Newspaper association membership and ad rates notice
The Athens Messenger identifies membership in the Associated Press and mentions audit bureau, circulation associates, and national representatives. It lists advertising rate considerations for obituaries and cards of thanks and notes offices in Chicago and New York with nominal charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appertens Newspape Pationers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau
Ohio Dailies Inland Ualty Press
Associated Piess National
Jonn W Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
The 30 Hour Week Idea Is Faulty and Harmful
The piece argues against a 30 hour work week, citing higher costs, reduced production, and unemployment. It notes rails and agriculture show negative effects, warns of increased living costs, and urges producing more to distribute surplus, stressing a practical path to homes and food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NRA
Agriculture
Wallace
Hugh Johnson
Battleship roles debated at 1935 naval conference
Experts at the 1935 naval conference weigh future of battleships as diverse nations push reductions. Japan 25000 ton limit, England 22000 tons, others as low as 10000. United States maintains 35000 ton figure, but consensus eludes until real combat tests.
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Washington
Japan
England
United States
Coal Powers Cheaper Electricity Than Water
The piece argues coal and engineering cuts make coal based electricity cheaper. It debunks “White Coal” and hydro electric hype, noting Niagara Falls plants require costly dams and land, with drought storage needs and complex figures that the public cannot grasp.
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Niagara Falls
New Dealers push to revive world trade amid cotton export slump
In Washington on February 4, discussions swirl around restoring foreign trade as cotton exports run about 40 percent below the ten year average. Hull, Roper, Peek, and Sayre propose world economic moves while White House hesitates, watching for results and planning a broader program beyond isolation.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Roper
Hull
Sayre
Peek
White House
Roosevelt
Commerce
World Council
Greed as a Public Threat to Savings Investment
A concise warning that greed endangers individuals savings and prudent investment choices, urging caution and disciplined financial behavior to avoid costly mistakes.
Coal vs Federal Projects Revealed in Favoritism Debate
Nationwide discussion on government funding for federal projects. The coal industry concedes some hydroelectric plants succeed in favored districts, but broader data shows coal as the preferred energy source when full figures are considered.
End of World Predicted By Prophetess and Doctor
Ten years ago notice reports prophetess Margaret Rowan and Dr F E Fullmer from Los Angeles predicting the world will end tomorrow with 144 000 saved and rest destroyed. Anti toxin for diphtheria may be rushed to Nome by air. Mrs Florence Rowe of Fostoria visits sister Mrs W H Imbody in Greenville.
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Mre
Margaret Rowan
F. E. Fullmer
Reformed
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Los Angeles
Nome
Alaska
Athens County Pioneer Reflects on County Seat Changes
A history writer recalls Athens County's transformation since the 1960s. He describes the Soldiers Monument site now at the university campus, former stone lots, and a courthouse once like a German castle. He recalls cobblestone streets, Bil Potter’s store, and era printing by hand on a powered press.
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Athens County
Athens
Bil Potter
Court
West State Streets
Gey Pagan Review Fades Between Romance and Smuggling
A Cornwall coast romance set in England’s past mixes smugglers and a dual life as a Methodist evangelist. An admiral father, a dreamy dragoon lover, and a thunderous smuggler clash in a tale that peaks with a tense finale but lingers as a good yarn.
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Gey Pagan
Hugh Talbot
England
America
Cornwall
Dragoons
Mr. Talbot
War profits removal and civilization quotes
Collects remarks from Harry H. Woodring Adolf Hitler and Mrs Lacey Jenkins Franklin on revolution education and civilization. Quotes question war profits and intellect in wartime discourse.
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Harry H. Woodring
Lacey Jenkins Franklin
Rostop University
Donahey Opposes U S Entry to World Court
Public Forum Editor recalls Senator Vic Donahey’s stance against joining the World Court. He argues the United States must resolve its own problems before involving itself internationally, defending Ohioans and national interests with blunt conviction.
