The Athens Messenger Publication Details and Rates
The Athens Messenger records its history, ownership, and editorial staff, noting daily weekday publication with a Sunday edition. It lists affiliations, telegraph services, and advertising offices, plus subscription rates by carrier and mail for Ohio residents.
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Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
JRE
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Publiisaner & Gen. Agr
Charlies H. Harris
Ohio
Thought For Today Reflections On Evil And Life
A concise pair of moral maxims citing Psalm 140 11 and Ovid. The lines warn that harmful speech and evil living invite destruction and death, offering a reflective contrasts on virtue and vice.
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Ovid
Spring 1930 Admonition Urges Immediate Work and Purchases
Washington calls for a rapid start to employment and home repairs as the 1930 season opens. The message urges painting, repairs, clothing, and furniture purchases to stimulate factories and jobs, stressing individual responsibility and national recovery. Echoes a call for Mr. Average Man to begin the program.
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Washington
Wall Street
Women in Business Standards and Mitsui Analysis
A mixed piece contrasts a Mitsui business profile with remarks on women in the workplace. It argues about Japan’s progress, commerce, and the shrinking idea of the Yellow Peril while offering etiquette tips for business women and cautions against assuming personal favors from male colleagues.
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House of Mitsui
Japan
Commodore Perry
North Carolina
Japan and the West in the balance of power and gender
A commentary contrasts Japan and the West noting Japan’s limited iron ore reserves and reliance on imports, arguing conquest would be needed for raw materials while maintaining trade ties. It also cites Amelia Earhart's view on gendered aviation competition and critiques of borrowed industrial prowess.
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Grand Duchy of Luxemburg
Japan
Korea
United States
Asia
Dai Nippon
Amelia Earhart
Miss Earhart
Daughters Lead Mothers Through Spring Shopping Routines
In this portrait of Main Street, daughters accompany mothers on shopping trips while older girls begin to lead with growing poise. Mothers wonder what remains for their own spring outfits as daughters plan ahead, reflecting a long standing family habit of prioritizing women's needs in clothing purchases.
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Mother
Daughter
Main Street
Van Dine Identity and the Philo Vance Mystery
Gilbert Swan profiles G. S. Van Dine aka Willard Huntington Wright, noting his dual identity and rise to fame. The piece traces Wright’s art and literary interests, his health, and hints at his possible self-fashioning of the detective Philo Vance amid a stylish, modernist milieu.
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Gilbert Swan Messenger
New York
G. S. van Dine
Philo Vance
van Dine
S. S&s van Dine
Willard Huntington Wright
Wright
California
Walking cane collection echoes a cluttered hallway
A close look reveals a hobbyist with a rigid traditional stand in his hall filled with walking sticks. From an even dozen to twenty variants line the space, giving a quirky but dignified home atmosphere.
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Baker Street
Otherieek Holmes
Writer Willard Huntington Wright Plans Return to Cultural Work
The subject shows a penchant for discussing his paintings music and films that reshaped his stories and hints at resuming his cultural pursuits as Willard Huntington Wright. He appears financially able to resume efforts though magazines and publishers press for his next move.
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Willard Huntington Wright
Mystery Author Plans Sixth Philo Vance Book
The writer says he earned more from six months of murder tale telling than from 13 years of serious effort. A neat book will catalog a vast philology-drama, with notes totaling about three hundred thousand words. He intends the sixth Philo Vance novel to be his last and may retire afterward.
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Philo Vance
Man with Unique Cigarettes and Large Library Collection
A man is noted for his own special brand of cigarets and ceaseless smoking. He boasts a diverse library of 2600 volumes of detective and mystery stories and a substantial collection of valuable art commentaries.
Police Link Six Torture Kidnapping Cases to Same Gang
Police investigators attribute six other torture kidnapping cases to the same gang, expanding the alleged network and prompting renewed calls for prevention and stricter enforcement.
Prosecutor Eyes Electric Chair in Illinois Kidnaping Case
The prosecuting attorney states all defendants will be sent to the electric chair. Death is the punishment for kidnaping in Illinois. The speaker calls capital punishment barbarous and opposes torture as part of kidnaping.
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Illinois
Four Indians Die After Drinking Antifreeze at Dance
In Devil's Lake North Dakota a group of Bronx Indians drank a antifreeze mixture at a dance leading to four deaths including Jerome Onehouse and Mike Goodhouse. Three others remain critically ill as authorities investigate the tragedy.
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North Dakota
Jerome Onehouse
Mike Goodhouse
Captain Rickenbacker Speaks on Flying Authority
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker discusses flying with authority amid wartime efforts. The renowned ace outlines strategic insights and endorsements of certain air operations as the conflict progresses.
