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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1931

Page

4

Athens Messenger and Herald page note and subscriptions

Obscured masthead with publisher and editor names. Public notice of Athens Nelsonville Glouster Logan Pomeroy Midport Coolville area newspaper status. Subscription rates listed for mail and in paper editions, with class matter and circulation details.

Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO Gordon ‘ Bush One 3 Vo So Mgr Charles H. Harris Soutern Ohio Athens Nelsonville Glouster Logan -Pomeroy-Midpleport Coolville

Hoover Proposes Bank Liquidity Program During Depression

President outlines a seven point plan to mobilize banking resources. He seeks a national bank fund of 500 million dollars to re discount assets and ensure liquidity. He calls for Fed Reserve governors to aid closed banks and for possible government stock subscriptions and a War Finance style corporation.

Europe United States Federal Reserve Federal Reserve Banks Congress War Finance Corporation Mem- CC Laval France Hoover

Nightlife on West Side docks and Woollcott to be panned

New York reports eel peddlers on the West Side docks as a new night life figure with crowds reaction. Alexander Woollcott may be panned as part of a broader note on theater and literary figures plus NBC and WABC appearances.

West Side Alexander Woollcott New York East Side Manhattan Columbus Circle Joan Lowell Boston Eddie Cantor Sinclair Lewis Ernest Hemingway Paris Bronx NBC Gene Glenn WABC

Explaining Yesterday's Cartoon on Early Republican Birthplace

The note details Ripon College's naming bid, Brockway donation shaping Brockway College, and Brockway's later GOP support. It recounts the 1844 birth of the Republican Party in a Ripon meeting and jokes about renaming Greenland and Iceland due to naming misdirections. Tomorrow: The Money of Liberia Carries no Lettering.

Ripon College Brockway College Ripon Wisconsin William&. Brockway Brockway Republican Party United States Eric Iceland Greenland Liberia

Truth and Poetry by Stefansson and Wells

The speaker rejects polar travel citing cold Arctic calls and icy steeples. He then considers Africa with its savannas and predators, but concludes the continent may lure someone else rather than him.

Mr. Stefansson Arctic

Short selling on the New York Stock Exchange faces reform push

Frederic J. Haskin comments on the drive to abolish short selling amid rising public discontent with bears and lambs on the Exchange. He notes Senate action, state efforts in New York, and potential federal measures to curb short sales and related practices across commodities and futures markets.

Washington, D. C New York Stock Exchange Stock Exchange Animal Kingdom Congress Watson Indiana Senate Committee On Banking and Currency Federal Reserve System Glass Virginia LaFollette Wisconsin Brookhart Iowa South James W. Gerard Germany New York State Chicago Board of Trade Cotton Exchange Great Britain

A Thought for Today from Luke’s Plough Verse

A brief devotional line cites Jesus from Luke 9 verse about not looking back after taking up the plough, stressing commitment as a condition for entering the kingdom of God. The sentiment appears as a daily inspirational note.

Jesus

Athens Messenger World Map Offer Promises Up-to-Date Details

The Athens Messenger promotes a new comprehensive world map priced at ten cents to cover cost, handling, and postage. It promises accuracy, up-to-date statistics from government sources, and plates printed specifically for this map, making it a worthwhile investment for readers of all ages.

Athens Messenger Athens Messenger World

Local happenings mix high spirits and accidents in Huntington area

Elizabeth Beatty and Maria Grover return from Huntington High School for a weekend recess. Freight activity in Athens signals strong business, per B&O agent E. E. Johnson. A light truck overturned near the water line project injuring Shorty Bell. Local residents travel to Cincinnati for a three day automobile show while others recall past sports and civic events from twenty years ago.

Elizabeth Beatty Maria Grover Huntington High School Athens E. E. Johnson Bart Davidson Country Club Albany Albamy Davidson Shorty” Bell

Capitol conference to issue home building advice for all

Washington reports a November president conference will issue wide guidance on building buying financing heating and living in homes. Dr. John Gries notes aims help modest earners reduce costly mistakes amid foreclosures high financing costs and falling values with 25 committees to cover mortgage land values zoning contracts and design.

Washington John M. Gries Hoover Dr. Gries

About Your Children And The Chum Habit

A mother warns against the chum habit as a social trap for children. She favors real varied friendships, notes stronger jealousy among girls, and urges parents to gently foster broader social ties while avoiding lecturing or breaking up existing chums.

Susie

Postal savings as real bank urged amid public fears

A columnist argues for turning the Postal Savings Bank into a full scale government bank with deposits withdrawable on short notice, using safe guards and profits. The piece contrasts fears of government banking with potential growth of private accounts and broader financial stability. It also notes Japan's Asian expansion and historical references to China and Genghis Khan.

Postal Savings Bank Postal Savings Banks Postals Savings Bank Federal Reserve Japan Asia United States China Genghis Khan Mikado

Edison’s Doctors Admit Edison He Reaches End

For the first time this week doctors acknowledge the grave condition of Thomas A. Edison. Mr. Edison is said to be sinking slowly, with death likely within days. The inventor remains unmoved, certain of having done his best.

Thomas A. Edison Mr. Bison Mr. Edison

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