Taxpayers' groups push for budget cuts amid protest
The Athens Messenger notes rising taxpayer associations in the Midwest pressing for reduced budgets at state, county, and city levels. It warns organized efforts may curb spending, contrasts with prior demands for more government funds, and argues for decisive action to restore fiscal restraint. It also discusses illegal fishing fears, stream closures, and the need for vigorous enforcement to protect sportsmen and wildlife.
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Middle West
Athens County
State Conservation Department
Ohio
Margarete Creek
Leading Creek
Shade
New York New Year's Eve Parties Trim Prices For 1920s Style Fun
New York reports lower prices for New Year Eve celebrations as hotels and nightspots cut dinner and room rates. Central Park Casino lists $2 entry, Waldorf Astoria offers $2 menus, and dining costs dip with la carte prices easing from last year. Champagne, Rhine wine, and magnum bottles appear in keepsake spreads, while Wall Street firms curb gifts and parties tail off with cautious spending.
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Gilbert Swan
Dallas
Carescore
Wight Clade
Danny
New York
Central Park Casino
Broadway
Waldorf-Astoria
Difth Avenue
Magnum
Wall Street
FEACTS You Have Wanted To Know
A Washington information service offers free replies for inquiries, asking only two cents for cost of postage. The Athena Messenger Infer- Commons hosts questions and answers on golf statistics, Dempsey fights, potato costs, quotations, political conventions, flavoring extracts, acclimation of whites in the tropics, and related topics with references to 1931 data and authorities.
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Washington
Athena Messenger Infer- Commons
United States
HM. A
United States Golf Association
Golf Chiba
Dempsey
Tunney
F. Ho
Everlaat Sports Publishing Company
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Tropics
Smithsonian Institution
Truth n Poetry on Presidential races and Charlie Curtiz
The piece muses on political ambition and the vanity of presidential bids, noting that many seek glory yet despise the process. It praises Charlie Curtiz for his longtime service and readiness to lead, while warning against attempting to serve two masters in public life. A closing Biblical thought cites Luke 16:13 about serving God and mammon.
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Charlie Curtiz
Daniel
Fragments From a 1941 Cartoon and World Notes
A collection of brief items includes a wager story at Brae Burn Country Club where Warren claimed a golf ace in under an hour, Captain Alfred Johnsen’s solo Atlantic voyage in the 1870s, and a profile of Yead in Central Persia known for mud architecture and Mind as a staple diet. Tomorrow preview mentions a mayor who quit to clean streets.
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Royal G. Warren
Stanford Street
Houston
Texas
Gaston
Warren
Brae Burn
Fersia
Ispahen
Yezd Fa
Government by millionaires in tax plans debated
Washington observes a push to tax millionaires more, with President Hoover, Mellon, and Mills shaping new estate and gift tax ideas. Estimates vary on rates and revenue, while supporters argues fines on fortunes curb wealth concentration.
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Rogney
Ogden Milla
Mellon
Hoover
Mills Walst
Famous Love Affairs booklet offered by Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger presents a 44 story collection detailing the love affairs of Antony and Cleopatra, Catherine the Great, George Eliot and Lewes, Chopin and George Sand, Jerome Bonaparte and Benny Patterson. Readers are urged to send ten cents to obtain the volume using the coupon.
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Count Orlovd
Catherine the Great
George Eliot
George Lewes
Chopin
George Sand
Jerome Bonaparte
Benny Patterson
Athens Messenger
Famous Love Affairs booklet advertised for ten cents
Information Bureau directed by Frederick J. Haskin offers a booklet on famous love affairs for ten cents in coin. Address fields named but incomplete. City listed as Atecesta.
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Frederick J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Landoss
Family Finds Creative Christmas Gift Plan in Attic
Mrs Moore consoles her daughter Kitty over Christmas spending by proposing a thrift project. They gather old magazines paintings and frames from the attic and cellar to craft gift sets, turning lack of money into handmade art pieces for Ted Josie Aunt Fan Patsy and others, a plan that sparks Kitty’s art club ambitions. A side note mentions Shamy Durante’s stage mishap at a theater.
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Nelile
Ted
Josie
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Kay
Patsy
Dad
School board changes as terms end and new officers take seats
Ten years ago the school board saw Dee, Mia, John H Preston and Harry Fos ter end terms. A. B. Roe and Dr L G Bean succeeded them. Ice closed streets, causing accidents. Dr Lloyd Strecker was elected manager of the Methodist Home for the Aged in Cincinnati after three years as Athens church pastor. Bank of Athens gave a 5 percent bonus for Christmas to its employees. Twenty years ago a firemen dance at the Masonic Temple raised funds. Hugh Meighen broke annual records driving in a parade.
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Mia
John H. Preston
Harry
Foster
A. B. Roe
L. G. Bean
Lloyd Strecker
Athens
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Cincinnati
Masonic Te
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Billionaire Bonifacl o Hopes Park Sweeper Turn
A 74 year old man Stefano Bonifaclo from Union City New Jersey seeks to convert his job as a park sweeper into a billionaire life. He claims 7 000 000 pounds sterling transferred to London from the Indian Bank of Calcutta a century ago by King Frances co Claudio Bennet of Madagascar in the names of five relatives.
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Leoza
Melanowski
Sisters of the Poor
Henry Ford
Ford
Little Sisters of the Poor
David Buick
Detroit
R. C. Hupp
Buick
Stefano Bonifaclo
Union City
N. J
Iife
Francesco Claudio Bennet
Madagascar
London
Indian Bank of Calcutta
Russia Japan plot threat prompts war worry in Moscow
The Russian Foreign Office reports a plot to assassinate the Japanese ambassador in Moscow and to provoke a Russia Japan war. The piece contrasts Bolshevik rhetoric with the 1914 Austrian prince’s murder that fueled world conflict and notes Russia may avoid war, while warning two nations alone cannot start a war. It also discusses Russian enlightenment versus disorder under czarist rule and mentions British super-dreadnaughts as a deterrent seen by Russians.
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Japan
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The Stars Say by Genevieve Kemble Horoscope
Day's outlook focuses on mystical cultural and social activity. Those with birthdays gain attention in social and domestic affairs. writings, courtship, and marriage may unfold slowly. A large organization may present opportunity. revolutionary changes could advance fortune, promotion, honors, and public favor.
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Marlene Diet
Jupiter
Ite
Sue
Fragmented reflection on war, economy, and governance
A jumble of remarks cites light bombs and Chinese soldiers as planes appear, notes a small city seized by authorities over funds, and questions city real estate sales to cover debts. It references breadlines, livestock gluts in Hungary and Yugoslavia, and compares U S wartime culture with Hungary and angels.
Check-up Aid Heal of Child Health Examinations Urged
A 1920s article by Copeland and others urges periodic health examinations for children. It stresses that early detection of heart, kidney, blood pressure, posture and urinary issues can prevent serious disease, noting X rays aid diagnosis and that exams protect general child health. The piece emphasizes mothers’ vigilance as children grow.
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New York City
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