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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1928
Page
4
A reflective piece urges regular maintenance for autos watches radios and body alike noting neglect leads to large bills or failure. It compares overhauls to seasonal strain and suggests doing it in slack periods to avoid high costs and costly breakdowns. The tone blends practical advice with a reminder that everyone ignores servicing until problems arise.
A polemic on labor saving devices notes how British aviation must advance through fog to gain advantage and asks where the line lies between convenience and moral deterioration as people become ever more dependent on machines.
A Chicago paper lists eight flying schools and two planes for sale amid Detroit’s upcoming airplane show. The article notes growing public interest and suggests that flying could become common once airplanes are as easy to acquire as cars, signaling a new era in aviation.
A citizen group releases a national crime survey claiming 30 percent of city police are morons. In Cleveland a motorcycle patrolman was reported speeding down a main street, illustrating tensions between public perception and police conduct.
Arthur Brisbane notes continued sharp gains in Wall Street with stocks rising and stock exchange seats climbing to 375000 dollars. He points to historic comparisons with Sage and Gould and forecasts a further surge toward half a million per seat as the market broadens.
Mr. Davis, labor secretary, tells the Senate that unemployment is serious. He notes that stocks gain over a thousand million daily and 1,847,050 men are unemployed, creating a troubling economic picture.
In a reflective moment Fox recalls Burke’s tears over Marie Antoinette while contrasting the opulent image with the French peasants’ suffering. The piece highlights tension between luxury image and real hardship.
The city’s top investigator argues gambling remains a vice despite occasional public assurances. He asserts constructive work like building schools and providing radios or cars shows honest effort, not gamble.
Joe Esposito is buried after gunmen shot 58 slugs into his back. Two planes dropped 10,000 roses along the funeral route from Holy Family church to Mount Carmel cemetery, a striking but eerie display. If insiders are correct, Esposito would have laughed at the scene.
Captain Herman Koehl Baron Von Huenefeld and Arthur Spindler begin a transatlantic journey toward America without lifeboats emergency rations or radio stopping in Dublin for fuel. Despite dangers their endeavor is hailed as progress and praised by many.
The Conte Grande, en route to Europe, will launch an aircraft from its deck at Gibraltar to transport passengers anywhere in Europe. Italian leader Mussolini promotes the call to action Do it now as the steamship line becomes the first to install and use an auxiliary air taxi.
Yale seniors rate Charles Lindbergh far above Benito Mussolini for his achievements. They note few appreciate Mussolini’s actions. They contrast Lindbergh’s flying feats with Mussolini’s fight against anarchy and reference Baron Von Stein resisting Napoleon’s power.
The report notes a drop in infant mortality across Pennsylvania and New York, bemoaning society's focus on animal pests over human babies while urging greater attention to public health progress.
The piece contrasts sea elephants weighing four tons that eat 400 pounds of herring per meal with elephants living about a century and bearing only two or three offspring. It highlights Nature’s endless fecundity versus slow mammal reproduction, noting the enormous potential of sea life compared to elephants.
A telephone company bulletin says Boston operators give customers 40 wrong numbers per minute. Operators in other areas hope to beat this record.
A Chicago lawyer pursues a divorce case and testifies by asking and answering questions while on the witness stand. The hearing proceeds without objections as the suit advances.
Questions on health and diet answered by Dr McCoy via this paper. Boils and carbuncles traced to acidosis enervation and improper diet. treatment includes hot compresses, lancing when needed, and sun baths. Advice covers diet, exercise, urine tests for diabetes, and spinal chiropractic stimulation. Answers address high blood pressure eggs and pneumonia with a request for a follow up article.
A reader requests an unbiased view of chiropractic, noting many states regulate the profession as evidence of its recognized value. The letter defines chiropractic as the science of adjusting the body to improve health.
Benjamin Winter, a Polish immigrant turned master painter, transformed New York by converting Vanderbilt mansion and other mansions, driving out the brownstone aristocracy. He entertains guests in a down to earth style while symbolizing a shift in the city’s social map. He defies old elites with his own brand of hard work and fearless redevelopment. A laborer who built a modern urban landscape, his yearly party reflects the era he helped shape.
Athens Messenger prints a reader letter from C. L. Cook of Bradley Ohio correcting an earlier report that he, a non union miner, was indicted for manslaughter. He asserts union membership and denial of guilt and calls for improved conditions in non union fields.
A quiz of curiosities covers coin collectors named numismatist and stamp collectors philatelist. Forgeries of paintings are detected by brushwork, radiography reveals differences, and the Colossus height is debated versus Liberty statue.
Ten years ago events included a public school music shower for Mrs. Will Lloyd Jones at Park Place hosted by Mrs. C. H. Swaim with Miss E. Garber assisting. Higley Study circle named Mrs. J. B. Swanson chair. Mrs. O. G. Jordan visited Nelsonville lodge of Pythian sisters. A Night With the Wolfe read by Mrs. B. M. Covert. Thurman Morgan bought the George Reynolds cottage on East State Street. W. E. Moser bought the Charles Baker farm in Baker settlement. A Athens citizen donated funds for the city courthouse tower. Ohio University received 67500 dollars for campus buildings.
Tens of thousands visit Washington yearly and rarely discuss government with insiders. Fannie Hurst says outsiders see a capital but insiders ignore it, fearing reform, speed, and bias. She favors slowing the mills of government and questions the pace of Congress and courts.
Chronology notes a Senate vote censuring President Jackson around March 28 1834. The entry then records Theodore Roosevelt giving a lecture at the University of Cairo in 1910 and Michigan passing a Woman Suffrage Constitutional Amendment bill in 1912.
Puzzle notes list start points for a speed try on verticals ten and twenty as well as horizontals twenty four and thirty one. It references a trial head and a structural unit called a block with a lean to and notes yesterday's furze answer.
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