Athens Messenger Describes Circulation Across Five Southeastern Counties
The Athens Messenger serves a population of about 100000 across five counties including Athens Nelsonville Glouster Logan Pomeroy Middleport Coolville Gallipolis and surrounding communities. The paper lists affiliations with the American Newspaper Publishers Association Ohio Select List Audit Bureau of Circulation and Associated Ohio Dailies. It notes postal status as second class matter and outlines subscription rates.
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Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster Logan Pomeroy
Middleport
Coolville
Gallipolis
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Ohio Dailies
Inland Daily Press
United Associations
Envereo
Behind the Scenes in France A look at economic strain and political blame
The piece explains how France's high taxes, gold standard, and credit crunch influence broad political blame shifting. It notes thrifty behavior, crowd pressure on policy, and parallels with England and the United States as mobs push France toward action amid currency debates.
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France
England
United States
Athens Faces Public Works Setback and Slipping City
An editorial laments Athens Ohio missing its share of Public Works Administration funds while towns in the Muskingum Valley gain. It criticizes civic leadership for inaction, warns that without vision the city will slip backward, and recalls past progressive efforts that once boosted Athens. It notes 1928 US locomotive and parts production value.
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Athens
Ohio
Sam
Public Works Administration
Muskingum Valley
Private relations strain between New Dealers and Congress
Washington dispatch notes growing cordiality loss between Congress and the Roosevelt administration. Lawmakers resent treatment by Roosevelt associates and fear fading visibility in Washington. A Southern Democrat quipped that only Roosevelt and Farley remain courteous in the matter.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Farley
Perkins and House clash over federal agency funds
A misunderstanding between Madame Perkins and the House over four million dollars for federal employment agencies led to a secret budget hearing. Perkins spoke to reporters after the closed session, presenting a favorable account, while the committee remained confidential.
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Madame Perkins
House
House Appropriations
Congress slashes Madame Perkins four million fund
Congress read about a secret session in newspapers and cut Madame Perkins hobby allotment from four million to two million. Generally supportive of administration requests, lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected restoring the four million during floor debate as friends pressed for reversal.
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Madame Perkins
Inside Administration echoes in pre Roosevelt era cabinet tensions
In old days Cabinet members avoided misunderstandings, lawmakers claimed the customer was always right in departments. The episode recalls Madame Perkins and Senator Harrison tribulations, with insiders noting Perkins may become a lasting New Dealer figure in twenty years.
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House
House Labor Committee
Madame Perkins
Pat Harrison
Labor Department
White House
Illness delays testimony before House committees this week
Dealers invited to testify faced illness with General Johnson and Jesse Jones slipping into sickness as Congress sought remarks on the thirty hour week and RFC loans. Despite fatigue from constant work by Jones Johnson and Perkins, the burden of rapid questioning remains heavy and unresolved.
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House
General Johnson
Connery
Jesse Jones
Prall
Jones
Johnson
Perkins
Congress
Silk Stockings Signal Changing Living Standards
A New York relief agency buys silk stockings for its wards as part of helping girls find work. The piece argues this reflects evolving social norms and the belief that neat dress, including silk stockings, is now a practical necessity for women seeking employment.
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New York
Noted Wit Ends Up In City Editor Tabs
A satirical riff on how city editors grave a person’s name under Noted Wit and later twist or misquote their lines for quick human interest. The humor hinges on the recurring misreadings when notable figures like Frank Doe or Mr Roe are involved in accidents, marriages, or achievements.
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Cain
Daily Press
Frank Doe
Wits and waxed words cross paths with Elmer Davis
A wary note on witty attributions in journalism citing Elmer Davis and Dorothy Parker. The author jokes about camphor to ward moths from quips and recalls a Waldorf episode where famed wits offered little distinction. The piece defends newspaper craft and reminds editors to seek genuine humor.
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Pat
Mike
Elmer Davis
the Waldorf
The Ethics of Reporting and Shaw Gags
A compact critique of press ethics and wit in dealing with quotes and anecdotes. It contrasts journalists resisting sensationalism with writers like George Bernard Shaw whose quips sometimes fail to land. The author muses on the fall of a vaunted punchline and the quiet undoing of a tired gag.
