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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1928
Page
3
A political critique argues that both parties overstate enforcement of the Volstead Act while real drinkers persist. It notes scarce public support among the so called better citizens and questions if voters truly wanted eighteenth century prohibition or simply an end to open saloons. The piece laments selective enforcement and urges self-restraint from influential citizens.
A stark wartime message targets Israel with a call to action as authorities report 37 million heathens and 29 point seven million automobiles cited in a provocative public notice.
Arthur Brisbane reports Roosevelt delivered a solid Houston address free of foolish vituperation. Bowers keynote impressed, Rogers quipped about tents, and Robinson’s plea against religious prejudice sparked clashes. McDonald warns 37 million nominal Protestants are neglected by churches.
Dr Frank McCoy outlines diet and health guidance with emphasis on balanced meals and practical menus. He discusses trends in wealth and transport, urges cooperative marketing, and offers questions about blood pressure and ear symptoms with diet-based recommendations.
Scattershot Manhattan vignettes describe beachwear legs, pet shops, pigeons at the public library stairs, street bums, and Broadway gossip about actors and editors. A midtown panorama blends social chatter with anecdotes of college myths, night clubs, and romantic rumors on the Main Stem.
A compilation of Q and A covering topics from naval training and film distribution to life insurance, banking education, balloon notes in auto financing, doctors' bills, bald eagle egg laying, dens in New York City versus Palestine, Bar le Duc jelly origins, and the birthplace of Robert F Foster with a final question about a box on the front page of a newspaper.
Reporters describe the NEA photo team racing between press stands and the platform to deliver fast telephoto images of the presidential nominating event. A Houston fire chief pilot speeds 690 miles to St Louis with plates, while runners, cars, and planes shuttle pictures to Cleveland, San Francisco, and New York for immediate distribution.
A 1863 record notes the Massachusetts general court sentenced four women to death as witches. Other items mention Blondin's Niagara Falls stunt, Maryland martial law, a Confederate dollar valued at eight cents, the Weather Bureau moving departments, and John D. Rockefeller donating 16 million to aid small colleges.
Puzzle items list various clues and fragmented phrases including geography, Bible order, rowing tool, foods, and other random entries. The garbled text presents an OCR messy cross word clue fragment with partial questions and misprints.
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