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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1932

Page

4

Auctioned and Classified Rates From Ohio Press Association

Advertising rates and public notices for the American Newspaper Busbers Association and Associated Ohio Press Association. Includes address listings for agents in Chicago New York and Detroit. Rates shown: carrier 18 cents weekly, Ohio annual 4.50, six months 2.59, ten weeks 1.00, four weeks 0.50, one week 0.01.

Busbers Association Ohio Gineulevions Associated Ohloly Presse Association Phy Ag Hig

Out Our Way Comic Reflects Everyday American Life

The column notes the popular comic Out Our Way appears in over 600 daily papers. It explains readers recognize real people in the scenes of cowboys shop mechanics and families, finding humor in familiar home town life and ordinary events.

Cutbacks Urged From Township to National Government

A call for broad governmental expense reduction argues that waste has grown from local to national levels. The piece notes difficulty in trimming costs without harming services, cites rising deficits, and suggests new taxation as a possible remedy while warning of hardship for workers reliant on government roles.

Hidden Time Capsules From Portland High School Chests

Excavation workers uncover a 50 year old cache buried by Portland graduates under a planted tree. The trove includes a blue vase a locket with hair a Constitution ship model coins and a 1882 newspaper. The piece reflects how ordinary items gain deep meaning with time.

Portland Ore Constitution

New York Swanky Wet Spots Halt Liquor Service

Fear drives Manhattan luxury bars to quit liquor amid large investments and seizure risks. Clubs report closures or reforms after prohibition officers seized fixtures worth up to six figures, with notable venues and figures like Zelli and Stork cited as examples.

New York Manhattan

Impeachment and Stilts Discussed by Information Bureau

The Athens Messenger Information Bureau answers readers on topics from impeaching a Supreme Court justice to the origin of stilts. It notes impeachments are possible, explains trial by Senate, and describes uses of near beer and tea as movie prop liquors.

Athens Messenger Information Bureau Frederic J. Haskin Washington, D. Q C. Q Supreme Court United States Supreme Court House Senate Canada Namur Belgium Sambre Meuse Department of Landes Gascony

In Memoriam The Brick As Weapon In Poetry

A reflective verse laments the end of brickbats as weapons in street battles. It contrasts the old force of bricks with modern fragility, declaring the paper weight era replaces brutal confrontation. The poem mourns past confrontations and the brick’s fading potency in urban clashes.

Forgotten Keepsakes and Time's Fading Battle

An elegiac reflection on a collection of fragile mementos from summers and theatre days. The author considers how each keepsake, from oddly colored pebbles to faded sarees, preserves youth and hope while time erodes them.

Oregon

Tree Swallows a Mill Wheel in Historic Cuban Site

The cartoon recalls the 1868 Grito de Independencia by Carlos Manuel de Cespedes at Demajagua Yara Cuba. A cen trifugal mill wheel lies where a jaguey tree grew through its spokes, now gripping the wheel. Tomorrow previews Shakespeare's Bequest to His Widow.

Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Demajagua Yara Cuba Shakespeare

Fruit growing urged as a path to prosperity in readers note

A letter urges farmers to plant higher quality fruit trees, noting population growth and strong fruit sector prices. The writer cites farm price indices and Ohio soil capacity, recommends starting new orchards with record bearing trees, and emphasizes fruit growing as most profitable. Athens dated January 28.

Surface Coal Exhausted Shifts to Subsurface Mines

Ashland, Pa. engineers say stripping operations near Locust Summit will exhaust by end of 1982. Large Monitor strip near Locust Dale to Locust Gap covers eight miles. annual output about 4,000 tons for a breaker. Once gone, producers will rely on deeper underground mines.

Locust Summit Locust Dale Schuylkill County Locust Gap Northumberland County

How To Get a Job Booklet Offered by Athens Messenger

The Athens Messenger promotes a booklet titled How To Get a Job explaining the difference between right and wrong letters of application. It offers practical ideas for job seekers in many fields and suggests mailing a coupon with six cents to obtain it.

Athens

A Thought for Today Verse on Greatness Among Disciples

A devotional line cites Luke 22 24 about strife over who among the disciples should be greatest. The brief reflection invites humility and service as guiding principles for believers.

Luke

How To Get A Job booklet request

Information Bureau request for a copy of How To Get A Job. Encloses six cents in coin or stamps, preferred, with name street and city for mailing. Washington D. C. credit to Frederic J. Haskin's Information Bureau.

