The Athens Messenger History and Circulation Note
The Athens Messenger established 1825 with Frederick W. Bush as publisher 1896 to 1922 issued weekday editions and a large Sunday edition. Published by The Messenger Publishing Co with Gores K Bush and Geo. Mer as publishers and Charles A. Harris as managing editor. Subscriptions offered by carrier and mail with varied Ohio and outside Ohio rates. Entered at Athens Post Office as Second Class Matter under 1918 act.
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Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
Thre Messenger Publishing CO
Gores K Bush
Geo
Charles AH. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Obio
Audi
Bureau of Circulations
Ohio News Paper Association
Associated Press
Ohio
Mane Edison
Obi
The
Messenger
Athens Post Office
Ies
John W Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Clevelenc
Why Himmler May Surrender To Allies But Not Russians
The article argues Himmler hints at surrender to Western Allies while fearing Soviet retaliation, and notes Hitler’s possible death or incapacitation as accelerating end of Nazi regime. It highlights Mussolini’s execution as context, and suggests German leaders face personal crises amid deteriorating wartime position.
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Himmler-the-Hangman
Hitler
Reich
U. S. Seventh Army
Munich
Alps
Italy
Milan
Mussolini
Fuehrer
Himmler
Goebbels
Germany
Britain
America
Russia
Moscow
Berlin
Benito
Il Duce
Seventh War Loan Drives Urgency Amid Victory Transition
The Treasury launches the seventh war loan as Europe nears victory. It warns inflation risks from peacetime demand and scarce consumer goods. The drive aims 14 billion dollars, with four billion from E bonds targeting modest earners to curb current spending.
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Treasury
Europe
Orient
Italian General in Germany Reports Mussolini's Final Words
An Italian general says Mussolini spent his last days in Rome muttering I am just an empty bottle. The piece notes the return empty bottles slogan would not apply, doubting Italians would refund to bring back the Duce.
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Germany
Mussolini
Rome
Behind the UN conference a US Russia trust need
David Lawrence outlines behind the scenes at the United Nations conference, arguing that preventing World War III hinges on mutual trust between the United States and Russia. He urges practical economics, open discussion, language learning, and early interchange of officials to avoid chaos in Europe and a broader war.
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San Francisco
Russia
United States
Great Britain
France
Brazil
China
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia
Yalta
Teheran
Brita
America
Poland
Britain
Germany
Japan
Molotov
State Department
M. Molotov
Europe
Peter Edson's United Nations News Organization idea
In San Francisco Peter Edson jokes that press and broadcast members at UN conference messes could form a United Nations News Organization to maintain order. Proposed features include a news assembly and a security council to shield reporters from overbearing rivals and the chaos of crowded press conferences.
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San Francisco
United Nations
United Nations Organization
Palace Hotel
Spo
London
Rough Crossing Repaired in Glouster After Railroad Work
Glouster reports the rough High Street crossing between Front Street and Republic Avenue is replaced. The New York Central crew installed a new crossing, opening High Street to traffic after two days of closure. The crossing was built by Cid Russell and his crew. Mayor Williams thanks the company for the improvements.
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Glouster
High St
Front St
Republic Ave
New York Central Railroad Company
Cid Russell
Williams
Pastor Announces V E Day Services
Rev C R Carfrey of Jacksonville Methodist Church invites congregants to a V E Day observance with consoling singing prayer and a short address. If the V E Day announcement arrives before 6 pm the church opens at 7 30 pm that day otherwise the service shifts to 7 30 pm the next day.
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Glouster
C. R Carfrey
Jacksonville Methodist Church
Carfrey
Mother's Day Poem From War Service Draws Reader Verse
Pfc. Wyman Barcus of Gallipolis, serving with the U S Army in France, sent a poem by Lieut. Salvatore F. Detines to his mother Mrs. Thomas Barcus of 130 State Street after missing a Mothers Day card. The Messenger echoes the sentiment, printing the Verses in hopes other mothers of sons in service find solace. The poem pleads love, regret, and gratitude across distance with lines of devotion and blessing.
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Pfc
Wyman Barcus
Gallipoli
U.S. Army
France
Thomas Barcus
State Street
Salvatore F. Detines
Pup
Messenger
Northeastern Ohio To Get Fewer Autos Tires
The District Office of Price Administration announced in Cleveland that fewer new passenger tires and automobiles will be available for rationing in Northeastern Ohio in May than at any time since Pearl Harbor. The notice warns no reselling is permitted and reminds of penalties for violations.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Pearl Harbor
District Office of Prices Administration
Funeral Rites Held for James Henry Marquis
Glouster resident James Henry Marquis died at Herman Holland’s Mt. Gilead home where he had lived twenty years. He was 74. Funeral services were held in Mt. Gilead. He was the eldest of six children of Sam and Mary Marquis and leaves a brother George Marquis of Glouster and a sister, Mrs Maggie Davis of Little Hocking Route 1.
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Glouster
James Henry Marquis
Herman Holland
Mt. Gilead
Mt.Gilead
Mr. Marquis
Sam and
Mary Marquis
George Marquis
Spring St
Maggie Davis
Little Hocking
Private Ley Wins Bronze Star Medal on Western Front
Pfc. Laurence W. Ley Co D 808 Tank Destroyer Battalion has earned the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in France and Luxembourg. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Ley of this city, he has served two years and four months and has been overseas since August 1944 with Patton's Third Army.
