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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1933
Page
4
A faded notice lists subscription rates by carrier for Ohio and nearby areas. Prices show one year $4.50 and shorter terms down to 50 cents for four weeks, with weekly and ten week options. It references various press associations and national representatives.
The piece argues the NRA must raise consumption or keep production rising without increasing total value. It notes payroll gains outpace employment, production drives wages, and labor seeks bigger shares, risking higher costs. Consumers are urged to spend before prices rise, as inflation hopes hinge on price level recovery.
An NRA mailing from Washington with posters and stickers is sent to local committees and followed by a Brooklyn printing house sale pitch. The piece criticizes government free delivery for private business while noting NRA practices and alleged inconsistencies in administration.
Improvements in the city provide needed comforts while offering work for men and food for families. Continued alley improvements are planned to remove ugliness and improve street surroundings, with relief funds aiding the effort as municipalities lack funds for full programs.
Dorothy Dix critiques how women’s virtues shift with fashion across eras from Victorian fragility to the 1920s independent ideal. She contrasts past homebound roles with modern women who balance family, clubs, causes, and independence, noting harsher judgments of today’s mothers and wives.
Ten years ago Mr and Mrs Ralph Hawk announced the birth of a daughter. Everett Jones and Mrs 8 D Thompson and daughter Ann left for Baltimore. Mrs Lawrence Beasley of Nelsonville fractured an ankle. Nelsonville YMCA volleyball season opened. Mrs L O Gateman won high at a bridge party hosted by Mrs Harvey C Baker. Twenty years ago plans for a separate light plant for Ohio University were discussed. Cline Drug Store opened with J Halliday Cline hosting. Athens Reading Club met at Mrs Alston Ellis home. Mrs John Wood and Nelsonville guests visited West Union Street. Mr and Mrs Mat Kilpatrick Chauncey visited relatives.
Retail merchants face higher costs for goods and payrolls causing price raises to be debated. While some rise is needed, consumer buying power limits demand and September department store sales lag. Weather and August stocking boost trade slumps, and consumer resistance may curb profiteering under the Recovery program.
The Alaska wheat sold for $5 per head and was bought in South Carolina in 1840 by wheat growers who believed multiple heads would raise yields. The statement is attributed to the Department of Agriculture in Washington. Tomorrow: Financial death by own action.
Letters to The Messenger and editorials recount conflict over alcohol control with critics condemning prohibition advocates as hypocritical. Contributors urge faith in citizens and comment on shifting values as business and government reshape society.
The Athens Grange held its annual Booster Night Saturday in the Grange Halls featuring agricultural and flower displays. Frank Clark spoke on Benefits of the NRA and W. W. Wiggin on Agriculture. Officers and members, dances, readings, musical numbers, and a history review highlighted the program.
A summary of a National Collegiate Athletic Association study resulting in a published handbook. It urges medical care emphasis in athletics with six core requirements: preseason examinations, controlled training, planned diet and training, on field medical supervision, sport specific injury protection methods, and proper treatment and convalescence for illnesses and injuries.
Washington reports show Robert W. Johnson seeks four shifts of 36 hours to expand factory output and employ more workers, arguing shorter idle hours hurt profits. The piece also notes refurbishing of public buildings, bankers clashing with J A Jones, and political tempers in labor circles with Green and Foster figures cited.
The essay notes that fashion drives shoe design, condemning the spike heel as harmful and impractical. It argues most women favor comfort and hygiene, insisting graceful shoes can also be functional while criticizing exaggerated heel height and its impact on posture and balance.
The article states Henry Hudson was an Englishman and a London citizen. It also notes claims about camels and their load capacity and lists Japan having 370,123 trade unionists across 768 unions with 101 unions in the transport sector.
Elizabeth Balch filed for divorce from Bernard Balch in Athens County Common Pleas Court alleging gross neglect of duty and cruelty. The couple married in 1928 and have no children.
Six Ullom children named as beneficiaries under the will of W R Ullom who died in Athens. Mary Ullom receives option to take in Marietta for 5000 dollars credit to her share. Andrew Thomas gets 500. Josephus Tucker Ullom to receive watch and chain plus a share of the remainder alongside siblings Mary A Thomas Margaret Uder Helen M Ullom Jane B Ullom and Charlotte D Ullom.
The League of the Stewart-Guy invites members to gather in the basement of Stewart Church for a 7 30 p m meeting on October 3. Members and those in the area are urged to attend for updates and planning.
A scrambled crossword style list hints at famous dancers, words and phrases, including mentions of a Russian-school training, celestial numbers, and various clue pairs. The grid-like entries mix animal, sentiment, and body part references, ending with a half-solved set of vertical and horizontal hints.
The passage argues that using high heels to shorten the Achilles tendon and shift weight damages the transverse arch, enlarges toe joints, and causes lasting agony. It links foot pain to mental distress and notes sore feet reveal a woman’s mood and disposition.
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