Athens Messenger front matter and publishing details
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co lists editors and publishers Gordon K. Bush and Charles H. Harris. It notes circulation affiliations, national reps, and advertising contacts. Subscriptions are detailed by carrier and mail, with regional rates for Athens and surrounding counties.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charles H. Harris
Renewal and vigilance on Independence Day
A reflection on the 163rd anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The piece urges defending the Bill of Rights and free speech, citing Jefferson and the need for eternal vigilance as the price of liberty, urging renewed pledge of independence every July 4.
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Thomas Jefferson
United States
Jefferson
Hitler era traffic safety limits smoking while driving
The article notes a German regulation by Gen. Kurt Daluege banning smoking while driving, reflecting a push for safety over personal liberty. It contrasts German restraint with the imagined American driver who multitasks.
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Kurt Daluege
Germany
Hitlerland
Mother's Eye Warns Against Overcontrol of Children's Diets
A Illinois investigator reports children select their own foods from a tray, thriving on chosen diets that resemble parental picks. The piece notes the morale impact on conscientious mothers and questions how far caregivers will follow such findings while still enforcing spinach and table manners.
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Illinois
Little Willie
Rich Dog’s Day and Alabama Trust for Pets
In Opelika Alabama two dogs Minnie and Willie inherit a $500 trust from their late owner with $15 monthly for dog delicacies. They reportedly bit Sallie Sanford who sued to recover the $500 as damages.
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Opelika
Ala
Minnie
Willie
Sallie Sanford
Sally
Bruce Catton Surveys Washington Scene
Bruce Catton analyzes congressional tactics during a critical 1930s impasse over the WPA funding and a monetary devaluation bill. He notes Republican obstructive moves and Democratic procedural tricks that squandered time, leaving the monetary measure dead in the Senate and the WPA bill passing in time.
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Bruce Catton
Washington
Federal Lands Make Up Fifth of Total Area
Washington reports federal properties cover over 400 million acres or about one fifth of the continental United States. Interior and Agriculture departments hold most lands while Nevada and other Western states show high percentages of federal ownership. The valuation on tax purposes tops several billions with urban land nearly negligible.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Continental
United States
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
Interior and Agriculture Departments
War Department
Navy Department
Post Office Department
Labor Department
National Forest Service
Agriculture Department
Interior Department
Far West
Nevada
Arizona
Utah
Idaho
Oregon
Agriculture
Post Office
Navy
Russia
Lion loses watchdog job at poultry farm
A lion ceased serving as a farm watchdog due to poor performance and fondness for poultry. A Wyoming dentist’s wife studies dentistry to free him for fishing, with bets on her greater success. The text recalls medieval trials of rats and wolves and ends with a dog having his day in court.
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Wyoming
Bamn Dock
Radio quiz and science Q A from safety and physics
A Q and A page from Fogigh covers radio interference from touching a metal floor lamp causing a change in RF intensity. It explains need for good antenna ground and a line noise filter. Additional Q A address auto grade ascent limits, delinquency ages, Americas area, and Alaska travel routes.
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National Radio Institute
North
South America
Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Alaskan
Public Forum letter questions relief office fraud in Athens County
The writer alleges misuse of relief rolls by Athens County workers including a man using an assumed name linked to Mr Howard Coty. The letter complains of WPA and pension recipients with multiple employed family members and urges cleaning out the relief office. Dated Buchtel June 30. Signed ALICE M. SMITH.
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Joe Martin
House
the Messenger
Sawyers Station
Messenger
Howard Coty
Mr. Coty
Athens County
Jones
WPA
Nelsonville
Health Tips On Fruits In Diet And Storage
Fresh fruits are a valuable vitamin C source and provide carotene. Oranges lemons grapefruits and limes are richest in vitamin C while yellow fruits supply pro vitamin A. Fruits offer sugar but little fat except olives avocado pears. Calories vary. olives 30 per ounce and avocados 300–500 per fruit. Dried and canned fruits adjust sugar and carbs. cooked fruit softens fiber aiding digestion. Wash fruit to remove pesticides. apples three plums prunes watermelon slice cantaloupe caloric comparisons show 100 calories per item aiding reducing diets.
MILLION-DOLLAR-SMILE A. L. Snedden Poem
Poet's Corner reflects on the value of a cheerful million dollar smile amid life's weary miles. The piece praises a sunny expression as a soothing virtue, contrasts it with sour faces, and urges kindness to gain friends in a world of fraud and hustle. Athens Ohio address noted.
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A. L. Snedden
Athens
Rt. 1
Hornets Haunt Royalton House Chapter XI
In Royalton, J Pemberton Ganning wakes to a night of disturbances. Ronald Peyton reports hornets in his room while Wilfrid bursts in with a menacing banjo. Barbara and Mrs Ganning react as the trio confront chaos and a shifting midnight terror.
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Royalton
Augustus Herring
Barbara Ganning
Ronald
Wilfred
Barbara
Mr. Ganning
J. Pemberton Ganning
Mr.Ganning
J. Pemberton
Pemberton
Mrs. Ganning
Ronald Peyton
Ron
Wilfrid
Satan
Mansion House Rumpus Ends With Demand For Explanation
Edwin Rutt 1930 scene opens with Wilfrid bursting into the upper hall and shouting for news. J Pemberton Ganning demands what is happening as Mrs Ganning tries to quiet Ronald. Wilfrid explains the disturbance as something that moved, leaving the rest to be concluded.
Ohio State Law School grads and Athens High seniors named
Lawrence Worstell graduated from Ohio State University Law School. Glen O Gillette Nelle Slye Warner and Mayme Virginia H Johnston earned masters of arts degrees. Athens High School lists numerous graduates including Paul Antoinette Lee Beasley Carl Beery Janet Bing Virginia Brannon and many others.
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Lawrence Worstell
Ohio State University Law School
Glen O. Gillette
Nelle Slye Warner
Mayme Virginia H. Johnston
Athens High School
Paul Antoinette
Lee Beasley
Carl Beery
Janet Bing
Virginia Brannon
Mable’ Bowles
Raymond Carmichael
Blanche Cassels
Rosalie Coffey
Ruth Cone
William Cooper
Rhoda Cowan
Thelma Cox
Cledythe Cranmer
Virgil Cross
Mabel Croy
Ramah Davis
Dwight Gaskill
John Gift
Addie Guthrie
Russell Hall
Lorena Hartley
Edward Hixon
Miledred Holmes
Selah Holland
Hareriet Jacoby
Fred James
Hotsis Shafer
Pauline Schuler
Audrey Shamel
Cecilia Sheridan
John Sheridan
Rex Smedley
Ellen Stokoe
Nelle Stout
William Strickland
Arthur Scott
Jack Swanson
Dan Swift
Rachel Syx
Mary B. Taylor
Luther Uldrich
Aldena Tewksbury
Florence Vorhes
Eldridge Whipple
Dorothy Wilson
Mildred Wilson
Arthur McCoy
Anna F. Gold
Bernard Matheny
Edna Sprague Weds Thomas J. Tully in New Orleans
Edna Sprague, daughter of Mr and Mrs B Sprague, married Thomas J. Tully in New Orleans Louisiana. The bride, an Ohio University graduate and Chi Omega member, served in the naval reserve in Norfolk Virginia. Tully was a construction inspector with the Navy Department of Engineering in Norfolk.
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B. P.sprague
Edna
Thomas J. Tully
New Orleans
Ohio University
Chi Omega
Naval Reserve Force
Norfolk
Tully
Navy Department of Engineering
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Rayburn
By Fred Bailey
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