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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1933
Page
4
Advertising and circulation details from an Athens publication list rates for obituary and bank cards and outlines subscription options. It notes rates by carrier and mail in Ohio with annual and weekly pricing, and references various publisher associations and advertising offices in Detroit Chicago New York.
Ohio voters confront a two fold decision on an initiated bill offering up to 25 per month to needy residents over 66 who lack support. It would exclude many with income or assets and requires state funds without new taxes, raising questions of social desirability versus fiscal feasibility.
More than 20 Inland Daily Press Association members from 264 Midwestern papers met in Chicago to defend free press against government encroachment. Phil Hanna warned against dictatorial tendencies in the NRA and called for vigilance to keep newspapers unlicensed and independent.
Dorothy Dix argues that table manners and general politeness are taught early and not instinctive. She cites examples of boorish adults, notes manners influence success and happiness, and urges parents and schools to prioritize polite behavior as essential, lasting social capital.
In a reminiscence essay, Olive Roberts Barton argues for reshaping high school and grade school programs toward trades tracks, cultural academies, and condensed subjects. She favors keeping core basics while shortening history and geography, teaching foreign languages, and modernizing education for a traveling, future-ready generation.
A cryptic list pairs words and definitions such as sea eagle pieced out and farewell before. It reads like a crossword or puzzle ledger with entries including antelope insect eggs night before and a few stray terms from early 20th century usage.
The salmon hatches in a river rises to sea at two, returns to birth river to spawn and die. It climbs rapids and leaps up to 12 feet, sometimes 20 feet, using a strong tail in solid water. Castor oil diet wager proves nothing about apothecaries living on oil. Tomorrow: The River That Runs Backward.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains the link between physical health and mental power noting that poor body function reduces brain oxygen supply and mental efficiency. He describes how fatigue toxins and stress affect nerves and urges training of both body and mind to maximize happiness and minimize suffering.
Athens County ranked third in Ohio coal production for the year with 3 205 689 tons, surpassed only by Belmont and Jefferson. The county also notes social items including Miss Byrd Puthuff wedding to A R Johnson Ironton and Levi Sprague’s fifty seventh anniversary at 41 West Washington Street.
Rodney Dutcher discusses the NRA Consumers' Advisory Board and its rising influence on code making. He notes member representation from major groups and universities, plus the dairy of prices and income analysis, while recounting Wallace defending a 10 percent retail markup limit. Ex Senator Hiram Bingham reenters politics at a Salem town meeting to cap hall painting costs at 125 dollars.
The article claims Poe and Wordsworth collaboratively produced the last stanza of a poem. It notes a historical drop in U S prison population from 119 per 100000 in 1886 to 5 in 1933 and observes current U S plumber numbers are about six times those in 1906.
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