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Glouster
Laurence Ley
Laurence W. Ley
Western Front
France
Luxembourg
Henry P. Ley
Laurence
Patton
Third Army
Accident Fatal to Eight Year Old Girl in Columbus
Eight year old Patricia Johnson, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Johnson, died after running into a moving automobile Sunday in Columbus. Her father, John Johnson, an ex Jacksonville resident, is the son of the late Jeff Johnson who ran a Jacksonville store for 25 years. The notice also reports the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Charles Dowler of Chauncey at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens on April 25.
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Emmett Gaskalla
Florence Shepard
Elytia
Larry Emmett
Errett Shepard
Joe Gaskalla
Glouster
Gaskala
Anna Mae
Patricia Johnson
John Johnson
Columbus
Jacksonville
Jeff Johnson
Sow Chauncey
The Long Winter of Our Home and a New Wagon
In mid October the shore growth faded and ice formed in the pond. By December travel worsened and a new wagon cost fifteen dollars, while a Christmas tree would stay at home. Mr Cutter’s lazy habits and kerosene use stirred Mrs Guptill, but the family kept quiet as finances grew tight and profits from the stage dwindled. The narrator notes cold rooms, dwindling travelers, and debt as January arrives, with uncertainty over the father’s business bid and ongoing winter routines.
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Jay
Cutter
Bank
Chauncey City Building Gets Improvements and Paint
Chauncey mayoral office reports ongoing improvements and interior painting at the Chauncey City Building. Walls will be white with green borders as Dailey Sapp handles the work. Nearby, Mrs. Marle Wallace and children from Millfield visit Akron relatives, while several Chauncey residents travel and host family gatherings across Ohio.
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Chauncey
Dailey Sapp
Shumways Have Sunday Guests and Family News
Frank Shumway and family hosted Sunday guests at Sand Ridge including their son Corporal Frank Shumway Jr. of Camp Campbell Ky Miss Carel Shumway Columbus and Herman McCune with family Sand Ridge Dwight Shumway and family Millfield Fritz Sams of Millfield. Corporal Shumway will return to Camp Campbell the last of the week.
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Chauncey
Frank Shumway
Sand Ridge
Cpl
Frank Shumway, Jr
Camp Campbell
Carel Shumway
Columbus
Herman McCune
Dwight Shumway
Fritz Sams
Millfield
Shumway
Three Baptisms Performed At Nelsonville Church
Rev. Gilbert Courtney of the Church of Christ at Chauncey baptized three candidates Sunday afternoon in the Nelsonville Church of Christ baptistry. The seekers were Gladys Carr Dessie Murphy and Bertha Norris all of Chauncey. They were accompanied by Mr and Mrs Willard Simonton and daughter Ann of Chauncey.
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Chauncey
Gilbert Courtney
Church of Christ At
Nelsonville Church of Christ
Gladys Carr
Dessie Murphy
Bertha Norris
Nelsonville
Willard Simonton
Ann
Past Noble Grands Meet in Jacksonville Hall
The GLOUSTER Past Noble Grands Club of Jacksonville met in the Odd Fellows Hall on Tuesday evening with Mrs. Frank Dunlevy hosting. Mrs. Martha Kioh won the contest prize. Guests included Mrs. Cora Householder, Mrs. Julius Bratka, Mrs. Robert Meeks, and Mrs. Clayton Roberts and son. Members present were Mrs. Robert Grimm, Mrs. Mattha Ktoh, Mrs. Frank Dunlevy, Mrs. Maude Davis, and Miss Ida B. Davis.
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Glouster
Jacksonville
Odd Fellows Hall
Frank Dunlevy
Martha Kioh
Cora Householder
Julius Bratka
Robert Meeks
Clayton Roberts
Robert Grimm
Mattha Ktoh
Maude Davis
Ida B. Davis
Betty McCune Returns to Newark After Visit
Miss Betty McCune returns to Newark after two weeks with her mother Mrs Gertrude McCune who is recovering from major surgery at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens three weeks ago.
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Chauncey
Betty McCune
Newark
Gertrude McCune
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Mrs. Oliver Returns From Visit in Detroit Chauncey
Chauncey Mrs. Thomas Oliver returned Saturday from a month long Detroit visit with daughter Mrs. Ethelp Scott and Mrs. Edna Branham families. Grandson Billy Scott spent the weekend. on return Monday he rode with his aunt Mrs. Elsie Staley to Detroit where Chauncey has work. Sgt Clarence Staley, her husband, is stationed in the Philippines. Ralph McKibben hosted a Sunday two course chicken supper honoring daughter Melvene McKibben Yeoman 3-c home on eight day leave from Brooklyn NY. Miss Nancy Lou Horn of The Plains suffered a severe foot injury when a large slate sheet weighing about a hundred pounds fell on her foot and leg.
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Chauncey
Marle Wallace
Larry
She- Ton
Millfield
Akron
Wallaee
Isabelle Owen
Mary Kisor
Sand Ridge
William Phelps
Toledo
Elsie Perry
C.D. Southerton
Athens
Ralph McKibben
Dorothy Rapp
Melivene McKibben
Yeoman
Brooklyn
Zaleski
Lillie McKibben
Everett McKibben
George Williamson
Glen Rogers
W. Va
Florence Chalfan
Maggie Cardwell
Wellston
R. D
William Dennis
Lexington Ave
Melvene McKibben
N. Y
May Ave
Thomas Oliver
Detroit
Ethelp Scott
Edna Branham
Billy Scott
Elsie Staley
Sundey
Brooklylyn
N.Y
the Plains
Nancy Lou Horn
The
Plains
Mackie Horn
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Karl Barth
Ansel Gamwell
Goldie Willis
C. F.guinther
Women’s Democratic Club
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James Marquis
Ley
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