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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1928
Page
4
The Know Ohio League promotes Know Ohio Week to spark pride in the state. It touts Ohio’s factories, machinery, auto parts, and agricultural output, urging residents and visitors to explore Ohio’s colleges, farms, and scenic locales rather than distant travel.
A group of older residents and college men in Athens shared a constructive interaction at a fraternity house. Both sides expressed satisfaction with the respectful conduct and mutual understanding. The columnist urges better home training to improve youth behavior and reduce fault lines between generations.
A midwestern man was indicted for perjury in a personal injury case. He admitted lying as a plaintiff witness, but the jury acquitted him. The piece argues perjury erodes justice and blames a juror panel that failed to require punishment, undermining city courts.
A boy was held up and robbed of a cornet recently. The report notes that sometimes justice seems obstructed by chance.
The piece urges self examination of methods and warns against clinging to old ideas. It notes electrical, telephone, telegraph, and auto makers benefit from innovation while contrasts wax candles with 100 candle power electric lamps. Old machinery is junked when obsolete.
The article notes a shift in New York City telephone infrastructure from visible overhead wires to buried trunk lines. It quotes Mr. Gifford, head of the telephone company, arguing the old overhead system would form a copper roof from river to river if still used.
The industry sets a global example as a single local worker can outproduce ten Europeans. Quick drying lacquer replaces slow paint, cutting auto painting time from days to minutes.
C P Tol man says textile manufacture has not improved for a generation. He contrasts this with Mr Al ford's Manufacturing Industries as a source of facts, noting the cotton textile sector remains out of date like a Galapagos turtle in modern transport.
The automobile industry pushes modern machinery to raise wages and hire men, while textiles cut wages for cost reduction with different results. General Electric reports spending 136000 pounds of mercury on a power system to save $290000 annually in coal costs.
A historical note shows meat packers wasted time and money on cooling slaughtered carcasses before refrigeration. An experiment proved the cooling-off step encouraged bacteria growth, leading to revised practices that save cooling rooms, time, and costs.
Arthur S. Williams and Samuel Insull of Chicago lead efforts among industry figures to adopt new methods and machinery in electric power production, shifting practices away from older approaches.
Report notes a 600 kW unit astonished crowds surpassing the former 250 kW limit. Individual units now reach 120,000 kW and a 250,000 kW machine is planned. Improvements in electrical science promise profitable generation with $1 buys what once cost $30 in carbon lamp days.
The article argues unsatisfactory farm methods stem from old ideas and isolation. It claims 750 of 1000 farm steps are wasteful and 9 of 10 harvested machines fail to deliver full service. It calls for machines replacing many workers and stronger cooperation to solve farm problems in cotton, corn, wheat, and potatoes.
Dr Frank McCoy offers readers health and diet guidance from his book The Newest Way to Health. He urges better food education, calcium silicon and iron rich meals, and elimination of white flour and sugar to prevent acidosis and stave off childhood diseases. He answers reader questions on metallic taste during dieting, definition of protein, and urinary pus with cautions to seek diagnosis.
By the Way notes New York towers like Equitable and Woolworth Greybar as vast microcities with thousands of workers, internal systems, and “villages” of 2,496 offices though lacking community ties, plus high daily transit and utility figures. It mentions Lindbergh and Tannen meeting, hinting at privacy costs of fame.
A compiled Q and A on topics from high newspaper salaries to traffic rules and air mail lighting. Highlights include comic artists earning top salaries, whether textile workers are skilled, flood and beacon lights for night flying, Panama Canal elevations, and the origin of the word robot.
A mixed set of crossword clues appears with odd spellings and broken phrases. Entries hint at themes like animals plants medicines containers and math terms, though many fragments are garbled or incomplete.
In Columbus F. and Roach visited a farm tractor at Work. At Ohio University a recital featured Margaret Merwin Letha Beasley Nuth Davis and Perle Hickman. Athens club women led by Mrs Millikan and Mrs T N Hoover sent three large boxes of muslin squares to Camp Sherman. Major M Johnson arrived in France with his troops.
Officers of the D A R were elected at Miss Je Moore's home. Names include Mrs. Lydia Lash Evans, Mrs. Grace Posten Bidd, Mrs. Leona Armstrons, Mrs. Augusta Morse, and Mrs. Adda diaykins. Athens stores running central delivery. Boxnetl exams held in April. Nelsonville city buys new street washer.
Washington May 21 A roundup of press releases highlights farm and political themes. McBride warns prohibition hinges on urban wakefulness in six major cities. The Agriculture Department notes cold waves and cattle tuberculosis while predicting a strong potato crop that could break records.
The text notes public schools advocated in Texas as early as 1838 under President Mirabeau B. Lamar and cites a large state school fund. It also mentions the Asiatic Fleet basing at Manila and operating west of the 180th meridian, with routine deployments to the Asiatic station.
The Ku Klux Klan of Georgia urged members to unite against a figure named Smith. The call comes from Atlanta on May 21, reported by United Press.
General Nathan Bedford Forrest urged unity against Governor Alfred E. Smith in a letter mailed April 25. The Atlanta Constitution reported that the writer warned Smith sentiment was growing and that Klansmen must act to block his nomination and possible election.
May 3 marks events such as Tornes burning Johnstown New York 1789. Michigan Central linked Detroit Chicago 1852. North Carolina seceded 1861. Gen U S Grant nominated 1868. Harrison banned Sunday army parades 1889. Massachusetts ratified constitutional amendment for popular Senate elections 1911.
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