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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1930

Page

4

Ohio Inland Daily Press Association Audit Report

The American Newspaper Publishers Association and the Associated Ohio Inland Daily Press association publish a full telegraph wire report from the United Press Associations. Audit Bureau of Circulations figures are referenced in the summary of the Ohio list.

American Newspaper Publishers Association Ohio List Audit Bureau of Circulations Associated Ohio Inland Daily Press Association United Press Associations

Thoughtful quotes from Job and Racine

A proverb from Job warns to cast wickedness from the heart and home while Racine notes that the happiness of the wicked vanishes like a torrent. The pair contrasts moral caution with the fragility of deceitful joy.

Racine

Why a Cooking School Why The Athens Messenger Sponsors It

The Athens Messenger promotes a cooking school to teach modern kitchen science and home economics. Mrs. Emily M. Lautz will speak on practical applications for housekeepers, new brides, and women managing homes without servants, drawing attendees from many communities.

Athens Messenger Messenger Emily M. Lautz Lautz

Foreign Movie Stars Hidden City Supplying Industry

A mid rise foreign city in Hollywood houses movie stars unknown to most, yet essential to film profits. Its residents create and duplicate talkies that dominate the United States market, funding theatrical releases and industry success.

Jere Hollywood Dubuque Keokuk America United States

Foreign language film stars fill overseas demand in talkies

The export trade hinges on multilingual actors like Adolphe Menjou Barry Norton and Barbara Leonard who command several tongues. Spanish markets prefer local editions with Lissi Anna Mona Maris Ramon Pereda Theo Shall Jose Crespo Maria Alba and others filling roles for Hollywood in Spanish. Spaniards form the largest overseas audience as Spanish language versions thrive amid a talent shortfall in foreign production.

Europe Latin America Adolphe Menjou Barry Norton Barbara Leonard Lissi Anna Claudette Colbert Mona Maris Ramon Pereda William Powell Ramon Theo Shall Hollywood Charles Bickford Bickford Jose Crespo John Gilbert Maria Alba Catherine Dale Qwen

The Black Ink Brigade Defies the Business Slump

A column praises small firms that stay active in tough times. It contrasts the ailing General Business with entrepreneurs “on the front line” using common sense, investing cash gains, cutting costs, and sharpening marketing to win the market. The piece urges readers to enlist in proactive, disciplined business action.

Black-Ink Brigade

Chow Mein Invasion Reaches Broadway And Beyond

New York columnist notes the rise of chop suey and chow mein across Broadway and Second Avenue in the 1920s city scene. He cites Chow Mein sold by Chin and Lee, drug stores, and lunch counters with fad eateries, then lists diverse restaurants from Sardi's to Miyako, plus a nod to Russian and Yiddish entertainers, promising more to come.

New York Broadway Manhattan National High Galion Second Avenue Chin Lee Atta'a Chinatown Mulberry Street Sheridan Square 49Th Street Miyako 58Th Street Mme Moscowitz Herowitz Dave's Blue Room Reuben's Lindy’s Tle

Values of gold and silver in a changing world

The forum editor argues that precious metals have value as money worldwide, except in China, and warns that current finance rests on an unstable foundation. It notes humans seek immediate gratification amid adverse future outlooks and the end of life for many.

Messenger China

Dawn Lovers and Roosters in Vernacular Verse

A playful poem contrasts dawn fans with a noisy rooster. The speaker mocks a crowing voice, noting early morning sounds echo through the neighborhood. The piece ends with a cheeky wish that the roosters learn restraint at daylight.

Nut tree planting tied to history across the nation

The Washington Letter notes a national nutting campaign to plant 5 006 000 trees using seeds gathered on historic sites such as Mount Vernon Arlington Valley Forge and Gettysburg. Backed by the U S Department of Agriculture the American Forestry Association the Boy Scouts and the American Walnut Manufacturers Association the effort promotes conservation and American history.

America Mount Vernon Arlington Valley Forge Gettysburg United States Department of Agriculture American Forestry Association Boy Scouts of America American Walnut Manufacturers’ Association C. A. Feed Federal Agricultural Department Department of Agriculture Congress Reed Hermitage Andrew Jackson George Washington W. 8. Linton Michigan Mount Vernon Ladies Association Bureau of Plant Industry Boy Scouts

Gibbs Sees America Through Sir Philip Gibbs Lens

Washington reports Sir Philip Gibbs surveys postwar America in a new book. He notes Americans mix vitality with anxiety, praises generosity, critiques Hoover and Coolidge, and discusses Prohibition and the Ku Klux Klan decline. He highlights National Nut Tree Planting Project and forest stewardship.

Great Depression Strains Lead to Crime and Hardship

The passage links prosperity to debt default and rising crime as people struggle to pay past purchases. It notes lingering surpluses in goods but predicts shortages in food and clothing once workers regain purchasing power, urging lessons from the financial downturn.

Lsborer

Public forum letter argues for jail bond and humane treatment

A citizen urges approving a jail bond to house 47 inmates in a new facility rather than current overcrowding. He notes Athens County might otherwise board 40 to 60 prisoners elsewhere, argues the 16 cent per $1000 tax is acceptable, and favors building locally to reduce stench and improve conditions.

