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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1928
Page
4
The Messenger launches Love For Two a new serial about Bertie Lou a brave young bride facing a crafty rival who tries to wreck her happiness. The tale reflects modern life love and hope with a triumphal ending and broad reader appeal.
The Messenger campaign to See Your Own Home District First has boosted local touring with trips from Athens via Rim-of-the-World to McConnelsville and routes to Marietta. Fort Gower and Hocking county caves attract thousands as Southeastern Ohio gains popularity among residents. The piece hopes autumn tours continue, touting hill country scenery as equal to better advertised regions.
Motorists seek accurate road and detour information from station attendants and local sources when official data is scarce. Automobile clubs aid travelers, but knowledge from service stations, farmers, and private outlets is growing, boosting district visibility and local revenue.
The narrator describes mountain country life with narrow roads along waterways, misty ridges, cabins on slopes, waterpower mills, sunbonneted families, and vast car traffic. The people value slow friendships and independence, with many having traveled far and served in France.
The narrative describes mountain homes where modern sewing tools replace old organs, water is freely used for cleanliness, and children assist with chores. It notes the independence and simple, unostentatious lifestyle of mountain folk who remain slow to friendship yet cordial with better acquaintance.
Arthur Brisbane explores astrology by E. Lander Hall who predicts Herbert Hoover as the next president using horoscopes. He says Hoover has psychic and dynamic forces while Smith lacks them, noting Saturn tensions and planetary progressions. The piece cites Kepler as an example of astrology in service to science.
Scientists on a far north Alaska island uncovered a cliff grave of an ancient Stone Age chief. The coffin lined with sea otter skins held bird skin clothing and fine furs. A favored child, a seamstress, a servant, and a hunter were buried with him to accompany the voyage to death.
A mummified Stone Age family offers insights into beliefs about life after death, prompting questions about ancient hopes. The death of Belgian millionaire Lowenstein, said to have leaped from an airplane, triggered market losses as his firm shed tens of millions in value.
The article argues that public enterprises avoid danger from a single leader by spreading stock ownership. It cites General Motors United States Steel railroads and other large organizations and praises financiers for widening shareholder bases to bolster corporate stability and prosperity.
In 1921 Westinghouse tested entertainers over the radio and now radio entertainment becomes the national pastime. Soon millions at home will hear Democratic and Republican candidates speak directly to them as events unfold rapidly.
A proponent argues a dedicated school for radio speakers would aid future success. The text notes that radio talk differs from face to face discourse and that aggressive or denouncing language used in old spellbinding styles is counterproductive on air.
The Pennsylvania railroad orders 15 million dollars of steel passenger cars to replace wooden ones. General Atterbury of the Pennsylvania line is praised for pushing safety. the public is seen as willing to pay for safer travel.
The British Imperial conference urges a major merger of cable and wireless firms as wireless threats loom over cable prosperity. Government operation of telegraphs and telephones is possible abroad, but not in this country. News from England could spark cable and wireless consolidation locally as the United States competes in mergers.
Dr Frank McCoy answers readers questions on diet and poisoning risks from foods. He describes ptomaine and botulism dangers, signs of spoiled foods, and when to use emetics and enemas. He discusses anemia diets, starch needs, and high blood pressure treatment through diet.
By the Way in New York reports on dance marathons, Prohibition-era raids, and fashion on Broadway. It notes slang trends, Walter Winchell’s buzz, and Helen Morgan and Texas Guinan in the scene. It highlights rival show business bids and rising salaries for chorus girls, forecasting a lively summer.
Gates west of the White House were erected 1870 to 1874 to close the road at night. Lindbergh was the 57th to fly nonstop across the ocean, with 32 others aboard the ZR-3 Los Angeles. Harvard's Kirtley Mather will teach mountaineering this summer, exams on the Matterhorn. A glass house in Nyack, New York is a residence. Japanese baths run very hot and invigorating.
Long ago report notes John Robinson circus performing twice in Athens to enormous crowds praising its ring skills. Also mentions visits by Mrs. Julia Dew and children from Logan and other local commuter notes and travel for Maccabee convention.
Rodney Dutcher reports West Branch and surrounding Iowa farmers feel squeezed by high prices and stagnant farm income. Dirt farmers Pickard and Allen describe foreclosures, rising costs, and lost parity, with many promising Smith but likely voting Hoover. A local banker notes cash strains while some farmers abandon the Republican label.
The text notes Trudeau built cottages for tubercular patients at Saranac and describes the first cottage called The Little Red. It also summarizes Mary the mother of Jesus as cared for by St John after the crucifixion and dying in Ephesus at an advanced age.
July 1819 marks the birth of Elias Howe, noted as the sewing machine inventor. Other entries record July dates, including Zachary Taylor’s death in 1850, Horace Greeley’s 1872 nomination, and Alton B Parker’s 1900s presidential nomination.
Theme hints and crossword clues span many categories from lavish outdoor entertainment to nautical calls for help. The jumble includes definitions for words like calm adapted by habit and phrases about misfortune, rotation, decay and exposure.
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