Athens News That Covers Athens Nelsonville Glouster Region
The Athens Slessenger serves population of 100000 across five counties in southeastern Ohio by geographic location. It lists affiliations with major newspaper associations and advertising offices in Chicago New York and Detroit. It notes obituary and card notice rates and is entered at Athens Post Office as Second-Class Matter.
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Ohio
Athens-Nelsonville
Glouster Logan-Pomeroy
Middleport-Coulville
John W Cullen Company
South Michigan Ave
Chicago
Fifth Ave
New York
General Motors
Detroit
Athens
Wickersham Commission Sees Prohibition Flaws Without Clear Fixes
The Wickersham Commission sharpens critique of Prohibition enforcement while stopping short of repeal or a specific modification plan. It urges realistic revisions to the Eighteenth Amendment, allows local experimentation, and seeks to reduce corruption and lawlessness by smarter controls and phased, community aligned approaches.
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Wickersham Commission
Commission
Wickersham
Lundy Island King Loses Minting Claim
The article recalls Martin Harman’s rule over Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel, a 1000 acre possession near Devon where inhabitants paid no taxes and a single husky constable kept order as Harman governed. Harman’s authority over coinage for residents is described as ended, highlighting his island governance.
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Martin Harman
Ludy Island
Lundy Island
Bristol Channel
Devon
England
Mr. Harman
Broadway Is Where the Big Movie Profits Lie
New York reports that Broadway finance dominates film earnings with studios planning dozens of productions. Adolph Zukor wires that 60 Hollywood and 17 Long Island films total about 25 million dollars, while several studios including M G M Universal United Artists Warner Tiffany Columbia R K O prepare hundreds of millions in projects for 1930.
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Hollywood
Broadway
New York
Wall Street
Adolph Zukor
Long Island
M-G-M
Louis B. Mayer
Universal
United Artists
Warner Brothers
Tiffany
Columbia
R-K-O
Richard Dix
Cimarron
Information Bureau Offers Free Help From Washington Experts
Frederic J. Haskin notes an Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington that provides free information. Two cents requested for reply. Contracts about cycle lengths and notable 1996 events are discussed, along with details on Milton C. Work and his fourteen books.
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Washington
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Baskin
Washington, D. C
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, DC. C
Backward glance at finance men losing fortunes on the Street
Narrator recalls once revered market experts now ruined by misjudgments. A veteran investor notes a yacht sale and a broker's bust while urging caution as wealth fades and the poor seek sustenance. The poem closes with a stark question about where the hungry will eat.
British court puts limits on Harmans Lundy Island rule
The case centered on Harman who minted coins bearing his likeness and claimed Lundy Island as a separate dominion. The highest court ruled he cannot coin his own money and that Lundy is part of the British Isles, leaving him a British subject bound by law.
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Lundy Island
British Isles
Mr. Harman
Tommy
Sabbatical River and Intermittent Watersheds
The article explains the Sabbatical River or Nahr el Arus flowing from Mount Lebanon in Syria. It notes the river allegedly rests on the seventh day, cites its fame among so called intermittent rivers, and links it to ancient knowledge and Hebrew folklore. It also mentions the Davises of Pennsylvania Senator James J. Davis and wife have five children James Jr.
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Nahr el Arus
Mount Lebanon
Syria
Davises
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
James Jr
Jane
Joan
Jewel
Jean
Davis
A lasting memorial in the founding of the American Legion
The piece reflects on Colonel E Lester Jones and the February 1919 Cosmos Club meeting that launched the American Legion. It notes the Paris Caucus in March 1919, the St Louis Caucus of May, and Jones's pivotal role drafting the preamble and constitution with fellow delegates. It emphasizes ideals, careful organization, and unity with veterans abroad and at home.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington
D. C
American Legion
E. Lester Jones
United States Army
Cosmos Club
D.C
Jones
France
Paris
Midwest
United States
St. Louis
Legion
Washington, D. C
George N. Davis
Delaware
Hamilton Fish, Jr
New York
John CC. Greenway
Arizona
Colonel Jones
Rail leaders meet in Los Angeles luncheon on trade
Today a crowd heard railroad presidents General Atterbury of the Pennsylvania and fault Shoup of the Southern Pacific discuss railroads and public need. J L Haugh of Union Pacific noted the nation’s vast free trade reach with California shipping goods 1800 to 3500 miles in various directions and no tariff anywhere.
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Los Angeles
General Atterbury
Pennsylvania
Fault Shoup
Southern Pacific
J. L. Haugh
Union Pacific
California
World will not let silver stay cheap for gold standard buyers
The author argues against keeping silver at current prices, claiming 800 million silver users would be unable to purchase goods in gold standard markets if silver remains undervalued and profits rise.
Presidents and Their Wives Booklet Offered by Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger offers a 48 page illustrated booklet covering every President from Washington to Hoover and every First Lady. It describes the nation’s history through biographies of its leaders. Mail the coupon with ten cents to obtain a copy for study and reference.
