Newspaper Association and Circulation Groups List
A catalog entry listing national and regional journalism bodies including the American Newspaper Publishers Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations, with references to Ohio editions and affiliated press organizations.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Ohio Ilies
Inland Daily Press Association
United Press Associatio
Thought for Today on Prayer and Humility
A devotional note emphasizes that supplications prayers intercessions and thanksgiving should be made for all people. It also asserts there are no barriers between a contrite heart and heaven with prayer as the password, quoting Hosea Ballou.
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Hosea Ballou
Self Reliance and Local Governance Triumph in Town-House Spirit
A reflective editorial extols self reliance and limited government as the path to progress. It warns against paternalism and reliance on external remedies, urging citizens to act via common sense in their towns and to maintain the old town-house spirit.
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Terra Firma
Mr Fish’s Program Faces Criticism of Communist Policy
The column argues Mr Hamilton Fish overstates the Communist threat and advocates a harsh suppression plan that resembles outdated Russian methods. It notes Russia’s program was harsher yet failed to curb radicalism, warning against repressive approaches as counterproductive.
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Fish
Russia
Predicted U S Automobile Output Near 1928 Levels
The Alexander Hamilton Institute foresees U S auto production this year near the 1928 figure of about 4 35 million units, above 1930’s 3 35 million but below 1929’s record. It warns national prosperity hinges on a healthy automobile industry. Detroit’s weakness would drag the whole economy down.
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Alexander Hamilton Institute
United States
Detroit
Osage Princess Wedding Seen as Fitting Ceremony
Report on the Osage Indian princess wedding described as fitting, noting she was purchased by the bridegroom for 48 ponies a silk dress and a new automobile, reflecting contemporary customs and social norms of the time.
Hidden NYC Landmarks Poised Between Fact and Folklore
A New York column guides readers through the city’s historic traces from the Battery to the Bronx. It notes landmarks linked to George Washington, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Tom Paine, O Henry, Washington Irving, Aaron Burr, Captain Kidd, Fraunce’s Tavern and Phoebe Fraunce, and recounts their place in local memory.
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New York
Thorouhgraves
Europe
Napoleon
Joan of Arc
Paris
Manhattan
George Washington
Battery Bit
Upper
Hudson
Harlem
Edgar Allan Poe
Nassau Street
Wall Street
Poe
Bronx
Mark Twain
Fifth Avenue
Tom Paine
Greenwich Village
O. Henry
Washington Irving
Aaron Burr
Hoboken
Dutch West India Company
Captain Kidd
Roosevelt
Gramercy Park
Fraunce’s Tavern
Samuel Fraunce
Phoebe
Fraunce
Howe
Boston
Washington
de Peyster
Pearl Street
Our
Richmond Hill District
Phoebe Fraunce
Information Bureau details and historical Q&A items
This item lists a Washington information service offering free help for inquiries for two cents and shares a historical Q&A session covering trials by battle in England, the Alamo, the American Philosophical Society, encyclical and decretal terms, and early Hot Springs Arkansas settlement. It presents dates, figures, and institutions such as Abraham Thornton, Mary Ashford, Ellenborough, Fort Alamo, and Manuel Prudhomme.
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England
Mary Ashford
Abraham Thornton
Gloucester
Ellenborough
Battel
Wm. Ashford
Thornton
America
France
Alamo
San Antonio
Texas
San Antonio de Valerio
Fort Alamo
American Philosophical Society
Herbert Hoover
Raymond Foincare
Marshal Joffre
Benjamin Franklin
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Manuel Prudhomme
Mourning Dove Reflects on Woes and Quiet Flight
Poem by James J. Montague contrasts a mourning dove with human sorrow. The speaker notes the dove's cheerful daytime song and carefree flight yet hears its melancholic calls as a shared burden. The speaker also admits personal troubles and empathizes with the dove's woes.
Indian Princess Wedding Echoes Old Traditions
The article recalls a wedding conducted in the old Indian style with the groom providing gifts and entertaining 150 relatives for a week, the car as the sole modern touch. It highlights the high costs yet notes the romance and rarity of such nuptials for princesses.
Ohio baseball bill fuels clash over gambling and crooked play
The piece notes a legislative bill aiming penalties for gambling or crookedness in baseball. It frames the issue as a battle involving organized base ball and betting, cited as a major public concern of the era.
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Ohio
Ohio University leads conference with 11 straight wins
Ohio University tops the Ohio Conference race with 11 consecutive victories and no losses. Russell W W Finsterwald was named city solicitor to finish out the term of Mayor Samuel Johnson who became probate judge. A confidence man sold fake inscriptions to The Athens Messenger. The Maharajah of Bikanir donated 10 000 acres for an agricultural college site in India to the Methodist Episcopal Church board of foreign missions.
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Ohio University
Ohio
Russell WW. Finsterwald
Samuel Johnson
Athens
India
Maharajah of
Bikanir
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Yesterday's Cartoon and Notable Nonsense in 19th Century Europe
The piece covers Julian Micklefield of Surrey famed as a water prophet whose will was deemed exaggerated and unfulfillable by the English High Court. It also notes Greece’s Lord Byron as a national hero, and a French priest Mathurin Gonde who sold land for a daily dish of goose gravy, with a future teaser about a segment on extreme personal pain.
