The Athens Messenger Establishes Publication Details
The Athens Messenger information lists Frederick W Bush as publisher from 1896 to 1718 with weekly weekday afternoons and a Saturday morning edition. It mentions GERALD PRINTING CO and Gordon & Bush as publishers and general managers, Carlee Barre as managing editor, and Mennies involvement with the American Newspaper Publishers Association and audit bureaus.
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Frederick W Bush
Almess Messenger & Gerald Printing CO
Gordon & Bush
Mgr Carlee
Barre
Mennies American Newspaper Publishers Association, the
Elect List Audit Bureau of Circulation, Associated Ohire Report
Roosevelt era and reform codes face Gold standard critique
The article praises Roosevelt for honesty and openness with the press and highlights support for New Deal ideas. It notes early reform codes, defense of ethical standards in business, and critiques of the gold standard and repudiation of gold contracts. The piece argues for change and constructive suggestions.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Fair Columba
New York State
Public Utility Control of Agriculture Faces Backlash
The piece argues Congress may soon impose public utility style control on farming guiding grain, cattle and pigs via federal bureaus. It warns dairymen as likely first targets, criticizing licensing, birth control in piglets, and limits on production, while noting past Washington resistance to such plans.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt wooing veterans bloc chiefs in Congress
Washington reports President Roosevelt works to win veteran votes with targeted projects in home districts. The push risks exciting opposition as Congress prepares for elections. House hearings have been delayed while tariff plans loom as a potential trigger.
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Washington
Congress
Mills Speech Sparks Republican Franchise Car Metaphor
The Mills keynote in Topeka drew private unease among national Republicans who viewed his oration as funeral rather than fortifying. They say the party must offer farmers more than tariffs and the nation more than generalized opposition, yet Mills faced the need to energize without specifics.
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Mills
Topeka
Political game plays stall public works and aviation school debate
Public works directors block projects by attaching impossible private funding goals. The aviation ground school site remains unsettled as the Army supports Dayton while Congress stalls, Chanute Field battles pork politics, and Harlan campaigns Ohio interests. The note also contrasts global military power with the world’s leading fisheries and Russia’s large army.
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Washington
Army
Ohio
Dayton
Congress
Fecher
Air Corps
House Appropriations Committee
Chanute Field
Garner
Harlan
PWA
Illinois
Ohio Congressional Gang
Iinois
It Seems To Me By Heywood Brown on Roosevelt censure speech
Heywood Brown argues Ogden Mills gift speech criticizes Roosevelt for acting without popular mandate and limited public discussion. He notes radio chains’ restraint on critics but sees no press barriers, citing Daily Worker as example of permissible radical critique.
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Heywood Brown
Ogden Mills
Franklin Roosevelt
Mills
Daily Worker
Communist Party In
America
Congress
Mills Voice in Press and Public Life Sparks Debate
The passage critiques Mr Mills as representing conservative opinion with access to Republican papers. It notes his New York Herald Tribune front page treatment and a large display of his Kansas Day speech. The writer questions suppression of criticism and portrays Mills as overwhelmed by attention.
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Mills
New York Herald Tribune
Topeka
Kansas Day
Critics debate presidential mandate and party platforms
The author argues against a fixed mandate theory, saying a president can act in emergencies even without explicit platform language. He cites 1932 and Hoover’s era to show leaders faced crises with no concrete mandate, asserting such doctrine would cripple democracy and ignore real emergencies.
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Mandate
Herbert Hoover
Mills
Mr. Hoover
Mississippi
Odds of Multiple Births in Human Families
Dr. Morris Fishbein explains the rare but real chance of twins, triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, and sextuplets. He cites authentic records, notes that quadruplets are extremely rare with only one known adult case, and discusses hereditary and cross species patterns.
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Morris Fishbein
Is the homebound mother a better mother when free
Olive Roberts Barton argues that long confinement to a single home life dulls mind and spirit. She compares solitary prison isolation with a mother’s routine and urges occasional exit for real contact to prevent emotional blindness and preserve vitality.
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Olive Roberts Barton
The Snappy Dresser and the 4 Mile Golf Hole Legacy
A 1922 report credits Dr. J Honig of Vienna with leading the Fresh Air Movement and proves a 110 second dressing record certified by a state notary. In 1929 Joe Masters and Bert Barnett set a 4 mile golf hole record from Columbus Municipal to Buckeye Lake Hills course aided by lights.
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J. Honig
Vienna
Joe Masters
Municipal
Columbus
Ohio
Bert Barnett
Ohio State Journal
Buckeye Lake
Public Forum Calls for Prompt Payment to Teachers
Pearley Gaskill of Athens Ohio urges action on teacher salaries in a January 31 letter to The Messenger. He criticizes the legislature for delaying pay, condemns loan sharks, and asks Governor and General Assembly to fund salaries within ten days to restore morale and trust in public schools.
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the Messenger
Ohio
General Assembly
Opinion on mandates and Jeffersonian tradition in politics
A columnist rebukes Mills for seeking broader voter affirmation of ministries, contrasts English and American systems, and defends Roosevelt's mandate for emergency action. The piece notes Jefferson, Napoleon, Ogden Mills, and Aimee Semple McPherson as contemporary references and critiques media focus on glamour.
Fair Play and Sportsmanship Letter to the Editor
A Messenger letter urges fair reasoning and named critique of Nelsonville resident C. E. Scott. It praises courteous discourse in Public Forum and questions Scott’s political stance, suggesting a written duel over clearly understood points.
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C. E. Scott
Nelsonville
Messenger
Scott
Mr. Scott
Woolgathering
Defeated candidate tried to dig into bank vault in Arizona
A former congressional candidate attempted to access a bank vault in Arizona after failing to secure pork barrel projects. The incident involved an intrusion into the bank's premises and is being investigated as a security breach.
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Congress
Arizona
A Letter on Progress and Veteran Affairs Critique
A fragmentary letter discusses veteran abuses, Civilian Conservation Corps concerns, and changes in policy. It argues against returning to the past and questions Mr Scott's stance, urging progress and acceptance of new ideas. The writer seeks to avoid antagonism while voicing criticism and hopes for positive progress from leadership.
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Scott
Veteren
CWA
Lot
Opening of Ian Hospital In Ann esville Draws Doctors
Dr J L Henry and a physician team attend the hospital opening in Annesville. Members of the Chamber of Commerce committee plan to cooperate with the hospital advisory board.
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J. L. Henry
Dr . 5M
Annesville
Ian Hospital
Bite
Chamber of Commerce
Salvetlas Visory Board
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