The Athens Messenger Publication Details
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co publishes weekdays with a large Sunday edition. Gordon K. Bush is publisher and general manager Charles A. Harris is managing editor. Members include American Newspaper Publishers Association Ohio Select List Audit Bureau Inland Daily Press Association United Press. National reps Jonos Cullen Company. Advertising rates by request. Obituary notice nominal charge. Quoted at Athens Post Office as Second-Class Matter under act of 1918.
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Frederick W Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles A. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
United Press
Jonos Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
The Future Is Not Black A Call for Education And Self Reliance
The author argues that democracy depends on popular education and personal initiative. Dictators gain footholds where ignorance prevails, while educated youth will resist repression as they mature. The piece emphasizes individual effort over expecting others to provide for them and warns against reliance on luck or favoritism.
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America
Europe
Red Cross Faces Long Ohio Valley Flood Recovery
After the January flood the Ohio Valley remains in recovery mode. Volunteers labor daily with the Red Cross to rebuild homes and communities while fear of another flood slows occupancy and repairs. Restoration will span weeks to years, with extensive property losses and a need for continued aid and sympathy.
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Red Cross
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Worth While Pie Baking Contest Highlights Merit Over Beauty
In Chicago a pie baking contest drew several girls and urged a shift from beauty pageants to practical skills. The winning cherry pie is praised as a wholesome contribution to home life and national menus, signaling higher living and homemaking value. The piece notes the winner’s achievement and suggests talent beyond pies may exist.
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Chicago
Divorce Case In Dedham Involves Mrs Paul Revere
A Dedham couple faces a divorce with Mrs Paul Revere as the plaintiff. The case follows a dinner party incident linked to a missing or unclear argument over the host’s conduct. No further details on the proceedings are provided in the fragment.
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Paul Revere
Dedham
Mass
The News Behind the News by Paul Mallon
Washington analysis outlines Roosevelt campaign tactics to push a court packing plan. It predicts 30 stubborn senators may resist, with filibuster risk and possible buyoffs. Notes Lewis demands a 30 hour week while Walsh Healey features in NRA plans and warns of monopolies.
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Washington
Garner
White House
Senate
Roosevelt
Mr. R
Mr. Roosevelt
Supreme Court
John Lewis
Lewis
New Order
NRA
General Motors
United Mine Workers
Borah
Johnson
Wheeler
President Faces Wit at White House Correspondents Dinner
The President endured a light jabbed reception at the White House Correspondents Association dinner. A favorite radio announcer offered a humorous show, praising the cast and joking about expanding the Washington baseball team to fifteen. A New York play echoes the era with a quip about the President and his stamp collection.
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White House
Washington
New York
Buenos Aires kidnap gang chief nicknamed Baby Face Rogelio
A Buenos Aires kidnap gang leader known as Pibe Cabeza or Baby Face Rogelio is cited among scattered notes. Other items mention a New York woman leaving 200 000 to her chauffeur and a rumor of a catfish found in a Louisville attic. Skeletons of sea creatures sometimes turn up in the Himalayas.
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Buenos Aires
Pibe Cabeza
Baby Face
Rogelio
Antonio
Himalaya
Louisville
Daphne
Anne
Snow Spirit Verses and Rustic Fence Poems in Messenger
A poetry column entry features The Snow Spirit a short verse about winter wings and white blankets, signed by Annie McIntyre Barto e from Nelsonville Ohio. It includes an old fashioned fence poem recalling Grandfather’s farm with hickory rails and wild roses and ends with a Dr Alexis Carrel quote on science and civilization.
District Tales of Long Ago Narrative of Nelsonville institutions
The Nelsonville history outlines the founding of the Presbyterian Church in 1868 and early leadership, the Nelsonville Church of Christ established in 1857, a 19th century school built on land donated by Daniel Nelson, and the growth of the school system to serve over 1,000 pupils. It notes the 1848 Masonic Lodge, 1874 Odd Fellows, and the Phil Kearney Post G A R chartered in 1880, plus a rural mail carrier who uses a snowmobile in Bliss New York.
