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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1932
Page
4
The article notes many hogs remain in pens due to lack of sustained cold weather this winter in rural Ohio. Farmers rely on brining, canning, or cooking meat as freezing conditions fail to appear, threatening traditional meat preservation and family staples.
Ministers oppose war and adopt a resolu tion to refuse sanction or participation in any future conflict. The move is described as courageous and significant though its binding power if the U S enters another war is unclear.
A New York report notes a jobless man promoting vitamin health on a Broad way curb while kosher crackers gain national traction under rabbinical supervision. It then warns of publicity rackets targeting celebrities, artists, and scientists like Einstein, as slick agents press for quick write ups.
A retrospective column notes present day women’s fashions by contrasting them with ten years ago. It mentions Rev LeRoy Mitchell pondering ancient styles, Farmers Week at Ohio State University highlighting old tunes, and navy ships sold as junk. It also lists new and notable community items such as new Woman’s Music Club members and local business personnel changes.
Explanation of yesterday's cartoon recalls a December 1931 Washington case where a razing firm billed the District for stolen houses at First and L Streets. Police found wreckers leaving demolished structures, leading to arrests for investigation. Tomorrow features a Horseshoe Nailed To An Egg.
The Athens Messenger Information Bureau offers free answers to any question not requiring legal medical or financial advice. Readers mail questions to Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC and receive a personal reply for two cents postage. Topics covered include cameras in total darkness education statistics kibitzer biography and John Garner.
The Messenger editorial notes many letters lack signatures but urges full public scrutiny of duplications and high spending. It calls for retrenchment, fair taxation, and fewer federal bureaus, urging citizens to solve problems locally and avoid overreliance on commissions. Lodi Farmer, Coolville, Jan. 35, 1932.
The speaker rejects upbeat platitudes from well meaning friends when hardship comes. He wants sympathy and blunt honesty about hard luck and financial strain rather than hollow cheer. He even imagines striking out in anger at those who minimize real suffering.
Speedier freight train schedules are being worked out. Mr. Eysmans says freight trains can run on par with passenger trains if attractive inducements arise. He notes trucks have drawn business by quicker ship to consignee delivery and suggests railroads can overcome this by matching speed.
The verse notes that all the earth sought Solomon to hear the wisdom God placed in his heart. This reflects a biblical moment of admiration for Solomon’s understanding and discernment as described in I Kings chapter ten.
The 1930 complete reports show US national income totaling 71000 million dollars. If divided equally among all families, this would amount to 2366 dollars per family.
A quoted essay contrasts communist doctrine with wealth creation. It suggests equal division is possible in principle but impractical, arguing wealth creators would lose interest if compelled to share equally. The piece analogizes to African savages and civilized Americans to defend incentives for wealth generation.
The Athens Messenger promotes a new booklet Everybody's Coin Book tracing the path of numismatics from a newsboy’s foreign coin to Farran Zerbe, a world famed collector whose Zerbe collection is now with Chase National Bank. The note invites orders for six cents each, with a coupon for Everybody's Stamp Book as a companion.
The stock market questions what Henry Ford will announce as baby Fords reach England from Detroit. The miniature cars, about ten feet long and five feet high with toylike engines, are seen as a response to Britain's tax system that discourages real autos.
In a California hillside scene midwinter flowers like camelias and roses bloom openly while small birds roam. W R Hearst maintains a private menagerie with cages on the hillside, standing out as a local curiosity amid world affairs.
Spider monkeys lack thumbs on their front hands yet possess hind hand thumbs, prompting curiosity about evolution's path and whether this skeletal arrangement shapes their wary facial expressions and constant wonder.
Notes from Washington describe a nation watching Congress and the White House as unemployment veterans tax policy and disarmament issues shape the capital’s agenda. The piece notes interest from bankers labor groups and the public in relief jobs tax changes and veterans legislation amid the Geneva disarmament conference and the 200th George Washington birthday observances.
A mother disciplines Ted for mud on the steps and tries psychology to curb his impulses. He resists finishing a bolt and contemplates risky tricks to show Slim, causing a string of mishaps including breaking a lamp. The piece suggests understanding children’s urges and cautions psychology’s limits.
Henry Thomas explains how monkeys, apes, and elephants differ in limb function. He notes spiders can hang by their tails all night, claiming humans have thumbs on all fingers and toes serve as thumbs. He compares animal capabilities to human physical traits.
In a menagerie two animals ignored each other until Mary Ann the baby elephant arrives. Led through the cages to a bluff edge she sparks wild excitement in every animal. The jungle scent from Africa stirs ancient memories and even a jaguar from Brazil reacts violently. Mary Ann moves on her chain by day and rests in a stable at night.
In a zoo setting a female chimpanzee near the end of her chain lives in a warm enclosure while separated from the male. Mr. Thomas cites danger from the male's potential aggression and calls him ugly. The female, named Mary Ann, reacts violently when attention shifts to her.
Mr Thomas notes professors claim chimps are our nearest relatives among animals. He adds jealousy shows the female chimp is as nearly human as you could want.
The poem presents Poor Mary Ann wrapping a 15 foot chain around her head in a futile attempt to reach a distant green grass. It compares her limited world spanning a 30 foot diameter and about 90 foot circumference with our own harder times, noting she never heard of hard times.
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