Athens Messenger Adopts Rates and Affiliations
The Athens Messenger outlines its service area Athens Nelsonville Glouster Logan Pomeroy Middleport Coolville and surrounds with carrier and subscription rates. It lists affiliations with American Newspaper Publishers Association and Ohio Inland daily press groups and notes telegraph wire service connections and office addresses in Chicago New York and Detroit. It provides annual and short-term subscription prices and requests obituaries and notices.
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Enue
Ohio
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster Logan-Pomeroy
Middleport
Coolville
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Ohio Inland Daily Press Association
United Press Associations
A Thought For Today Proverbs And Defoe Sayings
A compact clipping presents Biblical wisdom and a Defoe adage on friendship. It notes that companionship with fools leads to ruin and cautions that friends are valuable when chosen well.
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DeFoe
Townspeople See Campus Improvements Rise in University Town
In a college town the university’s growth has deepened ties with residents. As enrollment grows the campus extends into the city, boosting supervision and student contact with locals. Fraternity and sorority houses foster homelike atmosphere with more study and less late night rowdiness. Older alumni involvement correlates with stronger performance in class and activities. Townspeople know students and faculty on the street and hope for continued progress.
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Collese
Alumni Help and Hilarity Overshadow Campus Growth
Alumni of Greek letter organizations reflect on student work and chapter houses. They note moments of humor but also regret when youth lack guidance and support from townspeople and former members, highlighting the need for advice and assistance.
Too Many Average Folks Warn Against Parenting Education
The text argues against overstandardization in schooling and parental control. It urges aligning education with individual talents, avoiding forcing children into prescribed paths, and fostering self discovery through supportive friendship and guidance rather than direction. It links misfit outcomes to uniform curricula and emphasizes natural development.
Empire of Crinoline: 1100 Yards and 103 Flounces Unveiled
Baron de Meyer explores fashion history from 1845 to 1865 noting that hoop skirts required up to 1100 yards of fabric for a gown and Empress Eugenie wore 103 flounces. Crinoline persisted despite discomfort, with rural peasants also donning some version, until Eugenie shifted styles and the fad declined.
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Baron de Meyer
Empress Eugenie
Eugenie
Broadcasting World View from Studio Studios and Stars
Gilbert Swan reviews the bustling New York broadcasting scene with profiles of Rudy Vallee dancing, Smith Ballew from Palestine Texas, Hexy’s center figures, Evangeline Adams mystical collecting, Minnie Blouman’s past with Irving Berlin, and the chorus of radio tenors from small town churches. The Fevellers Quartet set records, Patricia Collinge’s stage link, and Gilbert Swan himself noted for his trembly on air antics.
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New York
Big Broadcasting
Rudy Vallee
Pback
Smith Ballew
Palestine
Tex
Jand
Prnch
Hexy
Big Wie
Broadcast Cent
Dante
Napoleon
Evangeline Adams
Minnie Blouman
Nit Wits
Irving Berlin
Fevellers Quartet
Patricia Collinge
Channon Collinge
Frontier Days Noises Stir the Studio Soundscape
A writer recalls the lively NBC Frontier Days segments with wild west noises. A bootstrapped sound setup uses rubber slaps marbles and a cardboard box to imitate hoofbeats rocks and boulders. John White appears as a tuxedoed cowhand while a new versatile device produces rain thunder whistles and engine sounds.
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Cheyenne
Sheridan
Bozeman
Calgary
Pendleton
Cody
John White
Cosmic Architect and Aesop Style Fables Echo in Science
The text muses that a single origin, a cosmic architect, underpins diverse structures from roofs to telephones and even Einstein, then shifts to praise Linstein the mathematician. It ends with a parable of frogs and a king log, illustrating rulers and respect through fable imagery.
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Jupiter
More Truth Than Poetry by James J Montague
An essay blends satire and social critique on violence boredom and sport. It argues war fantasies fade beside the thrill of sports and questions American culture, media voices, and justice while noting radio announcers’ role.
