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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1939
Page
4
The article condemns flawed petition signatures aimed at blocking the Bigelow old age pension plan in Ohio. It warns of demagogues exploiting discontent, urges election boards to act, and notes the Eagles Lodge stance that $35 monthly pensions are the limit. It argues for structural reform and balance between haves and have-nots.
The piece notes Americans in London value a simple thank you as a rare courtesy. It argues genuine thanks boost goodwill, driving customer loyalty and sales where price or quality fail, contrasting with English norms of servility in trades. It cites reactions to politeness from waiters, cabbies, and service staff.
An editorial argues motorists should reject hitchhikers to avoid violence and potential lawsuits. It notes women with babies and children ride along, and many drivers fear damage verdicts after accidents. It urges caution and suggests turning down all hitchhikers to save trouble and expense.
Walter Braufuss, Chicago songwriter and musical director, suggests world leaders from Hitler to Stalin sing in harmony on a universal anthem. He imagines "Sweet Adeline" or a new Internationale as the world theme song to unify nations in one key. The idea faces practicality issues as a loud, mixed crowd would expose unflattering voices and spoil the chorus.
A paleontology note states that dinosaurs were not inherently vicious, offering a comforting reinterpretation of their nature based on scientific evidence.
Ernie Pyle writes from Zion National Park Utah praising a million dollar road that tunnels through rock to view Bryce Canyon Zion and the Grand Canyon while noting the landscape’s overwhelming rock and the park’s Weeping Rock and lodge amid a cordial visit with Park Superintendent Paul Frank and a cafeteria lunch.
New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia argues the New Deal achieved its core aims and the nation must stop treating the downturn as an emergency. He cites surpluses, unemployment, and federal programs like old age pensions while noting debates over the Wagner Act and wage hour laws. He suggests exporting surplus labor to boost production for markets in Central and South America.
A Reno photo retouching business surged after a woman claimed her husband gave her a black eye and used the images in divorce proceedings. The case centers on alleged domestic abuse and the impact on court filings and media attention.
A songwriter urges the world wide warbling of Sweet Adeline to forge international harmony. The line implies he has not heard the corner taproom quartet likely differing in style and effect.
The Messenger Information Bureau fields reader questions on Constitution amending Puerto Rico statehood Confederate flag description submarine ballast details Sphinx antiquity and cubed cigarets. Answers explain congressional power, flag design from 1861 to 1963, state ratifications by Connecticut and Rhode Island, statical diving gear leakage, Sphinx origin linked to King Sophis, and cubed cigarets made from unripe Piper cubeda fruit.
Mrs Marge Howard owns a night blooming cereas that will likely bloom a third and fourth time before winter and has 23 buds available for shut-ins. Local visits include Raymond and Robert Cole from Canton on their trip to Meigs County, with their father to join for a week. Dr. and Mrs. Romanzo Adams sail from San Francisco July 28 to Honolulu arriving August 2 and had sociological research in Florida last year. Concord Sunday School officers elected with Maynard Sayers as superintendent and Minnie Antile as assistant. Rev W P Clark to give home-coming address with special music from Nelsonville church group.
INO. L. Smyth of Athens RD 2 writes that a party chairman should reside in the county and criticizes Wilson for living in Columbiana. He argues the Republican ticket risks harm if leadership remains and urges a new chairman be chosen promptly. The letter notes past visit was for highway work not party welfare.
John Farley planned a new dry cleaning plant in Athens with fixtures bringing the cost to about 12000 dollars. Notables visit Athens as Mrs Dent Scott and Mrs Carmen Church travel and Mrs James Parrott resides with C B Beverage while Harvey Harvard course attended by Fred H Sands.
The 40 year old town clock was relocated from City Hall to the courthouse tower where C. C. Millikan assisted in stalled the clock. Miss Mabel Brown travelled to Washington to visit with her sister Mrs H. D. Myrick. Miss Ardilla Shuster remained at home in Zaleski for the fall term. Adria Slaughter returned to Akron after visiting her parents on Grosvenor Street. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cassey with their son Paul drove to Columbus. Cassey, then Logan Natural Gas and Fuel Co. local manager, attended a meeting of local managers there. Mina D. Fry left for Chillicothe to spend vacation with Elmer Dickson and family and her mother Mrs M. E. Dickson.
The Knowlton reunion is set for Sunday at Townhouse Church on August 27 and the Stanley reunion will be held Sunday at Bethel Church. Local families, travels and visits dominate the brief social notices with relatives from Marmot West Virginia and Athens Ohio among those mentioned.
Christine Thorenson confronts Chandra as danger looms over her new address and band of strangers. She journeys with Bill Yardley along Surf City Boardwalk, sharing doubts and a growing bond as a crowd gathers near the pier before the chapter ends with an ominous twist.
The fragment identifies Christine as not an introspective youth, not resembling Nelsonville, Ohio, suggesting a local or regional persona. The text offers sparse context with no clear events or dates.
Health guidance outlines examining the wife for blockages from glands to the development organ and using X-ray opaque substances to test passage through the tubes. It notes interview, physical exams, glandular treatments, husband health, and timing of fertility periods as factors in conception.
Wilkesville social items list gatherings and visitors. Irene Jackson and others attended an American Legion Auxiliary meeting hosted by Mrs. John Colwells in Danville. Families from Columbus and Pittsburgh area visited kin. notes cover moves, hospital trips, a roller skating rink opening, and a death in Upjer Salem with funeral plans.
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