Athens Messenger and Merald Printing Co. publication note
The Athens Messenger era details publisher Gordon K. Gush and General Manager Charles B. Harris. Distribution covers Athens and surrounding counties with sections on pricing, editions, and affiliations. Subscription rates listed include one year for four dollars and other short-term options.
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Bik Gundsy
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Athens Messenger
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Gordon K. Gush
Charles BH. Harris
Memorial Day honors Legion drum and bugle corps in Athens
The American Legion drum and bugle corps of Athens made its Memorial Day debut, adding color to the annual parade. Observers note its enterprise and the revival of martial fife and drum traditions, linking past veterans with today’s Legion and future generations while remembering ancestral pioneers and fallen heroes.
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American Legion of Athens
Athens Hills
Grand Army
Legion
Veterans’ Organization
Ohio
Legion Corps
Athens
American Legion
Local tobacconist reflects on trade and cautious spending
A shop owner reports steady cigar and candy sales with slightly higher profit after cutting two packs for a quarter. He notes no rush to expand despite lower building costs, citing overall bad times and hesitation in major expenditures as slowing commerce and dampening demand.
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J E
Spring optimism in Ohio amid lush crops and flood of rain
Farmers report a green landscape in Ohio with abundant rainfall. Measured fruit yields, rising garden growth, and full water tables mark the season as locals anticipate a strong food supply. Road work delays are minor and travel opens as vacation chatter grows.
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Ohio
Glencoe
Athdrove
Practical joke spins tale of hearse driver hoax
In a Manhattan tale of hoax mischief after the Kentucky Derby a hearse driver and friends discover the prank behind a pool claim of 25 000 dollars. A race tip leads to a staged backstage news reveal and a celebratory plan that ends when the hoax is revealed.
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New York
Manhattan
Astoria
L. I
Charlie Ruggies
Los Angeles
Morosco
Louis Stone
Ruggles
Victor Schertzinger
Victor
Stone
Explanation of Yesterdays Cartoon and Notes on Unlawful Encyclopedia
A fragmentary compendium combines a cartoon explanation on the Aissaouas of Kairuan and wild anecdotes from 1930 including a hydrogen balloon incident in Fairfax Alabama and cattle stampede fatalities near San Gabriel Texas. Also notes the Katzenelbogen castle name and a teaser about an unlawful encyclopedia tomorrow.
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Fairfax
Alabama
San Gabriel
Texas
Katzenelbogen
Rhine
Weisbaden
Katten
Teutoburg Forest
Germany
Information Bureau offered free inflation service
Frederic J Baskin announces an Athens Messenger Information Bureau service providing extensive Washington origin material on inflation related matters. The offer is free. readers may reply with two cents to receive information.
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Washington
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, DC
New Lehua Light Boosts Pacific Navigation
A new automatic gas lighthouse rises 702 feet on Lehua Island in the central Pacific, casting its rays over a 20 mile arc. The beacon, with a 375 millimeter lens, operates without a keeper and will be inspected semiannually.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Pacific Ocean
Central Pacific
Hawaiian Group
Lehua
Orient
United States Lighthouse Service
Pacific
mid-Pacific
California
Oregon
Washington
Conference of the night birds in the dusk sky
The poem describes grackles and crows gathering in trees at evening to hold a lively conference. Birds from near and far speak loudly, each seeking to be heard. The starry night and grave debaters add a grand, almost human sense of talk and chatter, suggesting much ado over idle speech.
Memorial Day blooms boost Athene s grav e decorations
Memorial Day saw a wave of grave decorations with abundant flowers from private gardens in Athens and nearby towns. Plant dealers report thriving business, job creation in planting efforts, and a general sense of thrift and satisfaction at home as manufacturing centers note rising consumer demand and lower unemployment.
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Athens
A Thought For Today Quote From I John 3 8
A devotional line states that those who commit sin are of the devil citing I John 3 8. The brief reflects a religious sentiment from a historic church or newspaper column.
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John
Athens Messenger Publishes New Official Road Map
The Athens Messenger promotes a new AAA produced road map for motor tourists. It highlights major resort areas, touring objectives, highway numbers, pavement types, and state laws. The reverse side lists U S routes, a mileage chart, and touring data. requests fifteen cents for mailing.
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American Automobile Association
District of Columbia
U. S
Official Road Map Request Advertisement
Information Bureau invites readers to obtain the new Official Road Map by sending fifteen cents in coin or stamps. Include name street city state for delivery.
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Dissolution Ordered of Today Magazine Amid Mussolini Tension
The Today magazine movement opposing fascism is ordered dissolved by Mussolini in all branches. The Pope, facing hostility, cancels the Italian Eucharistic Congress planned for this week and calls his birthday one of the saddest days of his life. Europe’s isolation sharpens his sorrow as Spain and Austria once backed the church but no longer do.
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Venezuela
Venice
Lake Maracaibo
Przemys
Radko- Dimietriev
Selivanovy
England
H. H
Europe
Spain
Austria
Catholic nations shaken by sudden anti-religious outbreak
The outbreak, described as historically important, develops with suddenness in Italy and Spain, two countries long deeply Catholic, signaling a dramatic shift in religious sentiment and public life.
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Italy
Spain
Senator King warns Utah on mounting national debt
Senator King of Utah voices gloom over the national debt and predicts taxpayer revolt if the burden remains. He warns of possible strikes if the pressure continues.
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King
Utah
People Sell Uncle Sam Their Old Collar Buttons for Cash
Washington reports many seek cash from old gold and silver items as the mint and assay offices buy scrap only above a $100 value. Placer miners in the West struggle to dispose of small finds while pawn brokers and traveling buyers handle most sales. The Mint senses rising interest. firms in Philadelphia Denver and San Francisco handle purchases with prices around 20.67 for gold and silver market values.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Uncle Sam
U. S
Far West
Mary M. O'Reilly
Bureau of the Mint
Treasury
Dental Laboratories
Mint Bureau
Philadelphia
Denver
San Francisco
Ard
Seattle
Boise
Helena
Salt Lake City
Carson
Nev
New Orleans
New York City
When a boy must move to find happiness at school
A writer recalls a boy harassed for manners and culture, bullied at a public school until moving to a private one where he thrived. The piece urges relocating children from hostile communities and notes the enduring impact on families and future leaders.
How will they rebel and pay the price?
The text asserts punishment for dissent with threats of monetary loss, property seizure, and potential imprisonment. It frames rebellion as risky, detailing consequences as coercive leverage. The source implies state or authority sanctions against opposition.
Debt of the nation reaches 152 billion in bonds and mortgages
A Senate discussion notes total outstanding debt across federal, state, municipal, corporate, and real estate mortgage obligations at 152 billion dollars. Senator King estimates national property value at 350 billion.
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King
Estimating Quiet Debt Burden Yet Valuing Human Thought
The speaker notes an income estimate of one hundred billion and argues a nation should handle debt equal to thirty months income. He warns that Americans labeled “docile” by Northcliffe tolerate the situation and remain unresisting.
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Northcliffe
Taxed and Robbed by Politicians in New York
A critic laments taxpayer burden and alleges a corrupt group of politicians wasted funds. The speaker cites New York City as spending more in a year than the prewar federal government did.
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New York
United States
Foolish Nation and Prohibition Brought By Self-Governing Men
A critical reflection notes the nation’s costly entry into war, massive funding and troop deployment, and the ensuingProhibition era and European resentment toward nations it financed. The speaker laments the mood and criticizes self-governing leaders as underscoring the era’s failings.
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