The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co. Advertises
Page Four of The Athens Messenger lists publisher Gordon K. Bush and editor Charlies H. Harria. It notes association memberships, circulation audits, and national reps. Subscription rates are provided for carrier and mail in multiple Ohio counties with weekly and yearly prices.
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Prederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charlies H. Harria
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Vinton
Washington
Biggest Market Neglected by National Production Analysis
A Social Security Board report shows 30 million American workers earned an average of 890 dollars in 1937. If wages rose to 1,500 dollars, demand for basic goods would rise, expanding the domestic market beyond foreign outlets and easing national economic concerns.
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Social Security Board
Escape From Reality Warns Against Living In a Dream World
Dr Edward Strecker of the University of Pennsylvania cautions that people risk collective temporary insanity by retreating into crowd mindedness and unreality. He warns against conflating fantasy with the real world amid unemployment and global tension.
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Edward Strecker
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Kissing the Chains Henry Scrivens a Prison Life Tragedy
A portrait of Henry Scrivens who spent 44 years in South Carolina’s penitentiary and died inside its walls. Once released in 1924 he could not adapt to freedom and asked to return, illustrating a life defined by confinement and the longing for the only world he knew.
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Henry Scrivens
South Carolina Penitentiary
Scrivens
A Little Profanity Clears the Air Like a Thunderstorm
A brief editorial note suggests that occasional strong language can vent tension and reset a tense conversation, likening it to a thunderstorm that dissipates built up pressure and prompts clearer dialogue afterward.
Clappers View on Europe Alignments Power Over Ideology
Raymond Clapper argues that Britain France and Soviet Russia seek alliance to balance power rather than fight ideologies. He says Stalin is ruthless but not expansionist while Hitler seeks raw materials. Britain pursues national interests and may ally with the Bolshevik Turkey behind Germany.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
Soviet
Russia
Europe
United States
Stalin
Hitler
Chamberlain
England
Britain
Germany
Turkey
National interest over democracy and world policing
The speaker argues the United States should prioritize Western Hemisphere protection and access to rubber and tin, backing British sea power against Japan. Britain maintains the status quo and Monroe Doctrine, reducing U.S. responsibility. Support for Britain and France as defense allies is favored over expanding intervention in Europe to defend democracy.
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England
France
East Indies
Britain
Europe
Great Britain
Peace lobby in Washington faces uphill battle
Bruce Catton surveys the capital as Dorothy Detzer of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom laments a waning public mood. She notes few full time peace groups remain and cites the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as a constant hurdle amid a White House push for force.
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Washington
Dorothy Detzer
Miss Detzer
Women's International League For Peace and Freedom
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Johnson
la Follette
Capper
League of Women Voters
National Council For the Prevention of
White House
Fight night attendance and Hollywood gossip prompt headlines
The fragment hints at a boxing bout with a skipped match due to distraction, a Dodgers future impacting Brooklyn vendors, restless movie press agents, and a scatter of celebrity pairings. It reflects a lively, urban newspaper snapshot of sports and entertainment currents.
Old Farm Letters Highlight Wolfe Ancestry in Ames Township
In Athens and nearby townships readers like Nora Wolfe Atkinson and J W Jamison weigh in with dates and names tracing the Wolfe family land in Ames Township. They cite George Wolfe born 1771 who settled in 1797 and acquired farms in 1803 and 1830, with descendants including Riley G Wolfe Verne Wolfe and family keeping the old place.
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the Messenger
The
Messenger
Riley G. Wolfe
Concord
Ames Township
George Wolfe
Leona Wolfe Boudinot
Orville Boudinot
Hatfield White
Noah Linscott
Recorder's
George
Francis S. Wolfe
Old Place
Verne Wolfe
Wolfe
Nora Wolfe Atkinson
Athens
Return of John Penn Sparks Clean-Up Debate In Athens County
A reader praises John Penn's press work while urging a broader clean-up of Ohio and Athens County politics. The letter argues Republicans held WPA posts to curry favor with Democratic bosses and warns that only a genuine cleansing can restore Democratic prospects.
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WPA
Athens County
the Messenger
John Penn
Penn
Ohio
Daveys
Poulsons
Rabies in Animals and Human Risk Warned by Health Expert
Dr Morris Fishbein outlines rabies in pets with seasonal rise as dogs most often transmit the disease. He explains symptoms from irritability to paralysis and the need for veterinary vigilance. Guidance notes virus transmission before symptoms and the importance of quar antine and controlled dog care. A poem by Mary M Kuhn from Nelsonville closes the piece.
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Morris Fishbein
Pasteur
England
United States
Massachusetts Department of Health
Betty Mary Trails Barro into Juarez Rancho Chase
Betty Mary seeks Luis Barro in Juarez to learn his crossing plans for aliens and a possible new smuggling scheme. She uses a car ride, disguises, and guarded talk with a taxi driver to approach Barro at his rancho, while plotting a bold bluff to extract crucial details.
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Betty Mary
Luis Barro
Barro
Jaurez
Barry
United States
Juarez
el Casino Tecolote
Monk
Luis
Rancho
Garcia
Los Federales
Senorita
Don Luis
Peralta
Quick factual Q and A miscellany from a 1930s page
A readers Q and A roundup answers questions on Supreme Court ages radio quotation practice Roosevelt flying dates navigation on the Mississippi rats in China battlefield guides boots worn by loggers Civil War end date and a Hoover Roosevelt conference with specific dates and places.
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Mississippi River
Minneapolis
Falls of Saint Anthony
Saint Paul
Leech River
China
Gettysburg
Palmetto Rancho
Texas
Hoover
Roosevelt
Washington
White House
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
United Press
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Financial Page
Raymond Clapper
Bruce Catton
Louis Roper
Dodgers
Brooklyn Fruit and Vegetable
Clark
Carole
Gene
Hedy
Tyrone
Annabella
the Public Forum
Wolfe Farms
J. W. Jamison Glouster
Twilight
Mary M. Kuhn
Nelsonville
Oren Arnold
NEA Service, Inc
Betty Mary Jordan
Border Patrol
Sheridan Starr
Hope Kildare
Starr
Betty
el Paso
Carlotta
Supreme Court of the United States
Brandeis
Theodore Roosevelt
Archie Hoxsey
St. Louis
Messenger's Service Bureau
Messenger’s Service Bureau
Washington, D. C
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