The Athens Messenger and Herald Publication Details
The Athens Messenger and Herald is printed by Athens Publishing Co with Gordon K Bun as publisher and Charles & Harris as managing editors. It lists association memberships, circulation audits, and daily/weekly subscription rates including 4.50 per year by mail in Ohio and 75 cents per month by carrier.
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Gordon K Bun
Anc
Charles & Harris, Managine
American Newspaper Pubneners Association
Otto Select Liet Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio
Nland Daily Press Association
Jonn W Cullen Company
Chicago
York
Detroit
Boterec
Athens
Mall
Wrenn
Davey tax plan viewed as weak political dodge
The article argues Governor Davey’s proposal to remove the food tax is a weak political gambit. It notes Ohio already taxes many things, warns of new tax burdens, and says cutting food taxes would require new revenue sources for schools pensions and social programs. It compares to a Kansas governor’s decisive moves.
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Davey
Ohio
John Citizen
Martin L. Davey
Kansas
Safe Swimming Plea for Supervised Pools in District
The piece warns of continued drowning losses in district streams as summer begins. It urges municipal or privately run pools with proper supervision to prevent tragedy, noting the treacherous Ohio River and other waters. It stresses the high cost of safety versus the cost of repeated community sorrow and the need for trained young swimmers.
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Ohio
New Union Struggle Prompts Looming Labor Tensions
The looming labor crisis pits John Lewis led industrial union organizers against craft union advocates within the AFL. Strikes, sit-downs, and sabotage spread as Lewis and Green mobilize funds and members, threatening a national flare up before November elections and upending traditional party alignment amid a split in the federation.
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New Deal
Industrial Organization Group
John Lewis
Steel Workers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
Old Federation of Labor
Lewis and Green
Simile of a Murderer’s Expression in a Mystery Film
A line describes a look as malevolent as the expression worn by all but the murderer in a mystery film, capturing the tense absence of certainty and the silent suspicion among the crowd.
Maine Primaries Signal Shift Against Lobby Bill
Washington dispatch notes a dramatic House reversal on the anti lobbyist measure. Maine results show Townsendites and Coughlinites gaining in key races, with implications for Beedy, Brewster, and Republican alignment. AFL lobby opposition also spurred the retreat, hinting at a third ticket idea for 1936.
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Washington
Smith
Virginia
House
Maine
Carroll Beedy
Congress
Gibraltar
Beedy
Townsend
Coughlin
A. F. of L
Townsend and Coughlin Faddists Tap New England Front
A passage notes unusual political stir in Maine with limited relief efforts and a failing potato act. Townsend and Coughlin movements are new there while California shows opposition to Townsend Plan in primaries. The piece remarks fad economics rise fast and fade, with a six month spread into New England and election timing uncertain.
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Maine
Coughlin
California
Townsend
Townsend and Coughlin
Washington talk of Roosevelt second term reshapes politics
Inside Washington the talk centers on political realignments after a Roosevelt re election with Democrats planning to curb New Deal extensions and form blocs in Congress. Cabinet changes are rumored with four names Wallace Ickes Roper Perkins cited and others mentioned, while public chatter links tariff policy excise taxes and war debts to broader power shifts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Wallace
Ickes
Roper
Perkins
Hopkins
Tugwell
London
Hamilton
John
Farley
Hull
Texas
Public Forum letter on Sheridan birthplace mystery
A Columbus reader questions conflicting claims about General Phil Sheridan birthplace. He cites Howe's Ohio collections, Collier's 1889 proofs, and notes his friend's encyclopedia to seek the true location. He asks for verification from readers and editors.
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the Messenger
General Phil Sheridan
Somerset
Ohio
Ireland
Albany
New York
Howe
Sheridan
Colliers Magazine
M. J. Gerrich
Hagerman vs East in Poet’s Corner homage and warnings
The Messenger prints a readers column featuring poems by Hagerman High School Girls from Hagerman Idaho and a love lyric by Annie McIntyre Bartoe of Nelsonville Ohio. The exchange mocks East Coast pretensions while praising Western life and a buckeye memento.
