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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1929
Page
4
A compact moral note urges discretion and understanding to guard life. It cites Proverbs 2 11 and a Sir Walter Raleigh axiom about guarding the mouth to protect life.
National Advertising Representatives plan to attract over 2000 attendees as Athens Ohio University and civic groups back the statewide Spanish War Veterans convention. Officials call for volunteer housing, stressing indirect benefits from publicity and a heavy workload to accommodate delegates. The soil survey project by Ohio University and federal agencies is praised as vital to agriculture.
Gilbert Swan reports after the Jones Act passage under President Coolidge that wholesale whisky prices surged and speakeasies closed. Prices rose to 90 to 126 per case, and delivery costs spiked as bootleg operations shift to outside areas. federal enforcement intensifies with long sentences.
A fragment from a page lists famous last words and misquotes, noting Foch's altered farewell to be the French hymn phrase. It mocks grand sentiments and reports on German spa refusals to admit Trotzky, then sketches a Russian criminal's trial adding proverbs to his crimes.
Health and diet guidance by Dr. Fank McCoy author of The Newest Way to Health. Readers may mail questions for a stamped reply. The piece cites aging, exercise, and poisons elimination, noting forty is not final and urging outdoor hobbies. includes reader inquiries on massage devices, bran use, and paralysis concerns with medical commentary.
Contains questions and answers about the roughest seas like the Bay of Bincay and waters near Cape Horn, plus a set of trivia Qs on topics from bell metal composition to Mississippi river heights, Yellowstone Park ice deposits, submarine depths, and atmosphere CO2 levels. includes official notes on gun carry and marriage for Army officers.
A garbled collection of Q A style lines discusses topics from California chicken farms to witnesses in murders, old Madison Square Garden, Volga rivers, cows in the United States, deer anatomy, Chinese language, and historical comets. It presents as a mosaic of trivia questions and ancient quotes rather than a cohesive article.
A column notes Agriculture Department findings on farm population changes from 1909 to 1929, meat production in 1928, and shifts in cattle breeding in Kentucky. It warns about grasshopper egg threats, praises farming education, and cites figures on milk, butter, and dairy practices.
On March 23 1775 Patrick Henry stirred delegates at the Provincial Convention with a famed speech urging militia organization and a defiant stand against oppression. He proclaimed there is no retreat but in submission and slavery and questioned what is life worth for freedom. The fiery oration casts a lasting glow on colonial resolve and religious duty.
The report notes General Smith and Postmaster Lash met in Athens to discuss a permanent recruiting office for the regular army. It mentions allied calls for a worldwide proletarian uprising and details war related personnel movements, including the 146th Meld Artillery arrival in Newport News aboard the SS Lineis and remarks by Sun T. McCune about Sgt John Hibbert.
A fragmented crossword list asks multiple trivia questions across subjects. It includes asks about a lord protector during the commonwealth, Greek epics, Maryland founder, and a series of clues on minerals, animals, hours, numerals, and sports terms, reflecting a dense, garbled OCR crossword page.
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