Ohio Fatalities From Trains And Street Cars
The Athens Messenger reports 1929 data from the U S Department of Commerce showing 227 deaths from railroad crossing collisions and 103 from street car collisions. Ohio ranks fourth in population but not in fatalities. blame rests with grade crossings and driver behavior. The piece reflects on life choices and hints at broader social reflections from a writer.
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United States Department of Commerce
New York
Pennsylvania
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High School Football Sparks Youthful Spirit and Fun
An ode to high school football celebrating youthful enthusiasm in the stands and on the field. Players act naturally, bands cheer with zeal, and local youngsters provide genuine sport and community energy. The piece contrasts college football with the real charm found in neighborhood games.
Truth and Poetry to a Gartersnake
A poem reflects fear and caution toward a garter snake on country paths. The speaker argues snakes do not threaten humans yet admits trembling at the sight. Despite Dr Raymond Ditmars claims of friendship, the narrator fears the creature and resolves to avoid provoking its wrath.
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Raymond Ditmars
Man
Alma
Long Q&A column on science, politics and tips
A miscellany of questions and answers covers bridge card placement, fuel combustion, mailability of safety matches, Edison’s phonograph insight, Civil Service rules, pendants on ambassadors, paper money size savings, baldric definitions, blue flag countries, Mardi Gras date, seed catalog volumes, Earth view from stratosphere, radio wave lengths, baby color recognition, and Hoover Laval international debates, weaving practical trivia with policy considerations and historical context.
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Greece
Guatenigia
Honduras
Nicaragua
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Tifala
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Explanation of The College President Who Never Went To College
Walter Williams, president of the University of Beesourt and founder and Dean of its School of Journalism, never attended college. He quit Friday's Cartoon School to work as a printer's dean in Boonville Missouri for 70 cents weekly. In 1908 he persuaded the university to let him establish an experimental school and has served as its dean since. On Monday he is billed as “A Circus Man for 35 Years and never saw a Circus.”
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University of Beesourt
School of Journalism
Ufe
Willams Vaa
Boonville
Missouri
University
Public Forum Letters Warn on School Levy and World Affairs
The Messenger publishes reader letters urging continued three mill school levy to secure state aid and keep schools open. Contributors urge civic duty and youth education. The page also hints at calls for interpretive world affairs writing and notes varied regional interest.
France and US gold power and the world in balance
Editor notes that France and the United States wield gold influence shaping global war and commerce. England must be counted in as a long game unfolds. Gold is the basis of wealth, with France accumulating metal and war debts pressing tariffs and global movement of value amid postwar uncertainty.
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France
England
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Russia
Germany
Move to abolish Athens City Safety Director office
The Messenger editor argues tax burden in Athens is heavy and urges eliminating the City Safety Director position. The duties could be handled by the mayor and police chief, reducing payroll without harming city safety, urging citizens and councilmen to press for the change. Oct 28.
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Earl J. Daugherty
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Messenger Forum readers seek concise informative articles
Readers request a series of short, clear Forum articles in The Messenger. They want authors from the circulation territory who can explain current country issues in a few hundred words without wordiness, providing focused insights for families and the community.
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Planet years and inherited fortunes in old discourse
FODAY discusses planetary years with eccentric time scales and travelers living millennia in distant worlds. It quotes MlTCHELL Reynolds on wealth control and warns how early riches shape judgment. It cites Sokoloff’s lactic acid cancer research and notes tense Russia Japan border exchanges with Bolshevik unpredictability.
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Capitol farce trails Borah Laval visit and Pershing stints
Washington observers recount a rash of public missteps as Senator Borah’s clash over Versailles stirs French nerves during Laval’s visit. Pershing and Laval mixups surface in Red Cross scenes while Vice President Curtis guides Laval through the Capitol. Hoover endures wind at Yorktown and a skipped paragraph in Annandale as the social mêlée unfolds.
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Laval
France
Hoover
James
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Hector Fuller
New York
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Ramsay MacDoneld
United States
Paul Claudel
Pershing
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Red Cross
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Lile
Josette Laval
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State Department
Josette
Geome
Mile Laval
Mile Reine Claudel
Yorktown
Annand
About Your Children and the Cost of Self Pity
A reader warns that overindulgent sympathy teaches Bertie to seek pity for every mishap. The piece traces how repeated mollycoddling trains a child to dramatize pain, demanding sympathy, until self pity shapes personality. It cautions that those who endure adversity without wallowing fare better than perpetual martyrs.
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Burney
New York Village Bohemians Shifted Tone Amid Rising Youth
In Greenwich Village conversations drift from classic bohemia to a tide of young, team-struck thinkers gathering in candlelit basements and coffeehouses. The Fifth Avenue hotel hosts famed and aspiring writers and artists, while exiles, performers, and socialites mix with judges and publishers in a modern bohemian hub near Washington Square.
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