Athens Messenger Reader Affiliations and Clubs
The Athens Messenger lists memberships and affiliations with national and state press bodies including the American Newspaper Publishers Association Ohio ject List Audit Bureau of Circulations Associated Ohio Inland Daily Press Association and related wire report services. The entry shows the paper’s connections to trade groups and circulation auditors.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Ohio Inland Daily Press Association
The
United Ess Associations
Waltz Vanishing Portrait of a Nervous Era in New York
A reflective column contrasts the waltz’s forgotten grace with modern unrest after World War I. It links dance to social mood, then shifts to a New York waterfront vignette where Manhattan’s ancient streets meet present bustle, ending with a reminder that New Yorkers are still islanders at heart.
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Hen
Prince of Wales
Manhattan Island
New York
Manhattan
Hanover Square
Whitehall
Pearl Streets
Coentis
Captain Kidd
Melville
Moby Dick
Cortears Hook
Manhattoes
Indian Isles
Battery
China
Broadway
One Croppers In Distress From Cotton Drought
Analysis notes Arkansas drought harmed one crop farmers who rely on cotton. Suffering families face bank pressures and hardship as they await spring planting. The piece discusses broader risks to regions dependent on a single staple crop and emphasizes recovery needs.
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Arkansas
What a LynchIng Does To Society
A Maryville lynching is condemned not for sympathy to the victim but as a blow against civilization. The 2,000 mob members who burned the man alive are worsened by cruelty and blood lust, delaying mankind’s progress toward higher moral conduct.
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Maryville
Tennyson
Final tribute notesflight test of trans Atlantic aim
A tribute to Mrs Beryl I Hart and Lt William Maclaren who disappeared on a Berm u da to Azores flight. The mission was not a stunt but an aviation experiment testing the feasibility of a trans Atlantic commercial route, funded by several hundred pounds.
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Beryl I Hart
Wiliam Maclaren
Bermuda
Azores
Sae
Information Bureau Answers and Trivia From The Athens Messenger
Frederic J. Haskin offers free Washington information services through The Athens Messenger Information Bureau. Readers submit questions on topics from contract rubbers to George Washington for Braille publications and historic inquiries about Ireland and Jamestown.
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Edward Noyces Westcott
David Harum
Westcott
Ireland
Irish Free State
London
Jamestown Colony
Egypt
Africa
Co. T. A
Mediterranean
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
More Truth Than Poetry by James J. Montague
A poem by James J. Montague in which the narrator laments urban terror and yearns for rural and distant seas or Arctic plains. He describes travel through cities and seas, contrasts farm life with town life, and concludes with perpetual dissatisfaction despite wandering.
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More Truth
James J. Montague
Flight crew's mid winter test proves fatal daring
The pilots undertook a bold mid winter test of a commercial airline's resilience against storms. They faced severe weather and paid with their lives, a price that earns them a high tribute for daring and service. They were not chasing headlines or stunting for glory.
EXPLANATION OF YESTERDAY'S CARTOON
The piece notes William A. Doak as Secretary of Labor the first native to hold the post and traces its early holders from William Wilson to James J. Davis. It explains the term cowboy as a New Yorker origin and cites Westchester Tory raiders as the root. Tomorrow previews "The Rock Battleship."
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Doak
Labor
Hoover
United States
William B. Wilson
Blantyre
Scotland
Wilson
James J. Davis
Tredegar
Wales
Wythe County
Westchester
New York
Treasure hunt for trees under nationwide planting program
The National Nut Tree Planting Project launches a five year, coast to coast effort to locate nut bearing trees on historic grounds gather seeds and test them for distribution by Boy Scouts. It invites public input on local shrines and historic sites linking conservation and patriotic heritage. Pine nuts from the single leaf pinyon are highlighted with growing demand and substantial sales to eastern markets.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Canada
Rio Grande
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
North America
Zenas Leonard
Joseph R. Walker
Sierras
John C. Fremont
Piutes
Washoe
Handy Letter Writer booklet endorsed by college instructor
The Athens Messenger notes timely booklet The Handy Letter Writer praised by a college instructor who says graduates struggle to write effective application letters. He endorses the booklet’s usefulness and urges readers to send for a copy with ten cents enclosed via coupon.
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Athens
Handy Letter Writer request notice
Information Bureau invites readers to enclose ten cents in coin or stamps for a copy of the Handy Letter Writer. Include name street city in the request. Directs to Frederic J. Haskin in Washington D C.
