Population Ties Athens Region to Five Counties
The Athens Messenger outlines its service area covering about 100000 residents across five counties in Southeastern Ohio, detailing regional reach and the paper’s community footprint including Athens Nelsonville Glouster Logan Pomeroy-Middleport Coolville Galli Polis and surrounding communities. The notice lists circulation standards, subscription rates, and mail publication terms under local press regulations.
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Ohio
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster Logan Pomeroy-Middleport
Coolville
Gallipolis
Band Wagoners and the End of the Pioneer Era
The author criticizes bandwagon movements and excessive bureaucracy, arguing America has shifted from pioneer energy to seeking economic security. Private initiative and individual effort drove progress, while government action often hindered innovation. A balanced role for government and enterprise is urged.
Sales Taxes and Farmers Impact on Ohio Economy
Farmers and others weigh the burden of a general sales tax in Ohio. Estimates show a two percent tax would cost around 28 per farm in 1920 prices and about 10 per farm in 1933 prices. The tax could rival property taxes, with farmers paying a substantial share of state revenue, though exact impacts on consumer prices remain uncertain.
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Eaperte
Ohio
Iits
PWA
Secret undercover crime probes eyed for Ohio state efforts
A report suggests secret investigations by professors and law enforcement to fight crime in Ohio. A statewide brain trust could deploy undercover detectives, with crime prevention courses in universities and state offices. The plan echoes Chicago's Secret Six style methods and aims to deter crime by unseen inquiry.
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Ohio
Dear Dorothy Dix on wooing and courting how to get the girl
A reader asks for clear methods to woo a girl. The response argues both genders face courtship bias, suggests bold, persistent pursuit, and offers practical tips such as staying on the scene, appearing neat, and balancing boldness with tact.
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Dorothy DIX
Lithia Club hosts Camp Fire musical and dances
Camp Fire girls and mothers held a musical program at the Lithia Club Rooms in Logen with Dr. and Mrs. E. Campbell hosting. Local auxiliary to the American Legion elected Mrs. Koppe president. Athens Country Club planned a dance with Dr. Sprague hosting Dr. Lindley Sprague from Detroit visiting Chauncey. Mock wedding by Elkis Minstrels featured Bil Moler and Alex Moore. performances included Lesson in Higher Mathematics and Balloon dancing during a medley. Frank Kircher led a chorus and Bob Wood served as interlocutor with Jacky Jordan singing Dreamy Melody.
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Lithia Club
ER. E. Campbell
Logen
Camp Fire
F. A. Koppe, Logen
American Legion
Explanation of Yesterdays Cartoon The Wicked Publisher
A cartoon notes a Bible misprint that led to the edition being called Wicked for omitting not in the Seventh Commandment. The London printer and Moore Publishing Company head were jailed two years but proved the error was unintentional. Tomorrow features A Peach Of A Peach.
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Wicked
Moore Publishing Company
London
Failure To Hear Must Not Beat You
Dr Morris Fishbein discusses progressive hearing loss causes and treatments, noting infection-related forms are controllable and otosclerosis is harder to treat. He cites historical figures like Beethoven and Martin Luther, warns of social and behavioral impacts on children, and highlights gender differences in adult coping and career effects.
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Journal of
The
American Medical Association
Hygeia
Health Magazine
Beethoven
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Oliver Goldsmith
George Meredith
Lord Chesterfield
Martin Luther
A View of Charity in Little Women Charity Scene
Olive Robert Barton writes about the March sisters sharing Christmas breakfast with a poor family in Civil War era. The girls sacrifice food and joy to help neighbors, prompting reflection on private charity versus organized welfare and the value of giving.
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Olive Robert
Barton
March
Iver
Shadow of Ax Hangs Over Cabinet
Washington dispatch notes Cabinet jitters over Homer Cummings and Claude Swanson amid talks of reshuffles. Swanson’s Cuba Hawaii tour sparked criticism. Ickes clashes in Hawaii and inflation pressures fuelPWA bids soar, while starlings plague the capital. Neighbor to the Russian ambassador is Col. Alexander Greger, a 75-year-old critic of Communists who bears a Cross of a czar.
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Washington ,D. C
Homer Cummings
Claude Swanson
Cummings
Roosevelt
Swanson
White House
Havana
Hawaii
Bill
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Col
Alexander Greger
Arthur
Cleveland
Harrison
George
Russia
Organized welfare and Christmas compassion
A sermon laments that organized welfare cannot reach all who suffer and calls for personal charity. The speaker urges Christians to aid those in immediate distress to ensure every child has a Christmas and to ease bruised hearts, minds, and bodies.
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Christ
W C T U Plans Action Beyond Prohibition
The Messenger notes the W C T U plans active social service work from a Christian temperance stance. It says the group exists to abolish liquor, not solely to push the Eighteenth Amendment, and will meet in early 1934 to discuss mobilization against liquor and related issues.
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the Messenger
T. 4. Copel
Athens
Deo
Modern Markets Grocery Moves to Wagner Building
Downtown Gallipolis store relocates to the J. H. Wagner building at Second Avenue and Court Street, with a reopening planned for December 26. The Wagner building previously housed the store about three years ago.
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Gallipolis
Modern Markets
J. H. Wagner
Second Avenue and
Court Street
Wagner
Bidwell Man Arrested Overfraudulent Checks
Gallipolis reports Lewis Mc Neal of Bidwell arrested by Chief John Fraley on a charge of issuing fraudulent checks totaling 16 to C. M. Wall Jewelry Store and Bell Shoe Co with further local firms affected. Arraignment set for today.
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Gallipolis
Lewis McNeal
Bidwell
John Fraley
C. M. Wall
Bell Shoe Company
To Register Jobless GALLIPOLIS Post Office staff added
Ferry Dillon and Loren Smeltzer joined the Federal Re-Employment Agency at the Gallipolis Post Office to handle unemployed registration in the basement room. B. Lewis Jones and John Ivor Richards oversee placing registered men on county CWA projects.
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Gallipolis
Ferry Dillon
Loren Smeltzer
Federal Re-Employment Agency
B. Lewis Jones
John Ivor Richards
Gallia County Schools Set Semiannual Exams
Gallia County will administer semiannual examinations in high and grammar schools across the county excluding the city district. The tests start Monday, December 18, as announced by County Superintendent H. B. Bradbury.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
H. B. Bradbury
Record Crop of Corn Is Cribbed
SHARPSBURG, Dec. 12. John Joy near Sharpsburg in Morgan County planted ten acres in corn on May 80 and five acres on June 12. He cribbed 1,500 bushels for the 1933 crop not counting forage for his silo. Improved Dent seed yielded an average 86.5 bushels per acre likely a regional record.
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Sharpsburg
John Joy
Morgan County
Dent
Ohio
Astral Trends Signal Mixed Day For Markets
The reading notes an active day with dominant transits but weak ground for profit. It warns of potential losses and high outlays tied to speculative investments and heavy expenditures. Private matters may cause anxiety and money worries despite some satisfactory outcomes.
Manchu Heir and Hidden Words Puzzle
A puzzle page lists clues such as Mother and Who is the royal man in the picture with numerous numbered hints. It appears to mix vocabulary, translations, and wordplay rows referencing geographical and archaic terms, with entries like Exclamation of surprise and Nude.
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Table
Ocean
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