Advertising Rates and Post Office Details Notice
A fragmented UPI transmission lists advertising rates and postal information for Athens, including second class matter status, subscription options by carrier and mail, and pricing such as one year four ninety five-? months two fifty ten weeks one dollar and one week. It references John W Cullen Company with offices in Chicago New York and Detroit and notes obituary and thanks notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
John W Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Athens
Ohio
Southern Ohio Highway Association Push Seeks Better Roads
A Gallipolis originated drive aims to unite 25 Ohio River counties and northern neighbors to press for a modern, continuous river road. The plan invites motorist input to form a study group and craft a program for action by the state highway department, highlighting deteriorated highways and tourism potential along the river edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio
Ohio River
Southern Ohio Highway Association
State Highway Department
Ohio Valley
Astronomical financing boosts debt as veteran bonus paid
United States Treasury and banks orchestrated a large funding operation to finance the soldier bonus. The national debt rose to about 34 billion dollars while 3.5 million World War veterans lined up for bonus bonds. Major items included 2 billion in bonus bonds mailed, 1.16 billion in debt payments, and Treasury plans for 2.05 billion in new bonds and notes to refund obligations and cover the bonus. The debt stood around 31.7 billion before the Monday surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury
Treasury
Finland
Northwest Territory remembered as frontier pioneers honored
A commemorative look at how the Northwest Territory opened remaining American frontiers. The Roosevelt memorial for George Rogers Clark underscores the 1787 Ordinance foundations, urging reverence for pioneers and a renewed effort to protect and sustain the region from Marietta to Gallipolis and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest Territory
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
George Rogers Clark
Vincennes
Ind
America
Marietta
Athens
Gallipolis
Meigs County
Clark Memorial
Ohio University
Treasury chiefs drained by bonus rush timing
Washington observers deem the June 15 bonus payments timing amid Republican convention adjournment as one of the era’s sharp political moves. Morgen thau and Postmaster General Farley show evident strain from the rapid rollout of the $2.3 billion program, with auto and real estate sectors expected to benefit most.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Jim Farley
House
Senate
Farley
New Dealers Push Hypothetical Banking Plank Disputed
The piece argues the GOP platform’s Money and Banking section lacks actual banking policy and questions whether a banking plank was removed or the title was misapplied. It criticizes platform editors for hurried, sleep-deprived drafting and notes this yields only broad generalities rather than concrete legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Deposit Insurance
Bartlett
Brides Aim to Omit Obey Word in Marriage Ceremony
The National Council of Congregational and Christian Churches will study removing the word obey from wedding vows. Clergy members urge dropping the term as unnecessary and irritating, arguing marriage today is a cooperative partnership. Removing it would modernize the ritual with little real change in meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Council of Congregational and Christian Churches
Foreign nation settles debt to Standard Oil in mouth organs
A foreign nation has paid its debt to Standard Oil using mouth organs, while the United States still must whistle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Politicians Seek Revival With Vintage Cigar Rally
In a tongue in cheek remark, figures across parties hint that restoring enthusiasm for a traditional cigar might spur national vigor. The quip blends nostalgia with political theater as leaders tout cultural symbols to rally supporters.
New Yorker Drinks Polish Dies in Mystery Case
A fragmented 1920s style clipping reports a New Yorker drinking Polish liquor leading to death, with unclear cause and stray phrases about four men, Prohibition, and a phone call, leaving the exact details unreadable but signaling a fatal incident and lingering questions.