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Handy Letter Writer
Calvin Coolidge Advice on Knowledge and Humility
The piece contrasts Coolidge's insistence on knowing a subject better than others with the danger of pretended expertise. It cautions that appearing knowledgeable without real understanding leads to a false, easy path to success.
The Middle Kingdom region and surrounding landscapes
The piece describes a vast region likened to China’s heartland. It notes La Junta at 4,000 feet, flat mile-high plains, and Denver with the Capitol steps a mile above sea level. It mentions distant mountain shadows to the west and a broad high country setting for travelers.
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Bonfils
China
Middle Kingdom
la Junta
Denver
Capitol Building
Cattle Browse and Fishermen On the Ice in Cold Fields
Cattle browse in harvested fields while men endure the cold, patient and hardy. Several stand 650 feet apart drilling ice holes to fish in dark freezing waters below, contrasting life for steamy flat dwellers with the endurance of rural workers.
Cold lovers cling to ice as Miami beckons with sun
Despite warm Gulf Coast vibes in Florida and New Orleans, locals and fish resist change. Fishermen remain on the ice and bathers stay cold, preferring sheepskin coats over sunlit beaches. The passage contrasts frozen stubbornness with tropical appeal.
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Florida
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Miami Sands
Wide country by rail and canal tour suggested
The piece extols a cross country journey by rail with one return trip via a different route and Panama Canal transit avoided. It highlights comfort, modern steel trains, and scenic diversity from Northwest forests to Florida beaches as a persuasive travel vision.
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Panama Canal
Washington
Oregon
Northwest
Florida
Atlantic
Pacific
Travel to See Your Country Says the Turtle and Tick
A reflective piece urges bold travel and exploration despite limitations. It contrasts a slow moving turtle and a Texas tick with the idea that one should venture beyond familiar ground to discover more, urging readers to see their country.
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Texas
In This Land of Marvelous Roads a Car for All Travels
An upbeat note urges readers to buy a railroad ticket or own a car to travel cheaply. It touts inexpensive mobility and staying home less, promoting easy travel across the land with practical, affordable transport options.
Athens Retail Merchants Hold Banquet Officers Elected
Members of the Athens Retail Merchants Association gathered at Hotel Berry for their annual banquet. Elected officers include Charles Cornwell as president, John Preston vice president, G. M. Johnson secretary, and Emmett Cotton treasurer.
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Athens Retail Merchants’ Association
Hotel
Berry
Charles Cornwell
John Preston
G. M. Johnson
Emmett Cotton
Anniversary celebration marks first year of Prohibition in Athens churches
Athens churches observe the first anniversary of the Eighteenth Amendment adoption with services and gatherings reflecting on prohibition's impact and community changes.
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Athens
Indians Lose Ground as Reform Proposals Stall in Washington
Happenings at the Capitol recounts bipartisan criticism of the Indian Bureau under Rhoads and Scaterrgood. Senators urge firings and reforms while warning that health and living conditions remain dire for about 300,000 federally supervised Indians.
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Frazier
North Dakota
King
Utah
Rhoads
Bureau
Administration of
Indian Affairs
Wheeler
Montino
Indian Service
Farn
Fiee
Indian Bureau
Training boys for marriage and family duty discussed
The piece argues boys need early training for marriage just as girls do. It describes how pampered, weakly directed men can crowd out responsibility, coerce, sulk, and claim earnings as personal property. It calls for teaching appreciation, sacrifice, and shared responsibility in boys.
Wilbur Reveals Plan for Kettleman Hills Field
Secretary Wilbur disclosed a final agreement on operation and control of the Kettleman Hills North Dome oil and gas field in California. The plan creates two operating units one for Standard Oil Company holdings and a second for government and private fee lands excluding Standard Oil.
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Washington
U.P
Oni
Kettleman Hills
North Dome
California
Wilbur
Congress
Standard Oil Co
Standard Oil
Eastern rail executives push merger plans
Washington reports the Tidewater Coal Line is blocked temporarily as Eastern railroad chiefs from the New York Central, Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio and Chesapeake & Ohio alongside Nickel Plate meet in New York. They seek a workable division of routes east of the Mississippi amid ongoing consolidation talks.
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Washington, Jan
Little Virginian Railway
Tidewater Coal Line
Eastern Railroad
Mississippi
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Cleveland grocer shot during robbery escape
Joseph Moskowitz a 45 year old grocer on East 5th street was shot and wounded after raising an alarm as armed bandits fled from his store during a robbery in Cleveland city.
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Cleveland
Jan
Joseph Moskowitz
East
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