The Athens Messenger masthead and publication details
Page Four from The Athens Messenger outlines its history and staff, noting established 1825 and 1896 1929 ownership, weekday afternoon editions and a large Sunday issue, with Gordon K. Bush as publisher and Charles H. Harris as managing editor. It lists memberships, associations, and national representatives. Subscription rates are given for carriers and mail across several counties with varying terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Business recovery in July and August signals cautious upswing
Col Ayres of the Cleveland Trust Co notes improved industrial output and activity in July over June, with gains held into August. He cites a likely bottom in June and a possible record agricultural harvest as a favorable factor, but warns that recovery hinges on private investment and new private funding rather than repeated federal spending, amid risks of an Orient war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Col. Ayres
The
Cleveland Trust Co
Refugees and the World Peace Problem in 1938
The article argues the international refugee conference arises from intense racial intolerance. It warns unrest will grow until a solution is found, with millions displaced in Europe and proposals to resettle many in the United States and Britain. It notes labor market concerns and asks Washington to reflect public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United States
Great Britain
Old World
America
Washington
Insignificant highway costs yield beauty and savings in Ohio roads
Roadside improvements funded by Ohio club women reduce unsightly spots along main traveled routes. Planting grass and vines stabilizes terraced berms, cutting repair costs and preserving soil from view. Maintenance falls to highway crews, with future motorists noticing the aesthetic and economic gains. Both nature lovers and penny pinchers stand to benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Ohio Club
Fair Enough by Westbrook Pegler
New York The case is incomplete but evidence shows radical opinion has aligned with the American Medical Association in opposition to non members. The piece argues the association resembles a labor union using pressuring methods to enforce membership and quality standards, with echoes of closed shop tactics and potential boycotts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Medical Association
A. F. of L
Department of Justice
Washington
Department
Naval Hospital
Congress
Medical Association
Behind the Scenes in Washington
Washington rumors center on Senator James P. Pope and his status with Senator Borah. Pope, once a rising figure, faced opposition from Borah loyalists and reflected on party splits, Townsend plan debates, and 1938 primary dynamics. Also noted are Senator Caraway’s historic term and Tennessee politics involving Senator Berry and Boss Crump shaping New Deal alignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James P. Pope
Idaho
William E Borah
Borah
Big Jim Pope
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Pope
D. Worth Clark
Clark
Townsend
Capitol Hill
George Berry
Tennessee
Berry
TVA
Ed Crump
Crump
New Deal
Haywire House by Edwin Rutt
Parker and Sally inherit a Connecticut home and turn it into a Restatorium. Wilton Ames schemes to gain control by financial manipulation as tensions rise over Sally and Parker. A bank deadline, stock gambles, and a dramatic intrusion set the stage for a sharp cliffhanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haywire House
Edwin Rutt
Kinkaid Parker
Connecticut
Sally Pennington
Wilton
Preston House
Kinks
Mr. Parker
Harknesses
Mr. Kinkaid Parker
Harkness
Sally
Mr. Kinkaid Park
Knee Joint Injuries from Sudden Twists Common in Athletes
Health hints explain that knee injuries arise from violent twists or sudden rises, often during football, basketball, or manual labor. Symptoms include sudden severe pain, knee locking, and swelling from joint fluid. Treatment ranges from prompt manipulation by a surgeon to surgical removal of damaged cartilage, with most patients regaining full knee function.
We the Women and the Technique of Attracting the Opposite Sex
A Cornell professor advocates teaching children the technique of attracting the opposite sex. The piece argues mothers have long guided daughters toward marriage and social usefulness, often through indirect phrases, and notes the professor’s suggestion echoes mothers’ own aims.
