Thought for Today on Silence and Subjection
A brief devotional note cites 1 Timothy 2 11 urging women to learn in quietness and full submission, and adds a modern line asserting we can refute science.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1930
Page
4
The Need for Proper Sidewalk Maintenance
The piece argues sidewalks are vital safety and property investments. It notes neglect in Athens and elsewhere, outlines causes from tree roots to poor upkeep, and urges owners to keep walks in good condition to protect pedestrians and preserve community appearance.
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Athens
Prevention in social work and fund management
The piece argues that overhead costs in community fund handling should be modest and intelligently supervised. It stresses prevention over reaction, urging support for social work that helps families stay out of trouble and uses donations wisely to benefit the most people for the longest time.
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Verhead
Overhead for Social Work Justified as Preventive Investment
The reader argues that trained social workers provide essential help at home, preventing future troubles that would cost the community and state money. Overhead costs are framed as an investment, since untrained people lack methods to aid those needing advice and proper fund distribution, potentially reducing taxes and suffering.
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Athens
Spend Before You Get Hurt Propaganda Speech on Using Savings
A persuasive wartime style appeal argues that abundance of money in the U S should be spent to revive business. It compares bank deposits to an unused front parlor and urges immediate consumption to boost nationwide activity and shared prosperity.
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United States
Deflationary correction reshapes value after price boom
The article argues that the corrective deflation follows an inflationary period and, while painful, reduces prices and boosts purchasing power. It notes lower revenues for corporations and individuals but asserts that incoming dollars, though fewer, have greater value for buying goods.
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B Pte
Coming session of Congress will be
A fragment discusses a bill to allow census data on illiteracy to aid anti illiteracy campaigns while preserving confidentiality of citizen information. The author argues such data should remain confidential for the census to keep its value, hoping no harmful precedent is set.
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Census Bureau
Sam
Congress
Harrigan and Hart Theater Era Remembered in New York
In mid thirties New York a dusty theater bears a for sale or lease sign under the Harrigan and Hart inscription. The piece traces Edward Harrigan and Tony Hart from coast to coast, their comic rise, Mulligan Guards fame, and the theater’s shifting names as New York immigrant stage history is recalled.
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New York
Harrigan and Hart Theater
America
Edward Harrigan
Hart
Guardis
Harrison and Hart
Dave Graham
Ceautie
Mulligan
Harrigan
Charle Chaplin
Amos
Amos N’ Andy
Mage Murphy
Johnny Riley
Paddy Duffey
Explanation of yesterday's cartoon on upside down swim fish
The note discusses the African Catfish of the Nite synodontus batenseda as the only fish that swims upside down. It states this behavior led to a color modification in the species, but the excerpt ends abruptly.
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Synodontus Batenseda
Ancient Egyptians Note Singularity of a Dark Fish
The Ancient Egyptians recognized the unique dark fish mentioned in their hieroglyphics noting its distinctive appearance and significance in artifacts and iconography.
Washington football undefeated under Dobie era spans 61 games
In 1998 to 1916 Washington teams under coach Gilmore Dobie in Seattle went 61 games without a loss, scoring 1 928 points to 119 for opponents. Dobie also coached North Dakota Agricultural College 1906 1907 and South Side High School Minneapolis in 1908, with neither team losing. Tomorrow Gained Weight Awaiting Death.
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Washington
Dobie
North Dakota
Agricultural College
South Side High School
Minneapolis
Boulder Canyon dam boom shapes Las Vegas town plan
The Hoover Dam project draws about two thousand job seekers to Las Vegas with 1500 to 1600 workers expected at peak. A new town, Boulder Junction, will rise on government land 26 miles from the dam site with 4900 to 5000 residents and a self governing structure, under strict terms to curb vice and ensure orderly development.
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Washington, D. C
Las Vegas
Nevada
Hoover Dam
Boulder Canyon
Colorado River
United States
Department of the Interior
Secretary of the Interior
Loulder Canyon
Oulder Canyon
Colorado
Arizona
Canyon
Needles
Union Pacific Riailroad
Atso
Boulder Junction
Virginia City
Reno
Happenings at the Capitol Reflect Soviet Trade Debates
The piece tracks mounting U S House and Senate moves on curbing communist influence and restricting Soviet trade including manganese lumber and coal. It notes Fish hearings preparations and embargo talk while citing Commerce data showing rising U S exports to and imports from Soviet Russia in 1930 and a favorable trade balance.
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Roodney Dutcher Messenger
Washington
Novy
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Russia
Fish Committee
Congress
House Committee
Hamilton Fish
New York
Reed
Pennsylvania
Elect Davis
Jinumber
White House
Hoover
House
Kena
America
United States
Department of Commerce
Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin
Fading in radio stems from weather conditions before reaching the receiver, not the receiver itself. Humans have six salivary glands, three on each side of the face: two sub lingual two parotid two sub maxillary. A watch gains time at night because lower temperatures reduce its rate.
