Athens Messenger era profile and circulation data
The Athens Messenger details its founding in 1620 with publisher Frederick W. Bush, notes weekly publication on Saturdays and Sundays, lists editors and operating publishers, and cites a regional circulation across Athens Nelsonville Logan Pomeroy Middleport Coolville Galli posts and surrounding communities. Subscription rates are provided: one year 64.60, six months 2.60, ten weeks 1.00, four weeks 60 cents, with weekly options available.
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Ohio
Athens
Nelsonville
Golduster
Logan- Pomeroy
Middleport
Coolville
Galliposts
President's Message Signals Slow Economic Recovery
The article surveys the President's address to Congress and the nation, noting calls for social and economic welfare, warnings of a persistent world crisis, and a large peace time deficit. It discusses currency instability, looming trade barriers, and the push to keep employment high while awaiting global action. It mentions responses to crime, debt, and the judiciary shaping recovery legislation.
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England
Treasury Department
Europe
Congress
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
County Eyes CWA Jail Project to Modernize Courthouse
Athens County officials push for a federal CWA project to erect a modern county jail and upgrade the courthouse. They argue the current facilities are inadequate, would reduce assumed debt, create jobs, and leave a lasting civic asset while CWA funds are available.
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Alberte
Athens County
Think About the Farmer and Our Poor Rural Roads
A letter urging city and district residents to consider farmers and rural residents bound to dirt roads year round. The writer cites 4 000 miles of dirt roads in Ohio and mud taxes paying for poor conditions. They highlight rural carriers, funerals, and isolated homes as evidence of failing road programs in the Southeast Ohio area.
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Ohio
Dorothy Dix on Happy Marriage and Domestic Slavery
Dorothy Dix argues that a wife’s happiness comes from perspective and partnership not constant display. She urges a sister to set boundaries with critical relatives and cherish a home where quiet evenings and shared work shape a true, unpretentious union.
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Ray
Childhood Unhappiness and Paths to Understanding
A reflective essay argues that children feel frustration and insecurity like adults and deserve sympathetic handling. It urges adults to see childhood as a real life struggle rather than a carefree myth, urging patience and intelligent dealing with young minds. The piece links private hardship, such as cold or hunger, to emotional distress and criticizes wasted public funds on roads funded by motorists.
Foreign Statesman Puzzle Clue Mix From 1918 to 1922
A crisscross puzzle page lists clues about a foreign diplomat in a picture and asks for native country and role. It blends horizontal and vertical word items with references to poets, minerals, and titles, ending with digits and mathematical symbols.
Bird Man tested airplane tires on 489 landings
Yesterday's cartoon explains Wild Bul Hudson who tested tires and brakes on airplanes during takeoffs and landings. In August 1930 at Goodyear Airport Akron he flew 489 complete flights from 5 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. and landed each time. The piece also features Mrs Bennett of Seattle with a 300 year old clock from England dated 1638 bearing Ashburn of Ashton. Tomorrow The Mites Of Might.
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Hudson
Goodyear
Akron
Bennett
Seattle
England
Ashburn
Ashton
Temperature Effects of Digestive Cooling and Heating Studied
Philadelphia physicians conducted a study on internal abdominal temperatures using ice water ice cream hot coffee and various heat applications. The experiments tracked stomach mouth and intestine temperatures in men and women noting rapid drops or rises and recovery times with different intake speeds and temperatures. Heat provided comfort but researchers doubt any healing benefit from abdominal heat or ice packs, especially in summer.
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Philadelphia
Uncle Sam Deepens Banking Reach in New Deal
Washington reports indicate the Roosevelt administration may extend direct lending to corporations through the RFC and RPC while banks hold back on private finance. Officials explore underwritten industrial loans to cover payrolls and materials, amid talk of expanded public works and political leverage to push Congress.
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Washington, D. C
Sam
New Deal
R&c
RPC
Treasury
Roosevelt
Dow
Papa Roosevelt
Canada
FACA
Congress
Jim Farley
Europe
Believe It or No Hunchback Claim From The Messenger
The Messenger reports a claim from T G Lag Frost dated Jan 2 about a single born hunchback in the world. The message asserts a white genuine hunchback exists and was raised last spring.
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the Messenger
Ripley
Crippie
Louisiana 'Rebel' election winner heads to Washington
J. Y. Sanders Jr. wins a bizarre Louisiana Sixth district contest as an unofficial representative to challenge Mrs. Bolivar E. Kemp for Congress after Kemp’s husband’s death. The Huey Long faction previously backed Kemp in an early December vote. Sanders’ nomination came from a citizens’ election not sanctioned by state officials.
