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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1929
Page
4
Congressman George Huddleston of Alabama criticizes the era as foolish and materialistic. He links decline in spiritual life to industrial growth, warns of force and legalism, and argues frustration with prohibition enforcement and the need for broad public support to achieve true prohibition.
A meditation quotes St. John 13 34 about love one another and advocates human love as a key to temper anger and aid ministry. N P Willis adds that love keeps the mind open to peace and away from ill effects.
Local observers say a spring offensive led by new miners union leaders will fail to engage workers in the Ohio district. Residents foresee little impact on business or coal mining operations as communities pursue rehabilitation and common welfare amid past disruptions.
Old and New Havana grows fast as an American tourist boom boosts visits. The Cuban capital attracts many travelers with thriving hotels and shops, signaling a vibrant period for the port city.
A Harper's Bazaar writer notes Havana now thrills Cubans with modern improvements like wide streets electric lights and Americanized suburbs while American tourists crave relics of colonial Spain. The contrast reflects whether a place is home or a vacation spot.
In Orrville Ohio a four year old vanished six weeks ago. Despite searches and a private detective the boy has not been found. The mother lights the Christmas tree nightly, keeping toys around it, hoping he will return and be disappointed if the tree is not there. The piece reflects on persistent hope amid tragedy.
A 1940s style feature notes New York City Chinatown celebrating a lunar festival as a sign of cultural blending. It contrasts dragon parades and Western storefronts with Bowery nearby sights, depicting a vivid, evolving stage set of urban life and tension.
Arthur Brisbane notes Allegheny legislators aim to end private police amid murder outrage. He laments organized wealth and questions private police power while reporting brutal cold across Europe including Poland and Yugoslavia. He predicts Coolidge will leave the White House after a March transfer.
In Albany, Assemblyman Vaughan argues against vivisection on dogs by proposing that murderers be used instead. He says the murderer would likely view being executed as a stronger deterrent or lesson.
An aged reflection recalls how murderers and petty criminals were subjected to brutal torture to extract confessions, with mobs and even witnesses coerced. It notes that during the French Revolution torture of witnesses ended, yet some judges claimed justice would fail without it.
The article presents weekly menus and a Q and A with Dr. Fane McCoy author of The Newest Way to Health. It covers daily meal plans from Sunday to Saturday and answers on tonsillitis digestion and feeding infants, emphasizing milk and orange juice for young children and blood cleansing to combat infection.
The article recalls the papal Italian agreement and public reaction in Rome with crowds at St Peter's while Mussolini avoided public appearances. It notes White House caution on appointing a Vatican envoy and reflects on electoral processes and distrust in public money use, mentioning Hoover and Curtis and the Federal Reserve.
Questions and answers cover Pacific breakers off Guinea coast and the share of college graduates among U S leaders. The text notes Si King at Fred Thomson's Hollywood home and identifies St John Lateran in Rome where the Lateran agreement was signed with Mussolini.
A reader asks about James I’s title of Great Britain and the 1707 Union. The exchange notes Parliament delayed the title’s sanction and the Act of Union later solidified it. Other Q and A cover presidents not seeking re election and the Gettysburg Cemetery transfer with known and unknown burials.
Fragmented crossword clues list various partial words and garbled phrases touching memory, beverage, church part, golf score, legal allegation, coloring agent, tides, tree genus Ulmus, seed terms, fabric weaving, and stray letters from an old puzzle page with misprints and stray caps.
Night Officer Gandee asked that store lights along Court Street be kept burning during the night. An indictment was returned against Joseph Pulitzer for alleged libel of President Roosevelt. William James and John McLaughlin were indicted for attempted bribery. Moore contracted for an eight room frame house on North Congress Street. Covert building a similar home on Morris Avenue. Gas price rose two cents per thousand cubic feet at a city council meeting.
The deepest point is at Dam 10 pool in Steubenville Ohio about 66.7 miles from Pittsburgh. The pool depth to bottom measures 41 feet at low water, according to the report.
The record notes construction of the Northern Pacific railroad beginning in 1870. In 1879 Congress granted women attorneys rights to practice before the Supreme Court. In 1887 Kansas granted limited woman suffrage. In 1893 President Harrison advised annexation of Hawaii.
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