Thought for Today Wisdom and folly quoted
A Thought for Today cites Hosea 12 5 and a line from Sir William Temple contrasting wisdom as a man’s best friend with folly as his worst enemy.
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Sir W. Temple
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1930
Page
4
Uniform traffic rules urged to cut auto deaths nationwide
Dr. Louis I. Dublin warns hundred thousand lives could be lost in 1930 if auto accident deaths do not drop. He notes speeding, wrong side driving, and pedestrian faults as major factors amid widespread variation in city traffic laws.
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United States
Louis I. Dublin
New York
Columbus
Athens
Rich wild game report for district this season
The district reports plentiful wildlife with rabbits especially numerous and quail and pheasants easier to find. Favorable spring and summer conditions boosted propagation and there has been no heavy rain to drown nests. Vehicle traffic caused higher game fatalities, with thousands of rabbits and many quail and pheasants killed on roads in South
Rabbits Seen as Pest Risk Amid Game Decline
In eastern Ohio this summer and fall, groundhogs and skunks are among animals struck by cars, increasing casualties as drivers rarely intend harm. Rabbit numbers rise due to disease fears, though humans fear transmission, leading to lighter rabbit hunts and potential pest status for farmers in the near term.
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Ohio
Action on behalf of millions of American children urged
Officials urge decisive action to safeguard child health and prevent delinquency. They insist on focusing on home, school, and community to uplift mentally and physically handicapped youths and improve citizenship in a generation, with local action as the first duty at a White House conference on child welfare.
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White House
Larger share in profits during months of poor business
During 1930 aggregate dividend disbursements rose 46 percent over 1929 for the first ten months and each month showed higher payments. Replacements of fixed income securities with common stock and prior split-ups contribute, yet the gain may signal a shift in American industrial policy toward higher common stockholder share of net income, The Magazine of Wall Street notes.
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the Magazine of Wall Street
How to tell if drunk or just stimulated
A Florida court case features four men picked up by police who sang Sweet Adeline on a street corner. The judge ruled them guilty of intoxication after they claimed they were just gay, fining each ten dollars. The exchange posits the song as proof of drunkenness.
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Florida
Maxwell Anderson Dominates Broadway Buzz With New Play
New York theatre writer notes Maxwell Anderson's Elizabet the Queen as a major contemporary drama likely to endure beyond two decades. Mentions his perseverance against commercial pressures, his career path from editorials to What Price Glory, and rising status from Bronx to country estate and Hollywood ties. Also reports Earl Carroll’s new painting and stage-tech innovations for a large new theater on Fiftieth Street including a color-reflective lighting system and air brush paint devices for chorines.
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New York
Broadway
Maxwell Anderson
Anderson
Elizabet the Queen
Theater Guild
Earl Carroll
Carroll
Fiftieth Street
Prohibition Debate Stirs at Victory Luncheon
A speaker declares the choice is repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment or nothing, a stance welcomed by attendees at a victory luncheon celebrating prohibition's defeat. The remarks hint that substantial change may come only if drastic action occurs.
Bean in a Jar Cartoon Hero Texas History
In 1848 during the Texas Mier expedition 170 prisoners faced death after Mexican General Santa Anna ordered execution. Governor General Mexier chose to defy the order but used a jar with 169 black beans and one white bean to determine fates by draw. Anthony P. Owens noted as a Texas pioneer hero.
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Santa Anna
Mexier
Anthony P. Owens
Texas
Bean Gift to Alamo Preserved by Granddaughter
A white bean presented to the Alamo in San Antonio by a granddaughter is now preserved at the site. The artifact’s journey highlights family ties and historic remembrance within the landmark.
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Alamo
San Antonio
Strength of materials figures for wood and concrete
The text states the average allowable unit compressive stress for Long Leaf Yellow Pine is 1200 psi with the grain, while 1-3-6 concrete is only 00 psi. Reference: Strength of Materials, James E.K. Boyd, 1924, table I, p5.
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James EK. Boyd
McGraw- Mill Book Co
Fish With A Migrating Eye
Of all vertebrates the flounder swims with both eyes on one side of its head. The twisted head structure lets it live that way. Young flounders have eyes on opposite sides, but as they grow one eye migrates to the other side. Tomorrow: One From Our Fast est Aviator.
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Bronx
Anderson
Illness causes in factories rise from bad air to grippe
Washington letter reports a Public Health Service survey of 100000 industrial workers with eight plus days lost due to illness. Grippe and influenza rank first, digestive disorders second, bad air third, accidents fourth, nervous system diseases fifth. typhoid smallpox malaria and measles rank low. Appendicitis outranks these epidemics.
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United States
United States Public Health Service
Public Health Service
Harvey W. Wiley
Dr. Wiley
Prohibition agents seize twelve planes used in smuggling
Detroit authorities confiscate 12 aircraft used for rum and alien smuggling with 18 others identified. Each plane could carry up to 40 cases of whisky worth about $1000 per trip. Smuggling aliens reportedly yields higher profits than liquor. Aliens from China and Europe were targeted for safe landings at $1090 each.
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Detroit
China
America
Farm Board Keeps Wheat Price High With Daily Purchases
The Farm Board slows American wheat by spending a million dollars daily to buy grain and withdraw it from the market. Wheat trades at Winnipeg and Liverpool up to 18 cents below the American price, prompting other nations to convert wheat to cash and export it to buyers.
