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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1928
Page
4
The Athens High School baseball team defeated John Hancock High School in a competitive game. Attendance and exact scores are not specified, but the match reflects a local school sports event from a newspaper page.
A reflective piece pairs Isaiah scripture with Goldsmithesque nostalgia for aging and cherished relics. It underscores fading like leaves and love of old books, wine, manners, and times. A quiet meditation on memory and endurance through age.
A 1920s labor column urges reopening coal mines in the Hocking district under the Lewis economic plan or any mutually beneficial arrangement. It condemns communism as harmful to American values and warns unemployment and starvation could fuel radical ideas. The piece stresses vigilance against Russianization and supports patriotic workers.
The piece reflects on rapid travel from Washington to Athens by airplane in three hours, noting how fast cars and planes have made once long journeys trivial. It invites readers to imagine the mental shift of pioneers and modern travelers as routes across Southeastern Ohio shrink.
A pastor baptizes a baby as the crowd beams with relief and sympathy. The piece reflects on the enduring charm of images of the young in news work, noting the safety and appeal of infants and chicks amid a busy world.
A 164 aviator deaths count last year is broken down by licensing. Of the 164, 131 occurred in unlicensed aircraft, while licensed planes suffered few fatal accidents. Only one air mail pilot died despite flying 1,413,381 miles, suggesting flying is less perilous when planes and pilots are standard and capable.
The British paper says Americans are less efficient than claimed and cites slushy cinema tastes race issues and electing dumbbells to office. The critique is hard to follow yet the charges ring true, while a remark on Greenly Island hints oil witnesses might take vacations there.
The piece argues that taxing the president's salary is unjust for presidents who may serve a second term and highlights cancer's economic toll, estimating annual losses at 800 million dollars. It praises Metropolitan Life for public health efforts and notes Pennsylvania's three electric hatcheries with 47,000 eggs each and rapid hatch process.
The account describes endless egg production with racks of eggs and a nonstop incubator. Chickens are fed heavily, cockerels are eaten, and hens are replaced as pullets take their place. Electric lights extend feeding after dark to boost output. Nature ends usefully as people do.
Real estate observers react to a Chicago project opposite Wacker drive. The building rises 724 feet on Kinzie street and 577 feet along the river with 4,000,000 square feet of floor space and a projected cost of 30 million dollars.
A monumental Chicago structure will dedicate its ground floor to a freight station with private tenant tracks. A river dock on one side will handle waterborne goods. The immense building will host several hundred merchants and is described as twice the size of any current business tower.
The piece notes Russia’s hardheaded practicality in daily life and its pursuit of inland waterway projects. It highlights Afghanistan’s role and visits by King Amanullah, while detailing the Volga-Don-Donuzlav waterway as Russia builds a link to the sea. It suggests flood response would be decisive if Russia faced Mississippi Valley floods.
A fragment discusses boycotts against Japanese merchants by China and potential annual losses of five million dollars. It also mentions Judge Brown ruling that continuous car horn loudness breaches sanitary codes, plus philosophical musings on noise from Berlin coachmen and motor vehicles.
Local readers report a breezy political clash in Houston with Al Smith as the central figure. The piece notes Democrats in June facing a volatile scene as opponents sharpen lines and supporters spar in public debate.
Dr Frank McCoy answers health questions on diet digestion and elimination in a column noting Lane of London and autointoxication theory. Readers consult via stamped self addressed envelopes while cucumbers receive practical guidance and warnings against improper pairings and additives.
The expert suggests no clear connection between gall bladder removal and the rash. If the gall bladder has been removed the patient should feel better for a year or two, but continuing unhealthy habits may prevent improvement. An orange juice fast is not presented as beneficial.
By the Way in New York discusses how waiters in some restaurants pay to hold their jobs as a “waiting privilege” concession with weekly fees, despite earning high tips. The piece describes a visitor’s typical day in Manhattan and reflections on what makes the city compelling beyond attractions.
A letter page exposes discontent with John L. Lewis backed policy in the Hocking Valley and urges support for Oral Daugherty. The writer condemns the “elimination” plan, warns of starvation under the Jacksonville scale, and promotes visiting the New York Coal Co orchard near Floodwood, Athens County. Athens, May 7, 1928.
Movietone records sound and picture together on one film, unlike Vitaphone which uses a separate disc for sound played with the projector. The Movietone method integrates audio and image during filming.
A jumble of crossword clues and garbled phrases appears, mentioning Whescour Davis Tennis Method Paepee and other terms. The page fragments reference measurements, places like Rus and Westminster, and literary hints including Rudyard Kipling and the Nobel Prize.
An overview traces waves of public land protection from Cleveland through Taft and Roosevelt to Fall, detailing forest and water power withdrawals, reclamation acts, and long battles over oil and mineral leases. It notes Brandeis and Pinchot allies, Ballinger accusations, and the shift to lease-based water power policies.
The sound is projected to the screen similarly to Movietone, but precise timing with the film is essential to ensure perfect synchronization. Continued on page Two.
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