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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1930
Page
4
A brief devotional note urges prayer to avoid temptation as stated in St. Luke 22 40 and attributed to Spurgeon. It highlights that temptations target both the idle and the industrious, offering a concise moral reflection.
An extended note on two Chicago families facing a baby mixup after a hospital mix. Experts from ophthalmology obstetrics anthropology psychiatry and others weigh the problem of rightful parentage and the emotional and social stakes for both sets of parents and the children involved.
The text asserts a family’s right to its own child and to irrevocable proof of its kinship, while the world awaits a greater sage than Solomon to resolve the mystery.
Dr Julius Klein asserts road improvements revolutionize the nation while noting 1921 1928 and current annual road spending surpassing one billion dollars. He warns rural areas remain cut off by mud and calls for low cost farm to market roads to improve economic and living conditions for farmers.
The piece honors James Eads How a distinguished man who lived with hoboes to help their welfare He joined their meetings gave time and money and earned their respect Though wealthy he walked their path and left a personal human mark on wandering lives in an era of machines and cold efficiency.
A reflective meditation on human progress versus nature. It notes advances in travel, communication, and science while acknowledging Italy's great earthquake as a humbling reminder that forces beyond control shape our fate and destiny.
In New York City July 29 Gilbert Swan reports on Mrs Galway Elizabeth A Galway a noted socialite who left 12 090 dollars for the maintenance of her horses. The article chronicles her aristocratic carriage life in Central Park and Fifth Avenue and explains the will ensuring care for her two remaining prancers.
The piece recalls a time when hack drivers crowded near Pennsylvania Station and the theater district. Today the historic calling fades as modern traffic replaces the old lane, with only a few loyal drivers near the Plaza Hotel and Central Park remaining.
In Greenwich Village near Washington Square two famed art pockets MacDowell Alley and the Washington Mews are cobbled lanes housing studios for New York’s wealthiest artists. Once carriage stables for grand mansions, they now shelter top sculptors and writers including Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney.
Abandoned stables moved uptown were remodeled into a selective art colony over the years. Rentals are nearly prohibitive for most creators while street lamps and decorative touches lend a distinct character. Patchen Place remains unmatched for quaint ambiance with a vintage lamp and hanging tree over cobblestones.
The piece notes many spellings for sounds in English and calculates that if the word circumference were spelled phonetically by one variant per minute, it would take 75 percent of a year to cover all possible spellings.
A fragment reports a small flask containing business cards tossed into the sea off North Carolina. It mentions a Philadelphia man named Windakp, who is said to be found three and a half years later in the Azores.
Washington July 29 The Federal Reserve System reports total ready to tap credit at 7 606 000 000 in commercial paper notes held by 8406 member and non member banks. Rediscounting could release this liquidity at any time, underscoring the system’s vast available lending power beyond investment credit.
Dr. Ernest Horn of the University of Iowa presented figures at an AAAS conference. He notes that most justifiable spellings of sounds appear in Alexander Ellis’ Plea For Spelling Reform.
In 1923 Monroe NC semi pro team telegraph operator Hinson was not a regular but made 16 for 16 as a pinch hitter. He delivered 16 clean hits in 16 consecutive at bats. Tomorrow: Look out for the sheriff.
Collier's Weekly reports Kansas boys and girls, drawn by novelty, consuming the ginger alcoholic drink Jake from innocuous looking glasses in drug stores. The piece highlights a culture of underage drinking amid prohibition era ignorance.
The government and people of South Carolina announce that vegetables fruits milk cream eggs and other state products are rich in iodine which helps prevent goitre. Through the South Carolina Natural Resource Commission the state provides information about goitre prevention.
Hon. Ralph W. Cole, Republican governor candidate, was in Athens between trains this morning while traveling from Marietta to Perry County.
Considerable good was accomplished in the recent drive to empty and move railroad cars in augurated by the B and O Railroad and another effort of the same sort will be made the present week end.
The conference at Richland Avenue M E Church opened Sunday evening and promises success. The first session drew a strong turnout and was well attended.
Miss Anna C. Munn, supervising public health nurse for Athens County, assists local physicians in the state wide drive to aid crippled children with medical care and services.
The region records notable variation with high school girls showing enlarged thyroids from 46 to 60 percent in some areas and as high as 70 percent in others, indicating wide geographic differences in thyroid health.
A study notes a large portion of young pigs are born dead or die soon due to maternal iodine deficiency. In another state, sheep also fail to reproduce for the same reason, highlighting iodine as a critical nutrient for livestock fertility.
South Carolina farmland sells at unusually low prices with strong development potential for buyers ready to invest. Experts say capital is needed to start farming or develop the land, attracting buyers with purchasing power.
A historic note recalls Shakespeare's father punished for maintaining a large midden in front of his home. The fragmentary text hints at social penalties tied to household waste and public decorum, sparking curiosity about early urban etiquette and punishment.
The Ohio University college of music names Miss Ann Ellen Hughes of Columbus as successor to Miss Hedwig Theobald as teacher of voice, following this morning's decision.
The Athens Brick Plant, in operation since 1892, stands as a major, often underappreciated industry shaping the local economy and employment in Athens.
Two women depart this morning for a week long trip to Niagara Falls and other sights in the East.
Professor and Mrs D J Evans leave for Denver to stay until September visiting their son J Claire Evans and his family.
The text notes Europe relied on street gutters for sewers and even in the French King’s Palace the stench of sewerage was abominable, illustrating early sanitation challenges and royal neglect of odor.
The text argues that New York City, though vast and wealthy, is surrounded by sewerage. It notes attempts by the Health Department to stop sewerage contaminated swimming contests, suggesting solutions like piping waste to lands or burning garbage, and contends future improvements will arrive.
Poem outlines a simple man craving leisure and honest work while rejecting wealth and fame. It contrasts personal longing with the impossibility of simple happiness, noting evasions by big trusts and changes in Wall Street. It closes with a jab at rising book prices compared to forty years ago.
The piece quotes Einstein urging the world to improve youth education and notes a broader field beyond his prior work. It also reports about missionaries fleeing interior China as new authorities ban Christian teaching, suggesting spiritual labor could shift to the United States. It ends with a song line about prairie children unaware of the Bible and Sabbath.
The speaker remarks that the Shipping Board has cost the country three billion six hundred eighty three million five hundred sixty nine thousand dollars so far, plus bootlegging and racketeering costs, totaling several billions annually. He suggests this could equal the entire national government’s cost and hints the United States may spend too much.
Britannica excerpt notes Bliss Carman Canadian bard died in Connecticut but buried in his native Fredericton New Brunswick. A bronze tablet near his boyhood home honors him and reads Earth of my mother earth with attribution to the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire in New Brunswick.
The piece catalogs New England senators facing trouble in 1929 including George Higgins Moses and other colleagues. It notes retirements censure threats and internal party feuds tied to campaigns and the London treaty, with sharp remarks about Higgins and Hoover.
Veteran politician George Higgins, famed for his sharp wit, runs afoul of Republican Senate operatives over his chairmanship of the Senate campaign committee. After last year’s Otto Kahn uproar, Higgins now confronts a push by the so called Young Turks to force his resignation, though he remains steadfast.
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