The Athens Messenger Publisher and Rates Notice
Page four of The Athens Messenger includes publisher credits Frederick W. Bush Gordon K. Bush and Charles H. Harris. It lists subscription rates by carrier mail and overseas service and notes postal classifications and national representation by New York Columbus and Cleveland offices.
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Frederick W. Bush
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Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
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Columbus
Cleveland
No New Order Needed for Postwar Prosperity
A leading Democrat argues leadership, voluntary cooperation, and an American way will drive postwar recovery. He warns against centralized plans or forced compliance and emphasizes private employment, industrial reconversion, and reducing government interference to rebuild the economy and avert another dole-era scarcity.
War Bond Reminder and Democratic Unity
The piece argues buying War Bonds fosters shared ownership and participation in the war effort. It warns against concentrating bonds with a few, which would reduce public tax relief and democracy. It contrasts this with Hitler’s attempt to bind people, claiming War Bonds strengthen unity and national purpose.
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Hitler
Four freedoms in prison quote ends in final freedom
A quotation from Frederick C. Crawford proclaims that prison grants four freedoms including prayer, speech, meals, and safety, framing jail as ultimate liberty from outside freedom despite the paradox.
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Frederick C. Crawford
Intimate Reflections Obscured by Inner Noise
Personal thoughts feel hard to express as inner turmoil or self-doubt blocks clarity. The struggle to articulate private meanings often leads to confusion and withheld feelings.
Army News Control Sparks Debate On Truth In War Coverage
The article criticizes a War Department pamphlet that guides informational officers to color and dose news sent to overseas soldiers. It questions uniformity, manipulation risks, and the impact on 7,000,000 soldiers, arguing for honest, complete reporting rather than controlled messaging.
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Washington
Associated Press
War Department
Senator Lodge
Stimson
Roosevelt
Lewis
Crearearte Gunn
Ten Roosevelt
Freedom of Informa
McNutt Outlines Postwar Labor Plans and Goals
War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt resumes public speaking detailing two years of agency actions. He cites closing 662 red light districts near camps and war plants, plus plans to train and place every veteran and recruit needed labor to meet wartime reduction programs.
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McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Mines and local notices in Chauncey and Coolville
An average of 12 mines operated daily in the Chauncey district last week. John McLaughlin won election as president of Coolville village council. Chester Miller, CWA administrator for Hocking County, ordered to reduce workers by 150. Rev. M S Rogers of Glouster Church of Christ preached farewell and will depart for Bloomsburg Pennsylvania. Mrs. Charles Eddy of Athens shared a Brown Bread recipe. Byron White, son of Mr and Mrs Fred White, Richland Avenue, marked his fifth birthday.
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Chauncey District
Chester Miller
CWA
Hocking County
M. S. Rogers
Church of Christ
Glouster
Bloomsburg, Pa
Byron White
Fred White
Richland Ave
Internees Accepted at Mt Sinai Cleveland Lab
Byron Danford son of Dr W G Danford Athens and W Hubert Hyde son of Dr J M Hyde Nelsonville were accepted as internes at Mt Sinai Hospital Cleveland. Five calves from Athens County Livestock Association sold for 16.50 per hundredweight in Pittsburgh. Athens County divorce rate rose 46 percent in fifty years with 352 marriages and 15 divorces in 1866 and 416 marriages and 29 divorces in 1922-23.
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Byron Danford
W. G. Danford
Athens
W. Hubert Hyde
J. M. Hyde
Nelsonville
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Cleveland
Athens County Livestock Association
Pittsburgh
Athens County
Court House
West Columbia News Notes Full of Local Homemaker Updates
West Columbia notes list visits and calls from Cpl Paul Stewart Lawrence Frances and Milton Knapp among others. Residents travel between Point Pleasant Mason City Pomeroy and Hartford with family and army contacts. A temporary bridge over the Scioto at Chillicothe enables Route 23 traffic resumption after a collapse.
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West Columbia
Paul Stewart
Lawrence Frances
Point Pleasant
Tuesy
May Fowler
Herman Kirbey
Arthur Kerwood
Fannie Frances
Mason City
Walter Carpenter
Milton Knapp
Virginia
Charles Neville
Harry Knapp
David van Matre
Ted Riley
Homer Roush
Hartford
Vica Foreman
Lawrence van Matre
Grace van Matre
Alva Matheny
Gladys Riley
Pat Riley
Jack Coleman
Pomeroy
Bill Cartwright
Mattie Cartwright
Sylvia
Hudson
Lawrence Coleman
New Haven
George Noble
Cheshire
Robert Noble
Ted Riley Jr
Stevie Sprouse
Blanche Armstrong
Fred Gibbs
Hoyt Furgeson
Hallwood
John Lietwiler
Eddie
U. S. Army
Norris Sims
Columbus
Hal G. Sours
Scioto River
Chillicothe
Old Red Town School Pupils and Teachers Recalled in Letters
The Messenger invites signed letters on current events. A reader recalls long‑gone Red Town near Carbondale with teachers Frank Sims William Sims Will Sleeper George Rutledge Winifred Lowry Janet Johnson and pupils Sadie Becker Jane Sheffield Allie Sheffield the Kennards Minnie Lizzie Charley Hattie Nettie Edward Mary Rivers-Annis Louisa Elmira Casabianha Otto Malones Henry Minnie Mary Gus McCoys Harley Blanche Leona Earnest Gertie Orlando Becklers Ben Paul Six-Doc Alva Lyvica Elmira George August Fridaymaker Cox Anna Nancy Deborah Fenzil Fred George Florence Baker John Emish Nannie Hayson Kit Jess Callahan Fretch McCoy Thomas Wilson Ida Wesley Nanna James Pete Hoak Wesley Six Ormsby Johnson. The writer notes teaching elsewhere in Carbondale Athens Nelsonville and Greene County and mentions family ties and ongoing work as of January 20.
