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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1935
Page
4
The analysis finds rural areas and farm payments boosted holiday sales, while city spending lagged. Farm income rose by about 50 percent from three to four years earlier, with capital goods still lagging. Observers note rising steel activity and railroad buying as signs of a nascent revival needing broader stimulus.
A reader questions whether saving for a home is sensible in tough times. The Dorothy Dix answer urges prudent finances for future welfare, noting genuine security comes from personal effort to provide for one’s family rather than waiting for others.
Indeterminable factors weigh on a coming Congress session with election year pressures. Supreme Court reconvenes January 6 and decisions on AAA taxes may shape the budget and potential substitute legislation.Bonus payment drives and Townsend pension momentum shape spending and budget prospects.
The text notes a revolt by smaller nations against Italy's proposed settlement in Ethiopia. It frames the plan as favoring Italy and triggering a rare show of pushback from minor powers, while suggesting larger powers faced backlash for their diplomacy.
A Washington contemplative piece notes that peace hopes stand amid forceful diplomacy as European and Far East tensions rise. It cites officials wary of war but unsure how diplomacy will unfold, and humorously lists imagined Christmas deliveries to key figures.
A collage of gifts to notable figures like Farley Hull Townsend Hughes Cotton Baldwin Townsend and Mussolini sits beside musings on the League of Nations. The piece notes a New York authority opposing the German Olympics and discusses the League's impact on small nations and diplomacy.
In a letter to L C Nye H M Crippen recounts Presley Bartlett his wife Hennie daughter Bettie and son Johnny fleeing Virginia to Bartlett Ohio during the Civil War era. They rode away on a mistresss horse with food and a root rose, settled among locals, and the Crippen family still preserves the rose bush from the plantation at their Big Run home in Athens.
Mr and Mrs C of Burnett hosted holiday guests including Mr and Mrs Charlie Martin and daughters Eleanor and Ruth. Mrs Alex Nelson visited Gallipolis for Christmas with Miss Marion Hughes of Rye New York. Dr Robert B. Nye sent Christmas greetings from London. County officials Fred Cornwell Russell Finsterwald Raphael Johnson and budget committee members of the Athens County Health Department approved the 1924 budget.
Miss Catherine Chubb entertained a group of friends at a theater party. Attendees included Constance Leete Grace McKee Alma Moore Greta Lash Gretchen Shaffer Clinton Biddle Willard Wendt Robert Conner Lawrence Shaffer Clarence Liggett Harold Moore and General C H Grosvenor's guest list for the Christmas season includes Mrs Louise Leete from Washington DC. Ralph Super spent holidays with his father Dr C W Super in Clinton New York. Mr and Mrs Scott Haney and son Walker visited Mrs Haney's mother Mrs G B Walker in Gallipolis.
Two dated poems from Poets' Corner recount Christmas themes. Marilyn Young signs The Song of the Carolers from Pomeroy Ohio with lines about a baby’s birth and the Wise Men. Leda Sams8 signs No Room in the Inn for Mary urging empathy during the Christmas story.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains chlorinated water does not cause sterility influenza or cancer. Chlorination protects against germs and is used when clean water is unavailable. Overhydration is harmful if kidneys or heart are weak. Salt helps heat exposure workers by adding a teaspoon per quart of water to aid retention and prevent cramps.
The article notes uncertainty about why the skin around the nails peels in any given case. It suggests eczema as a common cause, with salt rheum being a term sometimes used to describe it.
Dana Westbrook suspects husband Dr. Scott Stanley of secrecy when a late call during a storm leads to Paula Long a longtime love interest. Scott confronts Paula about a narcotic crisis while Dana wrestles with trust and fear in their fragile domestic life.
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