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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1928
Page
4
The piece notes chaotic traffic in East cities with one way streets and mixed signaling. It calls for a uniform traffic code based on federal guidance and suggests Athens has local need for standardized signals to aid safety and reduce confusion for motorists and pedestrians.
A New York dispatch notes the 1930s race favors Herbert Hoover over Governor Smith. Radio outreach reshapes messaging with religion and prohibition as pivotal issues. North and South religious dynamics threaten Catholic Republicans and influence cross party support.
The McGuffey pageant in Athens drew wide praise and may lead to similar productions. Authors may stage future pageants in Athens, turning the city into an Ohio pageant hub as history of the Middle West is dramatized and publicized across the region.
The writer argues workers benefit from a Republican protective tariff, claiming weekly payrolls total 600 million dollars and a Democratic tariff would cut 400 million from pay. They say a $6 daily wage would fall to $3 or $4 under Democrats and credit Hoover with preserving living standards.
A reflective piece questions why some men live leisurily and seemingly without steady income. It contrasts working folk who toil to meet bills with those who drift, aided by bars, fishing trips, or gossip. The piece muses whether happiness exists without toil and sacrifice.
Traffic codes vary city to city, hindering motorists and pedestrians. Officials argue for a uniform code to reduce fatalities from rule confusion, noting 2000 deaths in a past year and recalling diverse experiences from Detroit to Southeastern Ohio.
At the New York State Democratic convention Governor Smith selected Franklin D. Roosevelt as candidate for Governor and Colonel Herbert H. Lehman as Lieutenant Governor. The choices, seen as adding strength to the ticket, come as Republicans intensify their campaign.
The article argues machinery science and intensive farming will ease population pressure. It predicts a future New York real estate boom with land value rising from 300 to 1000 dollars per square foot. It notes Paul von Hindenburg turning 81, praised as a wartime leader who served despite retirement.
The report extols Von Hindenburg as a capable, powerful, loyal president of the German Republic praising him along with noted figures like Von Stein and Frederick the Great as national exemplars.
Trotzky, dying from malaria and consumption in Turkestan, is exiled by Soviet associates and refuses to beg for mercy from those who ousted him. Stalin, now in control of Russia, blocks any return.
The piece discusses varied alcohols from the White Mule in the South to needled beer in the Midwest and Smoke in New York speeching on the dangers of intoxicants. It also cites doctors on aging with a nod to Luigi Cornaro who claimed long life through strict diet and wine, suggesting even more water could extend years.
President Coolidge and Postmaster General applaud ongoing air mail development as a Fairchild mail plane at Hadley Field New Jersey, powered by a 400 horsepower WASP engine, marks a milestone in early airmail efforts.
A jumble of garbled crossword clues and partial phrases appears as a dated puzzle, featuring scattered horizontal and vertical hints. The text includes stray fragments about crops, weights, harbors, compass points, and algebraic terms, all interwoven with broken lines and typos.
Dr Frank McCoy offers guidance on overcoming an inferiority complex through social training physical fitness and balanced diet. He suggests dancing classes humor development public speaking and active participation in conversations to boost self esteem and social comfort.
Gilbert Swan recalls intimate stage dramas on Broadway where grief and love echo in performances. An actor endures his wife's death during a show’s rehearsal while portraying a quarrelsome husband. A dog trainer’s life ends amid a $20,000 estate, and Rosenholtz—a once Jewish theater star—retains a white carnation in his buttonhole as a personal vow and distinctive signature.
This date in history notes the 1777 Battle of Germantown in the American Revolution between British and American forces. It also marks Rutherford B. Hayes born in 1822 and Kansas anti slavery constitution approved in 1859. A 1861 balloonist flew over Confederate lines into Virginia.
A series of Q and A covers whether Al Smith is a lawyer and details from the 1915 New York Constitutional Convention. It states Gene Tunney as the only undefeated heavyweight champ, mentions James J Jeffries brief return in 1910, and cites tobacco machine production about 400 cigarettes per minute along with Washington University library holding 68 000 volumes.
Ohio State Champion Elyria American Legion Drum Corps and their horse Cream Puff depart by special train Friday to compete in the national Legion drum corps contest in San Antonio Texas as representatives for Ohio.
The report notes continuing Allied advances in France and Belgium with French British and American forces pushing toward victory. Judge J M Wood returns from a two week vacation at Mineral Springs near Chillicothe. Social Literary Club holds its second meeting of the year at Mrs W E Peters home with Mrs Mary Ness speaking on Joan of Arc.
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