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Farm Board
Winnipeg
Liverpool
Wheat Surplus Sparks Debate On National Policy
The piece questions use of tax money to buy and store wheat. It weighs options like sending stock to China to relieve surplus and build credit, and contrasts this with the cost of aiding starving people at home. It notes a tension between funding for foreign relief and domestic need.
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United States
Russians boast of vast auto factory near Nijny Novgorod
Businessmen optimistic about Russia’s plan report Cyrus Curtis observing ten thousand workers on a massive automobile complex near Nijny Novgorod. American engineers are creating a model city beside the plant as Russia aims for 140,000 cars annually by 1938, with leaders hinting at 8,000,000 later. The外modity project challenges Western opinions of the experiment’s failure.
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Russia
Cyrus H. KK
Curtis
Nijny-Novgorod
Stalin
Regular Airplane Travel Between Chicago and New York Planned
Regular airplane service between Chicago and New York is planned to take eight and a half hours or less, a development that interests railroad men and prompts consideration of speed and routes.
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Chicago
New York
Four Buffalo youths make Yale Princeton trip in a day
Four young residents from Buffalo drove to Princeton New Jersey to watch the Yale Princeton game. They spent 4.10 dollars on gas and oil. Rail tickets for the four would total 72 dollars not including pullman. The note argues that rail rate hikes would not fix the travel cost issue.
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Buffalo
Princeton
New Jersey
Pullman
Public Forum Editor Messenger Communism
An Athens observer discusses Russia under communism praising the working class backbone but arguing the system could not work in the United States. He notes shortages, state wage confiscation, limited civic participation, and harsh conditions yet holds Russians show zeal. He contrasts American unemployment with Russian sacrifice.
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Russia
Communist Party
United States
America
Treasury
East Athens Sidewalk Dangers Prompt City Action
A Messenger editorial urges improving sidewalks along East State Street in East Athens. It argues rough, damaged paths risk pedestrians, especially at night with headlights blinding walkers, and that shoe damage and injuries justify spending to repair and maintain safe, smooth walks. It cites evidence of impassable sections and notes similar rough walks elsewhere.
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the Messenger
East Athens
East State Street
Fes
Athans. OQ
More Truth Than Poetry A Tip to Will Hays
A reader urges Will Hays to preserve the old rough dramatic style on screen arguing cinema loses its bite when censoring. The letter laments modern dull films and recalls crime and romance dramas that once thrilled audiences. It notes political movers in South America and a quip about Al Smith's campaign headquarters atop a building.
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South America
al Smith
New Ey State Building
News Your Dad Read PEN YEARS AGO
Fred B. Cornwell, Athens County auditor, reported about 400000 raised by taxation semi annually to run the COUNTY. The New Era conference of the Athens Presbytery joined First Methodist and Christian Churches with the Presbyterian Church for the meeting. The Chamber of Commerce dedicated a memorial to late President Alston Ellis of Ohio University. E. J. Jones, F. W. Bush, Prof. H. R. Wilson and Prof. T. N. Hoover spoke TWENTY YEARS AGO.
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Fred B. Cornwell
Athens County
New Era
Athens Presbytery
Presbyterian Church
Chamber of Commerce
Alston Ellis
Ohio University
E. J. Jones
F. W. Bush
H. R. Wilson
T. N. Hoover
County Issues School Week Events Across Athens County
Athens County superintendents plan old-fashioned spelling bees in rural schools as part of a state observance. Local schools including Nelsonville Mudsock Connett York Bates Old Floodwood Glen Ebon New Floodwood and Buechtel held socials to raise funds.
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Athens County
Nelsonville
Mudsock
Connett
York
Bates
Old Floodwood
Glen Ebon
New Floodwood
Buechtel
First Snow Delays Rail Traffic as Mines Ramp Up Coal
The season’s first snowfall slows railroad movement through Athens while streets stay clear as crews divert all available cars to the mines where an unprecedented amount of coal is being produced.
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Athens
Public sale ad for slaughter house fixtures and tools
A public sale notice lists items including slaughter house fixtures a rifle hangers one hanging rod a blacksmiths bellows and twine. The ad signals a local sale event with items described in partial OCR readable form.
Hypnotist Galvani Demonstrates Sleep Trick in Athens
The hypnotist Galvani arrived in Athens to showcase the science of hypnotism. He announced plans to place a subject in a 24-hour hypnotic sleep and claimed the performance would involve a blindfolded carriage drive through the city.
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Galvani
Athens
Lexington Referee Joins Kentucky Central State Championship
John Corbitt director of 7 University athletics traveled from Lexington Kentucky to referee the state championship between the University of Kentucky and Central University. Walk McCorkle Ohio University quarterback also attended the game.
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John Corbitt
Lexington
University of Kentucky
Central University
Walk McCorkle
Ohio University
Washington quotes five rail pros from small Iowa town
Washington Iowa born five railroad experts cited by Senator Smith Wildman Brookhart for their influence on the industry. Warren S. Stone, William Sproule, Clifford Thorne, Glenn Plumb, and Brookhart himself shaped labor, law, and policy through early 20th century hearings and reform efforts.
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Washington
Iowa
D. C
Smith Wildman Brookhart
Brookhart
Senate
Weington
Newlands Committee
Sproule
Stone
Thornes
Plumb
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Western Department
Railroad War Board
Ainsworth
Wagh
Washington Aemy
Rock Island
Thorne
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners
National
Cummins
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Lea
Public Forum urged for constructive citizen columns
An Athens reader calls for a respected Public Forum to publish short constructive letters from well informed locals on major problems. The writer urges brevity and avoids bitterness, warning that long discourses alienate readers and harm public discourse.
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The
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Nature
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