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the Messenger
America
World Court
Vic Donahey
United States of America
Ohio
United States
Atlantic
Still Searching for Athens Kinross Kinship Leads
Mrs Martha Kinross of Perry Iowa writes thanks for help in locating relatives in Southeastern Ohio. She notes possible leads from the published story and asks Messenger readers to assist in finding her birth mother’s family in Athens and any surviving kin. She was born in Athens about 55 years ago and once lived with an orphanage, then the Brown family, and later Joe Morrison. She had a twin sister Mary and half brother Frank Carpenter.
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the Messenger
Ohio
Martha Kinross
Watford
Perry
Iowa
About Your Children by Olive Roberts Barton
Instructional column on parenting suggests using quiet suggestion instead of direct commands with preschoolers. It proposes playful stunts like reversing a teddy bear to calm bedtime defiance, and using innocent third party stories to teach manners, while noting age related willful resistance and the impact of silence.
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Olive Roberts Barton
Bobby
Teddy
Castor
Aunt Kitty
Timothy Tumbles
Timothy
North Pole
Pweumonia
Explanation of Yesterday's Cartoon ALL HOMER
Joseph Juste Scaliger born in 1540 in France died in Leyden Holland mastered Latin Hebrew Arabic Persian and most European languages. He studied Greek in Paris under Tournebe wrote a Greek grammar after two months memorized the Triad and the Odyssey in three weeks then mastered other Greek poets in four months.
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Joseph-Juste Scaliger
France
Leyden
Holland
Europe
Paris
Tournebe
Silken Spindles Begin Here Today
Gale Henderson works in a silk mill with her brother Phil to support their ill father. Brian Westmore asks Gale to marry him. she hesitates as Gale recalls a river skating night and a tense love triangle with Steve Meyers and Vicky Thatcher. The chapter shifts to hospital scenes where Doctor Carr orders rest for Gale’s father and Gale worries over his condition as night yields to dawn.
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Gale Henderson
Phil
Steve Meyers
Gale
Brian Westmore
Bowhead
Brian
Paris
Vicky Thatcher
Robert Thatcher
Steve
Dr. Carr
Tom Henderson
Doctor Carr
Henderson
Ste
Carr
Morning in the Quiet Street The Connor Family
Gale wakes before dawn and hurries to care for her damp brother Phil. Their mother Mrs Connor and neighbor Mr Henderson discuss the morning after an incident, as Tim O Connor’s status remains unclear and the clock ticks toward noon.
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Phill
Phil
O'Connor
Tye
Tom Henderson
Tim
Health Hints and Diet By Dr Morris Fishbein
A study by the National Tuberculosis Association links deaths from tuberculosis among girls aged 15 to 24 in Detroit and New York to factors beyond clothing dieting and smoking. The report finds one third never employed in industrial work and four percent in New York dieting to lose weight.
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National Tuberculosis Association
Detroit
New York
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Potomac River
Farm Credit Administration
Morgenthau
Professor Meyer
General Farley
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Farley
Treasury
Interior Departments
Messrs. Ickes
RFC
FHA
AAA
Labor
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Green
Income Tax Bureau
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Harvey Firestone
Edison
Ford
Firestone
Agricultural Department
Florence Rowe
Fostoria
W. H. Imbody
East State Street
Carl Neff
Merry Wives
South Court Street
Fred Kirkendall
Alice Pilcher
Greenville
Germany
Lucy Ballard
Lancaster
Ezra Walker and
West Washington Street
John Harvey
Sugar Creek
Harvey
West State Street
Court Street
Adolf Hitler
Vic
G. D. Ridenour
Nelsonville
Mary Michaels
Punxsutawney, Pa
Geord
N.C
Ray Foster
Wouneta, Kansas
FRAG
USA
Duval St
Neyed
Canada
United States Gateway Golf Club
U.S
Laura Louis
NEA
Ana
Morris Fishbeln
Losis
Sereia
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