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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1937
Page
4
A tribute to Mrs. Lionne Schaeffler in Athens, widow with four children, praised for courage and quiet sacrifice. The piece notes how women's lives are often underrepresented in obituaries while honoring her devotion to family and community.
The piece notes rising public awareness of a 37 billion national debt and the link to tax increases. It argues conversations should focus on payment schemes to pressure Congress, warning that debt talks affect ordinary citizens and policy.
The piece reflects on the 150th anniversary of the Constitution, noting a paradox between reviving devotion through a sesquicentennial commission and attempts to weaponize the document for power. It defends minority protections and highlights the Bill of Rights and amendments as safeguards against majority oppression. September 17 marks more than a historic milestone.
Disconnected snippets discuss careless drivers hitting poles, portable legal claims, a joke about Stalin and Santa at the North Pole, bank offers after checks, and flight upkeep costs. The passage mixes humor with unrelated topics and unclear event details.
Secretary Hull compares international affairs to private relationships, urging restraint and mutual understanding. He says the United States has withdrawn Marines, eased imperial aims, and adapted the Monroe Doctrine toward joint Western Hemisphere responsibility, while urging respect for treaties amid rising global conflicts.
A Republican strategists ahead of the 1938 elections argues for modernizing Republicanism, representative conventions, and labor outreach. He criticizes the New Deal, calls for curbing executive power, and urges constructive policy fixes to unemployment relief Social Security and wage laws within the Constitution. He notes past third parties’ limited impact and predicts greater Republican gains.
The article traces St. Pauls Catholic Church in Athens from its courthouse origins around 1846 through early builders and priests. It notes the 1864 Athens Cemetery Association formation with a $4000 capitalization, twelve acres west of town, and leaders Calvary Morris J W Harris J H Pratt W B Johnson and Jesse Van Law.
Ten years ago news items note Clarence D. Chamberlin’s return from the New York to Berlin flight. Mildred Doran was reported lost in a trans Pacific air race. Sacco and Vanzetti were electrocuted. Allen Hunter elected president of the Hunter family. Parisian and Ohio University figures appear in social notes and military commissions. Headlines also mention Italian front events and Rainbow Division training at Camp Mills.
R H McCray of Nelsonville argues against a proposed city playground swimming pool bond. He urges funding for employment factories such as a shirt or canning plant, suggesting cheaper projects and local production to benefit taxpayers and youth. He warns the pool bond is a whim and urges voters to use judgment in the September 21 ballot.
A Poet's Corner submission from LEDA SAMS invites reader verses bearing name and address. The quoted lines evoke moonlit city nights, war clouds, and fragile peace with rhythmic imagery and hopeful sentiment.
A poem by Laura B. Foster of Columbus Ohio praises her daughter as old fashioned and hard working, contrasting gentleness with night life and valuing daily honest toil amid friends who share the same ethic.
Kay Dearborn inherits a yacht and, with Melita Howard and Priscilla Dunn, sails to a perilous island. A man armed with a revolver stalks Kay as she commands the Chinook to flee while leaving her friends ashore. The pursuing mystery deepens as footprints and a damaged dinghy hint at a hidden foe.
The text describes the corpus luteum as a transient gland member of internal secretions formed after ovulation. It notes progestin is produced from it, related to pregnancy hormones, and discusses potential medical uses for fertility restoration or menstrual regulation, with cautious optimism.
Edith Humphrey of New York City arrives to spend two weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs Lewis Humphrey. A. Dumpher and W. Whitlatch families drive to Columbus to visit friends. Minnie Wright Bea trice Barony and Carl Spencer from Columbus guest Miss Ora Randolph. Wright stays two weeks. Minnie Holmes visits Huntington. Ora Randolph and Minnie Wright visit Clarence Myers in Parkersburg recently. An ice cream social was held at the M E log cabin last Monday. Dale Blake and family motor to Gallipolis to visit Mrs Ed Watkins. Juanita and Geneva McCulle attend the Red Bush home.
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