Quote on moral safeguards and postwar relief policy
Carolinal Patrick Joseph Hayes of New York calls for strong measures to safeguard morals. The statement rejects Austrian government claims that Hitler’s Reich targeted intervention. Harry Hopkins warns against perpetual federal relief, urging policy reassessment.
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Carolinal
Patrick Joseph Hayes
New York
Political leaders call for calm amid economic hardship
In a joint statement Senator Robert F. Wagner and Congressman David J. Lewis say the main victims of hard times are the unemployed. They urge non confrontation between America and Japan, arguing against the idea of lasting loggerheads and urging cooperation.
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Robert F. Wagner
Exercise Benefits And Limits In Health And Fitness
Dr Morris Fishbein explains how regular exertion enlarges muscles hearts kidneys and lungs capacity and raises metabolism. He notes improved strength endurance and movement while warning against chronic fatigue overtraining and overstimulation of blood forming organs. None of these changes are inherited.
My Parents Faith Shapes Child’s Hearing and Suffering
A meditation on how a child clings to parental words as truth and how this loyalty can shield or scar. It argues parents should balance correction with fairness, letting reason replace blind devotion as the child grows.
India’s Buddhists reach more than twelve million
The article notes there are over 12,000,000 Buddhists in India. It contrasts with American social trends, stating about one in ten Americans remains unmarried. It mentions elephant maturation around a certain age and cites Canada as a major buyer of American tractors in 1928 at over 19 million dollars. The ancient city of Troy is said to be known as iibum.
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India
Canada
Rubber usage in automotive industry reaches 14 million pounds
The automotive industry consumed 14 million pounds of rubber, about eight percent of total rubber output. This figure highlights rubber demand from vehicle manufacturing and underscores its significance in industrial production.
Wind Topples House as Roof Crashes to First Floor
A fierce gust in Alamogordo New Mexico ripped the top story from a two story house and sent the roof crashing onto the remaining level. No injuries were reported though the structure sustained heavy damage and local crews investigated the incident.
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Alamogordo
New Mexico
Musket Fence Around Daws Home Reflects Debt Payoff
A Washington detail describes a unique repayment method for a government debt using a musket fence around the Daws home at Twenty-Eighth and P Streets. An ancestor of the current owner is linked to the defense, with muskets used to construct the fence and to coin the repayment idea. Tomorrow reports the Ripley Rock.
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Daws
Twenty-Eighth and
P Streets
Navy Yard
Miner Voices Frustration Over NRA and Union Elections
A coal miner from Hocking Valley argues the National Industrial Recovery Act empowers workers to choose representatives, criticizes G. W. Savage and the UMWA for entrenched leadership, and claims district constitutions expired in 1929. He condemns revenue penalties and election tampering, urging true local representation and fair officer selection in Ohio.
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Ohio
G. W. Savage
Hocking Valley
NRA
Savage
Engagement Announcement Shower Honors Miss Pedigo
Mrs. Brandon T. Grover entertained with a shower for Miss Mary Olive Pedigo whose engagement to Harry Fox of Minneapolis was announced. Blanche Moler left for McConnelsville to visit friends. O O Mantz and family spent the weekend in Columbus with their daughter and son-in-law. Harry M. Roach and wife returned from a visit with their daughter and her husband F G Flegal of Zanesville. Attorney L G Worstell was named chairman ten years ago.
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Brandon T. Grover
Mary Olive Pedigo
Harry Fox
Minneapolis
Blanche Moler
McConnelsville
O. O. Mantz
Columbus
Walter K. Miller
Harry M. Roach
F. G. Flegal
Zanesville
Logan Ohio Incorporation Amid Historic Valley Growth
Fragmentary 19th century notes describe Logan in Hocking County forming as a city under Ohio law, with canal era traffic, bridges and a courthouse built around 1400s events, plus early postmaster and mayor, local schools, and political rallies in a period of Republican opposition to Wilson era policies.
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Ohio
Logan
Falls
Hocking County
Hocking Valley
Orease
Wrengomery
Second Street
Hocking
Thomas Corvs
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