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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1928
Page
4
A brief collection contrasts folly and wisdom with references from II Timothy and Goethe. The notes warn against unlearned questions and stress that danger lies in those who are half fools and half wise.
The piece portrays a Democratic effort to cast Republicans as conspiring against Gov Smith. It argues the move backfired, praising Hoover for remaining silent and principled as he faces slander and partisan attacks during the presidential contest.
In Athens an speaker recalled old Aunt Mary and the enduring pull of childhood homes. Many listeners have no one left from the old days, and as time passes the family stock dwindles while memories of kin and homesteads linger in hearts.
Educators and doctors stress that defective vision underweight and frequent colds hinder learning. Proper health care and early inspections in schools can correct many issues, improving classroom performance and long term education outcomes.
The 1928 Yearbook of Railroad Information notes 1927 class one railroads carried 629,845,522 passengers, fewer than in 1911. It highlights a shifting transport balance with growing automobile use and a slower rail passenger rise over the last four years amid a more populous nation.
The article notes a broad drop in day coach passenger earnings from 1921 to 1927 while Pullman car revenues rise. It attributes the shift to the automobile and says deluxe trains are increasing with excursion rates and heavy advertising.
Fourteen British newspaper men led by Ralph D Blumenfeld visit the United States under Carnegie Endowment auspices. They warn that Europe faces ruin from new conflict and contrast peaceful Anglo American ties with rising religious and moral debates in Britain.
The message from Lindbergh to Hoover extols the election's national importance and cites early polling assurances from Democratic leaders about Smith carrying Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts. The column also notes California mourners, aging expectations, and a farm science note on goitre via iodine in milk from cows fed seaweed.
Dr. Frank McCoy offers weekly menus and diet advice from his book The Newest Way to Health. He answers reader questions on hemorrhoid treatment using rectal dilators and ice therapy, artery health through diet, and chronic osteomyelitis management with diet, surgery, or combined treatment.
By the Way in New York describes dawn-time street performances in Manhattan. It highlights Alexander Flavius Abercrombie a one man jazz act with washboard frying pans and thimbles, plus street diversions from harmonica players crystal ball seers singing waiters and Mandy the Harlem dancer drawing audiences and possible Broadway bookings.
The Waialae course at Honolulu is the final project of the late Seth Gaynor, a noted golf course engineer. It features a semi tropical setting and holes modeled after famous courses in the United States and Europe.
Fragmented readable clues hint at a cross word puzzle with scattered entries and broken lines. The text mentions vertical and horizontal items including punctuation marks and terms like net weight and moisture alongside garbled phrases.
David Lawrence notes Governor Smith leads in western cities despite Hoover’s edge. McNary-Haugen farm bill splits GOP. Farm relief remains a secondary issue, with western voters torn by pro and anti prohibition debates and party crosscurrents.
A retrospective snippet lists local social notes including visits by Dr and Mrs C L Jones and family in Albany, J P Wood Republican speaker bureau head, Gertrude Finsterwald heading to Columbus for millinery work, and other family visits. A 10 year ago item recalls Allied advances in Europe and Belgian fronts, plus local births and travels.
The article defines the Montrose Pits as deep sea areas near Montrose Scotland where large cod catches occur. It also explains Belleek porcelain as an extremely thin ware with pearly luster over glaze, named after Belleek Ireland where it originated.
Events include Columbus discovering Costa Rica in 1502 and the recall of American minister John Adams from London in 1787. In 1830 American ports reopened to British trade.
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