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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1935

Page

4

Obituary and subscription rate notice fragment

Community notice lists trade associations and representative offices. It includes rates for obituary notices and cards of thanks, and shows subscription prices by mail in Ohio: one year four fifty, six months two fifty, ten weeks one dollar, four weeks fifty cents.

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Importing Our Food Shows Farm Price Effects On Trade

A study using United States Department of Commerce data notes that the United States, the world’s largest agricultural country, is importing increasing amounts of food in early 1935. Butter corn oats and meat imports rose sharply in the first quarter, with pork imports rising to about half a million pounds. The piece argues that buyers shop for cheapest prices and links this to New Deal farm price policies, warning farmers to heed these trends.

United States Department of Commerce United States Hocking

Commencement Time and the Modern Education

Editorial argues commencements reveal shifts in education toward modern needs. Graduates must grasp current events through visual and auditory media while understanding the past only as it informs today. Parents and older observers may miss this interpretation, but self education remains a strong foundation.

Times

Town Personality and Community Growth

Towns gain trade and vigor from personality whether rooted in institutions, public improvements, or notable individuals. Leadership often hides in plain sight, yet is dismissed by those chasing trends, hindering regional progress and development.

Lane College Graduate Echoes Real World 1935

Vera Christie of the University of California Bureau of Occupation says the modern 1935 graduate departs campus with confidence but faces a world where jobs and opportunity do not fall at their feet. The piece contrasts idealistic campus myths with harsh economic realities.

Vera Christie Bureau of Occupation University of California

Morgenthau Talks on the Dollar Sparks Stabilization Talk

In Washington, Morgenthau aired a radio address about the dollar, prompting speculation of an upcoming international stabilization push. Observers note Britain rebuffed his overtures, leaving him isolated as a dollar alibi.

Mr. Morgenthau Father Coughlin

Silver and Gold Policy Amid European Tensions and Political Moves

The piece surveys Morgenthau’s gold emphasis and brief silver clause, notes European intrigue around Poland after Pilsudski, and reports Progressive Republicans privately doubting Huey Long’s case against Postmaster General Farley. It also covers Farley’s patronage concerns and political bets on investigations.

Farley Huey Long Huey

Roosevelt Panel Probes Cotton Tax Cost to Consumers

The Roosevelt cabinet committee weighs the cotton processing tax impact with estimates from 4.2 cents per pound and FTC data showing about a 10 percent rise in cotton goods costs. Auto output stalls due to strike while officials discuss housing for aides and business ties to government.

Roosevelt Federal Trade Commission

Graduates Face Hard Realities as They Enter Workforce

The speaker notes 3,000 graduates will enter the cold world. She observes older cockiness fading and a new sense of reality. Collegians now show greater determination and seek service over easy gains, a wholesome shift for the country.

Collegians

District Tales of Long Ago By . H. HARRIS

Salisbury Township Meigs County once reached to Ross County Letart Township formed in 180% was first organized in what is now Meigs Salisbury followed in 1805 Chester Township formed in 1821 taken from Athens County and Orange Olive Scipio Bedford Columbia from Gallia County First settlers in Lebanon Letart Sut ton included Price Pickens Lawrence Worth Flesher Smith Lindley Dailey Buffington Les ley Brown Sayre Taylor Roush Harpold Roller Wolf Linscott Durst McDade Chapman Bradford Hayman White Alexander McElroy Clark Beebe Boyce Chase Lovett Kerr Ashworth Foster Partiow Baird Pullins Ralph Torrence Stivers Hughes Rad ford Branch Aumiller Young Johnston Noyes Ward Parker Red ing Lallance Circle Ripley Quickie Rose Hudson Hull Root Grant Curtis Cooper Masten Westfall Gilmore Watkine Blair Burch Dunbar Houdeshell Nease Dixon Barton Weaver Stewart Shumway Robinson First election Letart home of Henry Roush Kerr home of William Robinson Salisbury first election July 27 1807 at Brewster Higley Between 1797 and 1810 first settlers in Meigs include Smith Chapman Halsey Kerr Brown Russell Higley Case Sted man Burris Bradford Browning Barton Lallance Rice Denny Hedrick Ackley Rairdon Coleman Miles Dexter Parker Sherard Ales hire Rathburn Alexander Buffington Larkin Hecox Ogden Branch Hyselil Bing Brine Fogg Wolf Forrest Cowdery Torrence Entsiin ger Harpold Webster Williams Hayman Pilchard

