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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1930
Page
4
A 1920s style essay questions happiness in work and vocation. It argues many people are discontent in their jobs, urges studying jobs in advance, and notes limited choice due to circumstances. It discusses shifting views on marriage and social institutions with cautious optimism.
A brief reflective note cites Hebrews and Abraham Lincoln reflecting on faith as substance of hoped for things and duty understood. It voices a call to act with faith in doing one’s duty as guided by understanding.
Dr Logen Clevening criticizes modern psychology and sociology pet cures for marriage and child rearing. He questions whether parents should stick to traditional methods or adopt new ones, noting outcome unknown until the next generation matures.
An old saying about three generations from shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves is linked to women adopting cigarette use. The piece notes smoking pipes gave way to cigars and cigarettes, signs against smoking vanished, and society adapts to changing fashions and habits, with life seemingly stuck on center as new norms form.
An essay argues that pie reflects a civilization’s habits, with 90,900 pies baked nightly in a Chicago bakery. It connects pie to mechanization, standardization, and mass production and cites widespread pie consumption across cities, distances, and years.
The Messenger notes Marc Connelly rises as the leading playwright of Breadwey with Green Pastures. The Harlem to Avenue A hit is described as the play of plays this year, elevating Connelly to top status overnight.
Five years after his last major work The Beggar on Horseback Connelly reemerges with Kaufman era ties. A once rough reporter, he keeps a desk for hire and writes a weekly theatrical gossip column every Sunday, maintaining his familiar newsroom roots.
When the collaboration with Kaufman collapsed, Connelly faced a solo path one producer predicted would be hard. Kaufman produced several hits solo while Connelly attempted two projects that failed to reach box office expectations. Village critics teased that he needed a prop to succeed.
Artist Rollin Kirby introduced to Roark Bradford's Old Man Adam and His Chiliun. Connelly, after years of effort, travels to New Orleans to meet Bradford. White churchmen refused entry to whites but Bradford's status earned Kirby and Bradford guest status. The two guests donate a dollar each in the collection, boosting the service’s income and prompting a special benediction.
On opening night the audience urged the author loudly. The text recalls a past agreement with Kaufman during collaborating days that either responder could shoot at him from Flow A if the other responded to a curtain call. Kaufman sat in Row A and the scene ended with him being carried on stage.
During the show Connelly behaved like climbers on Alpine routes. Realizing the play ran long he moved about the house examining scenes from different angles. He reportedly ran up and down stairs 39 times per performance for three nights.
The Mans Field Theater marks a return to full capacity as the standing room only sign is removed for the first time in four years, signaling a revived premiere atmosphere at the venue.
The article examines how modernist thought erodes religious beliefs and fuels growing anxiety. It discusses cultural shifts, public discourse, and the impact on communities as doubt spreads, shaping attitudes toward tradition and authority.
The passage ponders the moment after a funeral when the family resumes life and hints that something will occur or not at all. It reflects on uncertainty and collective acknowledgment that fate follows the final act of sealing the coffin.
Public health column summarizing Dr Frank McCoy's controversial views on insanity from body toxicity. He advocates enemas, fasting, and diet to treat mental illness, linking dementia praecox to pelvic congestion and abdominal organ prolapse, while suggesting psychoanalysis after cleansing the body. He also answers reader questions on heart trouble and liver warning signs.
A transcription of mixed Q A items covers duties on hats in South America, uniform laws before Congress, concrete mix ratios, singular versus plural species, silver bullion value, Pan American homesteading, Prescott celebrations, U S locomotive origins, George W Washington Memorial, turkey grading, Abraham Lincoln’s birth order, and broom ball origins.
A note on word usage and pronunciation highlights rivalry as competition and antagonism between teams. It mentions correct plural forms and spelling quirks while urging readers to expand vocabulary by adding one word daily.
A fragment from Karl Sigmund Felder’s five hundred word history of the United States roots in Presbyterian thought. It envisions equal opportunity work schools missionaries law and a national creed centered on Christian religion and liberty culminating in a pledge that God we trust and never defeated in war. The piece hints at attracting churchgoers with the promise of revelations after life ends.
The Literary Digest reports first national results from a prohibition poll across New York Illinois Indiana Iowa Minnesota Missouri Nebraska and Ohio. In Ohio enforcement 12 893. modification 12 199. repeal 12 935. About 12 8 percent favor keeping prohibition, 24 134 favor modification or ending it. Ohio leans very wet as modification or repeal votes exceed enforcement by more than two to one.
A national poll with women voters suggests majority support for prohibition, but the result does not settle its future viability or whether a party with a majority can abruptly overturn the policy.
A reader asks for medical guidance on the causes of her condition. The inquiry seeks explanations suitable for a general audience, focusing on common factors and potential next steps with a doctor.
The long time victor Dan O Leary recalls past wins and shares a stark personal diet. At 31 he urges teeth extraction to prolong life and claims abstaining from meat reduces appetite for strong drink. He says he has not eaten meat since losing his store teeth twenty six years ago.
Rodney Dutcher reports in Washington that a major reorganization may oust three key figures at the Federal Power Commission. Bonner, Russell, and King face removal amid charges of favoring the power trusts, with hearings led by Senator Couzens on replacing the commission with fulltime members.
Oil men see Athens County as a potential key link between old Pennsylvania and new Kentucky fields due to extensive new developments underway during the war. St Patrick's Day was observed Wednesday in honor of Dr W W Lee with a 6 o'clock dinner hosted by Mrs Lee.
Mrs. P. L. Beal of New Castle Indiana and wife of Dr Beal arrives Wednesday evening for a several days visit with her mother Mrs. Phillip Boies. She formerly lived in Athens.
Mr. M. E. Twiss and Mr. C. A Overmeier came back that night from a business trip lasting several days in Pittsburgh and Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Dr H W Elson leaves for Portsmouth to judge a debate between Portsmouth and Chile High Schools. Miss Louise Stahlart and Miss Constance MeLesbergarten, teachers from Ohio and City, depart to spend the vacation period at their homes.
Mr and Mrs A Fagin of Baltimore were guests for several days at the home of Mr and Mrs P D er in Atennee Township and left for their own home Thursday.
Prof and Mrs Ri traveled to Moundsville West Virginia for a community entertainment event slated for nine o'clock tonight.
The puzzle hints at crossword style clues across a single row with numbered entries. Answers include a large canal likely SUEZ or NILE, capital of Czechoslovakia PRAGUE, and terms for affirm AVERS, ratite bird NENE or EMU, bulk MASS, tear RIP, hides SKIN, fondle CARESS, structural unit CELL, Book of Creation GENESIS, note in scale NOTE, Sun SOL, dote DOTe, person PERSON, secrets SECRETS, vegetable VEG, limb LIMB, above OVER, streaks STRIAE or RAYS, ending with IN.
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