Athens Messenger Background and circulation notes
The Athens Messenger established 1825 details publisher Gordon K Bish and managing editor Charles H Harris note its wide regional reach in Ohio including Athens Nelsonville Glouster Pomeroy Middleport Coolville Gallipolis and surrounding communities. Subscription rates listed several options with weekly and monthly prices.
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Real spirit lifts Athens County mail carriers through tough times
The Athens County Rural Letter Carriers Association met and urged sacrifice over the wage cut, praising a calmer, courteous response to patrons. Postal Inspector Casey urged carriers to listen to complaints and deliver their best service, aiming to restore optimism and speed recovery as farm conditions rise and the economy improves.
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Athens County
Casey
Road Remedies for Modern Highway Needs and Costs
The piece argues against more haphazard widenings of old turnpikes and calls for new highway routes designed for current traffic, stressing safety, convenience, and property values. It notes billions spent without a coherent system and urges understanding programs’ local impacts and broad applicable principles.
Athens Ohio Should Issue Relief Bonds For City Repairs
The author argues towns like Athens should issue state relief bonds to fund long overdue city repairs. Flooded streets, washed lots, fallen trees, and unsafe corners burden residents. hiring via surveyed projects would create jobs, improve infrastructure, and retire the debt when work pays for itself.
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Athens
Ohio
Hog prices rise signal end of long wholesale decline
The article argues wholesale commodity prices may be turning up with hogs leading the rally. It cites a $2 per hundred pound rise in hog prices, added farm wealth, and improving cattle, beef, cotton, corn, and wheat markets. It notes past false starts and says June tends to bring price upturns.
Thoughts on today and the era of money in hard times
A writer compares a 1932 girl to modern sisters and notes money stretches less in today’s depression era while it once went farther and lingered longer. The piece uses biblical reference Ecclesiastes to frame prudence and restraint.
Garner as Speaker Drives Democratic Vice Presidential Speculation
Washington observers describe Speaker Jack Garner as a colorful force in the Hoover era politics, with strong opposition to the Hoover administration. He seeks the vice presidency primarily to aid the party, though he values the speakership and has no deal with Rayburn on delegate release. Roosevelt’s support appears pivotal in Garner’s nomination chances.
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Jack Garner
United States
Charlie Curtis
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Chicago
Sam Rayburn
Texas
California
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William Randolph Hearst
W. G. McAdoo
Roosevelt
Rayburn
Obstruction of the Bowels From Food and Anatomy
Dr. Morris Fishbein reviews sudden complete bowel obstruction causes. He notes anatomical changes, infections, tumors, or bulky foods like cherry stones and popcorn can trigger blockages. X rays aid diagnosis and timely treatment, including bowel washout, to prevent death.
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Albert H. Elliott
Mid month business picture from Cleveland Trust report
The mid month review shows coal and railroad strikes as the main barriers to a robust business recovery. Germany pays a fifty million gold marks indemnity installment, with a warning that payment will hurt its finances. Junior Scouts of Athens conclude a week long camp on the Hocking River.
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Germany
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Hocking River
Harmony
W. G. Silvas
Donald Addicott
Daily Messenger launches fly extermination contest in Athens
The Daily Messenger announces a fly extermination contest to help make Athens flyless with a $25 cash prize. The items note killings by lightning near Jackson ville, a bookstore purchase forming The Athens Book and News Company, and Ohio University enrollment passing 1000 as a prophecy fulfillment. A delay to a band concert is due to a Masonic Temple religious meeting.
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Truth and Poetry The Writer and the Bottle
A satirical essay warns that alcohol does not fuel lasting artistry. It cites Ben Johnson and Omar Khayyam as counterexamples, argues that writers flourish by discipline, and criticizes the idea that drink guarantees fame. Concerns about crime and political quips appear in a disjointed postscript.
Breath-Taking Extravagance and Young Pitt in History
The text highlights Prince Eszterhazy as Europe’s wealthiest noble with vast estates and a vivid career as a diplomat and courtier. It then outlines William Pitt’s rise to power in the early English Parliament and his long tenure as Prime Minister, noting his youth and authority. Tomorrow: The Skyscrapers of the Desert.
