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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1937
Page
4
The Athens Messenger details publication schedule and affiliations. It lists Gordon K. Bush as Publisher and General Manager and Charlies H. Harris as Managing Editor. It notes associations and ad rates and editorial standards.
The text urges small business owners and salaried individuals to use easy money profits to pay debts or buy out stockholders, echoing Henry Ford's approach. It warns against investing in stock markets and real estate, and stresses prioritizing one's own business or job for future stability. It counsels retiring mortgage quickly and avoiding speculative ventures in a bleak economy.
The President seeks to reduce farm tenancy and help tenants become landowners over a long period. The plan targets better living conditions and security for tenant families, aiming to build land owning citizens with a stake in the country.
Residents of the Ohio Valley cheer a new federal grant to buy land for the Muskingum district flood project. The funds will allow dams to operate as designed, storing more water near its source and reducing downstream floods in the Muskingum, Hocking and lower Ohio regions. The grant marks a permanent step in long term flood control efforts.
Five county workers quit their jobs after paying a fifty dollar bribe to a slick tout promising state positions. The con man vanished with two hundred fifty dollars and their jobs. The piece ends with a fable about a dog on a bridge losing his own bone to a reflection.
A veteran founder and ardent labor man stops lamenting at the bar following John Lewis urging an end to moaning. The scene marks a quiet moment amid ongoing tensions in the local labor scene.
A bleaching chemical poured into Cincinnati mains during the flood produced a deadly effect. Instead of gray hair, the chemical caused blood reactions in women, transforming the disaster into a grim medical catastrophe with unusual symptoms.
The article notes John Lewis shifts support to Roosevelt’s New Deal and hints at labor group tactics. It cites a private audit showing Lewis contributions to the DNC and Pennsylvania committees totaling $469,648.91 in 1936, underscoring his influence in politics and campaign financing.
Organizers seek to boost support for the President as Congress faces a flood of mail from home. Republican Millard reports 1800 to 2000 messages with only one in favor. Capper Burke Herring polls show heavy opposition, while early mail appears unscripted and not well organized.
President Roosevelt sped the selection of Indiana leader Paul V. McNutt as commissioner to the Philippines before cabinet consent was unanimous. The move followed early talks with Francis Sayre and Hull objecting to Sayre’s absence from economic duties. Philippine leaders MacArthur and Quezon were en route to Washington for talks.
A quirky set of notes describes a Niagara River cave-dweller with the Falls in his front yard. It compares Ohio and Kentucky residents with the Ohio River in their dining rooms, Maine guides on deer vanity, and hints at naval blockades reducing chewing gum raw material imports.
Poet laurels MABEL DANFORD of Trimble Ohio shares verses praising Lady Moon as a regal, benevolent figure. The piece paints Moon as a coquette who inspires romance, bestows grace on shy youths, and shines every night with starry halo and cloud lace, shaping moonlit fantasies.
Mr and Mrs Will Powell of Nelsonville won the prize waltz at the Elks Lodge dance. Ed Rosser and Jack Raybould performed songs and Mayor Eberle gave a talk. Grace Donahue won high score at an enchre party at St Andrew's Parish house.
Sixty members and alumni gathered at the Athens Masonic Temple for a Beta Theta Pi banquet. Speakers included Prof. W. L. Graves of Ohio State University and Frances W. Shepherdson of the University of Chicago with Harland Hoisington. Out-of-town guests and chaperons attended, along with a Suffrage Club gathering at Hotel Athens.
In 1882 Meigs County items report David Roush leaving Letart for a Kansas farm, a Salem barn fire, a Pomeroy women’s benefit for the Children’s Home, a female tailor shop worker seeking higher wages, a Rutland Road barn fire suspected arson, and the death of Mrs. Thomas Evans in Minersville. Charles Gardner and Mary Stidger wed near Rutland. Central School Building fire caused minor damage. Gore iron works resumed after a water delay. Mathias Lecrone shot himself by hunting accident. railroad brakeman Lewis Proctor killed in Gore. Lee Furnace at Monday closed for weeks.
The article surveys measles in the United States noting peak months February and March, higher prevalence among girls and white children, urban versus rural death patterns, and that most cases and deaths occur in children under five. It covers death rate trends since 1910, safe age ranges, and historical distinctions from scarlet fever and smallpox with mentions of Sydenham and Withering.
Detective Kettering revisits motives for Blane's death aboard the ship. Suspects include Mrs Jocelyn, Count Posodini, Rocksavage, the Bishop of Bude, Lady Welter, Mr Hayashi, and Mr Jocelyn with varying links to past scandals. A further report is promised.
A collection of brief quotations from former Mayor James J. Walker Representative James P. Buchanan Sir Charles Higham Edward A. Filene Hermann Goering Herman Cooper and S K Ratcliffe on politics business advertising democracy and history. The remarks span autocracy and governance, innovation in commerce, and education.
The M. E. Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs. Mattie Henderson's home with a large turnout. Charlies Lee, a Cleveland Medical College student, is reported improved and ready to return to work. Various locals and guests visited, with updates on moves, hospital visits, and a meal planning demonstration planned for February 25.
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