Newspaper Associations and Circulation Bodies Listed
The Athens Messenger notes affiliations with the American Newspaper Publishers Association Ohio List Audit Bureau of Circulations Associa Ohio Dallies Inland Daily Press Association and the Full Leased Telegraph Wire Report of the United Associations.
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American Newspaper Publishers
Associa Ohio List
Audit Bureau of Circulations, Associa Ohio Dallies
Inland Daily Press Association
Telegraph Wire Report of the
United Associations
Obedience Quotations From Bible and Schiller
A brief devotional note quotes Colossians 3 28 urging children to obey parents and adds Schiller's line about the first great law. The two maxims frame a timeless moral about duty and order.
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Schiller
Home and City Life Challenge and Change
The piece argues homes remain central amid hectic times with more at home pleasures and comforts. It addresses urban crowding, mobility, and the lure of city life, noting cars reaching outskirts may ease congestion while cautioning against overlarge cities becoming an abomination.
Towne Questions City Life and Quiet Retreats
The piece notes a mass movement to cities and cites Charles Hanson Towne in Harper's Bazaar asking why people fret in urban life when serenity is possible. He argues modern life’s noise and congestion drive a longing for renewal through accessible retreats away from daily hustle.
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Lot
Charles Hanson Towne
Harper's Bazaar
Mr. Towne
Dolefuly
Barber's Movie Ambition Meets New York Judge
A New York barber who sought acting fame disrupted a film director's office and was arrested. The judge advised him to abandon cinema dreams and return to barbering, aiming to caution others about mismatched ambitions and potential wasted talents.
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New York
Bishops Call for Shorter Working Hours
The Board of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church urges shorter hours for laboring men. They warn labor saving devices could become a curse unless hours and days align with machine output. They deem it unjust for industry to hoard surplus earnings in prosperity and leave society to bear costs when profits fall.
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Board OF Bishops
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
A Sign of Prosperity Bohannon Foresees Auto Boom
F James Bohannon president of the Peerless Motor Car Company predicts a thriving American auto industry into 1940 and beyond. He argues world car usage could match U S levels if production and distribution expand greatly, with foreign markets relying on America's value. He is hopeful and confident in the outlook.
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James Bohannon
Peerless Motor Car Company
Bohannon
America
United States
Stutz
Allan A. Ryan
Stutz Motor Company
New York Stock Exchange
Joseph Pulitzer
School of Journalism
Columbia
N. Hi
Pulitzer
Columbia School of Journalism
American Statesman
B.c
Beaconsfield
Jacki
Bulwer
Broadway show goes on amid grief and laughs
In New York, a bustling opening ends with news of Sam Harris’s wife dying as the crowd disperses. The night’s laughter fades into shock while commentators note celebrity visibility and the city’s theater fever persists despite personal tragedy.
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New York
Wind
Broadway
Sam Harris
Fragmentary note on rebellion and Russian officials
A fragment discusses a plot to overthrow the Russian government. It notes that high officials are not fools and suggests Russia would likely not torture witnesses at this stage, though the Czars did use such methods in the past.
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Russia
Russian dealings spark protests over financiers attitudes
The article criticizes Western ideas of Russia and mocks the smug stance of some financiers while the government lists concerns engaged with Russia. It reflects public sentiment on international trade and policy.
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Russia
Mississippi River flowed backward during 1811 quake
An 1811 earthquake briefly caused the Mississippi to run in reverse. Reelfoot Lake formed about 100 miles above Memphis as floodwater reversed for roughly two hours, noted with literary reference and a tangent on Aztec word meaning payment for carrying written papers.
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Mississippi
Reelfoot Lake
Memphis
Tennessee
Irvin S. Cobb
Standard Dictionary of
H. W. Ruoff
World Cable Growth Surges in Postwar Era
Frederic J. Haskin notes dramatic expansion in submarine cables and radio telegraphy since World War I. Private capital built a global web with 443 trans oceanic cables and vast mileage, boosting speed and reducing rates as wireless alike multiplies traffic and lowers costs.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Globe
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Caribbean
South America
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Emergency Committee Warns on War Time Costs
A wartime committee says the nation loses twelve billion dollars yearly from low morale and urges adoption of a wartime technique to gain. It recalls airships and floating ships funded at high cost that failed to deliver postwar value.
