Athens Messenger Daily Publisher Overview and Staff Note
An obituary style notice references Frederick W Bush as publisher from 1806 to 1979 and lists editors and associates, noting weekday afternoon publication with a Sunday morning issue and regional offices in Chicago New York Detroit. The fragment mentions the Ohio association and national representatives alongside a newspaper delivery schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W Bush
Hwessen Ger & Tena
Co Co
Cnaries
Martie
Oe Association
Ohio
Aly Freer
Hrtcension
John Wouljen
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Rural districts oppose city take of motor tax revenues
Rural districts and small towns resist larger cities seeking a bigger share of gasoline and motor tax funds. The dispute centers on whether city streets, used for more than traffic, justify a larger allocation, while motorists from big centers pay less per road use. A fair split should reflect overall motor use of city streets versus rural highways.
Aging Population Shifts Power and Policy Outlook
A 60 year life expectancy report from life insurance presidents warns that voting power may tilt toward those over 50 as birth rates fall. The Townsend pension movement already signals rising influence of older citizens, and science lengthening lifespans may strengthen this trend quietly over time.
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Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Bookkeeping on the Farm Shows Modernizing Agriculture
The Farm Credit Administration reports over a million farmers submitted complete financial statements for loans in the past year and a half, with at least another million maintaining records for other reasons. The piece argues bookkeeping is now a core farm practice, reflecting a shift from the old view of farmers as generations of landworkers to financially informed managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Credit Administration
Dairymen's League
Prolific Irony as Real Life Echoes Wilde Saying
The comic strip Freckles featured revolver cartridges dropped into a coal tender causing explosions and a man shot. Baltimore police reported a similar incident occurring recently, matching the improbable plot with actual events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Wilde
Baltimore
Supreme Court Expected to Rule on Gold Abrogation
Washington observers foresee a Supreme Court decision that would allow domestic bondholders to be paid in currency while foreign holders of American gold bonds would receive gold. Leading constitutional experts argue the ruling would reflect the foreign loss from dollar devaluation, noting the court's interest in the Brazilian World Court ruling on foreign bond payments in gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Mallon Washington
Supreme Court
Hughes
Court calls the ball in gold abrogation debate
Opinion centers on a potential settlement costing the U S government 40 to 60 million dollars to pay foreigners in gold. Bankers privately resist exporting gold, while Wall Street traders panic, and a Roosevelt era football metaphor frames the Supreme Court as having the ball in the decisive case.
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Wall Street
Europe
Roosevelt
New Deal
White House
Supreme Court
Senators Johnson and Borah Fight World Court War
The piece argues Johnson and Borah defend positions against the World Court but lack cohesive inside strategy. It notes their individualism, limited prospects for a Senate filibuster, and hints at calls for funding from Roosevelt to continue investigations.
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Johnson
Borah
World Court
Senate
Mr. Roosevelt
Coal Board Reverses on Price Fixing After Quick Meeting
Within 24 hours the coal board swung from approving government price fixing to opposing it after a conference with a shaggy haired man resembling John L. Lewis. Experts suspect an understanding to add labor members to the board in exchange for union support, timed near contracts expiring April 1.
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Coal Industry Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Rise in NRA Salaries Shows Government Progress
A report notes twelve NRA members drawing $8,000 yearly while one official recalls starting from ditch-digging, illustrating advancement through connections. It also describes the SEC’s alert buzzer system that summons commissioners to meetings within minutes.
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NRA
Nra-Er
Securities and Exchange Commission
New Star Brightens But Trails Hollywood Legends
A new celestial object is reported to be brightening, yet it still trails the stars of Hollywood in public interest and fame, as observers compare its ascent to established cinematic icons.
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Hollywood
Republican Party
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
Canary Gift Replaced by Yellow Sparrow in Nebraska
A man in Nebraska received a canary for Christmas that proved to be a yellow-painted sparrow after he heard it sing. The bird’s tune resembled the phrase cheap cheap, revealing the deception.
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Nebraska
Woman Fatally Shot In Furnace Accident Recounts
A loaded cartridge fell into a wastebasket and was tossed into a furnace. When a woman went to add coal to the fire, the cartridge discharged, killing her. The account mirrors a fictional artist’s invention.
