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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1931
Page
23
A how to on decorating for Christmas dinners with green damask, two color glassware, pewter candlesticks, and a central evergreen tree. Tips include mismatched dishes, old china, wooden candle holders, and a dedicated youngsters table with marshmallow crafts and Santa figures.
Maj. Gen. H A Drum inspector general urges redistribution of U S Army units to act quickly in any emergency. He notes infantry, artillery, and other troops are spread across 24 regiments and 24 posts for infantry and seven regiments plus seven battalions across 19 posts for artillery.
A 20 pound brown bear was killed within two miles of Redding, California, the other day, prompting locals to remark it may indicate a harsh winter ahead.
William Jennings Bryan Jr. calls January meeting in Los Angeles of western governors to discuss fermonitization of silver referencing his father’s 16 to 1 gold standard stance. He notes time has proven his father’s famous cries about silver and gold.
Officials of the State Game Commission report deer deaths linked to chemical waste from an old well at Leetonia. Lungs of several deer and samples of the waste are under analysis. The well has been fenced off pending results.
A Messenger shopper notes high shoes for boys and dolls for girls are popular Christmas gifts. Stores display heavy leather knee high shoes with buckles, pink dolls in lace outfits, and practical items for adults including covetaila, chenille rugs, gloves, slippers, sweaters, dishes sets, and assorted home goods. Gift selection appears broad and affordable.
In Harrisburg a troop of State Highway Patrolmen asked farmers along their patrol routes to donate more than 10,000 bushels of fresh produce to the Surplus for the Needy Committee in Pittsburgh. Captain Wilson C. Price, patrol superintendent, said the fruits and vegetables would otherwise go to waste.
Harrisburg records show public school textbook costs per pupil fell last year to 11 cents from 19t?. The total cost of supplying free texts statewide was 3,188,977 dollars.
Attendees at a Dudley Place Estate event hosted by Mrs Muriel Vanderbilt Church Phelps for the unemployed witnessed a pig on parade. A well-fed piglet was captured after wandering through the crowd and failed to escape.
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