The Athens Messenger History and Circulation Details
The Athens Messenger lists editors and publishers for 1896 and notes weekly weekday editions and a Sunday morning issue. It describes its regional coverage of five counties in Southeastern Ohio and lists memberships, offices, and subscription rates including carrier and mail prices.
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Prederice W. Bush
Athens Messenger
Werald Prin
Gordon K. Bush
Charles 8. Harris
Ohio
Athens-Nelsonville
Glouster Logan
Western Trails Marked by Bones Then by Junked Cars
The piece notes how old western routes were once signposted by bleaching skulls of cattle and horses, a stark symbol of peril and endurance. It contrasts that brutal past with today’s safe highways where abandoned vehicles replace bones, signaling a vast, historic conquest in American travel.
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Great Plains
Old West
Harper's Bazaar
West
Oregon
California
Great Salt Lake
Nevada
Kansas City
Albuquerque
Omaha
San Francisco
Billions for Road Work Across Nations in 1931
The Automotive Division of the Federal Bureau projects at least 3 billion dollars spent on roads worldwide in 1931. Nations use highway construction as unemployment relief, with budgets rising since 1929 and US expenditure seen near 2 billion for the year.
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Automotive
Federal Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
India
Asia
United States
Gasoline Tax Burden On Motorists Cited By Writer
A newspaper writer notes the typical American motorist pays at least $18 yearly in gasoline taxes. If collected as a lump sum motorists would resist, yet the levy is hidden as about four cents per gallon, roughly 25 percent. The piece argues such a heavy tax on a daily commodity would provoke public anger if applied to other goods.
Mighty Strong Boxes Guard Manhattan Wealth In Modern Vaults
Manhattan vaults resemble medieval fortresses with modern automation. Irving Trust on Lower Wall Street features 80 foot deep walls, steel-crete construction, time-locked doors, and copper plating. Alarms spread instantly via bells, whistles, microphones, and radio tech, ensuring swift alert without a visible army.
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Manhattan
New York
Irving Trust
Jower Wall Street
Crete
Bible Word Selah Explored In Reader Q&A
In a reader service from Athens Messenger Information Bureau the questions cover Selah meaning with possible musical rest reverence or Hallelujah. Other items explain U S Haiti treaty occupation until 1936, and notes on solar noon vs clock noon and Dutch low Germans origin and presidential command in peace.
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United States
Department of State
Haiti
Naval Observatory
Netherlands
North Sea
Army
Navy
More Truth Than Poetry An OvERRATED BIRD
The poem casts the owl as overrated and foolish for staying home in cold weather while other birds migrate. It contrasts the owl's supposed wisdom with its reluctance to fly to warmer climates and spend sunny days elsewhere. The speaker mocks the owl as a gol-darned fool for choosing gloom over outdoor warmth.
Gasoline tax seen as fair for road building yet maintenance costs disputed
The article argues motorists willingly fund road construction through the gasoline tax but warns against diverting fuel revenues to unrelated state budgets. It contends drivers should pay for pavements they ride on while resisting tax increases or redistribution that burden maintenance costs.
Hoover open mind on amendment revision sparks cap talk
A Washington analysis views President Hoover as maintaining an open mind on the 18th Amendment revision. The piece traces past presidents misread on terms and probes whether Hoover will back a new form or let Congress decide, with Democrats likely to be wet in 1932.
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Mr. Willson
Mr. Harding
League of Nations
Coohdse
Mr. Hoover
Prohibition
Congress
Washington
Hoover
White House
Wickersham Commission
Jess
Lost prodigal dog Bobbie returns to Silverton after 3000 mile journey
A Scotch collie named Bobbie owned by C Brazier of Silverton Oregon wandered from Walcott Indiana in August 1923. He reappeared February 16 1924 at the Reo Cafe in Silverton footsore from his long trek. Memorial plans arose after the famous dog’s death several years later. In Portland 1930 amateur billiards Hurwitz tied Rosenfeld at 108 in 36th inning and Rosenfeld won on 37th inning making a 2.99 per inning average while Hurwitz posted 3.00.
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Bobbie
C. Brazier
Silverton
Oregon
Walcott
Indiana
Brazier
Bobble
Reo Cafe
Portland
Hurwitz
W. Rosenfeld
Rosenfeld
Hurwitt
Rialto H Billiard Tailors
Women’s domestic talents review from farm program
Washington notes Extension Service findings on farm women improving foods and nutrition, clothing, home management, health and sanitation. Budgeting and budgeting goals, new term buymanship, and cooking reforms reflect shifts in rural domestic practice.
