Athens Messenger publication details and rates
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co. lists publication details from 1826, including editors and publishers, circulation affiliations, advertising agents, and subscription rates for Athens and surrounding counties. It notes daily weekday issues except Saturday with a large Sunday edition, and various associations.
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Frederick W. Bush
PME
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charlies H. Harri
Democracy in Education and Broadcasts Promote Tolerance
An editorial urges practical democracy study for natives and new citizens. It cites New York City Board of Education programs teaching civic fundamentals and racial religious tolerance. The U S Office of Education plans nationwide broadcasts titled Americans All Immigrants All to showcase a diverse American culture built on freedom.
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New York City
New York
Office of Education
Washington
America
Must List Urges Snow Cleanup in Athens
The piece notes heavy snowfall in Athens and calls for citizens to clear sidewalks and gutters. It argues regulations exist but voluntary neighborliness and daily deliveries require clear paths for the university population and general public.
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Athens
Punishment With Pleasure At Lewisburg Penitentiary
An article praises humane goals of prisons as the proper function of correctional institutions. Inmate gestures at Lewisburg's Northeastern Federal Penitentiary show support for the warden, while critics demand harsher justice. The text argues that separating criminals from society and rehabilitating convicts reduces flight risk and bitterness after release.
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Lewisburg
Henry C. Hill
Michigan
Stern
Cordelia Unveils Steel Apple Monument in Public Square
Cordelia Georgia installs a 22 foot circumference apple statue weighing 5,000 pounds in the public square. The sculpture rests on an eight foot high base and uses steel and concrete in its construction.
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Cordelia, Ga
Liner Queen Mary Carries Massive Electrical Fittings
Aboard the Queen Mary are ten thousand electrical fittings with thirty thousand lamps to light a city of 100000. In Tucson Arizona a Steward Observatory photometer detects light from a 100 watt bulb at New York City distance. Homes a century ago were deemed comfortable at fifty to fifty five degrees.
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Steward Observatory
Tucson
Ariz
New York City
Fair Enough by Westbrook Pegler argues against hiring bans on women
Pegler critiques proposals to bar women whose husbands are employed from new jobs. He argues existing union and employer practices already restrict rights more, warns of a drift toward civil service style selection under oversight, and condemns discrimination based on economic status or political pressure.
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New York
Congress faces budget cut clash over recovery relief
John T Flynn warns Congress to pair relief cuts with stimulus measures. He cites Roosevelt seeking 875 million dollars monthly for three months and argues that pure austerity will depress business, wages, and prices without private or public investment to replace it.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Curtiss Wins $10,000 Prize for Albany to New York Flight
In 1910 Glenn Curtiss earned a $10,000 prize after completing a New York bound flight from Albany. The record shows two landings between terminals and a total flight time of 2 hours 51 minutes.
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Glenn Curtiss
Albany
New York
Time to Marry? Cantrell Scandal Upends Plans
Janet Dwight and Lance Barstow prepare for a wedding while Cynthia Cantrell’s secret marriage to Timothy Benton shocks Breckenridge. Aunt Mary Cantrell and Barney McKnight seek a dignified public notice as reporters swarm. Janet faces financial worry amid Wall Street jitters as she plans for a future with Lance.
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Janet Dwight
Lance Barstow
Lance
Cynthia Cantrell
Mary Cantrell
Barney McKnight
Barney
Cynthia
Timothy Renton
Timothy
Janet
Aunt Mary
Timothy Benton
Mary
Margy
Benton
Breckenridge Apartments
Stauffer’s
McKnight
Bulletin
Jan
Mr. Bryant
Sylvia Grant
Wall Street
Hair Removal Methods and Electrolysis Cautions
Dr Morris Fishbein explains dangers of home mixtures for hair removal and outlines proper electrolysis practice. Emphasizes sterilization, consistent lighting, correct skin prep, and gradual sessions to avoid harm while removing hair roots.
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Morris Fishbein
Q and A on Wood Fuel Ethics and Politics
A compendium of Q and A covering wood fuel heat values compared with coal, ethics as science of moral duty, the 1932 tax law effect on the president, dynamite inventor Nobel, the 1939 US Senate women Hattie Caraway and Gladys Pyle, and a book on Africa’s partition by Herbert Adams Gibbons.
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United States
Alfred B. Nobel
U. S. Senate
Senate
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Gladys Pyle
South Dakota
Africa
Herbert Adams Gibbons
Messenger Service Bureau Notice for Inquiries
Public advisory from The Editor instructs readers to mail questions to the Messenger’s Service Bureau in Washington D C. It states that legal and medical advice cannot be given and no extended research will be undertaken.
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Messenger’s Service Bureau
Washington
18Th St
Washington, D. C
Athens High School A’s and flu affected season
Ten years ago influenza slowed Athens life as families convalesced at home. The Athens High School football team received A’s for players including Carl Wilson and Paul Conner though only one game was played before the schedule was halted by illness. The messenger announced United Press leased wire service and 9,000 daily circulation. Mrs. J Halliday Cline visited Coolville with her hosts.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
United Press
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Margen
Vinton
Washington
Carl Wilson
Paul Conner
Clyde Jordan
Mac Bobo
Forest Meighn
Peter Collins
Harley Littler
Spriggs
Athens Messenger
The
Messenger
Public Forum Letters Seek Signatures for Daily Use
Readers invited to submit signed comments on current events to the column. Letters should be concise to allow multiple contributions per day, with the writer’s signature appearing alongside each piece.
Friml as Orchestra Front Man Sparks Debate on Music
A reader defends composer Rudolph Friml against claims of excess noise, praising his prolific output and noting his son leads a jazz band. The letter argues jazz clashes with symphonic aims, defends broad audience tastes, and critiques the idea that public ignorance excuses musical expertise.
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the Messenger
Rudolph Friml
Grove
Dictionary of Musicians
Irving Berlin
Berlin
Shirley
Bing
Friml
H. Engelmann
Oscar Lange
Howdy Pal
Toscanini
Koussevitski
Ford
General Motors
Chase National Bank
Chase National
Public Forum urges parental example to curb crime
A letter from Cassius M. Cloust on January 11 argues crime stems from more than movies and liquor. He urges exemplary parenting, Bible teaching, church attendance, and family worship to train children to avoid theft, murder, and vice, claiming proper example yields happier, honorable adults.
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A. L. Hysell
Bradbury
Solomon
Paul
Cassius M. Clouston
Carbon Hill
Jan
Driver Leaves Calling Card After Rear-End Collision
In Chico California a motorist collided with Fred Timmon s car and fled. Timmons found the other vehicle s license plate embedded in the damaged fender enabling easy tracing of the owner.
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Chico
Cal
Fred Timmons
Timmons
Moose Startles Man as Bush Ey Confesses
In Ashland Maine George Bush recalls being surprised when a bull moose faced him. The animal fled after colliding with a wire fence, sprinting into the woods despite surrounding fencing.
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Ashland
George Bushey
Maull predicts open Delaware winter due to wild duck feeding
Capt. Irwin S. Maull, a veteran fisherman from Lewes, Del., says an open winter is likely this year as thousands of wild ducks gather at the mouth of Delaware Bay to feed.
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Lewel
Del
Irwin S. Maull
Delaware Bay
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