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James J. Montague
Courage and Fear as Habits for Health and Strength
The text argues courage boosts body and mind while fear drains them. It urges changing beliefs and environment to reduce fear, noting only three primal fears exist and all others are learned. By cultivating positive thoughts and inner confidence, one can transform health, energy, and self image through repeated mental practice.
Rumania’s Boy King and Prince Carol Affair
The text recalls a young Romanian king guided by his grandmother and notes Prince Carol taking the throne seeking action. It mentions his elopement era with another woman and implies forgiveness for royal missteps as kings are granted rights.
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Rumania
Carol
Michael
Stalin Eyes Romania as Future Russian Resources
Stalin watches the Russian front with interest and believes Romania’s wheat fields oil wells and fruit orchards should belong to Russia when he moves. He expects these resources to fall under Soviet control as events unfold.
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Stalin
Russia
Rumania
Candy and sugar research claim linked to alertness and child health
Experiments at Colgate University suggest sugar helps fatigue after sleep loss with energy foods like cakes and candy. The piece argues candy is harmless for teeth and may aid children, while contrasting rich versus poor diets and noting Russia’s sugar purchases and political implications.
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Colgate University
Doctor Daird
German Pilot Sets Multiple World Aviation Records
Captain Wilhelm Zimmermann breaks five world records in the smallest all metal aircraft for land and sea flights. Versailles treaty handicaps aside Germany leads in aviation. A Dornier all metal plane with 100 to 200 passengers and crew is expected to fly here, seen as more important than any prior flight by Gene.
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Germany
Wilhelm Zimmermann
Questions and Answers on Child Habits Diet and Flour Uses
A set of reader questions answered on childhood toe walking corrective exercises for a six year old and the role of Melba toast in digestion and constipation. It also covers reasons for a long term urge to chew paper and guidance on flour coarseness for mush versus muffins.
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G. T
M. P
Garner Proposes Texas Split Into Five States
Washington reports House Minority Leader Jack Garner advocates dividing Texas into five states with ten U.S. senators. He argues the move would unlock regional interests, spur a strong congressional role for Texas, and reflect historic precedent in Congress.
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Washington
House
Jack Garner
Texas
Garner
Lone Star
Amy Johnson biographical sketch and feats
Amy Johnson, aged 27, flew 10 000 miles London to Australia in under nineteen and a half days. She trained as a schoolteacher, studied at Sheffield University, then moved to London for secretarial work and joined the London Airplane Club in 1928. She later became an apprentice to a ground engineer and earned the first English woman to win a ground engineer license.
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A. Amy Johnson
London
Australia
Wesleyan
Hull
Sheffield University
London Airplane Club
Gine
England
London Daily Mail
United States
Lewis N. Tappen
Denver
South demands rebalanced power with New England alliance
The speaker argues the south is unfairly treated by northeastern dominance. He contends Texas could form a bloc with New England to counterbalance two senate seats for Texas against ten for five New England states. He cites population growth and tariff favoritism, urging action to curb northeast advantage.
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South
New England
Texas
The Man Who Went Presented by Athens High School
Athens High School staged The Man Who Went by its graduating class last night marking another strong performance in a series of school productions. Prescott Bentley visiting scholar in metallurgy at Harvard arrives with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Bentley. Esther Treadley Johnson, back from Turkey, to speak at the First Christian Internationalism meeting on volunteer needs. Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Ellis hosted a Colonial Hotel dinner and theater party for their niece Miss Mildred Hastings of Columbus. Twenty years ago Athens awaited Ohio University baseball workouts against Ohio Northern in Ada tomorrow. Wiley H Norton, Julia Norton’s nephew, will graduate from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine next week. Luana Allen and Mrs. John Allen with children leave East State Street for Union County. Ted Sullivan hosts his sister Maude Sullivan visiting from Warwick, N. Y.
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Athens High School
M. T. Ellis
Colonial Hotel
Mildred Hastings
Columbus
Wiley H. Norton
Julia Norton
Athens
School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Luana Allen
John Allen
J. B. Fulton
East State Street
Union County
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