Motoring to Columbus for Shows and School Bonds
Mr and Mrs Harley EB Moser attended an automobile show in Columbus to see the Fol lies. Mrs A F Reeves visited Columbus to see Scarlet Mask players at the sanitarium where Mr Reeves was treated. Scott Maney left the Scott Haney Company after eight years as GM and sold his holdings. Athens boards sold bonds totaling forty five thousand dollars for a new high school building. The Hapa Literary Society under Mrs Riley and Miss Roberts presented its second program at Nelsonville High School with Lilian McKee P Newman and others performing.
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Harley EB. Moser
Columbus
A. F. Reeves
Wilbur Reeves
Ohio State University ‘Scarlet Mask
Reeves
Scott Maney
Scott Haney Company
Local Clothing Corporation
Athens High School
City Board of Education
Hapa Literary Society
Mise Riley
Miss Roberts
Nelsonville High School
Lilian McKee
P Newman
Dolores Inman
Floyd Mechem
Arthur Howearth
Willard Halil
Ronald Moore
Beatrice Higgins
Earthquake toll in Italy prompts 30000 casualties reported
Refugees from Lyra Valley flee toward Rome as headlines cite tens of thousands dead. Poultry prize winners are listed with George E. Whipple and several others at Logan show. Local visits and relocations are noted including Miss Dailey and Miss Poston guests of Albany grandparents and the DeMolet family moving to Lancaster Street. Bishop Moore spends week in Indiana polis at The Maples.
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Italy
Lyra
Rome
Health Hints On Rheumatic Conditions And Treatments
Advice emphasizes personal hygiene, fresh air, sunshine, and gentle activity for rheumatic patients. It reviews vaccines, blood therapies, pain relief drugs, physical treatments like baths, heat, hot paraffin, electric heating, massage, and the impact of mood and optimism on recovery.
About Your Children by Olive Roberts Barton
The essay argues that early childhood should be left to natural growth. Parents should avoid pushing cognitive milestones and instead let a child develop at his own pace. Pressuring a child with tricks and orders can cause irritability and resentment. Let him grow himself and enjoy play without overcontrol.
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Olive Roberts Barton
Nature
History of This District in Perry Township Gallia County
In 1803 Andrew Friend settled along Big Raccoon Creek near Patriot. He hunted, lived in caves, and supplied settlers with game. Mary Friend was Perry Township’s first white child. Township growth followed with mills, schools, and early officials. Patriot began as Greenville, renamed in 1827. notable sites include Poplar Knob.
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Andrew Friend
Perry Township
Gallia County
Big Raccoon Creek
Patriot
Friend
Dirty Face Creek
Greenfield Township
Walnut Township
Mary Friend
Andrew
Boggs
Beaver
Armstrong
Carter
Prose
Allison
Gates
Weis
Danner
Porter
Campbell
Stephen Gates
Admiral Perry
John Bradburn
John Rondamourney
Mar Daniel
Isham Garrison
John 4
Ignatius Bradburn
Benjamin Harburn
Nehemiah Woods
Samuel Rawson
Robert Armes
Greenville
Joseph Fletcher
Missionary Baptists
Poplar Knob
Ohio
Lawyer Defends Man of Evil Reputation Cited by Judge
Federal Judge W H Holly of Chicago notes a defense choice does not prove involvement in conspiracy. The remark underscores how legal representation does not imply guilt or collusion.
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W. H. Holly
Chicago
Terrapin Carving Links Texas Cattleman to 1925 Bricklaying Claim
In 1001 J P Johnson of Webster Texas carved a wine brand and date on a terrapin and released it. Thirty three years later he reacquired the reptile while gathering wood in November 1934 and found the markings dated a third of a century earlier. A separate note recalls James Brown a 1925 Carlisie Indian School football player who worked laying brick near Kansas City Missouri and rose to claim a world title in paving.
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J. P. Johnson
Webster
Texas
Johnson
James Brown
Kansas City
Brown
Silken Spindles Continuation at the Silk Mill Village
Gale Henderson, a mill girl with college dreams, faces work life and family duties after her father’s illness. She grapples with an imperfect romance with Steve Meyers as winter ice night brings quiet decisions about love and responsibility.
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Tom Henderson
Gale
Henderson
Mill Village
Phil
Steve Meyers
Steve
River Love and Echoes on the Moonlit Ice
A fragmented prose scene follows Gale and Katie skating on a silvery river at night. Gale contemplates past choices about marriage and strength, while Steve and Phil drift in the background as the river and wind shape their fates. Notions of love, independence, and future plans surface amid the icy course.
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Gale
Glorio
Eboy
Katie
Nessa
Steve
Father
Phil Gale
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