Obituary notices and subscription rates across cities
Fragmentary text lists obituary related items and advertising rates for Athens Post Office. Mentions carrier and mail subscription prices in Ohio with yearly and shorter terms. Indicates class matter under act of 1918 and various city names. Departmental notices reference post office and rate schedules.
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Rational
Jonos Culles Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Erterec
Athens
Warning on liquor sales and district dryness in Athens
Residents and officials warn of rising disturbances linked to hard liquor and strong beer as Athens contemplates earlier closing hours. City council votes to curb heavy intoxication, with Mayor McCune reporting 48 cases last month, most tied to alcohol. The piece cautions dealers to enforce laws and suggests broader district dryness agitation may spread in coming months.
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Athens
McCune
Seed-starved spring dampens Southeastern Ohio farms
Farmers in Southeastern Ohio face a dry spell and cold nights delaying crops. Last spring brought persistent rain and flooded fields, while 1930 marked a historic drought. After a bitter winter, growing weather remains poor with dry pastures and trickling streams. Buyers may see higher food prices.
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Ohio
The Peddler Beggar At The Athens Door
An Athens housewife declined a peddler after he asked for a hat and offered items to sell. The piece warns housewives to avoid door to door solicitors, noting fake merchandise and scams. It encourages turning to welfare workers and local agencies for needs and condemns peddlers and beggars as troublesome.
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Athens
Derby
Panama
Pin Them Down in Pre Election Audiences
Readers are urged to demand direct answers from candidates about government economy simplification and job creation. The writer predicts summer campaign discourse will be filled with hot air unless politicians clearly take a stand. A questioner should force specifics on spending and policy to reveal true intentions.
Japan plans puppet rule in North China hints
Washington reports describe a Japanese plan to install puppet Chinese governors in North China, paralleling Mussolini's Ethiopia strategy. Demonstrations in North China would justify increased troops to back the puppet regime, with a reported doubling of garrison at Peiping and a transport of soldiers aboard a ship.
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Paul Mallon Washington
Mussolini
Ethiopia
North
China
Manchukuo
Peiping
World moves and theatre frame the White House campaign
The piece notes Japan's renewed push to dominate North China amid Western opposition, likening it to Mussolini defiance. It observes the White House campaign image shifts, with Mrs. Roosevelt replacing the bodyguard in recent news reels as President's aides tighten background for public appearances.
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White House
Mrs. Roosevelt
President to sail to Campobello after July 4
The vacation plan includes no battleships or Astor yachts as background this year. The President will sail to Campobello after July 4 with a small sailboat and his sons serving as sailors.
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Astor
Campobello
Joe Martin Seen As Practical Politician on Landon Push
Intimates of Congressman Joe Martin of Massachusetts describe him as a practical politician who joined the Landon bandwagon methodically after discussing with many average voters nationwide before deciding to back the Landon campaign.
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Joe Martin
Massachusetts
Landon
Landon Horn
Senator Hale backs Maine Passamaquoddy project
The piece notes how Democrats press a Republican senator to back a state extravagance. Senator Hale of Maine opposes Roosevelt programs yet defends the Passamaquoddy tidal project, admitting economic flaws unless relief costs are offset. It cites soil subsidies fears and a Nebraska bill to pay farmers on public lands.
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Hale
Maine
Roosevelt
Florida Canal
Passamaquoddy
AAA
Nebraska
Economic vows and voter expectations in a political climate
The piece argues that voters seek concrete promises over fine talk to judge officeholders. It notes distrust of rhetoric from dominant parties and calls for clear plans to fulfill commitments, while recalling distractions from entertainment figures and pop culture as background context.
District Tales of Long Ago in Athens County
A historical sketch recalls Dariel Bord of Ath ens County and descendants who shaped local life. It notes Daniel Boyd born in Ireland who settled near Athens, Jane Elliott and nine children including Margaret Bond the first Ohio University woman graduate, teachers Kate and Lucy Boyd, and other early residents. Mentioned are Henry Thomas Brown born 1825, Archibald Green Brown, Dr. Eber Green Carpenter, Mary DeSteiguer, Emma Carpenter, and Parker Carpenter, with the family home still on E State Street.
