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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1930
Page
4
Athens civic effort urges shoppers to avoid handling food in stores to reduce disease risk. Club women health officials and merchants back the campaign, emphasizing sanitation from production to display and transit.
The article argues for cities to replace aging street surfaces with modern heavy duty pavements. It notes urban streets have lagged behind rural road upgrades, and that street resurfacing programs relieve unemployment and boost business, citing Indianapolis as launching a large hard surfacing initiative.
The article notes Birmingham expanding work and cites improved unemployment in Superior and Milwaukee due to extensive pavement projects. It argues modern paving raises neighborhood awareness of needed urban improvements and boosts home upkeep, payrolls, and overall local spending as construction remains a strong employment pillar.
County fairs teach town residents to understand farming and its goals. Grange exhibits at Athens County Fair highlight rural progress, with modern livestock, poultry, and farm youth efforts. The piece urges visitors to gain real insight, support neighbors, and engage in agricultural education.
A Richmond society girl, missing from home and feared kidnapped, was found sharing a residence with a married man in a nearby city. She returned home and the man was jailed. She chose to tell reporters she left of her own will, refusing a kidnapping story and showing courage in the reveal.
The article notes how radio brings after noon newspapers and Washington updates into living rooms in 15 minute segments. It highlights Thurlow Wade and Arthur B. Steeve as radio pioneers and Seth Parker songs boosting Jonesport recognition. It mentions Parker and Phillips Lord as early broadcasting figures and Century Company preparing a new book.
In radio talk, a Maine issue surfaces as officials pursue Seth, a local wandering boy, amid discussions about broadcasting figures and regional listening habits. This note highlights small, personal radio threads shaping public attention.
The piece profiles Judge Jr known as Ray Perkins famed for Smiling Irish Eyes and his radio return after Hollywood work on The Show of Shows. It also highlights Ida Bailey Allen who runs a broadcasting network with stations in Manhattan and buys time from Columbia to cover topics from etiquette to interior decorating.
A gossiping snapshot notes ad agencies selling home product space and stars like Julia Sanderson and Chic Sale. It cites speculated pay for Roxy Theater roles and a looming Marine center project, suggesting salaries around five thousand dollars weekly and higher.
A 350 pound watermelon grown by D. W. Barkley of Rocky Ford Colorado was shipped to London in 1898 for exhibition. Colorado melons and cantaloupes are famed for size and quality, with Rocky Ford melons noted for their exceptional girth.
Salmon is a salt water fish that is caught in fresh water. Though salmon are hatched in fresh water the young migrate to the sea as soon as growth permits. It is one of the few marine animals that can thrive in both fresh and salt water. Salmon fisheries are located on many rivers and bays, sometimes far inland from the ocean.
Washington July 21 reports the Aeronautics Branch of the Commerce Department has officialized gliding with licenses for pilots and potential commercial use. The piece traces historical progress from Montgomery and Lilienthal to the Wright brothers, notes soaring flights lasting hours, and highlights the sport’s shift toward business training and manufacturing growth.
Continued from Page 1 amusements especially prepared for foolish Americans. The brief item hints at a variety show or entertainment segment aimed at a broad audience, noting playful routines and light satire without specific performers or venue details.
The Reverend Stegg tells a Methodist camp meeting that modern youth are 30 percent better than in his day. He argues the real issue lies not with flaming youth but with men and women in their foolish forties.
Investigators study risky Soviet radicals linked to attempts to topple the Constitution and government. The speaker argues enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment remains essential and warns against letting foreign agitation erode the nation.
Grover Whalen, former New York police commissioner, urges deportation of the Russian Bolsheviks to an island where they should be kept at work. He argues the island should house gangsters, kidnapers, bribery officials, dishonest judges, and others who attack the government.
A fragment notes age as a tangled matter, mentioning Keung boys and urging reflection on folly and public applause amid shifting social expectations.
A local health reform prompts officials to limit youth bicycle riding contests seen as harmful. Advocates urge safe activity while organizers warn prospects of reduced community sport opportunities for young riders.
An adult dance contest and a 12 year old boy begin a prolonged tree sitting test. The father backs the plan to stay in the tree for a month despite weather warnings and lightning risk from the meteorologist.
Simeon Stylites spent years atop a high column preaching without descending. The piece contrasts his ascetic stance with the later Holy Man of Benares who went even further in isolating himself atop a perch.
A historical account notes both sides of a religious scene where sharp iron spikes were used to display penance and seekers sought divine favor. The author contrasts the costly, ceremonial acts with modern time’s broader charitable giving.
The British government Friday boosted the unemployment relief fund by sixty million pounds. It cites 1.9 million unemployed in Britain, contrasted with higher unemployment in the United States, stirring anti Bolshevik indignation among observers.
Prohibition advocates cheer a Turk named Baro Agha who says he is 156 years old and has never had an alcoholic drink. Critics retort with a derisive quip about extreme longevity and drinking.
Railroads in Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky are ordered to give preference to soft coal shipments destined for Northwest transport hubs. The directive aims to secure steady coal supply for regional port facilities and rail corridors.
North Hill residents enjoy evening medley songs from mocking birds nesting near Woodward Avenue often late into the night.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Moorman and their two young sons driving from Maplewood Drive head to Cleveland to stay two weeks with Jesse’s sister Mrs. William Biddlingmeyer.
Mrs J P Johnson of Columbus, who has been the house guest of Mr and Mrs A L Johnson for a week, departed this morning for Mait tienda in Amenville.
County Commissioner Watt Brammer and County Surveyor Had Hibbard went to Waterloo Township to begin construction of abutments for a bridge over Grass Run on the Hewitt Farm yesterday.
Robert Smith of Canaan Township departs today for New York City and boards S. S. Columbia to sail to Londonderry Ireland.
Miss Ethel Riley of Salt Lake City Utah guest of her mother near Guysville has been visiting her sister Mrs George Parks in the Fenzul Flats.
Dr and Mrs Warren Sprague Chauncey and Dr and Mrs John Sprague drove to Parkersburg today in the former s car to see the automobile races.
A poem reflects on Prohibition era quirks in the White House kitchenware and the Volstead law. It notes vanished crystal goblets, questions about spirits, and a glimmer of hope that some crystal items survived. The piece mocks Prohibition’s failures with a jab at New York politics and a closing note on a Western Speakie theater's dubious finance.
On Boston Common Parkman Bandstand Admiral Byrd addressed Independence Day crowds on July 4 1926 celebrating his return from the North Pole flight. The event linked to the day's national holiday and the polar expedition.
Washington dispatch notes rising fear of espionage and break ins on Capitol Hill as offices including Judson King’s National Popular Government League are entered and papers stolen. Senators report rifled desks, missing records, and tightened security amid a mood of suspicion and distrust nationwide.
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