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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1933
Page
4
Athens newspaper profile cites multiple editions and service area in Southeastern Ohio. Subscription rates listed include carrier 15 cents per week and annual mail options. Publication details note biweekly afternoon issues with second class mail status and association memberships.
In 1898 near Santiago Cuba Richmond P Hobson attempted a daring act to block the harbor by sinking a collier. His mission failed but he earned a place among navy heroes. Congress awarded him the Congressional Medal of Honor nearly 35 years later, a delay attributed to Congress's slowness.
Uncle Sam funds many projects through government loans and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The RFC buys project bonds backed by receipts, acting as a private bonding house. This support accelerates construction, creates jobs coast to coast, and benefits many people, including readers with investment stakes.
A dated critique argues indirect taxes erode taxpayer vigilance toward waste and push governments toward sales tax schemes. It contends taxpayers, vendors, and lawmakers form a vicious cycle, with the unseen levy hardest to shed and economy rising with retrenchment.
The piece warns that long distance trucks haul coal labeled Hocking Coal into Ohio Michigan and beyond while returning with farm goods and other merchandise. The barter system undercuts local markets degrades prices and undermines efforts to market Hocking coal as a clean product, creating widespread economic disruption.
A Dorothy Dix column cites a professor advising men to let women court and pick husbands. The piece notes choosing does not guarantee satisfaction as women often return goods. buyers regret hats and dresses after purchase, with stores confirming high return rates.
A reflective column argues that a woman's happiness hinges on loving her husband, not merely meeting a man’s ideal. It claims wives are more dependent on marriage, while husbands have social escapes, making passionate, chosen love essential for a thriving home and personal fulfillment.
A set of short items discusses a cartoon about living in ultra cold, a tomato’s water content, and a poet Joaquin Miller. It notes a polar snow house concept with a raised living platform and discusses Miller’s birthplace ambiguity near the Ohio Indiana line.
A reflective portrait of a boy named Brown known as Shove-Out who loves salvaged materials and makes imaginative constructions at home. The piece contrasts his rich room with hidden clutter and his preference for street life, ending noting Wisconsin investigators’ claim about digestion and steak.
The article argues tuberculosis is a social disease tied to poverty and malnutrition. It cites Vienna and Hamburg data showing higher death rates in poorer areas and notes declines tied to industrial changes, protection of labor, nutrition, housing, and education. It stresses diet's role in treatment and malnutrition's harmful effect on mortality.
In Athens County, five women jurors sat for the first time in two years on a common pleas court case. The women were Mrs. Roy Shirley Mrs. W E B Moler Mrs. F W Bush Mrs. H L Atkinson and Della James. Mrs. W R Phillips and her son John planned a Florida winter visit with her parents Dr and Mrs W N Alder man. The Christian Church Missionary Society met at Mrs. Ellen Boetzners home 126 North Congress Street with special music by Mrs. E J Person Mrs. W T Sprague and Mrs. Charles Cameron.
Mr John DeMolet of Cincinnati visited the city and Mr R D Williams spent Sunday with friends. The W C T U gathered at Mrs James A Palmer’s North Congress Street home. Miss Lucile Hastings stayed with Mr and Mrs E C Woodworth. Inside the Great Pyramid at Gizeh the air is abnormally hot despite cooler exterior conditions.
Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska promotes a Norris amendment to end the Electoral College and establish direct presidential elections. He argues the college is obsolete, causes long ballots, and entangles nominees with party bosses, while proposing life-term yo judges be ended and judges serve fixed terms.
Items of Interest recount a mix of curiosities from politics crime and population. It notes a jest about Hitler's cabinet and barber, Chicago police closing saloons, per capita meat and beer consumption in Germany, Walter Johnsons no hit game on July 1 1920, Bristol County Rhode Island as the smallest U S county, smoking not dulling taste per the U S Bureau of Plant Industry, pre prohibition counts of saloons breweries and distilleries, daily feed for an elephant, and VUrehid perfume composed mainly of synthetic substitutes.
Horizontal clues list cryptic terms and definitions for a puzzle with entries such as starved for freedom of the untouchables, animal group species, trap types, and various wordplay hints. vertical clues include fertilizers and angles of wording, with references to astronomy and sensory terms.
A letter from A B Saunders of Coolville defends farmer funding and Smith Hughes teachers. He argues youth programs uplift students, cites Athens County benefits, and cautions against economizing on agriculture and education, noting high taxes and the need to improve roads and schooling.
The Stars Say for Saturday February 18 warns of adverse astral forces and possible treachery. Readers are advised to be cautious signing papers and to use shrewdness, with those born on this day facing a year of clever challenges. Notable nativity Adolphe Menjou.
Editor Nossenger reflects on a long standing political coin campaign with scarce public memory and few participants. The piece hints at historic efforts and the challenge of recalling past civic efforts.
In a fractured Republican meeting, ward leader D. Schorr and state GOP members debated relief policy and possible leadership tactics. They warned that if the governor fails to act, Democratic opposition could push a program with minority support.
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