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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1934
Page
4
Advertising rates on application at Alome or Foreign offices. Nominal charge for obituary notices. Enforce at Athens Post Office as Second Class Water under Act of 1918.
A reflective essay argues that the Jamestown era established the first New Order government focusing on shared lands and goods, but warns against abolishing private property. It celebrates individual effort, entrepreneurship, and the melting pot ideal, contrasting scarcity in Europe with American opportunity and faith in progress.
The warm rain inspires home and yard cleanup as gardens prepare for summer and rugs are beaten outside. Home repairs, painting, gardening, and carpentry offers flourish with easier hiring for trademen. Property owners urged to act as prices may rise soon.
The text urges careful federal support for social and cultural services of cash-strapped local government. It argues Uncle Sam should fund education fairly, targeting need to relieve crippled schools and curb wasteful practices of small districts, while noting states differ in need and that localities in dire straits seek help.
Joel West, now at Harvard, holds a rare schooling record by finishing two years of study before turning eighteen. In 1915 he attended Montessori House San Diego, 1929 he entered University of Isla in full standing after 16 years of kindergarten through high school. From 1929 to 1952 he completed college, earning a Bachelor’s degree before age seventeen. Tomorrow The Largest Flower.
The piece describes tensions around the Blue Eagle and coal industry, noting excess critique and government action. It states temper and code implementation were controlled, coal’s unique demoralization from cut throat competition justified government intervention. It ends with a promise not to impose codes on other industries.
The millers tore up their proposed code and left town amid a split with government operatives over last minute insertions. The government will draft two or three codes and mail them for vote by return. They expect a code within sixty days and insist a fight is not their aim.
The piece argues industry groups resist codes less than they claim, framing negotiations as term hagglings. It notes government operatives seek a code without sparking a national fight, with an outsider suggesting pressing best terms and threats, while both sides avoid a bitter showdown over NRA rules.
The writer ponders whether the circus pleases the young or the old, arguing the present is better and nostalgia fades. He recalls observing older attendees, rejects fanfare of rejuvenation, compares trained seals to political figures, and prefers seal silence to musical merriment.
Dr Morris Fishbein debunks popular beliefs about diet and exercise. He cites studies by Dr W E Forsythe showing well controlled athletic activity does not damage the normal heart, and that milk with fruits is digestible if both are good. The piece emphasizes consistent, individualized physiology and the idea of good physiologic bookkeeping to explain weight changes.
Despite contrary reports the government will ask Congress to renew the NRA licensing provision which expires in June. It has never been used and there is no plan to deploy it, yet hawkers value it as bargaining leverage. Even officials who opposed it before now support keeping the weapon.
Preparedness is necessary in households with children. Keep a thermometer, bandages, antiseptics, lotions, and prescribed physics. Home nursing relies on common sense and promptness. Do not guess about fever. consult a doctor if temperature rises or lasts hours. Feverish colds require professional attention.
An editor reflects on health advice for children and warns against normalizing fear and suggestion. He urges brisk practical care, avoiding emotional misdirection, and notes caution about sensational periodicals. The writer recalls Civil War deserter figures and critiques pension spending, politics, and economic recovery, ending with a call to improve distribution of produced goods. He signs from Athens on April 2, with a personal note on southern attitudes and local perspectives.
An influential administration figure privately floated possible resignations of government service critics the Mug Wumps Brain Trusters and Anthony Advocates. He stressed it was talk for effect, not planned action, and predicted the pressure would ease as the fire subsides.
Libraries lack funds and health, police, and fire services face cutbacks or abandonment. These essential services require careful consideration to prevent disintegration. If government money is spread nationwide, funding must be based on need and restricted to curb extravagance.
The cucumber is among the oldest vegetables, with roots likely in India. Historical notes place its domestication and long cultivation across early civilizations, underscoring its status as a staple in regional diets and agricultural history.
A draft note observes that four colors suffice to color a map so that no adjacent regions share a color. The text hints at a standard graph coloring result with a nod to the four color theorem.
The writer contrasts circus spectacle with daily peril, noting humans face danger as they perform stunts while animals enjoy carefree, repeated play. He observes carnivalesque scenes of shooters, aerialists, and acrobats, concluding humans seem oddly happier amid peril than animals in their joys.
The source cites Edward P. Mulrooney, New York liquor commissioner, declaring it illegal to sell liquor under 80 proof. A garbled line follows attributing a maxim about dogs and biting, mentioning eNOmeD Lhouias.
Fragmentary local notice summarizes a Utah mine disaster affecting 417 workers and mentions a meeting of engineers and surveyors in a regional association. It references the Shepherd-Towner Infancy Service program in Athens County and notes travel and schooling changes for several residents including Virginia Lewis and Florence Wood during Easter holidays.
In Washington a shift in emphasis now lifts the forgotten man from obscurity as the welfare push centers on the consumer. John Citizen visits the grocer, while local figures from Uhrichsville and Nelson gather for community events. Ohio University Choral Society and Sunday School workers are noted with brief local references.
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