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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1937
Page
4
A notice lists OBS Association members and national reps including John W. Cullen Company Chicago New York Detroit Cleveland. It mentions advertising rates of application at home or foreign offices and nominal charges for obituary and card of thanks.
The text promotes Ohio conservation efforts in the Zaleski Forest Ross-Hocking project near Chillicothe and Carbondale Forest with up to 18 000 acres of demonstration land. It notes reservoirs from 20 to 120 acres and other regions along the Muskingum River watershed. It urges public study and visits to see soil and water conservation benefits and flood control.
The piece notes fear that social security shifts would harm private insurers, but argues government programs educate and stimulate demand. It cites a major life insurer ending the year with over 21 billion dollars in in force policies and 42 990 980 policies held by 28 400 000 people as context for broader public interest.
A humorous verse in The Messenger prompts strong letters from readers on old fashioned versus modern roles. The discussion centers on housework, dough making, and expectations of husbands and wives, with many women insisting modern men must contribute and share domestic duties.
Washington observers report many Congress members privately oppose Roosevelt's plan to add judges to the Supreme Court and expect a public vote to defeat the move. The piece notes stalling, proposed compromises, and speculation about retirements, with quotes on hopes for a delay and doubts about any two new justices aiding the president.
The Roosevelt tenancy report allegedly invites southern observers and questions free assembly for sharing croppers. The special committee debated the line, with anonymous authorship credited to Brooke Hays of the Resettlement Administration. Governor Carl Bailey of Arkansas is named as the spokesperson. A lighter note follows about Senator Norris and a cigar.
Congress added a strict anti lobbying clause in maritime law requiring all officers who consult government officials on shipping to register. Samuel Zemurray,Unit ed Fruit Lines, left a White House conference claiming he discussed merchant marine policy with President Roosevelt and is not registered. The Justice Department has not acted.
A professor uses horse racing to teach pupils about gambling folly. A Beaumont man builds a boat on his second floor. No divorce suit cites hid jacks. Courts and witnesses face concerns. Philadelphia plans a Temple of the Arts centered on Shirley seven.
Charles F. Davis argues for expanded money supply and increased purchasing power to combat unemployment and unused industrial capacity. He cites higher prices as favorable, urges constitutional currency issuance, and calls Congress to print one million dollars in new currency for flood victims. Feb. 9. Middleport.
Highy Study Circle met at Mrs. Finaterwald’s home with speaker Mrs. Bing discussing marriage. Honor guest Arminta Morrison celebrated a seventh birthday. Students performed Yanki San and The Pill Bottle. Nelsonville beat Athens 49 to 9. Ohio University lost to Cincinnati 23 to 38. Miss Swaim visited family, and Rubye Nix Zienbeck and Mrs Osa Johnson commented on economics and film projects.
A reader from Logan Ohio shares a poem in prayerful verse about flooding and fire destroying homes and endangering lives. The piece invokes divine aid and moral caution urging caution for others and hope for salvation.
A short reflective prayer text signed by Mary Francis from Gloucester Rural Delivery No 4. The lines seek guidance, moral direction, and eternal life, asking for divine presence through day and night and a life that helps others.
A trio of short poems from Ohio children recount evening scenes and home life. EVA MAE KERN of Guysville, age 11, writes of a garden willow and rocking breezes that sing child dream songs. MRS. DEWEY P HUNTER of Millfield reflects on babies’ bedtimes and stories. WELCH from Cutler writes a child’s prayer for a beloved puppy seeking eternal companionship.
On a crimson night aboard Carl Ton Rocksavage's yacht BOLITHO BLANE, British financier, is killed. Detective Officer Kettering probes a web of passengers LADY WELTER REGINALD MRS JOCELYN COUNT POSODINI the BISHOP OF BUDE and INOSUKE HAYASHI with NICHOLAS STODART as the lone suspect. Hayashi reveals notes and motives while Jocelyn is exposed for falsifying as themes of avarice and merger plots surface. The case moves to Chapter XIX with Mildred Short questioned by Kettering and Hayashi pressed about a note and a planned meeting.
In 1816 a harsh year known as the year without a summer altered farming and life. Benjamin Batchelder Jr born 1773 New Hampshire moved from Swan Plantation Bel fast Missouri to Ohio then Indiana where he died in 1859. His family including Nancy and Esther married local partners while War of 1812 tales passed to Sarah True Sprague. The piece traces migration, marriages, and community acts like women knitting for soldiers.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains scarlet fever care emphasizing physician supervision, isolation, and hygiene. He notes antiseptics ease throat discomfort, cautions kidney and nerve monitoring, and outlines cleaning of linens, utensils, and objects to prevent spread. Quarantine until discharges cease is urged.
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