The Athens Messenger Briefs Reported Across Associations
The Athens Messenger summary cites members of the American Newspaper Publishers Association and Select List, Audit Bureau of Circulations, and Associated Inland Daily Press Association. It notes a wire report from the relevant associations and mentions standard industry affiliations.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated O Inland Daily Press Association
Thess Associations
A North Ohio analysis of trucks and transportation shifts
An Athens writer considers giant highway trucks loaded with road building materials and questions the impact on roads taxes and revenue. He notes Michigan charging a fee, contrasts railroads and rivers, and warns on non super roads facing heavy loads while urging fiscal planning.
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Athens
Michigan
Ohio
Fewer Farms, More Forests Proposed by U. S. Forester
U. S. forester Robert B. Stuart in a Pacific Northwest annual report proposes replacing underutilized farmland with forests. He warns that more land is cultivated than can be farmed without surpluses and urges policies to reclothe abandoned agricultural lands with woodland to preserve timber and aid farmers.
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Robert B. Stuart
U. S
Pacific Northwest
Mr. Stuart
Cabell Hates New York Hokum Irritates Him at Chatham Hotel
Branch Cabell the Richmond novelist visits New York where he resents the publicity and radio demands of fame. He prefers a quiet Virginia estate and dismisses the so called literati scene as hokum while legends like Twain Roosevelt and Van Doren are discussed by peers.
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Cabell
New York
Hokum
George Jean Nathan
Eddie Cantor
Claire Brokaw
Social Register
Vanity Fair
Ernest Boyd
Burton Roscoe
Pacific Coast
Henrik van Loon
Frieda Innescourt
W. E. Woodward
Joseph Wood Krutch
William Rose Benet
Thatcher Thayer
Carl van Doren
Harry Hansen
Lion
Manhattan
Virginia
Mark Twain
Theodore Roosevelt
Burton Rascot
Chicago
Athens Messenger Information Bureau Answers To Odds
Readers send two cents for postal replies via The Athens Messenger Information Bureau. Questions span weather, treasures, and history with concise expert answers from Frederico J. Haskin. Topics include accurate outdoor thermometer placement, the Conscience Fund, Waldorf Astoria opening date, pauper burials, St James Palace origin, and Pasteur’s hydrophobia quest.
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederico J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
United States
Department
New York City
Harts Island
Greater
New York
Gt. James’ Palace
Copenhagen
Truth n Poetry Cheer Up in Dark Skies
A reflective verse contrasts Noah and the Ark with humanity's recurring gloom. It notes repeated cycles of sorrow and brightness across ages, urging endurance and hope as clouds part and the sun returns after collective despair.
A. B. Green's Paris Fair Pedestrian Feat Orbits World
A. B. Green, hailed as the perfect Irish husband, towed a baby carriage from Dublin to Paris and beyond across the world, a Believe It or Not feat noted after a Paris reception. Margaret Jeanne Myers of New York City earned a special gold medal for long excellence, graduating head of her high school class from the Academy of Our Lady of Lourdes. Tomorrow: Tombstone Welcomes You.
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A. B. Green
Paris
France
Dublin
Margaret Jeanne Myers
New York City
Garner Emerges as a Presidential Possibility for Democrats
Washington rumor mill sees Speaker John N. Garner as a rising chance for the party's nomination if Roosevelt is blocked. The Texas leader is praised for steady leadership, tact, and ability to unite Democrats despite a slim House majority, with backing for key measures and a shift from "Fighting Jack" to statesman.
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Washington
John N. Garner
Texas
Newton D. Baker
Ohio
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Garner
Baker
Ritchie
al Smith
Roosevelt
Smith
Texas Plains
House
Senate
Tammany
Congress
Fighting Jack
Questioning Prosperity Amid Vast Gold Reserves
A reflective line asks why prosperity falters despite the world’s largest gold supply. The query suggests high finance dismisses the issue as irrelevant, hinting at underlying economic tensions.
Sugar price dips to historic lows this week
The price of raw sugar dropped below three cents a pound this week, marking the lowest level on record. The note suggests profitable use of plentiful fruit crops this rainy season and urges farmers to consider molasses as a feed supplement, with Mr Babst urged to advertise low prices by the barrel.
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Babst
Big
Athens Messenger Introduces Everybody's Coin Book
Leading coin collectors hail the new booklet as a detailed guide to coin history value and collecting. It covers how coins gain value lists rare U S coins and beginner steps to start a collection. A companion to Everybody's Stamp Book, six cents per copy, order via coupon.
