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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1928
Page
4
Twenty years back news recalls Miss Cassy McKinstry entertaining with a chafing dish supper on West State Street. Art Wolfe led in the Athens Gun Club’s initial gathering at the fair grounds.
Travelers are urged to detour from Athens-Mc Connellsville Road to Big Bottom Park on Route 266 to view a monument marking the Botton Massacre. The piece notes settlers, Muskingum history, and preservation intent as a tribute to early pioneers and native encounters.
The community chest fund in Athens is dissolved for the coming year. Relief efforts by Red Cross Salvation Army and others will be funded locally as needed, with charity handled by individuals in a period of reconstruction in the Hocking Valley.
The Soviet Union sent 5 million in gold bullion to New York to buy U S goods but officials fear the gold may originate from the czar era Imperial Bank. The money is barred from use in the United States, forcing the Soviets to trade elsewhere, with American manufacturers likely to suffer.
An Ohio college girl, Elen Buschmann, has been unconscious for nearly two months after a automobile accident. Doctors say she may live five years or more in a persistent wakeful state, a situation described as death in life and deeply uncanny.
The piece laments aviation tragedies in war, noting the death of Harry Brooks and other pilots as costly yet essential sacrifices. It argues progress toward air mastery requires casualties and acknowledges future losses before victory.
A reflective piece notes how retreat practices provide healing even when outward wins seem absent. Readers are invited to consider rest, inner progress, and personal calm as meaningful outcomes in challenging times.
A study argues that natural resource trade balances show rising values as education for Congress is urged. The analysis cites stronger export earnings and higher prices driving the improved balance while policymakers consider measures to sustain gains.
In Gallup New Mexico Arizona officials release wild turkeys and Chinese pheasants along the border to boost wildlife. With predators reduced the birds are expected to thrive across Arizona New Mexico and California on a diet of fillaree and insects.
In Montana coyotes were removed to protect lambs but mice thrived, alfalfa declined, and lambs starved. Analysts note the paradox as Wall Street hits a record year with 1928 sales up 38 million shares versus 1927.
The text notes GM stock at 163 dollars a share with a massive rise, claiming the gain equals seven times the US payment for the Louisiana Purchase and thirteen times Alaska's purchase price. It argues against underestimating America’s worth and suggests prices generally trend up over the long run.
Lindbergh proposes taking senators and representatives to fly in an army or navy plane. He would show them how aviation works and recount a cross country flight. He argues that exposing Congress to real flight might convince the country to invest in air defense.
International wine growers in Paris call for each country to appoint five experts to recommend moderate wine use as a tonic restorative. They cite ancient practice by Greeks Romans and others and note historic light wine consumption. The piece cites Michael Angelo at eighty crediting wine for continued work, drinking several bottles daily.
Wagner found he could not work without wine. He tried vegetarianism and total abstinence. Both interfered with work. The founders of this country, Washington and Jefferson, drank wine. Jefferson imported wines from France and advocated no tax on light wine and beer.
The country bans wine yet experiments with bootleg whisky remain. In California and other states some men buy grape juice cheaply to ferment into wine, producing about two hundred pints at low cost, cheaper than bootleg whisky, illustrating a selective enforcement situation.
A thirty foot deep sea wave has 5.45 horsepower per foot of ocean front. An eight foot high wave yields 25.58 horsepower per running foot. Per mile of sea front this equals 135.062 horsepower. Inventive genius seeks to harness this power commercially.
Experts estimate the nation wastes tide energy worth sixty billion dollars annually. They foresee power from the sea becoming as cheap as water, possibly as cheap as air, with technology to harness ocean energy similar to how Niagara power is used today.
In Cuba Higinio Govein brutally drove his wife from home with 17 children present. He stabbed her twice, chased her as she screamed, and killed her through the heart before ending his own life, believing he acted within his marital right.
A fragment notes a remark about the Pan American conference suggesting the British people could handle the matters discussed. The text is incomplete but centers on international cooperation and British sentiment.
A city campaign prompts debate as officials propose a slogan “Now you see it now you don’t” to capture London’s image, signaling a marketing push amid possible public feedback and budget considerations.
A health column presents Dr Frank McCoy's guidance on the liver role in blood purification digestion and bile production. It includes reader questions on hair loss diet and asthma with diet based answers and requests for further articles.
A reader labeled F I G asks for an explanation of what causes a specific phenomenon. The inquiry seeks a clear, concise cause analysis suitable for general readers.
By the Way in New York notes Manhattanites must plan months ahead to secure seats for shows churches concerts and sports. Subscriptions guarantee early access to Theater Guild productions and Metropolitan Opera seating with 35000 on one list and 50 days needed for Sunday-free theaters. A joke about a silver spoon hotel monogram ends the piece.
A round of Q and A covering pearls in oysters, engagement ring stones, largest painting, Goliath’s birthplace, Paddy’s hurricane, naturalization oath, oldest cotton country, Kanakas, counting asylum inmates in populations, ocean salinity, Limburger cheese, and the mercy seat of the Ark.
A garbled list of crossword style hints asks for answers like animal names and actions. It blends vertical and horizontal cues, with terms such as vehicle tendon and elm related words, inviting resolution of a historical puzzle or riddle.
A Washington item describes the Little Congress of clerks and Capitol staff, meeting Tuesdays in the House callin room. It notes debates, votes on policy and a Republican Democratic convention draft, with leaders like Guy Mooney and references to Lankford Dawes and Hoover Reed. The piece ends noting its spirited effort despite limited influence.
Within a fragmentary article, readers glimpse religious symbolism of the mercy seat atop the Ark and a discussion of alpha bets tied to Persians and Italians. It also recalls Charles Frohman’s Lusitania death remark and notes new handbags with satin fabric and Elizabethan knot stitching.
Paris reports Barisian street scenes embroidered on fabric as part of a handbage exhibit. Limited readable details mention March 19 and design focus on urban life.
On March 19 events include the 1628 founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony by English settlers and Benedict Arnold resigning his command in 1779. Also noted is the 1860 birth of William Jennings Bryan and the 1912 New York Senate defeat of a proposed constitutional amendment granting women’s suffrage.
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