Athens Messenger rights and press association credit note
The Athens Messenger lists memberships in the American Newspaper Publishers Association Ohio Select List Audit Bureau of Circulation Inland Daily Press Association and the Associated Press. It states AP dispatches credited to it and local news are exclusive, with republication rights reserved.
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American Newspaper Publishers Associa Ohio Select List
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Recrery of Ohio
Inland Daily Press Association
Associated Press
Market Reflections On Wall Street Drought and Policy
Market reflections note limited upside for stocks as drought bites and policy bills weigh on sentiment. Analysts cite final enactment of the Stock Market Bill and Communications Bill and Congress adjournment as mitigators while cautioning about food shortages and slower spring business prospects.
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Congress
Wall Street
AAA
Roosevelt
Weather upheaval and Tugwell in the New Deal critique
The piece links climate anomalies and political contention to the New Deal era, noting drought fears and unusual weather patterns while questioning scientific predictability. It asserts growing opposition to New Deal policies, focusing on Tugwell as a symbol of perceived radicalism and the drift of political views since 1931.
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Wirt
Tugwell
Doctor Wirt
Radio Sparks Call for Slower Patents on Inventions
A columnist voices frustration with radio listening and argues scientists should delay patenting until demonstrated benefits to mankind. They warn that voices and music can be broadcast widely yet often deliver trivial or banal content.
Tugwell case a public skirmish masks a rising movement
Washington reports that conservative Southern Democrats launched the Tugwell challenge to air broad discontent with the New Deal. They oppose NRA AAA and PWA spending and dislike the gold policy but kept silent. Tugwell’s nomination as under secretary of agriculture provided a chance to vent without full public exposure of their stance.
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Washington
Tugwell
NRA
AAA
PWA
Tugwell hearing exposes mixed Senate mood and vaudeville tones
The Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on Tugwell showed lawmakers avoiding a clash with the New Deal while voicing mild displeasure at radicalism. Tugwell appeared modest, aided by liberal allies Norris, Wheeler, and Bone, as boos and cheers mingled. Mrs. Tugwell left bored after two hours.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Tugwell
Norris
Wheeler
Bone
Investment bankers shift to capital financing after act
The banking sector moves toward promoting the capital finance market as they end their private banking role. Since the Securities Act, many bankers have been on strike or reluctant to finance big deals. Starting June 16, private banking ends for several houses, forcing them to pursue active capital financing to survive.
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Morgan's
Senate hearing anecdotes about professors and administrators
During Senate hearings Professor Tugwell used an academic turn to escape censure. Senators and committee members whispered about him as the Durante of the Senate and debated that the Administration pursued impartial administrators by targeting college professors or army officers.
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Senate
Tugwell
Red
Senator Long
the Durante
Inventions and the radio era expectations collide
A reflective piece contemplates advances in flight and technology, noting brilliant discoveries and wartime uses of aircraft. It argues inventions could improve life and unsettle economies, while criticizing the flood of radio talk as excess noise to be tamed for a more fruitful world.
It Seems to Me By Heywood Brown in Gary Indiana
Gary Indiana report describes the steel industry horizon over the lakefront town as chimneys loom and grime shadows homes. The piece foresees a looming strike threatening Gary and nearby Indiana Harbor and East Chicago, with the city’s fate tied to steel.
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Heywood Brown
Gary
Ind
Chicago
Middle West
State Line
Indiana Prairie
Lake Front
Lake Michigan
Indiana Harbor
Gary plant siege shows fortress like steel works amid labor strife
Observations describe Gary steel plant as a fortress ringed by walls and floodlights with three bridgeheads, severing access while ships unload provisions. Report notes a sustained operation during a strike, with labor drawn from Gary's local pool and waves of workers including minorities who face housing and wage pressures.
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Gary
Michigan
United States Steel Corporation
Inside the looming strike and the risk of violence
The piece contrasts leaders' inflated strike effectiveness with company fears. It notes skilled workers are organized while unskilled are weaker, predicts violence regardless of turnout, and depicts a tense, suspicious atmosphere around plants, guards, and bars. It argues violence can arise from AFL, not just leftist agitators.
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A. F
Toledo
Workers Trust Only One Mediator
An American Federation worker favors the Constitution and Union traditions but urges unity under one mediator. The Amalgamated Journal claims communism has no place in the Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. Yet steel workers now insist on dealing solely with President Roosevelt despite mixed opinions of his popularity.