Emergency committee proposal eyed for slum clearance
The text notes an emergency committee proposing to spend a billion to remove slums and tenements. It argues such talk remains just talk while Britain plans to spend 125 million dollars to wipe out London slums.
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London
Railroads Demand Sweeping Relief From Competition
Railroads call for sweeping relief from competition and seek to curb oil lines now carried by railcars. They would force oil companies to abandon their $400 million investment and they also want to limit coastwise shipping and canal freights.
Railroads urged to modernize and cut heavy train loads
Officials argue railroads must update methods and stop hauling trains weighing up to 1,090,000 pounds to move 10,000 passengers to distant stations. They warn passenger traffic has fallen nearly in half and claim forbidding other businesses from using modern methods harms the nation, calling for limits on paternalism in public utilities.
Analysis of Stalin Echoes in European Power Struggles
A commentator compares Stalin to a powerful but frugal ruler who wields vast industrial spending while claiming an impending war. He argues that strong powers dominate the weak, leading to a cascade where large states eliminate smaller ones and then crush each other, leaving one dominant state.
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Guy Lombardo
Paul Whiteman
Mark Warnow
Vincent Sorey
Stalin
Russia
Happenings at the Capitol Supreme Court and Congress tone change
Washington observers note a new conciliatory mood from administration Republicans in Congress. Key figures like Bert Snell and Jim Watson signal a strategic retreat, aiming to pass or block Norris Muscle Shoals, Wagner unemployment, and other items before a weaker lame duck House.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Congress
Bert Snell
House Rules Committee
Jim Watson
Senate
House
Mr. Hoover
Snell
Norris Muscle Shoals
Washington information service answers readers questions
The Athens Messenger Information Bureau offers free inquiries answered by a Washington organization led by Frederic J. Haskin. Questions span cathedral dimensions in Washington, historic car bans, origin of Q and A columns, powder horn construction, stock corner events, Pulitzer donations, and various civic facts.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Incurable Fears and Scares Across a Distracted Mind
A row of mental health jitters and health anxieties grip a narrator who frets over doctors, diets, and unseen illnesses while a boastful press agent and a sensational grocery price headline loom. The piece blends personal dread with era gossip about media hype and a looming “One Headline You Never See.”
Hocking Valley coal mines struggle with car shortages
At a Columbus meeting of mine officials and the freight commission, local producers warned mines lack sufficient cars for steady operation. The statements came as more cars than available were sent to the area.
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Hocking Valley
Freight Commission
Columbus
Motion Picture Show For Athens Opera House Benefit
A motion picture will be shown at the Athens Opera House nightly for a week to benefit the Ohio University Athletic Association.
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Athens Opera House
Ohio University Athletic Association
Mrs Sarah M Clark resigns after 41 years at Athens State Hospital
After four decades plus one year of service, Mrs Sarah M Clark leaves her post at Athens State Hospital. Her resignation ends a long career with the institution, reflecting changes in staff tenure and administration.
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Athens State Hospital
Sarah M. Clark
Athens Stores Prep for Christmas Rush
Athens merchants ready for the holiday shopping season. Shops decorated and holiday goods on display as shoppers anticipate festive purchases.
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Athens
Athens patient James Thornton hides $1000 at Morris Ave
James Thornton, confined at Athens State Hospital, will live with his children in Columbus after a mis discovery. While searching his old Morris Avenue home, the aged man’s children found more than $1000 hidden away.
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James Thornton
Athens State Hospital
Columbus
Morris Avenue
Athens County Farmers Institute at 9 University Auditorium
The Athens County Farmers Institute is scheduled for Thursday and Friday at the 9 University Auditorium. Faculty members will deliver music and orations during the Friday morning and evening sessions.
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Athens County
University
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