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Jonn W Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Athens
Ohio
Edward C Schloss Athens business man remembered as a model citizen
The late Edward C Schloss built a notable career in Athens through hard work and self direction. He was praised for selfless service, kindness, and a quiet, neighborly life. His memory is described as one that will be cherished for years.
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Edward C. Schloss
Athens
Edward Schloss
Farmers Speak Against Constitution Change In Meigs County
A Meigs County farmer and his father argue that changing the Constitution would swell federal power and create permanent, politicized office holders who meddle in everyday life. They warn against endless spoils and point to recent growth in federal employees as evidence.
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Meigs County
Meigs
Washington
Cure This Headache A Red Cross like relief proposal
A Chicago advertising executive says the current relief administration is seen as a failure by welfare experts due to public misunderstanding of its cost and aims. He favors a private fund driven model or a Red Cross type agency while noting doubts about raising private funds sufficient to provide relief at current levels. He calculates that $20 monthly per person for five million people would cost over a billion dollars annually, and questions how to fund such relief from private purses. The piece highlights the unresolved challenge of financing relief and questions private funding viability.
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Chicago
Relief Administration
The
Red Cross
Vast Work at Source and the Ohio River Pollution Issue
A report outlines extensive efforts to control pollution entering the Ohio River from source contamination. Authorities describe ongoing projects to halt pollutant discharge and safeguard water quality, with timelines and agencies involved.
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Ohio
Inside split over Hilles role in Landon campaign
Washington dispatch details a growing rift within the Republican camp as Charles D. Hilles and John Hamilton contend for influence over the party. Delegates in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, West Virginia and Texas show varied support for Landon, threatening Hilles' status and signaling a possible bid for Lowden as a counter to Hamilton.
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Washington
Charles D. Hilles
London
Gover
Landon
John Hamilton
Hamilton
Hilles
Republican National Committee
Mr. Hilles
New York State
Roraback
Connecticut
Friend Pomeroy
New Jersey
Hallanan
West Virginia
Friend Craeger
Texas
Borah
Hilles-Hamilton
Lowden
Illinois
White House talks on jobs and a gardener cure idea
A cabinet gathering at the White House weighed unemployment with no new proposals until a minister suggested employing a gardener to absorb the jobless. Other items note Arab revolt in Palestine as Britain’s price for Ethiopian conquest, Italian broadcasts, Lowden’s shaky third-ballot convention prospects, and the American Liberty League copying the 1932 Democratic platform.
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Roosevelt
White House
Palestine
Britain
Ethiopia
Il Duce
Rome
Lowden
American Liberty League
League
District Tales of Long Ago
A Meigs County rescue tale recalls the 1824 jailbreak of John Adams Smith from Pt Pleasant jail. Led by John Giles, a vigilante group freed Smith to avoid slave owners’ detectives, sparking indictments of Woods Ayers and Giles guarded by Virginia authorities.
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John Adams Smith
Timothy Smith
Meigs County
Pt. Pleasant
John Giles
Smith
Meigs
Martin Meeker
William Hatch
John Woods
David Tyler
Obediah Ralph
Charlies Terry
Charles
Silver Run
Tyler
Hatch
Woods
Elisha Ayers
Giles
Ayers
Lewis
Virginia
Ten Years Ago Tax System Described For Students
A historical column recalls T W Craig describing the Ohio tax system as a smoker for commerce students and business men, presented by Delta Sigma Pi. Mentions Lawrence K Dupler returning from Port Clinton visit with Mr and Mrs C F E Starr and Miss Elma Starr returning from Wilson North Carolina where she directed voice at Atlantic College. Also notes N S Welk and Mary Margaret Pickering visiting Wheeling West Virginia.
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Ohio
T. W. Craig
Commerce
Delta Sigma Pi
Commerce Fraternity
Lawrence K. Dupler
Port Clinton
C. D. Brewer
Elma Starr
Pollution threat from multiple sources in Ohio streams
The piece notes pollution originates from factories mines and sewers and travels down the Hocking River for seventy miles. It stresses the burden of aging disposal plants, silt buildup and shallow channels while urging costly, coordinated action to treat waste before it harms downstream communities.
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Hocking
Ohio
Health Hints and Diet for Feeding an Infant
A mother using artificial milk must judge when to increase or adjust feedings. If the baby is healthy and gaining weight regularly, no increase is needed. Overfeeding risks include regurgitation and vomiting, while undernourishment hampers growth. Calorie intake per day and essential nutrients like vitamins cod liver oil and orange juice affect development.
Public Forum letter questions war cost figures and asks about Phil Sheridan
The writer disputes Civil War Spanish-American and World War cost totals cited in The Messenger story and insists figures do not lie. They urge readers to verify Roosevelt facts and ask for the birthplace of Civil War general Phil Sheridan, signing as M. J. Garrich of Columbus Ohio.
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Messenger
Washington
The
Department of Ohio United
Roosevelt
Phil Sheridan
M. J. Garrich
Correction notice on Guysville post office move date
Vennie B. Klingenberg postmaster issues a public correction for the Guysville news item dated May 29 stating the post office move will occur June 1. The Messenger corrects the erroneous date and says the public will be duly notified before the site change.
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Messenger
Guysville News
Guysville
Vennie B. Klingenberg
Smoking Out The Dickinson Candidate For 1936奈
Iowa Senator Lester J. Dickinson emerges as a strong anti New Deal contender for the 1936 race. In a Q A profile he defends balanced budgets, limited relief, tax increases, and local relief administration. He favors currency stabilization, opposes devaluation, and calls for stronger anti trust laws while critiquing federal control of wages and public power programs. He argues for state and local handling of unemployment and opposes curtailment of production and expansion of TVA.
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Iowa
Cleveland
Lester J. Dickinson
Federal Trade Commission
New York Fashion Freshman Gail Arrives for Work
Gail Everett, winner of a costume design offered by a manufacturer, travels to New York to seek employment. She is hired by Madame Lizette, a temperamental shop proprietor, while Derek Hargreaves and Dick Searles fade in as potential interests. Natalie Freston, a cautious ally, plots to advance her own aims as Mark Chapman returns to Arizona to uncover a suspected crooked deal involving Travers Mining Co. Rex Hall, Lizette’s son, probes the Arizona scene as Gail braces for changes in her social circle.
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Gail Everett
New York
Madame Lizett
Madame
Derek Hargreaves
Gail
Dick Searles
Natalie Freston
Arizona
Mark
Jed Hos
Keer
Peter Everett
Travers Mining Co
Rex Hall
Madame Lizette
Travers Company
Jed Hoskeer
Rex
Natalie
Searles
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Paul Mahon
Lowdon
J. T. Merwin
J. ©. Tullis
D. H
L. G. Bean
Dr. Bean
Ohio Northern Dental Society
Elizabeth Kern
Dayton
George Reynolds
A. A. Josten
Columbus
John Rowan
J. L. Edmundson
E. C. Cullums
Crestline
the Public Forum
George Clark
Frazier Hunt
Dickinson
Utilities Holding Company Act
TVA
de Guamuone
Jean Selwright
Natalie Preston
Long Island
Elvos
Rosemary
Edzewe
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