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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1930
Page
4
A fragmented trade notice lists associations and press services with contact addresses in Chicago New York and Detroit. It outlines subscription rates in Ohio and national advertising options while mentioning nominal charges for obituaries and cards.
A short collection notes two moral maxims. Ecclesiastes 7 1 highlights a good name over ointment and Socrates urges living as one wishes others to see. The compact reflections offer guidance on character and integrity.
The passage describes widespread drought across Ohio with cisterns empty, streams dry, and crops and pastures in dire condition. It notes unusual atmospheric patterns between Lake Erie and the Ohio River, contrasts with Midwest floods, and warns that farmer losses and higher food prices may follow. It also comments on a broader rise in crime tied to easy money and gambling.
The piece laments how people vanish without trace in a populous country where identities fade. It recalls haunting cases in Hocking County and Sugar Grove and argues many disappearances go unsolved as relatives never learn the fate of the missing.
The passage reflects on migrants seeking work and new lands, some lingering for years and others dying in poorhouses or becoming unknown in memory, known only to a few who once knew them.
Private capital learns from a navy aided power move. New England Public Service spends about 1 million dollars to convert the cargo ship Jacona into a 20009 kilowatt floating plant. Jacona will serve coast cities by tying into high tension systems during power shortages.
Georgia Court of Appeals rules a passenger in a family car must warn the driver of hazards, even as it seems to reward back-seat driving. The opinion, seen as impractical, suggests vigilance belongs to the driver, not the rear passengers.
A vivid, panoramic slice of New York streetscape: benches in back rooms and on park benches, hymn notes, drums and tambourines, shabby shops and leaning buildings, sandwich men near Broadway, crowds of bums and stenographers, mashers and lone girls, shoeshine kits, students rushing into a library, emerging skywriters, Grand Central, Chrysler and Chanin, rapid construction, upscale apartments, lawns and swank outfits, all within a few blocks.
In Longacre Square at Broadway and Seventh Avenue the crossroads are described as a global crossroads. The writer notes 42nd Street as the most known to Americans and highlights the theater district between Eighth and Sixth Avenues as a gateway to an escapist amusement zone.
The narrator notes a walk from the river to Forty-second Street exposing a city’s seam of squalor. Ragged outcast figures linger near cheap lodgings and doorways, panhandling as passersby slow, then drift toward a Gaiva Army old clothes shop.
A vivid snapshot of Times Square like transformation with livery stables, greasy lunch counters, Broadway shops, vaudeville lobbies, and bustling crowds. Foreground details include $2,500 front foot retail space, employment agencies, and a telescope viewing the park corner as recruiters eye hopefuls.
Senator Walcott of Connecticut, a Lawrenceville graduate, urged the graduates to educate leaders to save the country and keep it the leading nation of the world. He spoke during the school’s graduation exercises on the importance of leadership education.
A Washington analysis links higher coffee consumption to Brazil and Colombia as their Presidents elect visit the United States. Brazil, Colombia dominate world output, with Brazil expanding to 29 million bags, exceeding world needs, while a $100 million coffee loan syndicate is formed by New York and London banks to support prices.
A verse piece lampoons radium farming optimism and high costs for radium seeds. It contrasts ideal garden yields with reality, noting radium prices and grocer charges. The collection includes political quips about Congress and farmer relief and a note on the Literary Digest poll.
A fragment notes that Abraham Lincoln was an exception to a rule about governance in early rhetoric. The passage hints at leadership qualities and the metaphor of the state as a ship, though details are sparse.
The speaker argues against giving youths inflated views of education and notes that true growth takes time. He suggests Shakespeare achieved more than many learn in a year and warns that university conceit can take about a decade to remove before a person becomes useful.
An alumni banquet held Wednesday evening in Woman's Hall of Ohio University attracted about 175 members, reportedly making it one of the university's most successful events in history.
Walter Damrosch argues radio strengthens family life by uniting indoors while the automobile unites families outdoors. He calls radio a great influence in keeping families together and cites the machine’s battle against gravity as a metaphor for freedom and happiness outside the home.
A Columbus architect submitted plans for a new 75000 dollar Science Hall on President Street and the project was approved by the university's Board of Trustees at Thursday's meeting.
Ten years ago the Ohio University Alumni Association held its annual dinner at the Masonic Temple on a Wednesday. The event featured the invocation and Alma Mater as part of a successful program with about 250 members in attendance.
G. F. Morgan who served four years as Athens School superintendent left at noon for New York City to begin work at Columbia University.
Prof. C. L. Martzolff went to Lancaster last night where he delivered an address before the Methodist Brotherhood of the M. E. Church.
The active chapter and local alumni of Phi Beta Pi sorority held a matinee dance and dinner yesterday afternoon for visiting alumni from other towns.
Hocking Power Company which operates a Floodwood plant and subsidiaries in Athens and nearby counties has been granted the right to raise its electric rates immediately due to higher energy creation costs. The move affects customers across the utility’s service area and is tied to the elevated expenses in producing electricity.
A satirical remark ridicules status symbols handed to the elite, claiming titles and trinkets cost nothing and that happiness is reserved for the upper classes. The piece lampoons pomp in royal or social rank and favors.
The passage describes the Prince of Wales taking his father's place, riding from the palace in a magnificent jewel encrusted carriage drawn by cream colored horses. Servants accompany the procession, with riders both in front and behind. The young prince is portrayed as indifferent to display.
Citizens proclaim a true monarch and heir as they observe a carriage bought long ago, now costless to them, and feel their happiness rise with the sight.
The Misses Marie Josten Melha Barwick and Mary Antoinette head to Ann Arbor Michigan on Friday to attend a Theta Phi Alpha sorority convention.
A Nebraska senator, desiring strict liquor control, protests Britain receiving wines from Europe and argues foreign diplomats should not import alcohol. He asks how he would cope as ambassador to France where ice water is scarce and mocks foreign customs, urging allowances for foreign tastes.
Lady Wilkins wife of the Arctic explorer traveled on the Zeppelin with a black cat that has white whiskers and white paws. She notes the striking contrast and adds a quirky detail about the feline aboard.
A whimsical 1930s note amuses Lady Wilkins about how paws bring luck to cats. It recalls a mythic tale where ravens misdirect an army and a solar eclipse prompts both sides to retreat, averting a great battle.
New York will have 825000 licensed drivers this year, 110000 more than last year. Officials worry traffic may worsen as the auto industry expands, building at about 5million cars annually under adverse conditions. Six million cars could be the minimum to replace obsolete ones among 25million in use.
A set of brief Q and A items covering photo fixing to prevent yellowing, copying faded photographs, the Florence Nightingale Pledge, Elijah of the New Testament, Clemenceau's secretary, Romantic School of Music, Basil Rathbone marriage, foot cracks treatment, and Bermuda automobile prohibition.
Washington reports the FDA Food Standards Committee proposes precise definitions for root beer birch beer and sarsaparilla and for variants like orange lemon and lime sodas. The goal is to distinguish ades from pops and reveal actual ingredients while inviting industry and public comment.
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