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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1928
Page
4
Dr Frank McCoy answers readers questions on health and dieting and offers weekly menus. The column provides sample meal plans, cooking tips, and a short explainer on food combinations. It includes reader questions on pregnancy, anemia, blood pressure, and heartburn with concise medical guidance.
Ten years ago brass band and 100 torches highlighted a war chest parade. Boy scouts led the event while an ad urged caution for horse-drawn carriages on Court Street. The MaIVstic theater benefit raised funds for the war chest and Dr Higgins won a Texas Elks convention seat. The Maccabees held a shower for J B Allen and Mrs Alfred Reed was elected Elks lodge officer.
A local column muses on spring rituals like house cleaning and mud roads giving way to thaw and greenery. It also praises Ohio university's Comedians for a two night musical show, crediting tradition with building campus spirit and alumni pride.
The piece argues that tensions between labor and capital persist despite better conditions. It notes consumers become producers and workers demand higher living standards while employers treat workers as helpers. It foresees labor standing on its own feet and uplift workers often ending poorly, with future shifts implied.
The piece highlights children on the desert and a horned toad encounter as readers are urged to consider wealth creation and enriching others, referencing Dupont Sloan and Raskob.
Arthur Brisbane writes from Barstow desert about school buses serving remote children and public funding. He marvels at a horned toad's battle with a shoe and praises water development while warning readers against desert land scams. The column also cites General Motors stock incentives and population growth projections.
A reader questions Kiwanis stance on organized labor and mining relief after the Bel-L Juire Kiwanis club voices opposition to relief for strikers. The writer urges local Kiwanians to comment, suggesting the Brixtre club proved the accusation true.
By the Way in New York describes Broadway as a desolate after-sunset scene. Lamps fail to banish gloom as empty theaters, shuttered shops, and weary crowds highlight weariness, cheapness, and fading glamour along the Great White Way.
By Way in Washington column cites a congressman who voted for Prohibition Bureau policy while hosting large liquor parties. It mentions Senators Walsh Tom and Dave, signs in the Senate office area, Wagner's work on unreemployment, questions about Oscar Andersen wood, Dawes and Dawes Donahey speculation, and a comment on national issues and campaigns.
A dated note reports Georgia’s 1738 division into parishes and establishment of the Church of England. It also records Grant’s 1864 command of Union forces and a prize offer by Sir Charles Wakefield for a driver surpassing Major Seagrave’s 202 mph speed record, with $6000 yearly until 1939 and a $5000 gold trophy.
Fragmented OCR lists scattered questions and clues about mythological figures and places. It mentions Jupiter’s wife, ancient Latin terms, and various prompts on rulers, rivers, cities, and objects, indicating a garbled trivia card from a historical page.
Answers to Questions By Frederick J Haskin cover topics from Hawalt and the Philippines service terms to Saturday holidays in schools and the origin of the Saturday holiday. It also notes the first Atlantic cable message and early Farm Bureau financing details.
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