Athens Messenger Rate Card and Publication Details
The Athens Messenger lists publication schedule as weekday afternoons and Sunday morning. Staff includes Gordon K Bosh publisher, Charlies 8 Harris managing editor, with various industry memberships and national representatives. Subscription rates range from 15 cents weekly by carrier to four weeks for 50 cents and annual mail options.
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Gordon K Bosh
Mgr. Charlies 8
Harris
Joan W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Athens
Ohio
End of year view on New Deal promises and industry
A columnist contrasts Washington promises with actual outcomes in 1935. Government aims to employ millions at living wages while business leaders pledged large payrolls. critics say officials inflate relief costs and punish profitable firms.
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Washington
War Trees Restore Europe with American Plantings
The American Tree Association under Charles Lathrop Pack sent millions of trees to war devastated Europe since 1920. Trees 15 to 20 feet high flourish in France Belgium England and Scotland replacing forests torn by shell fire and symbolizing international friendship and generosity.
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Charles Lathrop
Europe
Pack
France
Belgium
England
Scotland
America
Federal Trade Commission urged broader powers against unfair practices
The FTC urged Congress to expand authority to curb unfair business practices harming consumers, not just those injuring competitors. It warned broad rules could sweep in many actions, risking sweeping government control of industry, and called for extensive debate and study before any legislation.
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Federal Trade Commission
NRA
Safety group weighs governors on cars to curb speed
A safety group ponders placing governors on automobiles to slow speeds though they doubt effectiveness, noting it would fail if President's sons were affected.
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Astern Safety Organization
Ababa Pronunciation and Planetarium Slant in Brief
A light, punny column notes mispronunciations of Ababa as awawa and hints at Africa’s broader issues. It recalls a New York driver’s clash with noise activism and a traffic cop with a cold. It mentions Max’s view from a Manhattan planetarium and Brazil’s nine new constitutions.
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New York
Manhattan Planetarium
Max
Ex-minister pressed Townsend talk at Presbyterian church
In Washington a former minister urged the head of a Pennsylvania Presbyterian Ladies welfare group to host Townsend speakers. She refused citing prior efforts to raise morale, refusing 200 a month rainbows. He pressed the humanitarian claim, she held firm, and the church later backed her decision.
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Paul Mahon Washington
Pennsylvania
Townsend
Lincoln
Townsend movement rises in faith based welfare push
The piece describes a duplicative undercurrent in church communities nationwide driven by Townsend tactics. It notes increasing political unease among statesmen and timid politicians as nonsectarian welfare zeal gains momentum.
Townsend Club figures in Peoria misstates Townsend plan
A Peoria Townsend Club circular claims 10,000 members and 1 in 3 residents, citing a plan to pay $200 monthly to 8 million elderly people. It estimates a $1.6 billion monthly cost funded by a 12 3 percent sales tax on a 1929 turnover, showing an $800 million paper excess.
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Townsend
Townsend Club No
Peoria
Illinois
Peoria Club
Townsend plan misstates figures and taxes in 1930 critique
The piece debunks Doctor Townsend's claims citing official census data on elderly support and employment, disputes his total sales figure as a bank turnover estimate, and warns a transaction tax would impose layered two percent levies through every stage of production from raw materials to retail. It argues such a tax would raise prices, disrupt middlemen, and destabilize the economy.
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J. D. Rockefeller
Doctor Townsend
Federal Reserve Board
Townsend
Actress Weds Automobile Dealer
An actress marries an automobile dealer in a ceremony noted for its playful remark that the union may help later when she considers trading him in on a new model.
District Tales of Long Ago
Eleanor Morris Martin of Lodi Medina County writes The Messenger of the Harper family Bible marking its 1815 New York edition. The Harper lineage in Ohio includes William and Charles Harper, with roles in Athens County and Marietta. the Martin and Ensminger families are noted with connections to Ohio University and the Oxford Baliol Library volumes.
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Eleanor Morris Martin
Lodi
Medina County
New York
Harper
Ohio
Alexander Harper
William Harper
Charles Harper
the Plains
Athens County
Marietta
Herrald Mill
Ohio University
Muskineum County
Rachel Reed
William C. Ensminger
Lakewood
Gordon Ensminger
West State St
Athens
Martin
John Wesley
Wealey Brothers
Baliol
University of Oxford
England
Ten Years Ago News Snapshot Athens Area Highlights
A 1920s dispatch recalls Florida job seekers warned to avoid the state. boom activity floods the area. Ben Phillips and The Pilains home burned at dawn. Athens High School reveals a captaincy shift with John Sprague named football captain for next year. Pearl Carmichael serves as current captain amid fair planning by the Fair Board and local figures including D. Dailey and Frank Gifford. Emory Carleton of The Democrat is injured in a vehicle crush incident near Pomeroy.
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John Sprague
Athens High School
Pearl Carmichael
Athens News Highlights From City, County Events
Twenty years ago Mrs. Frank Bellows on East Mill Street suffered severe bruises after an auto collision. Frank Bellows serves on the City Council. Dr H M Taylor of Athens was elected president of the Athens County Medical Association. Postmaster Lash requested a mailing early. Julia Norton visited Mt. Clemens Michigan. Camp Fire Girls visited Miss Marie Hope home. Athens High basketball team lineup includes Davis Williams Chappelear Mingus Cowan Arpee Copeland. Favans beat Stewart 22 to 6. Muskingum College won the Ohio Intercollegiate Debating Championship at Capital University, defeating other colleges.
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Frank Bellows
East Mill Street
Athens High
Davis
Williams
Chappelear
Mingus
Cowan
Arpee
Copeland
Favans
Stewart High
Stewart
Daugherty
Leeper
Robinson
Biggina
Welch
Harper
Muskingum
Columbus
Muskingum College
Capital University
Health Hints And Diet By Dr Morris Fishbein
An article notes rising per capita sugar use in the United States from 15 pounds in 1828 to about 100 pounds today and explains common sugars from cane corn and beets. It discusses refinements in corn sugar and cane sugar and labeling requirements for indirect sweeteners in foods.
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Morris Fishbein
U. S&s Food and Drugs Administration
Predicting a Child's Sex and Gender Influence
The article explains there is no scientific method to foretell a baby's sex or to influence whether a child is male or female. It states biologists have no control over sex determination and rejects the idea that parental strength determines offspring sex.
Medical sugar forms and substitutes in diabetic care
Physiologists note corn sugar and glucose act quickly and require little digestion. Dextrose can be injected under the skin or into a vein for rapid sugar effects in insulin overdose, shock, or during certain surgeries. Saccharin lacks calories, and packaging firms offer canned diabetic foods with sugar removed or saccharin added.
Parole System Criticisms Across Leaders Views
A collection of dated quotes critiques the parole system overburdening authorities and failing rehabilitative aims. Alfred P. Sloan Jr. and others compare policy shifts, opposing New Deal expansion and comparing public attitudes since 1933.
Dana Westbrook Finds New Home With Grandmother Spirit
After the death of her parents Dana Westbrook comes from abroad to live with her unseen grandmother. Dana and Scott Stanley weave a dreamy new marriage as Nancy Wallace plots, Paula Long observes, and Grandmother Cameron reshapes the home with inherited furnishings.
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Dana Westbrook
Dana
Nancy Wallace
Ronald Moore
Scott Stanley
Nancy
Ronald
Paula Long
Scott
Cameron
Pauls
Paula
Mrs. Cameron
Mrs
Ronnie
Cameron Home
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