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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1930
Page
4
A Thought For Today Devotional Verse
A biblical reflection cites Job 4 78 to contrast plowing iniquity with reaping wickedness and to urge perseverance when the wicked flourish and one suffers.
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Job
Salt Issue in India and Gandhi May Shape History
The article frames Gandhi led salt protest in India as a potential turning point for independence, noting salt’s British monopoly, high prices, and the impact on Indian life. It contrasts India's salt struggle with Ohio farmer taxes, road and education needs, arguing better roads and schooling benefit state welfare and national markets.
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India
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
United States
England
Great Britain
Ohio
Tax Reform in Ohio Aims for Fair Rural Urban System
Ohio faces a broad taxation reform challenge with many top minds seeking a fair solution for both town and country districts. The effort notes the need to balance funding and equity across diverse communities and districts.
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Ohio
Pistol Regulation Viewpoint from Army Official
Northwest Police Journal quotes Brigadier-General Ruggles arguing no law can disarm criminals but calls for tighter firearm controls. He cites rampant underworld access, ease of smuggling, and simple crude weapon manufacture, urging licensing, reporting, and penalties for violence with pistols.
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Northwest Police Journal
Colden L. H. Ruggles
Ordnance
U. S. Army
Ruggles
Grain Board Aims to Aid Farmers Faces Critique
Article notes grain board involvement and government wheat purchases above normal prices in Minneapolis and Kansas City. It cites large government stockpiles of 155 million bushels and questions how storage and sale will be handled, despite stated aims to help farmers and stabilize markets.
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Grain Board
Minneapolis
Kansas City
United States
Prices fall on May wheat as government storage plan looms
May wheat traded at 1.60 a bushel, now 1.10 as speculators fear government storage. Corn drop 10 cents per bushel due to lack of elevator space. Some investors rush to build new elevators hoping the government will rent or buy them for the July crop. A Chicagoan claims eight hundred thousand bushels of government wheat stored, earning 15 cents per bushel annually and $120,000 yearly rent. The piece notes widespread government lending to cooperatives and livestock ventures as banks adjust to new policies.
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K. O. RB
Chicago
Hoover
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Health and Diet Advice by Dr Frank McCoy
Weekly menus start Sunday March 16 include breakfast dishes with melba toast eggs and fruit, lunches with vegetables and salads, dinners featuring chicken pork and fish. Q&A covers red nose causes from intestinal putrefaction, fruit fast as spring cleanse, and electrical vibrators for hypertension when used by a skilled operator.
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Frank McCoy
J. el. L
C. Y
Government Wheat Policy Risks Disaster for Farmers and Economy
The piece argues July wheat storage could cause a global crop shortage unless government actions shift. It notes a 2 percent rise in winter acreage, forecasts a spring wheat surge, and critiques federal policy using loans and market sales. It questions the fairness of bailing financiers while ignoring farmers in distress.
Government wheat carry over sparks market debate
The article notes a 250 million bushel wheat carry over for 1928 29 and hints at a government plan to handle both the carry over and the coming winter crop when July 1 arrives. It recalls Patten and others indicted for secret schemes now echoed in official actions and questions the U S approach to selling surplus abroad.
Daily Study in Correct English Word Guide
A compact guide highlighting usage errors and pronunciation notes. Includes misused phrases like you and I, mispronunciations of forward, misspellings such as temperance, and a vocabulary push teaching interval as the space of time between two points or events.
Local unions banquet and club plans noted
Local Union No 478 hosted a banquet at Star Restaurant with guests from city union labor groups. The Commercial Club plans a Wednesday delegation to Nelsonville to tour the Hocking Sunday Creek Traction Company progress. Ohio University wrestlers depart Thursday for Charlottesville to face the Virginia team.
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Journeymen
Star
Commercial Club
Nelsonville
Hocking Sunday Creek Traction Company
Ohio University
Charlottsville, Va
University of Virginia
Thor Olson
Aguascalientes Mexico vs Agua Caliente race site
Clarifies that Aguascalientes is a central Mexican state and its capital, while Agua Caliente is a racecourse site in Lower California Mexico. The distinction is made to correct the common mix up of place names.
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Aguascalientes
Mexico
Agua Caliente
California
Lars Olson
Olson
Algol Larson
Teanmi Trate. Q
J. Ma
Howell seeks single model city for prohibition
Senator Howell of Nebraska proposesWashington as a model city to enforce prohibition. He argues police power should raid private dwellings connected to bootlegging and cites stricter local laws in Virginia and Maryland. Attorney General Mitchell opposes drastic provisions, while Howell insists on a Washiongton-wide enforcement test.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Robert Beecher Howell
Nebraska
United States
Mowell
Hoover
Mitchell
Howell
Senator Borah
District of Columbia
Virginia
Maryland
Pla
Othones
Omaha
Congress
Elty Council
Elty
Senate
Borah
Variety Bazaar Puzzle Clues Across Horizontal and Vertical
Word list style puzzle from a publication with headings Horizontal and Vertical listing clues and answers. Yesterday's solution appears garbled with misprints across many entries. The page shows a mixed set of definitions including food venue coffee house, ecclesiastic, plane of a nem, and many others, reflecting a cross word style game.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
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