York City.
Interest in the Bern-Ames Calf Club movement has grown with 41 district youths seeking membership. H. H. Henry serves as movement chairman.
George DeCamp of Athens National Bank has been named national bank examiner and is in Washington to discuss duties with the comptroller of the currency. The Rev. A Patterson, head of the Anti Saloon League, will preach revival services at Central Avenue M E Church this evening.
Mr and Mrs Sam Sommer depart for a two week journey to the East visiting New York and Philadelphia. They plan to combine business with leisure during their travels.
The fifteenth anniversary of the Pallas Club was observed with an open meeting Saturday evening at the home of Mrs. A. K. Moore on East State Street.
Rodney Dutcher reports in Washington on political clashes and rumors surrounding Senator Joe Grundy and President Hoover. The piece covers Pennsylvan ia senatorial rivalries, Boss Bill Vares influence, the Senate Lobby probe, Century Association saloon tales, and a London Naval Conference note on abstinence rules for American officials abroad.
A compact note teaching proper usage and pronunciation. It highlights common missteps such as not using the word ought and stresses decorum as propriety of manner. The entry encourages daily vocabulary growth and mentions observing decency in conduct.
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