Athens Messenger and Herald overview rights and rates
The Athens Messenger published weekdays except Saturday with Sunday morning edition by The Athens Messenger & Herald Printing Co. Gordon K Bush as publisher and GM. Charlies Harris as managing editor. Rates listed: carrier 15 cents weekly. mail Ohio annual 4.50, six months 2.50, ten weeks 1.00, four weeks 0.50, one week 0.15.
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A Leader Shows the Way
A leader can lift people toward an attainable ideal and improve the world. President Roosevelt’s Latin American visit is framed as key for peace and international friendship. The Buenos Aires conference may yield unknown treaties, but it sets a great goal for happiness and well being across the hemisphere.
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New World
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Conservation effort aids wildlife in Southeastern Ohio
Hunters face tough season as vermin and disease take a toll across woods and fields. Protecting game becomes priority. efforts include teaching game protectors, importing rabbit stock, and promoting quail hunting to sustain open seasons.
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Landlord Promises Gold For Each New Baby In 1920s Pact
A midwestern landlord in 1927 agreed to pay the first child born to his tenants a $5 gold piece and double the amount for each additional infant. While a stork derby could have forced payouts up to $1.3 million, he has only paid $40 so far, challenging the image of cruel landlords.
Russian Democracy and the New Soviet Constitution
A postwar view questions whether the Soviet Union can translate its new constitution into genuine democracy. It notes decades of repression, warns a paper charter alone cannot create democracy, and asserts real democracy requires a cooperative spirit between rulers and people.
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Razzle Dazzle Plays Spurs Call to Name Star Players
Football minds push for astronomers to identify stars in each play as a clever move emerges. The idea aims to label standout performers during games, blending sports and science to spotlight impact.
Soap price rise prompts fashion concern for winter necklines
A report on rising soap costs is paired with a note that necklines on youngsters' outerwear may rise this winter, signaling broader consumer and style implications.
Australia Business Men Refuse Blonds Hiring
A tongue in cheek remark notes Australian businessmen refusing blond hires implying many girls in the area seek work. In Alpena Michigan a local dentist went hunting and harvested a buck. The message emphasizes aggressiveness in debt collection efforts.
Behind the News by Paul Mallon on debt talks and Garner
Acting Secretary Moore pushes France and Britain for a war debt settlement amid political caution. The piece notes Congress’s old school view on debt talks, Garner’s evolving stance, and hints at Rayburn’s rise with White House influence, while suggesting no serious negotiations are likely.
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Endorsement Drama Ties Rayburn to Garner in 1932 Bid
The article links Garner's friendship with Rayburn to his 1932 Chicago convention role and Rayburn’s rise through the speaker bureau. It notes a Thursday timing for clarity on administration stance and cites Pennsylvania's Joe Guffey delegation leaning toward Rayburn, with early checks suggesting a near sweep unless changes occur.
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White House
Why I Am Glad I Live in the United States
A reader letter from Rev. V. Ahlbrand in Chauncey praises the United States as the greatest and most beautiful country. It extols education freedom of religion and the press and lauds patriotic devotion of citizens, especially women, in preserving liberty for future generations.
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The Closed Door Poem by Lois Edna Snyder
Messenger Readers column presents a poem titled The Closed Door about the Saviour knocking at the heart and inviting entry. Lois Edna Snyder signs in Akron formerly of Middleport, noting the piece is contributed by readers.
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Quotations on society and leadership from diverse figures
A collage of terse opinions from professors travelers a knighted tenor and a fascist leader. They critique salaries culture astronomy justice media childrearing royalty and governance reflecting midcentury concerns about mediocrity responsibility and authority.
Leadership fates in Congress hinge on behind the scenes deals
The piece notes leadership struggles usually settled by deals for posts of honor in the House. It suggests Mr. Guffey may seek the House whip, Congressman Lea of California could replace Rayburn as Interstate Commerce Committee chair, and Congressman O'Connor might keep the Rules Committee chair if defeated.
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Gus Gennerich Secret Service Chief and Protector Dies
A portrait of Gus Gennerich shows him as the President’s devoted bodyguard and unofficial White House ruler of the Secret Service. He protected the President at every turn and was trusted by the First Family, while Presidential Secretary Early faces a January 1 departure to a major news service with a $40,000 annual salary.
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Farley May Get Movie Post
A Fort Worth woman, 39, with 18 children is discussed in a quip about prophesying new film reception. Toronto mothers are noted for attention to other fields. A Alaska woman barber charges 5 dollars per haircut, described as a rare business where customers request trimming.
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Early Hocking County News from 1818
Historical notes describe D. Talmade and Company operating a Lancaster to Logan stage line with weekly trips and mail service later sold to Dr. M. Z. Kreider and then Col. F. F. Remple. It records weddings by Justices Dut ton Lane and Samuel Fetheroll in 1818, the first white child Rebecca Pence born in Hocking county, and a 1799 census showing 22 residents.
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Thomas O'Neil
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Rhoda Starkey
John Pence
Rebecca
Logan area notes from a past community gathering
A.E. W. Club met at Mrs. William Fought with Mrs. William Pritchard assisting. Glouster posted thirty nine stop signals. Edith Stockline and Vera Etta Moore led a Central Grade School Christmas pageant. Joe Rowley of Logan shared a letter from Arthur B. Smith about a deer he caught in his barnyard. Logan American Legion Commander Gifford Hull named Walter Leonard George Shively and Mon Cook to the house committee. Logan High School junior Bernard Cox was elected captain for next year’s football team.
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Joe Rowley
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George Shively
Mon Cook
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Bernard Cox
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Morley on Democracy and Balance of Power
Felix Morley argues that democracy uniquely curbs extremes by allowing strong opinions to cancel each other, preserving balance among intelligent, open minded, middle of the road citizens in a system of government.
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Felix Morley
Washington, D. C
Half Acre in Eden and a Bank Robbery Night
Marcia Canfield meets artist Bruce McDougall after Frank Kendrick Osborn’s disappearance amid bank robberies. A car wreck injures Marcia and her father as Dorothy Osborn contemplates love while duty and fate entwine. McDougall learns of the hospital event and recalls their broken engagement.
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Philip Canfield
Bruce McDougall
Frank Kendrick
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Kendrick
McDougall
Dorothy Osborn
Canfield
Dorothy
Osborne
Main Street
Mr. McDougall
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Bobbs
Miss Sellers
Carlo Stellicci
Bobbs Neck
Tony Stellicci
Tony
Miss Canfield
Health Hints on Nose Care and Blowing Techniques
Dr Morris Fishbein explains careful nose blowing to avoid spreading infection to the ears. He advises keeping one nostril open, using a loose handkerchief, and rinsing with warm saline if needed. He warns against aggressive cleaning, pulling hairs, or inserting tools into the nose and suggests a gentle wash with small amounts of baking soda borax and salt.
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