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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1931
Page
4
The piece highlights a record breaking nine mile ascent by Piccard and Kipfer with a perilous air tight balloon voyage and notes the public thrill over risk taking. It also recounts Belasco stories from New York about rehearsals, a dice game windfall, and Lenore Ulric returning to Belasco.
An early regional newspaper note describes its wide circulation across five counties in Southeastern Ohio and lists affiliations with major press associations. It includes subscription rates and office details, reflecting its community role and operating terms.
At a Baltimore convention, a speaker forecast mass produced houses could cost as low as 4000 in the near future even in large cities. He argued outside walls and partitions would come in sections and be assembled in vast quantities, though architects fear aesthetics will suffer.
A schoolboy parable on cat vs well time jumps parallels how medicine eases some diseases yet creates new challenges. The piece notes typhoid and smallpox death rates fall historically, but overall health trends reveal rising prevalence of other illnesses in modern urban America.
The text explains that the Nile dam provides a regulated flow reducing floods and enabling cultivation of about 6,000,000 acres that were previously desert, with annual rise prior to dam control around 25 feet on average. thirty feet caused floods, eighteen feet meant poor crops.
Ohio University announces newly named president Elmer Burritt Bryan will likely reach Athens Monday night July 13 to attend the June 14 board of trustees meeting. Acting President Chubb confirms the arrival plan and Bryan’s timing for the trustees session.
Russell and Edwin Finsterwald among Athens High School alumni who faced the Athens High School base ball team on the Playgrounds in a local alumni game.
A cartoon posits a pitcher cannot throw, with an umpire calling balls every twenty seconds until four are charged. Runners advance on fake throws and balks, batters are declared out for various infractions, and the game lasts nine innings with no score. The piece also notes a giant skull measured at Keswick suggests a height over 10 feet. Tomorrow: A Port of Entry Not on the Sea.
The Washington Letter notes the U S Treasury plans an 800 million dollar 18 year bond issue with 3 1 2 percent interest. It contrasts wartime finance and today citing high wealth, deficits, and expectations of a revival with strong private investments and a large national debt.
Poem reflects on Dante Keats and poets who drew muse from drug stores. It notes how old corner shops fostered neighborly chats with pharmacists, inspiring verses, and laments that modern times lack such storehouse of lyric prompts as drugs and tippling fade from view.
Thirty years ago diabetes cancer and heart disease deaths rose sharply while overall city mortality fell from 17.6 to 11 per 1000. Medical science reduced deaths from diphtheria typhoid and smallpox, yet other diseases grew more threatening, highlighting the slow, roundabout path to healthier humanity.
A brief devotional quote from Corinthians urges self judgment before seeking judgment from others. The line evokes reflection on humility and personal accountability within daily life.
The Athens Messenger promotes a booklet on fish and sea foods. It notes oysters and other seafood supply minerals and can aid weight loss. The guide explains buying fish economically, seasonal types, and simple preparation methods including filet, fry, broil, boil, bake, and serve. Send six cents for a copy.
Information Bureau directs readers to enclose SIN CENTS in coin or stamps to obtain a booklet on FISH AND SEA FOODS, with Frederic J. Haskin as director, Washington D C.
The report notes that the country must make new financial arrangements with likely reduced payments on borrowed sums. It stresses financial strain and policy shifts as authorities seek to renegotiate debt terms and stabilize fiscal outlook.
Harvey S. Firestone reports a six month total of 2 908 553 20 for 1981 as against 1 541 084 for the year ending October 1 1930. He says manufacturers and business men should advertise boldly and show products to the world.
A biology teacher at the Imperial College argues that acquired traits are inherited, citing human and animal examples. The piece mentions a mud dauber wasp paralyzing a caterpillar to feed its offspring, with the mother wasp dying as the young hatch months later.
The passage argues that wasps and humans share the idea of inherited knowledge guiding progress. It claims young wasps sting caterpillars and bury them as learned technique and that human civilization rests on inherited characteristics and knowledge. It projects a future where humans are born already knowing advanced concepts.
Mrs A E Moore travels to Boston to visit her daughter Miss Sylvia Moore a student at the New England Conservatory of Music.
Seniors from Athens High School presented The Merchant of Venice Up to Date at the Athens Opera House with cast members Catherine Silvas Lucille Henry Elmo Cornell Frances Winters Earl McBee Don Grones and Don McVay among the performers.
Washington police collect doors from speakeasies and gambling joints after warrantless raids. The heavy fortifications, used to deter officers, provide courtroom evidence and chill patrons as the capital's underworld is probed.
An advice piece urges keeping a safe dirt yard for kids to explore. It favors bare feet and simple play with grass patches and a small garden, stressing sun exposure, clean ground, and a secure space free from hazards. It promotes gardening tools and crafts as healthy outdoor engagement for children.
The passage compares human knowledge to natural instincts, noting the mud wasp’s innate ability to stun a caterpillar and the salmon’s instinct to migrate back to its birthplace years after hatching. It emphasizes deep, perhaps instinctual, knowing beyond conscious learning.
The Anti-Slavery and Aboriginal Protection Society reports on supposed Russian slave lumber camps with disappointing results for critics of Russia. An American lumberman notes life in camps is no worse in Russia than in the United States, but white collar workers face the hardship of lumber work. A union carpenter with five children earns about $12 a day yet recently diggs a ditch for 30 cents hourly.
General Dawes, back from Europe to assist his brother with the anticipated Chicago Fair, notes that recovery from low mood has begun though many do not realize it. Wall Street remained volatile until October 1999, with the bottom having dropped earlier in June while business leaders were aware.
The U. S. Patent Office reports plans for an automatic bumper that extends beyond its normal position when a collision is imminent. The device absorbs much of the shock as the bumper recoils from the impact after activation.
The American Automobile Association reports total traveling expenses by American motorists at home and abroad hit 4.915 billion dollars in 1930, averaging 40 dollars per person for every man woman and child in the United States.
The Bennett government will sell all official cars used by 18 cabinet ministers and replace them with a $2000 annual taxi allowance per minister. The change aims to reduce government vehicle costs while maintaining ministerial mobility.
During spring football practice at Milwaukee Marquette University coach Frank J. Murray organized a scrimmage team composed of players described as an Irishman Finn Pole German Assyrian Italian Lithuanian Greek Englishman and No.
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