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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1934
Page
4
A nationwide review shows high school graduates and their peers ask frank questions about marriage, childbirth, and relationships. Youth challenge and indict parents for lagging in guidance while seeking information from outsiders, yet show serious thinking and growth.
The piece urges tempered housing reform, urging nonpartisan planning, affordable construction, and use of new methods to spur job growth. It cautions against extravagant designs and highlights mortgage guarantees, lower interest, and the need for better wages to support rebuilding and private capital mobilization.
A college professor asserts cottage cheese, or smearcase, rivals eggs in nourishment and protein. After years of mockery for requesting it, families are urged to embrace this food as a suitable part of meals, noted for its toothsome quality.
The text argues that uniform traffic control varies by regulation and advocates centralized rules in Ohio. It claims average vehicle owners pay over $31 annually in license fees and gas taxes, totaling more than fifty-one million dollars, and links this to the motorist group’s broader influence.
Washington dispatch notes a controversial analysis on Europe’s drift to instability with Mussolini’s Italy as a stabilizing force. It cites Austria as under Italian influence, Britain and France lacking popular governments, and Dollfuss’s assassination used to crush Nazism while Dillinger cases and political figures like Secretary Roper are touched on in a broad, opinionated tour.
Ohio creates a state bureau to regulate traffic control devices on the highway system. Other states centralize control, with Illinois taking over management of devices and installations. In towns under 5,000, the state highway department handles signals, arguing many signals are unnecessary and burdensome. Traffic engineers should base light placement on clear counts and visibility.
Health guidance on preventing prickly heat and intertrigo in children emphasizes light clothing, regular baths, and gradual sun exposure. Treatments include vinegar water washes, talcum powder, and olive oil, with caution to consult a physician for severe rashes. Daily outdoor naps and mosquito netting aid sleep and comfort in hot weather.
Edna Harpold of Chester voices frustration at government taxes and loan schemes hurting small farmers. She notes low crop prices despite relief efforts, predicting ongoing hardship as production cuts meet drought and market pressures.
The 1818 Athens County tax list totals 426.43 with allocations to Athens, Ames, Troy, and Alexander townships. It names tax collectors Michael Barker and others, and outlines early county offices from 1805, including sheriffs, clerks, auditors, treasurers, and judges, with notable figures such as Silvanus Ames and Simeon Nash.
Olive Roberts Barton urges using summers to teach kids about trees birds and flowers through direct observation. She notes children crave learning, argues naming local flora and fauna enriches perception, and cautions against relying solely on books.
Mrs. Harry Z Foster and Mrs Clarence M Gill issued invitations for a garden party at the Foster home. The item notes social planning and hosting details from a local social page.
Miss Blanche and Marion Walden left for a few days at Coolville Camp Meeting. Miss Nina Butts hosted a week-end house party on East State Street. Knights of Columbus and families attended an all day picnic at Buckeye Lake. France prepared to strike as troops mobilized and Germany pressed Italy about a war with Russia. England pledged cooperation, shifting the burden of armed conflict to the Kaiser per Paris dispatch.
The text quotes Count Sigray criticizing Hungary's future and notes Ontario law figures and Canadian concerns for children's welfare over exploitation profits. Aubrey Williams cites chronic destitution affecting one sixth of the population, highlighting relief concerns.
The U boat U-156 surfaced off Orlean, Massachusetts on July 21, 1918 and sank the tug Perth Amboy and four barges with gunfire. Shots landed on American soil as lifeguards and crewmembers were hit. the submarine later disappeared in a North Sea mine field. Adrian C. Duff, famed as the Demon Photographer, served in the U S Signal Corps and died in Brooklyn on March 7.
Howard recovers from a cold at camp while Amy and Mary urge caution. In New York Jane Terry finds an aviation officer collapsing with fever and pneumonia. She seizes him, brings him to her apartment, and nurses him, envisioning a reunion, as a doctor warns he may die within days.
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