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Dariel Bord
Athens County
Boyds
Ireland
Sotland
Daniel
Irelarame
America
Boyd
Steasenville
Ohio
Carthage Township
Jane Elliott
Charles Elliott
Margaret Bond
Ohio University
Kate Boyd
Lucy
Athens
Hugh
W. F
Fanny Lawrence
Henry Thomas Brown
Archibald Green Brown
Ohio Supreme Court
Pomeroy
Charlotte Fuller
Brown
Washington and
College Sts
Eber Green Carpenter
New Hampshire
Williams College
Cheater
Meigs County
Mary DeSteiguer
Judge DeSteiguer
J. L. Hatfield
Emma Carpenter
Ten Years Ago A. E. W. Club Hosts Luncheon
News items recount club meeting with Mrs Emmett Guthrie and assistants, Mrs Harry McKinstry and Mrs L I Deissie hosting at Mrs McKinstry’s home with luncheon in honor of Mrs GC T Moore bound for Columbus. Guests included Mrs Theodore Crawford and daughter Jean of Athens Route 4. Mrs Frank B R Dilley hosted her bridge club.
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A. E. W. Club
Emmett Guthrie
R. A. Dalton
S. K. Burson
Harry McKinstry
L. I. Deissie
McKinstry
GC. T. Moore
Columbus
Theodore Crawford
Jean
Athens
Route 4
Ralph Wright
Frank BR. Dilley
Elizabeth Edmundson’s Sixth Birthday Party Held at Home
Elizabeth Edmundson celebrated her sixth birthday with a home party for fifteen guests. The report mentions attendees including Mrs. Anna K. Price and Sumner as guests of the Enlows, while several others travel. Also noted are remarks on women and economics, with Miss Barbara Soper speaking at the National Congress of Women Investors in America.
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Elizabeth Edmundson
J. Clyde Edmundson
Anna K. Price
Middleport
Eon, Sumner
E. M. Enlow
Barbara Soper
National Congress of Women Investors In America
Gail
Madame
Water needs of infants in health hints and diet
Health hints discuss infant water requirements for breastfed and formula fed babies. It notes babies need about 24 ounces of water per pound of body weight daily in the first year, factors affecting loss include skin evaporation, lungs, bowels, and illness. Cautions include avoiding excess water and risks of dilution on absorption.
Voices on wealth and fame in a changing era
A compiled set of quotes contrasts materialism with spiritual values. Nellie Tayloe Ross defends mint wealth as less convincing than a humane society, while Franklin D Roosevelt and William N McNair criticize trivial luxuries and vagrancy. Clark Gable notes audience fatigue with on screen romance.
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Nellie Tayloe Ross
Washington
The
Mint
LAAMOPOUS ADVENTURE BEGINS IN NEW YORK
Gail Everett, prize winner and designer, travels to New York to seek work under Madame Lizette. She meets Derek Hargreaves and Dick Searles friends while navigating a complicated social circle. In Arizona Mark Chapman confronts family land issues tied to Travers Mining Co. Gail's future hinges on luck, loyalty, and a mysterious late night call.
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Gail Everett
New York
Madame Lizette
Madame
Derek Hargreaves
Gail
Dick Searles
Rosemary
Arizona
Mark Chapman
Jed Hoskeefer
Mark
Peter Everett
Travers Mining Co
Rex Hall
Travers Company
Searles
Merrywood Hall
Natalie
Miss Cranston
Dad
Rita Cordell
Rita
Power Is Love Says The Dirt Beneath
A. Richardson from Nelsonville Ohio writes that love proves power even in danger and hardship. The verse declares there is no power above and guides footsteps when pressed, asserting the dirt beneath is evidence of love’s power.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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