Athens Messenger description and subscription rates
The Athens Messenger print edition details its publishing schedule and offices. It lists publishers Gordon K. Bush and Charles Barris, plus affiliations, and provides obituaries rates, postal classifications, and weekly or annual subscription prices for Ohio and distant mail options.
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Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
TRE Athens Messenger & Herald Rinting CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charles 8. Barris
Thought for Today Reflections on weariness and despair
A devotional note cites Ecclesiastes 2 19 and Shakespeare lamenting the weariness of worldly labor. The piece contrasts the burden of toil with fleeting earthly pursuits and invites contemplation on meaning beyond labor.
National Business Women's Week Honored in Athens and Statewide
The article notes National Business Women's Week began in Athens and spread to hundreds of communities. It highlights seven years of effort by the Athens Business and Professional Women's Club to promote business ethics and professional advancement for women in business, paralleling men’s organized efforts and stressing women’s rising influence.
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Athens
Business and Professional Women's Club
National Organization of Business Women
Past and Promise: Lessons from Taft Roosevelt and Oregon Diary
A reflective piece contrasts William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt, praising mediocrity avoidance and public service. It cites Roosevelt’s push to the presidency, Taft’s rare dual role as President and Chief Justice, and a 1847 pioneer diary detailing hardship on the Oregon trail, urging national duty to honor the past.
Taft's Career and Impact Highlighted in Biography
The passage traces William Howard Taft from his early reform efforts and role in the Taft Roosevelt split to his 1909 presidential election loss and eight electoral votes from Utah and Vermont. It notes his service as governor of the Philippines, solicitor general, and Secretary of War, with emphasis on his work in Cuba and Puerto Rico and his admired public persona.
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Roosevelt
Republican Party
Woodrow Wilson
Taft
Utah
Vermont
Harding
Panama Canal
Philippines
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
Broadway head tax scheme inflates dull shows to hits
New York reports a scam where theater heads ship free passes to clerks and office staff who boast of free seats. Box offices collect 50 cents per ticket as a supposed head tax, though no such tax exists. The ruse funds a four to five month run and Hollywood eyes aim to buy scripts, while Street Scene nears 500th performance and joins legendary hits.
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New York
Talking Pictures
Hollywood
Aranges
Arkim
Broadway
West Coast
Broadway talents shift as season opens new ventures
The season brings numerous moves including Sidney Skolsky leaving Earl Carroll for a Broadway column, Howard Benedict training with the Giants, Tom Van Dycke producing his own show, and Arthur Kober gaining reputation as a magazine and newspaper writer. Howard Dietz and Don Clarke contribute lyrics and novels, Nat Dorfman works on Leslie's International Revue, and Ed Bratt finds success with Subway S‑themes.
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Sidney Skolsky
Earl Carroll
Howard Benedict
Giants
Tom van Dycke
Gilbert Miller
Arthur Kober
Howard Dietz
MGM Film
Don Clarke
Louis Barretti
Sam Hoffenstein
al Wood
Nat Dorfman
Leslie
Ed Bratt
Subway
Cardinals to field makeshift infield vs Athletics
Frank Frisch remains unsigned and Andy High is injured so the St Louis Cardinals plan a makeshift infield for today’s game with the Athletics. Josh Hunt, Texas rookie, will handle third base while Bul Myers or Sparky Adams will cover second. Manager Gabby Street kept the veteran pitchers at Bradenton camp.
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Miami
Fla
Frankie Frisch
Andy High
Louis Cardinals
Athletics
Josh Hunt
Texas
Bul Myer
Sparky Adams
Gabby Street
Bradenton
Parsnips and health tips from Dr Frank McCoy
Health and diet advice discusses the versatile parsnip, its historic uses as bread cattle food wine and coffee substitute, and notes on minerals like potassium time and magnesium. It includes recipes parsnip patties baked parsnips and parsnips with bacon plus reader questions on synovitis breakfast patterns and back pain with practical home guidance.
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Asia
Europe
Pompeii
France plans six Surcouf type super submarines
A French reply to John Bull and Uncle Sam dismisses their submarine abolition as nonsense. Paris says the idea is derisive and declares France will construct at least six Surcouf class subs to assert naval capabilities.
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John Bull
Sam
France
Surcouf Submarine Specs Stir Debate on Global Shipping
A Surcouf submarine displaces 2,800 tons on the surface and 4,300 submerged, carries four 6.1 inch guns, and achieves a surface speed of nineteen knots, supposedly faster than 90 percent of world shipping. The remark questions Washington’s view on the submarine’s impact.
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Washington
Submarine policy clash highlights allied tensions
The speaker notes Britain relies on surface ships for food and argues to abolish submarines while praising French insistence on keeping them, suggesting borrowing French intelligence for U S use.
