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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1931
Page
5
The piece envisions neighborhoods reviving brass kettles for apple butter and cane sorghum as bumper fruit crops promise a fall surge in demand. It recalls paring parties, backyards, and slow stirring by firelight, with notes on costs, wood, and tradition. It also critiques Yorktown pages and memorials that soften American independence.
A recent gang outrage in New York City left one child dead and four wounded during a failed attempt to arrest a racketeer. The incident follows years of tolerated beer gangs and powerful gangsters with political clout, prompting Mayor Walker to urge stopping the violence while noting the entrenched criminal networks.
A New York writer recalls a Times Square subway encounter with a feeble East Side woman selling Red Hot Songs. He describes Broadway’s midtown scene a restaurant hub for folk, managers, writers, and gossip, noting the spectacle, vanity, and blurred lines between fame and fakery.
The Athens Messenger Information Bureau answers queries on mockingbird song its own and imitative traits cites the Biological Survey. notes war referendum practices among Iroquoian and Muskhogean tribes per Lafitau 1724. and traces bovine tuberculosis eradication from Pennsylvania in 1892 1893 with a broader campaign starting in 1927 across several states.
A verse about Billy chasing pirate treasure and growing up, dreaming of candy and a peanut stand, contrasts with a poem about shared wealth. A Union Trust Company bulletin argues prosperity in one nation hinges on global conditions, noting interwoven economies and the end of isolation as a dated myth.
At the United States Professional Championships at West Side Tennis Club Forest Hills July 11 and 12 1931 Vinnie Richards played 171 championship tennis games in two days including singles and doubles with rivals such as Tilden Kozelah Winsey Albert Burke and Hunter. A separate note mentions Stephen J Field and a May 30 1931 Colorado monument to Prunes the pack burro in Fairplay and a teaser about a feature tomorrow The Woman Who Willed Her Fortunes to a fly.
The snippet recalls Camp Perry rifle scores with Private Nelson and Shields, a Jerseyville fire destroying homes and a store, and community bucket brigades. It notes quail and rabbit populations in Southern Ohio, a pharmacy association meeting in Athena County with officers, Kiwanis and Chamber of Commerce activities, road repairs in Athens County, and county fair hints with horse winnings in Columbus.
Washington letter notes United States Steel Corp. maintained a 1 percent common and 14 hundredths of 1 percent preferred dividend despite no earnings last quarter. The piece praises the policy as stabilizing and essential to rebuild reserves, with current year dividends still above some peers despite overall industry volatility. It contrasts common and preferred stock rights, urging continued prudent distribution to sustain future recovery.
The Athens Messenger advertises a booklet of love poems and fragments from famous poets. Send ten cents with this coupon to order a copy for desk reference and find apropos quotations for letters.
A syndicated column notes Shaw’s critique of financiers funding Russia and church life in Moscow, contrasted with Lady Astor’s Russia tour remarks. It cites Astor’s horror at Alabama lynching plans, and mentions Germany awaiting Hoover wheat policy and long credits, plus copper and cotton export hopes and a rural broom seller anecdote.
Rod ney Dutcher reports on Walter F. Brown the Postmaster General a central figure in Washington amid constant visitors debating airmail contracts sites and appointments. The piece skewers his office stove anecdotes and notes other government concerns from Norris to Le Follette and tariff issues in a rambling snapshot of 1920s federal life.
An editorial argues for safer swimming by children, noting hidden river dangers and urging communities to create accessible supervised pools. It praises Pittsburgh's new Highland Park facility planned for 100000 visitors with continuous filtration and lifeguards, and urges other towns to begin planning similar safety measures.
The Italian liner Rex, launched with Queen of Italy christening, marks Italy's push to boost trans Atlantic service as Genoa faces recent bombings and security threats. Cardinal Minoretto blessed the ceremony amid heightened danger from bomb plots targeting Fasci quarters.
Washington August 4 The Interstate Commerce Commission approves Delaware and Hudson to abandon 24 miles of its Lackawanna branch in Lackawanna and three counties Pennsylvania. The line transports coal from Carbondale Moosic to Honesdale via a narrow gravity system. Passenger service on the branch, kept up since 1928, will be discontinued except for a four mile section through a months area.
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