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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1933
Page
4
The Athens Messenger published in Athens Ohio under W Burd and K Bush with Gnarwe H Harris as editor. It covers multiple counties in SE Ohio and lists membership in presses and bureaus with订 subscription rates and advertising notes.
A Texas reporter found 400 citizens signed a petition urging President Roosevelt to appoint Giuseppe Zangare to a cabinet post. The incident questions how readily petitions are circulated and signed without close reading, highlighting the value of careful scrutiny before signing.
Conflicting reports from rival commanders about Jeho show the Japanese push advancing faster than Chinese resistance. The text notes Japan’s superior equipment and training give a decisive edge and warns that without international pressure Japan may continue unchecked in China.
Agricultural experts argue low farm prices reflect reduced demand and rising population. They cite declines in European and domestic purchasing power, a 6 percent price drop over three years, and a mismatch between production growth and urban population growth. Farmers invest when returns improve, building fences and equipment as yields remain high.
Meric Thorpe argues in Nation’s Business that federal unemployment relief harms public morale and welfare agencies. He denounces the emphasis on dire statistics, calls for less direct aid, and warns that government handouts create dependency and undermine incentive among job seekers and donors.
Dorothy Dix argues marriage today offers many modern varieties from career to trial unions. She says women face unclear expectations as men’s ideas of wife roles vary, making the institution a hard profession and divorce a looming option. The piece contrasts Grandma's simpler days with today's demanding marriage culture.
Ten years ago a local notice lists thirty candidates who filed for United States citizenship with the Clerk of Courts. The naturalization exam was set for June. Also noted is a Social Literary Club dinner for husbands at 6 PM at Dr. C. L. Jones home on University Terrace with officers elected. Mr. J. L. Edmundson returns from Columbus after attending the Cutters Style Show at the Hotel Deshler.
The Alpha Gamma Delta sorority hosted a dinner dance at the Masonic Temple with 120 guests in attendance. Dean and Mrs. E W Chubb opened the dancing by leading the grand march.
A quirky note reports a golfer or player lost 17 balls and incurred 62 strokes over a round. The item reads as a humorous tall tale or odd sports blip from the era. The exact names, dates, or venues are not provided in the readable fragment.
Excerpt notes Johann Bernouilli born 1744 to 1807 and a member of the Bernoulli line famed for mathematical achievement. It traces relationships, ancestry, and a three century history of math progress with many discoveries named for the Bernoullis. Tomorrow promises a piece on an Army service record.
The tongue reflects overall health and emotional state, with its appearance linked to digestive and nervous conditions. It can indicate infections, tongue injuries, tongue tie, or inflammatory states, and altered taste sensitivity may accompany nervous or systemic disorders. A comprehensive patient assessment of environment and emotions is urged.
The article argues fear in children cannot be forced away and should be handled calmly. It advises exposing a child to frightening objects in small, casual doses after the initial shock passes, avoiding pressure or coddling, and delaying treatment if fear persists, applying sympathy without fuss.
A several-thousand-year-old grave was opened in Alaska revealing relics including ivory snow goggles with narrow apertures to shield eyes from bright snow glare. Elsewhere in the report rubber-tired steam locomotives are shown on English roads pulling freight trucks.
Rodney Dutcher argues America has weathered 20 depressions in 100 years, citing gold standard shifts, bank panics, and widespread unemployment. He likens today’s crisis to 1873, 1907, and 1837, noting past recoveries and calls for calm and perseverance.
A compilation notes oddities and trivia such as a year’s London refuse covering 33 acres, the Empire State Building as the world’s tallest man made object, bears’ temperaments, Defoe’s Crusoe inspired by Selkirk, a ton of gold near 560000 dollars, bald eagles’ fall mating, tail buildings’ wind sway about an inch and a half, and scientists claim smiling babies are not more intelligent than solemn ones.
The clue set covers geography and wordplay linking Istanbul as Turkey’s biggest city with a wide array of crossword style hints. It blends Turkish place names with common terms like daughter and harboring a playful, puzzle oriented frame.
Dr. Snoke Alfred Sze, a renowned Chinese diplomat and Cornell alum, presented his credentials at the White House to President Hoover. He previously served as China’s minister to Washington from 1921 to 1929 amid Asiatic politics and Manchurian strife.
A feud between the Rogers and Lee families near Cuyahoga Falls led to three men injured and one arrest. EB A Rogers aged 64 was shot in the leg and cut on the head, Clyde Rogers 20 was wounded, and M W Lee 50 sustained scalp injuries after a demand to move the Lee family from a farmhouse two miles west of Steel's Corners.
Conrad Smith aged 65 lifelong McArthur resident died at home Sunday after long illness. Survived by brothers William McArthur and Joseph Marion. sisters Annie McArthur and Emma Snook Columbus. 13 nephews and nieces. Funeral at Tinker’s Chapel in McArthur at 2 p m Tuesday with Judge J W Darby officiating.
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission considers an order to bar utilities from cutting off service to customers unable to pay during the national banking holiday. The move aims to protect customers in financial hardship while banks are closed.
Read Psalm style prayer fragment from a church council gathering. Tribute to humanity and divine image asks for humility wisdom forgiveness yet seeks power to reveal true humanity and align life with God’s will.
Second in the series at Athens Church will be held in the church room at 6 p m. Rev Edwin Send minister of the Presbyterian Church in Marietta will speak on the subject Diamonds Revised.
A fragmented horoscope style notice notes a busy day with surprising activity and planetary aspects. It mentions postponements and contract issues, private relations tension, and possible beneficial changes in projects for those born on this day, while cautioning about setbacks and delays.
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