Public Forum the Messenger New Jal Athens County Ns County

Church of St Botolph's Chronicle Ties Boston Name To Birth

Explanation notes that the Church of St Botolph's in Boston England is renowned for its chronological concordance with calendar units and claims Boston Massachusetts derives its name from Botholph town as the mother town. It states the original name of Boston England was Botholph town.

Boston England Massachusetts Botholph Town

Clarence Demar Wins Eighteenth Marathon Title at Four

Clarence H. Demar of Keene New Hampshire, age 4 in 1980, won the 26 mile New York City to Port Chester Marathon. He claims a long career spanning from Los Angeles to Stockholm, with a seventh Boston Marathon victory on April 19 1986. Tomorrow: The Famous Forger.

Clarence Demar Clarence H. Demar Keene N. H New York City Port Chester N. Y Demar Los Angeles Stockholm Forger

Untitled reflection on athletes after graduation

A contemporary ponders what great football players can do with their abilities after graduation. He questions whether they would become subway guards, implying limited post athletic prospects for former stars.

Subway

Athens area schools and politics in a en years ago issue

The Athens public schools opened for inspection to 1,000 teachers at the Southeastern Ohio Teachers Conference. The Athens County Board of Elections urged women to get a sample ballot and learn to mark it. Fraternities planned Halloween parties. County schools council planned athletic and literary events. Police warned severe punishment for pranks. Ohio University YWCA and YMCA spoke with Dr. Burton. Bedbug poison mix up killed John Rove Aungariag. Aid for a new Plains school house was received. Two brothers, Clarence and Walter Beal, died in Mine 201 Floodwood.

Athens Athens County Board of Elections

Public Dole Debate Signals Possible Government Change

A cautious note on public generosity and government plans as winter outcomes loom. Comment suggests the British dole could be seen as a confession of failure, with future policy open to change if economic conditions worsen.

Proton Still A Hole In Atom Theory Debate

A newspaper passage surveys shifting views in atomic science. It notes Doctor Dirac of Cambridge proposing that the proton, the center of an atom around which electrons orbit, may be nothing but a hole. It references Sir Oliver Lodge and Einstein amid debates on space, vacuum energy, and negative energy concepts.

Doctor Dirac Cambridge Sir Oliver Lodge Einstein

New speed record for spiral nebulae at Mount Wilson

Mount Wilson notes a group of spiral nebulae receding from Earth at 7200 miles per second, a speed record in astronomy. These fast moving objects travel around the world in about three and a half seconds and are massive star clusters possibly as large as the Milky Way.

Mount Wilson

Edison plant builds massive turbine generators

Mr Sloan of the New York Edison Company completes two turbine generators at the Schenectady General Electric plant capable of lighting 126,666,000 lamps. In three years the New York Edison plant added power equal to Niagara Falls' total development.

MR. Sloan New York Edison Company Schenectady General

Encouraging word on business improvement from Mr Farrell

Mr Farrell, president of a large steel company, urges caution against reckless price cutting. He is a conservative leader who says mutual price discipline is constructive and necessary to prevent profits from being destroyed by cutthroat competition.

Farrell Big Steel Company

Appointment of Receiver for Hocking Coal Exchange Assets

A. J. Juniper of the Hocking Coal Exchange Company sought appointment of a receiver for the firm’s assets in a suit brought against his partner L. D. Lampman. The filing requests court action to preserve and manage the company’s holdings during the dispute.

Hocking Coal Exchange Company A. J. Juniper L. D. Lampman

Collapse Prophesied for Big Lines of Business

A terse warning suggests that large business sectors will all fail together. The statement implies a systemic downturn affecting multiple industries, signaling a broad economic hardship on the horizon.

Financial minds weigh silver policy options

President Hoover and Mellon along with leading financiers consider actions on silver. Howard Fef. Perry, an experienced mining man, notes a merchant in Asia must cash fifty ounces of silver in exchange for one ounce of gold to finance purchases in New York or London.

Hoover Seecretary Mellon Howard Fef. Perry Orient New York London

Navy cuts spark debate over future fleet size

Figures cited claim the United States will scrap three dreadnought battleships worth at least 5.99 million each and remove armored cruisers destroyers and submarines under the London Treaty. The piece argues regeneration would begin immediately if war occurred.

Europe Asia United States

Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin

A collection of readers questions with brief replies. Passes to lawmakers were banned starting January 1 1906 by Pennsylvania Railroad and other lines following the Interstate Commerce Act amendments in 1996. Yellowstone hosts over 4000 hot springs and about 100 geysers. Helium is mainly U S produced with Alaska and northern Texas rich in deposits. Archbishop Ireland served as a Civil War era chaplain in Minnesota.

Pennsylvania Railroad Howeer Yellowstone National Park H. Fld Psh Pena Mark Sullivan Met Times Godfrey L Dewey New York Times United States Alaska Russia Siberia Texas Kansas Ob. A Ireland Minnesota

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