Sables and class in verse critique of luxury
A poem mocks obsession with sable coats as symbols of wealth and power, noting how fiction and society tie affluence to the fur. It laments changing times as Reds threaten sales and humorously contrasts aristocratic fantasy with modern division between workers and golf lovers.
Poultry firm seeks turkey pickers. dates and buses discussed
Athens poultry company advertises for turkey pickers for the week. Mrs. Thompson answers Heart and Home Problems on teen dating, saying 15 and 16 year olds are too young for dates but may have speaking acquaintances. Pomeroy Telephone resumes after a five cent raise. two Middleport and two Rutland girls fill in for strikers.
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Pomeroy Telephone Company
Middleport
Rutland
Road Work Planned on Canaanville Pike in Athens County
Plans include fixing Canaanville Pike and extending a paved road beyond the Children's Home. A new stretch will be built to avoid two railroad crossings at Canaanville, concentrating improvements along the corridor.
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Athens County
Canaanville Pike
Canaanville
Ohio University President Dr. Alston Ellis Funeral Held
All Retail Merchants Association stores closed for one hour for the funeral of Dr. Alston Ellis, president of Ohio University. Dr. A. Y. Wilcox led the service in Ewing Hall with students present. Ohio State University President Thompson attended. Timothy Hogan gave the memorial address. No student social activities listed until after Thanksgiving.
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Retail Merchants Association
Alston Ellis
Ohio University
A. Y. Wilcox
First Presbyterian Church
Ewing Hall
Thompson
Ohio State University
Timothy Hogan
Mosquito Plague Near Venice Warned By Speaker
A writer notes that marshes around Venice invite mosquitoes in summer and warns that Mussolini will likely order control measures. The remark frames the nuisance as a political issue tied to coastal marshland management.
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Venice
Mussolini
Nation on wheels: U S shows large car and driver totals
The United States reports 26 5 million registered motor vehicles and 32 million licensed drivers, implying more than one driver per car. Even with five year car life, demand would exceed 5 million new autos annually. Henry Ford’s prediction of 10 million cars yearly was met with cautious skepticism.
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United States
Henry Ford
Center of population explains gravity in Census reports
The center of population is defined as the center of gravity of a nation's people. The balance point on a rigid plane with equal-weight individuals lies at the center of population as used by the Census Bureau. Water flow at Niagara depends on Lake Erie height influenced by rainfall, winds, and diversions through canals, averaging 191 000 double feet per second with about 78 000 cubic feet diverted.
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Bureau of the Census
United States
Niagara
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Lake Michigan
Chicago Drainage Canal
Welland Canal
New York Barge Canal
Athens Opens First Garage On East State Street
A machinist opened Athens first garage on East State Street to service a growing fleet of about one hundred automobiles and gas engines. He installed a compressed air tank to inflate tires quickly, making the shop essential for local motorists.
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Athens
East State Street
East Mill Street Hand Laundry Ad Sells Collar Cleaning
A Chinese hand laundry on East Mill Street lists prices for collars at one and one half cents each, three cents a pair, handke at one cent each, and shirts pleated at ten cents each.
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East Mill Street
Athens women stage pillow shower for Beta Theta Pi
A group of Athens girls surprised the Beta Theta Pi fraternity during a weekly business meeting by throwing cushions in a pillow shower. They served refreshments and all attended a theater extra performance afterward.
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Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Athens
Iowa Farmer Fred Stanek Sets Three-Time Husking Record
Fred Stanek of Iowa husked thirty and a half bushels in eighty minutes, claiming a third consecutive husking championship. The feat is framed as more important to the country than prize fighting, highlighting national pride in agricultural skill.
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Fred Stanek
Iowa
Machinery to End Manual Husking Threatens Farm Labor
A writer notes new machinery will husk shell and stack corn at two and a half cents a bushel, making predestined manual labor obsolete. The innovation benefits farm owners but harms workers in the short term.
Sheen Attacks Einstein On Cosmical Theory
The Rev. Dr Fulton J Sheen of Catholic University argues against Albert Einstein's cosmical theory saying it would be acceptable if Einstein would remove the 8 in cosmical and rejects the idea that humanity has passed beyond a religion of fear and morals. He argues the religious implications challenge traditional faith.
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Fulton J. Sheen
Catholic University of Washington
Father Sheen
Einstein Questioning Genesis Creation Timeline
In private, Professor Einstein questions the Genesis account and the age of the earth as 6 000 years. He wonders why God would create the sun if light existed before. Officially he will say nothing about religious controversy.
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Einstein
Explorer reports mythic Pishauko tribe in Venezuelan jungle
Desmond Holdridge, a young explorer, reveals a remote Venezuelan jungle tribe the Pishauko, once deemed mythical. He saw them celebrate mass and pray for divine aid before a hunting expedition, suggesting earlier missionary contact.
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Desmond Holdridge
Savage medicine man uses live ants on patient
A paragraph notes a medicine man covering an ill patient with live ants and contrasts ancient practices with modern science using mosquito bites to treat paresis, highlighting a shift from barbarous ignorance to scientific methods.
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