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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1934
Page
4
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The Athens to Columbus corridor faces rising accidents due to coal trucks and heavy vehicles. Traffic moves at unsafe speeds between Nelsonville and Columbus, with Athens to Nelsonville lagging in safety and construction. Calls go to Colonel Lynn Black and patrols to curb overloaded trucks, roadhogging, and running wrecks.
The piece extols Christmas Seals as vital public welfare tools that fund tubercular care for children and needy patients. Proceeds finance milk cod liver oil and hospital care, offering hope and healing beyond federal and state relief. The seals symbolize more than sustenance.
A Meigs County Republican revival is urged as inspiration for upcoming elections while Democrats gained in the last race. Similar shifts occurred in Athens County and other GOP strongholds with New Deal supporters. Ohio elected Democrats to governorship and Senate races, but analysts urge against overreacting to upsets.
Relief Administrator Hopkins says a rural rehabilitation program tested last year aided about 200000 farmers and could extend next year to reach 1,000,000 families. Half would be rural residents, the rest city migrants with agricultural backgrounds moved back to small plots with loans to start farming. many loans repaid in full.
The Treasury released a survey showing the first year’s New Deal did not raise dividends wages salaries interest rents or royalties but did lift income for those helped by about 610 million overall while others fell by 1.2 billion. The piece notes timing before NRA and AAA effects and hints at future revisions. It also mentions internal agency turmoil including Benjamin Squires exit and a fictional Ticker Tape Detective concept.
Dr William J Mayo of Rochester clinic warns that a motorist with two or three cocktails is a greater public threat than a drunk driver. He notes slower reactions double to quadruple the distance needed to react at speed and that a mildly intoxicated driver may continue driving into danger.
A congressman objects to a liquor industry notice thanking President Roosevelt for repeal, arguing that Congress enacted the repeal law, not the executive branch, and questions the propriety of presidential imagery in the tribute.
A news page lists A C Russi resigning after nearly two decades as manager of F C Stedman Packing. Grant Bolin couple returns from five weeks in Akron Columbus and Cleveland. W E Moler travels to Los Angeles to join family. Mrs Alice Francis hosts the Tuesday Needle Club. A surprise party marks Mrs Alice Dailey's 70th birthday. Twenty years ago Russ Finsterwald named captain of 1925 Ohio University football squad. Athens County records 698 automobiles in county license bureau. Mrs B Skinner and J P Wood lead Athens Reading Club. Miss Helen Reynolds visits Logan relatives. Harriet Carr and Alberta Carr visit Logan relatives.
The article discusses choosing safe durable toys that aid learning and development. It warns against poorly made metal toys with sharp edges and cheap paints. It urges parents to provide constructive kits, tools, and science sets, noting age appropriate use of air rifles and bows. It emphasizes education through toys and sensible holiday gifts like clothing and footwear for health.
Milton Mackaye reviews The Tin Box Parade as a grimly humorous summary of how Seabury’s investigation exposed New York City’s city government breakdown. He notes tales of Walkers Farleys and MacQuades as comic yet chilling evidence of boom era looting and incompetence. The book suggests New York grew too big to govern well and warns of a possible return to old corrupt times.
The Messenger notes Fritz the Angora cat, beloved by Mrs Shirley Mills and schoolchildren, died Sunday from poisoning. The letter laments cruel acts toward animals and recalls Fritz as a friendly companion to Bobbie aged five. Mrs Mills of Middleport confirms the loss on Dec 10.
Olive Roberts Barton urges parents to involve children eight or nine or older in Christmas shopping to teach responsibility. Children learn budgeting, price comparison, and careful gift selection, while parents reinforce values and restraint. Real Christmas merriment comes without making fun of kids or their spending.
Early Bern Township history centers on Ames and the 1828 detachment transition. Trustees elected at John Henry’s home included James Dickey and John Wickham. justices Thaddeus Crippen and William T. Brown. Notables: post rider James Dickey on the Marietta to Chillicothe mail route. Dickey survived floods and wild animals and once swam Federal Creek. John Henry, Ireland native, settled 1817 with eight sons and eleven daughters. Other early settlers included John Wickham, William Bardin, Dyar Selby, Edmund Perry, David Parkins, John E. Vare, Thornton Swart, Owen Gifford, and brothers Daniel and David James.
Yesterday’s cartoon explains a sign placed in St Medard cemetery after Francis died by voluntary starvation. The note claimed the king forbids miracles here in the name of the king to curb disturbances. Ranavalona III of Madagascar is noted as a Christian ruler seen as a visible god by her people until exile and death.
Ann Hollister marries Peter Kendall after a social whirl caused by Valeria Bennett. Millicent Kendall schemes to elevate Ann in society while Peter grows dissatisfied with his wife. Amid jealousies and rivalries, Ann navigates wealth, status, and a fragile marriage as tensions rise within the Kendalls and the social circle.
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