Athens Messenger Listing and Publisher Information
The Athens Messenger showing 1896 to 1929 publication years lists Frederick W Bush as publisher and notes a weekly schedule with a Sunday edition. It identifies offices in Athens and mentions the paper’s regional scope across multiple southeastern Ohio counties and towns including Nelsonville Logan Pomeroy Middleport Coolville and Gallipolis. Subscription rates reveal weekly carrier and mail options with annual pricing and short-term packages.
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Frederick W Bush
Athens Messenger A Bald Printing CO
Gorden K Bish
Mgr
Charles 8. Garris
Aescovers
Ohio
Alfhens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Logan- Pomeroy
Middleport
Coolville
Gallipolis
What He Thinks Will Count In This Election
The man in the street weighs family finances and jobs over party labels as November nears. He favors concrete economy in government, lower prices for farm products, and removal or pay cuts for public workers, ranking taxes and honest governance above prohibition.
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Rolls Royce
Washington
Middle West
Government expenses vs expenditures sparking voter ire
A speaker denounces federal spending as a tax burden noting 30 cents of every dollar goes to government costs now versus 15 cents before World War I. He urges citizens to scrutinize candidates on taxation, write to representatives, and oppose post office contracts as part of a broader call to curb what he calls a spending orgy.
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United States
Washington
Yall
Economic Lunacy and the Restoring of World Trade
A Country Gentleman essay argues that postwar trade decline stems from artificial barriers such as licenses quotas and embargoes. It warns the United States and other nations have crippled world commerce, harming livestock products and overall production, and calls for revived free exchange of production factors and goods.
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United States
A Thought for Today From Numbers 22
A reflective saying cites a biblical line about restraint and blessing. The excerpt references Balaam and a divine warning against arrogance toward the people, emphasizing humility and protection.
Solid South Holding Convention Power
A Washington analysis explains how both major parties rely on southern delegates for control at conventions. It notes Democrats secure the south’s votes and Republicans gain patronage edges, with rules like two-thirds and district delegates shaping outcomes in the rise of national campaigns. It highlights regional voting patterns and reform proposals affecting convention power.
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Ple
al Smith
Mississippi
South
Cavil
Formal opening of the Athens Country Club set for June 29
The Athens Country Club will hold a formal opening on June 29 for members and their families with many professionals expected to play the course. F Stanley Crooks of Columbus, named an honorary member, will also attend as part of the event. Washington M R Blumenberg, 46, dean of the committee stenographers of Congress and longtime secretary to the late Rep Charles H Grosser of Ohio, died suddenly in Athens. The city bans firecrackers and explosives by ordinance with strict enforcement. Three boxing bouts are planned for July 4 under the Elks Lodge. Pedestrians are urged to heed safety zones. police note jaywalking risks. Auditor records show 8,824 dog licenses issued this year.
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Athens Country Club
F. Stanley Crooks
Columbus
Washington
M. R. Blumenberg
Committee
Stenographers of Congress
Charles H. Grosvenor
Ohio
Athens
The
Elks Lodge
Toledo
River Division
Lyoan
Pomeroy
Logan
Sevenths in Athens Camp Preparations and Local News
Twenty years ago 35 members of Company L Seventh Regiment camped at the Athens Fairgrounds for a weekend ahead of a summer regimental camp in Marietta. The Progressives form as Roosevelt loses. Seals of Paramythia Lodge No. 25 F and A M move to Athens archives in the new Temple. Eva Mitchell and Frank B Gullum wed at the bride’s parents home. both Athens Ohio University alumni with Gullum a four year Varsity pitcher.
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Marietta
Athens Fairgrounds
Cincy McLean
Paramythia Lodge
Athens
New Temple
Eva Mitchell
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Frank B. Gullum
Hamden
The Swimming Pool and Distant Summer Streams
A city man seeks cool relief in a modern pool while recalling a carefree childhood pool by a stream. The poem contrasts hot days and chauffeured leisure with memories of simpler summers and nature. A final aside notes an unknown soce project and the new South Bridge, fading from memory.
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New South Bridge
The Champion Rice Writer Breaks Record with Rice Letters
Ardara Pa resident E L Blystone wrote 2871 letters on a single grain of rice to win a Rockne Six Sedan in the Believe It Or Not contest. An accident at 18 left Blystone seriously injured, yet he recovered and later crafted his own artificial hand. An exhibition shows the grain, pen, and magnifier in the Believe It Or Not Odditorium with tomorrow featuring The World's Champion Optimist.
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E. L. Blystone
Ardara
Blystone
Public Forum Letters Urge Trains Still Operable For Athens Columbus Route
A reader letters column argues the C I and O should not discontinue the Athens to Columbus trains. The writer faults scheduling and old cars, cites late arrival issues, and urges better publicity and possible patronage tactics to keep service. A second letter notes political rep angles and Reconstruction Finance Corporation questions.
