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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1933
Page
4
The Athens Messenger and Herald publishes weekday editions with Saturday and Sunday variations. It serves Athens and surrounding counties in Ohio, detailing circulation, publishing standards, rates, and advertising terms for a regional audience.
The Illinois Emergency Relief Commission will provide Chicago school teachers with food fuel and clothing for the winter in exchange for salary assignments. The piece comments on the broader failure of the public school system and questions the profession’s value when aid replaces steady pay and professional reward.
Special assessments on streets sewers and roads have driven tax delinquencies in Ohio and Athens, with many levies exceeding property values. The piece argues special assessments burden owners, curb excess levies, and warns of widespread defaults and confiscation in self-imposed taxes.
The piece argues Ohio faces unknown costs to fund the 10-mill levy and old age pensions amid inadequate state revenues. It warns heavy taxes will hit everyday shoppers, with liquor taxes likely, and notes broad-based burdens across all households as gas and sales taxes rise to cover new government costs.
Dorothy Dix advises a 25 to 30 year old businesswoman weighing marriage to a less affluent ideal partner. She warns that matrimony changes finances and freedom, urges evaluating love, sacrifice, and whether homemaking fits, and notes love is the true coin. She also addresses age gap guidance for a 46 year old man considering a 26 year old woman, saying age is about character and spirit, not years.
Reports from Amesville include club gatherings and bread making lecture by Elizabeth Bohn. The new saloon licensing law begins November 24 with 23 licenses refused in Athens County. Also mentions University groups, a D A R meeting, and a critical note on voter impact.
A fragmented caption hints at brittle fragile tin and tin disease. It mentions tin purity catching cold and decaying, and suggests alloying to strengthen tin. Tomorrow hints at a future cartoon about an oversight in brick.
The article notes amebic dysentery, caused by Entamoeba histolytica, surged in Chicago linked to hotel food handlers. It details incubation, symptoms, and spread to Indianapolis patrons and a 125 delegate convention, with several deaths and control efforts underway.
Olive Roberts Barton describes a boy named Jimmy who is labeled a coward for fearing water heights and rough play. He endures daily taunting from neighbors like Harry while struggling to overcome anxiety despite efforts by family and a doctor.
Rodney Dutcher discusses how a revived Paris opera and fashion trends disrupted velvet sales, highlighting NRA codes, potential alcohol regulation under Wallace, and wage debates in the New Deal era. The piece notes farmer displacement under cotton programs and AAA code implications for distillers and brewers.
Doctor argues courage hinges on healthy glands not brute willpower. He advises supporting Jimmy rather than labeling him cowardly, suggesting recovery possible with proper care. Separate note states 1933 civil aircraft logged 42,808 miles per accident and 4.358 miles per fatal accident in levee operations.
Hollywood, Nov. 14. Superior Judge Joseph Sproul set aside a 75,000 judgement and granted Claire Windsor a new trial in Marian Read versus Windsor. The action alleges Windsor pirated Read's husband. The judge found the verdict grossly excessive and tainted by passion and prejudice.
West Virginia coal operators in the northern panhandle protested a proposed 30 cent per ton freight rate increase on lake cargo coal to Lake Erie points. A hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission is set for November 21. About 600000 tons yearly go from the district to Canada amid a new wage agreement fostering harmony in October.
Columbus Ohio November 13. Low bidders on state highway projects to be built with National Recovery funds announced by state highway director Merrell. About 16 million dollars granted for Ohio road projects with a forced account option to test state versus private contractor costs.
In Columbus on November 14 Cyrus Hennis, a man with no home, told police court he had never been arrested before. Investigators proved five prior arrests. Judge Pfefferle questioned the claim as Hennis replied he did not know the police kept records. He received 30 days in the workhouse and a $50 fine.
A fragment discusses state laws on liquor taxes and enforcement, mentioning Carlton and Dargusch. It references bootlegging concerns and aims to curb illicit sales, noting proposed measures to raise revenue while enforcing state acts.
State Relief Commission approves relief issuance and bond issues backed by sales tax revenues in Cuyahoga, Lucas, Trumbull, and other counties. Approved totals include $420,000 for one county and $250,000 for others, with funds expected to support activities for the rest of the year.
Notable nativity and astrological notes highlight British satellite events and celestial alignments for the midweek edition. The column covers planetary influences and cultural reflections linked to contemporary space occurrences.
A puzzle page features a bold caption Russia's Salesman. Clues across and down reference numbers such as 13 French secondary sect and 14 Elder, 16 Sun god, 18 Those who engrave, 19 Fourth not. The fill intersects at items like Silkworm, Fish eggs, Cattle past, and Ulmus. The puzzle notes a commissioner of affairs and a Russian figure connected to an economic conference.
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