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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1931
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR notes from a Athens Ohio region paper. Mentions Athens Nelsonville Glouster Logan Pomeroy Middleport Coolville and surrounding communities. Indicates subscription rates and a newspaper name.
In South Bloomingville, Hocking County, residents fear bandits with machine guns as roads open to more traffic. Authors urge motor highway patrols, arguing isolation once protected towns has faded and crime threatens small businesses and safety.
Evangeline Booth commander of the Salvation Army in the United States plans a stop in the city next week as part of a long automobile tour visiting towns where the organization is active. A prominent leader for forty years and daughter of founders William and Catherine Booth, she has served as national leader and commander in chief in the United States.
Athens garden owners advocate more frequent flower shows to boost civic pride and community interest. They note the wet garden investment runs to thousands of dollars and prizes from city organizations could spur higher achievement and broader participation among growers.
In New York a Bronx family backs a daughter's Broadway debut with $10,000. Critics pan the leading lady while the proud parents praise the glow of fame. The story mocks the town’s theater buyers and warns of ego, expense, and empty pockets in show business.
A Washington based Information Bureau offers free answers to readers questions via two cents for reply. Questions cover topics from shoe sizes to Nobel awards, Mark Twain and Halley comet, cotton world production, orange wood sticks, dog breeds, oldest colors, cremation heart fate, and industrial alcohol diversion, with concise factual responses provided by Frederic J. Haskin's team.
A诗运行自述风格的 golf piece chronicles tenacious players journey through repeated mis strides and missed greens. The speaker, in his eleventh season, vows persistence despite mockery and slow progress, hoping a hidden talent may yet emerge.
Readable fragments indicate residents gathered more flowers than ever and collected eggs from poultry raised in the area.
A devotional line proclaims God as the rock whose work is perfect and just all his ways are judgment. The verse calls him a God of truth and without iniquity, right and just is he.
The piece outlines the absurd time to amass a duodecillionaire at $1,000,000 per second and notes a Texas prohibition law barring encyclopedia possession for containing liquor formulas. It also previews tomorrow's feature on a city that lacked a movie house.
Frederic Haskin notes a 34.6 percent worldwide drop in 1930 automotive production, led by the United States from 5,358,420 cars in 1929 to 3,355,986 in 1930. Exports fell 51.2 percent as households cut purchases, while repair shops and demand for mechanics rose with a slow revival anticipated. Czechoslovakia shows a tiny export gain but remains a minor player.
The Athens Messenger offers a double size map showing major resort areas national touring objectives highway numbers and pavement types plus a 24 page touring guide on the reverse with state motor vehicle laws mileage chart U S routes first aid rules and travel customs for Canada Mexico or Cuba. The map made for the service by the American Automobile Association and corrected to April, with a coupon for fifteen cents.
A report describes a group marching to City Hall with small red armbands and banners reading Three Square Meals A Day Dont Starve Fight and No Deportation of the Foreign Born. Several marchers are African American and one smiling youth carries the foreign born sign. The tone notes varied motives as participants walk the beachlike route.
Young men head the procession asking for action as unemployment looms next winter. Officials should plan for hardship, as the public peace caretaker notes that dole funds and charity cannot replace steady jobs and a functioning economy.
The analysis notes a push toward conciliation as anti Catholic hostility widens in Spain and Italy. In Italy the Pope bans Catholic processions outside churches and forbids Osservatore Romano from hostile Vatican coverage while Mussolini curbs press articles and editorials stirring anti Catholic hate.
Leopoldo Ruiz de Flores appeals to Mexican Catholics to skip political gatherings masked as literary reunions, per Associated Press. The note urges avoidance of events used to influence public opinion and participation.
Sudden, entirely unexpected anti Catholic outbreaks have appeared in different places. The scattered incidents alarm community leaders and prompt authorities to monitor religious tensions and potential further unrest.
Amy Morgan, a freshman, defeated rivals from other classes in the 50 yard dash during the Athens High School and faculty picnic at Woods' Bungalow. Around 300 people attended the event marking a lively start to the celebration.
The J. D. Brown prizes of 165 dollars for proficiency and the declamatory contests highlighted the Athens High School commencement. Contestants included Marion Sprague Lena Comstock Jennie Graham Jean Gist John Bolin Harold Hale and Edward Sharp.
The Junior Prom Committee of Ohio University hosted a tally-ho outing for eight couples with chaperone Miss Bryson. They traveled to Nelsonville and enjoyed supper at the Dew House.
Washington notes outline a 50 percent production cap for surveyed plants to minimize disruption. An Advisory War Council would aid the president, with key posts like Director of Selective Service and War Industry. Plans include allocation procurement and educational orders to speed future munitions, plus a six percent annual return on plant value and adjusted compensation contracts to curb profiteering.
A mother explains using cooperative methods with her child to foster understanding and responsible behavior. She describes asking permission, sharing reasons, and linking consequences to empathy, noting a toddler’s improved care of belongings and genuine self discipline. The method hinges on trust and explaining actions to cultivate friendly obedience.
In Scotland Catholics on street processions face mob disruption in two cities. In one incident a mob stones the Virgin Mary image carried in a Catholic parade. The article notes millions are deeply wounded by such acts but reminds religion has endured persecution.
The Spanish republic ends official noble titles abolishing dukes marquesses counts and others from government recognition. Individuals must sign documents with their names. Ninety seven dukes and many counts lose state recognition though privately they may still call themselves as they wish. The note ends with the paradox that there is no king to wear hats before.
In the French Revolution many nobles first renounced titles but most reclaim them. The shift allows titles to be converted into cash in the United States, reflecting a broader return to pre revolutionary status and wealth strategies.
Athens residents praise Mayor Robert Wood for resurfacing plans using a durable material. They point to North Court Street and West Union Street as improvements and call for action on other rough streets amid gasoline tax funds.
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