The Athens Messenger Business Details and Rates
The Athens Messenger lists publication details including weekday afternoons except Saturday and a large Sunday edition. It names Frederick W. Bush as publisher and Gordon K. Bush as publisher and general manager, with Charles H. Harris as managing editor, plus affiliations and advertising rates on request. Subscriptions are offered by carrier and mail across multiple Ohio counties with annual and shorter-term pricing.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing Co
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio Select List
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Gallia Township rebukes relief bias and urges local job searches
Trustees urge that unworthy recipients seek work from private sources and push for tighter local supervision of relief spending. The piece predicts a broader revolt by township officials as Ohio faces rising relief costs and argues local officials are best at selecting truly needy cases while reducing unnecessary appointments.
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Gallia Township
Bricker
Ohio
Age Pension Bureau
Gallia County
Italian Warships Called Back From Western Hemisphere
Rome dispatches report two Italian cruisers on a goodwill cruise have been recalled. The piece notes mixed receptions across ports from Panama to Hollywood and argues such visits will not improve Western Hemisphere foreign relations amid Mussolini and Hitler’s influence.
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Rome
Americas
Italy
Atlantic
Mussolini
Equator
Panama
Hitler
Hollywood
Bronx
Perils of Staying at Home in the 1930s
The 1938 National Safety Council figures show 32,500 home deaths vs 32,000 traffic deaths. Home fatalities rose 2 percent while traffic deaths fell 19 percent, and overall accident deaths dropped by 10,200 with 700,000 fewer disabilities year over year.
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National Safety Council
United States
Founding Fathers and Modern Taxes Debate
A reflective piece contrasts the founding fathers' understanding of taxation with today’s levy practices. It notes some taxes are transparent while others are obscured, sparking views that taxes are either too high or insufficiently balanced.
Fair Enough by Westbrook Pegler
Baltimore editorial critiques the Communist Daily Worker and its practices. It compares corporate press norms to that paper, cites a controversy over advertising and libel, and notes alleged bias against opposing viewpoints. The piece questions supposed oppression by advertisers and editors.
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Radical
New York
Daily Worker
United States Steel
State Attorney General's Office
Atlantic and Pacific
Patman
Carl Byoir
Byoi
Paris & Peart
Nat Wein
Roosevelt Plans Southern Cruise Amid Heat in Washington
Bruce Catton surveys Washington as Franklin D. Roosevelt plans a mid February southern cruise to the Caribbean for 10 days or two weeks to observe fleet maneuvers and fish. He faces a stormy Congress with relief cuts and a Judge Roberts appointment dispute signaling a tense session ahead.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Caribbean
U. S
Congress
Judge Roberts
Susie Lambert Visits Jeff Bowman's Dinner Party
Jeff Bowman's dinner with his mother Edna introduces Susie Lambert a shy healer of her own fantasies. Edna sees a stubborn sweetness in Susie while Jeff recalls their past and jokes about Sheridan Road wolves as Susie shares a cautious tale of a persistence with men.
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Jeff
Sheridan
Susie
Edna
Edna Bowman
Susi
Susie Lambert
Jeffrey Bowman, Sr
Sheridan Road
Susie in a Luxurious Hotel Night With Jeff
Susie travels with Jeff to Sheridan Avenue's finest hotel, where she experiences first time room service and breakfast plans. Jeff arranges expenses and meeting times as she battles old fears of elevators, bellboys, and unfamiliar elegance seen through a microscope of scrutiny.
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Jeff
Edna
Susie
Sheridan
Questions and Answers from a 1930s Public Inquiry column
The page presents a series of Q and A items covering topics from beer pasteurization in bottles or cans to the Wage and Hour Act appropriation of 350000. It also cites sources on glass fiber trees at the Lee Mansion Arlington Cemetery and Roosevelt receiving the 1938 Medal of the American Hebrew for promoting interfaith understanding.
