The Athens Messenger Establishers and Publisher Details
The Athens Messenger operating as a southeastern Ohio daily with a large Sunday edition. It serves Athens Nelsonville Glouster Logan Pomero y Middleport Coolville and surrounding communities with standard obituary and advertising rates.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald
Gordon &, Bush
Mgr
Charles H. Harris
Ohio
Eiher
Alhens
Nelsonville
Glouster Logan
Pomeroy
Middlepore
Cool Wille
Entering the New Year Very American Promises Prosperity
The piece urges 1931 as a period of national growth rooted in fundamentals between government and industry and individuals. It warns against socialism while praising machine age advances, cooperation, and expanding foreign trade as keys to prosperity and world peace.
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America
United States
Business downturn to better times, steel chief says
James A. Farrell of United States Steel Corp argues that after 1929’s depression production fell across industries yet modernization and cost-cutting will justify future growth. He promotes cooperative competition, standardization, waste elimination, and intelligent management for stabilization and recovery.
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James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Indivi
Thaw Haunts Broadway Cabarets as Ever Baffling Figure
In New York Gilbert Swan profiles Harry K Thaw returning to Manhattan nightlife with a bodyguard in tow and a routine that mixes dazed boredom with rare social glimpses in Tex Guinan's all night venue. The piece paints a haunting, mechanical ritual of appearance and withdrawal.
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New York
Manhattan
Harry K
Beaux Arts
Tex Guinan
Canaries to golf and drafts the 1920s question page
A Washington information feature lists quick answers to varied queries. It covers canary coloration, domestic fur sources with 2500 US farms and 1600 in Canada, railroad employment figures at 1,792,150 with 148 labor divisions, macaroni origins tracing to China, golf vs baseball attendance, and Civil War draft age ranges from 18 to 45 for Union troops and 17 to 54 for whites in Confederate laws.
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Canary
Canary Islands
Azores
Madeira
United States
Canada
Alaska
Europe
France
Louis XIII
Tours
T. P. A. Golfdom
Confederate States
When Politicians Return to Rustic Roots
A poem reflects on successful politicians recalling days in rural towns and old shops. It notes they boast of humble labor and fealty to hometowns, yet many abandon rural roots for city careers and power, rarely returning once they pursue national influence.
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Dent
Let's Talk Better Times In Business
A leader calls for collective effort across all levels from clerks to executives. He argues that combined cooperation will raise appreciation for business relations, broaden confidence, and foster fairness as industry improves its service to the public welfare while urging an end to negative mood.
Acquittal in 1892 New York courtroom murder case
Abraham Levy won acquittal for Edward Divins who killed Max Clerget in a public courtroom on June 27, 1892, avenging an insult to Divins’ sister. Divins was tried for first degree murder before Recorder Smyth and a jury, which found him not guilty on October 19, 1892.
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Abraham Levy
Mr. Levy
Edward Divins
Max Clerget
Court of General Sessions
New York City
Divins
Smyth
New York Times
World War Debt Debate Grows Over Price Declines
The Washington Letter notes a shift as commodity prices fall, prompting reconsideration of war debts. Governments borrowed heavily during the war with fixed interest, and high prices boosted debt, wages, and munition costs. A scaling down or cancellation of Allied debts may be discussed as prices and wages ease.
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Washington
PD. C
United States
New World Men and the Price of Debt in Trade
The piece argues that widespread price declines shrink world wealth while debts stay constant, worsening the burden. It cites copper and other commodities, notes reduced industrial output in the United States, and supports a sliding scale to adjust war debts to current price levels proposed by F. C. Goodenough of Barclay's Bank.
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United States
F. C. Goodenough
Barclay’s Bank
Goodenough
New Map of the World Offer with Ten Cents
A reader encloses ten cents for a copy of the new map of the world. The note mentions stamps and street terminology but provides no additional details about the map or issuing organization.
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Huns
Athens
St Lawrence River power project eyed by engineers
Engineers state the $171,547,000 St. Lawrence River project will generate 2,000,000 horsepower and reduce about 75 percent of hazards in goud construction. The piece notes strong statements about power and a Catholic marriage dynamic without changing its core message.
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St. Lawrence River
Public Power and Private Hands at Niagara
The piece argues power is essential to industry equal to air and water and warns of a hazard if public power assets fall under private control. It questions whether a private U S company could charge full price for power while a publicly owned Canadian firm charges half, highlighting the Niagara situation.
