The Athens Messenger publication and rates notice
The Athens Messenger announces weekday editions with a Sunday morning issue. It lists publishers Gordon K Bush and Charles H M Harris, plus agency affiliations and advertising rates. Subscriptions are offered by carrier and mail across multiple Ohio counties with various term prices.
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Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charles HM. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio Select List
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
United Press National Representatives
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Gallia
Mocking
Meigs
Morgan, Vinton
Washington
Relief and unemployment strain in Athens area
Local officials face mounting relief costs as direct federal aid ends. Athens City asks for a welfare worker to identify worthy cases, while many residents fear higher taxes and limited funds. Unemployed workers and widows with children confront housing and clothing needs as schools reopen and coal rents rise.
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Athens City
Athens
Washington
Scottsboro Players Turn Free On Stage After Nine Years
Four of the Scottsboro boys leave prison after nine years as the nation’s legal drama lingered. They head into the spotlight, exploiting fame while it lasts and hoping to translate headlines into new work before ordinary life resumes.
Ohio's New Wonders and the Muskingum Dams Tour
Readers are urged to visit Eastern Ohio before snow to view the Muskingum Conservancy District's fourteen dams shaping drainage and soils. Some dams operate now with others due next spring, as towns and rails shift with the projects. Start points include Carroll Bridge, New Philadelphia, Coshocton, and Ligonville for dam tours.
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Ohio
Muskingum Conservancy
Carbridge
New Philadelphia
Coshocton
Lou Genville
Police headlines mix wit and worry across Europe
Fragmentary notes reference a tin-lunged sergeant issuing orders and a watchful policing stance in France and England in Spain. A headline mocks a police chief doubting ideas, hinting at broader unrest and commentary on leadership.
Roosevelt Again Faces Divided Nation in Midterm Echoes
The piece draws parallels between FDR and Theodore Roosevelt, noting partisan splits, failed reform efforts, and fickle public support. It argues voters sometimes back a president despite policy clashes, and suggests political loyalty wavers across crises and eras.
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Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Harold Laski
Franklin Roosevelt
Laski
Rooseveltt
Ashurst
Behind the Scenes in Washington Senator Guffey’s Court Plan Speech
Article depicts Senator Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania as the key author of a speech attacking the court plan and Roosevelt administration influence. It notes possible ghostwriters, political feuds, and Guffey’s silence under sharp criticism from Wheeler Burke O Mahoney and Holt while detailing his past ties to unions, the CIO, and labor-linked investigations.
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Washington
Joe Guffey
Roosevelt
Joe
Jack Garner
Garner
Burt Wheeler
Montana
Pennsylvania
Guffey
Senate
Wheeler
Burke
O'Mahoney
Holt
Alhough Guffey
Joseph
National Later Relations Board
Weete House
Streim Andertarng
Ernle Weir
Wagner
Emweers
Puttsbergs
Wade Peta
Romero
John L. Lewis
Ame Peepee
York Township school turmoil prompts reader letter
A signed letter from Mrs. M. F. Thompkins of Nelsonville argues the York Township board is pushing students to Buchtel High School despite nearer options in Nelsonville. She warns of a petition and possible pupil strike on Sept. 7 if the board ignores parents, and calls for capable, honest trustees.
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York Township
Buchtel High School
Nelsonville
Buchtel
M. F. Thompkins
R. 2
Unemployment Solution and Government Labor Ideas
F M Kirkendall of Dayton argues for a national constructive service program. He contends Americans aged 16 to 60 could work at seven cents per hour on projects like reforestation and flood prevention, with private industry bidding for workers if needed. He warns against living wages, urging government action instead of wage conflicts.
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the Messenger
Supreme Court
Egypt
China
United States
F. M. Kirkendall
Pituitary Gland Hormones Seen as Growth Triggers
Dr Morris Fishbein explains pituitary roles linking growth and development. Deficiency causes dwarfism and Simmonds disease, while overactivity can produce gigantism or acromegaly. Pituitary extracts are used clinically to stimulate growth and metabolism in some cases. Washington Cathedral in Washington DC hosts visitors for Woodrow Whitson burial.