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Red Board
Red Town
Carbondale
Frank Sims
William Sims
Will Sleeper
George Rutlege
Winifred Lowry
Janett Johnson
Sadie Beckler
Jane Sheffield
Allie Sheffield
the Kennards
Minnie
Lizzie Charley
Hattie
Nettie
Edward
Mary
Rivers
Annis
Louisa
Elmira
Casabianha
Otto
Malones
Henry
Gus
McCoy
Harley
Blanche
Leona
Earnest
Gertie
Orland
Becklers
Ben
Paul
Doc
Alva
Lyvica
George
August
Cox
Anna
Nancy
Nelsonville High School
Athens County
Greene County
Allie Zeiner
Allie
Sheffield
2Nd St. Xenia
Tuppers Plains News Notes
Local notices list visits and travels of residents including Fred E. Smith and Dana E. Hoffman Jr. and relatives in Washington Key West and North Carolina. Camp Wood and Wheeling trips are noted with family visits, plus Rose Garden Club meeting hosted by Hilda Stiles with talks by Ethel Arbaugh and prizes awarded.
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Tuppers Plains
Fred_ E. Smith
Whidley II
Washington
Annie White
Alice Dean
Dana Hoffman
Dana E. Hoffman Jr
Key West
Carl Matlack
MacKall
N.C
Velma Cassidy
Floyd Millhone
Clyde Millhone
Camp Wood
N. J
Joe Clare
McPhearson) Millhone
Bettie Jane Adams
Lowell
Lowell Matlack
Leonardsburg
Frank Shirkey
Kremmling
Colorado
Carrie Degraw
Denver
Shirkey
H. T. Dotson
Wheeling
Edward White
Bellaire
Dotson
Alice Dotson
Hilda Stiles
Rose Garden Club
Ethel Arbaugh
Charles Betzing
Sultana
L. L. Keller
Doris Davis
Every Man a Priest Fraternity Proposal In New York
Dr Gideon Planish visits Carlyle Vesper and Miss Ramona Tundra as they back a new religious scheme called the Every Man a Priest Fraternity. Planish discovers limited funds, vague aims, and a plan to install Planish as Director General while Vesper is kept on as impractical dreamer. Mrs Piggott and Miss Tundra push to fund and install leadership.
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Senator Bultitude
Dr. Planish
Carlyle Vesper
Crayon Club
Vesper
John James Piggott
Silver Mine and International Railroad
Ramona Tundra
Cardinal Newman
Jesus Christ
Gideon
43Rd Street
New York
Association
Captain Gishorn
Albert Jalenak
Piggott
Madison Avenue
Answers and Admirals and Stamps in History
Questions cover Farragut as first U S Navy admiral. Poland stamps lead sales at 637 949. Songs Put Your Arms Around Me Honey and Paper Doll first published 1910 and 1916. Blond American Indians Mandans linked to Norse descent. smallpox nearly wiped tribe in 1870s. French state postal system earliest as 1464.
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France
Corning Social Notes Preview PTA Programs and Local Visits
Corning reports a PTA meeting program approved by the school board to offer a series of community chances in the auditorium, plus a salvage drive for tin and waste paper. Social items note Pinochle Club hosts and prizes, travels of residents to Zanesville Columbus West Virginia and Tennessee, and upcoming lodge meetings in January and February.
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Zanesville
John Booth
Beryl
West Virginia
James Jenkins
Columbus
Richard Stallings
Broadwell Family Receives Newborn Son Gaysford Wesley
Mr. and Mrs mon Layton announce the birth of an 8 pound son on January 14 named Gays ford Wesley. Nearby visitors include the Vandyke and Young families from Albany Ames and James, with other relatives from Amesville and Marietta visiting over the weekend. Simon Layton discharges from US Navy due to disability and returns home.
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Oadwell
Mon Layton
Gaysford Wesley
Ook Vandyke
Arthur Vandyke
Allison Vandyke
Albany
Wells Vandykt
Lelia
New England
Perley Keirns
Charlotte
Ames
John Young
Lotte
Evalina Brill
Everett Starling
Hermon
Fennie 5
Ling
Amesville
Simon Layton
U. S. Navy
Don Harris
Westland
Frank Parsons
James
Lyle White
Wayne
Mildred Parsons
Warren
Geral Parsons
Marietta
Charlotte Keirns
Alville
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West Columbia News Notes
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By Galbraith
Joneses
David G. Farragut
Poland
Corning Social Notes
Corning Masonic Lodge
Maxine Stickhorn
Loretta Flowers
Pfe
Thomas Charlton
Nashville
Tenn
Fort Jackson
S. C
Ralph Hardy
St. Bernard Altar Society
Gladie Morgan
New Lexington
Pocahontas Lodge
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George Verfers
Pacific Area
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Grace Hoffman
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