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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 03, 1929

Page

4

Women in Congress Grow More Independent Says Special Writer

Washington July 8 The capital column notes that women members gain independence as widows and singles enter Congress. It highlights Three Ruths Mrs Pratt and Mrs Owen plus McCormick and Norton, praising self made careers over dynastic ties and predicting more women will serve.

Rodney Dutcher Washington Congress Iuths Three McCormick Lilinods Owen Florida Pratt Newark Ruths Mary Norton New Jersey Katherine Langley Kentucky Atlanta Pearl Oldheld McCormick Mark Hanna Senator Medit! McCormick William Jennings Bryan Hanna Bryan Senate Mrs. Owen Duncan LU. Fletcher Ctr Tilmois Selon

A Thought for Today and a Quote by Segur

A devotional line from St. Mark 4 6 about withering sun and lack of root plus a Segur maxim on brilliant qualities needing sustained force of character The two items appear as brief inspirational quotations from a historical newspaper page segment.

Segur

Women Jurors Prove Competent In Various Trials

The article notes women jurors fitting into their new role as evidence judges with little prejudice from trial lawyers. It suggests men think women may judge female defendants more harshly, while women may excuse male misconduct, but overall juror fairness is seen as improving.

Second to This Vacation Talk Reflects Family Roles

The piece argues that the season’s travel trend favors sight seeing, praising women drivers for noticing details others miss while depicting men as fixated on the car. It contrasts male bravado with female observational ease and suggests future vacations will privilege all family members except Dad.

Dad Furnace Register Bucyrus

What's Your Complaint

A reflective piece on coping with routine and aging by staying busy with hobbies. It suggests rabbits, golf, bridge, and the pleasures of tending a flower garden as fulfilling pastimes after middle years.

A Hobby In Place Of A Poor Health Habit

The writer observes that people common at midlife reform others and pursue hobbies to avoid talking about health issues. He notes widespread ailments from teeth to digestion and jokes that perfect teeth and long hair are rare, while car care and lawn work consume attention. The piece praises steadiness and a sweet, patient disposition as true progress.

Athens Veterans Convention Praised by State Officials

Athens hosts the Spanish War Veterans convention with high praise from state officers for the event. The Athens Camp, Athens city, Ohio University and local merchants received commendations for hospitality, decorations, and a record parade. Governor Cooper lauded the welcoming reception, and attendees left impressed by the hills and Ohio University president Dr Elmer Burritt Bryan.

Athens Ohio University Veterans’ Organization Ohio Cooper Elmer Burritt Bryan

Modern Germany Prefers Pugilists To Politics

German diplomats report newspapers spotlight a prize fighter over Reichstag debates signaling a shift toward modernism. They note public fascination with boxing injuries and jazz among youth, while scholars lament reduced independent thinking and news focus, blaming wartime looseness and could imagine Wall Street in Germany to provoke real anxiety.

Germany Wall Street

Air Consciousness and a Kansas Airborne Adventure

The narrator recounts leaving a slow stern-wheeler for a flight across Kansas, riding with Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt as mentor. He describes heat, humidity, pockets in the air, and a first aerial experience from Garden City to Chicago and Kansas City, noting it as an epochal event in pursuit of air mindedness.

Ruths Pratt New York City New York Mabel Walker Willebrandt Kansas Bent Gray Chicago Garden City Kas New York Central Santa Fe Kansas City

Questions and Answers From a Historic Quiz Page

A compilation of trivia including how many U S motion picture theaters exist and which are sound equipped, why married men cannot enlist for army aviation, and notes on historical figures such as Kemal Pasha and Athens houses. It also covers river water comparisons, pineapple planting in Hawaii, and the origin of the word economics, with miscellaneous Q and A items.

United States United Oos Carty States United States Air Corps Army Aviation School Texas Wilmer Stulpz Attaurtic Amelia Barjart Waco John Hay Whity Hawaii Department of Agriculture Moesrty Kentucky

Health and Diet Advice From Dr Frank McCoy Column

A health and diet Q and A feature discusses psychoanalytic ideas of complexes and their effects on daily life. It covers how past events magnified by imagination create destructive mental patterns and how unveiling these thoughts can restore balance with honest self assessment.

Frank McCoy

Royal and Industrial News Mix From London to Madrid

The article notes British flags and cheers in Madrid for a British boat saving fliers and praises Queen and English royalty. It mentions The King reading his speech in Parliament with Ramsay MacDonald credited. Henry Ward breaks Ford production records, then headlines a sailing match and Sousa offering to lend his band for a spell.

London Madrid Goad Triest Lord “Anker House of Loria Lord Sankey England Labor Party Ramsay Macdonald Henry Ward Ford

The Annie Oakley theater pass question debated

A reader asks about why theater passes are called Annie Oakley passes. The explanation notes two holes punched in passes, likening it to Oakley’s two precise shots. The rest discusses why popcorn pops or fails and a definition of plain felt grain in timber terms.

Q. Why Annie Oakles Amos Annete Oakley

Daily Study In Correct English Word Obscurities

A compact excerpt outlines daily study notes by W L Gordon on English usage. It highlights misused phrases mispronounced and misspelled words. The piece lists synonyms and urges one word daily like FRUSTRATION with a sample sentence.

Picnic and dances mark county social events in Chauncey

Union Sunday School picnic at Chauncey draws large crowd. Mr and Mrs Charles J Kautz host house dance for 10 guests. Athens County forecasts poor apple crop. Frank Schimpf schedules July Thursday games.

Chauncey Charles J. Kautz Pomeroy Bend Athens County Frank Schimpf

Crossword Puzzle Clue List and Answers

A scrambled sample from a daily crossword puzzle shows horizontal and vertical clues with definitions and wordplay. Entries include terms like Cavity, Contests of speed, bird group, decay, wax stamps, release, reckon, smell, affection, to decay, to add, to slumber, verb be, musical drama, weary, rent, breathes heavily, habituate hardship, rot flax by exposure, melody, common cause, observe, ethical, retrain, wall, harden, carmine, pink sea skeleton, love exceedingly, half rotten, sound, elude, contend, sour, child, unprofessional, yesterday puzzle answer.

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