The Athens Messenger History and Circulation Details
The Athens Messenger lists Frederick W. Bush as Publisher in 1896 with Gordon K. Bush as Publisher and General Manager and Charlies A Harris as Managing Editor. It serves 190,000 people across five Southeastern Ohio counties including Athens Nelsonville Glouster Logan Pomeroy Middleport Coolville Gallipolis and surrounding communities. Advertising and subscription rates, office details, and memberships in press associations are noted.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Gerald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr. Charlies A Harris
Ohio
SPEER
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster Logan Pomeroy
Middleport
Coolville
Gallipolis
Tax Reform and the Ten-Mill Limitation Debate in Ohio
The piece argues that despite fifteen months of effort the Ohio taxation problem remains unsolved. It warns that shifting to a sales tax or other measures risks burdening different classes and regions, especially poorer counties like Athens. It calls for a non-partisan redesign of the entire tax system, rather than piecemeal fixes, to avoid expanding state bureaucracy and forcing property taxes onto others.
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Columbus
Ohio
Athens County
Temperate Thought On Excesses In Speech And Policy
Merle Thorpe argues for temperate Americanism to temper Today’s loud excesses in speech and reform rhetoric. He cites slogans attacking capitalism and calls for sane evaluation of the past to preserve and improve the American Plan. He warns against abandonments and urges measured, knowledge based judgement.
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Federal Council of Churches
America
Merle Thorpe
Mug-Wumps stir cloakroom talk in Washington
Democratic Congressmen vent cloakroom growls about the Mug-Wumps the Brain Trusters and Anthony Advocates around the White House. The term carries sinister overtones of radicalism and reflects the rift between Congress and the White House, especially among Southern members.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Congressmen say home mail shifts support against New Deal
Lawmakers report a flood of hometown letters praising the President yet criticizing his advisers. They claim this mail privately justifies resisting New Deal tendencies and explains the veto reversal on veterans' and unemployment pay restorations. They say the Administration’s spending on CWA could fund veterans programs and government workers.
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Congress
CWA
It Seems to Me By Joe Williams on Easter Parade Satire
The column argues that Easter parade vanity is not necessarily sinful and questions who may or may not adorn themselves for the celebration. It jokes about lorgnettes high hats and social class, noting journalists report church critiques while pondering devotion and public display.
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Walter Hagen
Easter pageantry thoughts on city parade and piety
The writer muses on Easter ceremonies and the spectacle of public displays. He questions the Academy of Specific Classifications and calls for clearer regimentation and better accommodations for participants while noting the showmanlike aspect and the joy of living in the event.
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Academy of Specific Classifications
Health Machines Transform Modern Surgery in Hospitals
Dr. Morria Fishbein notes vast surgical clinic machines now save lives. Sterilizers, anesthesia options, X rays, electric knives, clips replace sutures, and diagnostic devices like sphygmographs and electrocardiographs reveal tissue and pulse changes. Therapies include UV, heat, and artificial pneumothorax for tuberculosis. Machines boost safety and precision but rely on skilled physicians for diagnosis and decisions.
Strangest Air Accident Involving Staniland At Langford
Yesterday's cartoon recounts Flight Lieutenant C B Staniland during a September 1 1933 Langford England air test. The aircraft spun toward the ground as he deployed his parachute then reentered the cockpit and escaped again. The plane meanwhile glided two miles and landed by itself.
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C. 8. Staniland
Langford
Middlesex
England
Staniland
Senate action on Bankhead Cotton Control Bill
The Senate weakened the Bankhead Cotton Control Bill shielding Wallace and Tugwell. An amendment granted a six bale exemption per farmer, potentially applying to up to twelve million of about thirteen million last year. Exemptions would be smaller in practice as large farmers produce most cotton, signaling AAA skepticism and foreshadowing trouble in rewrites.
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Senate
Wallace- Tugwell
Wallace
Tugwell
AAA
Undercurrents in Stock Market Bill Debates and Brain Trust Probe
The passage notes a milder undercurrent of feeling across various topics. It cites general demand for revision of the original Stock Market Bill and suggests why some Democrats favored an investigation into the Brain Trust on minor pretexts.
