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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1933
Page
4
Classified obituary notice details and mailing rates appear in a fragmented Athens Messenger fragment. It lists associations and offices tied to publishing, with rates showing 19 cents per week, 64.90 per year, and other tenure options.
The essay argues that a move toward shorter work weeks and a five day week will expand leisure. It cautions about how ordinary people may spend it, predicting long periods of idleness or casual amusements before cultural activities gain traction, with government promoting lectures and concerts to foster cultured use of free time.
Financial experts question Russia as a viable purchaser for American products. They note Russia lacks money and needed raw materials while sending little in return, arguing long term loans are the only possible way forward amid Europe’s debt issues.
The government plans to employ artists to decorate public buildings to prevent starvations among creators. Supporters say public art could beautify spaces, inspire society, and provide lasting value, while leading to a potential revival of popular art and broader appreciation.
The piece argues four-year terms to judge the New Deal, noting doubt about government roles in business and the possibility of monopoly under federal supervision. It cites NRA experiments, references to past reforms, and suggests outcomes will shape long range policy amid public uncertainty.
Dorothy Dix advises a middle-aged wife married to a much older, wealthy yet miserly husband. She faces possible loneliness or financial strain if she leaves. The columnist says miserliness is a mental disease and, at 60, the husband is unlikely to change. Only two paths exist: stay and bear or leave and risk independence.
Ten years ago this week many families gathered for the holidays including Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Briggs of Sandusky visiting Mrs. Briggs' family, and Clinton Biddle, first assistant dean at Harvard Business School, spending Christmas with his parents. Marriage licenses were issued to Branson Davis with Ruth Morrow, Don R. Goddard with Josephine Kinney, Wilbur Cooper with Julia Schneider, Emil Wells with Maud McManaway, George Girandy with Bertha Mates, Curtis Battrell with Flora Goff, Stanley Ryan with Ilvaine Beekman, G Harold Chambers with Thelma Hayes, Gaillard Parrish with Beatrice Roberts, Orville Patton with Kleie Wintee, Lewis Donaldson with Lucile Rupe, George Kryan with Gaynell Crescoe, and Sherman Silvey with Maureena Connor.
William C. Creamer born 149 began as an errand boy at Arnold, Constable and Company. Seventy-four years later he remains at the firm having never missed a day. The 1888 Blizzard failed to keep him from reporting for work. Tomorrow features the Marathon Kiss.
Dr. Morris Fishbein explains that influenza outbreaks recur in waves as groups of susceptible people renew. Historical records show cycles roughly every 25 to 30 years with major eras in 1411, 1510, 1918, and other notable years. He notes effects on pregnant women and lingering weakness after epidemics.
A humorous essay on the humble handkerchief and other hygienic items shaping manners and self respect. The author notes the era of 1934 amid war fears, praises cleanliness, laments coughing and sniffling in classrooms, and urges practical care with a clean pocket handkerchief.
Rodney Dutcher reports bootlegging persists under NRA and AAA codes across industries including liquor milk cleaning coal and oil. Price fixing and underselling by small operators challenge enforcement and prompt policy revisions as miners truck coal from marginal mines. Diplomacy and bot control stories follow in this mixed dispatch from Washington.
The article urges children to carry a clean handkerchief every morning and learn to use it properly. It suggests tearing old sheets into squares for reuse, storing them in a bookcase, and giving each youngster a personal, inexpensive handkerchief to blow noses sneeze and cough, reinforcing hygiene and discipline.
Large mixed crossword style list with numbered clues and partial phrases about a famous Canadian man, places, and words. Includes entries for languages, geometry, and various common puzzle terms.
A Messenger reader editor argues bus driver pay is harsh after deductions, noting 720 yearly gross versus 176 net, with gas oil and license costs draining earnings. The writer contrasts with CWA pay and condemns New Deal acceptance. Letter from Leonard Ogg, Stewart, Dec 23.
A discussion on college music education arguing that practical popular music should have prominence alongside traditional curricula. It notes universities train for professional roles and that most earnings in music come from popular forms, not classical concert repertoire.
Members of Troop One of the Boy Scouts will meet at 7 o clock in the Methodist Episcopal church. All boys desiring to join scouting must pay their registration fee of\n530 cents. There will be no Cub Scout meeting this week. Next meeting is Thursday, Jan 4. Time and patrols will be arranged and several more officers will be announced.
A lively day brings mixed omens for private life and work. Sorrow and disappointment cast shadows on relations, yet profitable collaborations and secret orders offer encouragement. A mentally alert child born today may be moody and reserved, while a screen actress stands out among the named figures.
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