The Athens Messenger Details Rates and Publication Notes
The Athens Messenger outlines publication frequency and rates including daily weekday editions and a large Sunday edition. It lists publishers editors and associations and provides mail and carrier subscription pricing across counties with regional rates and post office classification. The notice covers obituary charges and advertising rates upon inquiry.
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Athens
Gellia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan, Vinton
Washington
Roads and costs of rural highways burdening counties
In this winter, country roads fail under heavy loads from trucks and school buses. The piece argues that cheap road construction shifts costs to private motorists, while railroads maintain their own roads, and calls for funding reforms before counties face steep bills for better country roads and bus travel.
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Ohio
Puppies and People Rescue Warm Home for Homeless German Pups
A Chicago Anti Cruelty Society photo spurred rapid public response with 300 calls, 200 calls the next day, and 65 letters from five states seeking homes for three German shepherd puppies. The piece links compassion for animals with aid for war-torn Spain as Red Cross feeds 300,000 Spanish children.
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Chicago
Spain
Beloved Creditor Joe Hess of Danville Dies
The Danville Indiana storekeeper Joe Hess, famed for lenient credit, died leaving a community moved by his generosity. A year earlier merchants staged Joe Hess Day to repay debts with cash or goods, even socks, highlighting the debt forgiveness story.
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Joe Hess
Danville
Ind
Joe
Hess
What Next in a War-Torn World From 1938 Headlines
A meditation on looming peace talks ending the two year Spanish War and ongoing Chinese conflict. The piece notes dictators ruling poverty, war instruments, waning commerce, and global jitters as 1938 headlines reflect a world bracing for further turmoil and delayed reconciliation.
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China
Fair Enough by Westbrook Pegler
Westbrook Pegler argues against fears of food contamination and press suppression, mocking critics of big flour and packing companies. He recalls past sanitation practices, defends modern industry, and questions urban germ paranoia while dismissing alarmist calls for stricter reporting.
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New York
Gannett-Ickes
Chicago
Washington
Bruce Catton Tours Washington Cabinet Roles in Style
Bruce Catton notes quirky duties of cabinet members in the Roosevelt era. Morgenthau audits cash and dining car water safety, Ickes oversees educational radio ties, Hopkins rules fisheries and codfish, with bureaus often operating under their own momentum. Governors from Minnesota Michigan and Wisconsin join the American Bowling Congress for strikes training.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Uncle Sam
Mr. Morgenthau
Ickes
Hopkins
New England
Treasury Department
Republic
Federal Office of Education
Interior Department
Bureau of Fisheries
Commerce
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Public Forum Letters Welcome Signatures Required
Readers may submit signed letters on current events to The Public Forum. Short contributions allow multiple daily selections.
Scriptural Proof Against False Teachers in The Messenger
Editor argues religion requires scripture and cites multiple New Testament passages to prove the rise of false teachers. Framing his case, Frank Butts from Gloucester urges readers to accept biblical proofs and unity in Christ, dated February 11.
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the Messenger
Christ
Satan
Israel
Giant Sequoia felled in storm at Sequoia National Park
In a heavy storm a giant Sequoia tree in Sequoia National Park collapsed. The fallen tree measured 20 feet in diameter. Four or five large giants have fallen in the last four years, with none since 1915 prior to that period.
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Sequoia National Park
Cal
Bohemian waxwings visit Butte annually from the north
Butte Montana hosts its usual winter guests the Bohemian waxwings larger than sparrows. The birds arrive from the Arctic Circle each year for about a month then depart to their nesting grounds.
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Butte
Mont
Arctic Circle
Facts from a historical Q and A collection
A set of trivia questions covers topics from geography and politics to education and physics. Topics include loss of Czechoslovakia territory from 54 250 to about 40 000 square miles and Manuel Azaña as Spain’s president with a May 10 1936 election date.
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Czechoslovakia
Spain
Don Manuel Azana
Republic of Spain
Lincoln
United States
Messenger Service Bureau Notice
Colophon from a historical newspaper instructs readers to send questions to The Messenger's Service Bureau at 1013 13th St Washington D C for information answers while noting legal and medical advice cannot be provided or extended research undertaken.
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Messenger's Service Bureau
Washington
Be Call
Messenger’s Service Bureau
13Th St
Washington, D. C
Jane Gill Leads CMC Club Grand March at Varsity Inn
Jane Gill served as president of the CMC Club and led the grand march at a Varsity Inn dance with escort Fred Lee Helwig. Miss Margaret Demolet of Cleveland attended as guest of her brother and sister-in-law. A. E. Whaley drove to Brooksville Florida. L. G. Cary displayed a four ounce White Leghorn egg with a soft outer shell and a hard inner shell.
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Jane Gill
C.M.C
Varsity Inn
Fred Lee Helwig
Margaret Demolet
Cleveland
Charles Demolet
Court St
L. G. Cary
Trimble Heights
War Memories And Military Updates From Home Front
Jamie Lindley of the Rainbow Division rested with his parents in Albany while on leave from Camp Sherman. Casualty lists in France show dead wounded and missing soldiers. Private Waldo Buck wrote to his cousin about crossing No Man's Land after the Armistice. Mrs Theodore Roosevelt sailed to France to visit her sons and Quentin’s grave. American Headquarters in Germany reports high occupation costs and a $75 million bill presented to Germany.
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Jamie Lindley
Rainbow Division
Mrs
J. W. Lindley
Albany
Camp Sherman
France
Waldo W. Buck
Charles F. Flanders
Guysville
No Man's Land
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Jr
Kermit
Quentin
Germany
Susie Lambert Wins Harkers Beauty Contest
Susie Lambert is chosen as the first five applicants in John Harker's beauty contest. Jeff Bowman investigates the others while Susie prepares to leave her Waffle Shoppe job and move to an extended stay with Harker, hoping to become Suzanne.
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Susie
Harker
Rivertown
Susie Lambert
Elm Street
Jeff
Chicago
John Harker
Suzanne
Susie Prepares For Meeting With Mr Harker
Susie Lambert speaks with Mr Harker over the phone and confirms she will reach Chicago at 6 PM. A conference in his office is planned for 9 AM tomorrow, with hotel arrangements to be made. She boards a bus to begin her adventure, excited and tremulous.
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Susie
Harker's
Jeff Bowman
Harker’s
Jeff
Edwnn
Denver
Detroit
Cleveland
Rail splitter remembered as nation’s future ruler tribute
A poem from Harold Chaney of Pratts Fork recalls Abraham Lincoln born in a Kentucky cabin and rising from poverty to president. It imagines a future where a rail splitter again guides the nation, reflecting on history, war, and national glory.
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Harold Chaney
Pratts Fork
Cows Betray Fugitive Brisbanes Escaped Prisoner
The report notes Ronald Auburn Chapman 20 escaped from Rockhampton jail and hid in a hollow log as cows drew attention of a constable. Separate item describes dogs in Willows California killing a fox valued at 1500 dollars for a local breeder.
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Brisbane
Australia
Ronald Auburn Chapman
Rockhampton
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