Athens Messenger Page Four Notes Rates and Staff
The Athens Messenger details publication staff and affiliations. It lists publisher Frederick W. Bush and Gordon K. Bush, editor Charles H. Harris, and associations with major press groups. Subscription prices and rates for local counties are provided.
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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
Buy Local This Christmas and Support Our Community
The piece urges readers to resist the urge to shop in distant markets and to weigh the civic duty of buying at home. It argues that small-town retailers face stiff city competition, and spending at home supports local welfare and neighbor businesses while balancing value and reciprocity.
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Columbus
Metropolitan Mart
William Lyon Phelps Urges Vital News Reading
Yale professor William Lyon Phelps told Chicago business leaders that newspapers test alertness and keep readers alive and vital. He praised daily editorials, noted the world is harsher yet more exciting, and said triumphs lie on the sports page while clergy and professors favor it for stories of victory.
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William Lyon Phelps
Yale University
Chicago
The Man You Can Trust and His Measured Judgment
A reflective piece on the ideal man of integrity, emphasizing fairness and responsibility. It contrasts sincerity with demagoguery and condemns boastfulness, urging cautious discernment over flashy rhetoric.
Fair Enough by Westbrook Pegler Critiques Coughlin and bias in America
Pegler argues that it is unfair to label Jews as Communists or Catholics as Nazi-Fascists and warns against anti-Catholic and anti-Semitic rhetoric. He notes accusations surface from Father Coughlin's methods and cites historical political Catholic influence and calls for balanced scrutiny of all groups amid rising extremism.
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New York
Father Coughlin
Russia
United States
Austria
Italy
Germany
Japan
Brooklyn
Detroit
Brooklyn Tablet
Tablet
Hitler
New York City
Jersey City
Kansas City
We Women Speak Against Racial and Religious Prejudice
A women’s call to end slurring remarks and generalities that target race or religion. They warn such words seed intolerance, risk fueling persecution abroad, and undermine democracy by setting a bad example at home.
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America
Germany
A Man of Steady Principle Is Trusted for Keeping His Word
The description praises a person valued for character and experience over popularity. He remains steady under winds of public opinion, pledges are kept at any cost, and decisions are guided by right and wrong rather than convenience. Trust comes from consistency, not cleverness or charm.
Answers to common questions on health pensions and safety
A reader asks how to remove fleas at home and is told to scrub floors, treat pets, and request free guidance from the Washington Service Bureau. Other questions cover Congressional Medal of Honor pensions, House vote on a Reorganization Bill, stamp sales, Pascal's quote source, Indian Summer timing, WPA female workers, Civil War pensioner declines, and safety information sources from National Safety Council and major insurers.
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Washington Service Bureau
Thirteenth St
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Franklin
A. Blaise Pascal
Central
Atlantic Coast
WPA
South
Veterans Administration
National Safety Council
North Wacker Drive
Chicago
Ill
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Metropolitan Tower
New York
N. Y
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Travelers Insurance Co
Hartford, Conn
The Thief Time Takes From Logan Poem
A short verse from Logan Ohio laments time as a thief stealing precious days and zest, contrasting springy steps with a rough path and a lingering sense of loss. The Mississippi River note adds a factual aside about its discharge compared to Europe’s rivers.
Public Forum Letters Welcome Signatures Required
Readers invited to send signed comments on current events to the column. Letters should be concise to fit multiple submissions daily. Signatures must appear with each contribution.
Letter to editor criticizes Penn and Ohio politics
George W. Williams of Glouster writes that John Penn's election analysis insults voters who supported Bricker and Taft calling them ignorant. He accuses Penn of bias and urges addressing abuses in schools civil service senior pensions and highway graft before criticizing voters.
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the Messenger
John Penn
Mr. Bricker
Mr. Taft
Penn
Athens State Hospital
Davey
Athens County
Washington
Ohio
Miners’ Union
George W. Williams Glouster
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Poets Corner Verse on Generations by Vutchmore
Messenger readers are invited to contribute. Each entry must include name and address. The poem reflects on a child growing from baby to bride, life’s milestones, and the joy of family lineage as time passes.
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Messenger
Pride dynamited Petaluma world’s egg basket sign
A large white hen advertising Petaluma was destroyed by dynamite along the highway. The sign had long informed visitors that Petaluma was the world’s egg basket. The blast marks a notable vandalism incident in California.
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Petaluna
Cal
Lovers Aweigh serial saga casts two navy suitors
Judy Alcott faces a choice between two navy men as Bill Bell dies and Jack Hanley endures injuries in the same outbreak of war. Judy camps at the hospital to support Jack while Diane faces loss and a future back home.
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Judy Alcott
Navy
Dwight Campbell
Jack Hanley
Marvel Hastings
Bill
Jack
Naval Hospital
Judy
Enterprise
Bill Bell
Diane
Virginia
Sloane
Mrs. Alcott
William Bell
Fire destroys Edward North home at Linscott Run
Ten years ago Mrs. Eghemer North aged 8 years 6 months was burned to death when a blaze consumed the Edward North residence at Linscott Run. Postmaster Florence Smith announced the new Pomeroy post office building was ready to open. County Auditor J Clyde Edmundson proposed a new tax distribution to fund two months of city payroll. A $5 000 sinking fund was set to cover a treasury deficit.
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John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Vinton
Washington
Eghemer North
Edward North
Linscott Run
Florence Smith
Pomeroy
J. Clyde Edmundson
Treasury
Athens and Southeastern Ohio adopt Eastern Time in 1919
Announcement lists Athens and Southeastern Ohio adopting Eastern Time on January 1 1919. W E Bingman elected master of Troy Grange No 905 with officers including George Shields Mamie Keller Edgar Dixon S M Bingman Myrta Morrison Fred Warren Grace Duffee Nana Safreed Fannie Bingman Stella Arnold Leta Rice and others. Members travelled to Columbus with L V Brown A C Rossi.
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W. E. Bingman
Troy Grange
George Shields
Mamie Keller
Edgar Dixon
S. M. Bingman
Myrta Morrison
Fred Warren
Grace Duffee
Ceres
Nana Safreed
Pomona
Fannie Bingman
Flora
Grace Morrison
Stella Arnold
Leta Rice
Vitamin D and Calcium and the Aging Body
The article explains vitamin D is crucial for calcium use and bone health, affecting rickets and total body function. It notes how sun exposure and calcium intake determine daily needs, with children needing 300 to 400 IU if milk is adequate, while adults’ precise requirements remain uncertain and the elderly face higher bone fracture risk due to lower sun and calcium intake.
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P. C. Jeans
Genevive Stearns
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13Th St
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Europe
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Poet's Corner
Mother Pride
Bess V. Mutchmore
Logan, O
PRIDE
Earth
Hercules
George Clark
Betty Wallace
NEA Service, Inc
Hanley
Goodby
Southeastern Ohio
L. V. Brown
A. C. Rossi
J. C. Jones
Aleta
South Charleston
Hal Murphy
A. G. Steinman
Clara Campbell
Emma Westenhaver
Logan
DR. Morris Fishbein
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