The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co.
The Athens Messenger published weekly afternoons except Saturday with a big Sunday edition. It serves Athens and surrounding communities in five counties of southeastern Ohio. Subscription rates include carrier and mail options with yearly and short-term terms.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Ohio
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Logan-Pomeroy
Middleport
Coolville
Is It Not So A Call to Clear Personal Responsibility
The piece argues that people let world thinking influence their business and home lives and that circumstances are shaped by one’s own thinking. It insists no one else bears responsibility for personal failures and that blaming others delays recovery.
Corning Leader Urges Education For Graduates
Samuel Eichenbaum a longtime Corning Board of Education member urges graduates and all youths to pursue education. He says higher education is vital but that one can become educated without college by building on state provided foundations and persistent self study. He stresses timely guidance from experienced citizens to motivate lifelong learning.
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Coring High School
Samuel Eichenbaum
Board of Education
Eichenbaum
Corning
Mr. Eichenbaum
Hoarded Old Bills Still Banked in Private Caches
The article notes Rep Cochran of Missouri reveals that about 538 million dollars of the old large-sized U S bills remain hoarded rather than in general circulation. When such notes reach banks they are retired and replaced with smaller denominations, showing the campaign against hoarding has much progress left to achieve.
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United States
Cochran
Missouri
Industry example on road safety calls for driver pedestrian teamwork
The article argues that industrial safety shows democracy in action through teamwork. It says harmony among workers reduced accidents to near minimum and urges the same cooperation on highways among drivers and pedestrians for safer streets.
A Thought for Today Psalm Verse Quoted
A religious snippet cites Psalms 132 12 urging commitment to covenant and teaching future generations with a nod to enduring rule and blessing from scripture.
Letter to Vital Statistics Sparks Bronx Mystery
In New York a tale unfolds from the U S Post Office corridor where a derelict man Tony dictates a letter to find two sisters in Pennsylvania over a decedent’s wealth. A Bronx undertaker keeps the body unclaimed as Tony seeks money and sisters, a stranger drawn into a strange unfinished New York moment. Leonore Ulric and Sidney Blackmer are noted in Blowing Rock North Carolina. The Roxy Theater sale is mocked as The Fall of the House of Ushers with quick wit about receiv er and I O U.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Manhattan
Tony
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Bronx
Philadelphia
Potter's Field
Roxy Theater
House of Ushers
Congress
Illinois
Regula
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Questions and Answers from The Athens Messenger Information Bureau
The bureau offers free replies to questions on any subject not involving legal medical or financial advice. Inquiries to Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC cover currency star codes trees in Lafayette Park loans for homeowners silver designation rhubarb classification Girl Scouts Chicago Board of Trade history and the Indian looking statue on the Capitol dome.
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, DC
Lafayette Park
White House
Committee On Banking and Currency
Senate
M. McA. A
Girl Scouts
Chicago Board of Trade
Freedom
Capitol
D. E. A. Crawford
The Song Pirate by a Catbird Description
Poem notes a catbird who steals others tunes without shame and a pirate image of Captain Kidd with wings. The speaker admits liking the bird despite thefts and lack of honesty. The verse contrasts stolen songs with the catbird’s bold, gleeful singing.
Explanations and Notes on Chinese Temple and War Relics
A Pacific-era cartoon notes the Speaking Stone at the Temple of Heaven in Peiping and explains its acoustics. It also recalls the opium seizure linked to the first Anglo-Chinese War and tells of a Bullet-Proof God Buddha statue spared amid shelling in Chapel Paoshan Road.
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Peiping
China
Heaven
No- Man's Land
Paoshan Road
Public Forum Letter Discusses Rendville Mine Meeting
Former No 9 Mine workers seek use of the Rendville mine wash house to hold an employee only meeting They plan to discuss and vote on Governor White's proposal without outside interference The message appears in The Messenger Gloucester Ohio dated May 31 1932.
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Messenger
Rou Rebes
Rendville
White
Quill
Why He Is Mad
A Glouster Ohio reader laments rising car insurance rates caused by uninsured or reckless drivers. He urges mandatory liability insurance, driver tests, license suspensions, and stricter road safety to curb social and financial costs. He notes many drivers lack responsibility and questions universal road freedom. May 25, 1932.
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Glouster
Forgotten Hero of Sunday Creek Cemented in Local Memory
A long obituary recalls Frank S. Smith once first settler of Jackson ville, Civil War veteran and Grand Army of the Republic active member. After a life beside losses his grave near Glouster remains neglected until the American Legion learns of it and vows renewed honors.
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Baditor
the Messenger
Frank S. Smith
Jacksonville
Sunday Creek
The
Grim Reaper
Sons of Veterans
West Virginia
New York Central
Frank S.S. Smith
Interruption and育: Teaching patience with children
A columnist argues against rushing in to correct babies and young children. He stresses that early attempts reveal learning in progress and that adults should let children explore safely. Interference can hinder the developing coordination and self-directed play.
Negro Vote as Key Factor in 1932 Elections
Washington notes suggest the 1932 campaign will focus on the negro vote as a potential balance of power. The NAACP aims to shift black voters toward independent action, urging support for unemployment relief, old age insurance, enfranchisement, and anti lynching measures.
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Washington
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Delaware
Illinois
Kentucky
Maryland
Missouri
Massachusetts
New York
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
New Jersey
Raskob
John J. Raskob
Unemployment and Self Help in a Nation of Wealth
A 1930s editorial laments moral impact of unemployment and poverty. It contrasts the era’s wealth with deteriorating spirits and pride, citing Lincoln and Gettysburg, then previews Ford’s three part view on keeping employment, self help, and charity, condemning city charity as barbarous.
Stormy Times Prompt Government Action
In a gloomy tone the piece compares a ship’s quarrels at sea to officials belittling each other in government. It argues citizens may be forced to take real interest and think for themselves amid economic storms and public discord.
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United States
Best minds of finance question radical new government
The text reports financiers puzzled by Governor Roosevelt's speeches on the forgotten man and a new kind of government. They wonder if their system is perfect or if a radical president is possible, amid debates on radical reforms.
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Roosevelt
It Will All Pass Like a Dream of Falling
A reflective musing compares a national downturn to falling from a tree. The speaker promises eventual return to prosperity while acknowledging the unsettling sensation of descent and doubt.
Ford’s words urge self drive and enterprise for Americans
Ford reflects on his life from an employee to self-employed man, noting that being out of hire did not equal being out of work. He emphasizes continuous thinking and planning as keys to success and inspires ambition for all Americans.
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Mr. Ford
Ford
Commentary on careers and wages from Napoleon to Ford
A young lieutenant vents frustration at limited advancement, Napoleon notes his own slow climb. Ford’s long working years at Dearborn yielded high wages, with forty thousand workers at least six dollars daily in some periods. The narrator contrasts with an early American president’s claim that a good worker could not be hired for less than one hundred dollars a year.
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Napoleon
Ford
Dearborn
Republic
Hard Times Endure as People Work for Better Days
The author urges action over complaint, noting that conditions stem from collective folly and wartime costs. Citizens are called to plan, think, and labor to restore prosperity, with accountability shared but responsibility framed as a national burden rather than a single culprit.
Stars Say- For Thursday June 2 Forecast by Genieve Kemble
The forecast cites dominant lunar positions with stirring about and risky ventures. High stimulus and impulsive moves may lead to ill-guarded speech and danger. avoid snap decisions and speculative enterprises. Birthday readers face a lively year with potential travel changes and energetic, ambitious tendencies hampered by impetuosity.
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