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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1928
Page
5
The Saturday Evening Post extols Herbert Hoover two months before his nomination, lauding his leadership, integrity, and broad influence. It argues his character and achievements unite opposing parties and elevate American progress, calling him a national asset of incalculable value.
Internal Revenue records show the nation smoked about 100 billion cigarets last year. At 20 per day per smoker, 365 days yield 7300 cigarets per year, implying roughly 13,700,000 steady cigarette smokers in a 120,000,000 population.
American Summer Resort magazine surveyed hundreds of resort operators about essential features. The top answer was good meals, then natural surroundings and cleanliness, with amusements, golf, fishing, and transport following. Luxury furnishings ranked lowest, illustrating the belief that meals define a satisfying vacation.
In Berlin a man removed his coat to dictate, the stenographer sued for immoral conduct, but the court ruled a man may sit in shirt sleeves to escape heat. The item laments gendered dress norms and hopes coats vanish with July heat.
A terse report notes today a new project starts with cautious optimism. Rich men express little worry while public interest appears divided and uncertainty remains about outcomes and timing.
Arthur Brisbane notes public indifference to candidates as Labor Day ends. He observes big men favor safety for status quo, prohibition remains in the constitution, clergy stir in both North and South, and New York Socialists draw votes from Democrats while union straw polls predict a weak showing in November.
A grim window into bootleg days where knowledge cured by informants invites deadly retaliation. Men were abducted from cars and killed for sharing information, reflecting a culture of fear and silence among those who knew too much.
A prominent New York business man and large scale contractor is found dead fifteen miles from his home with a revolver in hand. Police investigate and say he may have known too much about political graft.
"Big Tim" Sullivan of Tammany Hall advocates a pistol carrying ban and states for fifty dollars he could have any man killed. He notes bootleg prosperity has raised prices, not the system.
General Atterbury leads Pennsylvania efforts with Atlantic to Pacific line and Santa Fe collaboration, but New York Central ignores initial fast air and rail combo proposal. The venture aims to save time and streamline routes across the Atlantic to Pacific corridor.
The New York Central deploys twelve three engine Ford planes to shuttle a tired business man from Chicago to New York overnight. Departing Chicago at 5 20 p m the trip ends in New York at 9 50 a m the next day linking air travel with rail and pressuring buses. Grand jury reports expose a Philadelphia bootleg ring with corrupt police and a powerful bootleg czar controlling operations.
The passage recalls harsh court authority and punishment for traitors, notes bootlegging as largely unpunished, and cites Will Rogers on ballots versus bullion. It reports Australia voting to end prohibition by large margins in New South Wales and Canberra, with women in industrial districts opposing prohibition.
In New Zealand, women first supported prohibition then repealed it. They concluded that men bringing a bottle home and drinking it all at once created more nuisance than men drinking at public houses.
Dr Frank McCoy author of The Newest Way to Health offers health and diet guidance. He argues modern life blends virtue with science, notes no new natural laws, and says nutrition evolved with technology while ethics remain timeless. He urges balanced use of science without abandoning moral conduct.
In a West Fifteenth Street studio Mrs Louise Wilder famed for baby figures says deafness aids concentration and critics comment. She and husband carve 15 hours daily, using rats as models. Notable works include Morning Glory Child and Little Faun. Another item notes a jacks champion in Manhattan and a Brooklyn narcotics case that vanished from court.
A reader asks about a long standing cough and the adviser suggests bronchial mucus buildup and skin elimination via bathing and exercise to ease the cough. Another asks if clabbered whole milk is healthy for an elderly person and notes a simple diet with greens can be balanced but hard to sustain. A third asks about diphtheria immunity testing, which is deemed of doubtful value. emphasis on keeping the child clean and a listed article available by mail.
A series of Q and A discusses Rose Cleveland serving as White House hostess until 1886, her later literary work, and Padua's Arena Chapel name from Santa Maria dell Arena built on a Roman amphitheater site. Also notes rustic furniture from hickory and a radio crystal set could reach about a hundred miles under unusual conditions.
A single page of mixed crossword clues and heavily garbled text lists many horizontal entries and scattered terms. The readable items include clues about anatomy such as larynx and cerebellum, and other fragments suggesting wordplay and general puzzle prompts.
The piece notes a shift in campaigning toward radio broadcasts and prepared speeches as Hoover and Smith rely on long distance telephone links to broadcasting stations. It highlights star speakers, cabinet members, and entertainment in efforts to reach voters, signaling a new era of mass communication in politics.
A quiz-like extract lists questions and answers on topics including the Almanach de Gotha, Limburger cheese origins, Matthew Henson’s Arctic travels, Raphael’s favored Madonnas, Old Testament dating, commemorative half dollars for Hawaii, women vs men driving statistics, U S chief export cotton, oldest papyri, Christian church periods, overseas hat design for the AEF, jitney etymology, lead foil test, and the first parachute jump in 1922.
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