Apple tree census shows decline in US orchards

The 1980 official government census reports 35 million fewer apple trees and 13 million fewer peach trees in the United States than a decade earlier. It argues under production exists and calls for planting of high quality fruit varieties rather than common types like Ben Davis and Elberta to meet public demand and profitable markets.

the Messenger United States Ben Davis

Federal Courts wrestle over vacancies and new appointments

Washington reports on federal judiciary shifts as President Hoover fills vacancies. James H. Wilkerson named to the Seventh Circuit and Kenneth Mackintosh to the Ninth. The piece outlines court structure from Supreme Court to district courts and the Court of Claims, with pay and jurisdictions noted.

Washington Senate Hoover James H. Wilkerson Chicago U. S. Circuit Court of Appeal Kenneth Mackintosh State of Washington Supreme Court Oliver Wendell Holmes Supreme Court of the United States Federal District Courts Federal Courts of Appeal Federal Court of Claims U. S S. Supreme Court Circuit Court of Appeals Circuit Court Wilkerson Seventh Circuit Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Mackintosh Alaska Arizona California Idaho Montana Nevada Oregon Hawaii John J. Parker Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Virginia West Virginia District Court Court of Claims Congress

Industrial milestone promises hundreds of millions in future

Today report hints at a major industrial achievement that is expected to yield hundreds of millions of dollars in the future. The brief notes continued on page one, emphasizing economic impact and long term significance.

Feasibility talk on Athens savings company

W B Lawrence spoke to the Kiwanis on establishing and incorporating a savings company for Athens. A $60 donation to the YWCA girls of Ohio University supported needy families in Athens County. A postscript notes a social at L D Poston's home and a press mention of D W Griffith praising Mrs Harding as beautiful.

W. B. Lawrence Kiwanis Club Athens Y. W. C. A. Girls Ohio University Athens County L. D. Poston East State Street D. W. Griffith Mrs. Harding Art Directors Club

Children Flourish When Kept Busy With Simple Things

The piece argues happiness for children comes from busy age appropriate activities not material possessions. It criticizes late nights and lavish toys, urging mothers to foster simple, useful play like home newspaper projects, coloring Becky's room, or a ping pong set over dresses or movies.

Jim Becky

White House denies inflation policy in reconstruction plan

The White House rejects any inflation policy tied to the reconstruction program, stating the plan will begin with two thousand million dollars for those in need. The President and advisers promise no inflation, while noting inflation can arise unintentionally as a disease. The nation remains on a gold standard but risks handing gold away on demand with a simple paper claim.

White House Administration

France Maintains Gold Reserve Policy

A proclamation asserts France holds all its gold reserves on a strict gold basis. It claims no exchange of paper money for Louis D Or is allowed and stresses the government controls billions in gold stored in bars and coins, with none leaving the country.

France

Gold Basis Debate: Hold Onto Gold and End Exportation

The speaker argues the nation should retain its gold by stopping payouts to hoarders and banning exports. Critics claim abandoning the gold standard if gold is not on demand, but the speaker insists the system remains in place while gold is held, comparing notes to endorsements by a famous financier.

John D. Rockefeller

Ambitious Plan to Hoard and Expand Global Gold Reserves

A plan urged to retain precious metals domestically and increase holdings to gain worldwide influence. The author notes the global gold stock equals about a quarter of dollars lent abroad by government and financial institutions in recent years.

Deadly poison mixed with grain causes deaths among thieves

A note describes a plan to kill ground squirrels with thallium salts mixed into a large container of grain. Half-starved Mexicans allegedly stole the grain and made tortillas. Several deaths have occurred with more expected, and no one is named as at fault beyond the theft and the act of poisoning.

Synthetic odor lures for vermin and insects explored

The text ponders whether scientists could synthesize a scent that lures a target animal to traps or death. It notes artificial flavors and odors, like vanilla, and asks if an odor could be made to attract either sex of an animal to be destroyed, or used against pests such as moths.

Death House San Quentin Two-Gun Crowley Athens Township

Protein Diet Is Cause of Albumin Says Copeland

U S Senator R S Copeland warns that faint albumin in urine from a high protein diet or certain occupations is not dangerous but may trigger unnecessary worry. He notes that strict findings prompt diet changes or further kidney investigation if albumin persists, while many cases resolve with diet adjustments and posture changes. He urges medical consultation for any persistent trace.

Copeland Bright Annapolis West Point

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