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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1933
Page
4
The Athens Messenger established 1825 details its publisher Frederick W Bush and Gordon Bush with general editor Charles Harris. It serves Athens and surrounding eastern Ohio counties, lists circulation associations, and provides subscription rates including 64.50 yearly and 15 cents weekly carrier.
The passage argues that customer service must fit the business type from lunch counters to speakeasies. It warns against mixing Ritz level pricing with lunch counter service and notes many firms fail by misaligning service quality with their price point. It stresses consistent standards regardless of industry.
The Ohio Legislature considers a measure authorizing the State Highway Department and taxing districts to build small dams near bridges to replenish the underground water supply. After the 1999 drought many springs ceased flowing, and concerns grow over water table depletion, polluted streams, and the need for farmer and recreation water.
The piece argues every citizen bears a debt load, with national debt rising as taxes hit low and middle incomes. It cites foreclosures, declining farm prices, and tax pressure, noting railroads and businesses suffer too. It warns debt reduction and bond refinancing affect creditors and debtors alike.
A Texas grand jury faults parents for much of the youth crime problem. It argues that with more parents at home there is opportunity to supervise and guide children to reduce delinquency and crime.
Dorothy Dix argues many couples endure ongoing fights out of habit and social pressure. In earlier times money and stigma kept marriages intact, but now women can earn, divorce is less scandalous, and some couples stay for the thrill of conflict rather than harmony, while parenting failures also fuel trouble.
A newspaper-style word puzzle is presented with numbered clues across chemistry history and geography. Readers fill in answers like inventors and nations, linking to a broader crossword style grid.
Dr Morris Fishbein outlines a rat related illness affecting humans through bites from ro dent animals like rats, weasels and pigs. The disease involves fever attacks, skin eruptions, weight loss and high mortality risks, with treatment using arsphenamine or 606 to cure most patients after two injections.
Washington. The piece reflects on Herbert Hoover as a prolific promoter whose over-promotion aided his rise and, in turn, contributed to his political downfall. It links his actions to the Department of Commerce, the Farm Board, Hawley Smoot tariffs, and reforms under Roosevelt era pruning and reorganization efforts.
Essay comparing childrearing in Eskimo and savage societies with modern Western methods. Argues early conditioning can help prepare children for life but warns against overdoing it. Suggests reducing nagging to maintain child and adult happiness amid rising social demands.
Facts and curiosities from varied topics including animal behavior, historical weights, political offices, dental kits, kitchen tips, government staffing, human physiology, and temple construction timelines. The items present a snapshot of miscellaneous knowledge and trivia.
The Messenger Public notes contributors must include full name and address with each unsigned letter to be considered. The editor states unsigned submissions will not be considered as evidence of good faith.
A reader argues against a return to old schooling conditions. He weighs teacher wages and costs of living, books, medical care, travel, and officials, noting teachers must own cars and attend institutes while maintaining standards. Local inspection visits are mentioned.
Daily devotional for Lent prepared by Rev Gaius Glenny and sponsored by the Federal Council Churches of America. March issue focuses on perplexity and faith with readings from Job 3.08.
A historical fragment notes a prairie dog burrow going straight down 10 to 16 feet and mentions Huey Long and his brothers doing a surprising amount of carping. The text contrasts practical threading with animal burrow depth and political family critique.
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