The Athens Messenger Page Four Editorial Notes
The Athens Messenger page four presents publishing details and subscription rates for the Athens paper. It lists staff roles publisher and editor and notes agencies and associations linked to the publication with regional postal and circulation details.
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the Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charles H. Harris
Ohio Politics and the New Deal in State Government
The piece criticizes Ohio Republicans for perceiving government patronage shifts under the Bricker administration. It notes thousands of Democrats lost payroll status, claims six weeks in office show early reforms, and cites potential delays in filling vacancies. It argues for honest, economical governance and highlights a 3000 public payroll dismissals saving $3.5 million yearly as part of the 1939 budget scene.
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Wrorth
Promised Land
Ohio
Republic
Republican Party
Bricker
Fair Enough- by Westbrook Pegler
Westbrook Pegler argues that a hidden federal income tax is levied on low earners through the Social Security deduction, effectively taxing gross earnings up to 3000 dollars. He notes the tax will rise to three percent by 1948 and will be matched by employers, with state taxes adding to the burden.
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Congress
New York State
New York
Amex Announces Airmail Service Links Gallipolis To Major Cities
American Express Company announces a new airmail route from Gallipolis to Columbus New York and Chicago. W R Hughes serves as president of the Athens Radio Club. Four first class Boy Scouts honored at the Court of Honor include James Rutkoskie Warren Higgins Roderick Eddy and others. Second class scouts honored include Farrel Betz Samuel Harshman Clifton Stout Merrit Preston Bob Violet Robert Masterton William Leaders Junior Moorehead Charles Herman Tom Clark Gilbert Shannon Boris Woolley Ted Daggett Max Davis Paul Houf Carl Clark Willard Smith Elmer Jacobs. Tenderfoot badge recipients include Richard Rutkoskie Darrel Tom Robert Bingman Francis Fuller William Whaley Hjalmar Olson James Lee Stansbury Charles Carmean Herman Curry Ermy Cheadie Dick Snow Edward McBride Roy Riggle Floyd Brookins Robert Wheaton Lester Hughes Robert Jackson Ivan Brown Dwight B Duncan James Blazer.
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James Rutkoskie
Warren Higgins
Roderick Eddy
Farrel Betz
Samuel Harshman
Clifton Stout
Merrit Preston
Bob Violet
Robert Masterton
William Leaders
Junior Moorehead
Charles Herman
Tom Clark
Gilbert Shannon
Boris Woolley
Ted Daggett
Max Davis
Paul Houf
Carl Clark
Willard Smith
Elmer Jacobs
Richard Rutkoskie
Darrel Tom
Robert Bingman
Francis Fuller
William Whaley
Hjalmar Olson
James Lee Stansbury
Charles Carmean
Herman Curry
Ermy Cheadie
Dick Snow
Edward McBride
Roy Riggle
Floyd Brookins
Robert Wheaton
Lester Hughes
Robert Jackson
Ivan Brown
Dwight B. Duncan
James Blazer
Health Hints on influenza symptoms and care in the Midwest
The article explains influenza versus the common cold, noting higher contagion and fever with influenza. It advises bed rest, separate utensils, avoiding close contact, and seeking a doctor early. Emphasizes warmth, nutrition, vitamin intake, and preventive steps like sunlight, fresh air, and avoiding crowds. No vaccine guarantees prevention.
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Bruce Catton Sees WPA Boondoggies In Washington
Washington edition examines the Works Progress Administration non construction program. Bruce Catton weighs whether projects are genuinely useful or wasteful. He cites artists bands theater sewing and office tasks and notes some white collar efforts were canceled for better indexing and tax relief progress.
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WPA
America
Red Cross thanks women for popcorn balls to soldiers on troop trains
The Red Cross thanks Athens volunteers who baked popcorn balls and fudge for soldiers aboard troop trains stopping in Athens. John Courtney, an Athens native formerly with the Jambons, is among those demobilized at Camp Sherman. Lieutenant James L. Fri reports harsh sights in Belgium and notes his Phi Delta Theta ties. Taxi drivers chalked warnings at the Courthouse to keep floors clean.
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Red Cross
Athens
John Courtney
Jambons
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Camp Sherman
James L. Fri
D. E. Fri
Vinton County
Belgium
No Man's Land
Fri
Phi Delta Theta
Ohio University
Miner’s bitterness over coal flow to Ohio sparks letter
A.J. Davis of Jacksonville replies to Mr. Baird's Feb 12 letter in The Messenger. He argues Ohio mines suffer when coal from West Virginia moves through his community and urges realism about mining livelihoods and regional tensions. He cautions against a national kumbaya stance amid industry strain.
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Baird
West Virginia
Ohio
Mr. Baird
United States
A. Davis
Extra Thumb Advantage Highlighted by Geneva Farmer
Harvey Zerkins of Geneva New York says his three thumbs help on the farm two on the left hand speed tasks and he has not tried hitchhiking.
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Geneva
N. Y
Harvey Zerkins
Seneca Lake
Church Group Presents Temperance Drama in Glouster
On Monday night February 20 at 7 30 oclock the M E Church in Glouster hosts The Tiger a temperance drama based on John B Gough life. Rev D P Morris Rev F G Boroff and N R Athey depict episodes of the life of a reforming drunkard with a large cast including Mrs Maude Williams Mrs Robert Williams Miss Anna Louise Logue and others. No admission is charged.
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Glouster
Tiger
M. E. Church
John B. Gough
Gough
D. P. Morris
F. G. Boroff
N. R. Athey
America
Maude Williams
Robert Williams
Anna Louise Logue
Billie Figley
Will Wallace
Robert Bulloch
Clyde Bingman
L. G. DeLong
Herman L. Janchius
Sonny Richardson
Serial story woman pursues beauty makeover program
Susie Lambert volunteers to be a living lab for a celebrity beauty experiment led by Jeff Bowman and John Harker. The plan includes media publicity and a radio segment titled The Susie Read to Beauty as Susie endures a grueling week of diet, workouts, and treatments while Jeff defends the venture and aids her progress. Susie loses seven pounds yet suffers through constant stomach pain as she pushes toward a transformed self.
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Susie Lambert
Dick Tremaine
Susie
Lexe
Jeff Bowman
Jeff
Sven
Mr. Harker
Drug Department
John Harker
Kane
Experimental Laboratory For Beauty
Emma
Nail
Clifford Kane
Edna
Questions and Answers About History and Law
A Q and A excerpt covers patent dates for Thomas A. Edison phonograph, women in Congress, Ohio capital history, lynching statistics, a cats care book, early natural gas use, and FCC authority over aircraft loudspeakers. Includes names Hattie Caraway Norton ODay Rogers Sumner, places Chillicothe Zanesville Columbus Fredonia, year 1824, 1892, 1932, 1937, and Lafayette reception.
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Thomas A. Edieson
Congress
Hattie Caraway
Mary T. Norton
N. J
Caroline O'Day
N. Y
Edith Nourse Rogers
Mass
Jessie Sumner
N. Q
Ohio
Chillicothe
Zanesville
Columbus
U. S
Carl van Vechten
Messenger's Service Bureau Advice Notice
A republication of guidance instructs readers to enclose a three cent stamp for replies to The Messenger's Service Bureau in Washington. It warns that legal and medical advice cannot be provided nor extended research undertaken and directs mail to 1013 13th St. NW. Washington D C.
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Washington
Messenger'’S Service Bureau
13Th St
Washington, D. C
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