The Athens Messenger Publication Details and Rates
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co publishes weekdays plus a large Sunday edition. Subscription rates listed: in Athens and several counties one year four fifty, six months two fifty, ten weeks one, weekly fifteen cents. International ad rates and obituaries offered.
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Prederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charles 4. Harris
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Vinton
Washington
View on Armament and Public Sentiment
The editorial argues the President should strengthen the military establishment despite opposition and financial strain. It notes public opinion favors arming for self defense and confronting aggressors like Hitler and Mussolini, contrasting with earlier calls for peace at any price.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Austria
Out In All Weather Drivers Marvel At Road Traffic
Bus and truck drivers report private cars on Southeastern Ohio roads despite snow and ice. Few serious accidents occurred even without chains as holiday travel continues. Officials predict more traffic and further highway construction by year end.
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Ohio
Challenge to Teachers Sparks Feminine Dominance Debate
Mrs Evelyn Millis Duval director of Chicago Association for Child Study and Parent Education rebukes what she calls feminine dominance in classrooms She argues women teachers foster sissies and weak kneed husbands and urges more men teachers presenting a new twist on feminism.
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Evelyn Millis Duval
Chicago
Association For Child Study and Parent Education
Duval
New Heart for Texan Gas Station Attendant
Talent scouts praised a tall Texan gas station attendant for charm described as the charm of a Gable. Samuel Goldwyn himself visited after a report and offered a contract to the may be dazzled employee. The piece urges handsome uniformed attendants to keep polished.
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Hollywood
Samuel Goldwyn
Gable
Mr. Goldwyn
California youth jailed for drowsy driving after fatal crash
A California youth who fell asleep at the wheel, causing a crash that killed his niece, received a jail term. The court warned that any driver who is drowsy on the road is a menace to the public and urged strict vigilance as modern speed threatens safety.
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California
Curious Inscriptions on Writing Rock Challenge Translators
No accepted translation exists for the carvings on Writing Rock in Divide County North Dakota. A radio broadcaster covering the Louis-Lewis fight in New York will reportedly need to be a double talk expert.
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Divide County
N. C
New York
Fire and spectacle stir German holiday pride on snowy hills
Westbrook Pegler reflects on fire as religious spectacle in a German village and at Garmisch during the Hitler era. He recalls villages watching fires, the fire bell, and the urge to witness destruction, noting the eerie roar of fuehrer rallies and the allure of flame amid snow.
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New York
Garmisch
Paul Gallico
Public housing gaps contrast England and United States
John T Flynn argues that from 1930 to 1937 England built 496000 public houses while the United States, with about twice as many families, built only 29559. He blames real estate interests and the President for the failure of U S public low cost housing and urges private sector incentives.
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England
United States
Baldwin
Earl
New York
America
Oldest New York newspaper and historical trivia
Q and A style quiz asks which is the oldest NY paper The Evening Post founded 1801 by Hamilton and Jay. It also covers sources for lines from George Ade Remorse and other trivia including Robert Woolsey, radio wire length, list of influential figures, aluminum use in utensils, and John Adams as Washington's VP.
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New York City
the Evening Post
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
George Ade
Sulu
Robert Woolsey
Wheeler and
H. G. Wells
Jesus
Buddha
Aristotle
Asoka
Roger Bacon
Abraham Lincoln
Shakespeare
Moses
Columbus
Confucius
Ghengis Khan
Charlemagne
Charles Darwin
Herbert Spencer
Napoleon Bonaparte
United States
George Washington
John Adams
A New Year Chorus and Neon Rights Note
A Christmas to New Year greeting urges love and peace with a Madison Parker signature from Albany Ohio. The brief adds a historical line noting neon advertising rights were first patented in 1916.
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Madeline Parker
Albany, O
Portrait of a Reader's Beauty in Angelo’s Echo
A poetic tribute celebrates a reader’s beauty and charm with vivid lines on eyes lips and hair. The verses praise grace, make up free artifice, and fondly evoke fairy imagery and royal bearing, signed by Seth F. Nicholson of Rutland Ohio.
Gasoline Well Found During Wrecking Work in Ukiah
Work crews razing an old service station uncovered a sealed water well containing about 100 gallons of gasoline. The fuel likely leaked from nearby pumps and remained preserved in the airtight well.
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Ukiah
Cal
Inmates Present Plaque to Northeastern Federal Warden
Inmates of the Northeastern Federal Penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, honor Major Henry C. Hill, the warden, with a plaque praising his administration and the prison’s work under his direction.
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Lewisburg
Federal Penitentiary
Henry C. Hill
Sally Blair Accepts Ring From Persistent Corey Porter
Sally Blair endures three months of heartbreak after Dan Reynolds leaves. Corey Porter pressures Sally to marry him, giving a ring in a cozy inn setting. Sally accepts the ring while nursing unresolved feelings, hinting at a reborn social world and inner resolve.
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Sally Blair
Dan Reynolds
Sally
Corey Porter
Corey
Dan
Dartmouth
Cornell
Reynolds
Sally Blaigj
Briely
Stars Foretell Opportunity Through Diligence and Elders Support
The reading highlights an opportunity for steady work and sound methods attracting elder and institutional backing, with dangers from unwelcome change. Those with a birthday face a year of stable foundations and practical gains, while a child born today may be studious, serious, and advance under approval from mentors.
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Astral
Foot Care and Prevention Tips for Buerger's Disease
Dr. Morris Fishbein reviews how minor foot injuries in Buerger's disease often require treatment and warns patients to avoid foot trauma. He stresses careful foot hygiene, gradual shoe breaking in cold weather, protective nails and skin care, and avoiding strong disinfectants or corn remedies to prevent gangrene.
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Morris Fishbein
Buerger
Bayard T. Horton
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Poet's Corner
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NEA Service, Inc
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