Salisbury Meigs County Ross County Letart Meigs Chester Township Athens County Orange Olive Scipio Bedford Columbia Gallia County Lebanon Sutton Township Price Pickens Lawrence Worth Flesher Smith Lindley Dailey Buffington Lesley Brown Sayre Taylor Roush Harpold Roller Wolf Linscott Durst McDade Chapman Bradford Hayman White Alexander McElroy Clark Beebe Boyce Chase Lovett Kerr Ashworth Foster Partiow Baird Pullins Ralph Torrence Henry Roush Kerr Township Gallia William Robinson Brewster Higley Halsey Russell Higley Case Stedman Burris Browning Barton Lallance Rice Denny Hedrick Ackley Rairdon Coleman Miles Dexter Parker Sherard Aleshire Rathburn Larkin Hecox Ogden Branch Hyselil Bing Brine Fogg Forrest Cowdery Entsiinger Webster Williams Pilchard

Sunday in Court Street A city vignette by readers

A readers column poem sketches a Saturday to Sunday cycle in Court Street with shoppers diners newsboys and Salvation Army volunteers. It ends with signatures Doris Cullums and Ashton H. Cullums from Franklin Avenue inviting more verses.

Messenger Fach Court Street Doris Cullums Ashton H. Cullums Franklin Avenue

Righteous warning from Pete Dupler on political perils

The reader letter from Pete Dupler of Sugar Grove Ohio urges vigilance against political corruption. He warns that “the devil” corners the nation, calls for the righteous to act, and predicts a cleansing of political forces to restore a nation under divine guidance.

Pete Dupler Sugar Grove Ohio

Ten Years Ago and Twenty Years Ago Local Highlights

A nostalgia column recalls ten years ago freezes damaged peaches plums cherries and early vegetables while Athens High School bans extreme rouge and hose. Twenty years past notes burglaries in Coalville deaths near Esperanza France Italy war talk and local social visits including Alderman family guests and a Columbus trip.

Eight Trees in One Grow From One Trunk at Hillman College

In Clinton Mississippi an unusual chinaberry tree on Hillman College campus hosts cherries blackberries acorns pecans walnuts and chinaberries in a single trunk. The story notes the ancient tree was damaged allowing decay seeds from various fruits to take root and grow as separate trees.

Hillman College Clinton Mississippi

Katharine Strykhurst Seeks Work and Love Hidden

Katharine Strykhurst, 20, discontent at wealth and status, longs to work. Her father Victor and stepmother Bertine oppose, while Katharine watches Michael Heatheroe at a riding club with Sally Moon nearby. Zoe Parker returns from Europe and still loves Gibbs Larkin as family tensions unfold around Katharine.

Katharine Strykhurst Victor Strykhurst Bertine Katharine Michael Heatheroe Sally Moon Zoe Parker Europe Gibbs Larkin Zoe Gibbs John Kaye Strykhursts Riding Club Sally

Unnamed telegram drives Zoe to tension in fogbound New England

Zoe sends a private telegram to Gibbs Larkin in Maine while her mother attends a Garden Club. The foggy dawn and mournful foghorn set a tense mood as Zoe anticipates a reply that could change her situation, recalling a shocking incident with the Hart boy last night.

Zoe Gibbs Larkin Pequot House White Bay Maine Gibbs Hart

Notable quotes on politics and exploration

A collection of remarks from figures including Sir Josiah Stamp Howard Scott Admiral Byrd and C B Ladd. The comments span politics democracy exploration and personal finance with cautions on public psychology worry and leadership.

Sir Josiah Stamp

Health hints on psoriasis diet limits protein intake

The article notes psoriasis is of unknown origin and may improve when protein is reduced. It advises eliminating meats cheese mushrooms fish nuts alcohol salt candy and sweet drinks and cutting beans sugar milk and certain vegetables. Diet should be varied to maintain nutrition, try for about a month, then relax restrictions if beneficial.

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