Athens Messenger and Herald 1825 to 1896 publication description
The Athens Messenger and Herald serves Athens and surrounding counties in Southeast Ohio with weekly editions. It lists publishers, editors, and offices, notes affiliations with press associations, and provides historical ownership and circulation details. Subscription rates are shown for carrier and mail delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Bush
Athens Ger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Pilchaner
Charles H. Harris
Ohio
Achens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Logan
Pomeroy
Middleport
Coolville
Gallipolis
Coal industry fights over blue eagle terms test recovery plans
The coal sector is split into 27 code proposals as the blue eagle program seeks outside regulation to stabilize production and ensure fair profits for owners and decent living for miners. Critics blame entrenched anti union traditions and resist government supervision, risking national economic stability.
The New Deal and Radicalism Across the Land
The piece questions government intervention in labor and capital, warning that licensing and taxation could erode American independence. It contrasts old conservatism with the radical shift of the New Deal, urging cautious evaluation of its long term effects and signaling vigilance for warning signs along the road to radicalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Unem
Washington Brain Trust
Relief figures show fewer homeless men but more women
The Welfare Council of New York reports a shift in shelter needs with June showing 15 percent fewer men seeking aid compared to May while the number of homeless women rose by 12 percent.
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New York City
The
Welfare Council of
New York
Marriage in Gotham and the perils of aging romance
Dorothy Dix reviews Ishbel Ross’s Marriage in Gotham, tracing a affluent wife’s 25 year marriage, a forbidden passion with a younger man, and the ruin of home, social standing, and self. The tale argues youth’s lure fades with age and true happiness rests in stability over illicit pursuit.
Sonny the Fifteen Year Old Dog Buried in Union Street Cemetery
Mrs C H Slaughter buries her fifteen year old dog Sonny in the family lot at Union Street Cemetery. Also noted are a birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs P L Shannon and a motor trip by Mr and Mrs J J Sisler with visiting friends Freckles and His Friends. Local social notices include a bridge party at Miss Helen Tripp’s home and a Burra Oak homecoming for neighbors.
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Sonny
C. H. Slaughter
Lancaster Street
Union Street
J. J. Sisler
Pennsylvania
Maria Grover
Ruth Henry
Grace Webb
Alice Tritipo
Helen Tripp
Kempton
Wwe
Bakers and Post Office workers clash on Ohio University field
A ball game between bakers and Post Office employees occurred on the Ohio University field with Gibson of the Bak a Flaky Pie Fraternity pitching for the bakers and West for the postmen. The article notes church redecoration at the Presbyterian Church by Ernesti the designer from Saxony, and lists social notes including Mrs. C D Gist and Dorothy returning from Gallia County. Also mentions a for sale notice for Rubber the buggy and a cow trade interest, plus Edith Ford leaving for East Liverpool.
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Bakers
Post Office
Ohio University
Gibson
The
West
Postmen
Items of Interest From a Historic News Page
The note lists varied curiosities and social observations: a Post Office must cancel 5 000 pieces daily for an electric cancelling machine. Presidents Arthur Cleveland and Wilson as preacher sons. sugar feeders do not lay eggs. diphtheria and scarlet fever tests compulsory in Mexican schools. hog cholera first found in America 97 years ago. frogs and toads curb insects. Leonardo da Vinci planned flying machines. rising destitute women rely on charity. 250 000 homeless women in the United States. more unemployed women join wandering laborers altering social readjustment.
Believe It or Not Flugging Hours and Passengers Record
Ripley reports a flying machine has logged over 13,500 hours of operation carrying 200,000 passengers with no injuries. The claim emphasizes safety and endurance, noting no injuries among riders during extensive service.
Fragmented Public Notice From The Messenger Archive
Inland clipping shows a disjointed note urging unsigned letters be accompanied by full home addresses for good faith. It references local governance roles and a homicide incident with violent threats near The Plains dated August 15.
Sheltering Arms Hospital Praised by Athens Reader
A letter from GEO. SMITH of Athens dated Aug. 14 commends Sheltering Arms Hospital for clean rooms, excellent ventilation, cheerful nurses, and top quality meals. He notes a successful appendectomy by Dr. Sprague on Aug. 9 and describes the staff as homelike and attentive.
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the Messenger
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Sprague
Geo. Smith
Remarkable Civil War Memoir Of James F. Kempton
A Jacksonville veteran James F. Kempton born March 1 1841 recounts Civil War service with Co H 22nd Ohio Infantry and Co B 75th Indiana. He details battles including Gettysburg and a stone wall standoff with Louisiana Tigers, noting reconnaissance, reloads, bayonets, and his narrow escape as Union troops pressed the hill.
