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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1931
Page
4
The Athens Messenger is a weekday newspaper serving Athens and nearby communities in southeastern Ohio. It reports a circulation across five counties and lists publishers and editors, with subscription rates and distribution details included.
The article argues against single crop reliance in Ohio noting topography favors orchards or forests and warning that overproduction of wheat may flood markets. It credits diversification as practical, predicting more farmers will grow multiple crops to stock barns and meet local needs despite price uncertainty.
The piece argues twilight baseball is easy to understand and deeply enjoyed by small towns. It praises the sport for all ages, the fun of heckling umpires in good spirit, and a renewed regional interest in the grand old game among old timers in the Hocking Valley.
A bulletin from the Alexander Hamilton Institute notes savings bank deposits are climbing as an encouraging sign amid an unsettled economy. It cites an 8 percent annual gain from 1920 to 1925, a drop to 4 percent in the following years, and calls for building up savings to steady consumer confidence.
Maxie Dick returns to Poland to share roughly $25,000 with old boyhood friends, a gesture highlighting Manhattan's patchwork of "locality mayors" like Abe Fagin and Angelo Rizzo. The piece notes these informal district leaders cross ethnic lines and shape neighborhood politics from Bowery to Avenue A, illustrating a city built by immigrants and street-level enterprise.
In this column Fredric J. Haskin presents Q and A items about library education origins. It notes the first library school began at Columbia College in 1887 and Pratt Institute in 1890. It also explains the term tweeds derives from a 1826 invoice error, not the Scottish river Tweed.
A poem assigns fault for traffic jams to pedestrians not drivers, urging schools to teach quick crossing and physical training. It critiques pedestrians for slow movement, calls for faster, fitter walkers, and imagines faster crossings improving traffic flow and public health.
A devotional line from Isaiah 50 6 reflects endurance amid suffering as the speaker bears scorn and mistreatment without hiding. The verse emphasizes steadfast faith under mockery and physical pain.
Ten years ago prices dropped with Cline's Ice Cream cutting wholesale by ten cents a gallon and retail by ten cents a quart. Sundaes fell to 16 cents and dopes to 11 cents. A gust of wind toppled two silos on farms. Cant William Walsh and Carl Meighen named to state Camp Perry team from 13 shooters.
The grand jury recommended building a new jail but taxpayers favored road improvements. Plans to move the jail to the Courthouse fourth floor were halted by the state fire marshal who ruled detainees could not be housed in a non fireproof space.
The notice recounts endurance pianist Prof B G Burt performing 206 hours 47 minutes in Jamestown NY and his memory feats. It also covers Max Flack and Heathcote playing right field for Cubs and Cardinals on Decoration Day 1922, trading managers’ approval and sharing two teams in one day. Tomorrow feature: A Governor Who Never Saw His Province.
The piece analyzes depressed farm prices as meat cattle and sheep fall to 20 year lows. It notes beef at the stockyards averaging $7.82 per 100 pounds, 30 to 40 percent below last year, and explains drought, feed costs, and unemployment driving reduced purchasing power. It also warns of continued oversupply, low hides and wool demand, and uncertain outlook for livestock and retail prices.
The Athens Messenger advertises a stamp book for readers, detailing how stamp collecting can be a profitable hobby and how to build a valuable collection. Readers are directed to Washington Bureau, with a coupon for six cents.
The article notes the new French president, once father to five sons, now has only one. It mentions thousands of French families similarly bereaved, suggesting early postwar attitudes toward Germany are altered and sympathy is unlikely. The reflection underscores lasting emotional divisions in France after the conflict.
Dr. Davidson of the University of Pennsylvania describes a primitive Australian race as knowing nothing of love and marrying for economic reasons only, stating love plays no part in their unions.
The writer argues that trial marriage is discussed widely here and in Australia. It notes that young men in love believe the relationship will last forever and that the idea of marriage is presented as a lifelong commitment for both partners. The tone critiques the view of marriage as a flexible option and warns of expectations.
Indiana's high court decides a father cannot be forced to pay for a college education, while requiring payment for his son's common school education as necessary. The ruling notes a Vermont decision on the same principle from almost a century earlier.
In bootleg whisky days a columnist argues that college harms many boys. It wastes time and fosters overconfidence and false standards, suggesting college life leaves the student ill prepared to make his own way in the world.
Heavy rain halted Company L O N G as it prepared to encamp at Camp Perry. The full unit could not attend the July 4 drill invitation from Athens Fairground officials. Athens hosts 12 church organizations owning property, including the Church of God on Hocking Street. Elder W S Wood served as the church’s first regular pastor.
In Washington on June 29 Bernard Baruch, former War Industries Board chair, argues half of World War I spending was unnecessary and urges a strong inflation guard in any future war plan. He cites a price-freezing strategy and notes past inflation controls as proof a rapid anti inflation method could ease postwar burdens.
The piece argues that grandmothers should be valued as friends rather than mere mentors. It favors reciprocal, voluntary care between generations and envisions the third generation honoring and serving the first, including grandfathers, while noting cross cultural regard for ancestors.
The text suggests that the best years to begin serious work occur after youth, and stresses that going to college for a son is not essential. It implies focusing on practical, early career steps regardless of college plans.
whispers say a plan to modify prohibition could allow light beer and perhaps light wines to aid grape regions. Republicans hope to blunt Democrats, while Democrats warn of higher taxes. Officials doubt any update before the 1932 fight, viewing it as likely straight prohibition.
Britain plans to guarantee India's financial obligations to stabilize the rupee while Austria seeks to rescue Creditanstalt by backing 140 million dollars of its obligations. The remark recalls John D. Rockefeller asking who would guarantee the guarantor when told dividends were guaranteed.
Former candidate Wille Gres announces withdrawal after long campaign, cites money in politics and media influence. He contrasts politics with the film industry and predicts Hoover and Curtis against Roosevelt and a Democratic vp contender. He hints Owen D Young as treasury secretary in Democratic gains.
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