Paralyzed Jake Drinkers Highlight Oklahoma City Warning
Oklahoma citizens consume a so called prohibition substitute named Jaké, a Jamaica ginger preparation. Reports indicate a group of 200 drinkers may be paralyzed with potential fatalities as cases surge in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Seizure Expected of Thousands of Jake Bottles in Stores
Authorities announce a gradual seizure of thousands of Jake bottles found in drug stores. The move targets distribution and aims to curb unsafe products.
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Sis
Jake
Prohibition Era Advice Values Water Over Spirits
In prohibition days the wise man drinks water, sarsaparilla, tea or ginger ale, which do not bite like a serpent or sting like an adder or paralyze you. The quip contrasts safe beverages with riskier drinks, framing temperance as prudence.
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes A Lifelong Walker
At 89 yesterday Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes remains active and physically fit. His mental health mirrors his vigor as a radical and democrat, well ahead of his time and far from the crusted conservative stereotype.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
London Dinner Marks Fifty Years of Sunday Tramps
A London dinner celebrated the fifty year anniversary of the Sunday tramps, a group promoting long Sunday walks. Sir Frederick Pollock, renowned international law expert, joined as the second member half a century ago and presided over the event.
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London
Frederick Pollock
Dinner remark recalls age near Justice Holmes
A fragment notes a dinner where a man reflects on aging and his long friendship with Justice Holmes. the tone suggests respect and shared history between two old confidants.
Five Haitian bishops align with native opposition to U S control
The Five Bisho ps of Haiti side with native opposition to U S influence. Archbishop Conan says clergy avoid politics as foreigners yet would sing a Te Deum if U S officials depart. A Haitian president once murdered hundreds of opponents and was torn apart by a crowd. creditors find that fact unpleasant.
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Catholic Church
Haiti
United States
Conan
Answers to Questions From the Quiz in the Period
The Q and A cover topics from narcotics myths to historical clubs and authors. It notes the first Beefsteak Club origin in Queen Anne’s era, Marguerite Cunliffe-Owen as author of The Martyrdom of an Empress, James Branch Cabell's education at William and Mary College, and 1872 as the National Association of Amateur Baseball Players’ formation with F B Wood as president. It also details Soviet excise revenue shifts and wartime pneumonia deaths.
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Mexico
Gridiron
James Branch Cabell
William and Mary College
Russia
Soviet Union
Informa
F. B. Wood
Jersey City
New Jersey
Unemployment figures debated in Washington talk
Washington March 10 A discussion of joblessness notes the lack of a national tally. Officials cite funding limits for canvasses and rely on the Bureau of Labor Statistics index, with estimates ranging from 3 to 6 million unemployed and the census due in April to help calibrate figures.
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Washington
Hoover
Wagner
New York
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Davis
Labor Department
American Federation of Labor
Bureau
Congress
Puzzle clues and scrambled entries from a horizon banner
A chaotic OCR puzzle page lists horizontal and vertical clues with numbered entries, some misspelled or merged. Portions include hints for words like to stop, melody, region, vegetable, and various mismatched phrases, plus a garbled answer grid and category notes.
Twilight Recital Promises Novel Evening Program
Program of especial interest will feature Miss Hedwig Theobald and Miss Helen Ullom in an afternoon recital in the auditorium. The board of health has begun a crusade against the public drinking cup and early results are apparent.
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Hedwig Theobald
Helen Ullom
Board of Health
County Officials Plan Good Roads Convention Next Week
In a quarterly session that concluded yesterday the county commissioners finalised arrangements for the county good roads convention to be held here next week.
Recital Heads for Music Hall as City Club Hosts Leaders
Ten years ago the Social Literary Club hosted the City Federation at the Presbyterian Church. Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs state president Mrs. W H Sharp spoke. Pupils, including Ruth Strahl Louise Baushman Mabel Battrich Janice Battin Jane White and Vandan Miley, will perform in a recital this week in Music Hall.
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City Federation
Presbyterian Church
W. H. Sharp
Columbus
Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs
Ruth Strahl
Louise Baushman
Mabel Battrich
Janice Battin
Jane Et White
Vandan Miley
Music Hal
Pickering Hosts Mrs Bobutt and A C Davis Guests
Mr and Mrs A S Pickering of West State Street entertain Mrs Bobutt Stewart the mother in law and Mr and Mrs A C Davis of Canaanville as guests during a social visit.
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A. S. Pickering
West State Street
City Health Commissioner Named County Health Commissioner
The city Health Commissioner has been appointed to also head the county Health Department, combining the leadership of both boards of health under a single directorship. The move centralizes public health oversight and aims to streamline policy and outbreak response across municipal boundaries.
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Boards of Health
Athens Needle Club Meeting Set at Woodworth Home
The Athens Needle Club will convene on Wednesday at the home of Mrs BE C Woodworth on South College Street for its regular gathering.
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Athens Needle Club
BE. C. Woodworth
South College Street
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