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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1930
Page
4
Classified style notice listing newspaper associations and bureaus, with contact addresses in Chicago New York Detroit and Athens. Mentions abbreviated offices and admission of notices including obituaries and thank you cards under the 1918 act.
A daily meditation cites Proverbs calling wisdom a sister and understanding a kin. It adds a quote from Sir Arthur Helps: wisdom is seldom gained without suffering.
An editorial compares crime and corruption in major cities to a disease of government. It argues the core fault is municipal governance breakdown fostered by ignorant voters and lazy civic engagement, urging education reform and honest public service to cure democracy. It then discusses diversification in farming and wheat policy, urging reduced wheat acreage, diversification, and use of tariff protections to help farmers adapt.
A quoted expert asserts that the disease will ultimately prove fatal to democracy as we understand it, highlighting concerns about its impact on governance and public life.
A WWI French Red Cross dog named Old Cap, a wire-haired Griffon, saved wounded soldiers amid barbed wire and gas. After the war an American soldier brought him home to Ware, Massachusetts, where the aging animal died at 15. His life shows steadfast duty and prudent restraint in danger.
In New York the critic notes enduring heroes of prolific dramatic writing Owens Davis and Harry B. Smith, with Edscar Wallace rising in England and the Shuberts planning a Wallace showcase. He also highlights Owen Davis and Smith as versatile, productive, shaping both tragedy and operetta while pulp fiction thrives on cheap, rapid-hot thrillers.
A brief overview notes David Belasco as a prolific producer and playwright. It mentions his name attached to many dramas, either as producer, author, or co-author, with a rapid output of youth works reminiscent of early one week stand stock productions.
A portrait of aspiring writers in New York who live week to week on pulp magazines. The passage highlights a transient, bright group whose careers depend on the fluctuating demand of the magazine market.
The text notes the prohibition law receives little attention from the public yet is heavily exploited by criminals, diverting government energy and revealing the scale of illegal activity despite widespread flouting of the law.
Washington reports that correct time comes from the Naval Observatory in league with stars. Transit telescopes and precise chambers keep clocks stable, ensuring accuracy even as Earth and sun introduce minor variations.
S W Straus, who died in New York yesterday, was among the era’s most constructively useful Americans. He promoted postwar housing by directing his organization nationwide to finance dwellings and cooperated with capable builders without seeking profit.
Mr Straus dies after long illness, a severe loss to friends and conservative business methods. His passing will not affect the well run Ss W Straus Company, from which he had withdrawn for over two years.
THAT BUSINESS will be carried on by men carefully selected by him long ago. Mr. Roberts, the president of the company, Mr. Rice, Mr. Straus' nephew, Mr. Lam in charge of real estate loans, and Mr. J. T. Straus, brother of the late S W Straus.
Stalin and Mussolini share a grim view, agreeing to swift shootings of identified enemies. Russia regularly executes groups for political offenses and Italy has just executed four young Yugoslavs accused of terrorism. One Yugoslav allegedly confessed to aiding an assassination plot against Mussolini.
The four condemned were blindfolded bound to chairs with their backs to the firing squad and shot to death by fifty six Black Shirts.
A report notes men shot after conviction under a law punishing conspiracy against the king and Mussolini. It contrasts Italy’s lack of capital punishment for ordinary murders with life imprisonment as real life confinement in solitary confinement.
The OCR item notes Mrs Ruth McCormick described as an intelligent woman fitted to represent aid work for Illinois in the United States Senate, indicating early speculation about her potential candidacy.
The passage notes a dry victory split with women voters favoring the drys. An independent dry woman could not win against Mrs. McCormick but might draw enough votes to defeat her and put Mr. Lewis in office.
In a colorful contrast, Mrs. McCormick is described as dry by nature while leaning with a statewide wet mandate. The piece suggests dry women groups may block McCormick and back Lewis, who is portrayed as wet inside and out, arguing rain feeds grass and cattle more than people.
Evan Jones, captain of Ohio University football and baseball teams, will coach Musk ingum College next year with full charge of all sports. In Columbus, E C Waodworth Clyde Eamundson and R A Dalton attended the 7th O V I Spanish war veterans reunion.
Charles P. Kircher, local contractor, secured multiple Ohio University projects. He received contracts for the Science Hall addition to the central heating plant and for the mechanical equipment of Ellis Hall.
Athens business men have purchased half the stock needed to complete the Hocking Sunday Creek traction line, bolstering the project’s funding prospects.
The board of trustees appointed J. P. Wood and E. J. Jones to hold committee seats along with T. to complete vacancies. The action formalizes committee composition under university governance.
Two new wells were approved to be drilled in Alexander Township. One site will be on the George Wood property and the other on the Frank Grogs property, with location details pending final permits.
President Alston Ellis of Ohio University asks the people of Athens to respond to a serious rooming problem for male students, urging community assistance to address the housing shortage.
Athens County advances toward its quota in War Savings Stamps sales as Postmaster EL kr Lash reports on the latest figures and statements detailing progress and efforts to meet targets.
A long awaited wrestling bout between Thor Olson and Joe Turner was postponed nine days to allow Olson to get into shape.
A mixed feature presents a poem about goldenrod and autumn scenes, followed by scattered punchlines and notes. It juxtaposes verse with short satirical lines and dubious editorials, referencing a tree sitter and a golf profanity joke.
The article describes a free information service run by Frederic Jaskin in Washington offering quick factual replies. Sample Q and A cover topics from transoceanic travel by train and boat to the origin of the U.S. flag’s placement on ships and the meaning of a Pro Cathedral.
On a Massachusetts farm near Marblehead, a set of rocks laid out by Indigenous people remains in their original positions. Striking them with a stone or hard object produces musical tones of varying pitches, due to the stones' differing shapes and sizes.
The word foots denotes residue or dregs in refining before final processing as listed in unabridged dictionaries. Tomorrow the article will explore the origin of the term yard and its etymology.
In Massachusetts Sept 16 primaries contest to choose a successor to Senator Frederick Huntington Gillett. Eben Draper campaigns as wet while William Butler fights as dry, with the Anti Saloon League eyeing three states as potential sway points. Draper’s victory could pit a wet Republican against a wet Democrat in November.
Five candidates for the Democratic senatorial nomination are noted, with Marcus A. Coolidge of Fitchburg and Joseph F. O Connell of Boston rated the strongest. Coolidge reportedly leads while O Connell, though challenged by fitness, pressures Coolidge by recalling Coolidge backing McAdoo and A J Smith at the 1924 national convention.
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