Obituary Notice of Members and National Representatives
The Athens Messenger carries notices from the Patrons Association and obituary board. Names such as John W Cullen and affiliates in Chicago New York and Detroit are listed among memorials and thanks to associations and readers.
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Newspa ‘Paitioners Association
Obie
Ava Borese
Cireulation
Oneon
John W Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
War Germ Warns of War Propaganda in America
An article notes that college peace polls show a swing toward non aggression yet reveals how war rhetoric and propaganda revive support for conflict. It argues veterans and munitions profits influence minds while students recall World War I horrors and hesitate to endorse fresh war.
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Literary Digest
United States
Mars
Georgia
Indiana
Purdue
Argonne
America
Napoleon Descendant Announces Napoleonic Regime Plan
The piece notes Prince Napoleon, aged 21 and living in Switzerland, issuing a manifesto calling on his people to accept a new Napoleonic regime and outlining an Authoritarian Democracy. It also mentions Bourbon descendants and generic European pretenders in monarchies long since dissolved.
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Napoleon
Bonaparte
Switzerland
France
Man Walks Off Street Car In Middle Of Route
A Washington street car motorman abruptly quits during crowded traffic saying To hell with this job. He leaves his car and passengers to fend for themselves as it stops on the main street. The incident, though odd, amuses bystander and offers a quizzical look at sudden resignations.
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Washington Street
Josie
Gale
Bill Klein
Steve
Johnny
Pam
Sentiment barriers in forming a sane prison program
An old editorial discusses two strands of sentimentality shaping prison policy. It condemns the soft hearted view that criminals are redeemable overnight and the opposite, overly harsh treatment, arguing both extremes hinder effective reform and call for balanced approaches.
Huey Long strands and rising woes loom in Louisiana clash
The article portrays Huey Long facing stubborn opposition in Louisiana from business leaders and women’s groups, with unrest among workers blamed for tactics against him. It notes broader economic pressures including railroad pensions, holding company legislation, and Supreme Court cases affecting multiple industries, warning these factors may slow business momentum.
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Washington
Louisiana
Huey
Long
Standard Oil
Supreme Court
Huey Long and the share-the-wealth clubs in politics
The article argues Huey Long seeks a national political base via share-the-wealth clubs, though uniting them into a real party seems unlikely. It notes Long’s wealth and Roosevelt’s anticipated larger relief-fund money, alongside a hidden foe in the New Deal era, Senator Bilbo of Mississippi, groomed to challenge Long in the South.
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Long
Coughlin
Upton Sinclair
Huey
Roosevelt
Bilbo
Mississippi
South
Ickes and Texas irrigation probe stirs accusations
Scandal rumors swirl as Interior Secretary Ickes initiates a grand jury action over a Texas irrigation project. Reports say two officials were suspended amid a bid dispute favoring clay tile suppliers, with a $347,000 engineering fee under scrutiny linked to a firm once connected to a government official.
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Texas
Ickes
New Deal
Internal Revenue
War Department
New York Building Corporation
Roosevelt and World Court Fight and Public Policy Musings
The piece reflects on Roosevelt’s displeasure with World Court tactics and praise for Robinson for allowing a defeat to avoid rout. It notes Democrats facing large relief funds, a Madison barber school adding rhetoric courses, and critiques sentimentality in policy. It urges ruling by reason over sentiment to avert trouble.
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Washington
Roosevelt
World Court
Robinson
Madison, Wis
Local Society Notes and School Activity Highlight
Ten years ago in Nelsonville junior school the manual class finished a medicine chest under Mr Morris guidance with a local druggist providing supplies. Mrs Earl Dailey hosted a 22 guest dinner on North Congress Street as the community groups announce officer elections for the Ladies Aid Society Albany and Humane Society board members and directors include Roger Jones O F Rowland Charles A Cameron and others.
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Nelsonville Junior School
Morris
Earl T. Dailey
North
Congress Street
EB. C. Woodworth
Athens County Humane Society
John J. Wooley
A. O. Sloane
Candus Martgolff
Roger Jones
O. F. Rowland
Charles A. Cameron
C. 8. McDougal
James A. Palmer
Dickinson College marks 125th Union Philosophical Society anniversary
Dr. C. W. Super, an alumnus from Dickinson Class of 1866, was invited to speak at the one hundred twenty fifth anniversary of the Union Philosophical Society at Dickinson College in Carlisle. Harold Copeland of Starling Medical College visited with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. T. A. Copeland. R. C. Fulton and Ava Butcher planned a new garage partnership. Mrs. Ray Slaughter hosted Esther Class at the Christian Church with assistants Miss Adrian Slaughter and Misses Blanche, Rose and Mattie Price.
