Athens Messenger Publisher and regional coverage overview
The Athens Messenger, published weekdays by Athens Herald Printing Co, covers 100,000 residents across five counties in Southeastern Ohio. Editor Cheries Menesing. Gordon K. Bush as publisher and general manager. mail and carrier rates listed. offices in Athens with regional bureaus.
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Tablis
Frederick W. Bush
TRE Athens
Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Blisher
Mgr
Cheries Menesing
Frills in Public Education Protest Draws Fire
A weekly widely read publication condemns rising costs in public schools. It argues extravagance in school plants and equipment drains taxpayer resources and encroaches on parental duties, calling for limits on frills while preserving core education.
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Aboo
Idealists and the public service the real reform problem
The essay critiques government for graft incompetence and outdated structures. It argues unity in social problems and decisive leadership are needed while transportation collapses the distance between rulers and the governed. It notes spoils politics persist, resistance to reform, and public indifference to structural change.
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Roosevelt
Europe
Popeye Sparks Spinach Boom Among Young Readers
The comic hero Popeye inspires a generation of boys to favor spinach as a source of strength. Grocers report a surge in spinach sales as youngsters imitate the sailor's iron resolve.
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America
Popeye
Church Work Intensified Across Ohio Rural Parishes
The piece notes more intensive church work in Ohio with fewer abandoned churches, growing or steady congregations, and increased lay and elder support. It highlights rural and town ministers traveling long miles weekly and rising youth engagement, reflecting a broad push to sustain church life.
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Ohio
Athens
Dorothy Dix Advice on Gold-Diggers and Money Spenders
Dorothy Dix weighs in on women who save a man’s pocketbook versus gold diggers. She argues men overestimate women’s purse strings, noting poor suitors often pay. she advises avoiding costly dates and using humor to defuse spending. She also offers tips to a wife dealing with a husband’s repeated mad spells.
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Miss DIX
Dorothy DIX
About Your Children By Olive Roberts Barton
Olive Roberts Barton examines why mothers label their kids as bad and suggests that obstinacy often masks an inferiority complex. She explains that praise and sympathy can unlock shy or uncertain children, while bold displays hide underlying fears and a desire to appear strong.
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Olive Roberts Barton
Revival Sparks Growth as Churches Reopen Across Regions
As life returns to normal, ministers seize a revived public interest and spread their work widely. Closed churches reopen and new congregations form, with revivals drawing large crowds enabled by better roads and motor cars. Strong sermons signal fertile soil for seed sown by ministers.
Statue of Genoa doughnut seller immortalized in marble
An early Genoa memorial statue, erected in the seller Signora Campodonico’s lifetime, honors 52 years of selling hazelnuts and canestrelli with a self commemorative inscription. The La Paesana figure carries a chain of treats and narrates her memory on the pedestal. Tomorrow: A Charmed Life.
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Campo Santo
Genoa
Italy
Signora Cattaiiin Campodonico
Lungs As Pneumonia Targets Highlight Health Advice
An article from JAMA explains how pneumonia can strike suddenly with chills chest pain vomiting and breathing trouble. It notes fever can reach 104 to 106 degrees in severe cases and stresses heart strain from lung obstruction and the blue tint of insufficient oxygen.
Bridge Luncheon Honors Bride Elect Grace McKee
Mrs Charles Woodworth Miss Elizabeth Marheart and Miss Constance Leete hosted a bridge luncheon at the Colonial for Grace McKee a bride elect The party then moved to University Terrace home of Mrs Grosvenor grandmother of Miss Leete Mr and Mrs T W Craig departed for Washington DC to visit Congressman I M Foster and wife
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Charles Woodworth
Elizabeth Marheart
Constance Leete
Grace McKee
Colonial
C. H. Grosvenor
University Terrace
Grosvenor
Leete
Mrs. T. W. Craig
Washington, D. C
Congressman
I. M. Foster
Athenian Club Elects Officers and Members Twenty Years Ago
Twenty years ago today at the Athenian Club annual meeting W B Golden was elected president T W Craig vice president Charlies F Beckler secretary treasurer and Frans Woodworth named to the committee. Mr and Mrs L W Kelley traveled to Columbus to hear Billy Sunday while Fred Josten visited on business.
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Athenian Club
W. B. Golden
T. W. Craig
Charlies F. Beckler
Frans Woodworth
Moon draws US and England closer says scientists
The piece notes that the moon may influence closeness between the United States and England at certain times. It also riffs on beer appearing soon, hypocrisy, and a woman governing North Dakota's House and other houses.
