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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1930
Page
4
Athens Civic Improvement Demand to Support University Benefits
A community letter urges expanding civic improvements in Athens to aid health, comfort, and attractiveness for students and visitors. It argues the university and weekly student spending justify more police, better housing, utilities, and bonds, noting Athens is a 10 000 plus town with a large student influx. It calls for shared funding and civic responsibility, stressing mutual returns from the university’s presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ich
Ens
Ser
Unusual 1930 Weather Record Shrugs Off Ohio Valley
The spring drought of 1930 and late May frost left Ohio Valley crops unsettled. Farmers report no sprouted corn in many fields and berries suffering while wheat heads well. Weather records show one of the driest periods and most severe droughts in memory with heavy rainfall needed to avert broader damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Ohio
Ohio Valley
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Carolinas
Year of unusual home and road maintenance in Ohio region
The Messenger reports a spring surge in painting and building activity across homes farms and commercial properties in Ohio. State highway work is widespread with many workers and equipment in the area. Citizens are urged to value home upkeep as a public duty and measure citizenship by property care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
the Messenger
Ohio
Occasional Socialists in Business Benefiting from Public Projects
The piece criticizes business leaders who oppose socialism in general yet support projects like Boulder Dam and Farm Relief Board when personal gain is possible. It argues such "occasional socialists" push for public funds and services, fueling a growing paternalistic bureaucracy fed by the public purse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder Dam
Farm Relief Board
Federal Waterway Developments
United States
Rise of the New York Dude Ranch Culture in City
Gilbert Swan notes a fashion shift as urbanites imitate Western cowboys and cowgirls in New York. He highlights sun branding by ranches, the influx of easterners to western tropes, and crowded windows watching distant sunsets while city fumes drift by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joe Cahill
Wyoming
T. Joe
Dude Ranch
Central Park
Canadian Rockies
Wealth and worth erosion in modern economies
The piece argues that high salaries lose influence as percentage of value. It notes a $1,000,000 salary once moved stars, now mere percentage value, with examples showing how annual pay scales translate to company worth. It contends a civilization able to pay large radio talk salaries can fund massive steel enterprises, reflecting shifting economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Running
Weeklong Menus From Dr McCoy for June 8 Beginning Week
The weekly menu outline lists daily meals from Sunday to Saturday with breakfast, lunch, and dinner options. Dishes include coddled eggs, roast veal, vegetable soups, baked fish, mutton casserole, and various garnishes with fruits and dairy, plus notes on beet bouillon preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. McCoy
Grace highlighted as able steel man and manager
The write up praises Mr Grace as one of the ablest steel men in the country and an able corporation manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Grace
London Daily Mail agitates over Poona anti British display
The London Daily Mail laments a 3000 man Poona march openly deriding the government while carrying a King George portrait bedecked with old shoes. The piece contrasts Hyde Park tolerance with demand for Hindu reverence toward the British emperor. Police in Chicago uncover gangland cremations and a furnace linked to recent rides and gun killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Daily Mail
Poona
India
George
Mail
Great Britain
Hyde Park
Buckingham Palace
King George
West Palm Beach Wife Sues Rich Husband for Divorce
A young wife in West Palm Beach files for divorce after a year of marriage alleging her husband rang alarm clocks and cow bells around the house until late morning. The case centers on the couple's troubled marriage and her bid for legal separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach
Fla
Master in Chancery Hears Cruelty Claim and Divorce
The Master in Chancery found evidence of extreme cruelty and granted a divorce. A trust settlement of $500,000 to $1,000,000 was noted as under discussion. The wife alleged her husband hid many alarm clocks in her room to go off at intervals. The article comments on leisure patterns of the wealthy.
Ruth Bryan Owen Wins Florida Congressional Campaign
Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen secures victory in her Florida race defeating DeWitt T Deen a lawyer on a wet platform Straw votes are unreliable and many Americans prefer to vote dry and live wet The article credits hereditary talent to Owen and predicts continued service in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Bryan Owen
Florida
Congress
DeWitt T. Deen
Medical Q and A on muscle pain fats and heart symptoms
A reader asks about myalgia its Greek roots and general treatment heat and massage are advised depending on cause. Another inquires if prunes and raisins fatten. the reply notes high fruit sugar but small daily amounts fit a balanced weight loss plan. A third asks about breathlessness and possible heart leakage. the guidance urges a physician exam and follow up with opinion on cause and cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss H
A. F. 8S
Frye Urged to Aid G O P in 1932 Election
Senator J Boomboom McWhorter urges Hugo N Frye a veteran Republican pioneer to advise the party for 1932 The Elmira resident is praised by Curtis Huston Davis and others though some doubt his existence McWhorter recounts anecdotes and envisions Frye aiding tariff talks and state strategy amid party tensions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Dutcher
Washington
J. Boomboom McWhorter
Republican Party
Hugo N. Frye
Frye
Curtis
Labor Davis
Joe Grundy
Claudius Huston
McWhorter
Huston
Davis
Hugo
Elmira
Upstate
New York
Land of the Free
Jim Davis
Ithaca
Hugo N. Fry
Cornell
Igfusion
Senator McWhorter
Mr. Frye
Mr. Huston
White House
Diets of Genius From Plato to Shaw in Verse and Prose
A poem titled More Truth Than Poetry by James J. Montague argues that famed writers and thinkers thrived on simple meals and self denial. It cites Einstein, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Diogenes, Plato, Homer, Shaw, and others, noting a lean diet as a spur to creativity. The piece also includes a fashion note on long skirts and a brief mention of lactic acid’s role in fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Einstein
Freunds
Wordsworth
Shelley
Keats
Questions and Answers on Everyday Knowledge
A compilation of brief Q and A exchanges covering baseball uniform practices, life expectancy in India, Rhodes Scholarships for DC residents, orange juice quality after nighttime squeezing, bee eye counts, the fall of Rome, quotes from Milton, government twin bonuses, mental illness in crisis reports, Buick car identification codes, Reynolds Strawberry Girl, Hawaiian newcomers, paper money changes, Nelson's arm loss, Washington's wealth, and city rankings by telephone density.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theeophila Palmer
Hawaii
Nelson
Santa Cruz de Santiago
Teneriffe
Washington, D. C
John Tayloe
Petworth
Rock Creek Church Road
Georgia Avenue
San Francisco
Stockholm
Washington
Chicago
Seattle
Toronto
Omaha
New York
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
Paris
London
Hugo prime era taunts GOP over Democratic publicity bust
A political caption mocks the Democratic publicity bureau and praises Hugo as a potential presidential nominee. The speaker claims Democrats avoided certain tactics when Hugo was powerful and urges Hugo to heed his party’s call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Publicity Bureau
Hugo
Ohio University Beats Marietta 2 to 0 in Fastest Game
Ohio University defeats Marietta 2 to 0 in the fastest game of the year on Ohio Field. The page notes the new book Stories of Authors by Dean Edwin W. Chubb and lists various local visits and society events in Athens. A Southeastern Ohio Optometrical Association meeting and a Treasury employee leaving for Chicago for the Republicans convention are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Bookman
Edwin W. Chubb
Ohio University
Ohio Field
Marietta
Southeastern Ohio Optometrical Association
Athens
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