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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1931
Page
4
The piece notes growing concern over noise from trains, cars, planes and radios and describes efforts to control sound in offices, homes and auditoriums. Experts say noise management is becoming a business with devices tested to suppress outside sounds and improve acoustics.
The Athens County Fair should broaden its scope to include merchants and town expositions. Officials note stronger farm exhibits and premiums, growing junior participation, and improved racing with the heat system, but attendance wanes due to repetitive events. A joint farm town showcase could boost appeal and advertising value.
The piece argues for easier home ownership for the average worker, noting the social and civic benefits of property, the contrasts between city tenements and small town housing, and President Hoover's emphasis on housing as a vital national issue affecting all citizens. It urges national action to improve living conditions and citizenship.
Gilbert Swan notes Dear Burton Rascoe among others in a nostalgic essay on New Yorkers’ longing for small towns. He cites Dr. Brill on hometown pride, recalls San Bernardino Oxnard Denver and Sauk Centers, and admits personal yearning to relive adolescence while in New York.
The Athens Messenger offers free information via an extensive Washington D C organization, asking two cents for a reply. Q&A covers Navy control of airships, British election ballot retention, Sequoia Park distance from Los Angeles, and the Lost Battalion story from World War I.
A verse piece traces Dan the Duck from youth’s crime to prison. It contrasts his early bold robberies with later remorse and a warning that repentance often comes too late. The narrator cites Warden Lawes’s view on crime’s futility and laments the lasting impact of a life of vice.
A brief note describes the ongoing need for scalable solutions that grow larger and more essential annually. It emphasizes increasing complexity and the requirement for persistent adaptation to meet expanding demands.
A devotional line urges avoiding offense to Jews Gentiles and the church of God citing 2 Corinthians 10 32.
A Florida Seminole village enforces a harsh tribal code with no jail or police. Shirt-tail Charley, accused of cruelty to his wife near Fort Lauderdale, was condemned to wear a shirt and shed trousers. The cartoon closes with a paradox about a drawbridge, and a teaser for Tomorrow: The Judge Who Has No Court.
The Department of Agriculture warns dairy farmers to curb culling and avoid overproduction. After six months of price swings driven by pasture, grain costs, and butterfat levels, forecasts show an 11 percent herd increase next year rather than a reduction, risking a price slump. Tariff and currency shifts further complicate margins as foreign butter imports loom.
The Athens Messenger presents a 32 page Budget Book with budget tables and account pages. It promises practical expert advice on spending saving and making money work for individuals and families. It urges readers to use the coupon and improve money handling regardless of income.
The Athens Messenger Information Bureau forwards six cents for a copy of the booklet How to Get Ahead. Frederic J. Haskin directs the request from Washington D C, asking for the street city state details to mail the booklet.
A disturbing note describes a boy or baby being prepared for slaughter as a prize beef, likening the act to a 1929 stock speculator. The fragment implies a planned sale and grisly outcome, but the source text is severely damaged and unclear.
One building houses exhibits by young American farm boys the Future Farmers of America. They aim to raise the champion hog and compare with other boys pursuing football touchdowns, showing practical farm skill and sports alike.
A portly Duroc Jersey boar from Lillard Farm in Arlington, Texas, strolls to the judges with an ear of corn in its mouth. Clear Brooks, a young American farmer, praises hogs and claims they can thrive on desert heat with shade and water. He notes hogs prefer cleanliness and compares the idea to misfortune of some women.
A Hampshire boar with a white belt around its shoulders is praised as champion, raised by Elmer Bixler, a young boy from Tulare California. A pen of Wiltshire hogs from Holmes Farm in Woodward Oklahoma also attracts interest.
Mrs. T. N. Hoover and Mrs. W. H. Cooper hosted a reception at Mrs. Hoover’s home with Master Thomas Hoover assisting. A farm management specialist from the college of agriculture spoke at meetings in Albany and Coolville on vital business management for food producers. Coaches Finsterwald and Grover mapped a tough Ohio University schedule with Mt. Union and Denison among the opponents and Marietta to be played here and on their field. R. D. Williams led a systematic street patching effort in Athens with Rome Township trustees sharing Tedrow Road Gap costs.
The Athens Board of County Commissioners recorded a payment of 2050 dollars from a property related source. The notice confirms funds receipt by the county government for a property matter.
Twenty years ago E. Woodworth delivered the F Lodge memorial address. Miss Bowser Stewart and Miss Fa sang. An elaborate luncheon honored the deceased members' immediate relatives. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Worstell hosted the Athens Reading Club. Minnie Dean was reader with Mrs. W. L. Slutz leading. YWCA held twilight recitals at the University Auditorium. Dry won the first skirmish with a date for the Real Law election set for December 22. Student voting stirred arguments as Councilman L. W. Roberts introduced the resolution. First issue of Green and White appeared, formed by merging The Ohioan and The Sidelights.
Herbert Benjamin, field representative of unemployed councils, describes a planned national hunger march to Washington led by radicals. He cites councils forming at flop-houses and soup kitchens to demand unemployment insurance and direct relief, funded by panhandling and tag days.
The author argues mothers and teachers influence children through dress. Black dominates but bright outfits lift mood and behavior. A red, blue, green, or orange dress is a moral uplift, with timing of chores and care shaping obedience.
A reader notes a novel pig breed with bodies nearly as long as a dachshund and a sign reading Four Extra Ribs. The piece hints the animal’s length implies more bacon, suggesting higher profitability and a humorous comparison to Father Adam.
A brisk literary riff extols various sheep breeds including Suffolks with dark faces and Rambouillet types. The piece mentions Carysul and Caracul lamb fur as delicate or troubling, noting controversial methods to obtain unborn lamb fur and lambs ripped from mothers in a stark, provocative tone.
The Hereford grand champion Beau Baldwin, bred by Wray I Bergstrom and owned by H A Baldwin of Honolulu, poses for a photo with polished horns and curled hair. The animal appears subdued and reportedly sold at auction for three thousand dollars, with a possible trip to Los Angeles noted.
A fragment notes a figure of thirty or forty thousand as a potential amount, suggesting a past boom period or large financial expectation implied by the speaker.
Clyde Ederkin, once with the Canadian cavalry in France, now showcases a machine that converts alfalfa or oats into meat. The device reportedly reduces granite to fine dust, and the writer plans to ship one east. Ground oats mixed with cod liver oil could feed thoroughbred colts and brood mares in cold climates.
While in France Private Ederkin was ordered to fetch a bale of hay. The bale proved nearly impossible to lift due to extreme compression used to save space on the ship. The piece discusses hydraulic pressing and the idea of shipping alfalfa from Arizona Imperial Valley and Mojave Desert to the east via rail or the Panama Canal.
A reader describes the Los Angeles livestock show with animals appearing solemn and stockmen focused, evoking humility about personal worries. The piece muses on future generations and distant eras amid reflections on global events and the empire.
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