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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1932
Page
4
The Athens Messenger outlines its publication details and wartime style pricing. It notes distribution across five Ohio counties and lists mail rates, postage, and carrier charges. It also mentions offices in Chicago and New York and a standard second class matter status.
A brief devotional line quotes Isaiah 60 22 promising that a small person will grow into a great nation. The message emphasizes growth and strength from humble beginnings.
The article notes Japan appropriated 40 million dollars to feed hungry peasants, signaling an economic depression at home. It argues such domestic strain could eventually affect Japan’s Manchuria and China venture, since wars are expensive and victory does not ease farmers’ hunger.
Ohio engineers warn roads have a finite life under heavy traffic with many older brick roads nearing failure. The piece argues against cement fillers and praises asphalt waterproofing, predicting the brick on concrete base with sand cushion will endure beyond two decades in the region.
Observers on a Columbus bound train recall the Hocking Canal and old traction lines once central to travel between Athens and Columbus. They note subsidies funded tracks, shifting to motor vehicles that now carry hundreds of thousands at higher costs, leaving passenger and freight rail as a skeletal reminder of a bygone era.
A traveler reports Dr. Frederick Ritter and Frau Hilde Koerwin living alone two years on a Galapagos island. They claim happiness and wish to stay, enjoying freedom from neighbors, jobs, bills, and social pressures, and suggest civilization has no price while contemplating future travel options.
Dorothy Dix advises holding a family council to distribute the care of a dying mother among all siblings. She notes many children dodge responsibility, leaving one member to shoulder the burden and pleas for shared duty.
The speaker argues that children owe duties to their parents but not lifelong sacrifice. She condemns mawkish sentimentality and praises women who resist becoming martyrs to aging, senile parents.
A speaker asks why one should deny youth to please a mother and why her amusement is prioritized over personal enjoyment. The passage questions the balance between parental authority and individual happiness, contrasting parties and dances with a parent's needs.
A speaker contends that an overbearing mother who keeps a daughter tied to her apron strings robs her of marriage and career. The point is that such control imposes a cruel, high price for family society.
A harsh opinion piece argues that the elderly are selfish and tyrannical, exploiting their children. It suggests adults must defend themselves or be crushed, claiming older people become childish and must be controlled when demands are unreasonable.
Meigs County Fair featured a popular baby show with sixteen entries though nine arrived too late. The twins exhibit had a single prize winner, Mrs. W A Hutton. Court and Union Street sidewalks face obstruction removal orders and possible court actions.
Mr Franz Woodworth Mrs Carl Stickney and Mr Carl Beasley form the committee in charge of the Athens Country Club dance event.
Athens County earns federal funding for its largest road building program to date marking the first time federal aid backs the county project. The plan aims to expand the county road system and improve transportation infrastructure.
Washington reports a brighter employment picture for the coming winter compared with last year when over five million men were unemployed. The U S Employment Service notes the current demand and job prospects are improving for workers nationwide.
Twenty years ago a brisk Republican campaign in Athens County fell under the direction of chairman E. R. Walker and secretary James Ginnan. A campaign meeting convened in the Law library to map strategy and rallies.
Seven inches of snow blanketed Colorado on September 11. Residents wore furs and overcoats as winter weather arrived early and disrupted travel and daily routines.
Prof. Eli Dunkle and Will Cable registrars at Ohio University report nearly 700 students registered with more expected. The college will divide the year into semesters instead of three terms. In Harmony Hill William Peyton aging 120 recalls five generations of his master's family and Raymond Creal, a great grandson of Peyton's first master, attends the birthday celebration.
Sixteen ladies from the executive committee and committee chairmen met at Mrs. W. E. Peters home. The state convention will be held here in October.
The Marietta Daily Journal notes Munsey and Perkins each donated $15 000 to the national Progressive campaign fund A W Allom of Athens visits Attorney D H Thomas and Governor Wilson is welcomed to Atlantic City by the delegation
Article recalls Jacob Fugger the Rich founding the Fuggerei in 1519 a complex of 53 two apartment houses for laborers with rent about 40 cents yearly and required daily prayers. The ongoing charity supports repairs while the city endures. Also notes a chemical phenomenon where concentrated sulphuric acid swells by absorbing atmospheric moisture and teases a future feature on Denys the Tyrant's ear.
A father instructs his son Bill on a complex route to a job lead with many misdirections. Fifteen years later Bill lands an inside track at a plant, yet the reveal emphasizes listening as essential in business. The piece blends family dialogue, midcentury humor, and a slice of local life.
An investigation in Germany shows unemployment hurting public health mainly through poorer nutrition among the poor. Some recovery in outdoor time and rest exists, and TB rates remain downward though a future rise is possible. In tobacco towns shutdowns due to import limits have not yet harmed public health overall.
Items range from scientific curiosities at MIT to international education figures. It notes Chinese Hunan supply, Paris student demographics, Chicago Halstead Street diversity, England libraries granting copies, star brightness comparisons, Chaplin avoiding showbiz paths, and a bull being shot after chasing a matador.
A Messenger public forum reprints Bruce Barton on the human cost of war with stark figures about World War dead, hospital budgets, and wartime spending. Letters from Athens and Nelsonville note pacifist views and personal reflections, urging reflection before school openings.
A miner's wife writes from Athens on September 10 denouncing drunken deputies who call workers scabs and patrol with flashlights. She questions how long authorities will tolerate intimidation and fear, urging action to restore liberty and safety.
A Messenger reader argues that scabs threaten the miners and urges workers to hold out. The writer recalls bread and beans during shutdowns, portrays scabs as fearful and isolated, and asserts union families sleep better without scabs in the community. The letter ends with a claim that union miners’ children shun scabs’ children as poison.
In Athens Ohio on September 8 1932 a letter writer argues that courteous prompt letters boost social assets and business. He likens slow replies to borrowed items not returned and supports a Book Returning Week to improve mail and borrowing conduct.
Letter to the editor from Mrs. Wm. A. Hartley of Millfield questions a recent report about a local leader at No. 6 who earned 96.98 in a two week period. She argues the math implies an implausible coal load per day, noting 13 working days in August and suggesting Sundays and holidays were included.
Governor George White announced the special Ohio General Assembly session will convene between September 20 and October 1 to cut state salaries and streamline expenses. A precise date will be set next week. A cautious, minimal-session approach aims to limit time, with salary reductions as a major topic.
Four bandits held up the law offices of Kay Thompson Mangold and McCauley in Chicago. After a verbal onslaught from six lawyers, the robbers fled with $50 cash, returned $11, and kept or discarded the jewelry totaling about $2,061.
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