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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1930
Page
4
A daily devotional note prints a verse from St. Luke 21 19 and Col ton’s reflection that patience sustains the weak while impatience ruins strength. The message urges calm endurance and steady resolve.
A discussion urges improving local fishing access as pollution and urban wastes threaten streams. Proposals include surveying Hocking River pollution, creating a regional water body, and promoting nearby lakes to give residents leisure and outdoor recreation opportunities.
Durant argues the current generation is more moral than past eras. He cites historic death penalties and reforms, contrasting once brutal prisons with modern rehabilitative aims, and notes shifts from cannibalism to tempered tastes.
The passage argues that moral progress has altered views on sex and power, with roles reversing in marriage and relationships. It claims love now includes spiritual longing and service, notes increases in sensational crime reporting, and contends actual violence has not risen despite modern scrutiny and violence in media.
The piece argues that American isolation is obsolete as events bind the U S to Europe. It cites London naval armament talks with delegates and a German Eckener Zeppelin venture to cut transatlantic travel time. It notes European recovery affects U S prosperity and links Detroit and Pittsburgh workers to Manchester and Hamburg.
Mattie M of Wichita Falls asks for New York vacation ideas. A splurge of landmarks and neighborhoods follows: Grand Central skyline belt Library Square Sixth Avenue elevated station Greenwich Village Eighth Street Nassau Street Wall Street East River apartments Times Square Grand Central Station and more.
A themed crossword style puzzle titled Cleopatra's River presents clues across categories from geology to language. Entries include geographic river references, material costs, and common nouns, with several numbered hints guiding final grid completion.
An article warns readers about fad diets after a patient recovered from near death by adjusting diet including porterhouse steak and meat. It credits meat and dairy for health, urges farmers to raise steers and sheep, and stresses the farmer’s role in supplying food for all ages.
Dr Frank McCoy offers timeless home health tips focusing on soap, cleanliness, and proper food choices. He explains soap varieties, uses for different skin types, and how soaps affect hygiene, plus simple guidance on laundry soaps and ingredients like rosin and borax. The column also includes reader questions on acne and stomach issues with concise, practical responses.
The author argues that while vegetarianism is well meant, it often leaves the genuine vegetarian anaemic and notes doctors view it as problematic for health. The piece reflects on dietary beliefs and medical opinions regarding iron and nutrition.
The President names O. J. Roberts for the Supreme Court after Judge Parker failed Senate confirmation. Roberts is noted for prosecuting oil frauds, while Judge Roberta’s past criticism of prohibition will be probed by Senator Shepard. The piece also references Jefferson and a Vatican linked Eucharistic Congress in Carthage.
Professor Francis H. Bohlen of the University of Pennsylvania challenges in the Republican primary against Senator Joseph R. Grundy and James J. Davis. He campaigns on temperance reform rather than outright prohibition, arguing the issue is a matter of liberty and class justice. Bohlen dismisses organized drys yet supports temperance in practice.
A long question answer list covers topics from Passion Play duration to Russia Russia vodka and colonial architecture. It notes the Passion Play runs from eight AM to six PM with a two hour lunch, Sonnenburg German by birth, Bernhardt injury timeline, Valmy speed record, weed crop losses, vodka origins, George Washington coins not authorized, Planet X unnamed, colonial Liberty Bell, thunder range, and George Sandys as early poet.
Daily note on usage missteps and pronunciation. Highlights devious as circuitous and winding with example of devious paths leading to the same destination. Encourages building vocabulary by mastering one word daily.
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