The Athens Messenger Publication Details and Rates
The Athens Messenger publishes weekdays in Athens Ohio with publishers Frederick W Bush and Gordon K Bush and editor Charles B Harris. It lists advertising rates by application and subscription prices including carrier 1b per week in Ohio and various yearly, half year, and quarter year options.
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Frederick W Bush
Athens
Henaty
Gordon K Bush
Charles B Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Associated
Hic Alles
Associated Press
John W Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Ohio
Two Years of New Deal Debates Loom in Congress
The article surveys Congress after two months of the current session, noting slow progress, committee gridlock, and rising calls for higher taxes. It forecasts extended wartime style spending, continued NRA influence, price fixing failures, and battles to curb Big Business while balancing industry and labor amid looming 1935 and 1936 policy clashes.
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Congress
Senate
House
NRA
Germany Uses Youth Regimentation to Fix Labor Roles
The piece critiques Germany's plan to assign jobs to youths under 25 after April 1, with Hitler centralizing job distribution into labor camps, factories, and farms. It contrasts this with American voluntary labor plans, urging study of dictatorial labor systems and their implications for freedom and the labor market.
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Germany
Hitler
Roosevelt
Messrs
Mussolini and Company
Know Your Wants The Power Of Defining Goals
The piece urges fixing a clear goal in the mind and daily remembrance while keeping it secret. It argues most people fail by vague wishes and talking too much, hindering progress. a defined destination guides action and unlocks opportunities.
Intelligence in Tests and Their Limited Insight
A Buffalo boy was tested by a psychiatrist who asked to compare a snake a cow and a sparrow. The boy said none of them could talk. He then advised what to do when late for school, suggesting to think up an excuse. The psychiatrist saw both answers as wrong, illustrating that such tests yield zeros for sensible reasoning and are not true measures of intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Roberts Barton
Gale
Phil
Thatcher
Steve Meyers
Where the Seed Grows
Analysis urges focus on soil of radicalism as youth programs may cultivate discontent. Emphasizes handling adult radicals through law if subversives are deemed dangerous. Advocates examining national groups whose goals include fostering a healthy patriotism and warns of seedbed in youth.
The Secret 100 Rumors in Washington
In Washington the mystery called The secret 100 centers on a supposed gumshoe group of 100 House members aimed at influencing the New Deal. Reported symbols include skull and crossbones, and members allegedly sneak around in rubber shoes. The tale lives on as a hopeful idea rather than fact, with little verifiable substance.
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Paul Mallon Washington
Washington
Gore
Roosevelt faces congress divisions over New Deal tactics
The piece argues leaders of theory groups seek coalition to push reforms, warning Roosevelt relies on whipping public sentiment to keep reform bills on track. It notes radical and conservative blocs in Congress, discusses historical log rolling, and cites housing and speed trial references as context.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Icy Swap Promises Relief for Householders
The excerpt suggests a home-need comparison where a householder feels engaged in a favorable exchange by swapping two coalmen for an iceman, implying relief or efficiency gains in daily work. The line reflects a period view on utility and labor arrangements.
Patriotism and youth values in American education
An editorial decries unpatriotic language and disloyal talk among youth. It argues teachers confront anti American influences daily and urge more time to instill sound ideals while warning of communist and socialist ideas taking root.
Weather Snow Envelops Spring in Middleport Events
Ten years ago a cold snap brought four degrees of frost and heavy snow. The Woman's Music Club in Middleport hosted a program at Meath M E Church with Mrs Powell and others in colonial costumes presiding at tea. Fifty attended the Athens Country Club senior children’s dance with chaperones listed. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bobo of North Lancaster announced the birth of a son. Chi Omega patronesses hosted a dinner for active chapter members at the Colonial.