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James F. Kempton
Jacksonville
Kempton
Trimble Township
Athens County
Lincoln
Co. H
22Nd O. V
Louisana Tigers
Confederacy
Five-Nosed Ant Explains Unusual Scent Powers
Explanation of yesterdays cartoon describes a fictitious five nosed tribe of ants with each nose for a different sense. Notes that ant smell activates five days after birth and cites W M Wheeler. Plus a Native Endurance brief about Aukuka surviving a sea voyage and washing ashore on Itou Island after drifting 21 hours. Tomorrow: The Thrice Wonderful Lake.
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W. M. Wheeler
Aukuka
Sidea Island
Itou Island
Lack of Oxygen Causes Blueness of Skin
Dr Morris Fishbein explains how cyanosis arises in lung diseases such as pneumonia bronchitis and asthma and in gas poisoning. Obstruction infections and heart weakness can impede oxygen delivery. Rest artificial breathing with 95 percent oxygen and five percent CO2 aid recovery and remove obstructions.
About Your Children by Olive Roberts Barton
Film critique notes a reform school plot where incipient criminals and a gang face judgment. It highlights indifferent fathers and a pitiful mother, showing how home and street influence shape troubled youths and the balance of sympathy for the offenders.
Former Union Leader Turns Coal Operator in Rocky Mountain
Washington talk highlights John Lawson once hunted by gunmen and jailed for 13 murders now vice-president of Rocky Mountain Fuel Company. Miss Josephine Roche, president of the firm, has led a union-friendly program with higher wages in Colorado's only unionized coal area. Lawson played a key role in labor battles, including Ludlow, and later shifted to labor reform and industrial legislation while steering labor relations for Rocky Mountain.
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Washington, D. C
John Lawson
Rocky Mountain Fuel Company
Josephine Roche
United Mine Workers
Colorado
Miss Roche
Lawson
Rocky Mountain
John L. Lewis
Rock Mountain
U. M. W. International Board
Ludlow
Edward P. Costigan
U. S
Costigan
Frank P. Walsh
Federal Industrial Relations Committee
Congressional
Roche
Morals Court portrays a boy gang and parental role
The writer critiques the film for portraying boys who rally behind a leader while blaming mothers. It argues not all bad boys come from bad homes and emphasizes that effective upbringing requires real parental partnership beyond mere censure.
Emperor in Puzzle Face Answers Portrait Ruler Clues
Puzzle clues reveal a royal man in the image with hints on monarchy titles kinship terms and age. Across and down entries include tokens like sovereign calf meat and nation setting up, suggesting a thematic crown and throne scene with references to kings and empire.
Dowlers Celebrate Fiftieth Anniversary at Hamley Run
Mrs Frank Dowler and family marked their fiftieth anniversary with a August gathering. Attendees included Mr Dowler, Mr and Mrs Bearer Young, John Young, Jug Townsend, Ralph Ralph Jr, Elmer Dunn and many others from Haydenville Gras and Pickett areas. A chicken dinner and music highlighted the event.
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Hamley
Frank Dowler
Dowler
Bearer
John Young
Ler
Mr Six
Jug
Robert Townsend
Ralph Ralph, Jr
Gras
Elmer Dunn
Jessie Eral
Leslie
Haydenville
Dowler Ridge
and Pickett
Carl Hull
Pioneer of Vi Communit Pioneer of Vi Communit
Marietta Aug J Beck Ormiston widow of the late Vincent died recently in Barbee township Washington County She was married to Charles Ormiston in 1929 and spent her life in Barbee townships Surviving are four grandchildren Oliver a cashier in Bartlett and three half brothers in Freedom Ind Roy in Minneapolis Ind and Cher in Montana
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Marietta
J. Beck
Ormiston
of Vincent
Charles Ormiston
Barbe Townships
Washington County
Oliver Cashier
Bartlett
Freedom
Ind
Royapolis
Cher
Montana
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Purlishers Association
Ohio Birect List
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Ohio Dailies
Inland Daily Prene Association
United Press Associations
Jonn
South Michigan
Chicago
General Motors
Obio
Dorothy Dix
Gotham
Ishbel Ross
Mrs. P. L. Shannon
Ethel Walsh
W. H. Hines
Burra Oak
Ernesti
Saxony
C. D. Gist
Dorothy
Claude Parker
M. G. Woods
Edith Ford
East Liverpool
Arthur, Cleveland and
Wilson
Schick
Mexico
America
Leonardo da Vinci
United States
Isbor
Ripley
Lilly Redwood Park
Calif
Ast
Paniebora
the Messenger Public
the Plains
Jim Kempton
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Hygeia, the Health Magazine
Olive Roberts Barton
Hellions
Morals Court
By Rodney Dutcher
UNION
F. D. BR
Louis Howe
Roosevelt
Howe
Fe Ag
Dowlers Cele Fiftieth
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