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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1931
Page
19
A 1930s style column extols electrical appliances as modern labor savers for homes. It lists devices for kitchen, laundry, personal care, and children, highlighting how electricity replaces drudgery and frees time. It envisions future inventions and the continuing impact of electrical homemaking tools.
Athens residents are advised to use a miniature Norway spruce as a Christmas tree. State forester J. J. Crumley suggests transplanting the tree into a candy box to house it briefly, then bringing it inside on Christmas Eve and returning it to the yard after frost. He notes the tree should stay in the box only a few days and can be replanted next year if cared for. Crumley explains the Norway spruce’s growth, origin in New Hampshire, and that in Ohio soil it grows slowly, becoming a potential future Christmas tree.
Pennsylvania state agents prosecute dozens of storekeepers for selling eggs labeled fresh while in cold storage. First offense carries at least a $10 fine. repeat offenses face heavier penalties as authorities warn against deceiving buyers about egg freshness.
Christmas wrapping can be a creative feature. Use wallpaper as jacketed gift coverings with plaid diagonals or flowers. Colored cellophane, blue or green, shows through with silver or gold ribbons. Craft boxes from old envelopes and patch them like a quilt, shellac for durability, yielding standout gifts.
Alliance bankers report that the large four and twenty dollar bills are reappearing after years of scarcity since Andrew Mellon notes were issued. They interpret the trend as a sign people are releasing hoarded money and circulating more cash.
This list identifies facts about Christmas history including poets, Yule logs, Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus names, reindeer, Dickens, Dutch celebrations, gift giving, and official observance. It notes Arminian and state level recognition, Star of Bethlehem, and Kris Kringle.
Carroll Pink Gardner, 37, a top light heavyweight wrestler, has been elected sheriff of Schenectady County. He is the county’s first Democrat to win the post in over twenty years, marking a notable career shift from sports and business to politics.
In Butte Nebraska a jug claimed to be 1600 years old was unearthed near what is believed to be an ancient Indian burial ground. The hand carved artifact once had a wicker frame and is accompanied by pottery shards, flint arrowheads, teeth and bones. The relic may be remnants of mound builder civilization. Specimens were sent to University of Nebraska anthropologists.
Dr. T. A. Leach of Hutchinson Kansas restarts a 32 year old gold search on the J. F. Mauer farm in Madison Nebraska. He began prospecting again after years as a country school teacher. A shaft reaches 540 feet with no ore yet recovered.
Memphis resident Char' Shield, a veteran baseball standout who played in the National League and Pacific Coast League and for the Memphis Chicks, is working as an elevator operator at the courthouse.
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