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C. W. Super
Union Philosophical Society
Dickinson College
Carlisle
Doctor Super
Dickinson
Harold Copeland
The
Starling Medical College
Mrs
T. A. Copeland
R. C. Fulton
Pioneer Automobile
Ava Butcher
Ray Slaughter
Esther
Christian Church
Adrian Slaughter
Blanche, Rose and
Mattie Price
Health Hints On Eye Care For Children In Classrooms
The article stresses eye health as crucial for all children and especially for those with hearing impairment, mobility limits, or mental challenges. It urges teachers to detect eye strain early, ensure proper lighting and desk arrangement, and integrate eye care into daily life for better reading and concentration.
Criss Cross by Don Tracy Review
A hard boiled tale follows a payroll truck guard and ex fighter drawn into a payroll holdup scheme. His girlfriend marries a stickup man, a double cross leads to killings, and the hero ends as a company supervisor reflecting on the psychological fallout.
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Don Tracy
Criss Cross
Sunny South trip highlights from Athens to Atlanta
GEO C. LAWSON writes of a 4:45 departure from Athens on Jan 9 and a 10:30 p m arrival in Atlanta over 600 miles away. He notes Atlanta's mix of mansions and slums, many churchs, and the banner M E South with 62 churches. He details Roswell’s Bullitt Mansion, Anniston Alabama with top textile mills and worker housing, and a Rome Georgia visit to Berry Schools founded 1902 by Martha Berry. He mentions Warm Springs 90 miles south with Roosevelt's Little White House and Georgia Hall on marble, plus healing waters once famed for infantile paralysis cures. He signs from Atlanta, Jan 28, 1985.
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the Messenger
M. E. South
United States
Atlanta
Roswell
Bullitt
Roosevelt
Anniston
Ala
Rome
Martha Berry
Berry
Franklin D. Roosevelt
South Georgia
White House
President Roosevelt
Georgia Hall
Georgia
Geo. C. Lawson
History of This District
Dr Eliphaz Perkins an early Athens City settler native of Connecticut helped found Ohio University and local schools. He practiced medicine in Clarksburg and Marietta before moving to Athens and serving as university trustee and treasurer. His family linked to local figures Pratt and Taylor. He died 1828. a National Museum scientist noted butterfly wing rays enabling photography with plates.
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Perkins
Athens County
Eliphaz Perkins
Athens City
Connecticut
New England
Marietta
Ohio
Clarksburg
W. Va
West Virginia
David Pratt
Athens
the Times
Ohio University
University
Chauncey and
Jabez
John
Isaac Taylor
Pulaski Skyway Opens as Huge Hudson Corridor
Explanation of yesterday's cartoon notes the Holland Tunnel opening and overcrowded surface roads between New York City Newark and Elizabeth New Jersey. A 13 mile elevated highway from Jersey City to Elizabeth cost over 40 million dollars and a three mile elevated span cost seven million per mile, making it the costliest highway. The Pulaski Skyway is described as an unprecedented super-viaduct with annual capacity of 20 million autos.
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Hudson River
New York City
Newark
Ziizabeth
New Jersey
Jersey City
Elizabeth
Striped Pigs Co
C. Anderson
Omaha
Silken Spindles and a Jealous Love Triangle
Gale Henderson works in a silk mill with her brother Phil and cares for their invalid father. Steve Meyers courts Gale, Brian Westmore returns from Paris and a green coated girl disrupts Gale and Steve. Gale ends a rocky relationship with Steve and questions her future as Josie cautions about love and risk.
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Gale Henderson
Phil
Steve Meyers
Gale
Brian Westmore
Brian
Paris
Vicky Thatcher
Robert Thatcher
Steve
Quotations on Liberty Power and Society From Notables
A collection of historical quotes from Charles A Beard, Rev Dr Charles Francis Potter, Fay Wray, Carlton Simon, and Harold L Ickes. The remarks cover democracy religion intellect and oil industry policy in a mid-century American context.
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al) Smith
Charles Francis Potter
New York
Secretary of Interior
Harold L. Ickes
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