Athens Messenger History and circulation notes
The Athens Messenger established 1825 in Southeastern Ohio serves Athens Nelsonville GLOUSTER Logan Pomeroy Middleport Coolville Gallipolis and surrounds. It lists staff roles, affiliations, and subscription rates including weekly carrier 15 cents and annual mail 64.50.
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Ohio
Athens
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Glouster
Logan
Pomeroy
Middleport
Coolville
Gallipolis
Maiip
The Strain of College Students Overworking Health
Dr. Lee H. Ferguson of Western Reserve University warns that college students study and work too hard, risking health. Heavy curricula strain students, and working through college adds a double burden making tuberculosis danger higher for some. Some students also play too hard, but most are earnest and sacrificing health for education.
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Lee H. Ferguson
Student Health Service of
Western Reserve University
American Student Health Association
Doctor Ferguson
Ferguson
We Lack Skyscraper Facilities A New York
A 55 year old woman in New York died after a six story fall from her apartment window. A note to the coroner blamed her death on confinement to home and a wheel chair, with constant radio noise driving her to despair. The piece advocates quieter neighbors and resisting forced radio broadcasting in apartment buildings.
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New York
Ohio
The Contented Ohio Farmer Who Never Visited the City
An 8 year old Ohio farmer lived all his life near a large mid western city, never seeing a skyline or traffic. He chose a quiet country life over urban bustle, finding beauty in dawns and seasons as the world buzzed around him, suggesting contentment may mean missing little.
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Ohio
Middle West
How To Feed the Birds Campaign Aims to Save Wild Birds
United States rural postmen will distribute grain to aid starving birds during snow cover. Led by Thomas H. Beck, Connecticut fisheries chief, the drive invites public donations of tailings and sweepings grain mailed to Mr. and Mrs. Hungry Bird care of Rural Carrier R F D. Packages start at five pounds with parcel post.
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Washington
Hungry Bird
Thomas H. Beck
Connecticut
Dear Miss Dix on Love and Family Loyalty
Dorothy Dix counsels a reader to resist marrying a sister’s husband, stressing loyalty to blood ties and the harm of breaking a sister’s home. She cautions that a middle aged woman courting a younger man invites social disapproval and personal unhappiness, urging return to duty and respect for family.
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Miss DIX
About Your Children By Olive Roberts Barton
An essay warns of household fumes and dangers from gas and fumigation, noting odorless monoxide and unsafe stove hoses. It urges airing treated rooms, preventing fumes reaching living spaces, and highlights risks from water heaters and improper ventilation. The piece also touches on sustainability and wildlife during harsh winter, urging care for birds facing starvation.
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Paradise
Redefining War for Kellogg Pact Effectiveness
The piece argues for a modern definition of war to support the Kellogg anti war pact. It cites nations like Japan in Manchuria and Paraguay with ongoing hostilities lacking formal declarations. It suggests updating the war definition to ensure treaty applicability and effectiveness.
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Japan
Manchuria
Paraguay
Bolivia
Eclipse the great racehorse and sire explained
Card explains the horse Eclipse foaled during the 174 great eclipse and never beaten on turf. In 23 years at stud he sired 335 winners before dying in 1789. His descendants earned 2,107,000 in 1894 and his heart weighed over 14 pounds, linked to endurance. Tomorrow features A Congressional Record.
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Stud
Eclipse
Water and nutrition advice for whooping cough recovery
Article advises giving ample fluids to recovering children and maintaining nutrition with milk and vegetables rich in vitamins. It suggests sunlight and warmth but not cold air, use of an abdominal binder in some cases, and cooperation to prevent spread by notifying health authorities if exposed children play outdoors with those who have had the disease.
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Health Department
Miscellaneous items of interest and opinion snippets
A collection of quirky observations and brief notes including tax gripes a $50000 rebate the future origins of life a revived football take lower rules a toy-like license plate on the family bus and cultural quips about domestic life education transport and geology with light humor on public affairs
Marines Fight Budget Cut As Congress Deliberates
Washington reports the Marine Corps seeks to halt a budget reduction that would trim personnel to 13 600 from 15 343, arguing their role in global expeditions and obligations abroad. Retired General Smedley Butler leads a lobbying push, warning against further cuts amid economic restraint and political shifts.
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Washington
U. S
France
Haiti
Corps
Marine Corps
Corpu
Montezuma
Tripoli
Nicaragua
Latin America
Mr. Hoover
Smedley D. Butler
Butler
Congress
Army
Navy
Hoover
Caribbean
Roosevelt
New Year Socials Highlight Columbus Area Plans
Ten years ago today Mr. and Mrs. Harry Elkins hosted Florence Olive’s first birthday celebration. Elizabeth and Amy Morgan hosted a New Year’s Eve progressive bridge party for Miss Marcia Scott. L W Russell held a six o’clock dinner on Mill Street. Clyde Beverage and Harry Slaughter joined a motor trip to Columbus to see The Bat at the Hartman Theater.
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Harry Elkins
Florence Olive
Elizabeth Morgan
Amy Morgan
Marcia Scott
Columbus School For Girls
Athens
Mrs. L. W. Russell
Mill Street
Clyde Beverage
Harry Slaughter
Columbus
the Bat
Hartman Theater
Athenian Club New Year Dance Noted For Enjoyment
Twenty years ago today the Athenian Club hosted a New Year’s dance with music by the Bethel-McVay five-piece orchestra. Out-of-town guests included Mrs. George Reynolds and daughter Helen of Dayton, Miss Mabel Bush of Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Stout and Miss Smith of Parkersburg, Mr. L. McCune and Mr. Will Fletcher of Cincinnati. The marriage of Grace Marie Beverage to Dr. William W. Lee was celebrated at the Beverage home on McKinley Avenue.
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Bethel-McVay
George Reynolds
Helen
Dayton
Mabel Bush
Detroit
Mich
B. F. Stout
Grace Marie Beverage
William W. Lee
F. J. Beverage
McKinley Avenue
Technocracy Puzzles Readers: Good News or B
Technocracy is debated as a reform movement by engineers who analyze energy use, labor, and production. They argue machines reduce work, urge new value systems, and warn of social upheaval if unemployment rises, citing efficiency gains from 1900 to 1929 and potential energy outputs from turbines and automation.
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Tom Byrne
Pyhat
Edison
United States
New Jersey
Augustus
Founder of Law and Its Anxiety Puzzle Clues
A cryptic-style puzzle list mixing legal terms and scattered word clues across horizontal and vertical entries. It presents varied definitions like law founder references, body parts, objects, and geographic hints, plus a few misprinted segments and partial phrases to guide solver reasoning.
Congress weighs fractional duties and glue in alamo talk
Congress debates how to measure fractions by weight and by volume and suggests adjusting glue content for a postage alamo. The remark links measurement methods to supply quality and logistics planning.
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Congress
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