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Forchtenstein
Europe
Saxony
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Rome
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Eszterhazy
William Pitt
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Shelburne
Treasury
Pitt
Desert
Public Forum Letter on Prohibition Sentiment 1932
An unsigned public forum note discusses the Literary Digest poll showing dry sentiment among states. It reflects contributor opinions and cautions that letters may be published only if the writer is known to The Messenger. Dated July 8 1932 from Athens Ohio.
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Trees on College Street Alarm Athens Citizens
A July 11 1932 Athens Ohio letter warns that many old maples along streets are hollow and unsafe after recent storms. It urges city and property owners to hire a tree expert, trim or remove hazardous trees, and improve street safety margins.
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Athens
College Street
Athens Worker Calls Busybody Civic Groups Short on Help
In a July 9 1932 letter from Athens Ohio the Athens Worker laments city neglects local needs while citizens fund welfare groups abroad and ignore youth poverty and humanity. The writer criticizes lack of community spirit and says state money flows to the university instead of helping locals.
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Athens
Orient
Europe
Gallipolis
Marietta
Anti Straw Vote Editorial Cites Dry Voter Apathy
The Messenger criticizes the Democratic platform as losing votes after a Literary Digest poll. Dr. Richard C. Cabot analyzes figures showing under four million wet votes returned from more than twenty million ballots mailed. Dry voters largely did not return ballots on repealing Prohibition. only about sixteen percent returned wet ballots, mostly from big city states.
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Democratic Party
Richard C. Cabot
Literary Digest
Germany Bears Lighter Aftermath of War Debts
The passage notes Europe’s mood lifting while war troubles echo in the United States. It reports the Young Plan dead under the pew settlement, lifting a debt load of 34.8 billion gold marks to run to 1968. Germany reportedly will pay under 1 billion in 35 years as Von Papen speaks for its end.
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Declaration on Debts Beer and Inflation in Campaign Voices
The piece rails at the coming campaign stances on foreign debt and beer, contrasting calls for prohibition with inflation fears. It argues Republicans seek beer for revenue and mocks Senator Borah for opposing alcohol while favoring money supply expansion. It notes easy credit for speculation but scarce, costly credit for industry, blaming the system and praising scientific progress.
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Home Cook Linda Makes Pies Fast In 15 Minutes
Linda explains a simple method to bake a hot pie in 15 minutes by preparing a shell in advance. She freezes multiple shells in a tight pie closet and assembles pies later with a basic crust of flour salt shortening and cold water. This old fashioned prep habit speeds weekly desserts.
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Linda
Quick Pie Shells From Simple Dough and Crumbs
Home Kitchen describes a lean pie crust method using a dough layer that tilts over a greased pie plate with dried beans to prevent bulging, baked hot for about 15 minutes. It notes ready baked fillings as alternatives and suggests crumb mixtures as a second crust option.
Warn Parents About Dangers of Fireworks this Fourth
A posthumous column urges caution as fireworks injure and kill many children yearly. The author recalls accidents from explosive crackers and pins the blame on uninformed gifting. He calls for permits and stricter laws to curb promiscuous sales and protect young eyes and hands.
Vaccine progress links typhus fight to smallpox methods
A description explains creating a typhus vaccine by grinding fleas from rats and injecting into guinea pigs, then using the guinea pig vaccine in humans to train white blood cells. It notes photographs magnify blood cells to study leukemia, a deadly disease caused by abnormal cells called haploids.
Harvard Confers 2205 Degrees With Notables in Summa Line
Harvard awarded 2,205 degrees this year including 693 to its undergraduates. Summa cum laude graduates named Moses Abramowitz John D Applebaum James Wallerstein and James Sloss. The piece notes graduates face a tough job market and shifts in social status after college.
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Moses Abramowitz
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John D. Applebaum
New York
James Wallerstein
White Plains
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James Sloss
Elkins Park
Glorifying Yourself in a Dusky East in a Poetic Frame
Fragmentary OCR text presents a line about glorifying oneself and imagining life in an eastern setting. No clear persons, events, organizations, or places are identifiable. The readable fragment hints at a contemplative or lyrical exercise rather than a concrete news item.
Skin care tips for clear, healthy complexions
The article advises women to improve their skin as a background for beauty. It covers oil balance with gentle astringents, washing with mild soap, cold water pore closing, and careful use of cleansing tools. It also discusses blackhead removal, avoiding irritation, medical advice for blemishes, and overall wellness.
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