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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1933
Page
4
The Athens Messenger describes its establishment, editors, and distribution. It notes weekly weekday issues with a large Sunday edition, coverage across Southeastern Ohio and multiple towns, and standard ad rates for home and distant offices.
A persuasive argument urges immediate spending on home, farm, and business improvements to revive economic activity. It warns that millions hoarding dollars delay recovery, while circulating money creates jobs and strengthens communities.
A critic argues rural Ohio suffers from weak police forces and outdated methods as bank robberies rise. He urges a state wide radio system and qualified appointed officers to meet criminals with modern crime fighting tools.
The author argues flood control and reforestation restore land, reduce erosion, and prevent millions in flood damage. He cites Ohio regions like Hocking Valley and Southern Ohio lowlands, noting dredging and straightening worsen floods while responsible restoration would create lasting scenic and economic benefits.
Dorothy Dix counsels that physical attraction alone cannot sustain a marriage. She notes most unhappy unions stem from confusing passion with love and urges concord in interests and temperament as the lasting bond. The column advises asking a partner his intentions to avoid wasted time.
A scanned crossword style list presents clues for long words across definitions such as pertaining to materialism, a dry quality, trigonometrical terms, rock formations, cavities and cognizance. It features numerous entries with numeric placements and stray letter fragments.
The note recounts Felix Ziem 1821 1911 a French painter famed for Venetian light scenes who lived aboard a boat studio and later in Paris He devised a will to make himself sole heir amid a 1908 misdeath declaration Mrs Roosevelt relation to Theodore Roosevelt is noted and a teaser says Tomorrow Frozen Magic.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains nose anatomy and connected sinuses, noting the mucous membrane as a key disease site. He warns against nose picking, describes safe cleaning with mild sprays or drops, and outlines signs of infection such as redness swelling and eye involvement, urging medical evaluation for serious swelling.
Rodney Dutcher explains the Federal Reserve System to readers, detailing its structure of 12 independent banks, the central board in Washington, and how member banks pool reserves. It covers rediscounting, currency issuance, and the system’s role in regulating credit and money supply.
In a city gathering, doctors discussed help strategies as clinics faced crippling debts and patients refused charity. They proposed letting patients owe future payments, creating a clearing house to sustain care for sick children while preserving doctors’ income, urging open discussion with patients. Parliament members face potential imprisonment for repeated House absences. last such case was in 1826.
Sheltering Arms Hospital received a $25 donation from Cleveland residents Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Schmidt. A twelve table bridge dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Forsyth and Mr. and Mrs. Gill at 11 Park Place raised funds and featured C N Mackinnon as women’s high scorer and F B Woolsey as men’s high scorer. The Mulligans of near Athens returned from a Florida sojourn, and Gerald Sprague, student at Cincinnati Medical School, visits Easter with Dr. and Mrs. Wiley T. Sprague of 50 Morris Avenue.
Twenty years ago the Fife Brothers planned a benefit concert for flood sufferers. Relief included two cars of provisions sent to Marietta and duty assignments for Company L. O. N. G. in high water districts. Athens officials surveyed the city and found many needing aid. Local residents donated freely to flood relief. William Fenzel returned from Columbus where he had been flood bound.
Records show the largest average annual precipitation in the United States occurs in Oregon and Washington. The text notes high rainfall regions and cites related meteorological data.
Minnie Brick of The Plains recalls local salt production in Chauncey and Beaumont, naming Adam Graham and Jefferson Lowry as the last to make salt, with Ephraim Gibson and Lief Varn tied to the works. She notes the salt industry declined with the Valley Railroad buildup and reflects on aging recollections from 1933.
Daily devotional prepared by Rev Gaius Glenn Atkins for Lent. The message argues praise reveals our desires and character, urging gratitude and reverence. A prayer asks God to enlarge worship, lift believers, and join in perpetual praise of Holy, Holy, Holy.
James Bratton alias J H Brady age 41 from Richmond Virginia, claimed to be an escaped Georgia chain gang convict, arrested in Charleston on forgery charges. He said he was sentenced to 12 to 28 years in Columbus Georgia, escaped in October 1931 from Gainesville chain gang, recaptured then escaped again in April 1932.
Northbound ducks at Patterson Field in Dayton Ohio have halted speed flight tests at low altitude as aviators report the birds paddle and settle in nearby marshes. Officials say a single duck could cause a plane crash and attempts to drive the birds away have failed.
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