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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1935
Page
4
Stanford professor Dr. Lewis M. Terman analyzed 300 marriages finding 100 ended happily, 100 unhappy for one or both spouses, and 100 ended in divorce. He argues that adults must accept disillusionment and effort to sustain marriage, and that quitting at first trouble fuels high divorce rates.
A Gloucester New Jersey high school strike over a 2:30 closing to allow football practice spotlights the debate over athletics in learning. The piece argues academics must come first and officials should curb sport emphasis in schools.
The dispatch notes Italian advances in Ethiopia freeing many slaves who are then put to work in Tigre province gold mines by Italian conquerors. The piece questions whether this marks real improvement or a renamed form of exploitation, suggesting white rulers often seek exploitation over benevolence.
A quirky item notes Trish Baker aged 76 who has not slept for years, hunting by day and baking by night. It mocks wartime tensions with Ethiopians camouflaging, and Rome’s anti British mood prompting a pun about “reverse Italian on the ball” by billiard players.
A humorous colonial era style line notes Greece’s return to monarchy and American restaurant owners serving potatoes with kingly flair. It suggests Manhattan police once missed the gangster’s odd statements and might have summoned Gertrude Stein for commentary.
In New York, some New Dealers predict a longer breathing spell ahead. They expect further curtailment of Roosevelt's spending budget, less visibility for Left Wingers, and cautious consolidation rather than expansion of reform agencies.
Bankers lengthen faces over spending programs as some resist Federal debt growth while most foresee government finance expanding credit in spring. Views split on long term inflation, with New Deal supporters in the minority in New York and many predicting inevitable inflation within three years.
W G Sibley records that English and American speculators cheated French emigrants in Gallia County selling land owned by Americans. The French Five Hundred included many craftspeople and professionals who aimed to found Gallipolis, a diverse, educated community. The voyage sparked a surge of French language and gesture, while a lone stowaway, Monsieur Valadin, was sold to pay his passage. Gallipolis was set to lie opposite the Kanawha mouth but moved four miles downstream due to flood risk. Ohio Company leaders sent forty young men to construct homes with strict, odd building instructions.
Messenger readers contribute verses bearing name and address. This piece honors dads, recalling their guidance through joy and sorrow, with a dedication to those who died in the Millfield mine explosion on November 5, 1930, by Mrs. Ruth O'Shea of Millfield, Ohio.
A collection of brief reflections from Dr T Wingate Todd Henry Ford Ruth St Denis and Admiral Richard E Byrd. The remarks touch on health learning from history national identity art and contemplation.
Harold H. Pickering of Harrisonville thanks The Messenger for boosting vocational agriculture in Southeastern Ohio. He commends Beverly Skinner for covering rural events and asks readers to support the Will Rogers Fund. Letters are signed and short to fit daily use.
The article explains mumps symptoms such as swollen jaw glands and fever, notes swelling duration varies, and warns contagious spread via nasal and saliva discharges. It covers transmission timing, school exclusion for two weeks, and family caution to prevent spread.
Federal agent Larry Glenn pursues a bank robbery ring linked to bond sales and a car deal. Doc Jeckers, a shyster doctor, talks after pressure and reveals a North Side apartment used by Wingy and associates. Investigators raid the Ranelegh apartments to locate the robbers and the missing box.
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