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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1929
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR reads Sean W. Cuben at 7 Fifth Ave Detroit with unclear details. Location appears in a partially legible street address entry. Further context missing from the readable text.
A daily devotional quotes Romans 2 7 urging patience in well doing for glory honor and immortality. It adds that those who act rightly should not be sorry even if others do evil and that good deeds stand even when one is alone.
The piece argues any taxation system can be tuned to broaden the tax base in Ohio. It contends current laws drive property and business away, with real estate bearing the burden, bonds taxed unevenly, and up to 80 percent of voters paying no taxes in some counties. It links tax fairness to municipal gains from beautification and civic pride.
A contemplation on spending public money to beautify towns and cities. The author argues might be harshly judged by officials and residents amid the influx of strangers visiting every town.
The Messenger offers an east side electric scoreboard showing every play and result of the World Series. Fans can see hits runs errors stolen bases and more in real time on the bright new board operated by experienced staff. Hundreds already attended the first game and more will this year.
Washington columnist Rodney Dutcher relays an incident where two D A R and members were admitted ahead of a long queue at a hearing. The piece argues the privilege reflects a birth based ruling class and snobbery, contrasting with immigrant roots.
Oct. 9, New York. A midtown telegraph desk handles endless slips from Broadway. Messages tell stories of contracts, scarce pay, and personal hardship behind glamour. Tales range from hopeful “Hurray, got my contract” to schemes of fake bookings and sugar papa messages to chorus girls.
The article contrasts Ramsay MacDonald with other leaders and cites W. R. Hearst praising the labor Prime Minister as someone not from the war sending classes but from the masses. It notes bootlegging customers facing conspiracy charges and mentions a federal judge ruling that was later reversed by a higher court.
The piece notes Sen. Sheppard of Texas proposes amending the Volstead Act to render liquor buyers as criminal as bootleggers, a move that could curb illegal trade but faces doubt as lawmakers may be wary due to personal bootlegging involvement. It also counters popular legends about Mrs. OLeary, William Tell, and Washington.
Dr Frank McCoy explains hemophilia as a hereditary tendency to bleeding especially in males with rare female transmission. He notes internal and external hemorrhages risk, details treatments like coagulation tests and horse serum, and promotes a ten day orange juice fasting cure plus calcium rich vegetables to restore blood calcium.
Thomas E. Mitten, recently drowned, had restructured Philadelphia’s streetcar system and backed a cooperative labor capital program. The piece argues for cooperation while noting unions and capital must earn mutual commitment. President Green urges AFL to organize the South amid editor Clark Kinnard’s critique of northern capital’s reach and mill towns’ poverty and tax burdens.
Canal Street in New Orleans measures 200 feet between City Park Avenue and Robert Lee Avenue, while Washington D C Pennsylvan ia Avenue spans 160 feet and Fifth Avenue New York 100 feet. The Champs Elysees in Paris is the widest at 250 feet. Loretta P Walsh became the first Navy yeoman enrolled on March 21 1917 in Philadelphia. Brussels sprouts have historical cultivation noted since 1623 and arrived in America by 1806.
A scanned quiz Q and A covers Tutankhamen tomb visitors count with Carter noting twenty present. It cites the first American soldiers home for disabled troops in Washington DC, authorized March 8 1851. It explains reciprocal tariff by treaty as lowered duties by treaty between nations. It states world Masons total about 4.4 million, US about 3.13 million. It describes chestnut composition and details MCA affiliations across US Canada Mexico with Montreal and Boston founding 1851 and 1854 international convention at Buffalo.
Washington October 9 President Hoover suffered a setback as the Senate rejected retaining flexible tariff provisions. The piece traces Coolidge era manipulation of the tariff commission, ethics questions over Sugar investigations, and sustained presidential pressure to delay or block commission findings. The conflict centers on Congress versus executive power over tariff rates and reform.
A compact guide on correct English usage highlighting common confusions between absolute and obsolete and pronunciation hints for a signation. It defines felment as an imagined fiction and offers a sample sentence about a mere ment of a poet's fancy.
Ohio Synod of the Presbyterian Church will convene in Athens next week at First Presbyterian Church with national speakers scheduled. Mrs B F Timmons hosted the Hocking Street Sewing Circle on Wednesday afternoon. Chattanooga’s Miss Lou Pickering is visiting Athens with her aunt Mrs P G Hibard.
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