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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1929
Page
4
Advice explains bursae and bunions cause swelling from ill fitting shoes and injuries. It recommends pressure relief through special shoes or relief inserts, hot water and epsom salt soaks, massaging with oil, and antiseptic care for ulcers. Question answers cover diet, orange fast rash, and milk diet duration.
Washington July 30. President Hoover is quoted in a propa ganda sheet from the Anti-Cigaret Alliance claiming cigarets fuel crime and harm youth. The piece cites Hoover Smoot and Poling and notes opposition to all smoking by reform groups while adults may still smoke in presidential presence.
A compact meditation cites Acts 24 16 urging a conscience free from offense toward God and men and Hosea Ballou on the inexorable court of conscience within the breast. The piece blends scripture with a moral reflection on inner judgment and virtue.
A column discusses how Ramsay MacDonald and Herbert Hoover curtailed naval programs to reshape destinies. It argues Britain and America can avoid war by mutual concessions, noting the parallel to prewar tensions between England and Germany and stressing shared responsibility for peace.
An anger fueled strike in Ohio started a coal car fire that was pushed into a mine 45 years ago and has burned underground, spreading miles and destroying surface land. It now risks a school and homes as ground destabilization may cause collapse. A small act may have far reaching consequences.
A narrator on the Western Air Express describes the Hollywood mood, sunlit California landscapes, and the sense of unreality leaving Hollywood. He notes colorful coastal views, fog banks, and a vivid sky palette as the plane nears the Golden Gate with passengers including a Broadway actress and a Britisher.
Investors view American Telephone and Telegraph Company as solid property as AT&T's 12,900,000 shares outstanding gain $335,319,764 in the past week. A third of a billion in five days signals strong market confidence.
The piece imagines Alfred P. Sloan Jr of General Motors presenting a new taxicab to Mayor Walker of New York City, likening the historic Queen of Sheba’s wealth and travel to a modern automotive proposal.
The description highlights a six passenger taxi with the driver, boasting a "million dollars" exterior and an interior radio designed to amuse riders and chauffeurs during idle moments.
The Waldorf name shifts to a Park Avenue block costing 18 million dollars. Architects Schultze and Waver and L J Horowitz announce features including private car siding, driveways to elevators, a four story ballroom and 2 200 rooms to attract out of town builders.
Silk stocking makers urge advertising to restore modest refinement and banish bare legs as unchecked behavior. They compare it to public opinion ending chewing tobacco habits and insist on portraying stockings as artistic, urging women to return to proper attire.
Police report recent bombings in the loop and surrounding areas tied to racketeers who preach live and let live. Authorities claim to have interrupted their criminal schemes and curtailed dog racing operations that lured money from the public.
Racketeers threaten to discredit the state's attorney by staging crime waves including bank robberies and bombing outrages unless their rackets are left in peace. The warning references organized criminal activity targeting legitimate business interests.
New York police have raided more than a dozen of about 82 000 speakeasies citywide as authorities vow to intensify enforcement. The Green Room Grill in the theater district, claimed as the citys longest bar, was raided again yesterday after arrests eight days earlier.
The text notes that 6,000 airplanes will be licensed in the United States this year, but emphasizes the gap to widespread air travel. It compares 6,099 airplanes to about 29,600,000 licensed automobiles, underscoring the slower adoption of flying relative to driving.
A set of quiz Q A items covers the Soviet Union and China eastward reach Vladivostok and Siberia comparisons. It also asks where cashew nuts are native and notes Portuguese dissemination in the 15th 16th centuries. Additional topics include number of monkey species 550 and Monte Carlo profits six to eight percent annually.
The report notes Congressman J. M. Peeter from the Tenth District was named to the House Building Committee. An inquest into the Straziear family deaths found the mother killed the children and died by her own hand. A two-year-old farmer died at Athens State Hospital. The city tested a new fire engine with satisfactory results. Soldiers who missed the first Civil Service exam could reapply to qualify.
A series of Q and A items discuss letter frequency with e as most common and z as least, the Ouija Board as a toy with no supernatural power, camphor trees in the United States lacking commercial value, and aluminized steel used in nitriding processes. The Bureau of Standards and Bureau of Plant Industry provide the authoritative answers.
Geners reports in the auditorium speak ing on legislation and people rule. Baseball and basketball games were played at the athletic field. The annual statistical record was completed. The Boden home north of New Marshfield burned to the ground.
A compact word study by W. L. Gordon highlighting common misuses mispronunciations and misspellings. It contrasts abdominal with abominable explains belligerent cauli flower confusion and lists synonyms and a daily vocabulary aim using diffidence and modesty with examples.
Fragmented text appears to be a nonsensical OCR result with scattered terms about teeth weather and military bits. Contains garbled phrases like last toeth a nnn gets and What toot is in sed for rosting with several misread words and random numbers.
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