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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1929
Page
24
A discussion of reducing Idaho counties to cut local government costs parallels national debates on county mergers and separate county governance. The piece notes budget strains, bitter eligibility for offices, and urges bold savings while praising student election conduct and civic spirit.
Ohio University students in a fierce campus campaign learned about themselves and politics while divisions ran along party lines. The period also produced reflections on civic life, with candidates discovering new insights into their own character and roles in future public life. Waltonians praised Ohio conservation law passed by the General Assembly, backing Governor Cooper as the new conservation division forms under agricultural oversight.
The piece notes bond market activity fading but stock trading remaining vigorous nationwide. It highlights rising participation in small towns like Athens Nelsonville and Pompey and warns that inflated prices may drift toward their real values, risking losses for uninformed investors.
May 3 New York City column describes a Broadway playwright rushing to Hollywood for Bee tabloid chatter. He boasts a flashy city persona, yet Los Angeles proves small, while Manhattan racketeers and a deaf and dumb street scam surface as comic counterpoints. It notes phone book reform and subways, with new five-volume editions targeting borough by borough coverage. Golf Lane nickname arises from construction on Right Avenue with 18 blocks per mile.
The market shows ease at 15 percent interest with bright spots including United Aircraft and Transport, once Boeing. Investors led by Mitchell's National City Bank report a profit of 164 million dollars, 50 million of it since last Saturday. Some who shorted United Aircraft rushed to cover by buying Back stock they had sold.
Alfred T. Sloan Jr., head of General Motors, purchased Opel, Germany's largest car concern, and Opel works placed a $1,740,000 order for U.S. tools. The move reflects growing international business ties as American firms acquire European auto works and invest abroad, including plans in Britain and Holland.
Weekly menu ideas for May including orange juice, eggs, toast, vegetables, and fish with detailed prep notes for Beets Stuffed Salad and Salisbury steak contrasted with hamburger. Reader questions cover inheritance risk of tuberculosis and Salisbury steak preparation with serving suggestions.
This fragment lists breakfast lunch and dinner ideas including French omelet with ham and melba toast, applesauce, dates with buttermilk, roast mutton with vegetables, apricot whip, waffles and stewed prunes, stewed corn, cooked lettuce, ripe olives, baked chicken, and string beans, reflecting a pattern of meal planning.
Wednesday's money market saw offerings exceed demand with lenders supplying excess funds while call money remains at 10 percent. A veteran salesman recounted a joke about a fresh man kicking down stairs as a sign of the market's odd governance, illustrating the turbulent liquidity panorama.
Harkers Island in South Carolina has 1,200 residents on 6900 acres. The town lacks public officials and services with no police sheriff or doctor. The fishing community lives peacefully and independently.
A community without police or laws is imaginable as a humane family. Justice and kindness replace enforcement, and science will supply all needs within a million years. Emulation replaces competition, and currently water is not stolen because plenty exists.
Colonel Lindabergh told Congress that in a few years air travel will be safe across the United States and coast to coast from Canada to Mexico with routes to Rio De Janeiro and Buenos Aires also made safe.
Colonel Lindbergh states that every large city will require multiple airports. The post office, advancing aviation, has cut air mail time from Atlantic to Pacific to a single night.
Discussion notes a proposal to lower the marriage age for boys to 14 and keep girls at 18, arguing it may raise numbers but not improve quality. The remarks contend overall ages would stay at 18 for girls and 14 for boys, with potential demographic effects.
The document presents a series of questions and brief answers on diverse topics. It cites 1927 figures for rural United States mail routes and discusses parachute fall, honey composition, cribbage history, the Garden of the Gods in Colorado, Hawaii's statehood status, and the meaning of the name Towau.
A compact note teaching correct usage and pronunciation with a daily vocabulary word. Today's word STOICAL means showing indifference to pain or pleasure and is illustrated by a stern stoical face.
In Washington on May 3 Rodney Dutcher reports Frank G. B. Lord, a longtime Democratic aide, argues for a plan to avoid a national convention. Each state would nominate electors aligned with a favorite local Democrat, then convene later to choose a national candidate. He cites gains and risks, noting the South’s weakening still blocks easy unity and comparing to 1836 Whig tactics.
Ohio University students under the Y M C A will present their second annual Stunt Night in Ewing Auditorium. A banquet for returned soldiers featured speakers including J G Worstell E D Williams Major E C Woodworth Hon J B Wood Captain J Pr Allen Lieut Francis Frebauil and Hon J M Foster.
The Ohio University Choral Organization presents Il Trovatore with a well staged production and many beautiful costumes, promising a vivid performance.
Rupert F. Bishop Jr., son of Dr and Mrs KR Bishop of this city and cashier of Barbour Asphalt Co in Brighton Trinidad, has been appointed by the United States government to the position of consular agent in Brighton.
A Colorado Springs local concern has been awarded the large contract for doors and interior finish of the Exchange National Bank Building in Colorado Springs. The award signals a significant local business milestone and highlights regional contractors securing major urban development work.
The Athens High School Band visited Athens Mate Hospital last night and played several selections for patients. In return, the hosts offered stunts and refreshments after the program.
The class meeting at Oo. U. Gymnasium each morning at 6 o clock started summer work today under Thor Olson. The group gathers to limber up as part of a morning routine for its members.
A scrambled list of puzzle items with horizontal and vertical clues. It includes miscellaneous garbled phrases such as cleaning machine lariat and station snakes, plus definitions like To wash lightly, Organ of smell, and Carbonated water. The fragment ends with Answer to Yesterday’s Puzzle.
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