Athens Messenger details and subscription rates
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co publishes weekday afternoons with a Sunday morning edition. It covers Athens Nelsonville Glouster Logan Pomero y Middleport Coolville and surrounding communities. Subscription: 15 cents weekly, yearly mail rate $4.50, ten weeks $1.00, four weeks 50 cents.
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Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
Athens Senger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
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Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Logan
Pomeroy
Middleport
Coolville
Gallipolis
Real Enterprise Among Hocking County Farmers
The article praises Hocking County farmers led by their farm agent for pursuing a home industry project to market handmade goods to tourists. It urges mountain Ohioans to capitalize on local traditions and scenery to generate income as visitors to the cave region increase.
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Hocking County
Ohio Hills
Ohio
Fairness in Ohio highway assess ments for farmers and landowners
Ohio officials seek gasoline funds to reduce assessments on farmers for state highways built years ago. The piece argues landowners along urban and rural roads bear unfair costs, urging relief and equitable sharing of highway costs beyond abutting property.
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Ohio
Thoreau Would Back Simpler Life In Modern Towns
In Meigs County discussions with several residents reveal a shift away from speed and noise. People favor a simpler life with less mass production and mass thinking, echoing Thoreau’s ideal of happiness over material gain. An international visitor praised rural living with a garden, livestock, and smoke house.
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Thoreau
South Seas
Meigs County
The Pioneer Period Ends and America Transforms
A commentary on migration trends showing fewer arrivals than emigrants for the first time, signaling a temporary end to the pioneer era. The piece anticipates lasting social and economic shifts, noting harder class lines, less boom, and a redefined national mood amid cultural observations.
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America
Land of Promise
United States
Washington
New Orleans
Economist
Probes of Summer Will Be Limited
Washington notes that congressional investigations will be limited this summer with few large slush funds. Senate committees led by Couzens and Howell will pursue loans from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and income tax handling, while House panels examine campaign expenditures and postal, tax, and competition issues.
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Congress
Congressional
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
James Couzens
Michigan
Senate
Charles G. Dawes
Central Republic Bank & Trust Company of
Chicago
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Couzens
John N. Garner
Treasury
R. B Howell
Nebraska
Federal Farm Board
McNary
Oregon
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Norbeck
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
Internal Revenue Bureau
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Cleveland
District of Columbia
Citizens Military Training Camp evacuees from six counties
About 50 men from Athens, Vinton, Perry, Gallia, Hocking and Meigs Counties will leave late July for Camp Knox Kentucky with government transport and subsistence provided. Miss Jeannette Dew and Mr Warren F Clements plan to marry August 28. Also notes a luncheon hosted by Mrs F L Preston. Frank Logan of Ocala Florida visited family in Athens. County auditor reports 5189.42 dollars from 102 cigaret dealers in the past year.
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Vinton
Perry
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Citizens
Camp Knox
Jeannette Dew
Warren F. Clements
F. L. Preston
Athens County
Boy Scouts
Muskingum River
Gallipolis School Leaders Lead Ohio Conference
Supt. H E Conrad of Gallipolis schools chaired the fourth Schoolmasters Conference at Ohio University with critique of high schools. Supt. B O Skinner and S K Mardis from the state school commissioner's office participated.
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H. E. Conrad
Gallipolis
Ohio University
B. O. Skinner
S. K. Mardis
Thrilling tales and treasure myths in old prose
A reader admires whale hunts and buried treasure while preferring safety. He enjoys adventure stories about crooks yet avoids real peril, noting hot weather and health quirks as unusual distractions in a fragment resembling a poetry prose mix.
Giant of Nova Scotia and Coffee Decoction Explained
This column outlines Angus McAskill the Cape Breton Giant born in 1829 who stood 7 feet 9 inches and weighed over 500 pounds, famed for lifting a 2700 pound anchor. It also clarifies that percolation describes extraction by dissolving liquids, while decoction applies to boiling, as in coffee. Tomorrow teases Slept In the Same Bed For 100 Years.
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Angus McAskill
Lewis
Hebrides
Great Britain
Cape Breton
Nova Scotia
America
Europe
United States
Messenger Public Forum Editor's Note
The Messenger presents a public forum note explaining that unsigned letters cannot be published unless the writer is known to the paper. It notes that the writer's name need not appear with the letter but must be known to The Messenger. Opinions reflect contributors, not the newspaper.
