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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1930
Page
4
Subscription rates listed for Meath by the week and Ohio Mall show varying prices. The fragment notes one year at four dollars and sixty six cents, ten weeks at one dollar, and four weeks at zero dollars with partial figures remaining.
Court officials note that child custody fights rival money disputes in intensity. Adoption and foster care spark deep protective instincts, with judges often facing cases that reveal varying family ties. Officials acknowledge the strong love that forms in adoptive homes.
The piece explains how cotton use shifts with substitutes, then analyzes why the United States declined to participate in a Geneva tariff conference while remaining sympathetic to global economic reforms. It contrasts US protective tariffs aimed at wage and living standards with European retaliatory tariffs and notes Congress controls US tariff policy.
The article argues the boll weevil and reduced cotton production keep prices higher, forcing adjustments to stabilize the cotton industry. It compares cotton to other staples, noting substitutes would disrupt millions, while humanity adapts to new economic levels.
The Q A notes Jeanne Engels acted with George Arliss in the same play three times, playing Clarissa in a revival of Disraeli, The Professor's Love Story, and Mrs Reynolds in Hamilton. It also lists other trivia about beauty words and mineral values.
The weekly menu from Dr McCoys plan lists meals for breakfast lunch and dinner across multiple days. Dishes include cottage cheese melon toast baked apple mushrooms en casserole string beans tomato and celery soup broiled steak sole and various vegetables with salads and desserts.
Breakfast items include a trench omelet Mel ba toast stewed prunes and a glass of buttermilk with 10 or 12 dates. Dinner features toast mutton cooked lettuce baked parsnips and a salad of chopped raw cabbage with pineapple snow.
The report describes a swift air route of one hundred twenty miles to a desert expanse called Valle Trinidad. From the desert floor the Saint Peter Martyr Mountain rises 11,000 feet. Dewey first measured its height. Nearby, a rare natural game preserve shelters mountain sheep mule deer wild birds and trout streams.
In New York the famed painter Henri Matisse moves unseen amid public glare. He visits the Metropolitan Museum, plans a Tahiti journey in Gauguin's wake, once rejected a stale still life to escape routine and rebuild his art, a gamble that sparked his later rise.
In a quaint Murray Hill townhouse a lauded dancer Miss Harriet Hector lives simply far from a glamorous penthouse. Her rising fame as America's premiere danseuse follows her acclaimed hunting dance in Simple Simon, amid an atmosphere of old-world aunts and vintage charm.
She began on the stage from Hoosick Falls New York and calls Broadway fickle while she trains in a private studio. She avoids smoking and hopes to tour the world as a concert dancer, awaiting film roles that better capture dance.
A travel observer spends six hours driving along the Mexican Pacific shore and finds the scene strikingly different from the familiar Mediterranean Riviera, describing the latter as an indoor golf course by contrast.
The text portrays Mexico as a source of romance for the narrator and a picturesque people. It notes Nordic behavior, friendly hospitality, and a fascination with blue water of Saint Quentin Bay. The imagination recalls old British ships and pirates awaiting Spanish treasure vessels from the Philippines.
The article notes that Britain ends piracy under Queen Elizabeth but hopes for iron ore riches. Sir Allen Spence Thomas of Cardiff heads a firm owning claims in a huge Mexican iron deposit. His son says no rush to develop wealth, relying on cheap Norwegian ore and anticipating Mexican ore in 50 to 100 years. United States Steel reportedly owns a second Mexican iron site. A great iron mountain near Mexico City remains unacquired by Nordic energy.
The text notes President Storey of Santa Fe plans to extend a railroad down the peninsula, contingent on American investment and industrial efficiency cooperating with Mexico to develop the route.
The text lists meals for Thursday to Saturday including breakfasts with grapefruit poached eggs waffles and bacon, lunches with olives celery soup and tomatoes, and dinners featuring baked halibut and baked ham with tomatoes and beans. A recipe explains how to prepare a center cut ham with fresh tomatoes then bake and serve with parsley. A Q and A section begins with a question from L K J: What continues.
In San Diego at Emerald Hills outside the city three 17 year old high school boys tried an amphibian flyer. W N Van Dusen piloted first, landing on water, then one boy repeated the feat. Names are Bill Dickinson Allan Lisery and Joe Thurston.
At Lindbergh Field Frank Hawks staged an air show gliding display towed by a heavier than air craft. Lieutenant Norman Goddard, known for his piloting, was recently killed testing this flight type. Hawks recently set a world record by flying from Los Angeles to Long Island in 17 hours and 38 minutes.
Initial low blood pressure presents as fatigue wakefulness morning tiredness listlessness and reduced work interest. The text advises building strength via increased physical culture exercise and notes iodine foods support thyroid metabolism though deficiency may require toxin removal and dietary adjustments rather than simply increasing iodine intake.
A brief training note on usage and pronunciation. Today's word is Acrimony meaning harsh or biting sharpness. The example sentence shows a contemptuous tone in a letter about policy.
In the first workout of OU's baseball candidates a strong turnout and keen interest were noted. The Athens Fish and Game Protective Association scheduled a Wednesday meeting at the Chamber of Commerce to finalize organization and appoint committees.
Mrs Clyde W Hill of Logan was the Sunday guest of her sister in law Mrs Harry Riley on South Congress Street. She returned last evening.
Mrs. C. H. Grosvenor and her granddaughter Katharine McKee traveled to Columbus to visit her son-in-law and daughter Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Shepard, continuing family visit.
The Board of Education concluded plans for issuing the new school building bond and discussed several architectural plans. Mrs. Ellen Gifford and her sister-in-law, guests of Mrs. Fred Baker, returned to Westerville on Monday.
Dr. O. O. Fordyce attended a Saturday banquet in Chillicothe hosted by the Ross County Academy of Medicine.
The second session of the Athens County Sunday School Conference opened at one o'clock Monday afternoon with Dr. Joseph Clark of Columbus in charge.
Washington reports reveal Sen Joe Grundy or oil lobby figures as possible masterminds behind a high tariff coalition. Several senators switched votes to raise duties on sugar wool and oil, aided by broad lobbying pressure and independernt support from the Southwest. The outcome hinges on a House-Senate conference and President Hoover's signature.
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