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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1930
Page
4
The Athens Messenger lists a subscription rate schedule and notices for readers. It names John W. Quillen Company and Arnot Sueeco with address details in Newswetel. A nominal charge for a pea card of thanks appears along with post office and mailing rates.
A Meigs County woman, Mrs. Sarah Hill of Olive Township, cast her first vote for a school bond, challenging the notion that older residents oppose progress. The piece praises her forward look as a sign that elders can support modern needs and invest in youth’s future.
Major Frank L. Beals former head of Chicago High Schools ROTC units says modern boys, though as active, are safer due to widespread first aid training. He notes many summer rescues and emergency responses are handled by self-reliant youths, supported by Boy Scouts and cadets.
A Columbia University professor criticizes practical business leaders for repeating old mistakes in cycles of feast and famine. He argues large corporations employ thousands to fight lazy habit and urges recognition of systemic patterns beyond individual faults.
Columbus Dispatch lauds Attorney General Gilbert Bettman for relentless labor in state offices. It credits his careful legal work, including the East Ohio Gas case decision, with protecting state interests and advancing the state office building project.
Gilbert Swan criticizes New York promotional pamphlets claiming more sunshine than Southern California and highlighting the city’s attractiveness. He notes taxi drivers’ knowledge gaps, 800 theaters with 252 drama houses, and varied vacation costs while poking fun at booster rhetoric and mixing in travel quips.
In a back and forth with Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce secretary Lucille Clendennin, a columnist defends a quip about Palestine Texas. She notes New Yorkers travel widely and warns the piece may misread Gulf Coast readers while praising Corpus Christi’s climate and produce.
Bobby Jones follows up his European triumph with a nine hole score of 34 two under par in the National Open. After his European tour he returned home to a string of welcome dinners and celebrations.
A two sentence quotation contrasts Napoleon’s question after a win with Bobby Jones’ reply about repeating success. It underscores consistent scoring and competitive drive through repeated triumphs.
Doctor Frankel, an expert in education and insurance thinker, asserts that the philosophic mind governs a child best. He notes the crucial development period spans from age three to fifteen, shaping character and reasoning.
Washington reports the Hoover era belief that the construction sector can smooth the business cycle. A new White House study ties demand and employment across steel, cement, timber, and tools to a Louisville project, showing how one building can pay miners, sailors, and factory workers nationwide, triggering a broader production cycle.
The text argues that a child traverses humanity’s stages from the Stone Age to modern times. It states that a philosophic mind recognizes a young child is a “young Barbarian” and cannot become something beyond that, avoiding forcing hypocrisy on the child.
An author argues that affectionate caregiving, especially a mother's love, is more crucial to a child's development than philosophy or science. He likens affection to nourishment for the mind’s growth and insists there is no substitute.
If you own a car, drive to the Pacific Coast where gasoline costs as low as five cents per gallon. Predictions say a price war could push it to three cents plus state tax. Producers would give gas away, charging only the tax. The move aims to resolve the oil and gasoline dilemma.
Mr Burr of the Texas Game Fish and Cyater Commission uses a 200 watt spotlight to lure a cannibal gar near the surface. The fish is captured with an electric net, stunned, and sinks to the bottom where it suffocates. The gar cannot survive in deep water. Respectable fish are affected.
A brief wartime line argues that destroying war would save countless good fish and prevent destruction, suggesting that such peace tactics could benefit nations otherwise doomed by ongoing conflict.
Fifty years ago in Berlin Heinrich Stephan announced a private citizen telephone exchange. Ninety four applications were received rising to two hundred in a year. Today Berlin has about half a million subscribers and the American system remains larger than all others combined.
The changeable mood of a stock market mirrors the operatic uncertainty of Rigoletto. Brokers left for the day in a buoyant mood with talk of a big bull market ahead. The advised stance is to avoid gambling and invest in sound stocks with solid returns, as gambling brings its usual rewards.
The government census puts New York’s April 1 population at 6,955,084 and Doctor Wynce forecasts 7,000,000 by August 10. The metro area within 60 miles of City Hall totals about 11,000,000, with Long Island approaching that mark.
Eight American girls and women were to be presented to Queen Mary and King George at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday night. The Prince of Wales would take his father’s place if required to ease the strain. Among spectators were Prince and Princess Takamatsu of Japan, visiting London during part of their honeymoon. The princess, born into royalty, wished to observe how the British monarchs conduct a court presentation.
News notes from Athens showing the Grangers picnic on the fair grounds and the annual affair prom promised as a top event. Highlights include Godfrey Downer from Monongahela and his Harvard and Ohio University architecture background.
Mrs Susan Payton Mra Eliza beth Daniels and Mra Nelle Petti ford attended the Installation and initiation of Ballard Court of Calantha No 27 in Nelsonville on Monday.
A humorous verse critique of Incan civilization and modern corruption. The speaker contrasts the Incan laws with gambling and stock speculation, noting a snake bite anecdote for licit strong drink and misused power for votes. A closing quip imagines heavenly tariffs on wings.
Chaplin plans special music for City Lights with lyrics by the comedian. He has completed three numbers to be sung and is preparing incidental music for the film.
HAPPENINGS ABOUT THE CAPITAL notes President Hoover prefers fishing to posing with fish. A Maine congressman saved a decapitated salmon for a photo, but the new policy ends fish pictures at the White House. Amos Woodcock backs prohibition, while Senator Brookhart faces Chicago’s revolutionary label from the Journal of Commerce.
Texas congressman Tom Blanton rejoined the House after defeating his predecessor's widow in a bid for the Senate. He has no committee assignments yet and he previously pressed local DC issues as a member of the District of Columbia Committee. Blanton opposed Wagner unemployment bills and has long fought labor, arguing unemployment stems from laziness.
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