Government intrusion into private business debated
The piece argues that government regulation and direct participation in business are expanding beyond tradition. It cites TVA, AAA, PWA, RFC, FCA, and HOLC activities, including power systems, fertilizers, inland navigation, farming, and financing. The author warns such moves threaten private initiative and calls for reexamining fundamental political and economic principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Valley Authority
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee River
TVA
Knoxville
AAA
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
PWA
RFC
FCA
HOLC
Railroads maneuver on New Deal issues in Washington
In Washington on August 29, rail executives display a steady hand in tweaking public relations to cope with New Deal relief demands. They resisted government ownership moves and delayed legal action against the pension act, signaling cautious, strategic maneuvering amid federal pressure and lobbying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Mallon Washington
Ivy Lee
New Deal
Eastman
Pension Act
Railroads Wage Bold ICC Push and Pension Shakeup
The piece outlines railroad plans for a ten percent freight-rate rise despite ICC opposition and hints at broader strategy. It cites cost pressures, potential policy shifts toward pension restructuring, highway and waterway regulation, and a surge of New Deal reform ideas amidst speculation about government ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ICC
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Roosevelt
Professor Moley
Mr. Eastman
New Deal
Revival of Country Churches Signals Better Times
The article notes a rising trend in church attendance and renewed spiritual interest across the nation. It acknowledges variances among congregations, with some declining, some stable, and others rising, and urges community leaders to actively support efforts to deepen religious life.
Health Hints On Fever Care And Rest
Dr Morris Fishbein explains fever signals illness and that complete bed rest is vital. Proper nursing, ventilation, skin care, mental rest, sleep, quiet, and gradual rehydration with fluids and carbonated waters support recovery, with cautions for digestive and heart conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Fishbein
Messenger Public Forum Letter on Holiness and Hell
Leonard Tucker challenges holiness preachers and asks what fate awaits non saints and the rest of humanity. He urges Berean scripture study and questions Mark 16 17 18 for inspiration while calling for a sane critique of commercial religion. Aug 29 Athens Ohio readers invited to discuss biblical interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Messenger
Gehenna
Goodbye Mr Chips review a gentle schoolmaster classic
A reviewer praises James Hilton s Goodbye Mr Chips as a small but perfect tale about a retired English schoolmaster who lives near his former school and keeps a daily contact with his former pupils, shaping an unofficial campus institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hilton
Mr. Chips
Orson Lewis anniversary marked at Can aan Township
Mr and Mrs Orson Lewis of Can aan Township celebrated their sixty fifth wedding anniversary. Also noted were a robbery in Columbus Broad Street Depot where James Love lost 42 cash and 45 check, and oil output from Townsend Oil and Gas Co on the Smoot lease at 25 barrels daily. Athens Automobile Club officials and Morgan County commissioners discussed building a good road between Athens and McConnelsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orson Lewis
Canaan Township
James Love
Chauncey
Broad Street Depot
Columbus
Townsend Oil and Gas Company
Smoot
Cc. H. Bryson
Athens Automobile Club
H. P. Ohlinger
Frank A. Wanford
Glouster Good Roads Club
Morgan County
Athens
McConnelsville
Prohibition Picnic Speakers and Local Races Recap
Twenty years ago at Pratts Grove a prohibition picnic featured Rev. L L Cherrington as a speaker. New Straitsville beat Nelsonville in a local contest with Daugherty Simmons for New Straitsville and Hutchinson Taylor White for Nelsonville. Gretchen Schaeffler visited her sister Lena Schaeffler in Coshocton. George E Beasley and Mrs Beasley led the Athens County Children's Home. President Woodrow Wilson returned to Washington from a Vermont vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
L. L. Cherrington
Pratts Grove
New Straitsville
Nelsonville
Daugherty and Simmons
Hutchinson
Taylor and White
George E. Beasley
Mrs. Beasley
Athens County
Woodrow Wilson
Washington, D. C
Vermont
About Your Children About Your Children
Olive Roberts Barton reflects on how aunts shape a child’s memory and character. She honors Aunt Maggie Aunt Sade Aunt Ella and Aunt Tillie for generosity patience and encouragement that influence a lifetime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Roberts Barton
The Pink Walnut Cake Keeper
A dying elderly man recalls a long life of service, his wife and lost son, and the boys who entered and left his life through war and years. He dies softly, claiming thousands of sons in memory, making a moving tribute to enduring, precious kindness.
Aged Hiker Sets New Berkeley to Redwood Peak Record
Ed Hartley of Berkeley, aged 75, again improved his century old trek record by completing the Berkeley to Redwood Peak hike in D hours and 35 minutes under Acme Athletic Club auspices. The piece also notes Glacier Park Trick Falls' seasonal water flow and underground river during four rainy seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hartley
Berkeley
California
Redwood Peak
Acme Athletic Club
Hartley
Glacier Park
Beacht Club Girl Becomes Center of Larchneck Turmoil
Boots Rae Burn of Larchneck fights to keep her place in the J uniors amid her father's reverses while Sylvia Rivers schemes to push her out. Russ Lund, a swimming instructor, courts Boots as she contemplates elopement, with Denis Fenway offering a different path as tensions with her family and circle rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boots Raeburn
Larchneck
New York
Sylvia Rivers
Boots
Russ Lund
Russ
Denis Fenway
Denis
Beets
Lou
Gloria
Rass
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Ohio
Donald Richberg
Mr. Ickes
United States
Guaranty Trust Co
Messenger Public Forum
Leonard Tucker
Gretchen Schaeffler
Lena Schaeffler
Coshocton
Margaret
Maggie
Aunt Sade
Sarah
Sade
John
Ella
Aunt Tillie
Srie
Joe
Gorse Pappas
Detroit
Chase
Boulder, IN
Brooklyn
Sophie
Bow
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