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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1928
Page
4
A thought for today reflects on punishment as a tool to deter evil rather than spur good. The quote contrasts a burdensome corrective aim with Horace Mann's view on moral education and restraint.
A columnist argues that crime and bootlegging generate large fortunes for outsiders while average workers toil for little. He notes foreign born gangsters, lavish wealth, and rising crime in major cities. He warns that brokers profit from production without producing and calls for movements to curb non producers.
A Southern editor who praised reform and labeled readers harshly now writes that he is finished with the reform push. He recalls receiving widespread condemnation and isolation, including from allies, as he admits his stance harmed his standing. He vows to stop criticizing and to celebrate the good in people and things.
Lyle Womack recalls the moment his wife Ruth Alder refused to kiss him after an ocean flight, spurring his decision to become single again. The piece argues kisses between spouses are undervalued and crucial, with marital absence triggering troubles and highlighting their true worth.
In Millersburg Ohio inmates are marched to church every Sunday a practice defended by Sheriff J W Gray who says the public has a right to know what jail birds look like. Inmates object saying they become the focus of embarrassed stares from the congregation and have urged the sheriff to stop the practice. The piece invites readers to decide who is at fault.
The article recalls a fad called Flecherizing that urged chewing each bite long and vigorously to eat less and gain endurance. It notes Dr Harald Holck, an instructor, commenting on the theory and its reception.
A University of Chicago physiology discussion recounts a doctor who spent a year and a half chewing to test Fletcherism. He notes jaw weariness and weight loss that reduced muscular energy, though it oddly aided solving chess problems. He calls Fletcherizing a lost fact but finds the experiment interesting.
Banks in New York raised interest rates to 7 percent for legitimate business and warned they would charge more if demand grows. The New York law caps legal interest at 6 percent per year, making banks charging over 6 percent potentially liable in court.
A harsh critique argues bootleggers defy law while respectable businessmen despise the Constitution. It suggests eminent bankers seek extra profit through usury and urges borrowers to send three large gilt balls to hang above the Federal Reserve Bank entrance and similar ornaments to major banks.
The text notes Maine voting Republican by a historic margin while Wall Street wagers 2.5 to 1 against Hoover, then 3.5 to 1 earlier. It attributes Maine's dry status to long standing sentiment and cautions not to overemphasize Maine results.
The King of Spain praises the voyage of Christopher Columbus in a film voice recording by Fox Movie Tone. He notes that Columbus was aided in coming to this country by his ancestors and expresses pleasure at sharing the historic claim with the public.
He is a practical king, this Alfonso, with his mind on his subjects' welfare. He urges American tourists to come to Spain, telling them they will find good roads, and, "you may drive as fast as you like. I, myself have driven too fast for twenty-four years."
The article notes that moving images will let everyone see study and know the world's most important people, calling it progress.
The text explains the electron as a real, finite-sized particle not a mere dot, revolving inside the atom like Earth around the sun. It asserts electrons orbit the nucleus billions of times per second, contrasting with the solar system analogy of our planet.
Science credits Englishman Professor Thomson and American Doctor Davisson of Columbia University and Bell Labs for crucial electron research. The note suggests the electron’s lasting significance beyond contemporary political events.
The article notes Capone known as Scarface visited Tony Lombardo's coffin with a guard of six men, each armed, reflecting a brutal era of gangster loyalties and threats. It compares Capone’s entourage to patricians in ancient Rome amid a climate of rival killings.
William J. Bowen president of the Bricklayers' International Union of America denounces communism. He notes the union has in bank 3,865,000 and has paid 10,509,000 in benefits in the last ten years.
The puzzle lists multiple questions including who guided the Leland Stanford Junior University and who authored Faust and The Doll’s House style items. It asks for places like Bombay and terms such as carnivorous cat and seventh note, with scattered garbled fragments across the grid.
Dr McAvoy answers questions on constipation goat milk and St Vitus dance. The cure involves enemas a fruit fast gradual diet shifts and regular toilet habits with walking and abdominal exercises. Readers are invited to request articles by mailing a stamped self-addressed envelope.
C. J asks if it is safe to marry someone who had consumption in early stages and is now cured. The answer states that a person who has had tuberculosis can usually be perfectly well and there is no reason she should not be married.
A quiz of brief Q A exchanges covers Ki Ki Cuyler’s baserunning time, water boiling taste, usage of between versus among, orchid cultivation difficulty, America’s Harmsworth Trophy tally, pilot training costs, the American Blue Cross Society's purpose, the US penny name, and trout stream restocking.
Gilbert Swan recounts uncanny streetside tales of Manhattan where stock brokers, clerks, doormen, taxi drivers, and aspiring artists conceal rich backstories. He notes hidden ambitions and ordinary lives intersecting with fame and failure amid Wall Street and Broadway shadows.
A Cleveland straw ballot showed La Follette voters following party lines, with 18 of 4 years ago switching to Smith and 15 to Hoover. Observers expect the La Follette vote to split between the two major parties, boosting Hoover in Cuyahoga County and possibly Cleveland, though Smith campaigns there.
Ohio University football drills in nightly practice at field and gymnasium as Coach Mc Farland shapes the squad. Frank Gross visits Bremen as a business traveler. Mrs. G. E. McLaughlin and Mrs. Charles Cornwell visit friends in Coolville. Miss Ida Bowser spends weekend in Columbus with sisters. Ten years ago Yanks win by big margin on first day of new drive. Ohio Branch Women’s National Defense Council district conference set for September 12 in Cambridge with Irma Voigt as principal speaker. Captain J. B. Allen returns from Mackinac Island trip. Mrs. Orinda F. Peoples and daughter Mary return from Columbus trip.
The text cites a 1886 agreement between newspaper publishers and typographical unions in Chicago and Washington as likely the first labor contract with organized labor. It defines municipality as an incorporated city or town with a charter and notes watercress grows in running streams and shallow pools and can be grown from seed or cuttings.
Description of prepared edible branches washed and used as a table dish. It notes a standard French dressing of two parts olive oil to one part vinegar with mustard salt and paprika. The item is spread over a large area after gathering.
Timeline notes major milestones including General James Wolfe's death at Quebec in 1759, 1782 congressional acceptance of Virginia's western lands offer, 1788 New York City becoming U S capital, and the 1814 composing of the Star Spangled Banner during Ft McHenry bombardment in Maryland.
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