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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1940
Page
4
Fragmented OCR shows advertising rate notes for John W. Cullen Company with offices in Chicago New York Detroit and foreign offices. Mentions obituary cards thanks notices and a post office classification and carrier rates unclear due to garbled text.
The piece argues the president's control over the Supreme Court does not guarantee liberal outcomes. Justices are appointed for life and, despite calls of liberalism, often support New Deal measures. It contends the court serves society’s broad interest, not personal agendas, within a complex legal framework.
An Ohio Penitentiary plan offers extension courses from farming to cooking for convicts. The author argues education helps inmates occupy idle hours, channel minds toward productive skills, and reduce the urge for revenge after release.
A George Washington flavored observation on concerted lateness for events and the waste of pre bought tickets. The author recalls missed entrances and missed experiences from sports, theater, and lectures to advise learning from past mistakes.
Raymond Clapper observes that civic spirit hinges on a few energetic business leaders in many communities. He cites strong local groups driving public projects and fundraising, while contrasting towns with formal governance reforms or absentee ownership that dampen morale and initiative.
A town leader raised about 1000 dollars and urged state lawmakers in the capital. He entertained legislators with American whisky and the bill to aid the denominational college passed. The college now faces a state takeover as a remedy to its low endowment.
Bruce Catton surveys Washington as Senator Vandenberg planned a Lincoln birthday speech in St. Paul on February 10. He notes Vandenberg’s farm voting record across the 73rd to 75th Congresses, including farm bill costs of production, export bounties, and ever normal granary plans. He also cites White House Conference on Children findings on religious education, libraries, and public relief.
The piece notes days of shifting rumors about FDR naming his preferred successor with McNutt Ickes and Hull each receiving brief play. It argues such gossip is a political stunt to test public reaction, with no firm meaning until a formal choice is announced.
A terse line shows a high pressure salesman pressing for a signature on a promise to pay in twenty five monthly installments, while the respondent notes they have no money and finds the tactic amusing.
A quotation noting that kindness matters in beauty contests and that truth and goodness persist beyond perception, as Carlyle reflects on enduring, unperceived influences shaping judgment and life through endless change.
Lillian Bardin of Ellenboro West Virginia writes to The Messenger in January sharing views on local government salaries school buses and weather related schooling hardships. She questions county offices the practice of voting and calls for better dress and warmth for children and women while noting concern about religious topics and Finnish conflicts.
A compiled Q and A section covers topics from Krakatoa eruption dates and toll, submarine radio capability, and the North Star supply vessel for the U S Antarctic Expedition to comparisons of Grand Central and Union Station concourses. It also explains Sinclair Lewis Pulitzer Prize views, gimmers sheep, Jupiter size and distance, and the Jefferson nickel mint mark location.
The piece argues a planned diet is essential for adequate nutrition and warns that many families spend too little on food. It highlights milk as a cheap protein source, emphasizes vegetables and leafy greens for iron and vitamin A, and notes fruits, eggs, liver, and cereals as key ingredients for energy and nutrients.
In wartime London Dr OConnell operatives Mary Carroll to end facial paralysis from the Moravia blast. Nurses, a recovering Mary, and hints of a coastal conspiracy unfold as Mary may awaken as Mary Carroll or Anna Winters. The outcome remains to be seen.
Poem notes a cold winter day in Carbondale Ohio with a snow covered ground and a nine year old author Patricia Ann Daugherty.
Funeral services for J. A. Smith a Portland resident were held at the M E Church with burial at Great Bend Cemetery. The Rev Earl Scott delivered the sermon as many relatives and friends attended from Clarksburg Belpre Rolandus and elsewhere. A large gathering at the reception followed the service.
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