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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1928
Page
4
In Athens County every taxpayer is a defendant as suits seek damages over mob violence during the coal strike. The county may face $50,000 in damages and an extra levy if peace officers failed to protect citizens. Jurors may be drawn from other counties to avoid local bias.
The Athens County scouting movement seeks more volunteers to form and lead Boy and Girl Scout troops. Leaders increasingly scarce despite strong parental and teacher support. A school of training is planned to develop new troop leaders across the county.
Residents and Ohio University students largely obey lights on Court Street as Mayor's warning about crossing on red quiets the area. Observers note safety concerns, slower traffic, and reduced congestion when pedestrians follow signals. Some fear a return to old crosswalk habits and police workload.
A safety note urges pedestrians to cross with lights and warns against reckless walking. It argues that time spent waiting for signals will be offset by smoother vehicle flow through systematic crossings. The message promotes orderly crossing practices for urban safety.
The article reflects on the October 15 arrival of the Zeppelin as a turning point in human mobility and imagination. It envisions airships linking oceans and continents, flying universities, wireless power, and vast future fleets, alongside notes on the 1930s presidential campaign and record stock prices signaling speculative finance.
At 4 p m a giant Zeppelin drifts north above New York with thousands on the streets and traffic in chaos. Airships and planes accompany it as observers marvel at man’s ingenuity and Britain’s early talking machine record thread.
Dr Frank McCoy answers a reader on school lunches and healthy eating. He recommends whole wheat bread with fillings like ground nuts eggs olives cheese or chicken plus lettuce and celery. He advises against milk with sandwiches or between meals and suggests milk as a meal with raw fruits or non starch vegetables.
The article describes auto-intoxication arising from toxic buildup due to poor elimination. It links low mood, fatigue, skin issues, bad breath, and headaches to insufficient detox, urging rest, exercise, deep breathing, skin baths, acid fruit diets, and warm enemas to stimulate elimination and improve overall health. It notes colon waste is outside the body and promises further details by mail.
Locomotor ataxia results from disruption of nerve signals to the legs, mainly affecting the lumbar spinal cord. An early cure is possible. a correspondence in today’s mail cites a patient who claims full recovery by adhering to dietetic and hygienic rules, with no other treatment advised.
Analysis notes Governor Smith gaining votes in West Virginia Illinois Missouri Kentucky and Tennessee with a strong street presence and rising voter registration. It cites Democratic funding, radio ads, black and Catholic Jewish turnout shifts and Ku Klux Klan activity as factors. The piece questions whether rural silent voters may offset urban Smith gains and whether Missouri Tennessee or Kentucky tilt toward Smith remains unclear.
Frank Nagle and Mabel Clara Collins, both of Airline, were married at the home of a Christian preacher in Marshfield at 4 o clock Wednesday. Elder L. E. Goodrich officiated. They will reside in Airline. Probate Judge Lynch left to attend the Washington County veterans reunion. The D A R will meet Saturday at 2 PM at Mrs. C. B. Hendersons. The History Club will meet Saturday at 2 PM at Mrs. M. A. Vickers. Representative A. J. Crawford of Glouster was in Athens.
A writer humorously frets about hosting western visitors who want to see Greenwich Village. He explains village life feels like a close community, contrasts it with uptown, and notes the challenge of explaining a simple, lived-in existence to curious guests. He worries visitors will misjudge locals and tourism, while acknowledging ordinary meets and clubs.
On October 17 1683 the first session of the New York assembly convened marking an early colonial governance milestone. The date also notes the St Croix river as the proposed northeast boundary in 1798 and the 1829 opening of the Delaware and Chesapeake canal. Lincoln called 390000 volunteers in 1863 to fill defense shortages.
A compilation of English usage guidance and farming queries. It covers the non stop cruising radius of the Los Angeles dirigible at 6 400 miles, numbers of U S firms abroad totals, Chinese populations in San Francisco and California, pronoun order rules, and a crop yield record of 117 2 bushels per acre in Island County Washington from 1893 with notes on threshing losses.
The Venus de Medici is attributed to Kleomenes. Discovered in Rome in the 16th century in thirteen fragments, it was restored by Berinini and brought to Florence by Cosimo de Medici III in 1680.
A jumble of crossword hints and stray letter fragments across horizontal and vertical entries. Clues reference body parts actions objects and objects like channels tools and leather strips, with partial words and garbled phrases scattered throughout.
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