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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1930
Page
4
The Athens Messenger outlines publishers and editors along with affiliations and office locations. It includes subscription rates for Ohio and distant mail, with a nominal obituary and thank you notice charge.
A devotional line emphasizes monotheism and faith in God as the ultimate foundation. It cites Exodus 20 3 and a quote from S Irenaeus praising God as the mind’s secure resting place.
The piece extols Commander Byrd of Virginia as an extraordinary aviator whose polar and trans Atlantic flights broaden knowledge. It notes public adoration but rejects hero worship, emphasizing his daring deeds and the inspiration he provides to adventurous spirits and curious readers alike.
Essay warns that Chicago style underworld gangs threaten other cities like Detroit St Louis and Cleveland and urges preemptive action. It notes bootleg operations seed gangs and that disputes cannot be settled in court.
A vivid warning compares Cleveland to Chicago noting five recent gangland killings in Cleveland tied to bootleg rivalries and corrupt boosters. The piece argues swift police action can stop growth of gangs before they explode in other cities, urging rapid cleanup to avoid Chicago’s fate.
In New York on July 11 a trend toward scarce old shaving mugs featuring Broadway stars such as Otis Skinner Jefferson de Angelis and DeWolf Hopper drives collectors to pay high prices. Graf Zeppelin stamped letters and self mailed envelopes become prized items while midtown Keene’s Chop House showcases the best clay pipe collection. Yorkville and Hoboken see a wave of quaint bray houses and beer gardens as waiters wear leather breeches and zither notes echo.
A note on local quirks mentions an older crowd visiting cigar stores to find aged brand hands and clay petans eyeing long tailed Dutch styles, revealing curious, bygone tastes among town residents.
A fragment argues that only government regulation could be considered Bolshevism, framing regulation as a radical charge. The line hints at political bias and a partisan tone without detailing policies or figures.
The piece notes declining purse totals shrinking cover charges to near nothing as crowds migrate to venues with no seat tax. A few luxury resorts still charge 2.50 to 3 per person while roof gardens at big hotels lure visitors with cool breezes and city views unavailable elsewhere.
The article argues that 274 Bible schools should teach the evils of liquor and prohibition benefits from an early age. It condemns bootlegging linked graveyards to hospitals and social functions. It also notes New York City's huge ten year population growth of 1,385,315, a 38 percent rise amid migration to suburbs.
Washington shows how reclaiming scrap metals adds a significant secondary supply to the market amid overproduction. Scrap heaps from automobile wrecks, metal furniture, and demolished buildings feed a large trade backed by groups like the Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel and the Non-Ferrous Metal Ingot Institute, which push for revised freight rates and standardized grading to profitably organize the waste metal economy.
Among New York’s five boroughs four surpass one million residents. Queens stands out as a rapidly growing large scale community, potentially rivaling Chicago and becoming America’s second city in the near future.
Berlin is startled as a German scientist proves with a long range loudspeaker that an orchestra can be heard twenty-five miles in all directions. A Chicago band could play in the loop and be heard clearly on the North South and West sides and twenty five miles out into Lake Michigan.
The speaker imagines a future when Gabriel’s horn sounds across the globe, summoning the dead from their graves and reassembling their dissolved elements, creating a startling, world-spanning comeback.
Prohibition enforcement along the Hudson near New York City resulted in the seizure of a large yacht carrying about 250 000 dollars worth of rum. One man was shot in a gun battle and probably will die, authorities report.
Police raided a posh Park Avenue gambling club described as exclusive where guests in evening attire reportedly lost up to 250000 dollars in a single night. The report notes the guests were not molested by police.
Final figures show Dwight W. Morrow carried every county in New Jersey and defeated rival Fort by about four to one. He spent under $50,000 on the campaign, a contrast to rivals Grundy and McCormick who spent hundreds of thousands each. Cardinal Vannutelli, dean of the Sacred College, died at ninety three, a loss to the Papal government after seventy years of service.
Rodney Dutcher notes Washington debate over whether the Hoover administration was a success. With a 1982 presidential and November congressional vote ahead, outcomes hinge on economic recovery, farm prices, and how Congress’ actions influence voters and Republican leaders. Prohibition fades as a party issue, while tariffs, farm relief, veterans programs, inland waterways, and federal highways loom large.
A compact verse set contrasts reformer aims with pests spoiling crops and noisy night invasions. It mocks reform zeal toward insects and snakes while lampooning wasteful billboard destruction and shrinking laws suggesting a hopeful extinction of loud publicists.
A compiled Q A column answering diverse questions from injuries to navigation to legal terms. Topics include Bishop James Cannon Jr injury, airplane noise, river lengths, London area, magician organization, lightning distances, freemasonry, creosoting wood, battleship clocks, cabbage productivity, Atlanta as wrist of the south, homing pigeons, Mississippi bridges, fireproof buildings, impeachment in England, Capitol frieze length, ice cream cones per gallon, Emil Ludwig birth, Carnegie will, novation, Florida cover crops, grave orientations, Byrd Expedition funding, Oregon boot, hue and cry origins.
Jack Charleson of Mineola leaped from a plane that went into a tail spin at Roosevelt Field. He was knocked by a wing and left semi conscious but expected to live.
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