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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1931

Page

4

Athens Messenger Publisher Details and Rates

The Athens Messenger announces publisher and staff details for Gordon Bush Pub Co with General Manager Charles H. Garris and Marketing Editor and notes on circulation areas Athens Nelsonville Glouster Logan Pomeroy Middleport Coolville and surrounding communities. It lists mail rates in Ohio including one year 4.00 and four weeks 60 cents.

Prederick W. Bush K Gaturdey Worsina Ellie HK Acturns Eckenger & Usbald Printing CO Gordon & Bush Pubdlianer & Gen. Mer Charlee H. Garris Manegine Gresountiee South Ae Oo BS Athens-Nelsonvills-Glausterlogan Pomeroy Middleport Coolville Ohenygg Ohio Rocky

Storing Up for Winter From Country Roadside Stands

Motorists flocked to farms and roadside stands across the valley Sunday gathering fruit and vegetables at low cash and carry prices. Farmers report abundant harvest including melons and other produce, with many households preparing preserves and canning for the season.

Hockig Valley

Unsettlement of the mind after motor trips and travel

The piece describes the ache of unsettled feelings after long travels by road and rail. It notes the urge to escape ordinary life by mountain or ocean experiences and the difficulty of returning to routine as winter chores and indoor weeks loom.

Wales Iatanie Samman

Debts to Children Highlighted by Chicago Mother's Jail Choice

A Chicago mother told a judge she would rather go to jail than care for her five children. The judge confined her to a facility, arguing parental duty and family responsibility outweigh immediate burdens.

Chicago Erse Cole Fox

Big Meet in Nova Scotia Guides Roundup Becomes Wilderness Olympics

In Lake William Nova Scotia a yearly guide’s meet turns lakes rivers and camps into arenas. Guides compete in canoeing trials barbecues and marksmanship as communities gather for a week of woodcraft stories and local pride in a peaceful forest backdrop.

Nova Scotia Lake William Cattadian Caroe

Psychic bids and Bolivian president facts in a mixed quiz excerpt

The text explains a psychic bid in Contract Bridge as a deceptive psychological ploy intended to mislead opponents. It also notes Bolivia's new president Dr. Daniel Salamanca, born July 8, 1869, with a long public career and European travel. It cites the American Antiquities Act of 1906 specifying penalties for destroying ruins. It lists Shakespeare’s Seven Ages of Man window details in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Daniel Salamanca Bolivia San Simon University Europe America United States Stratford-on-Avon Holy Trinity Church Moses Samuel Jacob Joshua Solomon Abraham Isaac

Harold and Bobbie Seek Noble Knights and Wild Bandits

The poem contrasts Harold who loves famed heroes like Sir Galahad and battles greed with Bobbie who hides in a hayloft and reads about Captain Kidd and Jesse James. It suggests differing childhood dreams of honor and mischief and a wish to drift into a life of daring pranks and outlaw exploits.

Harold Bobbie Captain Kidd Galahad

Right to Bring Home Puppies Cited in Parental Duty Debate

In a discussion on parenting norms, the text argues that families have a right to bring home pets or children as part of domestic life, while noting that parental character heavily influences the experience for children and the home environment.

Ted Mae

Fragmented Thought Portrays Obscure Biblical Quote

A garbled OCR line cites a Bible verse about belief in Jesus with a millstone metaphor, appearing as stray religious text. It reads Today and we shout of these little ones that believe in me and better for him that a millstone were hanged around his neck.

Old Ohio Coach Leads Gallipolis Athletes

Raymond Davis an All-Ohio forward and Gallipolis High School athletics director earned 1800 dollars salary while also captaining Ohio University basketball champions. Kiwanis bid farewell to Dr. Frederick Treadley. Ohio University fall term began with 733 students. Columbus fire marshal condemned buildings forcing family relocations. Red Cross seals crusade expands fundraising from 300000 last year to a million goal this year.

Raymond Davis Gallipolis High School Davis Ohlo University

Oldest Living Gymnast Still Performs Contortions at 76

W H Whitlark, aged 76, continues contortion feats he began 60 years ago twice daily for TERDAY'S CARTOON at a traveling circus. He also performs a double trapeze act while touring the Middle Western United States. Tomorrow features The Legless Swimming Champion.

W. H. Whitlark

Washington Letter Reveals Washingtons Money Troubles in 1788

The Washington Letter recalls George Washington's financial strain before and after his presidency. It cites his April 4 1788 Mount Vernon missive to Charles Lee, describing devalued Continental securities and Congress taxes that worsened his cash flow. Washington laments debts and drought while noting slavery’s cost and foresees economic change.

Athens Messenger Promotes Stain Removal Booklet

The Athens Messenger offers a Washington Bureau booklet detailing removal of 88 stain types. Directions cover proper methods to avoid damage and expense. Copy available with a return postage handling fee. request via attached coupon.

Washington

Request for booklet on Removal of Stains from Information Bureau

A brief note from the Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington, D. C. encloses four cents in coin or stamps for a copy of the booklet titled Removal of Stains, with the sender indicating only a name and state.

Washington Frederic J. Haskin Athens Messenger Information Bureau Washington, D. C

Washington Faces Rent Difficulities Amid Drought

A letter reveals George Washington enduring rent troubles tied to drought at Mount Vernon. He notes no oats and scarce corn and grass, plans to sell jacks and asses, and reflects on slavery's economic weakness though opposed. The missive underscores his hardships and evolving views.

