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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1930
Page
4
State Highway Department presses ongoing road expansion across the hills and valleys of Southeastern Ohio. Engineers abandon dangerous stretches and aim for modern traffic needs, likening progress to early railroad expansion and long-term public works in Amesville and surrounding areas.
The town mourns Frank Gibson, Amesville’s long serving weather and community correspondent for over fifty years. A mayor, church leader, outdoors lover, and businessman, he shaped the town’s image through news, records, and civic action until his death.
The piece critiques a culture of ink-slinging over action as Americans surge in vast material building. It praises real doers, engineers, and builders who shape the era with massive steel and masonry while warning writers and critics may overemphasize talk over work.
New York reports Neighbor John Rockefeller plans blocks of Broadway area development centered on a large cinema with a 7000 seat house. Roxy will run theaters with a program blending ballet and music for big crowds and multi million weekly take.
A call lists twenty five major building corporations and individuals in New York to work with Juline Miller in the Municipal Building. Dwight W. Bforrow, once with I. B. Morgan & Company and now Mexico ambassador, campaigns for the New Jersey Senate.
A quiz from a 1920s column announces that Strongheart the first canine film star died at 13. It includes other trivia questions about baseball spit balls, brain cortex, and historical notes, reflecting a fragment from a newspaper page.
A column by Dr Frank McCoy author of The Newest Way to Health discusses skin functions including protection, sensation, heat regulation, and toxin elimination. It covers exercise, cold showers, sunbaths, and proper skin care to aid health, plus reader questions on cancer, vitamins, and bronchitis with medical guidance.
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia party machines loom over Pennsylvania’s May 20 Republican primary as votes and ballot counts may be controlled by ward bosses and county officials. Dead voters, phantom electors, and box-tampering rumors color the race between Grundy Pinchet Brown and Davis.
Reports from Ate County note four projects delayed by a strike affect road and utility improvements. City council postponed the Court Street upgrade from State to Union due to ongoing labor actions. In other news, social notices mention Miss Myrile Mantis returning from a university wedding trip, and Mrs Brown with clergy members planning a Cincinnati motor journey. Community events include a printing company meeting and Halley’s Comet sighting at calendars’ peak, with Prof Mills traveling to New Albany for a school commencement address.
Fragmented list of clues and garbled terms covering astronomy, food, measurements, anatomy and miscellaneous words. Many entries appear misread toponymic and numeric, with unclear connections or definitions.
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