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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1929
Page
4
A devotional item reflects on the parable of an unclean spirit seeking rest. It contrasts outward calm with inner frightful dreams that haunt a bad man, cited to St. Matthew and attributed to Tupper in the text.
A vintage reader offers a comparison of two repairmen. One, a skilled blacksmith, fails to profit due to poor business practices such as unbilled time, threats of bad accounts, and no cash discipline. The other, a fellow tradesman, succeeds by charging overhead, using cash terms, and saving a portion of income for hard times.
A column urges outside investors to explore Hocking Valley oil railroads and clay resources as the district offers rich assets and a larger buying public. The piece notes historic coal instability and calls for prudent, skilled driving, praising capable women drivers and urging personal responsibility on the road.
The piece argues that industry moves across the Midwest and South, drawing workers from districts. It urges aggressive district promotion to attract new plants, fuel population growth, and provide better opportunities, noting resources like fuel and rail access draw developers and buyers.
A March dispatch from New York reflects a bittersweet mood at the Waldorf gatherings and Dutch Treat Club, noting a farewell to old spaces. The piece also covers springtime bus tours of Fifth Avenue, women's safety on late streets, Frederick Ecker’s rise at Metropolitan Life, Illinois prohibition violence, and the S. W. Straus Palm Beach zoning dispute over beach access for the Alba Hotel guests.
President Hoover aims to be the party boss as he seeks to reconstruct the Republican Party in the South and curb selling federal offices. Some congressmen urge a farm relief bill for the party to pass, while Hoover hints he may respond by authoring or signing a bill only if it meets his standards.
Dr Fane McCoy author of The Newest Way to Health offers a health Q&A with diet guidance and weekly menus starting Sunday March 31. Read tips on liver and bile balance, chewing gum facts, and protein rich meals including Minced Chicken in Tomato Jelly with step by step prep.
Washington lacks a safe airport system as requests to develop Gravelly Point face hearings. Inaugural plane displays were canceled due to rain and hazardous Bolling Field conditions. Private fields here are small and plagued by water, wires, and wind with potential 400 to 500 acre replacements proposed by Congress.
The piece notes Uncle Sam faces stock buying pressures from Americans, a push to the World Court with limited influence, and floods tornadoes bootlegging and drug peddling. It adds that income taxes run $156,000,000 ahead of expectations, signaling money not in short supply.
Sixty two years ago Washington received a Russian cable approving seven million two hundred thousand dollars in gold for Alaska. Seward agreed the sale would be free of encumbrances and the treaty was signed and proclaimed. Alaska has since become a major financial asset with copper and other resources enriching the nation.
Mother's Day falls on the second Sunday in May and this year is observed on May 12. The cherry trees in Washington were gifted by Mrs Taft, a New York donor, and later by Tokyo, with blossom around the tidal basin in early spring.
One of the largest classes ever taking the county teachers examination gathered in Athens with about 150 examinees from all parts of Athens County. Architect H C Holbrook of Columbus met with locals about Ballard Corner business blocks as the Ohio Teachers Reading Circle board met in Columbus to pick books for next fall. Delinquents and court suits loom as May or Hedges begins his innings, per His Honor.
Fragmented OCR puzzle text shows mixed clues and jumbled letters. Entries include weather fragment, street, earth, meat and veg, lift, cave, guard, sheep, and several garbled lines with partial names and numbers suggesting an incomplete crossword fill.
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