Sleep and health lessons from Dr Frank McCoy
Dr Frank McCoy discusses sleep patterns and health, noting most people need eight hours nightly and that true rest comes from undisturbed sleep or daytime naps. He explains sleep stages, toxicity indicators, and urges natural awakening while warning against alarm clocks.
General Motors Teams with Captain Rickenbacker in Flying Ventures
General Motors has secured the cooperation of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker in its flying enterprises. The pairing signals a prominent collaboration between industry and aviation veteran.
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General Motors
Captain Rickenbacker
Air travel and rapid transit vision for 1940
The speaker predicts that within ten years regular air travel from Atlantic to Pacific will take ten hours and slow rail service will be obsolete like stagecoaches. He says this without exaggeration and says 1940’s motto will be get there quickly by air or traverse the rest by motor.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Woman pilot Elinor Smith sets new height record
Elinor Smith, a bold young aviator, climbed to a then unheard of altitude of over 900 feet before fainting and recovering to land safely. She later logged a new record by flying one mile higher than any woman had previously achieved.
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Elinor, Smith
Millionaire wives seek large damages over lost husbands
Mrs. A. K. W. Gibbons sues for damages claiming her husband was taken, asks for one million dollars, jury awards five hundred thousand. The remark on prosperity hints many wives could win similar sums, noting few second-hand husbands are worth five hundred nine thousand dollars.
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A. K. W. Gibbons
Orthodox Church Plans Saint Nicholas of Russia
The Orthodox Church of Jugo-Slavia proposes canonizing Czar Nicholas, murdered by Bolshevik order. The move aims to elevate his heavenly standing, but would not resolve the church's conflicts with the Russian government.
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Jugo-Slavia
Nicholas
Taft’s enduring public image and political missteps
Washington March 12. The essay traces William Howard Taft’s unlikely path from defeated candidate to respected jurist. It highlights his integrity, judicial talent, and the paradox of a wary politician who preferred the bench, noting missteps such as backing the Payne Aldrich tariff and a flippant response to a critical question.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
William Howard Taft
Ord
Taft
Alphonso Taft
Hayes
Tait
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Tioonavelt
Philippines
Philippine
Hoovering Tailing
Hoover
Northwest
Jack Turner P C G A Radio figure from Hannibal
Jack Turner P C G A was born October 18, 1898 in Hannibal Missouri. He is married and has been on the air about seven years heard exclusively over WHAS formerly sang over Chicago and Milwaukee stations.
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Jack Turner
Hannibal
Missouri
WHAS
Chicago
Milwaukee
Vatican
Bibliotheque Nationale
Paris
British Museum
London
Uinston
New York
Massachusetts
J. Ss. A
American Automobile Association
National Committee of Seventeen
New
Athens High Girls Defeat New Straitsville in Low-Scoring Tilt
The Athens High girls basketball team secured a 15 to 4 victory over New Straitsville on Friday night. Ohio University hosts its Junior Prom at the Masonic Temple with about 200 attendees and chaperones listed. In a Twenty Years Ago note, a strong pupil work exhibit at local schools signals ongoing progress. Ohio University ends basketball season with a 22 to 21 loss to Marietta College amid a sizable crowd.
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Athens High
New Straitsville
Ohio University
Masonic Temple
Alston Ellis
Er. W. Chubb
J. J. Richeson
Ohio
Marietta College
Phi Delta Theta Honors Lindley With Sigma Pi Dinner
In honor of David H. Lindley a former Ohio University student and Phi Delta Theta member Sigma Pi entertained at the Colonial Friday evening with a dinner.
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David H. Lindley
Ohio University
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Sigma Pi
Local Social Notes Highlight Miss Grace McKee and Miss Virginia Reed
Miss Grace McKee entertains over the weekend at her University Terrace home. Miss Virginia Reed, a Terra Alta West Virginia resident teaching in Pennsboro West Virginia, is mentioned in the same social update.
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Grace McKee
University Terrace
Virginia Reed
Terra Alta
W. Va
Pennsboro
Crossword Style Clues Mixed With Errant Words
Puzzle style list of scattered clues including fruits, body parts, directions and random terms. appears as an OCR garble with numbers and partial entries across horizontal and vertical sets. many entries nonsensical or misprinted. No coherent news event or main subject identifiable from readable text.
Athens Company 54 elects officers at reorganized meeting
E. C. Carskadden was elected captain of the Athens Company No. 54 U A E of P at the reorgan ization meeting last night. J. F. Robbins was named first lieutenant and Allen Bean was selected second lieutenant.
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E. C. Carskadden
Athens
J. F. Robbins
Leutenant
Allen Bean
Secnd
Murphey Guests Hartinger Sister in Middleport
Mr and Mrs Frank R Murphey entertain as their guest Mrs D B Hartinger sister of the host from Middleport during a visit.
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Frank R. Murphey
D. B. Hartinger
Middleport
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