The Athens Messenger and Herald overview
Athens Messenger details its weekday afternoon issue and a large Sunday morning edition. It notes publisher Gordon K. Bush and managing Charles H. Harris, serving Athens and surrounding counties with wide circulation and affiliations including the Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Ohio Inland Daily Press Association. Subscriptions priced by carrier and mail, with locations and offices listed.
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Ww. Bes
Savertas
Athens
Messenger & Herald Or Co
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio Select List
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Ohio Inland Daily Press Association
The
United Press Associations
Looking Backward to 1904 Quarter Century Reflections
The column compares 1904 World Fair era with today noting similarities. It cites Roosevelt in the White House, bicycles fashionable, free silver debates, Manchuria war parallels, legal beer sales, and fashion cycles. It argues a cycle of American life and a return to the “good old days” as progress.
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St. Louis
Strik
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Manchuria
Japan
Russia
China
Southeast Ohio Faces Broad Growth Amid Farm Boom
Southeastern Ohio shows active planting across the countryside with families in fields and renewed water flows. Crops like corn advance after rains, cherries ripen, gardens thrive, and homes are refurbished. Wheat remains average while breadstuff outlook stays light. wool sells well and river towns market produce. General district confidence remains high as owners plan for a secure season.
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Ohio
Ohio River
The Press Puts Safety First In Traffic Morals
Editorial writers warn that speed and recklessness on roads cause countless accidents, urging citizens to respect laws and common decency. They blame discarded safety norms for rising motor casualties and stress newspapers as the voice guiding new standards and safer habits.
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Jay
Dole Must Be Avoided As Economy Stagnates
A columnist warns that relief reliance grows as business falters. The piece critiques the burden on the “little fellow” and notes thrift among foreign-born communities in Southern Ohio. It urges broad understanding to prevent prolonged charity and references pending legislation.
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England
Germany
Ohio
Dorothy Dix on Love and Gender in Everyday Marriage
Dorothy Dix argues love is a gift not tied to sex and that both men and women vary in their capacity for passion. She notes many marry for reasons besides love, that affection shifts over years, and that women often bear emotional burdens while men focus on work.
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Dorothy DIX
Dollar’s Comeback Featured In Lincoln Neb State League Cartoon
A 30 year old Dollar souvenir story is told from F Pierson once a Denver Tramway worker now in Omaha. He earned his first dollar as a track worker. In 1933 a young woman used Pierson’s dollar to buy stamps at the Denver post office. The dollar resurfaced as a recalled token after decades. Tomorrow’s feature is Underground Lightning.
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F. Pierson
Omaha
Denver Tramway Company
Pierson
Denver
About Your Children by Olive Roberts Barton
A mother fears her child inherits trauma from a past shock and grows nervous. The writer urges seeking professional help for the mother to curb the child’s fear phobia, noting many doctors treat nerves and that such fear is not insanity. A plea against overindulgent parenting and parental timidity.
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Olive Roberts Barton
Dining Habits and Luncheon Psychology in Public Life
A health column discusses cross cultural lunching, noting Americans as tachyphages and President Roosevelt’s luncheon routines. It urges longer midday rest, warns against mixing business with meals, and highlights digestion and oxygenation benefits from walks and leisure.
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United States
Beware of the Quack and Seek Steady Help for Fear
A motherly account urges caution about unqualified doctors and emphasizes honesty about fears. It argues health rests on organs blood nerves and a clear mind and notes chronic fear needs outside professional, scientifically grounded guidance. The piece stresses a healthy mother setting a positive example for children.
F D R Holds Control Over Congress and a Veteran Revolt
Roosevelt maintains party control in Congress as five Democratic senators flip on the Finance Committee against the licensing section of the industrial recovery act. The White House voice and Louis Howe influence swayed votes, while a minor procurement lapse on camp toilet kits underscores New Deal pressures.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Finance Committee
White House
Senate
Byrd
Virginia
King
Connally
Bailey
Clark
McAdoo
National Manufacturers’ Association
Louis McHenry Howe
Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Louis
Cutting
Carey
Dickinson
Austin
Barbour
Howe
Pi Beta Phi 1928 Commencement Events and Local Wedding
The Pi Beta Phi sorority held a breakfast dance at 7 30 AM in the Student's Union and a post breakfast at Windsor Tea Room. An evening Cookie Shine occurred at Miss Bertha Brown's home. Florence Esther Carr wed P Outhwaite Nichols at 10 Second Street, Columbus, in the morning ceremony.