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Athens Messenger
United States
Everybody's
Hoover handshake habit contrasts with chief’s custom
President Hoover has shaken hands twenty thousand times in the last month, a stat presented to illustrate how his practice differs from an imagined Indian chief who would rub noses twenty thousand times in a month. The piece highlights discretion in public gestures and the humor of comparing ceremonial greeting customs.
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Hoover
President Hoover
New Porto Rico Governor Cuts Costs and Adopts Pay as You Go Policy
The new Porto Rico governor trims expenses by 285000 dollars and proclaims Pay as You Go as his guiding rule. The piece notes ongoing Hindu and Mohammedan killings in India aiding Britain's position, and Britain’s surprise at the imbalance in spending between the two nations versus the United States. It mentions a tariff shift and a cheaper pound as possible remedies.
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Porto Rico
India
Britain
League arms limits may curb spending delays US advantage
The League of Nations favors armament cost limits, but the plan may worsen America’s lead by halving spending advantages. U S arms costs about twice Europe’s, raising concern that the proposal creates inferiority for the nation.
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League of Nations
Europe
Public prosecutor seeks punishment for whisky supplier in fatal crash
In Los Angeles a twenty year old drunken driver killed a woman. The public prosecutor asks to hold the liquor supplier responsible as if he had committed the murder, a move described as good news.
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Los Angeles
Mohave Desert Weather Describes Unusual Winter Flood
The report notes Mohave Desert terrain sixty miles east of the Pacific Ocean and two thousand feet up, with the Mohave River normally hidden beneath the sand now a wide torrent. It undermines bridges and washes away trees it once nourished, altering the landscape in this season of strange weather.
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Mohave Desert
Pacific Ocean
Mohave
Ranch Weils
Kentucky plans tax on colonels and more odd levies
The piece notes Kentucky proposals to tax every colonel at one hundred dollars annually, recalling governors who appointed hundreds of colonels. It compares English footman taxation and mentions Chihuahua’s quicker divorce plan. It ends by reflecting a gloomy mood over slow trade.
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Kentucky
England
Chihuahua
Gold Export Ban Urged As Vital For Nation's Health
A historied editorial argues that to sustain the currency and national welfare, the country should prohibit gold exports much as it would restrict quinine or digitalis. It warns that financial interests pushing gold out could undermine public health needs and economic stability.
Ohioan Charged With Working Old Game
Charleroi Pa February 12 Steve Brown 35 Canton Ohio was arrested on charges of defrauding John Urzanik Richeyville miner of 5000 police say the man planned to turn over his savings as Brown was caught near the exchange with 20 dollar bills wrapped in paper. An accomplice is being sought.
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Charleroi
Steve Brown
Canton
John Urzanik
Richeyville
Brown
Urzanik
Local notes reflect on education and industry in Athens area
The roundup mentions Rev A H Marshall in Athens Nelsonville and Glouster naturalization education battles with illiteracy, Wrigley on U S trade, New York book objections, German immigration limits, a 20 year ago pharmacist exam, a stereopticon lecture in Cincinnati, W Hoover in Who's Who, sandstone blasting near Athens, a brick factory gift, Mechanicsburg school board purchase for a four room building, and Mrs Finsterwald with daughters shopping in Columbus.
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A. H. Marshall
Hockingfield
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Ohio
Mechanicsburg School Board
Charles Coates
Subconscious Mind and Child Rearing Debate
Dr William S Sadler argues mental hygiene hinges on the subconscious mind and urges early training to curb adult nervous disorders. The writer notes conflict with practical baby care for colic and stresses real motherly experience over pure science.
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William S. Sadler
Chicago
Modern Cookery Books for Our Readers
The Athens Messenger information Bureau promotes a range of modern cookery booklets by expert dietitians. They cover desserts soups salads and sandwiches candy canning fish and seafood ice creams pork lamb Creole recipes oranges and lemons raisins eggs and more. Orders, prices six cents to four cents per booklet, include mail to Washington D C.
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Athens Messenger
Washington Information Bureau
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Chalazion and Eye Health Advice From Dr Copeland
R S Copeland explains chalazion a eyelid swelling from blocked glands. It enlarges over months, is firm and not inflamed, treated by simple in-office operation under local anesthesia with rapid healing. Also includes brief Q and A on poison ivy immunity, abdominal reduction, constipation, freckles, and appropriate weight for a 14 year old girl.
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