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WE NEGLECT OUR OWN
The Messenger laments Athens County youth neglect while praising Boy and Girl Scout camps and urging local charity. It urges awards to send rural children to camps, noting many adults overlook home youth compared with distant missions.
Quill: Warning to UMWA leaders over Hocking operators call
The Messenger editorial denounces the alleged UMWA (West Virginia origins) leaders pressing Hocking field operators to meet and adjust a wage scale. It calls their protests violent, urges loyalty to Governor White, and suggests they migrate to Mexico as insurrection is condemned. July 19, Glouster.
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Hockingfield
White
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Mexico
SIDE GLANCES By George Clark a ny agreement
The snippet shows a column caption by George Clark and a faded line about an agreement. No clear names, dates, or events are readable to form a full card with concrete facts.
Rocking Method Tied to Prisoner Death Claims
The 20 year old Hyman Stark was killed during third degree police restraint on Long Island. A second in command allegedly placed a foot on his stomach and neck and rocked while pressuring a confession, while rubber hose beating was used to stress the persuasion. Doctors testified to the larynx injury from the beating. North papers note similar horror from Florida convict camps.
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Hyman Stark
Long Island
North
Florida
Not Long Ago New York City Took Over Street Car Firms
A fragmentary column recalls a time when New Yorks private street car companies faced city control proposals. The piece hints at shifting powers and public policy debates surrounding transit franchising and municipal ownership.
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New York
Altex
Coal Oil Poisoning Risks In Children And Adults
Dr. Morris Fishbein discusses four pediatric coal oil kerosene cases, including a fatal 11 month old white boy who died from terminal pneumonia after ingestion. Symptoms begin with throat burning and vomiting, with possible blue skin and unconsciousness if absorbed. In adults long exposure can cause a mild naptha-like intoxication. no antidote exists. Treatment focuses on stomach evacuation, supportive care, and blood transfusion only as a last resort.
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Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Af Hygeia
Health
Julian P. Price
About Your Children BEGINS EARLY
A mother and son discuss respectful language and gender, noting slang like Jane for girl and misogynist as a warning against treating women as inferior. The child learns boys and girls should be courteous and avoid sex snobbery as they grow.
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Bobby
Gloom on private ownership and railroads in rough political era
The piece argues private ownership falters when unprofitable and favors public ownership of streetcars railways and subways to relieve high finance. It notes government ownership may be considered and mentions Dr Blumgarten Garner and Senator Borah as political voices shaping the debate with a nationwide radio broadcast next Saturday.
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Our Republic
A. 8. Blumgarten
West
Senator Borah
Idaho
Senator Borah Speaks Out On Roosevelt And Hoover
Throughout the campaign Senator Borah plans to tell voters his views on Roosevelt and Hoover. He has withheld remarks from Republican leaders while formulating his position.
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Senator Borah
Roosevelt
Hoover
Voter Endorses Currency Increase Appeal
A voter favors increasing currency supply while financiers oppose it. The support hinges on how the De Party positions its stance and the emphasis on monetary expansion to win over the electorate.
Labor's stance shapes looming presidential contest
The federation says union officials and workers must consider the broader public impact as tens of millions, including wives and daughters, face political choices. The executive committee signals opposition to both pay forms amid upcoming elections.
Turmoil in Germany and China Reported Amid World Tension
Fragmented account notes fighting and political strife in Germany with 15 killed, while in China 10 people die amid claims of disease and political tension. The report hints at public indifference of authorities toward both events and references Reds and Nazis in Germany.
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Germany
China
Tr Democratic Party
Impartia Reds
Littl
Hotel men's group backs end of prohibition stance
Arthur L. Race of the American Hotel Association committee says the Hotel Men's Association did not declare for Hoover or for any party but supports an end to prohibition. The group, spanning hotels clubs and allied interests, aims to influence the Democratic ticket without partisanship.
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Arthur L. Race
Thecan
Hoover
Res Club
Tion
Horoscopes for Friday July 2 from The Stars Say
Genevieve Kembday notes a day of favorable alignments and recognitions from authorities. Caution against impulsive methods. private contact favored. Those born on this day may gain advance favors or a sudden change, with resourceful but impulsive traits.
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Genevieve Kemb
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Tee
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