Athens Lilessenger Publication Details and Rates 1896
The Athens Lilessenger established 1825 is published by THE ATHENS MESSENGER & HERALD PRINTING CO. Gordon K. Bush is publisher and gen. mgr. with Charles H. Harris as managing editor. Subscription rates list year $4.50 six months $2.50 ten weeks $1.00 and weekly 15 cents.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
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Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan, Vinton
Washington Counties
Advertising Ohio mined coal to boost state economy
A recommendation urges miners and operators to unite in a robust advertising campaign to sell Ohio coal. It argues that educating consumers would keep two hundred million dollars of coal spending within Ohio, support taxes, and reduce reliance on imports while boosting local jobs in the Hocking Valley.
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Ohio
Hocking Valley
One Happy Selection: Jenkins Named TVA Investigator
Readers learn that Congressman's Tom Jenkins is chosen to probe TVA waste, with support in Southern Ohio. The piece argues federal water power under the New Deal drains resources and notes Senator Vic Donahey joins the committee, signaling bipartisan concern over government spending and a chance to reveal the true TVA story.
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Tom Jenkins
TVA
Congress
Tennessee Valley
Ohio
Tenth Congressional
Jenkins
Vic Donahey
Ohio unionists fight decentralization of industry
A group of Ohio workers urge a law to curb moving factories to other states, fearing job loss and housing impacts. A Texas mayor counters by offering free land and gas to attract factories, underscoring the value of industry to communities and the nation.
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Ohio
Ingrate Elk Prompting NPS Aide Cites Elk Dependence
Thomas J. Allen Jr regional director of the National Park Service says his crews cannot solve a problem by kindness noting that elk will lose initiative and become lazy if fed. He warns that summer hay feeding may encourage dependence.
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Thomas J. Allen, Jr
National Park Service
Washington With Hull and Hoover Leaders In Debate
Raymond Clapper lauds Secretary Hull and former President Hoover for civil, informed discourse in public life. He praises Hulls steady economics and five years of rising prestige, and Hoover for calm, candid foreign policy and constructive debt ideas.
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Raymond Clapper
Washington
Hull
Hoover
United States
Here
Tennessee
Roosevelt
Washington diplomats walk tight line over Mexico expropriation
State Department officials assess how tough to be with Mexico after expropriations and oil seizures. Hull and aides balance Good Neighbor policy with avoiding unrest or Mexican alignment with Japan, while Congress and public pressure shape cautious diplomacy. A Montana representative posts Mooney poster on his office door. Britain plans war-time trench parks and New York finds jaywalkers lose time.
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Washington
State Department
Mexico
Roosevelt
Hull
Hemisphere
Japan
Congress
Jerry O'Connell
Montana
Tom Mooney
California
Mooney
Elk in Sing Sing doubly puzzled by hay shortage
The article notes the elk refuse to move from a stocked area after deep snow and hay shortages. Allen and his men condemn the elk for dependence, arguing only a WPA program can solve the problem.
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Allen
Public Forum Letters Welcome Signatures Required
Readers may submit signed letters on current events with the signature printed alongside. Keep letters brief to allow multiple contributions in each edition.
Editor defends Ohio University as Ohio's Pioneer College
Clark F. E. Williams of Ohio University responds to a Marietta College claim by outlining Ohio University’s early history. He notes the 1804 establishment and 1815 degree milestones, arguing the university’s primacy in Northwest Territory higher education. He acknowledges Marietta College’s own heritage but rejects the Pioneer College label for Marietta.
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Marietta College
Ohio
Pioneer College
Northwest Territory
Marietta
Ohio University
American Western University
Athens
Jacob Lindly
Thomas Ewing
Academy
Ewing
Marinetta College
Muskingum Academy
Marietta Collegiate Institute
Western Teachers Seminary
Alleghenies
Mariettans
Boy Balloons Reach Tennessee Schoolgirl
Kenneth A. Howard, 12, released gas filled toy balloons named with his name and address. A schoolgirl in Boyd's Creek, Tennessee, about 700 miles away, found one balloon two days after its release.
