Inside the Inland Daily Press Association listing
Member of the American Newspaper Publishers Association Ohio Select List and Audit Bureau of Circulation. National Representatives include John W. Cullen Company. Advertising rates on application. Subscriptions: by carrier 15 cents a week. by mail in Ohio 4.50 per year, 2.50 half year, 1.00 ten weeks, 0c four weeks, 15c one week. Entered Athens Post Office as Second Class Matter under Act of 1918.
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Athens
Are We Capable of It The Washington Question Revisited
A reflective editorial argues the nation must judge its own capacity to live by the 1776 ideals. It notes Washington’s leadership depended on capable followers and urges modern readers to emulate that spirit, adapting freedom to today’s confusing world and confronting crisis with courage.
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George Washington
Washington
1776
America
Valley Forge
Extortioners Too Gullible Say Federal Officers
Federal agents report an unprecedented wave of extortion crimes since the year began. In Athens a recent case was quickly solved and arrests made, while Circleville Ohio saw another extortion attempt end in grief for the letter writer.
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Athens
Circleville
Ohio
Obedience and Why Children Should Be Reasoned With
The Newark Advocate argues that unquestioning obedience from children harms character. It states children deserve reasons for requests to act and warns that mechanical obedience fosters bitterness unless reasoning develops. The piece ties this view to the Mattson tragedy and urges balanced guidance.
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Mattson
Newark
Actress Seeks Annulment From Midget Husband
A 400 pound actress demands annulment of her marriage to a 50 pound midget. The quirky tale notes the couple’s separation and the unusual size disparity as the basis for legal action and gossip.
Winant Resigns Aide Sparks Senate Confirmation Clash
Washington report notes Capitol dome bows as Winant quits Social Security Board chair amid clashes with Pennsylvania Senator Joe Guffey. Roosevelt seeks Senate votes for court-packing while Winant’s fate hinges on patronage fights and independent stance.
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Wall Street
Winant
New Hampshire
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Senate Finance Committee
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Guffey
Heaven
Roosevelt Sons in Oil Deals Stir Texas West
The Wall Street Journal reports Elliott Roosevelt of Fort Worth and James Roosevelt of Washington joining Texas friends to acquire oil leases in Crane County and nearby West Texas. A corporate financing move occurred as James bought stock before becoming secretary to the President, with no dividends yet.
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Wall Street Journal
Texas
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Elliott
Punned World Notes from Postwar Headlines
A collage of witty observations on Roosevelt, the Supreme Court, Ford and Chrysler, Hitler’s denial, Germany’s execution dress, Einstein’s gravity claim, and social trends. The remarks mix politics, science, fashion, and language quirks from a humorous column.
His Flag and Our Flag Poem Remembrance
Poet's Corner invites Messenger Readers to submit verses with name and address. In memory of George Washington the poem speaks of flag unity and patriot pride, urging the flag to rise high over homes and a peaceful land.
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Messenger
George Washington
Spring Imagery and Nature Sketch by Mabel Danford
A vivid free verse excerpt paints early spring scenes with buds, skies, swallows, winds, pussy willow, umbrellas, rain, dogwood, and soil fragrance. The piece ends noting MABEL DANFORD from Trimble Ohio.
Quote quotes and policy ban stir war talk in Europe
The excerpt notes bans on atomic theory and a book by Dorothy Thompson under Nazi censorship. It cites President Roosevelt on economic strife from trade barriers as a driver of conflict and mentions a shift toward a cheaper university model urged by Frederick P. Keppel of the Carnegie Corporation.
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District Tales of Long Ago by Walter M Haas
Logan Ohio recounts early American witch beliefs among settlers. Witches pictured as old women, blamed for misfortunes from misfiring guns to spoiled cream, with cures by straw bundles, salt, and fire, while witch doctors chanted. Some sought counterspells, including silver bullets.
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America
Salem
Ohio
Centenarian celebrates 101st birthday with large family
In Napa California Mary Harris Steckter, who was told eighty years ago she could not live ten more years, celebrated her 101st birthday with 30 children, grandchildren and great grandchildren in attendance.
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Napa
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U.P
Mary Harris Steckter
Health Hints on Measles Care and Diet
Measles are usually self limiting. Keep the child in a quiet room with light protection but not total darkness. Use boric acid washes for eye crusts, light clothing, and gentle sponges before sleep. Provide light fluids and iron rich foods as fever wanes, avoid laxatives without a doctor, and consider convalescent serum in severe cases.
Gruesome jumper evidence in Blane case emerges
Detective notes reveal Mildred Short's Voluntary Statement about a burned blue jumper, linking a midshipman’s incident to the Blane murder. The scene shifts to Miss Ferri Rocksavage with Kettering pressing for a cabin visitor, presenting hair evidence from a comb as proof.
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Jocelyn
Mildred Short
Lady Welter
God
Mildred
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Kettering
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Miss Rocksavage
F. R
Blane
Fear Not the Passing of Time Poem
Poem reflecting on aging and mortality from Dorothy Kuntz of Pomeroy Ohio. The speaker asks to welcome the passing of time and death, promising a shared calm beyond time. Funeral or memorial sentiment implies preservation of memory and peace.
Pension funds used to aid the poor and churches proposed
Aquilla L. Hysell of Bradbury argues that a $200 monthly Townsend pension could help the needy, hire workers, support churches, and fund missions. He recalls a barefoot boy in winter to illustrate need and urges the pension's passage into law.
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Turben
Long Bottom
Townsend
Aquilla L
Hysell
Bradbury
Athens social notes and local events listed
News items from Athens include the Tuesday Needle Club dinner hosted by Judge and Mrs H T Phillips with musical readings dance works and singing by Margaret Guthrie Betty McCoy and others. Glouster Knights of Pythias anniversary plans for a hedge at Glouster Depot. births at Chauncey and Rutland High School domestic science purchases. plus East Side PTA meeting with Louise Eccles speaker. Twenty years ago a masquerade at Athens Masonic Temple with many couples and political notes on Athens Postmaster change.
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H. T. Phillips
Athens
Tuesday Needle Club
Wiley T. Sprague
Margaret Alice Guthrie
Betty McCoy
Florence Hickman
William Ruston
Pauline Cone
Louise Eccles
Ohio University Home Economics Department
Athens East Side
PTA
E. T. Hayes
Athens Masonic Temple
Lis Hopkins
Martha Washington
Hulda
Holland
St. Valentine
Louise Balls
Liberty
Thomas Edmundson
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