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Morris Fishbein
Pituitary
Simmonds
Travelers Visit Area Friends and Relatives
Rev. and Mrs. Everett Stowe and two children from Kulien China stayed with Mrs. Elizabeth Grover Beatty at 240 E State St. H J Brown and son Lewis Brown traveled to Charleston to visit relatives Mr and Mrs W D Lewis. Guy H Brown and Charles W Harvey returned from a two week West trip ending in Parsons Kansas. Marie Carr visited Miss Mabel Coe in Columbus while staying with her father T W Coe in Albany.
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Everett Stowe
Kulien
China
Elizabeth Grover Beatty
E. State St
H. J. Brown
Mr. Lewis Brown
Charleston
Mr. Brown
W. D. Lewis
Guy H. Brown
Charles W. Harvey
West
Parsons, Kan
Marie Carr
Mabel Coe
Columbus
T. W. Coe
Albany
Seventy Regiment Units Proceed to Camp Perry for France
Thirty members from Athens units of the Seventh Regiment left for Camp Perry to join the Fourth Regiment and head soon to France. Names listed include Wheeler Dew and James D. Thompson among others in Company L and the Machine Gun Company. The fall fashion feature highlighted high button shoes and Russian blouses. Helen Harlan of Westerville and Harry Beckley announce their engagement.
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Athens
Camp Perry
France
Wheeler Dew
George Chesser
Lawrence Conrad
Charles Goodrich
James Gabriel
Glen Jones
Herbert Kelly
Harley Maxwell
John McLean
Raymond Pennell
Clyde Pennybaker
Earl Shafer
James Salters
Walter Stewart
James H. White
James D. Thompson
Vern Brandeberry
Bertrand Howell
Harry Wyatt
Charles Williams
Norman Hord
Clarence Price
Wilbur Reeves
Arthur Addleman
Clarence Loman
Doris Bean
Floyd Bolen
Dan Davis
George W. Harlan
Westerville
Helen
Harry Beckley
J. L. Beckley
McArthur
Newton Man Drives Self-Propelled Car Incident
Walter L. Thompson parked on a hill and forgot the emergency brake. His car rolled 200 yards at high speed staying center lane and finally parked itself between a sidewalk railing and bridge girders.
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Newton
Mass
Walter L. Thompson
Thompson
State police tag swimmers in Salisbury incident
In Salisbury Massachusetts the State police issued a summons to Elna dios Mardirosian after he refused to swim nearer the shore despite a lifeguard order. The incident highlights enforcement of beach safety rules by authorities.
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Salisbury
Mass
Elnadios Mardirosian
Three Friends Share an Apartment and a Yacht Twist
Kay Dearborn Melita and Priscilla share a stylish apartment in town and plan vacations around budget and fashion. A surprising inheritance from Aunt Ben arrives a yacht in Aurora raising plans and jokes about sailing adventures while they juggle work and romance.
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Melita
Priscilla
Kay
Aurora
Priscila
Ben
District Tales of Long Ago and ministerial land history
The article discusses ministerial lands in Ohio County and how proceeds from sales go to an irredeemable debt fund with 6 percent interest, then to township churches. It notes Marietta and Cincinnati histories with frontier protection schemes and a 9 year lease with fixed rent offered to settlers against Indian threats.
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Ohio County
Symmes
Marietta
Cincinnati
Congress
A Call to Youth From Poet Daisy Burns Amesville Ohio
Poet's Corner urges youth to heed the Creator while young and seek Christ. The piece asks if one answered his call, reflects on guidance through sorrow, temptation, and forgiveness, and ends with a plea to win souls for Christ. Daisy Blanche Burns Amesville Ohio signs the verse.
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Christ
Satan
Daisy Blanche Burns
Amesville
Ohio
Morning Glory Poem by Annie McIntyre Bartoé
A poem praising morning glories with vivid imagery of dew, dew drops, bees, and sunlit blooms. The piece ends with the poet plus a likely byline ANNIE McINTYRE BARTOE and location Nelsonville Obituary.
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Annie McIntyre
Bartoe
Nelsonville
Obs
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