Newspaper Association member listing and advert rates
Member of the American Newspaper Publishers Association and several regional press groups. National representation by John W. Cullen Company with offices in Chicago New York Detroit Cleveland. Advertising rates available on request at home or foreign offices. Obituary and card of banks incur nominal charges. Entered at Athens Post Office as second class matter under 1918 act.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
United Press National Representatives
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens Post Office
Roosevelt Praises Move Against Price Fixing in Commerce
The piece commends President Roosevelt for thwarting the Miller-Tydings bill which would bind price maintenance across states. It argues legalized price fixing harms consumers by forcing uniform markups and higher retail prices, urging states to reject laws that hinder honest competition in manufacturing and retailing.
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Roosevelt
Efforts Rise to Clean Polluted Streams and Restore Uses
Reports praise mine sealing progress and public hope for streams fit for farming and recreation. Yet official data show pollution still burdens key waterways and erosion muddies waters, reducing fish and clogging channels. Achieving restoration will require solving several substantial problems and widening public interest.
We must not kill the goose that lays the golden egg
A prominent lawmaker in a radio address argues against stripping profits, urging that taxes fund government. The speaker compares individual enterprise to a corporation, warning that removing all surplus through taxes would dry up government income and end prosperity.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Zebra Pulls Milk Wagon Through St. Louis Streets
A St. Louis milk route wagon is pulled by a zebra, creating a camouflaged moving target that tests the aim of alarm clock tossers as they attempt to hit a moving, striped driver.
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St. Louis
Erratic market agitates wheat in Chicago report
The Chicago market notes volatility in wheat pricing. Analysts warn of continued fluctuations affecting farmers and traders while industry sources mention shifting demand patterns and price swings. The piece critiques domestic product quality comparisons with Soviet offerings.
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Chicago
Raymond Clapper Looks at Hull Handling Foreign Affairs
In Washington Secretary of State Hull works quietly amid domestic turmoil. He collaborates with other governments on the Far Eastern crisis to avert war. An incident with Japanese guards at the American Embassy led to an apology and a formal investigation.
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Raymond Clapper
Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Senate
Hull
Huil
Japan
China
Tokio
Hull Policy and Germany Move Toward Peaceful Adjustments
The article notes German ambassador Hans Dieckhoff’s visit to Secretary Hull signaling Germany’s cooperation with U.S. peace efforts during the Far Eastern crisis. It cites Hull and Undersecretary Welles stressing that war would be a global calamity and urging conciliatory settlements while private U.S. diplomacy presses governments for peaceful adjustments.
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Hull
Germany
Hans Dieckhoff
United States
Welles
Behind the Scenes in Washington and Supreme Court Picks
Washington speculation centers on Solicitor General Reed likely to join the Supreme Court replacing Van Devanter. Bratton of New Mexico may join the Tenth Circuit, while White House aides anticipate intra party contest as 1958 looms. Roosevelt allies jockey for control of Senate leadership and court strategy.
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Washington
Stanley F. Reed
Supreme Court
van Devanter
Sam G. Bratton
Albuquerque
N. M
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
White House
Bratton
New Deal
Solicitor-General
Felix Frankfurter
Reed
AAA
Hoover Farm Board
RFC
Hoover
Roosevelt
New Mexico
Jack Garner
Capitol Hill
Senate
Alben Barkley
Ed Burke
Nebraska
Garner
Senate Judiciary Committee
Marvin McIntyre
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Barkley
Minton
Len Schwellenbach
Hugo Black
Alabama
Congress
Radio stars sign off to a million autograph hunters
The radio star can thank radio reach for signing off to a million autograph fans after each broadcast. In England banks employ about 15 000 women and no jester would claim they are all tellers.
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England
Health Hints and Diet by Dr Morris Fishbein
The text outlines how proteins carbohydrates fats and minerals support growth and repair and explains vitamin deficiencies. It covers vitamins A B C F G and E, noting effects such as scurvy rickets beriberi goiter and xerophthalmia, and warns against excess vitamins without deficiency.
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Morris Fishbein
Quotes on Citizens Duties and International Ties
A collection of remarks from Daniel C. Roper and Japan’s Koki Hirota highlighting mutual responsibilities between employers and employees as American citizens, and a diplomat’s stance on rights in China. Lord Baden-Powell is quoted on enjoying American ice cream puddings.
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China
Japan
Koki Hirota
America
Lord Baden-Powell
England
All American Plan Aims Aid for Aliens in L A
Los Angeles adopts a relief scheme to tax property at six cents per hundred dollars to fund aid for about 1 000 aliens, estimated at 61 000 dollars monthly. City officials push for this program as part of a wider relief effort.
