The Athens Messenger History and Circulation Note
Page four shows the Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co. details with publisher Frederick W. Bush 1906 1929 executor Gordon K Bush and editor Charles H. Morris. It lists association memberships and press affiliations. Subscription rates include carrier 18c per week and mail options across multiple Ohio counties.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Mecsenegs & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K Bush
Fisher
Gen. Mer
Charles H. Morris
American Newspaper Publishers Se
Ohio Paper
Associaton
Intend Daily Press
Werk
Athens
Gallia
Mocking
Meigs
Washington
County Manager Plan Proposed to Reform Athens County
The piece argues for replacing the county board with a professional county manager to streamline operations and save costs. It explains the Ohio County Charter Commission process to draft a new county constitution and shift to modern governance, urging voters to support reform despite political opposition. It highlights Athens County's $300,000 budget and the need for capable leadership.
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Athens County
County Board of Commissioners
Ohio
Fathers Learn About Babies in Memphis Training
The Maternal Welfare League of Women's Clubs in Memphis Tennessee started a four lesson course for expectant fathers. The curriculum covers infant care and feeding and how to settle a baby for sleep at night, proving men can be detail oriented caregivers rather than just instinctive parents.
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Maternal Welfare League of Women’s Clubs
Memphis
Tenn
New York Police Chief Bans Shipments of Confiscated Guns
Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine bars shipments of confiscated gang firearms to Finland. He argues the weapons could explode or injure someone if exported.
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Lewis J. Valentine
New York
Finland
Clapper Warns on Roosevelt Reforms and Reactionaries
Raymond Clapper critiques reactionaries and defends New Deal reforms. He notes the Hatch Act’s passage restricting political activity by government employees, argues the New Deal is its own worst enemy, and discusses past relief politics and policy makers.
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Earle
Pennsylvania
Joe Guffey
Roosevelt
Senate
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
Hatch
Dempsey
New Mexico
Minton
Indiana
Guffey
Hatch Act extension targets state local government workers
Congress considers extending the Hatch Act to employees funded partly by federal money at state and local levels. The move would affect welfare and highway department workers viewed as political operatives. Senator Minton leaders oppose and may filibuster by attaching the anti lynching bill.
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Congress
State Highway Department
Minton
Senate
Barkley
Answers and Questions from The Messenger Information Bureau
The Messenger Information Bureau offers clarifications on wheat bushels, Skyline Drive costs and opening date, Federal Reserve Board appointment process, water pressure differences, U S election precinct counts, and cranberry storage duration. Answers provide figures and dates for each inquiry.
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Skyline Drive
Blue Ridge Mountains
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
United States
Senate
Story of Democracy By Henrik Van Loon
In his new book Leonard Woolf notes that civilization rests on the balance among political institutions economic structure and social ideas. Democracy must face facts as self government vs totalitarianism remains an age old struggle and is not yet safe.
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Henrik van Loon
Leonard Woolf
Russia
Wasm’s
Plato
Greece
Unemployment woes of single men voiced in public letter
Kenneth McFarland vents in The Messenger about unemployment and limited aid for single men ages 18 to 30. He argues youth lack jobs, face hunger, and fear conscription, urging Ohio to create employment plans for single men alongside families. He notes jail and school overcrowding and appeals for action. Jacksonville, February 19.
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the Messenger
CCC
NYA
WPA
Ohio
Kenneth McFarland
Jacksonville
Health Hints on Feeble-mindedness and IQ Classifications
Morris Fishbein notes estimates that up to 5 percent of Americans are feeble-minded and explains IQ ranges from 90 to 110 considered normal to 70 or below as feeble-minded. The piece discusses idiot, moron, imbecile classifications, thyroid effects, Mongolian idiots, and heredity trends in IQ across races and marriages.
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Morris Fishbein
United States
Birthday Excerpt Critiques Bible Readers And Church Hypocrisy
In a public letter Charles Alexander comments on a previous letter and Lincoln, then mocks Bible students as drinkers. He argues true followers of Jesus differ from "good church people" who gossip, dance, and drink, citing Matthew 23 to condemn hypocrites. J A Depoy of Coolville signs the letter.
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Charles Alexander
Public Forum
Lincoln
Alexander
Farrell
Jesus
Christ
J. A. Depoy
Party Night Ordeal for Ann in Unfriendly City
In a sanitized serial, Orphan Ann Brown travels to a party hosted by Florabelle and Clara. Ann and Steve Claybourne after a tense first date join a raucous dinner with Jake Bontel and Steve, where Ann fears losing control as the revelers push drinking and bold advances.
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Ann Brown
Paul Hayden
Steve Claybourne
Clara Brooks
Irene Temple
Ann
Paul
Florabelle
Clara
Chicago
Jake Bontel
Clancy Horton
Steve
North Side
Sheridan Drive
Mr. Horton
Clancy
Howdy
Jake
Athens Scout Director Sees Girls as Future Professionals
Miss Virginia Veeneman, then director of Athens Girl Scouts, predicted in 1950 that girls would become lawyers doctors and businesswomen and would not keep house. The piece notes ancestral ties of the late Mrs. Sarah Baird to land where the Bank of England stands and mentions notable family names including Lord Aberdare Lord Bruce Earl Lennegan and Lord Cambell. Aimee McPherson is shown at Luna Park Zoo in Los Angeles.
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Athens
Virginia Veeneman
Sarah Baird
Bank of England
Lord Aberdare
Lord Bruce
Earl Lennegan
Lord Cambell
Aimee McPherson
California
Lion’s den
Luna Park Zoo
Los Angeles
Twenty Years Ago News Blotter Summary
Mr. W. O. Phillips recovered a lost diamond earring for Mrs. J. S. Van Dyke at 299 West State Street. A home in Nelsonville owned by Joe Stanley burned down. Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Flegal returned from a nine week wedding trip through the South. A group bound for Marietta to hear the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra included Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Strecker and several Stalder Ness Hawkins Pickering family members. Headlines warn of building the world’s biggest navy or entering a league.
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W. O. Phillips
State St
J. S. van Dyke
Marietta
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
C. L. Strecker
Harry Stalder
Mary Stalder
Mary Ness
Florence Hawkins
Anna ’ Pickering
Poling Woman Taken to Columbus Hospital for Observation
Mrs John W Poling of near Webb Summit was taken to a Columbus hospital Tuesday for observation and treatment.
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Logan
John W. Poling
Webb Summit
Columbus
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Detroit
Cleveland
Raymond Clapper
Glenn Frank
Republican Program Committee
Republican Party
13Th Street
Washington, D. C
Messenger Bureau
Coolville
By Galbraith
Louise Holmes
NEA Service, Inc
Joe Stanley
Nelsonville
Fred G. Flegall
Aldine Roach
South
Daniels
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