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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1930
Page
4
The item lists coverage for 190000 people across five counties in Southeastern Ohio served by the Ashens Nelsonville Glouster area papers. It notes associations and bureaus, advertising rates, and subscription prices with long-standing post office and publication details.
A columnist cites fire loss figures from 1928 showing matches and smoking materials caused over 43 thousand dollars a day in home fires, with total urban and rural losses above 15.8 million dollars and a national fire bill near 500 million yearly. It urges careful disposal of matches and cigarettes to reduce large-scale damage.
The article argues that people, especially children and workers, suffer from fatigue due to faster modern life and constant stimulation. It notes increased irritability and more accidents after four o'clock, linking fatigue to everyday errors and health concerns. It also highlights improvements in railroad service boosting American business, reducing inventories, cutting material investment, and saving time and money, calling rail travel a cornerstone of civilization.
The text explains that over tiredness hampers judgment and sleep leading to a cycle of worry. It cites causes like pain monotony irritation and rapid growth. Individual temperament influences susceptibility with some avoiding worry anger or excitement and thus showing fewer fatigue effects.
The San Francisco Chronicle editorial denounces Soviet policy under the cooperative plan as driving peasants from their homes. It highlights Kulaks targeted for confiscation and portrays Russia as a supposed land of freedom disrupted by state seizure and drive to abolish private property.
The Welland canal locks, part of the route to make the Great Lakes accessible to ocean steamers, will open this spring after a $120,000,000 construction. The project, though slow to act on, narrows the gap by linking Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, leaving the St Lawrence channel as the remaining unfinished link.
In Times Square a news stand operator named Joe Green gains film-inspired notoriety after a scene in Street of Chance shows a similar hustler offering hot tips on clubs and speakeasies. Joe insists he tells nothing and sticks to selling hometown papers. Meanwhile Charles Schwab’s Riverside Drive mansion faces potential demolition after a reported 34.9 million estate sale. The property, once a showpiece, may yield to wreckers while Schwab’s art and chateau-inspired designs highlight his cultural interests.
Germany shows capability rivals claim were impossible for defeated nations claiming progress after conflict. The report notes significant achievement contrasting with wartime outcomes and reflects a shifted postwar stance.
A fragment notes a Greek philosopher exiled for claiming the sun was a source of power. The sparse text hints at a bold assertion linking solar force to philosophy and political significance.
The text notes a claim by Italian Professor Bendani that our solar system is fifty times bigger than previously believed. It reflects on scale differences, comparing the sun to Earth and other suns to the cosmic grain, and ponders what historical thinkers might say.
General W W Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, projects expenditures by his company totaling ten billion dollars over the next ten years, underscoring a broad plan for expansion and modernization.
Dr Frank McCoy discusses youth fear and self confidence, arguing most fears are learned. He urges early courage training, notes 75 percent lack self belief, and explains how fear harms vitality, digestion, and muscle tone. He advises mothers to teach bravery and for schools to avoid fostering fear habits. He also answers reader questions on cold showers and nutrition with protein meals and nerve pressure remedies.
Ten thousand millions is cited as a large sum and the Pennsylvania has already spent six thousand millions. The figures indicate substantial expenditures to date and suggest scrutiny of spending levels.
A forecast describes a future rail service reducing the New York to Chicago trip to fourteen hours. Trains would transport automobiles, akin to ships carrying cars at sea. Radios would allow travelers to talk with offices and homes during the journey.
General Atterbury argues that combining competing railways would allow scrapping some lines and replacing rail right of way with motor highways. He says public interest would improve with a single nationwide railroad company, possibly government owned and staffed by top railway personnel paid at private- sector rates.
The passage argues opposition to rapid reform, noting that the current government lacks capacity and honesty to imitate Canada. It calls for cutting wasteful competition and unnecessary overhead rather than hasty action.
Andrew Mellon aged seventy five leads half a dozen major corporations and has served under three presidents. He is regarded as one of the era’s greatest secretaries of the treasury, reducing the public debt by billions annually.
The passage imagines hypothetical scenarios where Mr Mellon is told to quit as a railroad conductor due to age and as a worker to disguise age, suggesting discrimination and the notion that youth is valued over experience.
Mrs. John J. notes occasional columns warn cold showers may be unsuitable for seniors. She reports having won or benefited from prior advice and asks for more evidence.
A fragment suggests a view that useful work and intellectual enjoyment should come after seventy, with an emphasis that at ninety a man should rest. The line reflects a historical sentiment about aging and purpose.
The piece warns against shorting wheat and advocates staying long as the government pilots a new, risky policy. It notes rising stockpiles with Doctor Osterienk predicting a 60 million bushel carryover, larger than the prior record, and says new crop arrivals will meet full elevators.
A note recalls Queen Victoria’s practice of gifting cashmere shawls for weddings. The item, once common in households and worn by grandmothers, is described as red and purple like an oriental rug, suggesting a revival of the old custom.
A collage of crossword like clues with numbers and hints spans authors builders senses and everyday items. The list mixes historical figures and common terms such as fuel pronoun deity and priced units.
A compilation of brief Q and A items: the sacred hymn It Is Written attributed to Rev George Bennard. dates for National and International Finals in Washington DC. whether guns fire at sunrise or sunset at forts. annual discharge and sediment from the Mississippi mouth. early world peace plans by George of Podiebrad. first transcontinental telephone line completed January 25 1915. and education requirements for teachers including A B degrees and possible M A or Ph D.
Happenings about the Capital reports the April 2 Supreme Court argument over whether buying liquor under the Volstead Act can be a criminal act. Alfred E. Norris and James F. Farrar challenge lower-court rulings, with the government contending buyers can be conspirators or accessories.
A compact gloss on usage and pronunciation with notes on misused phrases and common misspellings. The entry defines fatalistic as relating to the doctrine that all things are subject to fate and offers examples of its use.
A group of Me publican workers from Ath ens County greet Hon. George HW Clark chairman of the Republican State Advisory Board in the Courtroom Friday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Thor Olson and two children plan a Sunday trip to Virginia to visit Mrs Olson's parents during the Easter vacation.
Mr and Mrs Harry A Bender of New Concord are visiting with Mrs Ida Harris on South Lancaster Street as guests of the latter's mother.
Twenty years ago cards bearing copies of President Taft's proclamation of March 15 calling on all citizens to help the census takers were received and posted in prominent county locations. Mr. and Mrs. George H Junod and the Clesters returned home from a six weeks stay in St Augustine and Barton Florida.
Mrs Williams of Prank Lin Avenue hosted the Current Divents Club with Mrs Jennie O'Dell presiding and a leader officiating.
The annual conference of the Athens County Sunday School organization met today at the Presbyterian Church. Doctor Joseph Clark of Columbus led the proceedings, with Miss Frama and Miss Mary Me Namara Zaleski as the principal guests hosted by Mr and Mrs James McNaware.
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