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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1931
Page
4
The Athens Messenger describes its regional reach across multiple counties and outlines subscription rates. It also features an essay on outdoor recreation arguing that contact with nature restores health, boosts morale, and strengthens prosperity, arguing outdoor activity is superior to indoor exercise for mental and physical well being.
A provincial appeal argues Ohio should implement a mobile traffic police patrol with motorcycle officers to daily cover miles on state and federal highways and county roads. It stresses road safety, accident prevention, and rapid response, noting that rural crashes cause more harm than urban ones and that fines offset costs of such policing.
New York dispatch notes Benito Mussolini authored drama has circulated on Broadway for weeks but no American producer has shown the nerve to mount it. With high royalties, Mussolini may end as dictator in profit terms while Belasco's unfinished Pantaloon project also looms. Reina Gest, daughter of Maurice Gest, is rumored to back revivals like The Return of Peter Grimm and Virginia City, potentially shaping future Broadway productions.
An excerpt shows a Q and A format on contract bridge grand slams the International Night of the National Horse Show and historic sports attendances in England and Scotland plus a religious denominations census. It notes The Official System of Contract Bridge and cites attendance records and religious sect counts.
The warning poem urges young men to consider crime’s long shadow and the chances of reform. It cites figures like Jesse James and Kidd to argue the danger of delaying repentance, while noting that even late atonement cannot undo fatal outcomes. The verse blends moral instruction with historical reference to caution readers about criminal paths.
Frederic J. Haskin surveys the Hispano American Museum on Ninth Street New York, highlighting the Sorolla room and the monumental Provisions of Spain panel series. He details sunlit scenes of Castile Andalusia Valencia and Aragon, with peasant life, cattle drives, markets, and ceremonial processions, plus other artworks and historical manuscripts in the collection.
The Athens Messenger promotes a booklet with 144 home made candy recipes. It assures readers that anyone can make tasty confections by following simple directions, highlights famous candy makers’ favorites, and invites readers to send a coupon to order the booklet.
A reader encloses six cents in coin for a copy of the CAN DY RECIPES booklet. The note specifies the requester prefers a coin version and provides payment to obtain the booklet.
The writing reflects on advances in cheap air travel with a 600 pound plane for 170 dollars in fuel and oil, predicts cheaper rail and freight, mentions a Buffalo to Alsire car trip costing five dollars, and notes will drop copper sulfate to defeat liver fluke in sheep via sprayed dust. Also critiques pacifism and cites the biblical example of Michael.
A mixed Athens County item reports Humane Society talks, street meetings, and a private preserve debate. The City Lake at Lanutoter Street held 500 catfish and sunfish stock, used for skating in winter. Ohio University alumni banquet in Cleveland, World War veterans installed, and local business outlook address to the Athens Chamber of Commerce. Renewal of a county baby clinic and chilly crowds at the Ohio-Marietta game are noted along with social events at the Tugay Club and the Claassen residence. The report ends with a reference to a swindling indictment involving Munheath Real Estate associates.
Washington notes from the Capitol recount political chatter on Chicago as a convention city, naming Al Capone and Bill Thompson, with hopes Republicans choose Cleveland or St Louis. Mentions of public figures like Hurley, Gandi, Grundy, Baker, Roosevelt, Ritchie, Hoover, and Glassford. includes police and corruption anecdotes and local incidents.
The piece contrasts wise and unwise parenting urging parents to balance control with giving children tasks. It then shifts to a Los Angeles City Council wheel tax proposal for autos to fund the unemployed. Critics warn the tax could worsen unemployment while suggesting direct employment programs as a better solution.
WASHINGTON D C Ole are recalled by new situation as reporters and club members discuss optimistic spin in government crises. An anecdote recalls a young physician reporting on a first case with a grimly comic note about moving the old man and the daughter.
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