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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1932
Page
4
The Athens Messenger examines Mexican border returns and immigrant impact, arguing most newcomers become productive citizens while warning that criminal elements from the Old World linger. It urges stern future border control and reskilling to ensure Americans hold jobs amid changing labor needs.
The piece argues that prosperity fostered pro-business policies, but mood shifts endanger that stance. It notes figures like Pinchot and echoes Theodore Roosevelt or Woodrow Wilson as possible future leaders, urging a stable two party system with clear liberal and conservative poles for healthy democracy.
An executive notes a shift toward a more democratic view amid self critical mood. He reflects that top corporate chiefs often falter from the outset and questions the qualifications of a profound student of business.
Irene Franklin's quirky Christmas card collection includes a "Serenade To the Telephone Operator After 11 p.m." and other drinking songs from the bootleg era. The item notes Manhattan writers, film figures, and social chatter, with mentions of Thyra Sampter Winslow, Alonso, Eddie Cantor, Tom Stix, and more in a lavish society column snapshot.
The Athens Messenger advertises a free information service from an extensive Washington organization, offering replies for two cents. Sample Q and A cover topics on shrimp canning liquids, angel hierarchy, poultry-safe poisons, and ancestry of Dumas and Pushkin.
The piece opens with a rustic ode to outdoor life urging readers to stay active in the open air and restlessness of winter. It shifts to a critique of elevating status over genuine understanding, recounting a bank executive who dismisses ideas as economics and deflects to a corporation economist, despite his authority.
A devotional line proclaims a ruler's acceptance and reign as the soul desires. The quotation invokes biblical language from first Kings, presenting a reflective, spiritual musing on sovereignty.
A collage of astronomical notes on the Julian and Gregorian calendar, followed by a cow diet curios featuring a ball of tacks and nails found in Swift & Company’s slaughterhouse. The piece closes with a teaser about a forthcoming event titled Fourteen Times a Widar.
The Messenger Forum urges readers to support stream closures to curb dynamiting and poaching. It calls for game wardens daily presence and for sportsmen to report illegal fishers in Shade River and nearby areas. Public opinion, not only law, should deter theft of game fish and educate future generations on conservation.
Congress returns from holidays to find debate over relief funding unsettled as senators Costigan of Colorado and La Follette of Wisconsin press bills for 875000.003 and 250000.000 respectively. They hear testimony from leaders in American social welfare urging restraint on dole language and cautioning against dependence on federal funds.
The piece reports on La Follette and Costigan pressing for federal unemployment relief with backing from organized charity, labor, and Catholic groups. It notes shifts by AFL and Catholic hierarchy, and gauges potential political impact on Congress amid debate over reliance on private charity versus federal funds.
An inquiry from Information Hureau director in Washington DC offers a Word Booklet in exchange for six cents or a stamp in preferred condition. The communication requests a copy and provides an address with street and city state details for response.
The column contends India should heed China’s vast population and Gandhi’s fate, notes Finland’s prohibition vote shift with female-majority yes, and mentions Russia’s Jan 1 factory dedication for Ford tractors amid debates of capitalism and Lenin. It recalls Ivan the Terrible’s cruelties in Novgorod as part of a broader historical panorama.
A health column explains sciatica from sciatic nerve inflammation, its symptoms, and how heat therapy, rest, and massage aid recovery. It notes causes from rheumatism to tumors, suggests X rays, dental checks, and nasal sinuses as infection sources, and offers general tonics and lifestyle tips to boost resistance.
Items show weddings, degree studies and school efforts in Athens and Cincinnati. Miss Helen Ballanger and Rupel J Jones wed. Jones back at Harvard, Ballanger at Cincinnati Conservatory. Lucas County Farm Bureau served 1100 lunches. Athens board teams with Ohio University to aid slow pupils. Auto license tag deadline Jan 15. 860 pleasure car tips. M M Kerr won New Year’s cup with 86 birds. No. of Ohio University winter term enrollees reached 646. first class anniversary noted.
A narrator recalls a city holiday shopping day with eight year old boys in the street crowd. She witnesses a drunk father berating the world, a tender moment as an Italian boy comforts his father, and multiple fathers showing cruelty or kindness. The piece ends pondering the first boy’s haunting memory.
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