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Brain Trust
About the Children By Olive Roberts Barton
A teacher recalls the impact of moral storytelling on children facing cinema temptations. She notes youths imitate on screen behavior and judge movies as moral guides, confirming that home and school example shapes conduct more than film. The piece affirms mothers and teachers gain encouragement from example and precept.
Indians and early settlers hunted land around Marietta area
The Ohio Company land was a favorite hunting ground for Indians who had yielded it in treaties. Indian hunters from northern Ohio visited southeast Ohio into about 1810 for buffalo, deer and bear, until game declined by 1800 and 1810‑11 heavy snows killed game. Gillespie and Freeharts explored Federal and Hocking rivers in 1795 and tracked a buffalo to near the courthouse site. The Arctic fox is noted for food in the live county.
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Ohio Company
Sandusky
Muskingum
Marietta
Ohio
Raccoon Creek
Monday Creek
Sunday Creek
Federal Creek
Gillespie
Freeharts
Hocking River
West Virginia
Herrold Mill
West Athens
Silver controversy swirls around Roosevelt advisers
The piece describes rising scrutiny of Roosevelt on silver policy led by Silverites. It notes blame aimed at Morgenthau Warren and Rogers, with Senate attention and possible Dies Bill and Wheeler amendment. It frames the affair as political maneuvering, not a revolt, aiming at elections and shifting blame to the Mug-Wumps.
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Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
Warren
Rogers
Senate
House
Passing of Old Ideals at Muskingum College
Trustees at Muskingum College in Ohio revise policy to permit dancing and card playing by students. The United Presbyterian college, founded 97 years ago, had long banned these activities due to evangelical influence. A parent poll showed 74 percent non opposition to dancing and 68 percent non opposition to card games, signaling a shift in traditional restraints.
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America
Muskingum College
Ohio
Muskingum
United Presbyterian College
Easter parade or pilgrimage could boost crowd appeal
A columnist muses on Easter pageants and society columns, arguing a cash in hand reviewing stand would attract both attendees and spectators. He jokes about Park Avenue teas, fashion champions, and mockingly imagines Wiffleberry reclaiming a 1933 clothes horse crown with Menjou and Whalen style flair.
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Maggie
Park Avenue
J. Eddington Wiffleberry
Adolphe Menjou
Grover Whalen
South of France
W. C. Fields
Eye catching items and lumber records in brief
Items of interest note wallpaper lacquer that keeps wallpaper clean and quick drying. The Lynn Valley Douglas fir is recorded as the largest tree cut down 417 feet tall 25 feet in diameter and 77 feet in circumference. A new beer testing apparatus uses an invisible ray to assess the liquor and sounds a siren if it goes cloudy.
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British Columbia
Lynn Valley
Miners Call for Change Under NRA Pay Grievances
A Nelsonville Ohio letter from R. D. No. 1 and Joe Brown argues miners face 35 hour limits and five day weeks with meager pay under NRA rules. It laments 60 cents a ton, deductions for rent and supplies, and criticizes leaders’ salaries while urging miners to speak up and wake up to a new day.
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NRA
Ten Years Ago at The Messenger Long Ago News
Ten years ago T O Reed chaplain spoke at Chain of Commerce luncheon. Two Middleport banks merged to form Citizens National Bank. High school basketball team mothers hosted a banquet at the M E Church. Logan residents H A Lanning and Chara Fraser returned from four months abroad. Easter fashions featured tight trousers and high collars for men. women favored bib skirts and satin bows. Ten thousand miners idle in the Hocking Valley as mines refused to operate under a new state bill. Nelle Copeland left for Dayton to attend the W C A convention. The Woman's League Ohio University planned a first annual costume party at the gym with Dean Voigt and Mary Wagoner organizing. Ina Beverage hosted games at 0 North Congress with a large group of young women present.
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Woman's League of Ohio University
Dean Voigt
Mary Wagoner
War talk and quotes from naval figures and thinkers
A fragmented collection of remarks spans navy discussions and political opinions. Notable names include Charles Gavan Power and Rear Admiral Paul Oras, with Emma Goldman and Raymond Leslie Buell cited on war, policy, and defense.
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Asia
Paul Oras
Washington
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