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Tyler
Tex
Kenneth A. Howard
Boyd's Creek
Tenn
Kenneth
Order of the White Shrine installs officers at K of P hall
Public installation of officers at the K of P hall includes Blanche Van Dyke, Clarence Washburn, Irene Olson, Emma Palmer, Elizabeth Gibbs, Mary Lines, Blanche Neff, Ruth Parker, Charles Cameron, Luella Grones, Sadie Sherman, Edith MecDaniel, Hannah Brookins, Hohenadel, W. T. Edmundson, James Palmer, John Kilpatrick, Florence Graham, Sarah Lee, Georgia Kilpatrick, Ellen Voelp, Homer Baird and others. The same ceremony reports the marriage of Homer T. Baird to Miss Ellen C. Voelp by Rev. A. Y. Wilcox at the Presbyterian manse. to live in Avon Place until their home is ready.
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Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
K of P
Blanche van Dyke
Clarence Washburn
Irene Olson
Emma Palmer
Elizabeth Gibbs
Mary Lines
Blanche Neff
Ruth Parker
Charles Cameron
Luella Grones
Sadie Sherman
Edith Mec- Danial
Hannah Brookins
Hohenadel
W. T. Edmundson
James Palmer
Ellen C. Voelp
F. J. Woelp
Sardis
Homer T. Baird
H. A. Baird
Brown Ave
A. Y. Wilcox
Presbyterian Manse
Avon Place
Mr. Baird
Liberty Day Observed in Athens Honors Scouts with Medals
On April 6, twenty years ago America's third Liberty Dollars drive opened and the year marked the World War entry anniversary. In Athens a flags display and Boy Scout ceremony awarded medals to scouts Dayton Wise James Stewart Lawrence Worstell John Bolin James Basom Richard Daggett Edward Jennings Abbott Wilcox Paul Hall Lewellen Evans Gordon Bush Harold Addicott Harold Liggett Floyd Brown William Moler Alvin Jones Otto Lewis Vercoe Murphy Wesley Kelley Andrew Nelson Dana Chase Paul Cotton Ernest Algeo George Prudden Robert Horn Lester Foraker Donald Addicott Arthur Howard Delos Leighty Francis Gallagher Dwight Rutherford Marlett Covert Paul Kahler Philip Besser John Hewitt Holmes Stewart.
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America
United States
Athens
Dayton Wise
James Stewart
Lawrence Worstell
John Bolin
James Basom
Richard Daggett
Edward Jennings
Abbott Wilcox
Paul Hall
Lewellen Evans
Gordon Bush
Harold Addicott
Harold Liggett
Floyd Brown
William Moler
Alvin Jones
Otto Lewis
Vercoe Murphy
Wesley Kelley
Andrew Nelson
Dana Chase
Paul Cotton
Ernest Algeo
George Pruden
Robert Horn
Lester Foraker
Donald Addicott
Arthur Howard
Delos Leighty
Francis Gallagher
Dwight Rutherford
Marlett Covert
Paul Kahler
Philip Besser
John Hewitt
Holmes Stewart
Mental fatigue causes and cures by Dr Morris Fishbein
Mental fatigue arises from overwork boredom or intoxication and can lead to breakdown. Rest is the prime remedy with avoidance of stimulants and unnecessary eating. changing activity or reducing stress helps when fatigue persists.
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Morris Fishbein
Empress Easter Cruise Begins With Sudden Misdirection
Joyce Milner boards the Empress for a south seas Easter cruise from New York City. A money order arrives from Aunt Martha as she contemplates possible jobs and independence. A chaotic departure and a chance collision send her pocketbook overboard during the voyage start.
Just a Hundred Dollars in a Vanishing Pocketbook
Marion White narrates a tense scene on a quay where Joyce accuses a clumsy young man of losing her pocketbook. The missing items include lipstick, a compact, Aunt Martha’s money order, and over a hundred dollars. The man dismisses the loss while Joyce scorns his calm. To be continued.
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Joyce
Goodby
Joe
Atlantic
Manhattan
Martha
Easter Lilies and Crosses Memorial Verse
Poet’s Corner invites reader verses with name and address. The fragment includes two submitted poems, one by Mrs Mildred Romine Rutland Ohio praising Easter lilies and the crosses, and another by C E Sellars Gloucester Ohio urging a righteous leader to drive graft from the community.
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Mildred Romine
Rutland
Ohio
Field of the Cloth of Gold Interview Between Two Kings
Henry VIII of England and Francois I of France met for an interview at the Field of the Cloth of Gold palace site. The encounter highlighted tensions and diplomacy between the two monarchs and their realms.
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Gold
Henry VIII
England
Francois I
France
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