News Your Dad Read Ten Years Ago Today
Local society notes list visits and overnight stays by Patricia Ann Vorkes in Lancaster with her grandparents on Congress Street. The White family returns from Ironton to attend events of relatives. Littler family travels from Philipsburg to home with accompanying nieces. Guests from Coolville and Akron visit the Runyons on Sunnyside Drive for a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Vorkes
Patricia Ann
Lancaster
J. B. McCormick
Congress St
Twenty Years Ago Today Visitors and Family News
Mrs Will Lloyd Jones travels to Wisconsin to visit Lieutenant Jones daughter and Dr J W McDonald and family in Beaver Dam. D C Cornwell hosts Miss Leafy Floyd and Miss Ada Floyd from Lyleville through Saturday. D A R McKinstry arrives in Atlanta for a short visit with Deputy Postmaster H W McKinstry family. Miss Marie Swaim and Miss Myrtle Mardis go to Pittsburgh to visit Mr and Mrs Gilbert McConnell both Ohio University graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Lloyd Jones
Eugenia Mae Liston
Wisconsin
Lieutenant Jones
J. W. McDonald
Beaver Dam
Wisc
D.C. Cornwell
Leafy Floyd
Ada Floyd
Lyleville
D. A. R. McKinstry
Atlanta, Ga
H. W. McKinstry
Marie Swaim
Myrtle Mardis
Pittsburgh
Gilbert McConnell
Jean Peregoy
Ohio University
Poet's Corner Verses by Messenger Readers
Verse by Martha E. Cohen from Athens, Ohio expresses a mother’s prayer as a child grows. It speaks of guiding a life, building a home of character, honesty, kindness, and self-respect, with hope that steady nurturing yields a strong, enduring house.
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Messenger
Shower Held For Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hysell
Mr and Mrs W E Dicken Lower Plains hosted a miscellaneous shower Friday night for their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Frank Hysell Florence Dicken recently married 125 guests attended. Gifts were plentiful and music ranged from piano to harp as refreshments were served. The couple are currently at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Hysell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
W. E. Dicken
Lower Plains
Frank Hysell
Florence Dicken
Ralph Hysell
Chauncey Ladies Aid Potluck Dinner and Meeting
The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. Church plans a potluck dinner at the church on Wednesday, followed by a business meeting at 1 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey — Ladies Aid Society of
M. E. Church
Loyal Woman's Bible Class Meeting At Mrs Brookins Home
Chauncey Loyal Woman's Bible Class of the Church of Christ will meet Thursday at 1 30 p m in the home of Mrs Guy Brookins Converse Street Mrs Carl Shafer class president will direct the meeting and present the lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Chauncey Junior Club Meeting at School Tuesday
Chauncey Busy Body 4-H Club will meet at the high school Tuesday at 1 p.m. Members should report with projects and books as an inspector will be present and judging will occur. Officers include President Ellen Blackford, Vice President Dorothy Wilson, Secretary Elizabeth Spears, Treasurer Nellie Agin. Councillors are Frances Howard and Juanita Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Ellen Blackford
Dorothy Wilson
Elizabeth Spears
Nellie Agin
Frances Howard
Juanita Jones
Chauncey Personal And Social Mention
Chauncey social notes list tonight’s Esther Chauncey Sunday School class at Mrs Georgia Allen home. Local visits and illnesses noted include Mrs Laura Noble ill in Sugar Creek and her sister Mrs Ella Bigham of Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Esther
Georgia Allen
Main St
F. H. Staffinger
Mary Courtney Betz
Helen Sheaks
Carl Sheaks
John Courtney
Galion
Laura Noble
Sugar Creek
Ella Bigham
Lancaster
Lizzie Barber
Beatrice
Nelsonville
Hattie
Toledo
George Gabriel, Jr
James McHarg
Lower Plains
Lindley V. Sprague
Madison
Wis
Warren V. Sprague
C. N. Sanders
John Henry
Sherman Keasey
Athens
Mrs James Mackie returns home before surgery
Mrs James Mackie, who has been receiving treatment in St Francis Hospital Columbus, spent the weekend at her Millfield home then returned to the hospital Sunday night. She expects to undergo the operation in about two weeks and will be glad to hear from friends. She is in Room 518 at St Francis Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
James Mackie
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Millfield
Mackie
Picnic and Family Reunion Honors Ronald Robinett
Mrs Elizabeth Robinett Mrs Jessie Fulton and Virginia McQuade of Millfield Mr and Mrs William Sisson and Lorena Mae of Athens Mr and Mrs Ivan Matheny and children of Nelsonville Mr and Mrs Verne Robinett and children of Haydenville Mr and Mrs Ronald Robinett of Lancaster enjoyed a picnic and family reunion at Rising Park Lancaster Sunday in honor of Ronald Robinett birth day anniversary.
