Athens Messenger Publisher and circulation details
The Athens Messenger listing the publisher Frederick W Bush from 1925 to 1996 notes weekly afternoon publication except Saturday with a large Sunday edition. It lists Gerald Printing Co and Gordon & Bush as publisher and general manager with Charles Sarria as managing editor. It includes circulation audits, associations, advertising rates, and subscription pricing.
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Athens Llessenger Prederick W. Bush Publsher
Athens Messenger
Gerald Printing CO
Gordon & Bush
Mer
Charlies
Sarria
President Roosevelts war on holding companies urged by critics
The piece argues the President aims to split up private electric utilities via a network of local “little TVA’s.” It condemns holding companies as financiers who milk utilities, raising rates, while praising regulated, localized structures that share resources and lower costs. Regulation is favored over termination.
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Roosevelt
TVA
van Sweringen Brothers
Federal Securities Exchange Commission
Ideal Holding Company
Maine
California
Combine
Better street lights for Athens urged by city council
The Athens City Council seeks a brighter street lighting system to improve safety for drivers and pedestrians amid aging overhead electric lighting. Officials acknowledge road illumination has not kept pace with changes and that municipal funds are limited, complicating new improvements and tax considerations.
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Athens
Europeans Split Over War Debts Exhibit Dual Personalities
The remark frames European attitudes toward war debts as a display of dual personalities rather than two faces. It suggests contrasting stances reflect a split mindset rather than inconsistent positions among nations.
British Warships Brought Home for Coronation Purpose
Twenty eight Royal Navy vessels were recalled from overseas to serve the coronation duties. The move aims to handle ceremonial tasks and shore-side preparations, with ships assigned to potential public events and guard duties.
Roosevelt era looms with centralization and labor rulings
Washington voices split on a future shaped by Roosevelt and Lewis. The piece predicts expanding federal control, wage law passage, labor union regulation, and anti strike measures, with Court packing battles and a potential 1940 coalition reshaping the party and nominating Byrd or Vandenberg as key figures.
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Treasury
Army
Navy
Merchant Marine
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Lewis
Byrd
Virginia
Senator Vandenberg
Johnson Critiques Recovery Pace Amid New Deal Debates
Hugh Johnson argues 1936 national income estimates show only a partial recovery, noting per person output remains 20 percent below 1929. He criticizes New Deal social legislation delays and predicts political motives to retard recovery until after the 1940 elections. He cites undistributed profits tax as a hindrance to small business recovery.
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New York City
Department of Commerce
New Deal
Car maintenance wisdom and temperance in life balance
A reflective editorial notes after three years with a car that loses some luster and extends a broader message about temperance. It argues moderation helps sustain enjoyment of life and practical care.
Beauty in Nature and Motherhood in Poetry
A reader poem from Flora Ohio by Mrs Adam Whaley extols beauty in spring mornings woods sunsets and smiles while praising motherhood as the supreme beauty. It contrasts simple joys with Irish wit and divine scenes and ends with reverent regard for motherhood.
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Flora
Ohio
Graham Chapel Church Children’s Day program listed
Children's Day will be observed at Graham Chapel on Sunday June 20 at 2 o'clock. Visitors include Mrs Green of Cleveland visiting son and daughter in law Clarence and Mrs Green. Various relatives and friends from Marion Dayton Zanesville and Lancaster visit or stay with local families.
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Graham
D. O. Chappel
J. M. Chappel
Effie Frost
Dayton
Charles Kelley
Sam Frost
Callie Dailey
Zanesville
Health Hints and Diet Recovery of Blood Pressure Facts
Health tips cover how blood pressure changes with age in children, gender differences, and early maturation effects. It notes standing after lying down raises pulse and pressure, tonus of vessels, and risks of shock from sustained low pressure. Alcohol modestly affects weight, tea and coffee enhance nervous excitement, and overexertion or posture changes raise risk. The cuckoo bird behavior is also described.
District Tales of Long Ago and Local Industry Update
Workmen roof Silas Bland's two story brick store and dwelling about 20 by 50 feet with a fine finish. School furniture from Richmond costs 253 dollars. Total school cost about 2500 dollars. Voris and Stacey gearing to brick manufacture in Fairview Addition next spring. Leon the slack rope performer will walk from Brooks to the Ohip House. B F Harper employs fifteen miners for canal shipments. daily output about 1500 bushels. Rev Silas Cooke to preach at Presbyterian church. Athens girls sleep with shoes on to keep feet from spreading. Coal from Hocking Valley sells in Columbus at 9 to 11 cents. Straitsville 9 cents. (Continued Tomorrow).
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Silas Bland
Longstreth
Richmond
Indiana
A. A. Sisson
Messrs. Voris and
Stacey
Sheldon Scott
Fairview
Leon
Brooks
B. F. Harper
Silas Cooke
Pennsylvania
Presbyterian Church
Athens
Hocking Valley
Columbus
Straitsville
Coral Chooses Love Over Hoyt At Elton Prom
Coral Crandall wrestles with a life changing decision as Hoyt Marquis pressures marriage to save her father from a loan call. At Elton Prom Coral discovers David Armstrong with Donna Allen, then publicly rejects Hoyt and proclaims her marriage to David, finding forgiveness and a path forward.
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Coral Crandall
Elton College
David Armstrong
Elton
Coral
Donna Allen
Hoyt Marquis
Hoyt
David
Jimmy Bayliss
Donna
Jay Saunders
Sand
Marquis
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Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Paul Mallon
John Lewis
CIO
Democratic Party
Senate
Mr. R
Hugh Johnson
Hugh
Johnson
Poet's Corner
Messenger
Coleman
Pen
Mountain Stream
Hill
Hell
Nature
Graham Chapel
DR. Morris Fishbein
George Clark
Seay
Eugenia Mackiernan
NEA Service, I E, Inc
Mr. Marquis
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