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Los Angeles
Poet’s Corner Verses From Messenger Readers
Verse poems submitted with name and address. Annie McIntyreBarto e Nelsonville Ohio mourns a dog and friend. Bessie M Gorslene Athens Ohio writes on grief and return of sorrow with brief reflection.
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Messenger
Bessie M. Gorslene
Athens, O
Dexter Social and Personal News Items
Sunday guests at the O S Davis home included Bert and Margaret Davis and many relatives from nearby towns. S W Davis left for Kamloops BC, Mae Dent visited, and several families hosted or visited others over the weekend in Dexter and surrounding communities.
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Dexter
Phyllis Davis
Harold Smith
Bruce
Huron
H. C. Smith
Ed Minx
Columbus
Race Davis
Side Hill
S. W. Davis
Kamloops
Emmett Davis
Dana Williamson
Ironton
Lewis Saxton
Joe Cain
Amanda Russell
Robert McKinney
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Russell Musser
Springfield
Lowell’s Name Behind Pluto Acknowledged
The two initial letters in Pluto honor Percival Lowell the astronomer who spearheaded efforts that led to the planet’s discovery and naming.
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Percival Lowell
District Tales of Long Ago
District Tales of Long Ago recounts life stories of Athens County figures including Henry Mirick a Massachusetts born printer and railroad man who settled in Athens married into the Brown families and later Charlotte Brown. It also profiles cabinet maker John McCathran and major early settler John R McCune his son Samuel who fought Indians and Civil War era memories and notes jeweler Clay McLean once Athens city treasurer.
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C. H. Harris
Henry D. Mirick
Athens County
Massachusetts
Henry Mirick
Cincinnati
Iowa
North Carolina
Northern Pacific Railroad
Kansas
Missouri, Kansas Texas Railroad
West
Athens
Harriett Brown
John Brown
Charlotte Brown
Henry T. Brown
John McCathran
Fannie Stage
The
Plains
Ohio
West Virginia
Bishopville
Morgan County
Hebbardsville
the Plains
Nelsonville
John R. McCune
Pennsylvania
Samuel
California
Oregon
Clay McLean
Ten Years Ago and Twenty Years Ago News Snippet
The column recalls ten and twenty years past events with residents of Columbus Albany Nelsonville Amesville and Coolville. Mentions guests visits and trips including Mrs C D Shaeffer Mrs Fred Cornwell Miss Mary Sharp and Dr C L Jones among others. A final unrelated line notes a street stance fact.
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C. D. Shaeffer
Columbus
Fred Cornwell
Love and Deceit Pivot in Racy Racing Plot
Carol Clayton postpones her wedding to Hartley Madison to fund a racing debt of 76 000 left by her father. She falls for Duke, seeks to repay him, clashes as Hartley bets in the Hopeful at Saratoga, and a switch of jockeys threatens a ruinous double cross. Fritzie O Malley discovers the ruse as plans unfold.
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Carol Clayton
Hartley Madison
Duke Bradley
Duke
Hartley
Carol
Gartley
Saratoga
Moon Bay
Lightning
Duke Gordon
Moon Ray
Fritzie O'Malley
Kite
Kiffie
Jambie
Dixie
Fritzie
Kiffickins
Rosetta
O.K
Madison
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Corp
Moon Bay Bet Escalates as Rival Entanglements Deepen
In a moonlit estate scene Duke and Hartley Madison push a high stakes wager on Moon Bay while Carol and Madison clash over trust and love. Duke’s hint of deception around past visits fuels jealousy as Rosetta races to relay urgent calls. The suspense sets up a pivotal tomorrow installment.
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Carol
Duke
Madison
Moon Bay
Dixie
Los Angeles
Hartley
O.K
Rosetta
Miss
R. Duke
Los Angles
Only the very best people stop at this hotel
A light note on hotel guests admiring the high quality towels at a hotel, humorously suggesting the towels are so fine they tempt guests to take them home. The quip reflects social pretension and hotel ambiance often found in George Clark’s Side Glances.
Giant South American snails lay oversized eggs
Giant snails in South America produce eggs larger than those of a robin. The finding highlights remarkable reptile-like reproduction in large tropical snails and could influence studies of Mollusca diversity.
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South America
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By Rodney Dutcher
Daniel C. Roper
Secretary of Commerce
Poet's Corner
Annie McIntyre Bartoe
W. E. Moler
Charles Bean
Albany
Baptist Church
R. I. Wolf
Coolville
1OOF
Mary Sharp
John Graham
Jennie
Carrolton
Mr. Graham
Arthur Boyles
C. L. Jones
R. R. Marquis
Amesville
Mrs. I. M. Foster and Daughters
R. J. Studer
R. H. Studer
Chillicothe
Clara Galbraith
Emma Smith
Frankfort
Anita Toc Saratoga
Vincentini
Pel Oe
George Clark
Australia
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