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United States
Canada
Niagara
Pope to Issue Encyclical On Catholic Marriage Doctrines
An upcoming encyclical by Pope Pius will reaffirm Catholic teaching on marriage and condemn birth control. It will require Catholic spouses in mixed marriages to ensure children are raised Catholic and guarantee the Catholic party’s freedom of worship.
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Pius
Weavers Strike Over Eight Loom Arrangement in Britain
In Britain 29,000 weavers walk out not for lower pay but against a plan to let a single worker manage eight looms instead of four. They argue the eight loom system would reduce jobs and leave other workers unemployed, even as higher wages are offered.
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Britain
Garner
United States Corporation
Carnegie Steel Compar
Economic Progress and Shifting Labor in Industrial Britain
A historical view notes stage coach drivers' pay declined with locomotive adoption while typesetters benefited from linotype advent. Railroads employ vastly more workers than stage coaches, and mills fortified against worker anger during the spinning jenny era. Production boosts eventually raise wealth and wages for all.
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England
YWCA Demonstrates A One Dollar A Day Diet For Women
The Brookly n Young Women’s Christian Association tests whether a young woman can buy enough food to last one day for one dollar. The experiment seeks to prove feasibility and raise questions about cost and nutrition.
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Brooklyn
Young Women’s Christian Association
Ten Years Ago in News Your Dad Clippings
A 1930s recap notes ten years back: American naval balloonists completed a return from Moose Factory to Mattice Ontario by dog train. Athens County miners faced long unemployment due to weak orders. Ohio University history addressed by Thomas Ewing in New York. government savings stamps craze rising per Postmaster Lash. twenty years prior Detective Mahoney extracted a murder confession. Rev Buckland moved church duties to Portneuf Quebec. Athens entrants expected to shine in the Third Ohio Corn Show in Columbus. 1911 Athens County Teachers Institute planned for Nelsonville. Athens court docket showed 148 cases with 27 intoxications and 21 Rosse law violations.
Refunds and Debates Surrounding Corporate Taxes at Capitol
Washington reports explore why corporate tax refunds run high with figures showing $8 billion in refunds during Mellon's Treasury years. Rodney Dutcher notes Garners’ charge of a suspected plot behind refunds and contrasts Mellon’s 2.8 percent return claim with Gar ners’ claim of 17.7 percent of receipts in the last nine years.
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Garner-Melon
Mellon
Melon
Garner
The Case for a Vital School and Happy Children
A columnist weighs the claim that current schooling crushes enthusiasm while noting some children love studies and others resist. The piece argues for liberty with discipline, warns of overstrict curriculums, and envisions schools tailored to emotional needs to curb misbehavior and restore balance between in school and out of school life.
Poverty Question in Private Life of a Poor Family
The text questions how a man earning four dollars daily can feed his wife and several children and pay rent. It wonders how he can sustain himself and his family while managing basic needs and clothing.
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Smither
Ford
Niance
Public Forum Praises Ohio National Guard Veterans
A reader’s letter extols the Ohio National Guard known as the Tin Soldiers for WWI efforts on the Western Front and in Ohio. It cites 1928 relief for miners' families, 1930 penitentiary disaster response, and Milife mine rescue support, arguing guardsmen served with devotion amid difficult conditions.
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Messenger
Ohio University
Ohio National Guard
Meuse-Argonne
Mehiel
Belgium
Ohio Penitentiary
Onto National Guard
Athens
Ree
Aleo
Milife
Sheriff's Office
National Guard
Shell
T Hannened
College
Eannes
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BY Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
James J. Montague
Ripley
Y Sunshine Grafton
the Weatherman
Navasota River
Limestone County
Texas
Fort Myers
Fla
Eleanor
Yerkins
Otmnan D. Rasmel
Dallas, Texas
Cheatham
Frederic Haskin Washington
Porteoe
Amazivet Pe
Saawden
Chareslor
Hos
Cher
Mien
Arthur Brisbane
North
Moose Factory
Mattice
Ontario
Athens County
Thomas Ewing
E. R. Lash
Mahoney
Noiseyville
Harry Lehman
James Wilson
Hill
A. W. Buckland
Good Shepherd Mission of
Portneuf Holy Trinity Church
Quebec
Columbus
Athens County Teachers’ Institute
Rodney Dutcher Messenger
Poy
Jan
Mr. Mellon
John Garner
Aluminum Company
U. S. Steel
Olive Roberts Barton
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