The Athens Messenger Publisher and Staff Listing
The Athens Messenger details its publisher Frederick W Bush from 189 to 1929 and Gordon K Bush as publisher, with Charles H Harris as managing editor. It notes readership across five counties in Southeastern Ohio and lists memberships and affiliations. Advertising rates are available on request and obituary cards are offered for a nominal fee. Subscriptions are shown: one year four dollars eighty cents, six months two dollars and fifty, ten weeks one dollar.
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Frederick W Bush
Athens Essenger & CD Printing Co
Gordon K Bush
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New Frontier Land Tax Auction Sparks Debates
South Dakota recently auctioned over 5,000,000 acres as tax titles shift to counties. It’s estimated 20 percent of the state's farm land will leave tax rolls. questions arise on future use of lands, unemployment impact, and possible state actions like re selling, farming, or forestation.
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South Dakota
Mort plan for education relief moves to legislature
The Ohio School Survey Commission reports good news for Southeastern Ohio as Mort plan minimum figures are raised. Only two of 14 members opposed, signaling strong support for equal educational opportunities and potential tax relief. Representative Charlie H. Jones leads the effort toward January action.
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Ohio School Survey Commission
Mort Plan For
Ohio
Columbus
Cincinnati
Charlies H. Jones
Jackson
Jones
Turning Point Speech on America's Economic Evolution
The speaker reflects on America's survival and the roles of a few leaders and millions of wage earners. It traces the shift from viewing workers as commodities to embracing wage growth, shortened hours, and rising consumption that expanded markets, culminating in a shared commitment between capital and labor before the 1929 crisis. It notes workers became educated, thinking participants in national progress.
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America
Dear Miss Dix advises against parental arranged marriage
Dorothy Dix argues that parents cannot choose a daughter's husband. A suitable moral man may not satisfy her romantic taste. Happiness comes from shared attraction, not parental picks, and the daughter should choose the partner who pleases her most.
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Miss DIX
Grandmother's nervous feed attempt reveals baby's hunger
In a nursery scene Grandma frets over feeding Jackie. Katie steps in with calm efficiency and the baby eats every bite. The passage suggests babies sense caregiver emotions and warns against nostalgia for past mothering methods.
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Katie
Grandma
Jackie
Danny
Baby
Education Boom Shapes Future of Wage Earners
Between 1908 and 1928 the nation added hundreds of thousands to universities and millions to high schools and grade schools. The result is a rise of educated workers at the nation’s crossroads of destiny, a factor many say was overlooked by science and industry leaders. This shift, the writer argues, explains why his battle has been won.
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America
Explanation of Yesterday's Cartoon and Tomorrow's Preview
The note explains how a queen bee regulates fertilization to produce future queens or workers. Drones arise from unfertilized eggs, so the drone has no father. Tomorrow's cartoon is titled A Snake Brother.
Indigestion May Be Serious Says Hygeia Article
A Journal of the American Medical Association piece explains indigestion has varied causes from stomach acidity and gall bladder stones to dental problems and nervous disorders. It outlines diagnosis methods including exams, blood tests, and x rays, and notes treatment hinges on cause with diet, bowel function, and hygiene, rest, and stress reduction.
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Julius Friedenwald
Samuel Morrison
Pig Roast At Athens Country Club Highlights Local Socials
Ten years ago today the Athens Riding Club hosted a pig roast at the Country Club with attendees from Adrian Michigan to New York City. Notables included Mr and Mrs Franz L Woodworth and others. Two decades past, residents like Miss Madelaine Schaeffler and Miss May Parker were noted visiting relatives and returning home from Christmas trips.
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Athens Riding Club
Country Club
Franz L. Woodworth
Frank Murphey
Franklin
Frances Cooksey
Harriet Sprague
R. C. Bethel
Olive
Adrian, Mich
Millard Gibson
Toronto
Can
Clinton Biddle
David Howell Lindley
New York City
Madelaine Schaeffler
New Baltimore
Leone Schaeffler
Lame Ducks Leaving Job to Roosevelt
Washington reporters forecast 1933 will hinge on Franklin D Roosevelt as he prepares for a busy Congress. He aims to steer repeal, relief, and budget actions, backed by strong majorities and widespread patronage, despite uncertain prospects in House and Senate.
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Roosevelt
Uncle Frank
Congress
House
Senate
Hoover
Frank
Washington
White House
Disintegration of the Atom Noted in 1932 Review
The article notes the atom as a leading scientific achievement of 1932 and jokes about its “broke” status in a year of natural events. It mentions the Justice Department to receive new air conditioning and suggests similar reform for Congress. It also comments on the next total eclipse not occurring until 217 and adds a stock market aside.
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Department of Justice
Congress
Lady Scientist HORIZONTAL 1 Withdrew
Puzzle clues list featuring across and down hints with definitions and wordplay. Answers unknown.
Public Forum Letter Advocates Rural Tax Reform
The writer Timothy Shea from Pomeroy argues for reduced centralized schooling and lower taxes on cultivated land while taxing waste land to alleviate city congestion. He urges a hard nosed business approach to employable policy and rural expansion, noting vast unproducing Southern Ohio lands and the need to place needy families on plots with tools.
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Ohio
Cross Roads
Pomeroy
Dee
Timothy Shea
Choices for America A Nation at a Tax and Governance Crossroads
A citizen letter argues for radical political change and a national business management approach to government. It contrasts conservative and radical elements, critiques current politics, and advocates sales and income taxes to fund public services and reduce reliance on visible property taxes. It calls for centralized “business managers” at national state and county levels and criticizes lobbyists and extravagant road spending.
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United States
Pinely
Davy Jones Locker
Bradstreets of
Dunns
Farm and Home
Taylor
Indiana Farm Bureau
Indiana
Farm Bureau
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