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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1931
Page
4
Williamson Sentinel urges readers to share uplifting words that inspire bold effort and hope. The piece extols praise, encouragement, and hopeful messages as fuel to overcome fear, doubt, and hardship, urging neighbors to become harbingers of good news for daily toil and communal resilience.
An essay argues that crowds misread economic trends, noting 1929 market mania and 1930s forecasts. It distinguishes foresight from forecast, urges developing a clearer view of economic cycles, and warns readers against mass psychology driving decisions. The piece cites Wanamaker’s views and calls for prudent individual analysis.
Poverty drives Harlem tenants toward rent parties that raise funds for landlords. The events attract crowds with gin and cheap drinks, dancing, and music, often ending in fights and violence as mixed crowds attend and the cycle repeats across crowded rooms.
Questions and answers cover rain from clear skies, the dew or insect drops mistaken for rain, the term libido in psychiatry, the origin of mug as a face, Philadelphia’s street plan, and jai alai basics including the fronton court and gauntlet wrist blade.
The poem critiques how ancient battles settled on the field while modern wars invite endless postwar debate. Montague argues that after conflict ends, rulers and commentators resume old arguments, delaying any clear verdict on victory until judgment at a distant shore.
The Graf Zeppelin returns to Berlin after a Arctic voyage and faces a likely end to its era as the world’s largest airship. The U S Navy ship Akron is expected to make a rapid flight, potentially overtaking the Graf Zeppelin. The German airship’s career is praised for proving airships’ potential and safety and for inspiring aviation progress.
Estimates show 1000 new homes needed in Athens County to ease rents. W C Smith set a high rifle score with ten straight bulls-eyes. Eggs on 207 Ohio farms totaled half a million, valued at 98386 dollars. Twenty years ago the School House on the Hill was torn down for a Central School rebuild and 2000 diplomas were prepared for the Reading Circle graduates.
Ohio University officials removed the old wooden flag poles in front of Ewing Hall and the metal staff by the S. A. T. C. near Howard Hall due to rot. A shorter iron pole was erected inside the alumni gateway to the right, manager H. H. Haning said the bases were dangerously rotten.
Explains Barney Oldfield used a cigar as a shock absorber in speedway racing and describes Shell Rock Mountain on the Oregon Washington border as resting on ice with basalt layers. Mentions early railroad topo challenges and a prehistoric freezer theory for the mountain's origin. Tomorrow feature previews a man who has run 200000 miles.
Frederic J. Haskin notes that the Aeronautics Branch of the Commerce Department regulates parachutes with strict rules. Tests include 12 drops from 500 feet at 70 mph, 5 drops with twisted lines, and live-man tests from 2000 feet. Packings, materials, and repair standards require certified experts and English-speaking riggers.
The Athens Messenger presents a 32 page budget booklet with budget and account pages and clear instructions. Prepared by The Athens Messenger Washington Information Bureau as a practical help for everyone, it explains spending, saving and money management and invites readers to mail in a coupon with 6 cents.
The President states that bidding under low mood to maximize profit and pressing labor for higher gains is unacceptable. He urges wage questions be submitted to arbitration under his authority.
President Hoover will hear about the offhand discharge of 700 men who spent their last dollar to work on the dam project. The report emphasizes human life and hope and a workingman’s demand for justice as equally important as contractor profits.
The piece notes rains triggering economic drops, revolts in Latin America needing suppression in Havana with few deaths, and Stalin tightening control over Soviet workers while praising discipline. It contrasts Western stereotypes of Russians with growing pressure on labor to adopt analytical work methods.
Miss Helen M. Gould entertained about 500 poor mothers and their children on her farm and playground near Tarrytown New York. Special cars supplied transportation and food and amusements were provided free for the day.
Among attendees on Rast Hill were Charlotte Allom Eaith Palmer Grace Rowles Juliet Roach Charles OBleness Harry Foster Don Coultrap and Robert White.
Washington report by Rodney Dutcher notes government publicity highlights only cheerier stats while unemployment and wage cuts deepen. Bureau data show payrolls shrinking, wage reductions across 1400 plants affecting about 200000 workers, with part time work rising and earnings falling in several sectors.
The article advises stocking up on baby goods for September weather, including hemming diapers at home or by department stores, using Birdseye cotton for small trousers, and buying a few first sizes. It explains pinning methods for dresses, suggests lengths 20 to 24 inches, and notes August sales offer bargains on small furniture and rubber tubs.
The text questions the durability and authenticity of revolutions and the Five Year Plan, contrasting them with Stalin who is described as made of steel both in character and by name. The remark suggests uncertainty about enduring strength and legitimacy.
A historical column mocks stock market highs and lows, noting week totals of 4 375 819 shares traded and recalling past 6 000 000 share days. It references Dante and Paolo and Francesca to liken broker sorrows to Hell, while the government warns Mississippi water is at a multi year low with ninety percent missing.
In the opening of cotton dealings Monday the price dropped seven dollars and fifty cents per bale as traders digested news of a gigantic harvest. Cotton sold as low as 6.70 cents per pound and the glut signals trouble for growers from the United States to the Nile and Southern Russia.
Colonel Lindbergh, stationed far from home at Point Barrow, Alaska, recounts a bizarre incident where a large polar bear plunged through a skylight into a family’s dining room during a midnight sun period. The story hints at surreal northern life and endless daylight.
The passage compares Lindbergh’s forecast of five years bringing great gains in aircraft efficiency to Christopher Columbus claiming progress for his boats. It hints at optimism about aviation advancement and the idea of reaching a standard airframe.
The piece proclaims Buffalo New York as the top grain port in the United States per shipping board reports and the world's largest flour milling center. It notes Buffalo ranks second to Duluth in water-borne freight and urges buying land while prices are low.
Public forum letter by John Ewing praising R. D. Williams former director of the Athens City Water Works Pump Station for lifelong service since 1907. Ewing commends Williams as a diligent, capable leader who kept water works streets and sewers in top condition at low cost, always available day or night. Dated August 11, 1931.
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