The Athens Messenger Publication Details and Rates
The Athens Messenger, established 1825, lists publishers Gordon K. Bush and Frederick W. Bush with Charles H. Harris as managing editor. It notes AP affiliation, area membership, and standard subscription rates, including carrier and overseas service pricing, with distribution terms and representative offices in major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Bush
THE
Messenger Publishing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Ohio
Messenger
Athens
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Exciters to Drive Postwar Demand and Production
The author argues that postwar growth depends on exciters who sustain demand, not just capacity. He cites rising wages and bonuses as signs that purchasing power drives labor input and production, urging planners to study these drivers and continue innovation to sustain reconstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Thorpe
United States
Uncle Sam No 1 Publisher and Paper Waste
A critique notes the U S government runs 441 publications including nine daily papers and 63 seasonal outlets, funded by taxpayers. It argues massive paper usage plus distribution abroad reflects a costly and expansive New Deal promotional effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Bennett
Missouri
U. S
South America
Europe
Africa
Idle Planes Question Raised Over Army Seizures
The Army used a transport plane 42 minutes daily for 14 months after expropriation while American Aviation says the same aircraft would have flown 10 hours daily if kept by its owner. The Army seized 150 planes in total and wondered if Congress will consider whether time was wasted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
American Aviation
Congress
Senate Reverses on Federal Soldier Balloting Commission
The Senate moves to leave 1944 soldier votes to state control, sparking questions about consistency with anti-poll tax policy. House members faced with subsidies for paid newspaper advertising face potential contradictions as farm groups defend or oppose funding. The President may veto if passed, prompting Roosevelt to weigh in on congressional consistency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Treasury
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Soir
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Allied unions weigh German labor future after war
Allied labor leaders from Britain and the United States debate whether German workers should be conscripted for Soviet construction or allowed to rebuild in Germany with free unions. William Green and Sir Walter Citrine press to avoid slave labor, arguing a strong German labor movement guards democracy and fights fascism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Russia
Sir Walter Citrine
Trades Union Congress
William Green
Robert J. Watt
Matthew Woll
Green
OW1
OWI
American Federation of Labor
Labor Federation
Norway
Quisling
Roosevelt
Reuters
Churchill
Stalin
German Reich
Star Spangled Banner poem tribute from Messenies readers
Poet's Corner prints a reader submission by Mrs Alpha Douglas of Clarrisonville R D 1 dated November 22. The verse honors the Star Spangled Banner and the nation’s soldiers with lines about peace honor and freedom and mentions five nephews serving in land sea and air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Amesville Social Notes Report Local Visits and Honor Roll
Mrs. Howard Keirns underwent thyroid surgery at Sheltering Arms Hospital and is recovering satisfactorily. Several service members on furlough, including Dick Phillips and Sgt Hampton Johnson, are mentioned along with Ames-Bern Honor Roll lists spanning grades 1 through 12. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Cooper and children Gene and Wahneta visited the Glazier family. Mrs. Cooper is Glazier’s niece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesville
Howard Keirns
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Pfe
Dick Phillips
Morris Field
N. C
Carl Morris
Naval Armory
Indianapolis
Portland
Maine
Hampton Johnson
Florida
South Carolina
Alvin Adams
Patty Jean Armstrong
Diane Hamilton
Paul Hanson
Billy Joe Jones
Raymond McColley
Earl Gene Nichols
Clarence North
Shirley Ann Potter
Richard Clark
Jack Sayre
Jo Hines
Lois Croston
Shirley Brynson
Paul Brown
Rosemary Butcher
Jeannette Calentine
Patsy Lee Glass
Barbara Woollyey
Billy Lee Jago
Darlene Kasler
Ilene LaFollette
Willa Jean Marlow
Marilyn Minner
Russell Smith
Allen Snyder
Barbara Ann Talbert
Thelma Weekly
Mona Sue Tryon
Geraldine Nagle
Harold Brown
Max Hallowell
Don Stobart
Virginia Glazier
Mary Parmiter
Jean Tryon
Pauline Fleming
Ross Cooper
Gene and
Wahneta
Selby Glazier
Cooper
Glazier
Answers and Facts Quiz Style Q and A
A collection of trivia items with questions and concise answers. Subjects include state nicknames naval counts church history letter frequency and decathlon definition. Answers provide Tennessee German Reich slave estimate 12 000 000 NYC church 1633 letter S total ships 14 072 and 613 warships and decathlon as ten event athletic contest.
