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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1932
Page
4
Fragmentary text from The Athens Messenger includes postal and telegraph report notes, publisher associations, and scattered addresses. The readable content references obituaries, foreign offices, and a 1918 act, but lacks a coherent event or person details.
Obituary honors Hull Foster Jr. of Athens a long time fur trader and pillar of a historic Ohio family. Descended from 300 year old settlers, he built a trusted trading network across distant trappers, led with fair policies, and retired after a life of vigor and service.
Farmers from Ohio to the Midwest report severe dry weather with rainfall well below normal. They fear a prolonged drought unless steady, soaking rain arrives soon, as crops dry and gardens depend on upcoming precipitation over the past days.
The piece notes Amelia Earhart as a rare articulate ocean flyer, explaining what it feels like to be alone over the Atlantic at midnight in a storm with plane defects. It contrasts Earhart with male pilots who could not convey the inner experience of such a flight.
Residents along the Ohio River towns celebrate summer cooling by the river while Southeast Ohio swelters inland. The piece contrasts modern barge life with nostalgic river romance inspired by Mark Twain and cinema, imagining sixties-era scenes on the water amid heat and envy.
A devotional line cites 11 Chronicles about strangers and shadows. The piece then pivots to political satire noting frozen assets and petrified assets. It ends with a quip about a favorite son rotting cheers but winning no votes at the Convention and a trivial wager about a dollar to a doughnut.
Cradle of Fame in New York recalls Mrs Finklestein the long serving landlady of a 26th Street boarding house. The tale mentions Minnie Adams Maude Cohan early stardom, and Art Young Dudley Malone Guido Bruno Pepy de Albrew and a parade of white mice at El Gerron.
The Athens Messenger Information Bureau offers free personal inquiries on medical and financial topics. Questions cover topics from tree sizes to time zones and court systems, with concise answers from officials in Washington D C and noted institutions like Manhattan State Hospital and St Elizabeths.
A brief verse on the early May arrival of the wren and its courtship. The male serenades a suitable mate at a distance while the female builds the nest and feeds the young. The poem contrasts wren courtship with human behavior, noting a humorous lesson about efficiency.
Friday afternoon observations celebrate children's natural acting as dress up transforms boys and girls into birds fairies and other characters. Mothers are urged to organize simple costumed play with tissue paper sugar cookies and lemonade to spark imagination over shooing them to the movies.
The Athens Messenger promotes a booklet titled Oranges and Lemons with recipes for summer drinks and dishes. It promises cool drinks, thirst quenching options, salads, jellies, sauces, and kid friendly options. Readers are advised to send four cents for handling and postage.
The sender encloses four cents in coins or stamps for a copy of the booklet on Oranges and Lemons. The note is directed to Information Bureau Frederic J. Haskin in Washington D.C. The name is requested.
The article notes Sir Thomas Scrutton challenging Justice McCardie over husband and wife relations. It contrasts England's old rule allowing a beating with a stick no thicker than the thumb, with a startling claim that a British wife owns and can control herself. It then discusses American governance by finance and big corporations, plus New Zealand's worker-led government and high unemployment, suggesting widespread discontent.
The quote argues that nine-nine out of a hundred Americans would choose a modest two room house and a four six or eight cylinder car over a twenty room house without a car. It emphasizes the value of mobility and practical living over luxury space.
Miners resist a 21 cent wage cut while coal operators prepare to respond. Ohio State baseball plans its Decoration Day game against Green and White as cheerleaders prep. Memorial Day dinners, graduations, and campus events fill Athens locale including a large Ohio University class, tug of war and YWCA recital.
Twenty years ago thirty two veterans of the Civil War stood in formation yesterday morning as the town honored its oldest surviving service members. A local parade featured the group and noted guests from the GAR post and city officials.
Washington May 27 Night life in the Capitol rises with evening Senate sessions drawing crowds to the gallery. Report notes social display and mood swings among members, plus satire on Huey Long and a Wisconsin lawmaker opposing small bills while noting Puerto Rican stamp cost issues.
Prominent architect Mr Corbett predicts the nation will soon be dotted with small ready made houses like suits of clothes for nomadic America. Production is already in excellent competent bands. An American family wants three homes.
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