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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1931
Page
4
Citizens, business groups in Athens will soon hear from Ohio National Guard representatives about a plan to clean up and strengthen the two local units. The editorial urges continued support and practical measures to popularize and improve infantry and artillery forces, stressing duty, patriotism, and responsible citizen involvement.
Empire Steel Co announced a 15 percent cut for 1600 Mansfield workers who went on strike. The workers later voted to accept a 5 percent reduction to aid the company through hard times, signaling improved cooperation between labor and management.
In New York on June 19 society women who took jobs as a trend now face tight finances. The Junior League runs an employment bureau placing women in modeling sales and buying roles. Notable examples include Grand Duchess Marie of Russia and several high society figures who achieved success yet still pursue earnings. Chaperones and nightlife logistics are discussed as the younger set navigates social duties and work commitments.
This document excerpt shows a Q and A style from a 20th century information service. It covers Army Day origins, common causes of death in the United States, international debt estimates, and brief tech notes on ginger ale and electric pipes.
The poem contrasts the author with a parasitic reader in a harsh tone. It portrays exploitation and moral conflict over labor and harvest. The speaker hints at assassination of a reader figure and closes with a biblical reflection about suffering for good.
Horatio Alger Jr. is described as the author of 120 success stories who confessed chronic frustration and self-criticism and died a total failure. A cartoon notes Charles Justice, an Ohio State inmate, died in an electric chair he designed, linking fate to the name. A Sunday headline questions a president not elected by the people.
Frederic J. Haskin examines how patent medicines rely on rare herbs and imported botanicals. He notes the vast value of US medicine production versus modest raw material costs, and catalogs major import sources for quinine, licorice, ergot, dentrifices, and other substances, highlighting Tropical plants and global trade shaping modern pharmacopoeia.
Informational notice about poison ivy dangers and delayed dermatitis. Warns readers that contact with plants or contaminated clothing can cause poisoning days later. Promotes a booklet on Poison Ivy available through The Athens Mercury with a four cent request via Washington service agency.
The piece notes United States Steel weakness in mill operations dropping to 28 percent capacity. It argues steel recovery hinges on railroad and auto demand, building financing, and stock bargains. It criticizes Russian price cutting affecting candy matches and other industries and calls for import bans or higher productivity.
The article describes how the Interstate Commerce Commission conducts rate cases with hearings by at least three commissioners. It explains divisions, case management, and the shift from full commission hearings to division hearings to improve efficiency. It notes the Commission’s practice, ethics, and ongoing rate investigations including a major grain rate study with thousands of pages of evidence.
A guide covers preparing formula, cleaning feeding bottles, nipples, and caps, and maintaining a clean ice box. It stresses sterilization, proper warming in warm water, and avoiding contamination to protect infant health. It also cautions on defrosting and keeping equipment dry and sterile between uses.
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