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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1928
Page
4
Leaders urge a united effort from commercial and professional sectors to restore industrial vitality in the Hocking coal field. They warn that both young workers and elders must be kept from emigrating and that the valley’s natural resources could attract new industries for steady jobs.
Ohio University professor McCracken argues elders should guide youth toward the right life outlook and the blessing of labor. Edison warns twenty year olds today lack purpose, stressing hard work, early specialization, and practical use of education to build a future.
The Pickett letters to his wife from the Civil War era are released by Houghton Mifflin. The piece notes Pickett’s lasting name in American memory and his Gettysburg charge at the high-water mark as a defining moment. It contrasts him with other southern generals and highlights his enduring legacy.
The Santa Fe railroad president announced the company will pay all expenses for stock judging teams from 12 states to attend the Agricultural Congress in Kansas City next fall. He argues such support aids stock raising in the southwest, boosting prosperity and railroad profits. He calls current corporate attitudes more community-minded than the old dismissive view.
A terse remark warns about misjudging a truck driver when crowded off the road as a reminder to consider calling and behavior. The line suggests prudence and reflection on driving conduct and potential consequences.
Uncle Sam is expected to collect about 100 million more in taxes this year than last. The extra funds would support significant public works, a prospect welcomed by communities favoring new projects.
Investigators float a theory that oil bonds involved President Harding and the sale of the Marion Star newspaper. No proof is provided to support the suspicion.
Frank A. Vanderlip said corruption lurked in the sale of the newspaper and refused to lift a corner of the shroud on the dead president. Senate investigators aim to lift the coffin lid to uncover what lies within.
Twenty three men and women were carried into court yesterday in straight jackets and on stretchers. The judge ordered many to an asylum as their troubles were deemed imaginary. One young man attempted suicide over the tax issue, earning $23 a week. One hundred years wipes out everything.
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth sends Senator Borah one hundred dollars to assist purging the GOP by returning to Mr. Sinclair funds he gave to cover debts of the Harding campaign managers.
The piece mocks a group of financiers and oil men trying a dishonest recovery scheme via Continental Oil. Senator Reed of Missouri likens the move to paying a hired assassin, though the scene is more comical than deadly as the men attempt to reclaim money.
The Du Pont Nemours group sold 114000 shares of United States Steel Common after buying them at a high price. The sale generated about eight million dollars in profit as they sought cash.
The passage warns that steel stocks will rise and fall, and warns small investors they will be hurt when prices drop. It cautions against gambling on market volatility and notes the Du Ponts foresee a day they may wish they had held their stock.
Doctor Herring, chairman of the national conference of Jews and Christians, objects to evangelizing Jews under the guise of ice cream parties. He notes the shared roots of Christianity and Judaism and argues the attempt is impertinent. He also says past persecutions show evangelizing would not prevail.
David Lawrence notes Mrs Woodrow Wilson may back Governor Smith of New York for president. He suggests Smith would recall his friends better than Wilson. He urges asking George Harvey for confirmation.
The American Actors' Union imposes strict rules to prevent actors from England and other lands from working in the United States. The stance is praised if the workers are mechanics but condemned if the workers are artists who should be welcomed and encouraged globally as they are rare.
In a terse golf match anecdote, John D. Rockefeller reportedly lost a nickel, prompting amusing chatter that Mr. S Rockefeller has taken up gambling.
Dr Frank McCoy answers reader questions on best artificial foods for babies, vegetable juice timing, and handling chronic osteomyelitis. He discusses cheese use as meat substitute, home cheese making, and cautions on digestion of cooked cheese with late meals. Osteomyelitis can be curable with dieting or surgery. X-ray aids diagnosis and early treatment aids a permanent cure.
There are many causes of headaches. Auto intoxication, constipation, prolapsed organs including uterine factors are noted as possibilities. The reader seeks relief from a week long head pain with no relief.
By the Way in New York notes a dwindling hurdy gurdy trade as organ grinders fade, with fewer than a hundred left. The piece recalls Broadway pretenders and a street scam involving a leg stump ruse, hinting at a larger decline of this old urban character.
The Messenger editor critiques the coal industry inquiry as a media stunt and argues reporters and politicians misread conditions. He cites sensational coverage from Cleveland and belittles claims of widespread distress, noting Miner and community tensions at Gloucester and Bellaire.
Ten years ago Darell Kenney was struck by a jitney while crossing Walker street. Mrs. Wiley T. Sprague traveled to Iowa for a month with Dr. Sprague in service. Ruth Henry and Grace Webb performed a piano duet for the Pallas club. Mrs. M. B. Banks hosted the Nabby Leo Ames chapter of the D A R.
Washington dispatch analyzes Democratic optimism amid scandals in the Harding-Coolidge era. It discusses how exposure of Republican campaign financing and corruption shapes 1920s presidential chances, naming Al Smith, Reed, Walsh, Mellon, Butler, Hoover, and other figures.
Letter writer George Tompson of Glouster argues disheartened farmers should sit, beg, or refuse to plant while miners enrich themselves. condemns government inaction, blames Daugherty, and urges labor leaders to seize power to avert Ohio’s elimination process amid political rancor in 1938.
Masassou, a powerful Indian chieftain, visited the Plymouth colonists on March 2 1621 and established a league of friendship that remained inviolate for fifty years. In 1765 the Stamp Act passed the British Parliament marking the first attempt to tax America without representation.
A garbled list of crossword like clues spans geography history language and science. The jumble asks for city capitals Irish eete Hawthorne’s profession and various vocabulary items touching measurements commerce and nature.
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