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The
Athens Messenger
Washington
Hoover
United States
Russia’s Experiment Sparks Talk of Free Trade Zone
If the Russian experiment succeeds perhaps with capitalist and military readers taking the job from the Bolshevists as Napoleon did, Russia and Siberia together could form a free trade area larger than the United States.
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Napoleon
Russia
Siberia
United States
Violence at Los Angeles Reds Parade Ends in Tear Gas
In Los Angeles a Reds parade met police opposition as tear gas was deployed and patrol cars bumped into the crowd. Officers say the clash left several participants with bleeding noses, facial bruises, and skinned knuckles.
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Los Angeles
Our nation vows to rise above foolishness and ruin
The speaker condemns poor conditions and idleness, blaming silver devaluation stock gambling and restrictive emigration laws for harming customers and workers. He pledges that these foolishities will be overcome and prosperity restored.
Population Boom in Los Angeles and Nearby Cities
Figures show over two million residents in Los Angeles and its suburbs with 675,058 autos from other states supporting a population near 1,864,000. Analysts urge cautious projections for growth and development.
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Los Angeles
United States Proposes Silver Loan to China for 50 Years
Peiping reports the United States offers to lend China 200000000 ounces of silver for fifty years. The piece notes rapid changes in China and questions whether the loan burden will matter decades hence as the silver remains in existence regardless of which side holds it.
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United States
China
Peiping
Lent at Present Prices Reassessed With Interest
The note discusses evaluating a return at 1981 price levels plus interest. It suggests calculating the present value by applying historical pricing and borrowing costs to estimate a feasible repayment or recovery amount.
Father of Fed head laments land sale profits in memoir
The father of Eugene Meyer, head of the Federal Reserve, recalls selling land in Los Angeles to invest in Lagard Freres and regrets not keeping the land to earn ten times more. He notes good land yields wealth and cites diverse U S examples from Florida palms to Seattle firs and a giant oak.
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Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve
Los Angeles
Lagard Freres
United States
Florida
Miss Lucille Mathis Admits Robberies Lacked Pay
Miss Lucille Mathis a 19 year old blonde admits committing many robberies. She wore a red wig and darkened her brows to disguise herself. She claims all she has to show for it is a hat dress and shoes valued at twelve dollars. She also lost a good deal at poker.
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Crine
Lucille Mathis
Athens items note legal lift on scales and local events
Twenty years ago stories report a dispute over Ohio Wetcits and Measures Law affecting merchant scales in Athens. The Ohio University Choral Society rehearses Mendelssohn under Prof James Pryor McVey. A Columbus coal company goes to a receiver after a Crooksville strike. An electric plant accident in Nelsonville kills night engineer Emmett Krizer as a flywheel explodes wrecking the dynamo and blowing out walls. Ten years ago Presbyterian Church membership rises in Nelsonville while a new law partnership Wood and Har forms in the prosecutor’s office. An air compressor installed at Hoving Valley Shops.
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Emmett Krizer
Nelsonville
Ohio U. Beats Cincinnati to Contend for Conference Crown
Ohio University defeats Cincinnati and rises from the so called dark horse class. Athens boasted Green and White as top contenders for the Onis Conference title. Sunday Creek Valley Goos Road Association formed at Glouster with L. R. Andrews president C. A. Daugherty secretary and H. H. Dulaney treasurer.
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Ohio University
Cincinnati
Ayers
Onis
Athens
Columbus News
Sunday Creek Valley Goos Road Association
Glouster
L. R. Andrews
C. A. Daugherty
H. H. Dulaney
Kopac Brothers Tell Wheat Tales From Capitol Visit
Three Nebraska wheat farmers, Emil John and Ed Kopac from Oshkosh and Hardin, recount profits and losses across 1400 and 6000 acre operations. Emil and John praise price land and machinery choices while Ed laments drought and politics, noting government aid and tariffs matter to farming profits.
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Rodney Dupcher
Washington
Kopac
Emil
John
Ed. Bis
Nebraska
Bohemia
Kopac Boya
California
Florida
New York
Feimil
Oshkosh
Neb
Hardin
Mont
Emmil
Montana
Nebraska Panhandle
United States
Farry
John Kopac
Fiil
Clear Commands for Kids and Disobedience Causes
The text argues disobedience stems from unclear orders and parental timing. It notes children misinterpret vague instructions, miss parts of commands, and multitask attention. It also says impulse and curiosity are natural, and only deliberate law breaking by parents would warrant critique.
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Locke
Public Forum on Snakes and Venomous Species
The writer shares experiences from a public forum on copperheads rattlers and poisons, noting injections into the skin, venom extraction for antidote use, and a zoo scene in severe winter weather. He recounts watching snakes vs rats in a pen, detailing how different snakes strike or constrict prey and the dangers observed.
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SMRS
Ponca City
Oklahoma
Arthur Brisbane
University of Arizona
Cincinnati
Zoo Garden
Fight in the Woods Sparks Morning Battle
An unclear recollection describes a dawn clash in the woods with two young figures reacting to an imaginary insult. The account ends with a draw as both parties stay tied without a clear victor. The narration references Millard F. Andrew in Gloucester Ohio dated January 2, 4931.
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Millard
Andrew
Glouster
Ohio
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