The Athens Messenger History and Rates Summary
The Athens Messenger, established 1894 to 1909, published daily except Saturday with Sunday edition, produced by The Arueys Le Printing Co. in Athens Ohio. It served five counties including Athens Nelsonville Glouster Logan Pomeroy Middletown Coolville Gallipolis and surrounding areas with standard subscription rates and obituary notices.
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Frederick W. Bush
Arueys le Printing CO
Gorden K. Pork Pel Pustener
Charles MH. Harris
Meneging Edito
Tmce
Ohio
Ric Liver
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Logan-Pomeroy
Middlet
Coolville
Gallipolis
Proverse 8 17 Thought for Today
A brief devotional note quoting a biblical proverb about loving wisdom and seeking it early, reflecting on the value of pursuing insight promptly and faithfully. The line emphasizes earnest search and reward for those who seek understanding and guidance.
Arborg Farmers Riot Over Delinquent Tax Sales
In Arborg Menitote district several hundred farmers stormed the tax office tearing the official’s clothes and destroying records as protests against rising delinquent tax sales. The incident, while unlawful and mistaken, underscores pressure on authorities to ease agricultural tax burdens.
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Arborg
Menitote
Rave
Lindbergh Plans Regular Trans Oceanic Air Services
Lindbergh announces detailed plans for regular commercial ocean air routes with Lindbergh as chief technical adviser. The article notes postwar hopes and past aviation tragedies shaping cautious progress toward ocean airliners becoming reality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleone
Lindbergh
Christmas Seals Help Tuberculosis Relief in County
The 1932 Christmas Seals campaign asks county residents to buy seals to fund meals, milk, eggs, and cod for sickly children facing tuberculosis. Last year Athens County saw four TB deaths, Nelsonville four, and statewide totals reached 6235 cases. funds support local care and national efforts.
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Athese County
Athens
Nelsonville
Lady Astor sparks debate on motherhood and virtue
The piece contrasts Lady Astor’s blunt critique of sentimental motherhood with a portrait of a modern mother who neglects family for freedom and social life. It notes the tension in a society that honors Mothers Day yet risks celebrating untraditional roles and distant parenting.
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Merself
Lady Astor
About Your Children and the Christmas Gift Guilt
The essay urges children to give to others first and to give fathers thoughtful gifts. It criticizes viewing dads as mere checkbooks and stresses attention and planning over pricey buys. It argues Christmas is about sentiment, not money, and calls for balanced, thoughtful presents from children to parents.
Dear Miss Dix Advice on a quarrelling marriage and parenting
Dorothy Dix addresses a letter from a wife criticizing her husband for spoiling their six year old son. She notes constant quarrels, public ridicule, and parental teamwork issues. Dix warns that such conflict harms the child's respect and highlights the need for united parenting and proper modeling of discipline and manners.
Japs Blame China Geneva Far East Tangle
The article blames Chinese propaganda and the League of Nations for the difficulties in the Far East as discussed in Geneva. It frames the responsibility around these entities in the ongoing regional tensions.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Manchurian Question Deliberations Opened by Special League Assembly
Japanese delegate Yusuke Matenoka reported on the opening stage of the Special League Assembly’s consideration of the Manchurian question. Proceedings focused on initial framing and potential policy paths.
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Yusuke Matenoka
Special League Assembly
Cartoons and feats of wonder from distant lands
The piece describes a 1922 Kanan earthquake in China with massive deaths and a landslide example called The Mountains Walked. It notes a road uplift near Tsingning carried intact to a hill top, along with poplars and crows nests remaining with the road. It also profiles a French writing horse named Germinal trained by Doctor Rouhet able to write legibly with a brush.
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Kanan
China
Tsingning
Relief battle rekindled as Congress weighs farm and unemployment aid
Senate leaders LaFollette of Wisconsin and Costigan of Colorado push a new emergency relief bill amid dire unemployment and farm debt. President-elect Roosevelt backs farm relief and public works, while Hoover opposes direct federal unemployment relief, forecasting a split by Congress and possible vetoes.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Congress
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Costigan
Colorado
LaFoillette
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Hoover
le Follette
Norma
Nebraska
Borah
Idaho
RE. F.C
E Follette
Costigan-LaGuardia
LU. S. Exchange Corporation
Treasury
Old Guard
Reconstruction Finance Corporaton
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Friendship Needle Club Hosts Social Evening
Mrs. P. H. McKinley, at 62 Sunnyside Drive, hosted the Friendship Needle Club with Mrs. Fred M. McKay entertaining the Social Literary Club. The Elks Charity Bail was set for December 7 with O. L. Hoisington chairing the arrangements, joined by Carl Neff and Carl Heck as committee members. Elaine Ree and Marcella Horn performed piano solos. Twenty years earlier Mrs. Carl Stickney hosted guests including Mrs. Charles Foster and two sons of Kingster, and Mr. Ira Haning visited Athens with his wife.
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P. H. McKinley
Sunnyside Drive
Friendship Needle Club
Elks
O. L. Hoisington
Carl Neff
Carl Heck
Fred M. McKay
A. R. Kresge
C.L. Jones
Elaine Ree
Marcella Horn
Carl Stickney
Charles Foster
Kingster
Heart of a Wife: A Narrow Escape From a Kidnap Attempt
A woman recounts Mick's sudden pounce and her desperate defense with a silver pistol. She twists free in Nick's grasp and fights to keep him from dragging her along the ground toward a fence. He binds her wrists and traps her with a thong tied to a fence, leaving her fearing further harm.
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Mick
Nick
Charles Owen
Tory
Dicky
Hugh
Revelations of a Wife Desperation and Threats Escalate
Adele Garrison presents a tense scene where Madge endures Nick’s brutal control as he binds her and threatens violence. She weighs resistance against the chance to escape, hoping a delay allows Tony’s plan to unfold while Dicky and Hugh loom in the background. Continue tomorrow.
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Comra
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Rome
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Bertha
Ries
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Don
Rose
Sieng
Den
Porside
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Miss DIX
Mrs. M
Anrser
Johnny
Ripley
Steve
Eve
Albany
Straigh
Goalsan Basketbace
Rah-Ma-Nee
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Texas
Texarkana
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Capitol
Ira Haning
Alexander Township
Heart of
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Madge
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BUCKEYE Cleaners &@ Dyers
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Abrari
Bethel Bros
Baby Stuart
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Grones & Link
Court Street
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