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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1932
Page
4
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co publishes weekly and a large Sunday edition from Athens Ohio. Gordon K Bush is publisher and general manager with Charles H Harris as managing editor. Subscription rates and mail options are listed, with carrier delivery at 15 cents weekly.
Feature on the capture and death of the infamous Mad Trapper of Rat River. The piece lauds the Canadian Mounted Police for pursuing the errant gunman across barren wastes, detailing clashes, wounds, and relentless pursuit over weeks. It emphasizes law observance and police reputation over the killer’s fate.
An article argues most Ohio tax revenue stays in the home county with schools receiving most funds and roads using a large share of the remainder. It warns that debt and deflated valuations raise rates and urges formation of taxpayers' leagues to seek broad, county level savings.
A reflection on declining humor columns in New York papers. The piece cites Don Marquis Archie the Cockroach, F P A, Jake Falstaff, Kin Hubbard, and Finley Peter Dunne Jr as vanished or distant presences, noting Hollywood, radio, and books as paths former columnists took. It laments the loss of witty daily verse and prose once common in major papers.
The Athens County report covers fund proceeds from the National Male Quartet for county relief, a road weight reduction recommendation, return of over 17 000 from 35 000 in automobile license funds for local roads, and remarks by Percy Tetlow at the Chamber of Commerce. It also notes seasonal havoc in theater employment, education cost comparisons for women at Ohio University, and political figures Peter Blosser and E H Tinker visiting Athens.
The Philadelphia National Baseball Club journeyed to Athens on a regional swing. Details on dates, opponents, and outcomes remain unclear in the fragment, but it notes a notable travel path through the city.
The Athens Bureau offers free answers to questions on any subject except legal medical or financial advice. Submit inquiries to The Athens Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin. Sample topics include city manager plans and light as radiant energy.
A compact verse-narrative contrasts Shakespeare’s early raw plays with later refined drama. It notes public taste shifting toward savage crime and sensational action to boost box receipts, implying the stage caters to audience desire and profit.
A brief devotional line quotes Ecclesiastes 9 11 reminding readers that success in racing or battle does not always favor the fastest or strongest, offering a reflective pause for readers.
Willards Larsen of Hartington Cedar County Nebraska marked 20 years with wife Mrs Larsen by eating over 750000 pancakes baked by her since their wedding. He has consumed more than 750000 pancakes, a feat that would form a stack about 12500 feet high. Tomorrow he promises to make a million dollars by standing still.
The Messenger column discusses state taxes for education and a note on local taxes while contrasting parlor maze puzzles with travel streets. It notes that education funding comes from state revenues and objects to drivers who ignore traffic rules, urging police enforcement to keep traffic moving in Athens streets.
Editorial notes confusion over the state tax unit and governance structure. It lists governmental units including township municipality school district county state and United States, detailing which bodies levy taxes and how electors control units through ballots. It argues state taxes differ from local taxes and mentions specific millage figures and World War compensation. The piece ends by asking for sources of all state tax, referencing new personal property.
The Athens Messenger advertises a reference booklet covering popular and electoral votes for presidents from Washington to Hoover. It includes biographical data on each President and the women who were White House mistresses, with photographs. Cost is ten cents in coin or stamps. order by mail using the coupon.
Editor notes Athens streets are narrowed by drivers who double park on main downtown avenues causing congestion and hazards. The piece urges caution and awareness for motorists and pedestrians amid busy city traffic.
The article notes Wall Street insiders worry over cross questioning of short sellers and potential self dealing. It cites figures claiming expenditures on labor and materials reach fifty million dollars monthly and six hundred billion annually.
Henry Ford announces a bold program to invest up to 300 million dollars of his own money in purchasing raw materials and hiring labor. He pledges to start by employing 100000 workers in Detroit at no less than five dollars daily, creating a substantial local payroll and economic activity.
In addition to paying his own men Ford will buy parts and materials from five hundred different employers throughout the country, thus giving work to three hundred thousand other workers.
Mrs. Elinor Patterson, editor in chief of the Washington Herald, inherits wealth from Joseph Medill's Chicago Tribune line and shows charity by sending a large oxygen chamber from New York after learning a Washington gorilla is dying of pneumonia, guided by Providence.
A doctor declares only oxygen can save the ailing gorilla. Mrs. Patterson funds a New York made oxygen chamber, and the creature, too weak to resist, lies in the new cage as oxygen is delivered to aid its blood and heart.
Yesterday morning a keeper reported a gorilla in captivity was much improved with doctors hopeful, though the animal’s condition could have worsened by the time of publication. The note hints at sudden deaths in captive gorillas on minor triggers.
A narrator argues the moral of a tale would interest atheists. A hypothetical gorilla would challenge the claim that a woman named Elinor Patterson provided an oxygen chamber from New York, doubting the existence and feasibility of such assistance.
Miss Anna Pearl McVay of the Class of 92 was scheduled to give the annual address at the alumni association banquet in June.
Mrs Hoover leads a White House reception spotlighting research and promotion to expand cotton uses. The Cotton Textile Institute, with Agriculture and Commerce, targets new fabrics from wall coverings to industrials. Cotton products gain traction in fashion, paper, and road building, signaling a broad push to boost cotton demand and applications.
Dolores frets over a spoiled caramel and a bumped leg while under Uncle Mal's care. He distracts her with mock pity and a harsh lesson about smiles, insisting affection follows a smile and silence about troubles. Dolores climbs onto his knee and smiles, becoming his little angel.
A fragmentary quote compares atheist views to an unseen power caring for people, suggesting a dismissive response to belief. No identifiable persons, places, organizations, dates, or events are present to anchor a news-style card.
Mrs Patterson and W R Hearst both show interest in big ferocious animals. Hearst recalls capturing a grizzly as a boy editor, keeping it in San Francisco’s zoo where the huge cage became too small. He claims the bear never suffered pneumonia, noting it lived in California.
The forecast calls a splendid day for business and intellectual work with momentum for new undertakings. Caution is advised on finances and transactions including lending or speculation. A birthday year promises success in writings publishing publicity and real estate ventures, with careful money management. Notable nativity W D Howells.
Daily Lenten devotion discusses faith as arising from a divine source beyond rational thought. It urges prayer and meditation to trace religious experience to its beginnings and to recognize Christ as revealed by God the Father. The prayer asks for clear vision to behold Christ and for the Holy Spirit to affirm His presence.
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