The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co. announces publication details
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co publishes weekly editions with a Sunday morning issue. Gordon K Bush serves as publisher. Charles H Harris as managing editor. Covers Athens Nelsonville Glouster Logan Pomroy Middleport Coolville and surrounding communities. Subscription rates and addresses included.
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Cay Sunsiacen
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K Bush
Charles H. Harris
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Nelsonville
Glouster
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Middleport
Coolville
The Geneva Disarmament Conference Struggles for Peace
The Geneva conference shows little progress as world power rivalries persist. The piece argues disarmament needs a map reorientation and removal of trade barriers, but nations still pursue special privileges and maintain old wars. It warns that current efforts face steep odds without honest reform.
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Geneva
Far East
Europe
True Social Life in Rural Communities
The piece argues for broader social mixing and shared programs to unite rural and small town life. It emphasizes leadership, community events like grange activities, school and church socials, and the value of neighborly engagement to overcome cliques and apathy. It praises spelling bees and pie socials as wholesome gatherings.
Public Enemies Druggan and Lake Hit With Fines and Prison
Federal court imposed stiff fines and prison sentences on Terry Druggan and Frankie Lake for failure to pay income taxes on their illegal profits. The two Chicago beer barons will serve time, a fact the capital city views as satisfying legal action despite limited broader joy.
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Chicago
Terry Druggan
Frankie Lake
Athens Information Bureau Answers Popular Questions
The Athens Messenger Information Bureau offers free replies to inquiries on any subject, with two postage counts for a personal letter. Notable Qs cover barber pole origins, the first woman golfer Mary Stewart, and White House maintenance costs over a decade.
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D
Lord Thurlow
House of Lords
L. G. A. Frank Menke
All Sports Record Book
Mary
James IV
Scotland
White House
O C
Harrison
Harding
Mr. Coolidge
Mr. Hoover
From Health Ideals to Fading Strength
A troubled narrator chronicles failed quests for health through diet, gymnastics, boxing, running, and sport. Despite drastic routines and grit, the author ends broken and weak, noting that pursuing health has ruined their health and left them unable to eat or work.
Prominent Chicago Gangsters Hit by Income Tax Cases
The text notes it is odd that the few big Chicago gangsters imprisoned are for evading income tax rather than bootlegging or violent crimes. It argues this highlights a failure in broad law enforcement against organized crime.
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Chicago
Thought for Today A Father’s House Mansions Verse
A devotional line citing John 14 2 invites reflection on heavenly dwelling places. The text emphasizes faith and reverence within a family or church context.
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John
Editor's Note on Public Forum Letters Policy
The Messenger explains that frequently submitted Public Forum letters lack signatures or writer identity. Letters may not be published if authorship is unknown, though names need not appear with the letter in the paper. Opinions are those of contributors and not necessarily The Messenger's.
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Messenger
Messenge
Pennsylvania State Police Debate Affects Rural Regions
A farmer argues against a state or rural police presence, claiming prohibition and enforcement failed to curb crime and predicting higher costs and more laws. A reader from Trimble discusses road drainage and maintenance, stressing proper surface and sub drainage, culvert placement, and the impact on road life. A tourist club idea is proposed to share travel guidance for Ohio roads and sights.
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Pennsylvania
Coal and Iron Police
Russia
Ohio
Athens Messenger Map Explains Far East War Zone Moves
The Athens Messenger offers a new up to date map showing Japan China and Soviet Union positions in Asia with Manchuria and other areas. Readers can obtain the map through the Washington Bureau by sending ten cents or stamps and a coupon.
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Athens Messenger
Far East War Zone
Orient
Japan
China
Soviet
Russia
Daily News
Asia
Manchuria
Washington
Map of the Soviet Union offered for copy
Information Bureau announces a new MAP OF THE SOVIET UNION available for 1 cent in coin or stamps. Readers can request by providing name street city state to receive a copy via mail.
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Soviet Union
Motor touring ideas for a local club suggested
Editor discusses forming a touring club for motorists in the Messenger area. He notes readers have toured the United States and Ohio, contrasting blind dash through sights with tours that yield lasting impressions.
