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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1931
Page
4
An old postal notice lists second class rates under the 1918 act. Carrier service costs one week, yearly subscriptions in Ohio priced at four dollars and fifty cents, with variations for weekly and other periods.
A public plea urges Ohio lawmakers to fund welfare institutions and education without two year building holidays. It warns that delays cause overcrowding at prisons and mental hospitals, threaten university growth, and endanger youth access to care and higher education.
A French house plans to publish all books anonymously with no by lines as it opens in New York. It argues fame and self-promotion distract writers though readers and critics may react by seeking reviews to identify authors. The piece notes potential shifts in criticism and market behavior if other publishers follow suit.
Gilbert Swan recounts a trip to Meknes Morocco where ruins and shrines meet vivid pageantry. The day blends Roman forums Mulai Idriss shrines and a tense night in a Moorish gateway ending with a violent thrill amid crowds and police.
The piece presents a Q and A format about common questions with concise answers. It mentions an Athens Messenger Information Bureau led by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington D C and includes sample questions on art, language, snow, essential oils, and the Hamilton Burr duel.
A speaker recalls past market obsessions with steel and rails, daily broker calls, and volatile moods. They describe a personal crisis of investment and now announce selling their last share, embracing calm after upheaval.
A brief scripture meditation invites reverent service to the Lord with gladness and humility, reflecting on fear and joy as guiding attitudes.
Yesterday's cartoon explained that settlers of Pennsylvania were German not Dutch and that the colony's name honors Admiral William Penn, not the Quaker founder. The note cites John Fisk and details on the hair spring invention by Henlein and Hooke. Tomorrow previews “The Bearded Lady and Her Bearded Baby.”
The Washington Letter explains gold shortages threaten international trade and price stability. U.S. and France hold far more gold than others, drawing in gold from the rest of the world at unprecedented peace-time rates. Rising gold reserves may crest toward full backing, while raw material prices and rubber demand alter global credit balances.
The Athens Messenger promotes a government booklet detailing practical removal of 88 stains from fabrics. The guide warns wrong methods can harm textiles and urges readers to mail a coupon to obtain the publication.
Information Bureau announces a compact booklet titled Removal of Stains available for four cents in coin or stamps. The notice provides no specific recipient address beyond Name Street City State and indicates requests should be sent to the Information Bureau in Washington D C.
The article describes exotic animals at an overseas zoo including ibex zebras rheas and yak released from enclosures to roam the mountains while noting dangerous predators kept separate. It also mentions Irving Thalberg and Norma Shearer praising the animals and reports veterans receiving government aid for a medical operation for a child.
The piece argues money distributed as income tax will boost prosperity and tax payers feel vindicated by the bonus bill. In San Luis Obispo business improves by about 50 percent, oil firms buy strategic corners, boosting prices for adjacent homes. It recalls Mr Uihlein’s Milwaukee Schlitz corner sold for fortunes after prohibition.
Four Athenians founded the Athens Soap and Chemical Company with WwW. M. Andr ews serving as president. Judge L G Worstell chaired a J H Grayson Manufacturing stockholders meeting amid the announcement. Phi Kappa Tau beat Lambda Chi Alpha 18 to 11 in OU intramurals. Beta Theta Pi defeated Commons Club 26 to 15. Frank B. Thomas of the state auditor’s department filed an examination report on Athens city affairs noting several findings for recovery.
W W Ackley a steward at Athens State Hospital and Peter Archer chief engineer visited Lancaster. Ackley reported on the hospital and its economics drawing interest from Ohio observers.
Petitions from churches and affiliated groups sweep Capitol Hill as a Wichita Washington drive for bills on cinema censorship and birth control stalls. The Sparkskeeper stop alien representation amendment draws rural and small town backing while anti Gillett protests mount nationwide.
A family split by ongoing conflict uses a twelve year old boy as sole link. The piece argues parents use children as emotional pawns and urges readers to analyze motives behind commands to children, noting spouses may both exploit and resent each other in front of their kids.
A devotional meditation on retreating to quiet spaces to glimpse transcendent glory. The writer urges lifting away from daily tasks to observe life transfigured, seeking guidance to find high places of insight with the company of past great spirits. Amen.
Paul Shoup leads a bold three day sale offering 100 miles for $1 at one cent per mile. Los Angeles station crowds, extra trains and many Pullmans mark the event as a possible money maker if volumes justify it. The piece notes jeers and parallels with urban transit pricing in subways and elevated lines.
Ohio lawmakers showed overwhelming support for the Jenkins Bill to cut current quotas by 90 percent with only four of 18 voting against. The measure, introduced by Rep. Thomas Jenkins of Ironton, drew votes for passage from Cooper Hess Jenkins McClintock Moore Morgan Mouser Murphy Selberling Speaks Baird Grand Cable and Kearns.
Last week unknown persons broke into Howard Ratcliff's Londonderry fish pool stocked by the state fish and game commission. About 150 fish were removed from a locked pen and later killed after the lock and bars were broken.
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