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Lancaster
Chauncey
Elizabeth Robinett
Jessie Fulton
Virginia McQuade
Millfield
William Sisson
Lorena Mae
Athens
Ivan Matheny
Nelsonville
Verne Robinett
Haydenville
Ronald Robinett
Rising Park
Revival to Continue at The Plains Church of God
Revival services at The Plains Church of God will continue indefinitely this week with Rev Porter from Tennessee scheduled to preach. Rev Ernest Nicholson of Hocking Street Church Athens has been conducting the meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
The
Plains Church of God
Porter
Tennessee
Ernest Nicholson
Hocking Street Church
Athens
Visit in Chauncey and West Virginia Trip
Mrs Gladys Spitzer Zimmer and daughter Katherine with Marilyn Mellon traveled from Akron and Columbus to Chauncey to visit Luther Spitzer and relatives. They then visited Charleston West Virginia for a week with Mrs Myrtle Spitzer of Brandenburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Gladys Spitzer Zimmer
Katherine
Akron
Marilyn Mellon
Columbus
Zimmer
Luther Spitzer
Labor Groups Plan Road Meeting in York Township
Delegates from local labor organizations intend to appeal to county commissioners and the county engineer about road improvements along Kimberly Road from U. S. 33 to the local mine. The flood-prone section near the bridge leaves miners and WPA workers cut off when the Hocking River overflows, with current Route 691 submerged in water several feet high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberly
York Township
U. S. 33
Hocking
WPA
Charles Hook
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Springsfield
Worthy Millican
Nelsonville
James M. Davis
Bedford Township
Meigs County
Davis
Alonzo H
Lucinda Davis
Gore Personal and Social Items
Gore residents visit friends and family with multiple trips and social calls. Several names and towns appear including Summers, McMullen, Criswell, Ludwig, Mollenkamp, Mohler, Iles, Terrel, Nixon, Hall, Campbell, Yoder, and Wildermuth across Logan, New Straitsville, Chicago, Murray City, Huntington, and Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Nixon
Maxville
Howard Mumford
Samuel Terrel
Logan
Bart Mohler
Clare
Helen Ludwig
Chicago
Andrew Mollenkamp
Opal St. Clair
Lydia Altop
Hattie Cain
William Trader
James Campbell
New Straitsville
Willard Keifer
Leon Pearl
Murray City
Ford Hall
Chester Hunter
Chesster Campbell
Ida McMannis
James Campbell Jr
James Starr
Dana
Bob
Clara
Lois
Wilma Wildermuth
Pleasant
Mich
Juanita Yoder
Rock House
Old Man's Cave
Jesse Hite
Huntington
W. Va
Mac McCullum Somerset
A. D. Summers
Selah English
Walter Arnold
Harry Nixon
Orville
Merle Nixon
Speeding Rebuked in Pixley Court
Glen Gray, a service station operator, was severely rebuked in justice court here for driving a home made motor scooter at 30 miles an hour in a 20 mile zone.
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Pixley
Cal
Glen Gray
Justice Court
Gray
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Ruth Millett
Cornell
Dorothy
Third Base
Leslie White
Fred White
Ironton
G. C. Lemmon
Tom Littler
Harley Littler
Clyde Littler
Philipsburg
Eph Goldthrop
Margaret Bowers
Harley Smith
Coolville
Edith van Dyke
William G. Runyon
Sunnyside Drive
Poet's Corner
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George Clark
Chauncey Junior Club
Kimberly Want Road
Gore
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