The Athens Messenger Publication Overview
The Athens Messenger details its publishing history from 1896 to 1929, weekday editions with a Sunday morning issue, publisher Gordon K. Bush and Charlies H. Harris as editor, serving Athens and nearby communities in five counties. It lists affiliations, wire services, and subscription rates by carrier and mail within Ohio.
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Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charlies H. Harris
Ohio
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Logan-Pomeroy
Middleport
Coolville
Plague of Paradoxes in the Nation's Business Commentary
Merie Thorpe argues in Nation's Business that the 1960s will be seen as a period of political and economic paradoxes. He cites conflicts over coal oil timber crop restriction antitrust laws and taxation of economies in chain stores. The piece praises American individual responsibility and observes eventual recovery and renewed faith in limited government.
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Merie Thorpe
Congress
Fedtrail Farm Board
America
United States
Traffic gates at crossings reflect city safety efforts
A middle western city sets up roadway gates to protect schoolchildren with crossings similar to railroad gates. Pedestrians ignore signals at busy intersections and drivers risk accidents as motorists push to save seconds, echoing broader urban impatience in Athens.
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Athens
Ontario receivers take over six bankrupt Canadian towns
Six Ontario supervised towns in Canada are placed in receiverships under a new law. A board of control with municipal, bank, creditor and provincial reps will run finances, hire staff, negotiate with bondholders, and sanction expenditures. Cities may face fines if officials spend without approval.
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Canada
Ontario
Illinois
Chicago
Wens and Hought for Today Shall we e
The fragment cites Romans 6.15 on grace versus law, warning against misuse of freedom. It reflects devotional prose urging humility and adherence to divine grace over legalistic constraint. The tone is reflective and exhortatory about Christian living.
Disappearing Actor Housing Reflects Broadway Shift
In New York on May 12 a landmark actor boarding house in the West Forties vanished like a magician’s rabbit. Luggage as collateral lost value. rooms, kinship, and hard memories of hoofers and troupers faded as wreckers and salons rose.
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New York
West Forties
Missouri
Mother Hubbards
Information Bureau answers curious questions for two cents
The Athens Messenger Information Bureau offers free responses to any non legal medical or financial query. Send two cents postage for a personal reply. Topics include Nicaragua leadership, Arlington Memorial Day graves, MacDowell Colony, lightning and wires, Dutch Court, and origins of dancing with music.
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D
Nicaragua
Jose Moncada
Arlington National Cemetery
MacDowell Colony
MacDo
The Boa and Three Meals a Year Poem
A poet contrasts the boa constrictor’s lazy luxury with human labor. The snake eats only thrice yearly while humans hustle daily to earn bread. The speaker imagines fleeing the serpent rather than facing a dangerous appetite.
Australia as cradle of humanity cartoon provokes debate
The cartoonist claims anthropologists find Australia the real cradle of humanity and depicts Aboriginal people as a vanishing, primitive race. It notes about 60,000 Aboriginals and tribes in unsettled areas living Stone Age lives with crude tools and paints. Tomorrow features a piece on a courted former champion.
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Australia
Messenger Public Forum Echoes On Letters And Faith
Editor notes many public forum letters lack signatures and cannot be published. The piece emphasizes reader opinions are those of contributors and not The Messenger. Leonard Tucker of Athens Ohio signs a call to replace selfishness with Christlike love to build a new orderly world.
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Messenger
Building a New Structure on the Foundation of Holiness
Editor calls for a societal overhaul to end usury and exploitation. The Great Architect principle urges razing old selfish structures to erect a humane order founded on Christ Jesus. The highway of holiness frames the plan, guiding a new civilization’s rise.
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Christ Jesus
Booklet on Slip Covers from Government Specialists
Slip covers are presented as a year round home addition with decorative potential beyond protection. Government textile specialists offer a booklet detailing uses and styles. Send for the booklet with four cents for service and postage using the coupon.
Request for Slip Covers booklet from Information Bureau
The writer encloses four cents in coin or stamps for a copy of the information booklet on slip covers. They include a request for the booklet and provide space for name street city state.
Twenty Years Ago Notes And Local News
Twenty years ago a formal dance was hosted by the local Ellis lodge with Donley Strahl and Weidman as musicians. Ten nurses will graduate from the Athens State Hospital School for Nurses with Dr Alston Bilis giving the address at Amusement Hall. Mayor C H Slaughter buys a Buick roadster and offers quick city errands. Ten years ago Cleveland industry revived. George Stuart of Nelsonville led a naval veteran students union ticket alongside Westcott Roach and Robert Soule.
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Ellis
Messrs. Donley, Strahl
Weidman
Athens State Hospital School
Amusement Hall
Alston Bilis
George Stuart
Nelsonville
United States Navy
Ohio
the Students Union
Westcott Roach
Athens
Robert Soule
Hamilton
Company L to hold annual camp at Marietta
Captain M. Johnson leads Company L into annual camp at Marietta from August 19 to 26. Marietta is rated the best camping place in Southern Ohio for summer training and outings.
