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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1929
Page
4
Washington gears up for January 28 radio broadcast on the 1929 farm outlook. federal experts will analyze crop and livestock trends from state reports and publish guidance to help farmers plan production and pricing. A broad survey seeks to align producer expectations with market realities for hogs, potatoes, and other staples.
United States automobile clubs push a safety responsibility law to curb reckless driving. The draft aims to protect highway users, especially in sparse areas, by requiring insurance for the majority to cover accident exposure from the minority of irresponsible drivers.
The flu season exposes social shifts as communities rally to help ill families. Neighbors care for farm work and homes when many in rural Ohio suffer, reviving old traditions of neighborliness amid isolation and modern independence.
Day by day in New York City Gilbert Swan exposes the long running weep racket that exploits sympathy for theater sports and arts figures. Banquets flood the city with names from Mayor Walker to Connelly as staged committees solicit tens of dollars per seat with little proof of backing.
The article notes that South America will be connected with the United States by the air mail system, extending the country’s mail network and demonstrating rapid international postal integration.
Stockholders led by president C. E. Mitchell divided yesterday what Wall Street calls a plum totaling 87.6 million dollars. The note urges investors to buy solid American shares and hold them, emphasizing national banking strength.
A fragment reflecting on assumed Indian wealth and resources under the earth, noting underground riches such as gold silver copper and oil while contrasting usefulness and value with a fable about a rooster finding a diamond. It ends with a claim that Indians could only use four dollars a year.
Benjamin N. Duke died yesterday at his Fifth Avenue home in New York. He began as a farmer with his brother James Duke on their father’s tobacco farm, built a small factory, added cigarette making machinery, and amassed hundreds of millions. They controlled the middlemen rather than being controlled by them, a lesson for industry players like Mr. Hill of the American Tobacco Company and Mr. Belt of Lorillard.
Canadian officials travel in flying machines to acquire remaining Indian lands in Ontario, proposing payments of $8 upfront and $4 yearly per person. The plan targets 1,500 to 27,000 natives, potentially yielding vast territorial changes and ongoing demographic impact.
Chicago citizen John Hertz sells his Yellow Cab Company and announces plans to travel. He expects a few months in Florida and a summer in England to watch his horses run as part of his program.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions stopping work and a phrase about a man with a plan involving a few months in Florida and a summer in England. No clear event or entities are readable to identify people, places, dates, or organizations.
Dr Frank McCoy promotes mental habits and disciplined thinking to boost vitality and health. He links faith and religious calm to longevity and urges teaching others to reinforce healthy habits. Questions on speech after tonsil surgery lemon water drinking and headaches are answered with practical guidance.
The text covers Norway's capital change from Christiana to Oslo on January 1 1935. It discusses heraldry origins from ancient times to the Middle Ages and notes three solar eclipses in 1928 including a total eclipse on May 19.
A brief note mentions a par five hole and a coin bank as an unusual feature on a golf page. The writer hints that the course is not large and directs readers to page six for the solution.
A compilation of quiz questions and answers on word changes, public figures, biology, politics, and general knowledge. Topics include letter progression in word ladders, ministerial appointments, snakes in Ireland, women in state legislatures, gun rates, typing speeds, and the English king’s powers.
In Lima President Leguia pushes a 50,000 kilometer highway plan by 1934 funded by taxes and loans, expanding imports of American autos and machinery as Peru emphasizes roads, irrigation, and public works. Despite American firms, many key posts are filled by British youths on long contracts, shaping a persistent British colony presence in South American cities.
Attorney L G Worstell was in Capitol City for legal affairs. Byron Wolfe of Wolfe and Schioss visited Columbus on business. James P Wood Jr and wife hosted the sister of Mrs Arthur Johnson in Columbus. W B Lawrence returned from Chicago where they stayed three weeks with Prof and Mrs John Snow. Lawrence Goodrich of Rainbow Division informed his sister Mrs W E Moler of his safe whereabouts after three weeks. H D Wadley and family, Elza Wadley of Akron and Lloyd Wadley with sons Sheldon and Jack of Chillicothe, holidayed with them. C G Dew, lieutenant in the Medical Corps at Camp Green NC, left for camp after visiting his parents T E Wells and brother A B Wells in this city.
The text notes reef-building corals Madrepora and Maeandrina require water not dropping below 68 degrees Fahrenheit in winter, with reefs abundant in the West Indies and along Brazil. It cites a 50 year trend of decreasing US death rates from 19.8 to 11.8 per thousand despite modern hazards.
Entries note Ethan Allen born in 1737 and key events such as the Stamp Act of 1765, Vermont ratifying the Constitution in 1791, Kentucky authorizing a lottery in 1811 to improve the Kentucky River, and Florida’s secession ordinance in 1861.
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