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American Federation
Ogden Mills
Amalgamated Journal
The
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Amalgamated Association
Roosevelt
Health guidance on poison ivy care from Dr Morris Fishbein
The article warns summer readers about poison ivy irritation from ivy and other vines, noting that even tiny amounts of irritant oil can cause severe skin reactions in susceptible individuals. It details symptoms, affected areas, blisters, and crusting, and prescribes immediate washing, protective clothing, and home remedies like calamine lotion, phenol menthol additives, and paraffin dressings.
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Morris Fishbein
Fat Arthur and the idea of Grandma's farm reform
In a reflective tale, a mother frets over her son Arthur and a restless boy Jimmy. A kindly town leader, Mr James, recalls his own transformation after Grandma sent him to hard work on a farm. He argues the value of exercise and discipline, promising to mold Jimmy with chores, hunger, and guided toil.
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Arthur
Jimmy
Mr. James
They Say Real Improvement Needs Confidence
A Harvard professor and a Mt. Wilson observer comment on confidence as essential for lasting improvement and on interstellar space being a mostly excellent but not perfect vacuum.
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Malcolm P. McNair
Harvard
P. W. Merrill
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Cartoon Swami Seramba Embraces Silent Vow and Penchant
Yesterday's cartoon depicts Swami Seramba, a Sadhu from a saintly Hindu sect, pursuing purity through austere vows. He has taken a vow of silence and is shown with a pin through his tongue as he meditates, embodying strict discipline in a belief system about straightness and self-control.
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Swami Seramba
Onas Ible
Drought Defines Hard Times for Ohio Crops and Cattle
The Public Forum Editor notes sweeping drought damage across Southeastern Ohio. Letart Falls in Meigs County reports dire crop prospects as vegetable farming grows large along the Ohio River. Widespread burnouts plague wheat and corn, with cattle starved in sunburned fields. An Athens visitor cites drought from California to Boston. The piece ends reflecting on corn row patterns and a historic freedman tale.
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Letart Falls
Meigs County
Ohio River
Ohio
P. G. Moler
Athens
California
Boston
Infirmary
Earl
Hutchinson
Kansas
Growth of Athens Early Homes and Mills Around 1800
The article recalls Athens around 1800 with few houses on the town plat. It names early residents and sites including Earheart on the hill behind the Catholic Church, Othniel Tuttle near West State Street Cemetery, Doctor Perkins moving a cabin to join his home, Solomon Tuttle opposite the Currier property, Christian Stevens near the university, Judge Alvin Bingham near Elmwood Place, and John Hewitt who built the county’s first grist mill. It notes Charlies Shepherd and Sias Bingham contributing mills, hand mills and hominy blocks, and Captain John Chandler erecting the first house in 1798 near the Catholic Church, with other early settlers like John Hayner and Dr Leonard Jewett referenced.
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Athens
Earheart
Othniel Tuttle
West State Street
Doctor Perkins
Christian Church
Solomon Tuttle
Currier
Christian Stevens
University
Alvin Bingham
Elmwood Place
John Hewitt
Margaret's Creek
Washington County
Charlies Shepherd
Armstrong Place
Sias Bingham
John Chandler
John Hayner
Chandler
State Street
Leonard Jewett
College Street
Joel Abbott
Buck
William
Enrollment at Ohio University year term reaches 1000
In Other Year Enrollment at Ohio University for mer term was 1,000. Plans were made for a Ku Klux Kini stration and naturalization ceremony ville. dies Margaret Merwin, daughter of Mrs. J. T. Merwin, was graduated from cinnati Conservatory of Music. Mrs. Herbert Newton, Nelsonville 44 day party for her daughter, Meanie Lud
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Ohio University
Margaret Merwin
J. T. Merwin
Cinnati Conservatory of Music
Herbert Newton
Nelsonville
Meanie Lud
Ohio University Names Central Building at Manassah Cutler Hall
Fragmentary notes show Ohio University trustees naming the Central Building at Manassah Cutler Hall in honor of a member. Other items reference delegates, a 100-year span, and scattered regional details including salt production and Bavarian nun activities.
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Board of Trustees of
Ohio
Unive
Manassah Cutler Hall
Mantler
Yes
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