The Athens Messenger Historical Notice Extravaganza
The Athens Messenger details its 1825 origins and long publishing history in Athens Ohio, listing publishers Gordon K. Bush and Charles H. Harris, its Athena community reach across multiple counties, and standard advertising and subscription rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W
Gevress
Athens
Messe Norn
Rald Printing Co
Gordon K. Bush
Peninner
Ana Eee
Charles H. Harris
Ee Eel
Ohio
Tax Burden Rising as Income Slumps Across States
Governors meet in San Francisco to discuss taxation as public expenditures absorb more of a shrinking national income. The article notes per capita taxes rising from 13.56 in 1800 to 30.24 in 1913 and 1920, with 1929 national income near 85 billion and a 10 percent drop by 1930 but a 20 percent tax share. Local and overlapping taxes, plus questions of value received, highlight the need for broad reform and study.
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San Francisco
United States
Government moves idle to farms in recovery plan
Interior Secretary Ickes will oversee a 25 million dollar program shifting unemployed city workers onto farms as a long term relief and reemployment effort. The plan faces challenges from urban lack of farming experience and a broader push to reduce farm output, but aims to create subsistence homesteads with government support and potential part time industrial work nearby.
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Ickes
Homecomers Bring Reunions to Plentiful Countryside
The homecoming season draws many sons and daughters back to the ancestral home, returning to a roof and meals. Workers afar find the old house less quaint, while stay locals enjoy improvements, new motor cars, good crops, and hopeful prices.
Dorothy Dix on Raising Respectful, Responsible Children
Dorothy Dix recounts a mother who rejects strict control and explains her children’s duties. She treats children as intelligent beings, explains limits, shares family finances, and involves them as partners, yielding obedient, cheerful cooperation and good manners.
Twenty Years Ago and Ten Years Ago in Our Area
A snapshot of local life with social visits in Champaign and Athens, trips through Colorado and Utah, and summer stays by families like the Grovers and Lashs. Nostalgia notes School Field picnic at Ohio University and local political petitions. Commentary on coal industry stability and hill country appeal.
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Brandon T. Grover
Champaign, Ill
Mr. Grover
University of Illinois
Ohio
Cartoons and Curiosities From Yesterday’s World
A collection of odd items: engineers bound for Stalingrad toss a message overboard from the Olympic. Latvia born finder recovers it in the Baltic and mails it to America. A French hunter falls headfirst into a burrow, trapped for 23 hours before rescue. Tomorrow: The Champion Of Profanity.
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Davy Jones
Stalingrad
Russia
Olympic
Ripley
Baltic Sea
Janis Preedens
Pilsberg
Latvia
America
M. Louis Thiercelin
Milly
France
Fresh Air Measures to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Dr. Morris Fishbein outlines garage safety to prevent CO poisoning from automobile exhaust. Recommendations include open windows, exhaust venting outdoors, and signs of illness. First aid from New York State Labor Bulletin urges fresh air, resting calmly, warmth, and medical help for headaches faintness or breathing issues, plus calling the gas company and ambulance.
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Journal of the
American Medical Association
Hygeia
Health Magazine
The
Bulletin
New York State Department of Labor
NRA staff toil late as Johnson presses work hours
Rodney Dutcher notes NRA staff and related agencies push long hours in the Commerce Building. General Hugh Johnson and aides work late, with key officials at desks from morning to night, affecting workers’ health and prompting labor and industry to spar over proposed 32 to 40 hour weeks.
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Washington, D. C
General Johnson
Commerce Building
NRA
Hugh Johnson
Johnson
Richberg
Depputy
Simpson
Joseph Franklin
John P. Frey
Sun safety for children in extreme heat by Olive Roberts Barton
The author urges mothers to keep themselves and children comfortable during record heat. Limit outside play to mornings, use hats, and apply sun exposure only as prescribed by doctors, especially for babies. Avoid long sunbaths and keep homes cool while clothing remains minimal in heat.
Keep the house cool and steady on hot days
Advice on managing heat with family routines and temper control. Guidance covers safe fan placement for children, avoiding overexertion, and tackling housework in cooler morning hours to prevent irritability and disorder. A final note mentions precision tools at the U S Bureau of Standards.