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United States
Ohio
Farmers urged to question Athens County budget actions
The Ohio Farmer notes Athens County commissioners barred reporters during budget discussions, implying public funds handling requires scrutiny. The piece urges farmers to inquire and tell taxpayers' thoughts on such conduct of public affairs in Athens County.
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Ohio Farmer
Athens, Ohio
Ohio
Athens County
Reader letter urges Fed to curb money hoarding and gambling
Be. O. Llewellyn of Athens Ohio objects to the editorial stance on Jobs or Dole. He argues money stagnation harms employment and calls for federal action to release funds, curb stock gambling, and criminalize hoarding to ensure circulation.
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Jobs
Dole
BE. O. Llewellyn
Athens
Landscaping the Athens State Hospital Grounds in 1873
George Link came from Cincinnati to Athens to grade plant and fill the hospital grounds with 400 workers. Two bull pens for patients were fenced separately for men and women, each 12 feet high. A drive against immoral posters was led by Claus Six of First Methodist. George W. Hopkins planned to quit the Ford agency but keep service and parts. Interest in movies waned as audiences sought talent over beauty, and a windstorm toppled a campus tree with more scheduled for removal.
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George Link
Henry Link
Athens
Cincinnati
Athens State Hospital
George W. Hopkins
Ford Agency
Ford
Cline Pharmacy Fire Ends After 16 Hours On Duty
Athens firemen dull through a wall to douse remaining flames in the rear of Cline Pharmacy. Chief Cassey and Guy Graham helped extinguish blazing shelves as authorities estimate total loss. Weather notes recount January 1912 as the coldest on record aside from 1893 with heavy precipitation. Suffragists press Gov. Wilson on women's suffrage while Athens High stages The Merry Milk Maids with Alma Moore Don McVay and Blaine Goldsberry in solo roles.
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Athens
Cline Pharmacy
Cassey
Guy Graham
Cline
Athens High School
Alma Moore
Don McVay
Blaine Goldsberry
Boy’s toy doll sparked debate at the toy shop
In a shop a five year old boy selects a doll while his mother frets over gender norms. Grandmother persuades, and the narrator defends the child’s right to play with any toy. The mother questions and the grandmother concedes, noting boys can enjoy boats and dolls alike.
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Sonny
Jim
La Follette Costigan Evidence Shifts Unemployment Debate
Capitol debate reveals La Follette and Costigan marshaled a flood of statistics and expert testimony showing widespread distress from unemployment. Walter S. Gifford offered weak counterevidence, prompting leaders to drop plans to recommit the bill and pivot to a public works relief fallback.
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Washington
Senate Democrats
Joe Robinson
LaFollette
Costigan
Walter S
la Foliette
Robinson
Democratic National Committee
Gifford
Our Navy drills for Hawaii attack as Japan plans to land in China
Our Navy simulates an air attack on Hawaii with ships and carriers firing at dummy targets. In real events, Japan aims to deploy forty thousand troops to subdue China aided by air power and poison gas if needed.
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Hawaii
China
Japan
War Shifts as Japan Invades with Vast Forces
The piece argues that Japan fields forty thousand troops with modern weapons against four hundred million Chinese, highlighting China's courage yet vulnerability to aerial explosives and poisons. It cites General Gordon praising Chinese soldiers and warns that air power changes warfare.
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Japan
China
Gordon
Russia’s civilian army parades in Moscow figure big
Elias Tobenkin describes Russia organizing a vast civilian force of men and women aged eighteen to forty. Parades occur daily from four to seven pm as civil war groups train across the country to “fight off the capitalists and imperialists of the world.”
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Russia
Elias Tobenkin
Moscow
Russia and Bonaparte Reappear in a Cautionary Forecast
The passage envisions Russia turning capitalist and industrial while Western nations aid with arms. It recalls Napoleon’s rise and marriage with Austria’s daughter as a counterpoint. The author suggests a Napoleon figure may exist in Russia today.
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Asia
Russia
Bonaparte
Napoleon
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