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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1933
Page
4
The Athens Messenger announces its publication scope covering Athens and surrounding counties in Southeastern Ohio and lists staff roles. It includes circulation affiliations, advertising terms, obituary charges, and subscription rates with weekly and yearly options.
Announcement of new Civil Works Administration wage scales in Ohio counties brings relief prospects to thousands of unemployed workers with rates up to 1.20 per hour for thirty hours weekly. The plan aims to accelerate relief by circulating public money, though officials caution these higher wages are temporary and not indicative of ongoing private or normal public-sector pay.
The article argues currency policy sparks inflation fears as Congress approaches. It urges ending dollar uncertainty, warns tinkering could wreck confidence, and calls for restraint to stabilize prices and support business.
Dorothy Dix counsels a 23 year old wife on jealousy, describing it as a mental illness that poisons marriage. She urges self control, condemns baseless suspicions, and notes jealous patterns drive husbands toward Other Woman and ruin affection.
An official of an American League ball club discusses the idea of placing the ball under NRA control. The debate centers on organization and the practicality of such a move for players and teams.
A cryptic prompt asks what a man loves more than life hates more than death and is contented men desire. The line suggests a philosophical or moral puzzle common in age old sayings.
The historian Thomas Babington Macaulay read two poems in 1813 and forty years later repeated them perfectly from memory. He had not recalled them in the interval, yet his recitation remained flawless as if memorized yesterday. Tomorrow: Love Is Stronger Than Death.
The Christian Church raised 15051.22 in Piedgea funding to clear the building debt. Local society notes include Miss Bertha Howard hosting the Fors eat Rose Needle Club and a Christmas party for Kings Daughters. Service Director J. W. Gabriel spoke to the Kiwanis Club as community events unfold.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains a revival of heat treatment in medicine. High temperatures inhibit many bacteria and can aid conditions from general paralysis to arthritis. Methods include electric heating, hot baths, and fever induction, with careful fluid and salt replacement during long procedures.
The piece muses on Christmas gifts for men and fathers, urging wives to consider what they and the children want. It argues men are sentimental deep down and should be included in gift planning, not treated as aloof dispensers of money and presents. It encourages thoughtful, affordable gifts.
Rodney Dutcher reports the AAA under George Peek moves toward strict consumer protection and freer competition at the distributing end, threatening packers grain exchanges and refiners while expanding oversight to ensure farmers receive fair money and prevent consumer gouging. The shift challenges NRA-linked codes and marks a clash with big industry interests.
The writer argues children should budget and buy gifts themselves, not be last to shop or settle for few cents. They urge thoughtful, independent choices to teach care for others and avoid shallow, selfish attitudes during Christmas.
Sylvia L West of Glouster Ohio writes to explain local hardship caused by miners leaving farms for the Black Diamond Mine at Lathrop. She cites coal miners, union solidarity, and impact on children in Sharpsburg District as evidence of income erosion in farming households.
Fire swept a second floor bedroom in Ironton late last night, trapping 64 year old William Foster an invalid, who died in the blaze at the home occupied by him and several relatives.
Janet Sylvester age 19 of Wellston is named the youngest member of Ohio State University's senior class, celebrated in Columbus on December 14.
A mixed word puzzle page lists clues and wordplay entries including references to a woman from Canada and various across and down hints. The grid appears to feature a mix of definitions for English terms and cross number coordinates, with several entries spanning colors, objects, and locations.
A fragment notes centenarians in Ohio with deaths across counties including Cleveland Stark Scioto and Athens. It lists ten or more individuals aged beyond one hundred, with both men and women among the deceased and several death certificates filed in various counties.
The will of a late Fort Worth banker names Findlay, Dee Boy Scout Reservation, 1 Findlay, and the Findlay Charities as beneficiaries. The testator died in November.
A brief, readable note suggests a child born today will display ingenuity and independence in thought. The profile implies an adventurous outlook likely to attract public attention.
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