Athens Messenger edition details and publishing notes
The Athens Messenger information lists publisher Frederic Bush and staff, dates from 1825 to 1929, weekly afternoon publication with Saturday exception, and offices in Athens with distribution to Limestone and surrounding Ohio counties. It notes affiliations, advertising rates, and carrier pricing, plus references to other office locations and associations.
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Frederic Bush
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Private Car Drivers Urged to Embrace Safer Highway Habits
Ohio Department of Highways analysis shows private car fault rises as motor death toll climbs. Over three years, trucks caused 6.5 percent of fatalities in Ohio. passenger and school buses far lower. Nationally, private car fatalities rise about 40 percent while trucks and buses decline 19.3 percent, prompting calls for safety education and discipline.
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Ohio Department of Highways
Ohio
United States
We Are Proud of It on Government Expenditures
The article critiques public indifference to federal spending and waste, noting massive expenditures from taxes to fund veterans pensions, unemployment relief, railroads loans, and social programs. It warns that average citizens silently pay the bill as government growth expands without scrutiny.
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Sam
Why Not Tax Everybody Lawmakers Vote for Special Taxes
Lawmakers fear political fallout but vote for special sales taxes and then divert funds. Ohio's gasoline and cigaret taxes illustrate the pattern as revenues fall short of expectations. Public anger grows as taxed goods rise and services are trimmed to cover costs.
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Ohio
Overseas Exaggeration in Italian Paper Error
An Italian newspaper printed a tale of an Ohio merchant fined for a storefront clock showing wrong time. A businessman's complaint sparked the error, with confusion over the clock running late and the misunderstanding spreading.
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Ohio
Push Them Out of the Home Nest to Learn Independence
Dorothy Dix advises parents to push lazy grown children from the nest. A widowed mother with two daughters and a 20-year-old son is urged to make the boy obtain work, move to a hotel room, and rely on his own earnings, preventing return to a funded home. The piece argues hardening parental limits cures dependence and builds character.
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Miss DIX
Sally
Jimmy
Sledding dangers and trust in streets during heavy snow
Olive Roberts Barton recalls a snowy boulevard encounter with about two dozen sledders, narrowly avoiding harm as a driver swerves into deep snow. She notes the belief that streets are safe, the risk of coasting in city neighborhoods, and compares car danger to trains, urging caution for children and drivers alike. She cites a handful of American cities requiring accurate public clocks as sensible ordinances, while an Italian paper misreads this as poverty among American merchants.
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Olive Roberts Barton
New York's Oddest Governor Edward Hyde Lord Cornbury
Cartoon notes Edward Hyde Lord Cornbury who governed New York and New Jersey 1702 1709 and was famed as a spendthrift bigot and noted for wearing female attire. It cites his removal and later roles as Privy Councilor and British ambassador. A separate entry reports a 14th century Breslau stein selling for 3000 at a Berlin auction. Tomorrow teases The Martyrdom of a Financial Giant.
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Edward Hyde
Lord Cornbury
England
New York
New Jersey
Queen Ann
Lord Lovelace
Cornbury
Court of
Hanover
Breslau
Germany
Lana
Berlin
Whooping Cough Develops Slowly Says Dr Morris Fishelin
Dr Morris Fishelin explains the incubation period for whooping cough, the observable signs before and after the cough with the whoop, and the importance of quarantine. He notes blood changes, especially lymphocytosis, and discusses prevention methods including vaccines with mixed opinions among specialists.
Ten Years Ago Today Party Highlights at Local Homes
Dr and Mrs W W Lee hosted a bridge gathering for guests Edward M Bartlett of Worcester Mass and local friends. Mrs Charlie P Kircher held a Christmas party for her son Charles with Serena Shaffer and Christine Dailey winning first prizes.
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W. W. Lee
University Terrace
Edward M. Bartlett
Worchester
Mass
Charlies P. Kircher
Second Street
Charles
Serena Shaffer
Christine Dailey
Ivan Maple
Helen Burson
Prominent Kentucky horse owner travels for science meeting
Miss Nellie Ven Vorhes once owned a promising two year old Kentucky bred five gaited mare and left Bowling Green for Cleveland with W B Bentley and A A Atkinson to attend the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Edith Carpenter and Byron Wolfe Jr returned from Logan after a dance hosted by Mr and Mrs Robert White. Night sledding caution and car danger remarks close the clipping.
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Nellie Ven Vorhes
Bowling Green, By
W. B. Bentley
A. A. Atkinson
Cleveland
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Edith Carpenter
Byron Wolfe, Jr
Logan
Robert White
Button Politics in Prohibition Reform Debate
In Washington the push to repeal Prohibition sparks a game of pressing a moving Button. Wets seek swift repeal via court rulings or state conventions while drys push to block ratification and even nullify enforcement. Legal briefs from Palmer and Finerty fuel debate on federal and state powers and potential gubernatorial action.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Supreme Court
Bisine
Wisconsin
A. Mitchell Palmer
Congress
Pan
John F. Finerty
Washington Lawye
Finerty
National Voluntary Committee of Lawyers
Items of Interest In London Raids and Footwear Health
Raids on telephone boxes in the London area cause a monthly loss of 1500 dollars. A doctor notes that ninety percent of foot troubles and ailments stem from improperly fitting footwear.
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London
New French liner Normandie offers multiple on board amenities
The Normandie includes a theater a church a street of shops a cafe a dance salon a winter garden and a garage for passengers. It also features six separate wireless installations on board. Tuczon Ariz is noted as the only walled city in the United States. Texas leads in pecan production supplying a quarter to a half of the national crop. London loses about 300 hours of sunshine annually due to smoke pollution.
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Normandie
Tuczon, Ariz
United States
Debate on cause of Eighteenth Amendment Overreach
In a letter from Athens dated December 31, the writer argues opinions differ on who bears responsibility for the Prohibition Amendment. Some credit World War pressures, others credit prayer, the W C T U, or commercial liquor interests driving policy amid wartime stress. The piece critiques state control and corruption.
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Toombs
Cleveland
Wilson
India Puzzle Clue List Annotations
A compact set of crossword style clues covering impel capital of the Indian Empire to tree with tough wood plus various birds and terms. The list includes both across and down style hints with entries like paper mulberry and English coin for solver reference.
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Indian Empire
India
Glorifying Your Self Care for Winter Skin Rejuvenation
A January skin care guide urges women to boost their facial care with warm oil nightly. It details cleansing, warming oil, and massaging across the face, neck and temples to relax tense skin and improve appearance during the postholiday fatigue season.
Horoscope for the day warns of workplace friction and ego clash
The forecast cites challenging solar and lunar aspects likely to cause discontent and discipline problems at work. It cautions against defiance and inflated self importance, noting possible tense relations with superiors and power holders. A birthday child may face inflated views hindering success.
Constable Arrest Belp Liquor Case Near Belpre
Marietta January 2 Jess Belpre a Belpre constable and former town official was arrested late Friday on possession charges. State agents seized over 1 gallons of whisky from his Belpre home and a further haul at the sheriff s office Saturday linked to ongoing enforcement. Starr previously charged and fined in Belpre with liquor transport from West Virginia ties noted.
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Marietta
Jess Belpre
Belpre
Washington
Tom
Columbus
Thorn
Sheriff's Office
Bush
Love
Starr
Southworth
the Gore
New Err
W. Va
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