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Julian Micklefield
Surrey
England
High Court of Justice
Charles A. Swinburne
Lord Byron
Greece
Turkey
Crown
Mathurin Gonde
Chapelle Vicompresse Canton de Droite Arrondissement de Vendome
Pierre Leclerc
Soltray
Bibl. de la Soc. Arch. Vendome Titre Notaire
Rise of the Theater in America
Washington Letter surveys the stage’s evolution from Puritan bans to popular cinema. It notes early theaters in Williamsburg and Annapolis, colonial opposition by Puritans and Quakers, and the high cost of 18th century admissions compared with today’s Broadway prices.
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America
Vprederic J. Haskin
Washington
PD. C
United States
Virginia
Free State
Maryland
Hell
Williamsburg
Jamestown
Loondon
Congreve
Wycherley
Annapolis
England
George Washington
North
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New Amsterdam
Delaware
Athens Messenger Census Booklet Promotes 1930 Figures
The Athens Messenger advertises a new booklet The Fifteenth Census available through its Washington Information Bureau. Readers are urged to mail a coupon with ten cents to obtain state and city population data, rankings of major US cities, and growth metrics from the 1930 enumeration.
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Athens Messenger
Athens Massenger Washington Information Bureau
Ten Cents for Copy of FYF Census Booklet
Notice offers ten cents in coin or stamps to obtain a booklet on the FYF census. It lists the name and address fields typical of a mailing form with a request for name street city state.
Gangster killings prompt silence from witnesses in New York
The passage notes that none of the numerous gangsters shot down have identified their killer to police though many knew him. It suggests fear of death kept them from speaking. It mentions "Joe the Baker" as a gangster who once hosted a NYC judge at a homecoming dinner.
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Joe
Baker
New York
New York City
Gandhi rejects holy crusade claim on truth and nonviolence
Gandhi says victory for nonviolence is possible but warns few have won freedom without fighting. He notes critics misinterpret nonviolence and cites vast Hindu support for a crusade that would restore child marriage, permit widow burning, and protect animals, especially cows, even when starving.
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Gandhi
India
German physicist Joos measures extraordinary light wavelength
The article extols Dr. Georg Joos, a theoretical physics professor at Jena, claiming he can measure the one thousandth part of the light wavelength. It notes the wavelength lies between twenty five and fifty thousandths of an inch.
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Germany
Georg Joos
Jena
Joos
Linstein and Joos Confirm Light Speed Theories
The article notes Wovter Joos confirming Linstein’s theories to argue there is no ether drift and that light travels at a constant speed. It reflects a period voice on scientific debate and the puzzling nature of understanding such concepts.
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Wovter Joos
Linstein
Copper slips to nine and a half cents a pound
The price of copper falls to nine and a half cents per pound, barely above production costs in most mines. Silver also declines, evoking a tale of a cloak and suit man who insists there is only one price and it is whatever is offered.
New Bible Translation Adds Mam Language to 886 Tongues
Before 1981 the Bible existed in 886 languages and now the Mam tongue of Guatemala's Indian Aborigines becomes the 887th. The Mayan dialect is hard to learn and includes a St John verse rendered as Kun ictsun ju ulaki tanni dios quij xjal. The text uses dios borrowed from Spanish as locals may lack a native word for God.
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Guatemala
St. John
North
Street Commissioner's Order to Remove Stones at Byron Property
Street Commissioner Mariner ordered removal of stones in front of the Byron property on Dean Avenue near the K and M station after a complaint that the stones were used for loafing.
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Mariner
Byron
Dean Avenue
Rumor of Butler Senate Run Stirs Capitol Speculation
Rumors among friends surface that Major General Simed ley Butler of the Marines may seek the Pennsylvania Senate seat in 1982 challenging Senator James J. Davis. Support from Governor Gifford Pinchot is hinted, amid rivalries with the Philadelphia political machine and Davis allies.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Simedley Butler
Marines
Senate
Pennsylvania
James J. Davis
Butler
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Harrisburs
Philadelphia
Davis
Bill Ware
Joe Grundy
Nye
Pischot
About Your Children and the Lion House Bravery Lesson
A parent recalls fear induced by a lion exhibit as a baby clings to a father. The scene contrasts roaring danger with calm guidance, arguing that trauma and fear should not be inflicted on children to teach bravery.
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Donnit
Sanctuary
Sermon on the Mount and Its Practical Value
The text argues that while some readers will resist, others will engage with the Sermon on the Mount and benefit from understanding its message, applying its teachings. It notes varied reactions among men women and children.
Prohibition Era Crime Probe to Reveal U S Findings
The Law Enforcement Commission appointed to investigate crime across the United States will soon report its discoveries. It covers robbery murder banditry and lack of punishment and control, with expectations that crime would rise after prohibition.
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Wickersham Protiition Committee
Law Enforcement Commission
United States
Poe’s Knife in Racine Possession by Mrs. Eisele
A pearl-handled pocket knife once owned by Edgar Allan Poe sits with Mrs. Elizabeth Eisele in Racine Wisconsin. The knife bears a brass name plate inscribed FE A Poe and is part of a family inheritance from an ancestor.
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Racine, Wis
Edgar Allan Poe
Elizabeth Eisele
FE. A. Poe
Detroit man fasting week to aid the unemployed
Herbert A. Blum aims to donate his weekly food budget to charity. He has done the fast twice and the second time shed 18 pounds in seven days.
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Detroit
Herbert A. Blum
Blum
Public Forum Editor Messenger Parking Jam Across Southeastern Ohio
Athens motorists urge coordinated curb use and stricter enforcement on Main Street causing Saturday night traffic jams. The author cites diagonal parking in Pomeroy and two hour limits, urging neighbors to walk or park at home to ease congestion.
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Ohio
Athens
Athens County
Pomeroy
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