Washington Mount Vernon Spain Lawia

Unclear Tariff Clash Echoes on Page 1

The report argues that average workers should earn more spend more and buy more while restricting unfair imports or competition from abroad by tariffs or other measures to protect domestic living standards.

Deterding Urges Bi Metallist Revival in Money

Our best minds should heed Deterding the Dutch British oilman who champions bi metalism to restore silver as money. He argues current standard harms 800 million people and warns high finance should listen to his many lessons. He says financiers fear his influence across finance industry business and global power.

Deterding

Coolidge Troubled by Backers and Draft Talk

The piece notes Calvin Coolidge is annoyed by supporters and groups urging him to run as prosperity’s choice for 19382. It says he would face greater annoyance if he entered again and warns against returning to a contest with a clouded, low mood around him.

Calvin Coolidge Prosperity Mr. Coolidge

Gandhi Leaves India for England with Loin Cloth and Goats

The passage notes Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi departing India for England carrying only a loin cloth and two milk goats for sustenance, along with a portable hand loom. It contrasts his austere voyage and sincerity with the splendor expected for Rajahs under British rule, highlighting unequal treatment of natives and rulers.

Gandhi India England

Mysterious Rays Could Prolong Human Life Says Scientist

Doctor Stoklasa told a Paris radiologists congress that Alpha Beta Gamma rays can penetrate tissue without destroying it and may prolong life indefinitely. He warned old age could be addressed by these discoveries.

Stoklasa Congress of Radiologists Paris

District Red Men Meeting Held in Athens

Several hundred members attended the district school of the Order of Red Men in Athens. District Deputy Smith of Logan presided, with the event repeating the previous year's gathering in the same city.

Latin American presidents ousted. ministers take power

The piece notes a wave in Latin America where presidents are forced out and replaced by ministers or ambassadors to the United States. It lists Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Panama, and others, citing economic distress and revolts as drivers and naming several potential successors in Colombia, Panama, Nicaragua, Chile, and Honduras.

Rodney Dutcher Washington Latin America United States Isidro Ayora Ecuador Herbert Hoover Agora Hoover Luis Campisteguey Uruguay Carlos Ibanez Chile Panama Santo Domingo Cuba Mexico Hondurras Guatemala Central Artiica Moncada Nicaragua Colindres Honduras Enrique Olaya Herrera Colombia Ricardo J. Alfaro Carlos Davila Ibanez Harmodio Arrias Alfaro Juan B. Sacasa

Care of a Child's Eyes Emphasized by Mrs West

Mrs West an authority on child care urges beginning eye care at birth and continuing through childhood. Early prevention and prompt specialist care prevent cross eye and other faults and protect against styes and inflammation.

Max West

The Deoxidized Body and the Promise of Eternal Life

The passage claims tissues lose oxygen leading to death, with Alpha rays halting deoxidation and Beta and Gamma rays reversing it to renew life. It envisions a future where ten billion people are too old to bear children or embrace new ideas, suggesting a world of perpetual life.

Rejuvenation Debates: Radium Versus Gorillas Glands

A reflective note contrasts radium based rejuvenation with the Voronoff method using goat or monkey glands. It mocks an old man seeking renewed energy to keep up with life and folly.

MacDonald Faces Party Demand to Quit Seat

The labor constituency asks MacDonald to resign his parliamentary seat after choosing national interest over big dole funding. He is likely to comply, and may become a peer in the House of Lords, completing a path from coal miner to prime minister to lord.

MacDonald Labor Britain House of Lords

AthensCounty Record July Accidents Summary

Athens County Record reports an unusual number of industrial fatalities in Ohio during July. The article notes heightened danger in industrial pursuits and lists incidents contributing to the death toll, reflecting regional safety concerns and state response measures.

Columbus Ohio

July Fatalities Reach New Monthly High In 1931 Industry

July recorded 126 deaths, the highest for any month since January, with 3 049 non fatal industry accidents over June. Athens County logged 98 accidents in July, including five fatalities and 32 399 days of time loss, compared with 101 accidents and one death in July 1930.

Athens County

Heavy Wheat Yields Reported by Thresher in Stewart

Stewart Sept 1 There has been an exceptionally heavy yield of threshed grain in this community says J Louis Winner a thresherman living near here Every one is pleased with the extra bushels than they had expected This Mr Winner s first experience operating a thresher He is now a road grader on Orange Road in Carthage Township Some yields reported George Y Tedrow first with 42 bushels of wheat per acre Homer Brandeberry 4 bushels per acre Clarence Petty Bethany Ridge 83 bushels per acre John E Parmiter and son 35 bushels per acre New England and Sand Rock Art Finsterwald 92 bushels of oats per acre

Homer Brandeberry Clarence Petty Bethany Ridge John E. Parmiter and Son New England Sand Rock Art. Finsterwald

Also Mentioned on This Page

Athens W. Quillen New York Genera Sanke Gilbert Swan New Yorker SY Fredericc Gaskin Tia James J. Montague Jesse James Bag. Paul Priest Gov. Ross Idaho Earle Bailly Lunenburg, N. S Henry IV France Sas Brennan Chicago, Til Jos. Herberger New Orleans Halifax Ripley Frederick Treadley Kiwanis Club Dr. Treadley Athens Electric and Hocking Power Ohio University Pennsylvania Red Cross National Association Terday Frederic Haskin Washington George Washington National Archives Charles Lee West Moreland County Mr. Lee John Adama Lee James River Company Liberty Loan Organization Congress Robert Lewis Department of Agriculture City Hernando Siles Peru Augusto B. Leguia Hippolito Irigoyen Argentina Brazil
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