Scribe Explores Deserted Opera House in Athens
Pauline Swanson recalls the old Athens Opera House once a lively center of Shakespearian and melodrama, now closed for a decade and condemned as unsafe. The reporter wanders the stage, balcony, and dressing rooms, uncovering faded posters, relics, and memories of theater life, ghosts of a bygone era lingering in the empty rooms.
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Pauline Swanson
Sta
Op’ra
Athens
Op'ry
Ita
Court Street
Robert Mantell
Opera
Desmond
Anny
Antion
Ggors
Mers
Colaisle
Slater
Slederback
Jack Baretender
Jack Bartender
Final Part Nine of Gubitz Farm Survey Details Athens County Data
The Messenger presents the last chapter of the Chico University Economics Department survey led by Prof. Albert Gubitz. It covers Athens County agriculture with totals for 1936 including 2406 farms, 21066 full owners, 72 owner managers, 279 tenants making 11.6 percent tenants, and county land area totaling 312 880 acres.
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Athens County
Economics
Chico University
Albert Gubitz
Messenger
Natural Resources
Co-Operative Market
Athens
Develo
A Place in the Sun For Everyone Motto Of Smoke
Laura C Cauble crusades against industrial smoke in American cities presenting a sunlit outlook. She argues smoke raises health costs and shortens lifespans, promotes sunlit living, and leads a nationwide drive with the National Conference Board on Sanitation to reduce pollution.
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America
Pacific
Canada
Mexico
Mary
Sonny
Maud
Miss Cauble
Indiana
Wabash
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Newark
North Carolina
Greenwich Village
Misa Cauble
National Conference Board On Sanitation
Boards of Health
Alr Warrentha
The Night Sky and Local County Farming Notes
Dr Crump explains Orion Betelgeuse and the Great Nebula in Orion with measurements and distances. The article also surveys Athens County farming, coal from Hocking Valley, and local oil companies including Southern Oil and Townsend Oil, plus coal quality data and railway shipping rates.
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Athens
Southern Oil Company
The
Pareil Company
Townsend Oil Company
Ranch of Company
Misher of Company
Gross Firebolt Oil Company
State Oil and Gas Company
Watkins Oil and Gas Company
Rare historical document on Point Pleasant predating Marietta
Oliver Hartley reports a late Hon. Virgil Lewis heirloom arguing Point Pleasant, not Marietta, was the first civilized Ohio Valley settlement. The piece notes Washington's 1779 survey team and 1774 fortifications at Fort Henry and Fort Randolph, framing the early pioneer activity around Point Pleasant.
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Oliver Hartley
Messenger Star
Omeroux
Dec
Virgil Lewis
Mason City
West Virginia
Myera
Point
Lewis
Point Pleasant
Marietta
Ohio Valley
George Washington
Washington
Dr. Craig
Joseph Nicholson
Robert Bell
William Harrison
Charles Morgan
Daniel Renden
Wiliam Harrison
Willam Crawford
Indiana
Crawford Township
Wyandot County
Ohio
Kanawha
Thrace Mile Creek
Letart Falls
Daniel Boone
Old
Art Randolph
Fort Henry
Wheeling
Fort Randolph
Mari- Ata
Think Fast Slow Thinkers In Autos May Get Into Wrecks Easily
The U S Bureau of Standards reports auto drivers have slow reaction times. Tests show average driver takes over half a second to hit the brake, allowing 40 mph cars to cover about 80 feet before braking begins. Slow thinkers could travel 68 to 120 feet before stopping.
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Ashington
Dec
U. S Bureau of Standards
Lack of City Funds Recalled in Athens History
Historical note on Athens finances shows repeated shortages with Lamp cost eighty dollars and treasury at eighteen dollars. May 1895 residents petitioned for more electric lights as expenses and debts rose, city solicitor urged strict retrenchment, taxes to be reviewed by the finance committee.
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Clifford C. Crump
Perkins Observatory
Ohio Wesleyan University
Mars
Motte
Rigel
Hunter
Christopher Columbua
Betelgeuze
Orion
Thetr Orienta
Neptune
Euryale
Diana
Scorpion
Betelgenzo,Nebula
Ning
Athens
Messenger
Athena
Sunnyside
East State Street
Elmwood Place
Treasury
Areights
Sim
Perry Wood
Wood
Athens County
John Sherman
Sherman
A Nance
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Mary Emerson
Olga, Verne
Emily Gale
Sophie Tucier
Joseph Santley
Saraienva Wil
Ines
Broadway
Three
Athena County
Julia Blansrard
NEA
EW York
Laura C. Cauble
Farm Bureau
Hocking Valley
Columbus
Toledo
Ohio Central
Canaanville
Eost
Rocking River
Cleveland
Detroit
Cincinnati
Dayton
Springfield
Piqua
Olay
Alton
Onton
Ne. Uasa Major
Briosnve
Ursamneg
Aries
Cassio
Cavua
Dracos
Cepneus
Pisces
preAsus
Deen
Spaper Fadhves
Wise Ones
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