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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1936
Page
4
An old newspaper masthead announces The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co. with publishing and advertising details. Subscription rates are listed for carrier and mail delivery, including weekly and yearly options, plus terms for obituaries and classifieds.
A New Deal critique argues that twelve years of Republican leadership harmed the nation. It details Franklin D. Roosevelt’s early 1920s business roles, German marks dealings, mortgage bond governance, and political positions through 1928, questioning Roosevelt’s curb on speculation.
A Alberta ranch near Pekisko with 160 Scotch Shorthorn cattle faces feed shortages amid drought. Officials decide to move the prize herd to Ontario for sale as farmers in the Northwest endure hardship. The surprising owner is King Edward VIII of England, forced to liquidate due to the crisis.
Residents along the Blanchard River near Findlay launch a cleanup campaign to restore the stream once known as Mill Stream to its former clarity. Tell Taylor, the songwriter, still lives nearby, while the modern river carries industrial refuse, mosquito larvae, and organic pollution.
The Kane incident near Spain is treated as a light action by President Roosevelt. Officials guarded details to avoid an international uproar. Navy notes show limited official data while diplomats favor vague explanations.
Authorities initially feared an aviator under heavy drink influence declaring war on the United States and targeting the destroyer. They weighed whether a government craft had been seized by rebels and noted Italians may supply such planes to the Spanish government. Germans favor single or two motor ships while the French prefer biplanes. neither side shows hostility to U S. warships as evacution cooperations continue.
U S consuls circulated a confidential survey among about 500 nationals in Spain asking why they would not evacuate. Over half stayed due to business ties, a State Department review shows. Results, kept private, could justify pulling evacuation ships and steering clear of future incidents.
Reports from Roosevelt's wake indicate he made a personal impact in drought regions and endeared himself to the people. Observers say he achieved political results even without personal aims, with states marking him more solidly than before his journey.
Sub-cabinet gossip again predicts the early marriage of William C Bullitt the new ambassador to Paris and a prominent New Deal woman.
Worries over failing to persuade native women to wear clothes reveal missionaries have not yet faced the nudist fad spreading back home, highlighting cultural clashes and evolving morality debates.
A brief item reports two men accused of attempting a robbery in a house on Tyler’s streets have been jailed. Separate notes mention caddies carrying guns on a Madrid golf course and a loyalist golfer naming his iron, with a fragmented line about a Kentucky hanging and an orchestra playing swing music.
France aims to cement its relations with Poland by proposing tangible initiatives. Paris seeks specific measures to deepen cooperation across security, economy, and cultural exchanges with Warsaw.
A signed letter in The Messenger argues that labor receives a large share of wealth but real wealth comes from labor applied to production. It explains exchange transactions with notes and mortgages, notes tax implications, and condemns taxation as a burden on labor and consumers.
Smith Spencer, English native and Nelsonville miner, moved to the U S in 1852 became a blacksmith and miner, later with the Monday Creek Blast Furnace and Nelsonville Mining Company. He married Sarah Cragg and had seven children. The obituary notes medical pioneer Dr Kossuth Tinker, builder William H Vorkes, and inventor John Shaw Wallace with an automatic water elevator.
Ten years ago items note Mrs R R Marquis return from Lancaster Camp Grounds and Miss Fern Syx visiting Los Angeles with Mr and Mrs W H May. Families travel between McConnellville Columbus Cincinnati and Buffalo with various relatives and board members. A water conversion fact states one cubic foot of water equals 1 661 cubic feet of stream.
F. E. Bolton of Albany asserts the inequitable distribution of wealth should be complained of in a statement dated August 27.
Judith Howard breaks her four year engagement to Stephen Fowler because he won t commit to marriage and allow her to keep her job. Virginia Bent encourages the move. A walk leads to a near accident, a hospital visit, and a budding confidant in Dr Eden Harris as Judith faces her choice and a new, wary connection.
A collection of brief quotations including Rev John Lyons on church finances Sir Kingsley Wood on medicine drinkers Ralph Sasse on football uniforms and Pope Pius on heaven. The remarks juxtapose religion health and sport with humorous or pointed insights from notable figures.
Painting workers face multiple chemical hazards from oils turpentine pigments and lead white. Lead poisoning is common among painters with kidney and heart issues and earlier mortality from tuberculosis. Precautions include gloves masks laundry facilities hand washing and regular physical exams every six months to catch early lead poisoning symptoms.
Poem recalls Red Bush School near Little Hocking Ohio showing a former classroom scene with families and students named, the last roll call, and a Heaven arrangement for school friends. Arranged by Dr Allison K Walker for a 1936 picnic conclusion.
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