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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1935
Page
4
The Athens Messenger lists subscription rates and posting details for obituary cards and notices. It notes postal handling and class matter status under 1918 law, with weekly, ten week, and yearly pricing variations.
A city school board committee found public school citizenship instruction strong but undermined by real home discussions of corrupt deals and political insiders. The piece argues respect for the political system starts at home and that after a certain age school instruction can foster cynicism.
The One Hundred and Fiftieth Infantry of the West Virginia National Guard adopts the brisk slogan We can take it. This modern motto echoes hardboiled military spirit and recalls Coast Guard cadence Those who pass fly high.
A Richwood Ohio hay and straw buyer, P. E. Barnes, prints a yellow bristol card with homely philosophy on the back. It ponders life as full of crosses and temptations and contrasts actions with judgments, ending with a wry note about selling straw and money.
The article praises American engineering feats and highlights the long, rigorous process of making the 200 inch telescope mirror at Mt Wilson. A flawed first pour was replaced, and the new mirror will take ten months to cool before grinding begins, with full use years away as it seeks to reveal stars a billion light-years distant.
The text notes that youths once shunned reading material like Nick Carter and Diamond Dicks as wicked but now these yellowbacks are prized by collectors. It links such works to forerunners of modern detective stories, once frowned upon by parents and teachers.
Washington observers note that Congress will soon face the pressure of running for reelection alongside President Roosevelt. Both parties feel the election timeline will steer legislative priorities and debates for the next two years.
Column notes Roosevelt may dominate the new Congress with the entire House and one third of the Senate aligned to his program. It highlights pressure on conservative Republicans like Barbour Capper and Ciuzens to run against Roosevelt while not offending his base. It also mentions Huey Long's influence on new members and a crowded Democratic Senate faction.
The passage reviews self written bios of Taft, Radcliffe, Truman, Bilbo and others in The Congressional Record. It notes Taft praised by Yale, Radcliffe’s Baltimore bond firm link, Truman as a country boy made good, and Bilbo's quiet entrance contrasting Huey Long drama. It portrays a theatrical yet restrained opening to Congress.
The text notes that lithographic pamphlets and early detective stories such as Diamond Dick and Deadwood Dick have become prized by collectors. These works, once hidden away, are now sought after nationwide and fetch high prices, joining vintage prints as desirable antiquities.
Notre Dame student James Devlin spent Christmas vacation with his mother Mrs. Mary Devlin at 11 Palmer Street. Oril Carpenter traveled to Columbus for a reunion of Mrs. Hanna Allen in family circles. Mrs. W G Danford hosted a week end visit with her parents. Mrs. Robert Wood held six tables of bridge for sister Mrs. A A Pierce of Chicago. Mr and Mrs M E B Twiss announced the birth of daughter Mary Jo on December 25.
Dr Morris Fishbein discusses moles birthmarks and vascular skin marks including flat raised hairy and port wine lesions. He notes removal methods freezing carbon dioxide electrical needle cutting and injections with careful gradual treatment to avoid large scars and cancer risk.
For over fifty years Athens City buried the dead in West State Street Cemetery, the Old Cemetery, established by Ohio University trustees in 1806. Women funded a fence, cleaned stones, and placed tablets honoring soldiers. graves record interments from 130 years ago, including Moses Hewitt. The Athens Cemetery Association formed in 1864 to secure a larger site, the West Union Street Cemetery, now expanded with county fairgrounds land. Burials continue at the West State Street ground, now managed by the city service director and kept neater after platting.
The writer encourages personal accountability and restraint in gossip, jealousy, and meddling, proposing a five year plan mindset. He urges kindness, support for workers, and self improvement, signed by JOHN P. SCOTT from Pomeroy, Deo, dated December 31.
A mother and son clash over duties and chores leading to a string of mishaps as the boy asserts independence and calls his own inventiveness into question. The piece explores parental authority, child initiative, and the friction of daily work.
Ann in the Tracy home meets Allan Vincent an artist who covets her and the Brent house he admires. Valeria schemes to win Peter back while Ann learns of a planned studio tea and hints of a past vow. The Brent residence and Allan’s portraits set the stage for tension as secrets surface.
In Manville New Jersey engineers built a room called the reverberation chamber to test sound deadening. It makes noise linger for 12 seconds allowing one singer to form a quartet or octave solo. Laughs boom like thunder and three claps create strong echoes for future cartoons.
A new science volume by Watson Davis surveys scientific progress and methods, with chapters on physics geology chemistry biology and medicine. The work aims to be authoritative and informative, presenting current state of knowledge and research trends for general readers.
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