News Notes of Coolville Highlights Local and Oriented Travels
Coolville notes recount Mrs Mur Jackson return from Temple Texas where Pvt Murl Jackson of Camp Hood is stationed. Cpl Gerald Bibbee heads to South Carolina after visiting relatives. W A Bridges returns from Thanksgiving in McKees Rock Pennsylvania. Ruth Bridges of Point Pleasant visits family here for Thanksgiving. Local guests include Mr and Mrs A B White and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Mur! Jackson
Temple
Tex
Pvt
Murl Jackson
Camp Hood
Cpl
Gerald Bibbee
South Carolina
W. A. Bridges
McKees Rock
Ruth Bridges
Point Pleasant
Oscar Spencer
Bruce
A. B. White
Joe Cubbison
Mill Force
Hocking River
Ernest Valentine
Parkersburg
Blaine Chapman
Howard Chapman
William Wines
Accomas
Wines
Corporal Wines
Lillie Dunfee
Canton
Etta
Leora Dunfee
Dale Cole
Rodger
Akron
Ernest Cole
Clyde L. White
Portsmouth
Social Notes of Stewart and friends guests across regions
Ensign James A. Frost, in Princeton Naval Training School, visited his mother Mrs. Ethel Frost for two weeks. Ottawa guest Mrs. Ardath Langford, with Richard Hartt of Washington, D C., joined the Jarvis home for Thanksgiving. Various locals hosted visitors including Miss Ruth Winner, Grace Dodd, and others, with Thanksgiving guests from Williamsport and Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
James A. Frost
Naval Training School
Princeton
N. J
Ethel Frost
Fort Schuyler
Ardath Langford
Ottawa
Canada
Charlie Jarvis
Richard Hartt
Washington, D. C
Jarvis
Ruth Winner
Allen County
Lima
P. T. Winner
William Copeland
M. B. Copeland
Columbus
E. E. Linton
Bernard Linton
Guysville
Grace Dodd
New England
Stella Hawk
Marie Gorham
Kate Butts
William Biggins
Mary Spear
William Spear
William Morrison
Charles McBee
Mack Berry
Williamstown
W. Va
Ray Dye
Parkersburg
Frederick McBee
Martha Jane
Ruth McBee
Athens
Haunted Alan or Che Ghost's Bargain Night Tale
A narrator recalls the haunting aura of a renowned chemist, Sir Redlaw, as winter shadows deepen. A servant and Mrs William discuss patients and lectures at the old foundation while a mysterious visitor and unseen force loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Che
Alan
Giles Scroggins
Ceek
Mr. Redlaw
Mr. William
Milly
William
Corning Social Notes and Local Games Highlight Week
The Jolly 8 Club met at Mrs. Viola Pierce home with nine members present. Mrs. Quinn won high and floating prizes with Mrs. Morgan second. Corr ning basketball team beat Murray City 41-36 for its fourth win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett. Levering
Hutson Dew
Ashtabula
Oliver Dew
James Jenkins
Ray
Nashville
Tenn
Indiana
James Bell
Mable Gray
P. Py Clifford
Columbus
Lancaster
D. P. Quailey
St. Mary’s
Corning
Murray City
Steel for Civilians Is Expected Soon
Cleveland report notes steel consumers wary of excess inventory and using supplies for car production. Revisions of war requirements and cancellations have eased the industry, with the War Production Board predicting plates and sheets will be available for civilian use in about four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Tee . Ted
War Production Board
Social Notes of Kananga and Surrounding Area
Kananga social items list visits and family news. Mr and Mrs Nancy Stewart and Nancy Weethe visited the Parkburg area to see Stewart’s uncle Milo Stewart a surgery patient in St Josephs Hospital. Fire damage noted at several local houses with details on ownership and landmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanauga
Ancy Stewart
Nancy Weethe
Parkburg
Georg Bush
Gallipolis
Buchtel Social And Personal Notes Fresh From The Town
After thirteen weeks in a fracture bed Mrs Arthur Taylor will spend the next three months in a wheelchair following a hip injury. A Nelsonville doctor’s office x-ray visit occurred last Sunday and various local families shared updates including visits, births, and military assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Club
Agnes McDonald
Columbus
Don Huntley
Lillian Rife
Frank Rife
Buchtel
Carl Locke
Air Forcs
Connecticut
Lough
Elmer Locke
Buchtel School
Paul Roby
Loraine
Patty Roby
Lewis Ankle
Harvey Sayre
Camp Matey
Texas
Ohio
Nona Sayre
Tommy Sayre
Livemore
California
Great Lakes Training Center
Malachy Sullivan
Minneape
Lottie Smathers
Cherrington Hospital
Smathers
Mm Floyd Leake
W. A. Bancroft
Buchtel M. E. Church
Curt Smathers
M. Phelps
Ella Lewis
Arthur Taylor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Athens Messenger
Purenti of Circulations
Ohio Newspaper Association
Associated Press
David Lawrence
National Dispatch
National Capital
Poet's Corner
Messenies
Alpha Douglas Clarrisonville
Athens, Ohio
Volunteer State
Tennessee
New York City
By Galbraith
Comm
Nts Pamvice We
George
Charles Dickens
NEA Service
ING
Corning Social Notes
Kananga
W. G. Williams
Wallie Barnett
Harry D. Wasburn
Finn
Allie Scott
Calyn
Scotts
Will Birchfield
Dravostruction Co
Emma
Toledo
Byron Ward
Earth
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!