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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1928
Page
4
A short meditation links Jesus words about lilies and work to Addison on valuable things requiring effort. The pair presents a simple moral about toil and merit, framed as a reflective thought for the day.
Athens County Commissioners ask voters on November 6 to renew a two mill levy to continue road building and maintenance. The fund now totals 145000 annually with 92000 from the levy, plus 40000 gasoline tax and 13000 motor license tax. The county operates trucks graders and tractors and maintains over 100 miles of roads while planning about 30 miles of new road yearly. a failure would cut funds and stall progress, leaving much of the system unimproved and farmers in mud.
The article argues hotel guests and homeowners should study fire exits and escape routes. It cites the Hotel Berry fire to emphasize that people rush to rooms or smoke-filled hallways despite available exits. It urges family discussions and prepared plans for rapid evacuation and rescue.
Residents of Noble County recall the Graf Zeppelin wreck as crowds gather to view the shattered remains of the giant dirigible. Reports describe storms navigated by airships in war and the Zeppelin’s long Atlantic flight, while locals remember the Ava and Noble County scene and the souvenir seekers and soldiers arriving.
Mr. Hoover addressed 22,000 in Madison Square Garden and millions on radio, calling Governor Smith's plan state socialism. He warns that Wall Street figures like Raskob and Woodin shifted to Smith, fearing property loss and state control of children.
The text asserts Governor Smith has governed New York for many years with limited socialist measures, noting attempts when socialist elected legislators faced removal, despite their legal status.
Women play an important part in this election. Helen Wills backs Hoover. Rosamond Pinchot, a champion in her field, backs Smith. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, back from Europe, says Smith will win. Baby Peggy from the screen leaves the Democratic Party for Hoover.
Obituary notes the death of Mrs. E. S. Dodge and details her will. It provides $19,000 to friends $5,000 to a Presbyterian Church and the remainder to relatives. A witty remark questions giving only $5,000 to the church.
In modern times many feel God does not need money since he can create wealth by miracle, while relatives and education institutions need money and cannot perform miracles. The remark contrasts divine power with institutional financial demands.
A son is born to Princess Cantacuzene in Chicago, a fact noted by a few Grand Army veterans who recall Princess Cantacuzene as General Grant's granddaughter.
The passage asserts that unlike religious certainty, only the immortality of descendants is assured. Each person’s lineage could persist for thousands of years, and readers themselves descend from humans who inhabited Earth 500,000 years ago. The future of descendants remains unpredictable.
General Grant once questioned for sobriety is now seen as great grandfather to a son of a Russian prince. The line of Astors Vanderbilts and Rockefellers may beg for bread far in the future if begging endures. Mongolian workers trace descent from Jhenghis Kimur and Attila among laborers across Asia.
The Washington triennial Protestant Episcopal convention calls for recognition of faith cures. It notes patients aid themselves by belief others will help. It cites cases where faith healing is used to aid nervous patients and mentions a deadly experiment with a razor, stressing mixed outcomes.
After Hoover claimed Smith's policies were socialistic brokers in Wall Street wager $25 000 that Hoover will carry New York over Smith. The odds had shifted as Hoover promotes his constructive plans and appeals to voters with tangible proposals.
Chicago authorities expose a new graft called the banquet racket. A promoter roams for self important nonentities, convinces them to host a grand banquet, sells $10 tickets to onlookers, covers $2 dinner, and pockets about $8 per ticket. The scheme reportedly yields as much as five million dollars annually in Chicago.
A commentator argues for entrada of multilateral treaties with racketeers to curb organized crime. The proposal frames agreements as a tool for coordinated enforcement and stronger penalties across nations.
Reader questions on health and gender roles prompt Dr McCoy to discuss diet and skin care. He notes bacon grease should be avoided in cornbread yet can keep for weeks if cooled. peroxide may reduce hair growth with continued use.
The piece argues Maryland remains closely balanced in the 1928 race with Hoover favored in the country districts and wet voters leaning Democratic while Baltimore's business class prefers Republican governance. Smith must overcome religious prejudice and dry strength to win the state, supported by a rising campaign tide if overall national momentum favors him.
The reader’s yellow eye and mouth tint stems from biliousness, a lay term for liver or gall bladder disorder. Overwork can impair bile production and flow, leading to jaundice symptoms. Addressing liver and gall bladder function through medical evaluation and rest is advised.
In New York the night club scene faces a surge of rackets as criminals lift large checks, demand protection from plug-uglies, and target wealthy patrons including a crumbling era of vice. A former actress dies after a clash with a patron, amid a string of brutal incidents that threaten the clubs' future.
Massachusetts sends a remonstrance against tyranny to the king in 1664. In 1774 colonies too, unrepresented at first Congress, invited to join the second. 1779 Washington settles winter quarters at Morristown New Jersey. 1780 John Hancock chosen first governor under the new Constitution. 1911 Orville Wright keeps a bi plane stationary in gale.
A compendium explains terms and lore from pirates fox fire scraps of paper and Vatican representation. It covers the word pirate from Latin roots, fox fire as phosphorescent fungus light, the scrap of paper phrase tied to World War I diplomacy, nations at the Vatican, onion storage losses, and the Australian flag design.
Puzzle fragment lists clues and partial answers for a crossword including topics from geography to mythology. It mentions a Mohammedan 6 and questions about states, birds, cotton, diet, illnesses, fields, fish in Columbia River, and major landmarks like Acropolis and Zuyder Zee.
Twenty years ago visits from Starling Ohio Medical College’s Will Lee and his parents occurred while City Editor C. H. Harris and Mrs. Harris planned a Hanover trip with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Markeson. Probate Judge Lynch and daughter Maud visited Columbus. Mayors Hedges and Mrs. Hedges spent Sunday at Big Run with Mrs. Skinner. Don Higgins of Quincy visited his parents on Richland Avenue over Sunday.
Mr and Mrs George Leighty report their son Pearl J Leighty in the Coast Artillery has arrived safely overseas as stated on a card from the armed forces.
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