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John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Ohio
Roosevelt Ends National Price Fixing Threat
The piece lauds President Roosevelt for opposing the Miller Tydings price fixing bill that would bind interstate commerce. It argues that legalized price fixing harms consumers by raising retail prices via industry cost disparity and cites a department store head noting a 21 percent average rise on 1497 items. It urges states to reject laws that interfere with honest competition.
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Roosevelt
Revival of Stream Health Through Mine Sealing Efforts
Reports highlight increasing numbers of mine openings treated, boosting hopes for streams fit for farms and recreation. Yet official data show ongoing pollution and soil erosion continue to threaten life, fish, and water use, requiring greater public interest to seal the remaining hazards and restore streams to their historic condition.
Kill the Goose How Taxes and Profits Support Government
A leading lawmaker argues against cutting profits, saying GDP growth relies on surpluses. He likens individual savings to a corporation feeding investment and jobs, warning that taxing all surpluses would dry up government revenue and endanger stability.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Zebra pulls milk wagon through St Louis street
A milk route wagon in St Louis is drawn by a zebra, making a camouflaged moving target that challenges alarm clock tossers aiming to hit a hard to locate object.
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St. Louis
Erratic Market Agitates Wheat in Chicago
A Chicago report notes erratic wheat market movement affecting prices. The piece hints at broader food industry jitters and references ongoing competition in domestic products amid Soviet market dynamics.
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Chicago
Secretary Hull Quietly Shifts Focus From Domestic Turmoil
In Washington during Supreme Court and Senate clashes Secretary of State Hull remains active and effective, focusing on foreign affairs. He works with allies on the Far Eastern crisis to avert war, guiding diplomacy after Japan and China tensions escalate. An embassy incident involving two U S women tested nerves but was handled, with an apology secured and the issue closed.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Senate
Hull
Huil
Japan
China
Tokio
Roosevelt
Jack Garner
Capitol Hill
Alben Barkley
Ed Burke
Nebraska
Garner
Senate Judiciary Committee
Marvin McIntyre
Hull policy shifts ease tensions with Germany in European crisis
The article notes Hans Dieckhoff's visit to Hull signaling Germanys cooperative stance amid the Far Eastern crisis. It highlights Hull and Welles urging peaceful settlement and conciliatory adjustment while privately pressing governments for restraint, with surface signs of progress but unclear overall impact.
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Hull
Germany
Hans Dieckhoff
United States
Welles
Behind the Scenes in Washington on Court Shakeup
The piece discusses potential Supreme Court picks, naming Stanley Reed and Sam Bratton, and notes White House infighting and party dynamics. It also covers Roosevelt’s maneuvering with Senate leaders and ambitions in the judiciary.
Radio star signs off to a million autograph hunters
The radio personality can sign off to a million autograph seekers after each broadcast. In England banks employ about 15 000 women, yet no jester would claim they all are tellers.
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England
Health Hints and Diet from Dr Morris Fishbein
The piece explains how proteins carbohydrates fats and minerals support growth and repair. It outlines vitamin deficiencies including A B C F and E and their diseases such as beriberi pellagra scurvy rickets and xerophthalmia with notes on the need for balanced intake and cautions against excessive vitamin A.
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Morris Fishbein
Quotes on duties and rights from global leaders
Daniel C. Roper asserts American workers serve consumers and society. Japan's foreign minister calls for rights respected in China. Lord Baden-Powell praises American ice cream puddings while traveling abroad.
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America
Lord Baden-Powell
England
Los Angeles Proposes All American Relief Plan
City aims to aid needy aliens with a tax levy of six cents per hundred dollars of property value. About 1,000 alien Mexicans would be affected at an estimated cost of 61 thousand dollars monthly.
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Los Angeles
Poet’s Corner Verses From Messenger Readers
Poems from Messenger readers with name and address attached. Annie McIntyre Barto e of Nelsonville Ohio laments a loyal canine friend and grief, while Bessie M of Gorslene Athens Ohio writes of grief’s return and hopeful dawn after loss.
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Messenger
Dexter Social and Personal News Items
Dexter society notes list Sunday visitors and travels including Mr. and Mrs. Bert Davis and family, Race Davis, W. Sweeney, and others. S. W. Davis heads to Kamloops while trips include Tennessee and Kentucky tours. Local visits feature Mae Dent and Phyllis Davis, Harold Smiths, Ed Minx, and Dana Williamson.
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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
Pluto name origin links to Percival Lowell
The two initial letters of Pluto honor the astronomer Percival Lowell, whose efforts aided the planet's discovery and naming.
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Percival Lowell
District Tales of Long Ago
District Tales of Long Ago recounts Athens County figures from Henry D. Mirick to John R. McCune and Samuel Mirick, detailing a lineage of printers, carriage builders, railroad work, and local business from Massachusetts to Ohio including marriages in the Brown and Stage families and the Civil War era struggles of Samuel in Oregon.
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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 Local Personal Notes Drift
Mrs C D Shaeffer of Columbus guest of sister Mrs Fred Cornwell and family W E Moler in Cincinnati business Mrs Charles Bean Albany hosted Baptist ice cream social R I Wolf of Coolville appointed third time as IOOF district deputy grand master Miss Mary Sharp Nelsonville hosted bridge tea.
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C. D. Shaeffer
Columbus
Fred Cornwell
Charles Bean
Albany
Baptist Church
R. I. Wolf
Coolville
IOOF
Love and Bets Rock a Fateful Race Plan
Carol Clayton postpones her wedding to Hartley Madison to cover her late father’s debt by racing bets with Duke Bradley, a blunt bookmaker. Duke seeks to recoup losses by involving Hartley in a high stake plan, while Carol hid her growing love for Duke. Master plans swap jockeys and rides threaten the Moon Bay and Lightning bets as danger escalates.
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Carol Clayton
Hartley Madison
Duke Bradley
Duke
Hartley
Carol
Gartley
Saratoga
Moon Bay
Lightning
Dixie Gordon
Moon Ray
Fritzie O'Malley
Kiffickins
Fritzie
Kiffie
Dixie
Rosetta
Ris
Madison
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Corp
Moon Bay Bet Drives Twist in Carol’s Trust
In the mansion the Moon Bay wagering duel tightens as Hartley Madison and Duke clash over a high stakes bet. Carol’s suspicions flare after Duke’s secretive return and a veiled threat to withdraw, leaving questions about loyalty and revenge for tomorrow.
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Hartley
Duke
Carol
Giant snails lay oversized eggs in South America
Giant South American snails lay eggs larger than robin eggs indicating a notable wildlife observation. Australia’s harvest month January noted as a separate fragment in the report.
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South America
Australia
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United Press
Raymond Clapper
By Raymond Clapper
By Rodney Dutcher
Stanley F. Reed
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
New Mexico
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Barkley
Minton
Lew Schwellenbach
Hugo Black
Alabama
Congress
Daniel C. Roper
Secretary of Commerce
Koki Hirota
Poet’s Corner
Annie McIntyre Bartoe
Fate
Bessie M
Gorslene
Dexter
W. E. Moler
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 Toga Saratoc
Vincentini
Kiffe
Jambie
O.K
Miss O'Malley
R. Duke
George Clark
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