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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1930
Page
4
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Athens faces a severe water shortage with strict orders to conserve. Officials authorize emergency equipment for the water system and urge public reporting of wastage as consumption remains high. The piece also argues for a modern driver licensing law to curb unsafe driving and highway hazards.
New York City summer life unfolds with chic dogs in fashion and pricey grooming from five to twelve fifty. The piece notes popular dog parades, beachwear, and owners spending for pet pampering as well as cultural outings drawing youths from elsewhere. It also recalls The Woman Pays Club and Christopher Morley’s Three For Lunch Club, once lively but aging amid changing times.
The article recalls Mozart born January 7 1754 in Salzburg. It notes he said to Constanze days before death that he was writing a Requiem for himself. Mozart died December 6 1791.
An American commission has set up an office in Panama City to begin surveys for a continuous highway from the Canadian border to Punta Arenas, Chile. The project envisions a 10,600 mile main artery with branches to connect all republics, boosting trade, peace, and regional defense.
An 1898 flood-era note recalls W. J. Schumacher living on a farm near the Mansouri River just above Sioux City where the river’s altered course left his property in Iowa. The piece links regional changes with a broader memory of cross-state life and a historic boundary shift.
A 1905 chain made by Nicholas Burton of New Bethlehem Pennsylvania spans 260 feet with 4560 links, carved from a single weed and unglued. The piece prompts notes on era craft and peculiar records while a separate Ohio meeting previews a 1920 farm and civic campaign.
A Washington dispatch notes Democrats hope to gain House seats as wheat price woes loom. Farmers weary of low returns push for acreage reductions while the Hoover administration backs the Farm Board amid political tension and disputed policy.
Observational meditation on wealth and happiness contrasting riches with frugality and hard work. The author reflects on envy of the prosperous, the folly of luxury, and the toll of pursuit, then pivots to brief media notes on golf superstardom and celebrity legal affairs.
G E A Gates MecGarrah, formerly chairman of the Bederut Reserve Bank of New York, is elected first president. The Bank of International Settlements will deal only with nations and not individuals. It is in Basel, Switzerland, with a directorate largely drawn from major national banks of England, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and Japan. It acts as trustee for war reparations payments from Germany to the Allied powers.
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