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J. Y. Sanders Jr
Washington
Louisiana
Bolivar E. Kemp
Congress
Kemp
Huey Long
Sanders
Citizens
Guardian Inquiry at Washington Resumed
The Senate Banking Committee withholds further Detroit bank probes and targets Guardian Detroit Union Group window dressing. Subpoenas face Ferdinand Pecora, and officials and examiners privy to stock unloading before weakness surfaced.
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Washington
U.R
Senate Banking Committee
Detroit
Guardian Detroit Union Group
Ferdinand Pecora
Scenic road trips and popular stops across Ohio and nearby states
A travel letter describes driving routes to Belle Isle Falls Gauley Bridge and Kanawha Falls with notes on Old Man’s Cave Pomeroy Rock House and Ash Cave. The writer praises natural scenery along the Ohio River and Nelson Ledges while urging families to pack picnics and scenic detours for summer trips.
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Akron
Nelson
Charleston
U. P. 60
Gauley
Kanawha Falls
New River
Ohio River
Pomeroy
Ington Island
Old Man's Cave
Falls
Rock House
Ash
Unclear Planetary Guidance for Business Employment
The text hints at planetary influence on business affairs and publishing, noting possible shifts in real estate mining and related areas. It mentions employment changes, prudent timing for ventures, and a birthday omen suggesting adaptability and talent but restless tendencies alongside cautious action.
Marietta Builds Stadium Under CWA Project
Seventy men borrowed from the CWA West Side labor force worked on the municipal stadium site under city engineer W. H. Heiby. The area has been cleared, trees along Greene and Fifth Streets felled, fences and stands removed, and valuable lumber stacked for concrete work.
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Marietta
CWA
Municipal Stadium
W. H. Heiby
Greene
Fifth Streets
Prayer meeting set at Weaver Chapel Sunday
Union prayer meeting at Weaver Chapel Sunday afternoon at 1 30 led by Rev Calvert is expected to attend and lead the song service on January 4 in Almany R F D No 1.
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Almany
Weaver Chapel
Calvert
Social notes from Parkersburg area gatherings
Mrs Celestia Jones hosted an aunt at Parkersburg with guests Mrs G D Gist Miss Dorothy Gist Mrs D J Evans Mrs A H Carpenter of Pittsburgh and Mrs Claude H Parker of Gallipolis. Mrs Foutch’s daughter Viola traveled to Springfield after her mother’s death. Blanch Parfitt attended an Elks dance in Nelsonville. Mrs Greathouse and son Waldo returned from holidays in Gallipolia. Mrs Annie M Hobson went to Marietta to speak before the Centennial Club.
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Celestia Jones
G. 10. Gibbons
Parkersburg
G. D. Gist
Dorothy Gist
D. J. Evans
A H. Carpenter
Pittsburgh
Claude H. Parker
Gallpolis
W. 8. Fouteh
Viola
Springfield
Miss Blanch Parfitt
Nelsonville
Annie M Hobson
Marietta
Ue Centennial Club
Shower events and luncheons mark Nelsonville social notes
Mrs. Clarence Jack and Mrs. Rose Cook of Nelsonville hosted a shower for Mrs. Jeff Adamson with sixty guests invited. Mr. and Mrs. 8. C. Staneart gave a luncheon for Mrs. Glen Staneart. Mrs. Clarence Wyckoff hosted the Hobson Study Circle Aki and Mie B. J. Peigon at WH Montrose Avenue.
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Clarence Jack
Rose Cook
Nelsonville
Jeff Adamson
Beatrice Cook
8. C. Staneart
Glen Staneart
Lillian Horn
Clarence Wyckoff
Maplewood Drive
Hobson Study
Aki
Mie
B. J. Peigon
Montrose Avenue
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
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Associated Ohio Fuites
Inland Daily Press
Telegraph Tre Report
The
Unitedress Associations
Savona
John W Quiles Company
South Michigan Ave
Chicago
Mifth Ave
New York
General Motors
A. Athens Post Office
the Presidents
Federal Treasury
Athens City
Dorothy Dix
J. M
Olive Roberts Bartos
Ak Ae
Jewel
What
South America
Ellen
PTE IN
Halifax
Nova Scotia
A Wooster, Ohio
Reil
DR. Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
the Health Magazine
Uncle Sam
Sodney Dutcher
Edwin Kortley
University of Oregon
Edith McBee
Cincinnati Mission School
P. G. Dowler
the Messenger Public Forum
T. G. Lag
Frost
Jan
Guardian
Belle Isle
Old Maid’s
Cuyahoga Falls
Geo. F. Glorchy
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