Athens Messenger Publication Details and Rates
The Athens Messenger printed weekday editions with a Sunday-morning issue. Publisher Gordon K Bush and manager Charlies H Harris oversee operations. Affiliated with American Newspaper Publishers Association and Ohio press bodies. Subscription rates listed: by carrier 15 cents weekly, annual 64.50, six months 32.50, ten weeks 19.00, four weeks 5 cents per week.
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Charlies H Harris Managine
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
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New York
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Athens
Relief Pasture: US Economy and New Deal Critique
A critical column argues relief trends mirror 1929-1930 wage shifts, citing rising relief enrollment, large corporate profits, and railroads, then blames government dependence and political worship for ongoing debt. It warns of expanded relief work and election-year spending totaling 1.425 billion, suggesting self-reliance erodes.
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Ohio
Uncle Sam
Moses
Congress
Athens
Civilian Insurance Drive by One Million Boy Scouts
The federal effort at Washington seeks to build the largest civilian fingerprint collection by voluntary citizen prints. Scouts plan to add their fingerprints to the file, aiming to record distinguishing marks of law abiding citizens for protection against kidnapping accidents memory loss or mistaken identity. Department of Justice officials praise the civilian file for its usefulness in numerous cases and urge public participation as a form of insurance.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Department of Justice
Knoxville Divorce Claim Across Husband Hygiene Habit
A Knoxville woman files for divorce asserting her husband has not bathed in over a year, a claim reported as a notable civil action. A Denver decorator is quoted criticizing wallpaper choices as capable of spoiling meals, signaling tensions over home life.
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Knoxville
Roosevelt letter hinted farm aid stance in scramble for votes
Paul Mallon reports on Roosevelt’s public letter to O'Mahoney and Jones about farm benefit payments, plus White House misdirection and private reaction. Straw polls tilt toward Republicans, with Roosevelt gaining as others push the idea of a broad struggle against large corporate farming. Soviet diplomacy shifts as Moscow negotiates with London for a defensive pact, seeking parity with Japan and equal status with Germany amid tense prewar talks.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senator Vandenberg
O'Mahoney
Representative Jones
Vandenberg
London
White House
Messrs
Townsend
Moscow
Hitler
Japan
Germany
Zioncheck’s Bundled Defense and White House Aid
The explanation says Zioncheck has been bundling himself with Zioncheck zippers for months and more. The Seattle Congressman would have continued his stance if the White House had not influenced his actions. Inside courage came from the White House, delivered by telephone to a local district commissioner and then to the police.
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Seattle
White House
Senator Metcalf Attacks Boondoggle Examples
The Republican senator spotlighted wasteful spending, citing $14,962 to pave Wiewam Brook bed in New Jersey, $19,000 for a village gym in New Mexico with 134 residents, and $62,000 to fix a Vermont community center never built, arguing the projects were impractical.
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Metcalf
Senate
Wiewam Brook
New Jersey
New Mexico
Vermont
Mussolini sets June 16 for massive army display
The Italian dictator fixed June 16 for a grand military show, aligning with the League of Nations Council meeting on sanctions. A weather note cites a 35 year cycle, oddly likened to a routine grocery store visit.
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Mussolini
League of Nations Council
Weather cat creditor and Dionne quints note
A Baltimore weather forecasting cat dies after years of accurate forecasts. The Dionne quintuplets are learning French amid a winter of change. A humorous reflection on roll calls and a pig’s reaction closes the note.
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Baltimore
Dionne Quintuplets
District Tales of Long Ago recounts the Downing family
Ry cc. H. HARRIS presents a portrait of Samuel Downing and his Meigs County lineage from 1815 arrival in Maine to Gallipolis and Scipio Township. It details his six sons and one daughter, their marriages and ventures from Rutland stores to the General Harrison steamboat, noting public roles and widespread moves across Ohio and Illinois, ending with the death of Samuel Downing's last daughter Hannah in 1894.
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Downing
Meigs County
Maine
Samuel Downing
Gallipolis
Insik
Scipio Township
Hannah Harding
George Downing
Harriet Chase
Ohio
Rodney Downing
Maria Black
Samuel
John B. Downing
Major” Downing
Major Downing Long
Rutland
Mississippi River
General Harrison
Stedman
Leading Creek
Franklin Downing
Nancy Black
Hollis Downing
Phebe Smith
Middleport
Jane Reed
Ripley
Ellen Ross
Columbia
Mary Gibson
Jane Smith
Harrison Downing
Jane Graham
Harrison Downings
Hannah Downing
Mr. Thompson
Athens County
Ilinois
Training School Tattler and Lectures Highlight Notes
A ten year old column recalls The Training School Tattler edited by Tom Craig with Jean Roach as associate editor. Sixth grade members wrote and edited the paper. President E B Bryan planned lectures at Utah Agricultural College Logan Utah. Guests Christine Child Charleston and Donna Tebay Parkersburg hosted by Mr and Mrs J H Groas.
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Tattler
Tom Craig
Jean Roach
Marian Piovio
Donald Sams
Maurice Cornwall
Albert David
Alfred Hughes
E. B. Bryan
Utah Agricultural College
Logan
Utah
Christine Child
Charleston
W. Va
Donna Tebay
Parkersburg
J. H. Groas
Public records should guide road rights and condemnations
W E Peters urges that highway right of way for a 56 mile state project be built on existing records to protect private property. He argues condemnations require fair compensation and accessible public records, criticizing distant centralized data and urging local control and transparent data sharing with county officials and landowners.
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the Messenger
Athens County
Highway Department
State Highway Department
Commissioners’ Office
Mechanicsburg
Columbus
E. Peters
Gail Everett Finds Work And Romance In New York
Gail Everett, prize winning costume designer, moves to New York to seek work. She lands a job with Madame Lizette but faces a temperamental sponsor and a busy schedule while Derek Hargreaves pursues her. Gail balances fashion work, social events, and a looming mystery about her aunt Gail's inheritance as she pursues a potential romance.
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Gail Everett
New York
Madame Lizette
Madame
Derek Hargreaves
Gail
Dick Searles
Rosemary
Arizona
Mark Chapman
Jed Hoskeer
Mark
Peter Everett
Travers Mining Co
Rex Hall
Travers Company
Derek
Ariadne
Madame S
Toinette
Lita
Rita Cordell
Carolie
Clytie
Cliqtie
Natalie
Miss Everett
Ferrara Gallery
Health Hints and Diet by Dr Morris Fishbein
Health Hints discusses modern proprietary infant foods, their aims to mimic breast milk, and differing opinions on fat absorption. It notes cost, ease of preparation, and cautions against adopting a neighbor's chosen proprietary formula without medical guidance, stressing each baby’s unique needs.
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