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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1934
Page
4
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In a blunt take from Business Week, silver politics in Congress is seen as an irritating, modestly dangerous push. The piece argues bimetallism is unrealistic, hints at inflation fears, and advocates a centralized Monetary Authority modeled after the Supreme Court to guard monetary policy against politics.
American balloonists plan elevated flights to seven to fifteen miles seek to record weather data and cosmic rays. The missions aim to study wind, electrical conditions, and radio transmission while collecting air samples for earthbound analysis.
Washington dispatch details how Roosevelt used a decoy to corner NRA critics Senators Borah and Nye. The Darrow committee report, rewritten with socialist hints, shifts NRA opposition to a socialization frame. The piece also notes ongoing jockeying for a national NRA chairman with no clear frontrunner.
Ohio county voters expressed varied participation on statewide ballot issues last November. Fulton County led with 86 percent voting on state questions while Lawrence County had only 53 percent. The piece notes nonparticipation could have altered outcomes and cites strong influence from special interest groups and local business conditions.
The narrator travels from New York into Connecticut visiting Silvermine and Westport. He notes artist colonies, claims the New Deal funds support modern painters, and records conversations with incognito guide and a self described revolutionary painter about art, politics, and public funds. The piece reflects regional character and cultural contrasts.
Dr Morris Fishbein surveys tuberculous remedies from Kochs tuberculum to metals and cod liver oil. He notes limited evidence for new cures, discusses calcium, creosote, guaiacol, and fever control, and explains artificial pneumothorax as a sanatorium treatment with nerve or rib procedures as alternatives.
The piece compares the idea of a forbidden toy to real life, showing how a child’s sense of guilt arises from rules and unclear limits. It questions whether adults impose too-short strings, creating unease and resistance in children, then ponders if better toy choices could build obedience without guilt.
May 22 marks 100 years since the iron steamboat John Randolph launched in Savannah in 1834 after a voyage from England. Built by Laird and Sons of Birkenhead, it was shipped to America dismantled due to lack of iron rolling facilities, then loaded aboard the wooden vessel Ignah for final voyage, contrasting with later wooden steamships.
The essayist An dre Maurois argues that friendship, like love, requires cultivation and deliberate care. True friends balance frankness with gentleness, guard confidences, and avoid betraying trust while also offering guidance when needed. The piece cites Kipling's The Thousandth Man to underscore the value of a rare, steadfast friend.
The Messenger Science News Letter cites elderly residents in Athens and elsewhere and discusses longevity. It argues hostility to liquor stems from science, tracing early opposition to Dr. Benjamin Rush and noting Old Testament guidance against excessive wine.
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