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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1930
Page
4
A brief devotional text contrasts judging others with self reflection. It quotes Romans or 2 and a Longfellow line urging readers not to judge others lest they face divine judgment. The message emphasizes humility and self-examination.
Athens County Fair once featured balloon ascensions that thrilled crowds and drew families to watch daring sky dives. The era faded as airplanes and tires replaced hot air balloons, leaving memories of precarious drops and smoky, plunging sacks over hills and rivers.
The text argues that overproduction is uneconomic and wastes scarce resources, posing a public menace in oil. It warns that competition within a shared natural unit harms the industry and suggests that shifting from fierce competitive pools to cooperative operation can be pursued safely without danger to the supply.
The Federal Oil Conservation Board endorses a unit operation plan that limits output to match market demand. The report warns uncurtailed production harms the public interest and urges nationwide adoption. Southeastern Ohio begins curtailment of oil production under this approach.
A Kansas City Gold Star mother returns from France with a crumpled flower, pebbles, and a dugout splinter kept from a fallen soldier in Flanders. Thieves steal her worn travel bag on her porch, erasing a shrine of memory. The writer hopes the thieves return the mementoes to Mrs Hadley.
Tragic accident at Lt. De Shazo’s plan underscores spectator risk at aerial displays. Reports say a larger disaster was narrowly averted, urging officials to tighten safety. Army and Navy pilots, plus plane construction, are the crowd’s only guarantee of safety amid exhilarating stunt flying.
Special Writer Ghulert Swan visits Fifth Avenue between 34th and 38th Streets to observe construction workers during their noon break. Men sit on sidewalks and scaffolding, gaze at passersby, imitate a barking dog for amusement, and gossip about movies and girls while the city’s steel giants loom above. When the whistle blows they resume work, vanishing behind boards and reappearing higher up the structure.
The article notes the Empire State Building rising higher than any previous structure with a gleaming silver exterior. It compares workers assembling the steel to children solving a puzzle while the public crowds the sidewalks awaiting the landmark’s completion amid a metropolitan drama.
The fragment notes a woman carrying a male crab as a playful image and contrasts it with human husbands dwindling to idle labor. It ends by musing that size and muscle will lose value when work becomes a button push, reflecting a satirical view of labor.
A partial sentence notes the woman will remain full size due to maternal duties and other reasons. It claims the female epider is ten times as large as something unspecified.
A shop showcases toothbrushes in Chinese red and in multiple color combinations. Delicate pastels and bright hues are offered to coordinate with interior color schemes.
A troubling claim describes a man who consumes his spouse following a wedding, with remarks that husbands should not complain about such behavior. Authorities have not released further details about motives or consequences.
The Nye Senate Committee is accused of giving 'good government' money to bribe a detective hired by Mrs. McCormick. A head detective alleges a woman was planted in the Drake Hotel apartment closet to listen and report. Some Republicans privately doubt Myra McCormick will enter the Senate.
Wheat for September delivery sells at 82 1/2 cents a bushel in Chicago and September corn at 97 1/2 cents. The note says no trader expects corn to cost 12 cents more than wheat.
Washington dispatch notes President Hoover faces a delicate choice to replace Dwight B. Morrow as ambassador to Mexico. It highlights Morrow’s success in mending U.S.-Mexico ties and the risk of losing momentum, the volatile Mexican mood, and the need for a skilled negotiator to continue improving relations.
To the Board of Trade the line means cheaper wheat than corn while farmers note corn yields twice per acre and sells for more than wheat, creating tension between market and producer.
V H Polacher argues farmers will favor wheat over corn for cattle feed as corn prices fall and wheat rises. He criticizes price swings and notes corn has traded as low as ten cents a bushel while wheat costs more. He recalls Uncle Sam bought about 76 million bushels of wheat earlier, above $1 per bushel.
George Russell known as A. E. will tour the United States as an economist and poet. On departure eve friends gave him 4000 dollars with speeches of praise from Father Finlay. Mrs. Charles Cary Rumsey, daughter of Br. Harriman, arranged and underwrote the tour as a public service.
German statisticians publish grim figures for the Great War. Ten million soldiers killed and 30,000 unknown French soldiers said to lie in one grave. Horses killed estimated at 9,586,000.
Rodney Dutcher reports the Coast and Geodetic Survey will install bronze bench and triangulation markers across the continental United States over 18 years. The project aims for precise latitude, longitude and elevation data, with strict penalties for disturbance and plans covering thousands of miles in many states.
A poem featuring reflections on adventure and heroism contrasted with preferring home reading. Mentions Byrd, polar exploration, and wild beasts, then shifts to social lines about immigration and economic greed, ending with satirical notes on bench seats and a miniature golf bus idea.
Frederic J. Haskin’s bureau provides free information services from Washington. The Q A covers John Drinkwater birth year 1882, Boston Tea Party site, Great Pyramid weight, Pennsylvan ia forest park location, Great Lakes wave heights, America Cup courses, coast to coast car trip costs, English manorial system, Temple of the Sun stones, Magna Carta drafts, Shaw film rights, and radio music royalties.
Santiago Quiros of Tubillas appeared in Cortés deliberations as the man linked to the 17 year locust bill. In 1908 he was 37, father of sons born exactly 17 years apart with three wives. European papers carried the cicada story from Agenzia Stefani dispatch of March 1909. Tomorrow 888 Children 7 of them Emperors.
Charles E. Miller of Athens argues in the Public Forum Messenger that motor vehicles and related parts concentrate wealth in a few, with Ohio leading only behind New York and California in vehicle numbers. He notes high incomes and foreign investments, urging a plan to keep money at home to spur domestic industry and employment.
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