The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co. listing
Publication note and rate card for the Athens Messenger and Female Printing Co. Includes publisher Gordon F. Bush and editor Charles B. Harris. Affiliated with major press groups. subscription rates listed for carrier and mail options. Obituary and card of thanks fees noted. Second class matter at Athens post office under 1918 act.
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Gordon F. Bush
Charles BH. Harris
Ecations
John W Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Athens Pos
California’s Californiaias stir fear of new migrants and prophets
The piece condemns California as a refuge for the nation’s destitute and unemployed, citing Upton Sinclair and others as false prophets. It argues one fourth to one half of transient workers have entered the state, warns of a national calamity, and urges the country to resist utopian schemes and rabble rousers. It also notes political attempts to bar Americans and Japanese despite constitutional limits.
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Townsends
Upton Sinclair
California
Golden State
Ohio University
James
Father Coughlin
Huey Long
Doctor Townsend
Senator Harrison Calls for Immediate Revenue from Tax Base
The Mississippi senator urged broadening the tax base to fund rising government expenditures. He argued for transparent levies that ensure all pay their fair share and critiqued the President's plan as unfair to those with little. He suggested collecting revenue now to cover professional costs.
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Harrison
Mississippi
Generous Peace Proposals Invite Italy to Avoid War
France and England offer Italy mandates or land in Africa to deter war with Ethiopia, including protectorates and sections of Ethiopia for exploitation. They propose peace by taking from Ethiopia what it seeks to defend, a plan Ethiopians regard with skepticism as Europe’s only alternative to conflict.
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Ethiopia
Italy
Africa
League of Nations
England
France
Europe
Windstorms Endanger Athens Cars and Trees
Motor cars parked along forested streets in Athens face danger as windstorms bring falling limbs that puncture tops and cause accidents. Many shade trees are on municipal property, making city service officials prompt in responding to damage and hazards.
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Athens
Service Department
Inside the Roosevelt woes shaping Congress and coal bill
Democratic senators grumbled over the tax bill while a New Deal aide pressed them to back the President. House leaders and lawmakers across regions faced private misgivings as Roosevelt pushed coal, relief, and bank measures, with only limited open revolt and broad presidential influence guiding votes.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Textile Industry Poised for NRA Style Codes Under New Dealers
The piece notes New Dealers discuss applying Guffey Snyder coal bill principles to textiles, effectively an NRA code for the industry. It cites Roosevelt’s handling of secretary Marvin McIntyre’s lobbyist ties and comments on publicizing social security, with observers warning Congress has too many priorities to promote the program.
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Marvin McIntyre
McIintyre
Hyde Park
McIntyre
Mars
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Congress
Barnum
Il Duce Faces Weather Waves and Huey Long Sees Support
The note cites Mussolini dodging Ethiopian weather and Italian floods with a hard stance. Huey Long gains unexpected strength as he enters political contention. Safy Rand acts in Rain while city crews face tree hazards and a WPA project promises a fix for dangerous dead wood.
Recollections of Albany’s Early Season and Notable Incidents
Former teacher W. E. Gibbs recalls Albany history from the Centennial era including the burial of George Readus, the Atwood Institute fire alarm rescue, and local businesses in 1886. He notes active colored residents, Sons of Veterans drill in the yard, and anecdotes from Giobs diaries about Mary Blakes, railroad events, and a notable Irish student who became an abolitionist.
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W. E. Gibbs
Albany
Old Enterprise Academy
George Readus
Atwood Institute
Snowden-Miller
Gibbs
Workes & Son
Barnes & Townsend
Townsend Cline
J. C. P. Moore
T. W. Duffy
William Lindley
Spring Shoe Store
James
Freemans
Fergusons
Readus
Cassels
Capers
Heaveners
Campbells
Robinsons
Goins
Athens
South Bridge
Lewis Manual Labor Institute
Mary Lewis
My Call Poem by Mrs Harry Wolfe Letart Falls
Poets' Corner invites Messenger readers to submit verses bearing name and address. This piece titled My Call expresses a spiritual awakening with lines about a voice guiding the speaker to let God in and find clarity, attributed to Mrs Harry Wolfe of Letart Falls.
