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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1931
Page
4
Local notice announces subscription rates and carrier service details for Athens Post Office. The item states prices and delivery terms for different durations and mentions weekly charges.
The open winter frees farmers from the usual rest period, allowing winter plowing and preparation for spring. Residents note shifts from rural life to resumed farm activity, with small farms, new entrants, and river bottom districts like Letart, Apple Grove, gearing up for early produce. Community plans include greenhouses, gardens, and school and road work as life adapts to a milder winter.
An 84 year old woman who served sixty years as organist in a village church exemplifies quiet public service. The piece reflects on how small town helpers shape community life through faith, schools, and neighbors, though their dedication often goes unremarked until after they are gone.
In Washington John N Garner calls for Republican support to balance the Federal budget and restore the nation's credit. He notes that both parties may suspend partisan considerations to achieve fiscal stability, stressing the goal over political posture.
A New York report notes rapid, cheaper cruises to Bermuda with palatial liners frequenting the island. Visitors ride in old horse carriages or bikes, while new resort hotels like Castle Harbour sprout on coral foundations. The Monarch of Bermuda, a floating country club ship, features working talking pictures and modern comforts despite rough seas.
The article notes 20 400 tractors in use on Ohio farms and 10 469 two years earlier, suggesting labor gaps. It also mentions widespread car ownership among U S farmers and a spike in unemployment marching through Athens, with thefts and home lock warnings.
A crowded Newcastle under Lyne event saw Para gon and Handel dead heat three times in one race. Astbury finally won after a neck defeat in heat one while John DeWitt of Portland Oregon recounts dodging fifty accidents and a seven story fall. A gun test fired a .22 rifle 285000 times with no barrel corrosion due to cartridge cleanliness. Tomorrow features the captain of two opposing teams.
A collection of reader questions with concise answers on topics including automobile fatalities in 1931, meanings behind Mourning Becomes Electra, Hoover’s 1916 campaign stance, radio ownership figures, proper use of the title Esquire, and the existence of true wild horses.
Frederic J. Haskin notes Britain s drive for fresh air shifts to animals with Whipsnade Park turning into an outdoor zoo. The British Zoological Society houses elephants wolves lions and other species outside, some tropical species returning to London as midwinter cold advances.
The poem imagines golf courses turning into truck gardens to feed the nation. It recalls summers of drives and putts now replaced by spading forks and rows of cabbages and beans beside a brook. The speaker laments the loss of the greens for food production and the nostalgia of former golf days.
A devotional line urges patience as events unfold within the day. It portrays a woman advising her daughter to wait and see how matters resolve, noting that the man will not rest until the task is completed today.
The Athens Messenger describes a new booklet EVERYBODY'S COIN BOOK, noting high coin prices and the appeal of coin collecting. It emphasizes the guide is not a catalogue but helpful and lists some current prices. Readers can order this and Everybody's Stamp Book on a coupon with six cents per copy.
Information Bureau, Broderic J. Haskin directs Washington address for sending 6 cents coin or stamps to obtain Everybody's Coin Book and Everybody's Stamp Name. Respond with payment to receive the set.
Frisking in the snow at Whipsnade Park, visitors may glimpse sebras llamas wallabies ring tailed elands and many deer and waterfowl. One of the strangest sights is to see the lons. The lion is imagined as a jungle creature even by the lion itself.
The New York Sun notes Democratic plans to push the United States toward the League of Nations. A group believes the nation can no longer handle issues alone and would back Newton D. Baker for rapid U S entry.
The remark that the United States cannot run itself implies the candidate cannot govern. The piece notes the potential impact this platform would have on any campaign, signaling political vulnerability for anyone advocating national incapacity.
The Levand brothers Max and Louis, publishers of the Beacon in Wichita Kansas, held Mr Brisbane but did not have their names on the ballot yet received many votes for president. Wichita Beacon readers gave Will Rogers far more votes than the writer, showing their intelligence.
Mr Rogers travels from Japan toward home with stops in India and Egypt as part of a long journey. He appears upbeat about the voyage and destinations though details of the itinerary remain sparse.
Frank Cromitt tenor and Ed Williams pianist performed in Cincinnati at the Columbia Theater as a trio act on the Keith circuit and served as headliners.
Southern Ohio Poultry Association annual show held in Glouster in January 1913. L. E. Muniew of Glouster served as president with W. G. Danford of Trimble as secretary and S. M. Johnson and George E. Whipple of Athens as assistants.
H. R. Wilson bought a block between Steedinie Bockier and W. A. Carpenter in the Mincar addition. He erected a modern residence on a lot of about 50 by 150 feet. Consideration was $1.20 per square foot, deemed a bargain for the locality.
Muskingum and Kenyon defeated Ohio University on their home courts. Kenyon won 40 to 36 and Muskingum 31 to 12. Ohio’s defeat came through foul trouble and despite last year's wins by both opponents.
Washington reports a growing split between Governor Roosevelt of New York and former Governor Alfred E. Smith. Friends debate who shaped whom as Roosevelt seeks presidential glory while maintaining Albany ties and Smith asserts leadership in national and state affairs.
An exchange over a red dress reveals how Ruth and Joan, driven by jealous mothers, drift apart as both families claim the item and leverage favors. Ruth defends her love of the red dress while Joan fears loss of friendship and social leverage. Both girls confront pressure and loss of trust amid family conflict.
Greece and Amsterdam figure in a piece about transatlantic travel and shared pilots as voices shift to Will Rogers. The quotation from Levand brothers questions whether prosperity can be restored to the 1928 level, implying a critique of current optimism.
Professor Seligman of Columbia University argues that ending prohibition and restoring a tax regime would yield about 1.5 billion dollars annually for the government, enabling abolition of national income taxes and reductions in state and local taxes. He cautions that only Congress could pursue such policy, noting political reluctance among lawmakers.
A Chinese boy who styles himself Henry Pu i became emperor as a baby and was deposed by the Chinese Republic at six. He is reportedly in Japanese hands in Manchuria to be used as a puppet emperor. The Nan king government orders his arrest.
The report suggests Pu-Yi could head an “Independent State of Manchuria and Mongolia” backed by Japanese support including air forces and bayonets.
Harry Moore sworn in as governor of New Jersey proposes saving 16.5 million dollars in taxes including 13 million from gasoline taxes. He pledges to abolish 35 legislative commissions and oppose prohibition with Republican support, arguing people would rather pay other taxes than a gasoline levy.
The Young Ladies of the WC-JU held their twelfth annus Vic tory Luncheon in New York celebrating prohibition. They vow to resist any referendum on the 18th Amendment and oppose resubmission to state conventions or legislatures, warning the wets would not obey if the referendum failed.
A wavering adherence to law is noted as profits fund crime, prompting comments on remedies. The discussion features concerns about crime finance and calls for action, with reference to reform groups and moral movements debating solutions.
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