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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1931
Page
4
A Nation’s Business column critiques complacent U S business confidence, praising wining minds over draws, cites 1931 industrial trends from Dun and Company, and warns against idealizing Soviet Russia while noting American skepticism and wartime economic context.
The writer recalls quiet nights at Minards Lodge near Lake Kedgemaadne Nova Scotia as guides recount war service. He notes canoe guides and split firs, a Connecticut party with two guides, and the war’s silent veterans including Bil with four wounds and Joe the Indian marked by coldness.
A reader asks about hay shrinkage in barns versus stacks with Colorado figures eight months apart. The column also covers questions on US mean altitude five other trivia items, including maple sugar production in Canada, mas on jar tops, Esperanto inventor Zamenhof, Yorktown stamp timing, the Dogger Bank battle, and cigar storage guidance.
A reflective piece laments rising gang violence and murders while noting one gang member's plea for a bomb proof jail. The author, once fearful, grows hopeful that the terror may end as criminals see life behind iron bars. The piece weighs crime versus safety and contemplates a future where no one needs to fear the streets.
The piece claims each raindrop hitting a house peak splits, with the majority supposedly flowing into the Gulf of Mexico while the rest reaches the Gulf of St Lawrence. It presents a curious hydrological claim attributed to Ripley with a playful science angle.
A fragment recounts Maine s Saco River curse linked to King Philip s War and a drowned infant, claiming three white deaths yearly. It also describes Trinidad s Pitch Lake and a worker who dug in the same spot seven years, finding the hole refilled each morning.
The piece examines the dismissal wage as voluntary severance pay to aid workers laid off through economic conditions. It cites Austria Mexico and Ecuador as examples and details a U S manufacturing case paying nine weeks for affected employees with varied benefits, costs, and the need for careful administration and potential wider adoption.
The Athens Messenger promotes a Washington Bureau booklet on removing eighty eight stains. Readers are urged to write for the guide and enclose four coins or stamps to cover postage and handling.
Banks grant Britain a loan under ten percent of wartime outlays as the Shipping Board, under the President, moves to decide Leviathan and other ships. American bidders including Roosevelt and Astor-backed groups vie against Dollar Line interests and Fielshhacker, with plans for United ownership and future control of foreign routes.
The report notes coal industry supply woes and a weak police force due to funding, while local incidents include a nighttime robbery and a campus adder sighting. Scouting reorganizations occur under Rey L. Dupjer with new troop formations and leadership changes. An Ohio literacy-like convention and rising telephone subscribers are mentioned in a disconnected historical wrap.
A 1941 Ohio State Fair visit by Mr and Mrs Syrea Wolfe is noted along with a 1911 260 page Ohio University bulletin featuring campus views faculty and students. The piece mentions abundant squirrels in 1941 and Ohio corn crop concerns among Athens County farmers. LaRoy head of biology at State Normal Springfield and Ohio University graduate credentials are cited. Palmer of the entity School arranged a week long session at Ohio University with 65 men and 25 women enrolled at opening.
Washington chatter runs from Hoover’s imminent move to boost popularity to wild bets about a five day week plan, a Bryant building program, and war debt talks. Rumors cite unnamed sources, Wall Street tickers, and whispers from reporters, with little evidence and frequent retractions.
A columnist weighs the anxiety many six year olds face before starting school. The piece notes fears of exams, punishments, and new routines, urges gentle encouragement, and cautions parents against overwhelming children with talk or negative stories.
Washington column satirizes public affairs with references to Governor Roosevelt in New York and a controversial exchange of correspondence. The piece mocks officials and public access to administration secrets, indicating concern over secrecy and governance.
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