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Presbyterian Church of
Nelsonville
Thomas J. Downie
Jacob Frost
John Myers
Samuel Poston
Charlies A. Cable
W. H. Burrill
John Gray
J. E. Howe
John Barrow
John Scott
William Comstock
William Power
W. L. Clark
Alice Pierce
Lucy Bell
Meda Riddell
Helen Musser
Sarah Washburn
Mattie Warren
Ida Maxwell
Kate Gabriel
Callie Carnes
Retta Eckies
Ella Riddell
Mary Weiher
Lizzie Howe
Lillie Butterworth
T. P. Marshall
Dr. Primrose
Josiah Wilson
W. G. Hickman
W. W. Poston
George Devore
J. C. Parker
Masonic Lodge
L. D. Chamberlain
W. P. Johnson
James Price
Noah Wilder
Thomas Miller
R. G. McLean
O. J. Eckley
James Pugsley
Odd Fellows Lodge
Jos. Barnecut
T. B. Pritchard
J. J. Hoodler
John Wilson
J. P. Dean
Fred Wend
Phil Kearney
Grand Army of the Republic
Whooping cough stages and dangers outlined by Dr Fishbein
The article details the winter rise of whooping cough with its three stages. It describes early cold-like symptoms, then explosive coughing spells and the distinctive whoop, potential feverish face and vomiting, and possible complications like bronchitis pneumonia and nosebleeds. It notes exposure triggers and the high mortality in infants under three months, but says modern methods reduce fatalities.
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Morris Fishbein
New York Executive Faces Family Ties and a New Tenant
Daphne Brett, a stylish young ad executive in New York, rents her late father's Connecticut estate to a handsome architect, Larry Smith, to ease finances for her sister Jennifer. Tension rises as Jennifer's return and charm threaten Daphne's control, while Daphne contemplates a personal shift and a need for excitement.
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Daphne Brett
New York
Connecticut
Jennifer
Daphne
Larry Smith
Mr. Smith
Tuck Ainsley
State placings in Christmas window display by Cornell
Co C Cornell placed eighth statewide for a Christmas window arranged at the D Zenner Company. The Merry Bunch Club met at Misses Villetta and Josephine Emish home in Nelsonville. Ohio University play Lightin featured Clifford Moriarity Marianna Bing Pauline Swanson Ruby Gladys Mercer Ruth Jones Spotsy Burke Jack Sweeney Carl Heck in minstrel show led by Rafael Johnson. Rev C M Coulter joined Rotary. F D Forsyth spoke as first president. James Mackey Jr. injured by rusty wire in knee, treated at Grover Patton store. physician called.
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Co. C. Cornell
D. Zenner Company
Merry Bunch Club
Villetta
Josephine Emish
Nelsonville
Ohio University
Clifford Moriarity
Marianna Bing
Pauline Swanson
Ruby Gladys Mercer
Ruth Jones
Spotsy Burke
Jack Sweeney
Carl Heck
American Legion
Rafael Johnson
James Mackey, Jr
Athens High School Minstrel Show participants listed names
The article lists numerous participants in the Athens High School Minstrel Show led by Dana M. King as interlector. It also notes Miss Mary Kerr and Mr. Harry Wilson presiding the grand march at the Alpha Xi Delta formal and records several guests and local residents at gatherings on W. Union St. and Route Six.
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Athens High School
Joe Pickering
Edwin Chubb
Joe Morrison
Russell Mingus
Wheeler Dew
Ellis Woodworth
Frank Kircher
Mark Cowen
James Hoak
Raymond Davis
Simeon Earich
Charles Woodworth
Donald Swaim
Dick McKinstry
Mack Shaffer
Carl Ramsey
Herman Bean
Edward Arpee
Howard Knox
Oscar Riley
George Fetch
Ralph Dinsmore
Marshall Linscott
Frank Sloan
John Newman
Donald Millikan
Mary Kerr
Harry Wilson
Miss Liston
Brison
Gregory
Mackinnon
Borger
Irene Gross
Mildred Scott
Ruth Atkinson
Worth Dicken
W. Union St
Jess Dicken
Logan
Bruce Dicken
Athens
Joe Hutchins
Pa Iter
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N. Y
A.r.edris Morgan
George Clark
Suror
Wowk
Petr
Anne Cockerell
Ritz
Clark Gable
Tuck
Phooey
Wall Street
New Haven
C. M. Coulter
Rotary Club
F. D. Forsyth
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