Grave Robbers Target Concord Cemetery
The Public Forum letter from WM. JANSEN SR. of Millfield criticizes so called grave robbers profaning Concord Cemetery. He urges readers to identify the culprits and promises they will be brought to justice. Dated June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Bar of Justice
WM. Jansen, SR. Millfeld
Health Hints And Diet Health By Dr Morris Fishbein
Before modern medicine cod liver oil was used for rheumatism tuberculosis and wasting disorders. Vitamin D from cod liver oil helps curb rickets a disease from lack of calcium and phosphorus use sun exposure to activate D. Doses rise with age from babies to early childhood, with three daily intakes at various ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltic
North Seas
The Old Burlingham Mill in Burlingham District
Ethel G Blackwood recounts Burlingham Mills history from 1856 to 1900. Operators Esbon Sloan Sam Williams Pierce Dos Swearington Nanny Thurston and others, a 1868 fatal clothes fire, boiler upgrades, and the mill’s demolition by Guy Morris about two decades ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlingham
Ethel G. Blackwood
Bedford Township
Shade Creek
Eli Sloan
Esbon Sloan
Waldron Williams
Sam Williams
Sloan
Ohio
Pierce
Dos Swearington
Nanny
Thurston
Colman Ashworth
Athens
Albert Quivey
Jerry Grim
Cleveland
Guy Morris
Harvard Law Student Returns From Vacation
News brief notes Mr. Lawrence Worstell, a Harvard law school student, arriving home for summer break. Parents Judge and Mrs. L. G. Worstell meet him in Columbus. Also mentioned are Dean and Mrs. T. C. McCracken's West trip, the Dorsey family visiting Olive Dorsey in Athens, the Kircher family leaving for Buckeye Lake, and Mrs. P. E. Shirley's return from Sciototville New Boston and Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Worstell
Harvard Law School
L. G. Worstell
Columbus
Charles P. Kircher
Buckeye Lake
Summerland Beach
P. E. Shirley
Sciotoville
New Boston
Portsmouth
Twenty Years Ago At The Republican National Convention
Dr F P McVay attended the Republican National Convention in Columbus while guests visited from Findlay Indians apiece hosted by Mr and Mrs D H Moore and by Mr B O Skinner in Indianapolis. J W Dowd of Toledo stayed with Mr and Mrs George A Kurtz as A W Ullom returned from Germantown Pa to his son Dr J T Ullom. Mrs James Holmes of Carrol visited Mr and Mrs James A Palmer. Dr Graham UNC president laments dictatorship alongside free school church and library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Borah
Roosevelt
White House
Texas
South
Mr. Roosevelt
Dr. F. P. McVay
Columbus
A. W. Ullom
Germantown
J. T. Ullom
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
Landon’s budget reforms bring fame and a nomination
Marian Bush Snyder recounts Alf M. Landon’s Kansas budget drives and reforms including cash basis budgeting, tax limits, and a state budget law. The piece notes large tax cuts, relief spending, and debt reductions that boosted Kansas’s national profile while he balanced finances and stayed popular despite campaign weaknesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Bush
Snyder
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Alf Landon
We've done our hitch in Hell by Jack Collins
A war era poem from Hagerman Idaho reflects on war toil and hardship. The speaker laments trenches mud and lice while claiming heaven will come after a hellish hitch. The piece ends with a humorous credit to DG-60 Hagerman and the author Jack Collins of Murray City Hagerman Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Heaven
St. Peter
Hagerman
Jack Collins
Landonisms on debts and inflation in 1930s context
The remarks liken foreign debts to pebbles and internal debts to a boulder. They claim everyone is a taxpayer, regardless of awareness, and urge spending limits. The metaphor warns that a leaky engine cannot accelerate and excess debt blocks progress, linking inflation to erasing American sayings.
Teaching youth to shape future over past history claim
A quotation from J Edgar Hoover of the FBI arguing against focusing on history in teaching boys, suggesting it prevents youth from wasting life in prisons. The text also cites Dr Harry Woodburn Chase of NYU noting that what the public considers collegiate reflects alumni memory and attitudes more than current students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harry
Burn Chase
New York University
Also Mentioned on This Page
Astronomical Financing
Paul Mallon
Wrath
the Public Forum
DR. Morris Fishbein
Dean
Mrs. T. C. McCracken
West
Colorado
Grand Canyon
California
J. H. Dorsey
Maude
Morgantown
W. Va
Olive Dorsey
R. J. Berry
Findlay
D. H. Moore
Mrs
Frank Skinner
Indianapolis
B. O. Skinner
J. W. Dowd
Toledo
George A. Kurtz
James Holmes
Carrol
James A. Palmer
George Clark
Landon
State of
Wichita
Brinkley
Mike
G. West
Richard B. Fowler
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bridge
Poker
Poet’s Corner
Messenger
Murray City
Hagerman, Idaho
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!