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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1928
Page
4
A column laments the decline of campaign dignity under modern primary rules. It cites governor candidates like Turner Begg and Cooper forced to door to door campaigns, urging reform while criticizing legislative inaction and voter disengagement.
A reflective meditation on a man in Athens praised for kindness honesty and fatherly care. The writer wonders why children and domestic animals trust him and how generosity and generosity without wealth shape a good husband and citizen.
The article argues for a car design with a versatile top that folds back easily to offer an unobstructed view of the country. It criticizes current tops that require many people to operate and notes the growing demand from tourists who want sun and breeze during trips.
Arthur Brisbane notes shifts in power as Raskob leads GM in Democratic politics and Owen D Young is urged by Democrats to run for New York governor. He reflects on modern pragmatism, Calvinist rows, and a Sing Sing crime flare up with guards accused of highway blackmail.
The Rev Doctor Wylie, chaplain of the Robert Burns Memorial Association, laments Burns drank heavily. He muses that great writers across eras often drank, noting that even Latin and ancient writers might have viewed water as poison.
The singer Jeritza will perform in a talking movie titled The Talkies and command at least ten thousand dollars weekly. While she rests, the film will continue singing to audiences by millions. Russian scientists and poets attack Italian North Pole aviators over Malmgren’s death in an ice grave. Nobile’s ice damaged Italia proves dirigibles not ideal for polar flight. Preventing ice in flying machines becomes a new quest.
A British baronet Sir John Buchanan and fifteen others were fined $50 for organizing a private cock fight once a royal sport now illegal since 1849. England enforces its laws strictly while King George welcomes 120 delegates to an empire conference amid guarded statements on medical care and disease.
The Dawes plan begins on September 1 forcing Germany to pay over 600 million dollars annually in gold as experts question how long she can sustain the payments and where the gold will come from. The piece also notes Al Smith as a likely next president if he secures votes from the Smiths.
Dr McCoy outlines food classifications and proper combinations focusing on protein, starches, and sugars. He warns starch overuse causes health issues and urges balanced meals with lean proteins and careful masticating of starches. He answers readers on snoring from nasal catarrh and asks for fasting and dieting treatment input.
A reader named E. 8. reports reaching 136 years and noting a new regular snoring habit emerging in recent times.
A columnist strolls Manhattan noting Mrs. Elizabeth Bacon Custer in her eighties enjoying city life and Broadway, hotel construction valued at 28 million dollars, a former boxing champ now janitor, Ida Bailey Allen on cooking, Broadway street performers evolving with seasons, and New York telephone reach with 1.6 million phones and 3.4 million listings. It ends with a reflection on Oliver Street and a political thought about the White House.
A series of Q and A covers topics from athletics and academics at Princeton to why Baden-Powell was knighted and whether Mona Lisa has eyebrows. It also explains violin wood sources and why spider silk isn’t commercially produced due to cannibalistic behavior and production costs.
Mrs. Carrie Nation the famed prohibitionist and saloon smasher is announced to visit Athens. The item notes other local movements including trips by A T Lawhead to Columbus to buy a Reo touring car and Dr Warren Sprague visiting his brother in Chauncey.
Washington July 18 This is one year when writers doubt the outcome and call the race a horse race. The piece weighs factors from religion to reform and party finances, noting Smiths lead in New York and his Catholic status while Hoover relies on prosperity rhetoric and business backing.
The Bureau of Standards explains that floating particles create surface dimples. when near each other the dimples merge, pulling the particles together. Surface tension drives this as the water surface minimizes area. The nickname origin traces to ekename meaning an additional name used since the fourteenth century.
July 18 1812 the frigate Constitution escapes from British forces. 1861 the first mail stage from San Francisco reaches Kansas after 17 days. 1864 Lincoln calls for 600000 volunteers, with a draft to fill deficiencies after 50 days.
Crossword prompts feature long center word riddles with multiple clues. Entries include phrases like eccentric wheel, act of grace, and various linguistic, geographic, and cultural hints across sections labeled horizontal and universal.
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