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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1928
Page
4
A long column previews Dr Frank McCOY author of The Newest Way to Health. It blends economic commentary with a push for bird feeding, mid road politics, Hoover praise, and a health Q and A section offering diet tips and meal plans.
Gilbert Swan writes about Fifth Avenue window gazers and Greenwich Village characters in a vivid portrait of Manhattan culture. He recalls Vi and actor George Arliss, the Grim Street club dinners, and a famed local mayoress figure, then shifts to a distant memory of Sally Phipps and a vibrant but fading Broadway crowd in a wide, roaming New York vignette.
Events include 1496 Columbus sailing from Hispaniola to face home political foes, 1785 Thomas Jefferson appointed minister to Brance, 1797 Albany designated as New York's capital, and 1865 Federal cavalry engagement at Jackson Mills, North Carolina.
Frederick J. Hashin explains aerial height improves reception when clear area exists though urban limits force roof mounts. Two or more wires boost volume but raise static. Actual length fixes wavelength. one wire about sixty feet is common for general use. A separate note begins asking about and mentions Mrs. Howard Corper as a West Virginia legislator in January 1928.
News Your Dad Read recaps past local happenings from ten and twenty years ago. The ten year item lists nominating committee members for the Presbyterian church Men s club and War Hop music and decorating charges. The twenty year note recalls a fire damage to HB Harry Road building, Bethel grocery room, and visits by locals to Albany plus community clubs and a state infirmary boards meeting.
A Washington dispatch reports that Americans lose over a billion dollars annually to get rich quick promoters and stock swindlers mainly via mail. Rep. Edward E. Denison of Illinois pushes a 1922 bill to restrict promotions across states, backed by major banking and securities groups, but opposition from western mining and other interests stalls action. The bill targets interstate commerce schemes by banning mailing or advertising securities not qualified within the buyer’s state, aiming to close blue sky loopholes and curb fraud.
A crossword puzzle item lists four words forming the stop-up puzzle key. It includes references to Nos 1 and 30 across, Nos 1 and 35 down, and a horizontal clue set. The puzzle mentions questions about the first person in the English Channel, a sculptor, beverages, directions, and odd lettered phrases, all hinting at a mixed clue batch.
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