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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1935
Page
4
The Pacific voyage of a giant air clipper recalls early exploration and the human drive for adventure. It frames modern air routes to the Far East as grand-scale exploration, linking Pan American’s flight to Drake’s era and urging adventure to brighten peaceful life.
The piece notes rising taxpayer burdens as railroads shrink. In Athens County last year railroads paid about 200 000 in taxes while 100 workers earned roughly 120 000. As service and mileage dwindle, tax revenues fall and districts struggle for funds for schools and roads.
Experts warn homes incur about twice as many accidental deaths as industry last year due to aging repairs and clutter. Hazards like loose rugs, exposed nails, and fires from rubbish buildup persist despite lower factory risks. Emphasis on common sense and caution to prevent thousands of incidents.
Lawmakers push bills to remove the Post Office Department from party politics and appoint postmasters by merit rather than partisanship. Georgia Representative Ramspeck notes the political risk of naming postmasters, as one choice creates friends and many enemies. He argues politics-free posts would spare congressmen years of grief.
A Brain Trust proposal outlines Bureau of Labor Statistics Form 807 with 18 pages of questions to map private life. Targeted at rural households under 2500 population and income under 2000, it could take 3 to 6 hours per family and cover items from earnings to household spending and even laundry products.
The dialogue outlines forthcoming detailed queries about expenses for 201 different foods and meals, sex and age of people at meals, and extensive clothing categories. It notes that frankfurters and bologna are grouped to save space and estimates the burden on low income husbands.
The excerpt outlines a lengthy survey listing seven dress types for women plus six hose and six shoes, with numerous questions on prices, expenditures, and times of purchase. It notes questions on arctic gaiters, nightgowns, bathing suits, pajamas, furs, sun suits, and even overalls, hinting at six more pages to follow.
The passage satirically questions bureaucratic meddling and social welfare. It mocks an interrogator plan asking families how to buy fur on low income and jokes about broom-wielding housewives and tossed agents. It references unemployment, tax snooping, and political tangents with a satirical tone.
The text touches on Congress delays in passing a bill and suggests windbreaks as a remedy for dust storms. It notes farmers needing relief from rain, implying frustration with legislative pace and weather challenges.
A scan of The Log Cabin Herald from May 4 1840 outlines the Tippecanoe campaign era in Ross County Ohio. It highlights national debt growth 1824 1839 praise for General Harrison quotes from Commodore Perry and a plan for a log cabin council house in Chillicothe May 16.
Olive Roberts Barton reviews Katharine Seabury's The Fun of Having Children, praising the author's motherly stance and debunking extreme psychologies. Barton warns against overreliance on psychiatry, urges a balanced, standardized approach to psychology, and notes the value of heredity in child development while cautioning against quackery.
A collection of quotes from Secretary Ickes Senator Long Senator Vandenberg and Representative Buck criticize the Townsend plan and warnings against using the aged as a shield for reform. The remarks address political maneuvering funding political machines and war bill burdens.
Readers may send signed letters commenting on current events. Signatures appear with the contribution. Letters should be concise to allow multiple submissions each day.
Clara Elliott of New Marshfield recounts a years long clash with a county health nurse who repeatedly declared scarlet fever cases, closed schools, and imposed quarantines despite doctors certifying no infection. She asks readers if other communities share similar experiences.
Poets corner invites readers to submit verses bearing name and address. The piece My Garden by Ethel Day from Sophomore Buchte High School envisions a sun warmed hill with rows of charity courage hope happiness and love set under a blue sky.
Yesterday's cartoon highlights Harmand David from Rich emond France born 1750 died 1860 aged 110. He served under Louis XV and across Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. After Waterloo he retired with a pension while remaining in robust health.
Millicent Graces, secretary to George Drimgold, discovers her employer dead and is drawn into a perilous intrigue. Agent Jarvig Happ takes her to a beauty shop to alter her appearance and introduces her to his circle including Norman Happ and Rob ert Caise. A tense door watch unfolds as a stranger may enter the apartment.
Millicent waits as a key rattles in the lock from outside the room. Norman Happ whispers that someone is attempting to pick the lock with a skeleton key, and the door fatefully remains closed.
A cyclone swept through numerous Texas and Oklahoma towns causing heavy loss of life and property. Reports from affected communities describe severe flooding and widespread damage across the region.
A reader note shows a woman in a dim apartment discovering a bulky suitcase hidden at the back. She touches a hard object, lifts the case, drags it to the foreground, and opens it, revealing a surprise tied to a pair named Happ and Gentry.
Reading notes describe disease risks from bites by dogs rats and even a cat. A 14 year old girl was bitten on the ankle by a stray cat and received bandaging. cases among workers and soldiers show rat bites can transmit disease though rarely.
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