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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1929
Page
4
A compact reflection contrasts Isaiah warning on land hoarding with Emerson’s doubt upon entering cities. The excerpt frames tension between property accumulation and personal faith.
Fragmentary text shows Pam RRY FIREMEN and city departments in upheaval as investigations and a blaze strain resources. Fire engines respond despite possible car shortages, with emphasis on protecting people and maintaining siren alerts amid financial constraints.
Rear Admiral Simms argues that no nation can be trusted and every country seeks a place in the sun. He contends history records who acts first and who uses power or threats when interests clash. He notes crises expose national ambitions and motives are rarely written impartially by historians.
A Halifax youth watched a film showing a virtuous hero and a villain in prison. After the movie he confessed to stealing $309 from his employer and said he wished to take his medicine, claiming the film effected a reformation.
A vivid, troubled meditation on Manhattan streets and Harlem life, contrasts between urban bustle and native cultures, and the intrusion of outsiders. The author sketches shops, windows, street scenes, and the perplexing experience of observers and residents alike in a dense, reflective travelogue tone.
The feature piece notes Virginia girl Lady Petor praised by George Bernard Shaw as crucial to the election. A labor party confrontation with Lady Astor yields her quip about equality, highlighting family roles and political reform debates without graphic details.
Reader questions on sudden hunger and arterial tension are answered. Dr McCoy outlines diet plans for digestion and skin irritation, explains hunger vs empty stomach feelings, and describes measuring arterial tension via a doctor’s blood pressure cuff.
Breakfast includes coddled eggs melba toast and five stewed prunes. Lunch offers grapefruit as desired. Dinner features broiled steak squash cooked celery and a salad of lettuce and tomatoes with pineapple whip.
The entry lists a breakfast of a French omelet with re toasted shredded wheat biscuit and stewed raisins then a lunch of boiled potatoes and greens such as kale or dandelions and a dinner of roast mutton with string beans buttered beets and a raw cabbage salad with a cup cise tard.
A sequence lists meals breakfast lunch and dinner with items such as whole wheat muffins peanut butter pear sauce apples pecans vegetable soup lean beef carrots spinach salad cucumber beef jelly berries poached eggs melba toast stewed raisins corn cabbage lettuce broiled lamb chops. The entries mix breakfast lunch and dinner across two days with varied staples and vegetables.
A mix of aphorisms about mothers and Lady Astor, contrasting star gazer aptitude with money making, plus a note about Taives stealing 39 square feet of sod from a golf course to sell to a cemetery, and a wandering reference to a mountain runs marathon.
A reflective lines speak of youth spent in labor, days of leisure with golf, and a long, quiet rest beneath the sod, hinting at life’s fleeting vigor and the final return to earth. The author muses on the inconstancy of human effort from work to rest.
A compact wry note contrasts turf utility, saying sod serves gravesites better than fairways, highlighting practical value over prestige in landscaping choices.
The Greek government plans to build two more destroyers as tensions with Turkey rise. Analysts warn of a vicious circle where each side keeps arming, risking war.
A leader states that while war may come, the country must be ready. He argues readiness overrides sentiment and prayer for world peace, asserting preparedness as the primary goal regardless of actions by other nations.
The leader of three Frenchmen aimed to cross the Atlantic in a craft called the Yellow Bird to compare with Lindberghs feat. After days of delays, the ship lifted off but landed in bad order within twenty minutes. Unlike Lindberghs direct New York Paris flight, they did not go straight and stopped at Orchard.
A printed Q and A exchange discusses the term cobber as a synonym for comrade and notes its uncertain origin. It includes miscellaneous questions about prisoners, fish senses, why baseball fields are called diamonds, Coolidge era votes, money order records, pronunciation of luxury, penny newspapers, magnet life, and Ambassador Herrick's survival.
A historical menu lists meals from breakfast to dinner including baked eggs, biscuit, stewed firs, and roast pork with vegetables. It then gives a tomato stuffed recipe using firm tomatoes scooped, chopped mushrooms and celery, baked twenty minutes, finished with butter and parsley.
Question from Mrs A D asks if adjusting diet can relieve chronic nasal swelling. The answer given is missing.
The article notes President Hoover’s black eye was explained as an accident involving a branch during an outing. It traces the evolving official explanations and cites long silence from editors and cartoonists as the matter was resolved with the public accepting the official account.
A compact collection of usage notes and vocab tips detailing preferred phrases like piano over performed on the piano, pronunciation hints for epitaph, and a daily word posterity. It also cites reports on American workers earnings, productivity, and employment trends, noting shifts in various industries and seasonal hiring.
Athens inspector J. F. Oldfield led a raid in Ohio against Black Hand members returning seized articles. Captain J. B. Allen won a GA R grand encampment delegate spot for Salt Lake City in August. M Gabriel and Elmer Gabriel boughtBen Grove, a premier standard bred stallion from E B Armstrong of Hebbardsville.
Members of three men's fraternities at Ohio University enjoyed an evening at Prof. J. P. McVey's home. Frank Crumit and Frank Curtz sang a duet.
Professor A A Atkinson entertained graduates of the two year electrical engineering course at Ohio University during a dinner at Hotel Berry last night.
Ten years ago ex President Taft and party briefly passed through Athens on the League Special en route to Columbus. The forenoon stop drew attention as the former leader traveled with a small entourage.
Chief of Police Carl H Porter told the Chamber of Commerce that traffic is Athens police’s main challenge and urged the formation of an automobile club with officers to assist the force.
Prof. Alex M. Root was re elected to a third three year term as county superintendent of schools by the Athens County Board of Education.
Judge Wood Dr C L Strecker and Judge E D Sayre will speak at the memorial service of the G A R Friday. Commander Eli Roush asks Athens residents to donate flowers for graves.
A play employee clarified that about 1N) was cleared to finance a hand among the group at Athens State Hospital last night.
Puzzle text presents mixed fragments and garbled clues from a cross word grid. It includes scattered definitions and stray letters with references to animals tools methods and attire. The readable items hint at puzzle content but many lines are corrupted or incomplete.
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