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J. H. Plummer
United States
Thirteenth St
Washington, D. C
Lee Mansion
Arlington Cemetery
Virginia
Roosevelt
Europe
Messenger Service Bureau guidance for inquiries
The Messenger notes a three cent stamp for replies and directs questions to the Service Bureau at 1018 13th St Washington D C. It states legal and medical advice cannot be given nor extended research undertaken and instructs proper addressed mail to the bureau.
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Messenger's Service Bureau
Washington
13Th St
Washington, D. C
Ohio University Service Bureau Leader Ten Years In Charge
Anna Lois Saumh led the service bureau for mimeographing and stenographic work at Ohio University, with the bureau established in 1927. Section prizes from the Hocking Valley main-line track inspection were awarded to Frederick Swartz and Joe W. Free land. Logan Shoe factory job applications exceeded 400, filed by Marie Lines of the Logan Chamber of Commerce. Captain Frank Hawk set a new flight record flying 18 hours 21 minutes from Los Angeles to New York, breaking Art Goebel’s previous 18 hour 58 minute record.
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Anna Lois Saumh
Ohio University
Hocking Valley
Frederick Swartz
Enterprise
Joe W. Freeland
Lancaster
Logan
Marie Lines
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Frank Hawk
Los Angeles
New York
Art Goebel
Athens County Men Seen On Troop Trains And Local Vignettes
Farrel Hart once Athens druggist Lewis Leadinghouse of Trimble and Clyde White of Coolville were spotted on troop trains passing through. Girls were warned not to shake hands with soldiers after the train moved due to wheel danger. In By The Way Tom Roush of the courthouse is described as slim and blue shirted, eats ham each morning, sweeps the courthouse at night, and keeps a ear in courtrooms while watching for people spitting. Flying Sergeant Robert Hawk returns home from Kelley Field Texas with honorable discharge. Preston Thompson son of Joseph Thompson Carbondale Marine Corps veteran wounded ten times in battle visited Athens before heading back to Quantico Virginia for another year of service.
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Athens County
Farrel Hart
Athens
Lewis Leadinghouse
Trimble
Clyde White
Coolville
Tom Roush
Court House
Preston Thompson
Joseph Thompson
Carbondale
Marine Corps
Quantico
WPA
Senate
Poems and Places Verse by Messenger Readers
Poet column invites readers to submit verses with name and address. Text moves from memorial poetry to reflections on places and faces that shape memory, ending with the signature Bessie M. Gorslene. The piece blends personal prayer, moral guidance, and nostalgia for home locations.
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Messenger
Middleport Prepares for PTA District Meeting Welcome
Middleport merchants plan window displays and High School Flags for Friday February 17 when the Southeast District PTA holds an all day session. The Middleport Business Men's Association formed committees to contact industries considering locating here. Snapping turtles can leap completely off the ground.
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Middleport
Middleport Business Men's Association
PTA
WPA Payroll Controversy Draws Athens County Critique
Public letter from a Glouster reader denounces WPA practices in Athens County. Writers accuse directors of bias, zero work days charged, long travel to projects, unsafe roads, and unfair pay deductions, urging reform and warning fascist parallels.
Energy and Carbohydrate Needs Across Childhood
A historical note on dietary energy requirements stressing carbohydrates as the main energy source. It outlines calorie needs by age, the rising energy demands with growth, and the role of cereals and fortified foods in meeting appetite and nutrition across childhood.
Sale of Stock Good In Gallia Market
Gallipolis livestock sales grow weekly drawing producers from nearby counties. George F. Bovie, secretary of the Ohio Valley Livestock Co., notes the decade-old group owns extensive property on Vinton Ave beside tracks of the Co. & O. Railroad. The auction room and pens span much of the site where all livestock varieties enter the sale floor. Sea feathers, found offshore from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Carolinas, are actually animals.
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Gallipolis
George F. Bovie
The
Ohio Valley Livestock Co
Vinton Ave
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Carolinas
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