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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1931
Page
18
Public notice shows scattered contact info and old price list for newspaper subscriptions. It mentions carrier, mail rates in Ohio and other locations, with references to associations and offices, but OCR yields incomplete lines and missing full details.
City officials push sidewalk repairs and street overhauls funded by gasoline tax to aid pedestrians and drivers alike. Spring work provides employment for tradesmen and boosts property upkeep across Athens as owners address neglected homes and yards.
Charles M Schwab argues at an American Iron and Steel Institute meeting that reducing wages is not necessary to lower costs. He says labor costs can fall through efficiency and better production, not wage cuts, preserving wages and living standards. He cites routing improvements, modern machinery, and better supervision as key drivers to lower cost per unit.
A radio address by David Resnick of the National Association for the Prevention of Blindness warns that common boyhood games and weapons like air rifles, air pistols, and bows and arrows pose serious eye hazards. He notes many parents trust children with such toys, which is a mistaken belief, and urges adult supervision.
A city man recalls trying to buy soil for window boxes in New York. He discovers earth costs 50 cents per small sack and learns locals shovel and sell dirt from Long Island to city buyers. He ends noting he cannot afford a garden in the metropolis.
Fragmentary lines reference a 1931 language note and a long used pen. The item appears as a Ripley’s Believe It Or Not style fragment with a bank clerk anecdote and a coded phrase in an Indian language. The passage is incomplete and lacks a clear news event.
The article notes the Sherman Act was passed in July 1890 with the first case filed October 13, 1890 in Nashville Circuit Court and decided June 4, 1891 in favor of the Government. It includes related trivia on locomotive costs and historical figures.
The pessimist surveys clear skies and flowing streams with gloom. He predicts constant bad luck, war, and economic ruin, insisting “All's for the worst” as he foresees future sorrow and conflict.
A brief devotional note cites Job 35 13 promising that God does not heed vanity or boastfulness. The reflection emphasizes humility before the Almighty and invites personal contemplation of reverence and sincerity in prayer.
A 1922 Santa Clara Superior Court ruling by Judge J. R. Welch addresses a note from January 18, 1897. The judgment amount is an astronomical 304 trillion four hundred eighty billion nine hundred thirty-two million nine hundred sixteen thousand one hundred sixty? The note bears 10 percent monthly interest, a calculation staff laboriously computed over days. A follow‑up item previews “The Murderer Who Waited 87 Years.”
Frederic J. Haskin outlines a Treasury backed plan to tax war profits to zero. A War Policies Commission debate weighs constitutional limits and the impact on munition makers, bankers, and workers, arguing massive wartime taxes could deter conflict and fund postwar costs.
The Athens Messenger promotes a new AAA road map for trips or coast to coast tours. It details highways and pavement, marked resorts, touring objectives, and a reverse side with motoring laws and mileage. Priced at fifteen cents, available through The Athens Messenger Washington Bureau with a ordering coupon.
The message from the Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington D C encloses fifteen cents for a copy of the official road map. It asks for name and state to be included with the request.
The article notes expenses will consume much of receipts while detailing prizes of 150000, 75000, 50000 and smaller rewards across 4000 prizes. Five million tickets are sold, yet the piece warns that gambling undermines lasting success and that odds of winning any prize exceed 1000 to one.
John Swadling, 66, plans to march in the Oskaloosa Memorial Day parade next Saturday while debating his 23 year old dog Teddy. Swadling reflects on aging, noting a dog’s age relative to a man and musing on life's lengthy span and the idea of 400 years of work.
General von Ludendorff foresees another Europe war starting in July calling it more ferocious and disastrous than the World War England allied with Italy would attack and blockade France according to the report.
Washington May 27 reports reveal Alabama election violations including illegal ballots, altered ballots, dead voters, and unregistered voters. The Nye committee focuses on money in Alabama campaigns while detailing numerous irregularities across counties and polling places.
A reflective piece argues that despite drills and posters, children remain at risk on streets. It urges drivers to take responsibility, noting many communities lack safe play spaces and that parental duties alone cannot prevent accidents.
The passage states England cannot blockade due to knowledge of French air fleet size. It warns French airmen could fly over British ships, sink them, and then strike London Liverpool and Manchester.
The speaker notes that predicting a worse next war than the last is uncertain. We cannot gauge its severity until the current low mood, born of that war, passes.
Lieutenant Williams notes American flyers rush while British pilots strive for speed. A British pilot at Calshot hit a speed beyond the world record of 357.7 mph. The Supermarine firm has built two machines expected to top 400 mph. The United States will not enter the European race, deemed unnecessary.
The piece urges drivers to slow down near streets with children and for parents to cooperate in keeping kids safe. It likens children to cats for unpredictability and stresses horn use and caution at cross streets in residential or school areas.
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