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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1929
Page
4
A brief devotional note reflects on spiritual health using a Luke 5 31 quote about the sick needing a physician. The author contrasts physical sickness with soul illness, suggesting those most sick may be unaware of their disease.
A historic survey shows schools expanding guidance beyond classroom hours. Parents, teachers, and leaders discuss child supervision, home and school problems, and structured leisure to keep youth productive and on positive life paths.
The article highlights pollution from the Hocking River headquarters down to the Ohio River mouth, noting repeated public discussion but little action. It calls for scientific solutions to waste disposal and sanitation, criticizing the lack of sewage treatment along the river compared with larger cities.
An examination of the Hocking River area describes widespread pollution killing fish and contaminating tributaries. The piece stresses shared responsibility, high disposal costs for communities and industry, and the need for coordinated waste management to protect public health.
Athens citizens are invited to enjoy university productions as the new auditorium seats nearly 3000. Ohio University dramatics are praised for scene work lighting directing costuming and acting with many students involved. A pageant featuring about 200 college girls is planned for late March.
In Manhattan a bootblack Enrico works a Broadway office lobby, hearing deals and rumors as he polishes shoes. His shrewd patience with stock windfalls contrasts with Luke O Conner the bar owner who helped launch poet John Masefield’s career era stories in Greenwich Village.
Adam Gimbel of the Gimbel retail family opens a Saks Fifth Avenue branch on Michigan Avenue Chicago amid talk of new branches in Brooklyn Queens the Bronx and Westchester. The article notes Col Lindbergh was late arriving and no word reached by five p.m. Eastern Time, while rails radio reportedly not working, but the delay is described as not serious.
The piece argues Linbergh’s life is a national treasure and criticizes the Federal Reserve for high interest rates. It cites Ecker of Metropolitan Life and notes American wage income at sixty billion dollars yearly with fifteen billion spent less. It reviews spending versus brokers’ loans and considers borrowing wealth for investment. It closes recalling Lady De Bathe at Monte Carlo in her 17th year and her Jersey Lily reputation.
Reader questions on bow legs diet and exercises to correct bone formation risk factors for infants and adults. Dr McCoy prescribes diet rich in bone building foods and light leg bending for children and light exercise plus sunlight exposure for mild bowing.
A reader aged thirty eight asks why bleeding from shaving wounds sometimes lasts an hour or more. The question centers on delayed blood coagulation and potential underlying health factors.
The passage recalls the Jersey Lily’s renewed ties with Albert Edward while he was Prince of Wales. It muses on whether a sovereign could appear natural with wings and a harp and notes the social pecking order beside Moody and Sankey. Edison marks his second birthday with a reflection on the unknowns of electricity and sound.
The notice notes that poisonous denatured alcohol used in radiator antifreeze and other products is sold legally alongside beer, and claims this is what the "honest working man" drinks in many cities.
Report describes bootleggers redistilling alcohol to remove poison then selling to saloon keepers who inject the spirit into beer with a syringe to spike kegs. The method aims to disguise tainted alcohol while boosting potency and profits.
Government issues order to execute without trial anyone found tampering with railways or highways after an attempted bombing of President Portes Gil's train. Sixty airplanes patrol Mexican rail lines and forty more ordered. The religious problem in Mexico is noted as persisting.
The article extols Edison's strength and the power of science, noting humanity's lack of full knowledge yet its ability to harness electricity. It discusses space exploration with the 200 inch telescope and surpassing cosmic distances, praising human achievement and progress. It then shifts to a political jab at Senator Syroul and a probe into Standard Oil’s alleged bootlegger connections.
A collection of trivia questions with brief answers. Topics include the first Indiana author best seller Ben Hur by Lew Wallace, window space at Merchandise Mart, the origin of the name Texas, scarlet fever recurrence, historic U S forest fires, elephant tusk curvature, the Midewiwin, French term for radio, and the 1872 trade dollar recall.
Washington shops along Pennsylvania Avenue prepare for 150,000 to 200,000 visitors for Hoover's inauguration. Tourists buy Washington D C mementos made abroad including trays, marble monuments, photos, leather art, pillows, and novelty items bearing Capitol imagery.
Two state high school inspectors from Ohio State University finished the triennial examination of Athens High School to determine its qualifications for collegiate grades. The report follows a period of local confusion as authorities outline criteria and results.
Timeline notes Oregon admitted as the 33rd state on February 14 1859. Meridian Mississippi saw Sherman’s forces reach in 1864. Gray and Bell secured telephone patents in 1876. B K Bruce became the first Black US senator from Mississippi in 1879. Arizona dedicated a new capitol in 1901 and Taft proclaimed Arizona a state in 1912.
Puzzle presents scattered clues on compass directions scales notes and city names with garbled phrases. It mentions Alhambra in Spain and asks for terms like God Level country and seventh note while referencing various obscure words and diacritics.
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