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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1936
Page
6
The Athens Messenger announces publication schedule and advertising terms. It lists editors and managers, professional affiliations, and national press memberships. Subscription rates are shown: by mail in Ohio four dollars fifty cents a year, six months two dollars fifty, ten weeks one dollar, four weeks fifty cents, and weekly carrier fifteen cents.
Athens debates cutting on street parking to one hour and relocating the Herrold Place garbage dump. The editorial urges better enforcement, patrols, and traffic management to boost downtown trade and public safety, while proposing a future incineration plan and nuisance abatement.
A long, opinionated column argues Ohio city ordinances forcing gas station attendants to distinguish drunk from sober drivers impose unfair duties on workers. It lauds attendants as neighbors and service models while challenging enforcement over intoxicated driving. It also touches on music bans in Hungary and Jolson’s image plans.
Washington columnist details a secret shift by Brain Trusters from price levels to cooperative marketing across industries. It notes past positions on parity and big business and claims advocates now aim for cheaper consumer prices by cutting middlemen, with testing possible if allowed by President Roosevelt.
The Navy will open sealed bids on April 30 for the obsolete cruiser Alton, to be scrapped or sunk by year’s end. Launched in 1885 as Chicago, the vessel marks the start of modern naval build and reflects the United States’ rise to naval power. The piece notes a shift from weakness to strength and mentions new road tests in Michigan and a successful tobacco road.
The prime minister says a woman is better at keeping secrets because many friends help. Dora seeks light amusement and plans to see the "Wizard of Ounce."
Poem by Annie McIntyre Bartoé from Nelsonville Ohio with Easter imagery. Readers are invited to submit verses bearing name and address for this column.
A collage of quotes features U. S. Representative G. H. Tinkham resisting relocation by the New Deal Resettlement Administration, W. E. Pussyfoot Johnson lampooning dry rhetoric, Julian Street on restaurant dancing, Melvin Maas on patronage, Warden Honeycutt bidding Luke Lea farewell, and Sidney Howard praising behind the scenes acting.
A reader responds to editor about WPA and how some claimants crowd streets while others work hard. The writer cites Secretary Wallace and criticizes government programs将sowing brood sows and crops, wasteful subsidies, and imported goods as harming farmers and families.
A detailed historical list names dozens of merchants and professionals in Gallipolis including milliners, tailors, grocers, druggists, and the First National Bank. It notes shops, factories, and services on Court Street and nearby avenues, with a closing letter urging economic self sufficiency and a 1940s political critique by William Jenkins.
Laura Lou Brookman 19, a commercial model, rises in New York advertising after posing for Hillyer Soap campaigns. She navigates romance with Tim Jamieson, friendship with Harriet Holm, and a looming connection with Clyde Sabin as past Bergman’s models resurface seeking aid.
Letters of acceptance were given to Nelsonville High School basketball standouts led by Captain Carl Campbell and Captain-elect Meade Whyte. Alonzo Barnes will perform in the Mikado at Athens High School with Maynard Downard in the title role. Community notices include D A R visitors, a Saint Joan reading, and PTA delegate elections.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains how improved transport and refrigeration expanded fruit availability. Fruits supply mainly carbohydrates minerals and vitamins with little protein or fat, and digestion varies by fruit type and ripeness. unripe fruit can cause irritation and colic.
A reader asks if a greasy vanishing cream causes enlarged pores and whether soap and a non greasy powder base are better. The answer: avoid greasy toilet preparations when pores tend to enlarge. wash with water and soap, preferably non medicated, and use any satisfactory powder without a greasy base.
Cooking softens fibrous material and makes fruits easier to eat while reducing significant nutrients. Natural fruit flavors come from small amounts of flavor substances that are often hard to reproduce. Artificial flavors can imitate real fruit scents but are sometimes indistinguishable from the natural substance. Fruits are high in water and generally yield an alkaline ash in the body, except for prunes, pumpkins, and cranberries.
Local notice reports a division of schools and mentions a person named E. Engis as a key figure. Details are incomplete but imply a grouping of educational sites within a county. No dates or organizations are clearly identified in the readable text.
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