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Hagerman
East
Ohio
Hell
Idaho
Buckeye
Annie McIntyre Bartoe
Nelsonville
Dust Storm Blamed in Man's Death Lawsuit
In Wichita Kansas Harold Edward Mischke dies after dust storm illness his widow sues Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company to recover damages on a policy seeking one thousand dollars.
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Wichita
Kas
Kansas
Harold Edward Mischke
Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company
Mischke
Valley Belle retirement marks end of era on Bryant show boats
Malcolm Hartley Pomeroy notes the Valley Belle steamship ends its show boat era in Cincinnati as Bryant’s boats shift to a new vessel. The veteran vessel, once linking Pomeroy and Ravenswood, remains a familiar Meigs County name even as every original part has been replaced.
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Malcolm Hartley
Pomeroy
Valley Belle
Bryant
Cincinnati
Billy Bryant
Meigs County
Wick Hayman
Apple Grove
Raverswood
Guests noted in social items from ages past
Ten years ago Mrs. L M Patton and daughter Vanion of Johnson City Illinois visited Mr. and Mrs. Harley Moler. Virginia Siebert of Columbus stayed with her aunt Mrs. W H Bechtold. F W Mayor and son Kenneth of Mt Dora Florida visited Mr. and Mrs. John Kilpatrick. Helen Kerr of Wellington visited cousin Miss Jane Cooper. F W Donzy and children Margaret Louise and Harriet Jane of Toledo were guests of Mrs. Donzy's parents. Dr J A Guthrie of Huntington West Virginia visited his brother G E Guthrie. Twenty years ago Miss Marie Swaim hosted Nellie Gray and Frances McCallister. Lena Koons returned from Hanford California for a two month vacation with L A Koons. Clarence Roach and sons Lee Stewart and James Harrison went to Chillicothe to visit Fred Saxauer. Prof John E Snow of the Armour Institute and Mrs Snow joined summer at Athens with W B Lawrence and relatives.
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John E. Snow
Armour Institute of Technology
Chicago
W. B. Lawrence
Athens
Parting of the Ways on World League Doom
A collection of quoted remarks contrasts views on the League of Nations with thoughts from Ramsay MacDonald, Rev. Langstaff, and George M. Lamsa. The selections touch on global prospects, humor, and dream interpretation as cultural commentary.
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League of Nations
Ramsay MacDonald
Runaway Bride on a Sea Voyage Sparks Mystique
Marcia Cunningham flees her wedding on the eve of her ceremony. She sails to France with a wedding-canceling fuse of gossip aboard the ship. On deck and at tea she confronts curiosity, dodges questions, and finds intrigue with a stranger, Philip Kirkby, as she grapples with the choice between marriage and freedom.
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RERE
Marcia Cunningham
Bob Haskell
Sylvia Graham
Sylvia
Marcia
Wenda Andrews
Wenda
Bob
Mademoiselle
Ocean News
Mrs. Jameson
Mis
Sir Galahad
Philip Kirkby
Pampas
Paradise
Vitamin D Essentials for Babies and Mothers
Health hints outline cod liver oil and alternatives to supply vitamin D for mothers and infants. It notes sun exposure, irradiated ergosterol or viosterol, and irradiated milk products as sources, stressing doctor guidance for premature babies and caution on overreliance on any single source.
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Morris Fishbein
Committee On Foods of the American Medical Associate
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Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Paul Mallon
Denver
Bounding Main
Beef Trust
the Public Forum
Columbus
Poet’s Corner
Messenger
Virginia Siebert
W. H. Bechtold
F. W
Kenneth
Mt. Dora, Fla
John Kilpatrick
Helen Kerr
Wellington
Jane Cooper
F. W. Donzy
Margaret Louise
Harriet Jane
Toledo
J. A. Guthrie
Huntington, W. Va
G. E. Guthrie
Marie Swaim
Nellie Gray
Wellston
Frances McCallister
Marietta
Hattie Woodruff
Fred Woodruff
Lena Koons
Hanford
Calif
L. A. Koons
Clarence Roach
Lee Stewart
James Harrison
Chillicothe
Fred Saxauer
John Brett Langstaff
New York City
George M. Lamsa
George Clark
Big Bad Man
Helen Welshimer
NEA Sonics
Ocean
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