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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1932
Page
4
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Rural writers in Meigs Athens Vinton and Hocking Counties urge state supervised dams and bridges along highways to create multiple wildlife lakes. They lament polluted streams and lack of stocked ponds, blasting perceived putrid politics in Ohio conservation while calling for universal access and funding.
Southeastern Ohio youth join county 4 H Clubs to grow mentally and physically this summer. The program trains boys and girls in farming, home arts, budgeting, and citizen formation. Emphasis on parent child cooperation, health, crafts, and recreation to make life more worth while.
The dogwood is gaining popularity across Southeastern Ohio with plantings in yards and cemeteries. It flowers profusely with white blooms, signals corn planting to farmers, and is praised for ornamental value and transplanting ease. The tree is slow growing, long lived, and begins flowering when still small.
The newspaper promotes its Ripley contest as a way to surface unusual stories from communities small and large. Readers submit strange, clever, tragic, or bizarre items, proving reporters rely on public input to track the unusual. The author urges ongoing public participation to sustain newsroom interest.
New York May 11 reports a chaotic burlesque scene mixing spectacle with danger as steerer rackets grow, a broker raid exposes blackmail and ransom, and Harlem investigators probe boop origins while fashion shifts push demand for unconventional models and odd showbiz anecdotes surround famed entertainers and local characters.
Readers may send questions on any subject to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau for free answers. Inquiries cover diverse topics from history of the Seven Seas to Lincoln cent initials V D B and Toby jugs origin.
A speaker reflects on years of sadness and lack of happiness despite trying to change mood with diet. They reject the idea happiness comes from meals, remain naturally melancholic, yet still find small joy in being glum and surly as life advances.
A devotional line citing Psalms 72 12 promises deliverance to the needy and the poor when they cry for help. The wording reflects a charity minded biblical reflection.
The article recalls a visit to Waitomo Caves featuring glowworms lighting an underground river gorge and quiet chambers. It also describes Maori tapped taboo and a Tohunga scene from Roto rua, plus observations on Siam's sacred white elephant misnomer and color blotches. Tomorrow previews Siam's Solitary Hero.
Readers analyze wage scales and shifts in Ohio coal mining, noting missed pay, scab coal flow through Chauncey, and community support. They defend union activity, critique competition from within Ohio, and urge joining the UMWA amid crowded mines. Also a Fishermen letter laments pollution and seeks reader input.
A letter signed by a'Bewildered' questions whether he is a bewildered miner or scab and comments on Lee Hall, David Watkins, Nelson Beatty, and Sam Phillips. The writer prefers miners to guards and deputies and disputes UMW officials asking for a district strike, noting some mines did not meet.
The Athens Messenger advertises a booklet titled Famous Love Affairs recounting tales of an emperor who wed a girl from the streets, a Spanish dancer who toppled a king, and a milliner who ruled a French Louis before the guillotine. Readers are invited to send a coupon to obtain a copy.
The writer recalls efforts by Athens women to place memorials at historic sites, noting mixed support and past discussions with Dr. Powell. He cites old residents A B Walker and FE H Moore as sources, contrasts past and present, and reflects on attitudes toward woman suffrage.
News Year ten years ago Henry M. Crippen Invents an auto pump claiming superiority. John Price shifts to night duty as Athens police chief. A three foot flood in Flast State Street causes major damage and knocks 500 telephone lines out. Twenty years ago a vacuum cleaner demo entertains the Athens Needle Club. A. C. Rossi buys a Cadillac roadster. Prof H R Wilson to speak at Sullivan. Bell operator rings every 30 minutes for a sick baby. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, former president seeking a third term, to visit Athens on Friday May 17 arriving 3 pm at the Courthouse.
The Ohio Wool Growers warehouse in Columbus sold Delaine wool at 50 cents per pound and half blood wool at 45 cents. Buyers delivered more than 290000 pounds of wool to the Columbus facility.
Mothers worry about sixteens yet should guide them with calm plans. Prohibition deepens fascination so involve teens in safe group activities at home and in supervised outings. Keep lines open, encourage responsible company, and make home a lively option with candy making and group movies.
Washington dispatch notes a heated contest among Democrats aiming for the nomination with Roosevelt leading in first ballot delegates. Smith Garner and other figures face uncertain futures as anti Roosevelt forces seek balance, while questions loom over how anti Roosevelt votes will cohere at Chicago.
C W Super of Athens Ohio reflects on the Vol stead Law debate, meliorist outlook, and the enduring impact of Grandmother Brown whose autobiography he admires. He notes his generosity donating copies to Portland Oregon and Gooding Idaho while recalling Mrs Crippen’s longing for the past. May 9.
In New Jersey a farmer voices fatigue over tax driven gas prices and signs at stations. New York real estate owners urge action against tax robberies. In New York City buyers can purchase properties for about half the assessed taxation.
Information Bureau letter offers a booklet titled Famous Love Affairs. Sender encloses ten cents in coin or stamps for a copy and provides name street city state as contact information.
Reader letter from Athens laments repeated fish kills along the Hocking River. The writer describes widespread dead and dying fish, polluted water, and calls for accountability as pollution persists year after year. The piece centers on local river harm and community frustration.
In a magazine interview Commissioner Mulrooney of New York says bootlegging decline forces organized crime to shift to kidnapping. He argues mob rule thrives in hard times and condemns such conditions as intolerable abroad.
Reporters say Chicago gangs are divided among twenty leaders rather than a single head to replace Al Capone. Detectives pursued five gunmen on the West Side but the group returned to the Roxy Hotel and sprayed a machine gun at a police car and the restaurant where officers ate.
Citizens debate prohibition as a sincere aim to end crime, yet acknowledge it has intensified life through the bootleg industry. The text captures varied opinions on enforcement and social change driven by prohibition.
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