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Woman's Music Club
Middleport
Powell
Talbott
Hecox
Fowler
Henessy
Meath M. E. Church
Irene Anderson
Lulu B. Wilson
Blanch Fultz
Nina Lewis
Hazel Lyons
Mildred Thompson
Olivia Reed
Martha Hamm
Sarah Jones
Florine Talbott
Athens Country Club
A. B Rose
Charles H. Harria
J. B. Swanson
Ned J. Wolfe
Robert Wood
Henry Bobo
North Lancaster
Chi Omega
F. L. Preston
D. H. Moore
L. D. Poston
F. J. Beasley
Blaine R. Goldsberry
W. K Scott
J. Halliday Cline
Franz L. Woodworth
Colonial
Athens social events highlight Pratt home gathering and Beta Theta banquet
Friends of Helen Pratt and Belva Kelley gathered at the Pratt home on Cemetery Street with Cecilia Colling Thelma Lahan Rosemary Farley Beatrice Pennell Mbel Carr Beulah Mills Elizabeth Lummis Marian Watkins and Gladys Pratt. Frances Armitage hosted a dinner at Hotel Berry for Rev F M Swinehart former Athens pastor. Prof Eli Dunkle led toasts at the Beta Theta initiation banquet at Hotel Berry with Russell Herrold Floyd Crooks and Prof W S Graves responding. W & Foutch bought a motor truck for out of town deliveries. Athens known as the Sunday School City Copeland s Men s Class had 758 present last Sunday.
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Helen Pratt
Belva Kelley
Pratt
Cemetery Street
Cecelia Colling
Thelma Lahen
Rosemary Farley
Beatrice Pennell
Mbel Carr
Beulah Mills
Elizabeth Lummis
Marian Watkins
Gladys Pratt
Frances Armitage
Hotel Berry
F. M. Swinehart
Athens
J. L. Carpenter
Theodore Pickering
W. B. Lawrence
C. M. Copeland
Misa Nelle Pickering
Cobern
Eli Dunkle
Beta Theta
Russell Herrold
Floyd
Crooks
Graves
Copeland
History of This District Golden Wedding in Millfield Reflections
Poem by Prof Mil lard F. Andrews read at the 50th anniversary celebration for Mr and Mrs James E Love in Millfield. The verse recalls old Millfield life with names of local figures and shops, noting hardship and community pride across fifty years. The piece ends with a remark from Prof H W Zorbaugh of New York University on child activity and emotional health.
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James E. Love
Millfield
Millard F. Andrews
Professor Andrews
Clarksville
Ohio
Sunday Creek Valley
Ebdout
H. Millfield
Sam McDaniel
Kit Woodworth
Job King
Chester Woodworth
Eben Pratt
Fullers
Russells
Enoch Moore
John Cook
Ed Wade
Saunders
Simeon Cass
H. W. Zorbaugh
New York University Clinic
Coal policy debate sparks forum in The Messenger
In a Washington forum style piece Michael Dudash of Millfield questions government control of coal, land withdrawals, miner wages, and open shop practices. He contrasts Ohio and southern states, asks readers to seek answers, and invites replies to his views printed by The Messenger Forum Editor.
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the Messenger
Washington
Guffey
Russia
Hitler
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
United States
Michael Dudash
Millfield
About Your Children by Olive Roberts Barton
An essay on the soul and spirit in childrearing, contrasting materialism with mental hygiene and education. It questions current training methods and predicts rising ambitions and happiness dependent on mental factors, noting the Ranger offshore tests for aircraft in cold Maine waters.
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U.S S. Ranger
Maine
Dickens Use of Nuts as Edge to Life Path
The fragment notes that Dickens used the word nuts to edge his way along crowded paths of life and to warn human sympathy to keep distance, a phrase experts label nuts to Scrooge.
Silken Spindles in a Mill Town Romance
Gale Henderson a mill worker and her one year old brother Phil support their invalid father. Steve Meyers asks Gale to marry him while Gale wastes time skating and nearly drowns. Brian Westmore returns home to take a place in the mill as Vicky Thatcher schemes to win Brian. A tense dance scene follows with Phil voicing labor grievances and Gale fleeing to the night. Thatcher reads letters as labor unrest brews in the background.
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Gale Henderson
Phil
Steve Meyers
Gale
Brian Westmore
Brian
Vicky Thatcher
Bobbry Thatcher
Vicky
Steve
Outside, She Says He Has Report Thatcher’s Eyes
Laura Lou reports in 1935 that she quotes an unnamed source saying Thatcher’s eyes are notable. The line appears amid a brief column with attributions to NEA.
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Laura Lou
NEA
Thatcher
Health Hints and Diet From Dr Morris Fishbein
Health advice on posture outlines ten commandments to stand sit walk tall and think tall. It discusses the impact of long sitting on children singers dancers and musicians and emphasizes spinal alignment and proper classroom setup for good vision and lighting.
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Morris Fishbeln
Hygeia
Health Magazine
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