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Messenger
God
Harry Wolfe
Quotation Snippet on Government and Motive Sparks Debate
A collection of sharp quotes includes Martin Johnson preferring savages to government, T H Beck noting Ducks do not vote, and Elsa Maxwell quipping about authors telling the truth. The remarks touch on politics, science, and social conduct without a unifying event.
Ancestral memories of Wyatt and family in Amesville
ADA B KURTZ writes from Westerville Ohio Aug 13 recounting her great grandparents Joshua Wyatt and Elizabeth who lived in Beverly Massachusetts moved to Ohio via Marionette and Amesville. He was a sea captain merchantman Revolutionary War soldier elder church founder and last served at the communion table before dying. buried with Elizabeth in Amesville cemetery.
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Beverly
Massachusetts
France
Ohio
Marietta
Amesville
Ephraim Cutler
First Presbyterian Church
Athens
Ada B. Kurtz
Wm Kurtz
Westerville
Remodeling under way at Majestic Theater says president
Ten years ago remodeling was underway at the Majestic Theater according to James Ginnan president of the company. The Athens area sees marriages decline by 6000 in southeastern Ohio counties amid a busy year with community events and relocations.
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Majestic Theater
James Ginnan
Ohio
L. W. Roberts
Athens County Temperance Organization
B. A. Headley
Athens
C. J. Sanders
Nelsonville
Riley Andrews
Glouster
Roberta
Novelty Act Letter Unfolds Across Panama Railroad Ties
A vaudeville stunt by George D. Clardy used a 36 inch paper roll to inscribe a letter with lumber crayons. The reel was sent to Ed P. Quinn in Panama, who unrolled it along the Panama Railroad ties to read the message spanning from Empire to Culebra. The item is part of a broader 1913 era anecdote documenting eccentric feats and young entries in a campus or educational setting.
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George D. Clardy
Vaudeville
Clardy
Ed P. Quinn
Panama
Jo Darien Faces Hollywood Spotlights and Secrets
Jo Darien leaves Crest Lake to seek acting work in Hollywood after a plan becomes entangled with film star Fragonet and actress Lola Montez. Director Silas Drann visits, offering a role while Lolita Montez advises Jo to avoid Fragonet, as Jo confronts shifts in trust and looming conflict with Edna Fragonet.
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Darien
Bret Paul
Bret
Crest Lake Inn
Douglas Marsa
Crest Lake
Marsh
Peter Pragonet
Fragonet
Babs Montgomery
Lola Montez
Hollywood
Lole Montes
Lola
Lolita
Lolita Montez
Edna Fragonet
Peter
Edna
Silas
Diana
Mr Drann
Jo Darien
Silas Drann
Miss Darien
Miss Montes
Drann
Montez
Freeze Study Casts Doubt on Revival Claim
Dr Morris Fishbein reports experiments show little basis for a California chemist’s claim that freezing can preserve tissues and revive life. Rabbits subjected to deep cold suffered high death rates and cellular changes damaged organs, undermining the feasibility of reanimation.
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California
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Finance Committee
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Ways and Means Committee
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Il Duce
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Poets’ Corner
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Borneo
T. H. Beck
American Wild Life Institute
Elsa Maxwell
the Public Forum
Wyatts
Editor
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Joshua Wyatt
Elizabeth
Strauss
Rhodes
Athens County Fairgrounds
Carl Wilson
Newport
Helen Laverty
The
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Haydenville
L. A. Sprague
Herbert Parker
Frank S. Lowry
Lena Slattery
Major J. R. Slattery
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Louis Rudolph and
Dorothea of
Vicksburg
FE. C. Logan
Ralph Thompson
George Clark
Alex
Ednie
Golf Pro
Hollis, Oklahony
Shelter Rock Country Club
Longsland
Buffalo
Rai
Frederick August
Anhalt-Zerbst
Louis x
Tister
DR. Morris Fishbein
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