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Prederiic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Extension Service
United States Department of Agriculture
The Athens Messenger Interior Decorating Booklet
The newspaper promotes a new booklet on interior decorating detailing room layouts for six rooms and an apartment. It covers living and dining rooms halls kitchens bedrooms for various residents, color schemes period furniture rugs pictures draperies and related items to make a home artistic and livable. Send for a copy before the first edition sells out using the coupon.
Interior Decorating Booklet Enclosed with Ten Cents
A note from the Athens Messenger Information Bureau directs sending ten cents for a copy of an Interior Decorating booklet. It lists Frederic J. Haskin as director in Washington and asks for name street city state.
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Washington
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Athens Meassenger
Washington, Dpd. C
Evidence in murder trial on Morongo Reservation
Prohibition officers raid a Morongo Indian dwelling during a ceremonial period of meditation for departed relatives. Witnesses say two agents kicked in the door with pistols drawn and without a search warrant, amid claims Indians sometimes use liquor in religious services.
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Morongo
Indian youth testifies in Olsen murder case
A 19 year old Indian boy Charlie Hyde testified that Oscar E Olsen a dry agent pursued him with a pistol and flashlight while he ran Hyde shot Olsen and killed him as his Indian mother tried to intervene between the men.
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Charlie Hyde
Oscar E. Olsen
Hyde
Indians and liquor in religious ceremonies debated in court
Lawyers argued that prohibitions on liquor would unfairly restrict Indians when Protestants Catholics and Jews may obtain liquor for religious rites. They claimed the white man’s Supreme Being uses alcohol in ceremony and questioned if Indians’ Supreme Being would be denied the same need.
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Honorable Court
Equal respect for all religions under the Constitution
The text argues that no religion should face unequal treatment or discrimination when liquor laws are involved. It emphasizes that all religions and gods deserve equal standing and full respect, and that actions like breaking doors require warrants and self defense principles to guide enforcement.
Cuban Press Suspended in Political Urgency
In Cuba several newspapers including Elmundo of Havana are prohibited from publishing. The columnist laments the loss of an intellectual Cuban audience and urges authorities to abandon suppression as a means of maintaining power.
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Cuba
Elmundo
Havana
Press freedom cited as safeguard against censorship
The Enlightened constitution of Guba bans it and Spain’s 1870 press ban has been repealed. The piece argues freedom of the press is vital, comparing its absence to danger seen in Russia and elsewhere, noting the Czar and Bolsheviks forbade it and will regret it.
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Guba
Spain
Russia
Bolshevisky
Wise men and women seek home enlightenment in New York
A fragment notes Wise men and women pursue home enlightenment in New York, reflecting a social or cultural focus. The snippet provides limited detail on events, groups, or dates, but hints at urban interest in domestic improvement or reform ideas in a metropolitan setting.
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John W. Cullen Company
South Michigan Ave
Chicago
Fifth Ave
New York
General Motors Bidg
Detroit
Jersey City Opens First Real Children’s Moving Picture Theater
Harold Sheridan leads the launch of a 1,185 seat Spanish style children's cinema in Jersey City aimed at fitting showings between school hours. A community board selects family oriented films while parental support and public funding are key to its viability and wider replication.
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Jersey City
N. J
Farm Wages Fall in Ohio but Remain High vs Prices
Ohio Farm Bureau research director J. West reports farm wages down 21 points in four months, yet still high relative to farm product prices. Ohio averages $1.80 with board and $2.85 daily without board, with labor supply in excess of demand. Retail food prices show a general decline through 1930, led by drops in coffee, sugar, flour, eggs, cheese, poultry, butter, and cheaper meat cuts.
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Columbus
J. West
Ohio Farm Bureau
Ohio
United States
South Atlantic
South Central States
North Atlantic States
North Central
Moving pictures aid education say education leaders
Educators declare moving pictures teach as books do, a claim supported by Professor Osborne of the Museum of Natural History. The article notes that humans have learned through vision for tens of millions of years and that animals historically relied on sight and hearing to acquire knowledge.
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Osborne
Museum of Natural History
Childrens learning through pictures over books says Lincoln quote
A remark emphasizes that visual images leave lasting impressions on children, arguing that pictures teach faster than extensive reading. It contrasts the impact of what a child sees with what he reads or hears, implying pictures convey lessons efficiently.
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Lie
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Paris
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Harold Sheridan
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