Two Jail Breakers Returned to Jackson County
Two of three Gallipolis men who escaped from the Jackson County Jail three weeks ago were captured and sent back to Jackson. William Riffle was arrested near Chickamauga Park and returned to custody. Homer Queen was seized by Huntington police and brought back to Jackson. William Garlinger remains at large.
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Gallipolis
Jackson County
Jackson
William Riffle
East Gallipolis
Elmer Hatfield
John Fraley
Chickamauga Park
Riffe
Preston Turner
Huntington
W. Va
Homer Queen
William Garlinger
Clyde Cornell
John Tolliver
W. B. Cooper
Chester Leaper
H. B. Young
Mason County
Howard Gates
Miss Athens Guests and Local Visits Reported
Gallipolis Pal daughter Miss Athens Rufus Hopking and Mrs By Eleanor Jean Yo hosted a buffet supper with Robinson family. Marion Moore and family visited Columbus and Canton friends for several days. Mrs James G ton hosted guests, Virginia has been staying with P Martin. Ann Arbor trip noted. Mr and Mrs Bruce and Franklin guests of her, with multiple family visits to Michigan and St Louis.
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Athens
Rufus Hopking
Eleanor Jean Yo
S Robinson
Robinson
Marian Moore
R Columbus
BE. R. Wallace
Alma Wallace
Columbus
Clara Mae Davis
Washington School
Canton
Buster Bruce
Franklin
George
James G Ton
P. Martin
Virginia
W. K. O'Brien
Ann Arbor
Mich
J. H. ¢Ter
Katherine
Michigan Cage
Loui
Son
Man
Ohio River Notes at Gallipolis July 31
Ohio River reached full pool after a Kanawha rise. All tributary dams down and bear traps opened at Dam 26. Steamer Otto Marment the Marmet Coal Co was the only boat reported down. Market held nine loaded coal boats for Cincinnati and one empty steel barge. Two coal barges sank near Lock Il above Pt Pleasant on a Kanawha run last week. Eclipse boiler battery to be shipped to Pittsburgh.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Kanawha
Otto Marment
Marmet Coal Company
Cincinnati
D. T. Lane
Hatfield-Campbell’s Creek Coal Company
Lock Il
Pt. Pleasant
Kanawha River
Eclipse
Acme
Pittsburgh
Bradbury Moves In As Gallia County School Chief
Bradbury takes over as assistant superintendent starting Tuesday replacing E W Edwards who completes 12 years in the county superintendent’s office today. Emily Boatman of Ryger named assistant superintendent. Edwards has announced no immediate plans.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
E. W. Edwards
H. Bion Bradbury
Crown City
Emily Boatman
Ryger
Gallipolis Bowling Alleys to Close for One Month
Gallipolis bowling alleys will shut from August 1 to September 1, announced by manager Robert Jones. The pause affects all lanes and pro shop operations as renovations are planned.
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Gallipolis
Robert Jones
Holzer hospital dismissals and staff changes noted
A fragmented Holzer hospital report mentions dismissals of several staff including surgeons from various towns and a daughter of Mrs. C. H. Jones. The text references guardsmen at Cam and personnel from Charleston and St. Albans with unclear roles and dates.
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Gallipolis
Holzer
C. A
Charleston
W. Va
St. Albans
C. H. Jones
Durday
Gallipolis Post Readers Hear Local Notices
Fragmentary notice from Gallipolis mentions printing, certificates, distribution, and postmen. It references a Jay fete for the benefit of Creek Baptist and the residence of Mr Higgenbotham, with unclear continuation.
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Gallipolis
Jay
Beneft Creek
Mr. Higgenbotham
Invention Portrait Puzzle From Old Newspaper
The readable clues describe a word puzzle about a famous inventor. Across clues hint at names places and terms while vertical hints add terms like asylum true olive male and measure of area. The exact person and full grid remain unclear from the fragmented OCR.
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Shorty” Foraker
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New York City
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John Swanson
Clarence Swanson
George Moon
J. C. Edmundson
Cedar Point
Ohio University
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Will L. Barker
Charles Monks
Edwin Wallace
York Township
Coast Logging Company
Echo Harbor
British Columbia
Rochester NY
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Greer
James G Meavows
Washington, D.C
AMIGO
Lucky Baldwin
DR. Morris Fishbein
By Rodney Dutcher
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Public Works Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Sinclair Walks
Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair
Olive Roberts Barton
U. S
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Gallipolis Pal
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