Borah Attacks Republican Platform Over Straddling
William E. Borah declares he will not support Hoover for re election on the Chicago platform calling for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment Borah calls the platform a gesture of political expediency and urges the party to adopt a clear anti liquor stance to win over wets and drys alike. He warns the GOP faces a split vote and questions the party’s true stance on liquor.
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William E. Borah
Senate
Herbert Hoover
Chicago
Borah
Speed and Safety: Widen Roads With Reused Asphalt
Amesville resident urges widening state highways using recycled asphalt from torn up roads as a safety measure. He cites Route 50 North trip to Marietta and notes budget constraints, speed concerns, and berm improvements as ways to reduce speeding and create work.
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Messenger
Marietta
Route 50
Athens County
Amesville
Hoover Proposal to Cut Armaments Faces French Resistance
President Hoover proposed reducing world armaments by one third and outlined the plan in the White House with Secretary of State Stimson present. The aim would save about fifteen billion dollars over ten years, but France rejected the move, insisting it will defend its gains.
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Hoover
White House
State Stimson
France
Foreign policy voices clash over protection and arms
Senator Borah endorses the president's plan while France's Prime Minister Herriot calls it unacceptable. Sir John Simon from England demands abolition of submarines. The piece notes England's vast floating commerce and argues for strong, affordable national defense without foreign consultation. Former Governor Smith questions party loyalty.
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Borah
Herriot
France
John Simon
England
Vitamins Survive Canning Better Than Believed Says Survey
A survey led by MORRIS FISHBEIN reports vitamins A D and E largely survive canning, with Vitamin B preservation varying. Vitamin C retention depends on oxygen exposure and copper catalysts, while dried fruits show substantial vitamin retention, supporting nutrition from canned and dried foods.
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An. Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Hygeia
Health
About Your Children and Picnics
The article advises careful picnic packing for kids, suggesting balanced lunches with meat or eggs, sandwiches with cream cheese and dates, peanut butter, or jelly, along with ripe clean fruit and plain cookies. It emphasizes caution with sweets, recommends a thermos of milk or water, and notes sun and exertion increase risk, urging common sense.
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Johnny
Mary
Governor Roosevelt and Governor Smith in Democratic race
The passage notes Roosevelt would not discuss nomination now and urges an honest platform. Smith is presented as a distinct candidate on his own behalf.
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Roosevelt
Smith
Impressive devotion cited in Nihilist era tale
The article recalls a French attache’s wife who longed to die with Von Plehve after his assassination. It also tells of a Roman matron who, urged by judges to kill herself, took a dagger and stabbed herself saying it did not hurt.
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von Plehve
Fifth Avenue Wife Seeks Lion to Quiet Husband
New York City tale of a woman near Central Park Zoo who offered to buy a lion from park officials to let her husband shoot it. Park commissioner Herrick rejected the proposal, and no sale occurred.
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New York City
Fifth Avenue
Central Park Zoological Gardens
Herrick
Public boxing bout draws elite crowd and big receipts
Seventy thousand Americans including governors and mayors watched the Sharkey Schmeling prize fight Tuesday. Ticket prices ranged from 2.30 to 23.00 reduced for the depression. The total paid was 429000 for fifteen rounds. The piece argues the outcome was staged for future profits and laments brutality in society.
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Sharkey-Schmeling
Schmeling
Sharkey
Walker
Berlin
John L. Sullivan
Bob Fitzsimmons
Deportation Bill Sparks Free Speech Protests
The House passed a bill sending to the Senate would make Communist Party membership and related unions deportable and ban teaching or advocating communism. The defense of political prisoners group protests, citing Millay Dreiser Steffens and others, arguing punishment for beliefs is wrong.
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House
Senate
Communist Party
National Committee For the Defense of
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Theodore Dreiser
Lincoln Steffens
Political freedom clashes with racketeers in Britain and America
The piece contrasts Britain's tolerance for speech with its crime problem and notes many racketeers and various offenders in the United States keeping police and authorities busy for the moment.
Roosevelt Probing Higgins Prison Visit After Gangster’s Death
Governor Roosevelt investigates a striking trip by gangster “Vannie” Higgins to Great Meadow Prison. Higgins traveled by air, was greeted by a guard who directed the landing, and spent the night in the women’s house as a guest before his death at the hands of rival gangsters.
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Roosevelt
New York
Vannie
Higgins
Great Meadow State Prison
Alaska Gold Stampede Sparks Bright Outlook in Nuka District
News notes a cheerful tone as a new Alaska strike in the Nuka district sixty miles west of Seward triggers a stampede. Reported discovery claims free gold ore valued at fifty five thousand dollars per ton amid a mood shift from previous lows.
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Alaska Nuka
Seward
California
Alaska
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