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Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Windsor
Pi Beta Phi
Bertha Brown
East
Washington Street
Florence Esther Carr
P. Outhwaite Nichols
Columbus
Clint Carr
Second Street
Famous Statesman Horizontal Puzzle Clues Revealed
A scrambled crossword style item lists clues for a horizontal set about a famed statesman and a vertical set on competition terms. Included are references to animals, slang, geography, and measurements, with several definitions and wordplay prompts.
Six Mines Active in Chauncey District on June 12
Six mines in Chauncey district were operating today including No. 255 No. 2% No. 52 Carbondale Black Diamond and Poston No. 6. None operated Saturday while an average of three mines were active on the other five days last week.
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Chauncey
Carbondale
Black Diamond
Poston
Chauncey Unemployed League Holds Sunday Meeting
About 300 people attended Chauncey Unemployed League’s Sunday afternoon gathering at Chauncey High School grounds. Ovie Quinton presided, Rev. Guss Graham offered prayer, and several talks were given.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Unemployed League
Chauncey High School
Ovie Quinton
Guss Graham
M. B. Church
Chauncey-Dover schools keep Wesley Walburn as superintendent
At a recent Chauncey-Dover Board of Education meeting Wesley Walburn was rehired as superintendent of Chauncey-Dover Schools for another year.
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Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover Board of Education
Wesley Walburn
Chauncey-Dover
Nye Family Guests Entertained At Sand Ridge Home
Mr and Mrs Floyd Nye and son Kenneth of Chauncey visited Sunday at the home of Miss Hannah Hibbard in Sand Ridge for a social call and entertainment.
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Chauncey Perso
Edgar Burt
Chauncey
Olliver
Sarah Nye
Alice Nye
Clifford Corning
Vey Courtney
Gladys Pic Dix
Sy Bert Daugherty
John Michael
Charles Shields
John Howard
Amiteu Hia
Helen Howard Cey
Roy Pond
Columbus Sun
Lawre
Neilsonvil
Reeves
Apé Tucker
Floyd Nye
Kenneth Nye
Sand Ridge
Hannah Hibbard
Chauncey Local 358 Leaders Aid Muskingum Valley Organizing Drive
Elmer Allen president of Chauncey Local 358 Herman Theisen Sr chairman of the scale committee and Ralph Dean joined Sunday in the Muskingum Valley to help organize a new local union chapter.
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Chauncey
Elmer Allen
Chauncey Local No
Herman Theisen Sr
Ralph Dean
Muskingum Valley
Meeting 18 Weds Chauncey Friendship B Church
June meeting of the Friendship Bible class at the Church of Christ Wednesday night. Mrs Ralph Brown will preside and Mrs Gladys will lead the program.
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Chauncey
The
Friendship
Church of Christ
Ralph Brown Dent
Brown
Gladys
Old Timers at Ohio University Elect Officers
Old Timers of Ohio University met at the Alumni Chapel in Ewing Hall and elected officers: B. Skinner president, Hollie C Ellis vice president, W. H. Fenzel treasurer, and C. E. Williams secretary. Senior Day Exercises at the auditorium featured talks by members of the group.
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Ohio University
Ewing Hall
B. Skinner
Hollie C Ellis
W. H. Fenzel
C. E. Williams
Ohio University Auditorium
Herrold Bridge completion noted after week’s work
Twenty years ago the Herrold Bridge was raised and supported in a week with Engineer Charles Creamer expressing satisfaction. The Juvenile Dancing Class led by Mrs. E F Black and Mr. R A Dalton would perform again at Athens State Hospital per request by Supt. and Mrs. Fordyce. Mrs. Cornelia W Jones and granddaughter Marian Bush planned a New York City departure to Hamilton Bermuda for the summer with relatives. Mrs. Maurice DeKort of Cleveland visited her sister Mrs. Edward Banka.
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Herrold Bridge
Charles Creamer
E. F. Black
R.A. Dalton
Athens State Hospital
O. O. Fordyce
Cornelia W. Jones
Marian Bush
New York City
Hamilton
Bermuda
Maurice DeKort
Cleveland
Edward Banka
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