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United States
England
North Dakota
House of Representatives
The Tides of Influence on a Troubled Youth
The passage analyzes manipulation of a young person’s emotions to control behavior. It explains that pity praise and scorn are powerful tactics that can distort self respect and motivation, suggesting caregivers often rely on negative or positive attention to mold a troubled child when other methods fail.
Budget Balancing A Sour, Fragmented Debate In Congress
Washington notes a sour mood after Roosevelt's New York conference with Democratic leaders on budget balancing. No clear plan emerges as income tax expansion, sales tax, and veteran cuts spark disputes. Analysts doubt action before the next fiscal year. deficits and hidden motives loom large.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
House
Joe Burns
Appropriations Committee
Crossword Puzzle Clues and Answers
A dense list of horizontal and vertical crossword clues with numbers and definitions, including skin blemish trappings and night silence, plus bird sea al Ridgeline. The puzzle spans hints for words like glare, emulation, entrap, wagers, lace making, and various animal and object terms.
Conservation Notes from Columbus Highlight Lake St Marys
The Division of Conservation reports Lake St Marys near six inches below normal due to past drought while inland lakes recover. Hunters are urged to mail 1932 tally cards showing game and fur bearers killed to help estimate wildlife tonnage and economic value. Radio programs on conservation air from Columbus stations WSEN and WEAO.
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Columbus
Division of Conservation
Lake St. Marys
G. J. McCurry
Bureau of Lakes and Parks
Division 0’ Conservation
EB. L. Wickliff
Bureau of Scientific Research
WSEN
WEAO
William H. Reinhart
Bureau of Education
Milk War Slashes Cleveland Milk Prices
Cleveland milk distributors on the East Side ignite a milk war driving prices down to three cents a quart. About 100 stores joined the reductions, under a small group of independents, while the Cleveland Milk Council kept to the old 8 cents for regular milk and 10 cents for Class 1 delivered.
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Ohio
Cleveland
U.P
Cleveland Milk Council
West Virginia Weighs Luxury Tax to Bridge Deficit
Charleston January 13. Governor Conley warned a near three million dollar state deficit as the Legislature opened and urged new revenue. He proposed a luxury tax as a potential source. Ralph M. Miner was elected Speaker and Senator A. G. Mathews became Senate president.
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Charleston
W. Va
U.P
West Virginia
Conley
Ralph M. Miner
House of Delegates
A. G. Mathews
Senate
Jackson Boycott Stalls Chillicothe Truck License Plan
Chillicothe city council repealed a truck license ordinance today after a Jackson boycott against Chillicothe wholesale dealers. Merchants claimed Jackson truckers posed serious competition, prompting the repeal in January.
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Chillicothe
U.P
Jackson
Infirmary Costs and inmate details in Athens County report
The county reports expenses for the infirmary at 11 524 dollars for the year with 69 inmates including 57 women and 12 men. Values include buildings 53 500 dollars machinery 31 000 and land 1 000. At year end 19 inmates are under 60 and 60 or older. 29 are now in the home, 9 women and 20 men newly admitted with 1 man discharged.
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Athens County
Daugherty
Super County Commission
Accused Mard Denies At Mansfield Inmates Fight Escape Plot
In Mansfield three women and four men face charges of aiding an escape at Frank E. Field Reformatory. Probaski, the last to testify, denied an escape plot by 12 fellow inmates and admitted involvement in a prior escape attempt three weeks earlier.
Churches Seek Authority Over Police Policy
In Youngstown the federation of churches presses for stricter oversight of police practices amid concerns about lax enforcement of laws. The group plans to present its case to authorities and urge reform measures.
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Youngstown
Federation
Ohio State Trustees Approve Second Jan. 1 Staff Reduction
Ohio State University trustees authorize a second staff reduction effective January 1. The plan follows an earlier reduction and targets positions across departments in Columbus.
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Columbus
State University Ia
Tries To Block Of Truck Incident Near Farren Hill
In Lisbon on January 15 a 25 year old attempted to block a truck on a hill near Farren. The person was struck and killed.
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Lisbon
Farren
Gilberts Expect Visitor From Hollywood Name Change Mentioned
The note says Jas. Gilberts anticipate a Hollywood visitor around next week. It mentions a former cinema actress and Bruce as part of a marriage context.
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Gilberts
Hollywood
Jas
Bert
Me Bruce
Centenarian Shapiro Dies in Toledo at 100
Centenarian Shapiro, a longtime Toledo resident born in Russia, died here at age 100. The death leaves a family and community in mourning as a century of life is remembered.
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Toledo
Jan. Shapiro
Russia
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