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M. Johnson
Marietta
Ohio
Booster Button Sale Promoted by Athens Leaders
E. C. Logan and John Blackwood lead a campaign to sell Booster Buttons for Athens. By night most men on the streets are expected to wear the buttons signaling community support for public spirited enterprise.
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E. C. Logan
John Blackwood
Athens
Texas eggs seven cents a dozen and other price notes
The item lists national and state prices for eggs butter chickens and lamb with regional figures. It notes Montana mule prices horses and a Florida real estate purchase by John H. Perry along Main Street in Jacksonville. The description hints at the impact on real estate men in major cities.
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Texas
Tennessee
North Dakota
Montana
John H. Perry
Main Street
Jacksonville
Fla
New York
Chicago
Gold Embargo Urged To Keep Wealth At Home
The writer argues that $37 million in American gold has moved to Europe, with at least $11 million aboard the steamship Europa destined mainly for France and a small amount for Holland. They recall wartime embargoes as a precedent and urge keeping gold within the United States.
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Europe
France
Holland
Gold Basis Debate and U S Gold Ownership Level
The speaker argues the phrase off the gold basis is misleading and that the U S could pay in gold inside the country while prohibiting exports. The proposal envisions keeping about four million ounces and gathering more to own a large share of world gold, challenging critics who claim the dollar or gold status.
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United States
Possibility of Public Ownership Touched by Doubt
Discussion questions whether there are viable avenues for public ownership despite expert denial. The piece surveys arguments for and against government or community control in key sectors, noting potential benefits and risks and urging cautious exploration.
Ohio University alumni mobilize for memorial drive
More than 406 alumni have been enlisted as chairmen and committee workers for the alumni memorial campaign opening May 16. The drive aims to raise $300,000 with a quota of $104 per participant.
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Ohio University
Mother's Jewels third annual party hosted by Mrs Hull Foster Jr
Mrs Hull Foster Jr organizer of the Mothers Jewels will entertain members and their mothers at the church for its third annual party.
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Hull Foster, Jr
Mother's Jewels
Washington Navy leads in radio record standings
Washington and Navy stations hold the top radio records, outpacing rivals as powerful land networks push to extend their lead amid growing transatlantic interest.
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Washington—Navy
Jacksonville’s municipal ownership funds tax relief says Mr Perry
In reply to a question Mr Perry explains Jacksonville’s city ownership yields a million and a half in annual profits, finances tax cuts, owns the St. John’s River Bridge, and contributes a quarter of four million dollars yearly to reduce taxes, a view some may mislabel Bolshevism.
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Perry
Jacksonville
St. John's River
Russia Buys Wheat in United States Amid Wary Past
Russia has begun purchasing U S wheat, with a warm reception for a new customer. The piece recalls a prior period when Russia sold wheat here, which caused uneasy feelings though the activity was seen as a transient spike by Chicago wheat traders.
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Russia
United States
Rusia
Chicago
Young Murderer William Turner Pleads Guilty
William Turner age 23 seeks a guilty plea to first degree murder after the judge offered a chance to escape the death penalty with a second degree plea. He denounces capital punishment while noting its historical persistence as a tool of state violence.
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William Turner
Appendicitis Dangers Tied to Delay in Treatment
A physician argues delaying treatment for appendicitis increases danger. He notes 40 percent of patients show rupture on hospital admission, risking peritonitis and death. Emphasizing early physician contact, avoiding laxatives, and prompt operation under a surgeon’s care can reduce mortality.
Handling Kids Friends and Neighborhood Pressures At PTAs
A parent teacher meeting segment covers helping shy children make friends without forcing interactions. Use a trusted child as a bridge and slowly introduce playmates. Leaders should learn to lose gracefully, and neighborhood issues require small, united mother groups to form supportive alignments. Talk openly with children to align on right choices.
Goldsborough price stabilization bill eyed as new rescue effort
Washington critics label the House favored Goldsborough bill a political move to force the Federal Reserve to raise and stabilize prices. The measure would require the Fed to restore price levels to the 1921–29 average and keep them there, with open market purchases of government securities to fuel credit. Skeptics doubt it will lift confidence or revive lending, warning it may be the last rescue attempt this session.
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Washington
White House
Bankers’ Pool
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Goldsborough
House
Federal Reserve
Carter Glass
Virginia
Reserve Board
Porrow
Congress
Reserve
Japan moves to limit aircraft carriers amid defense stance
Japan announces a permanent policy to limit air craft carriers among nations. She cautions flying decks on cruisers threaten her cities and notes U S cruisers soon to be built will carry thirty planes. Japan says the policy aims at defense, not attack, and does not object to U S ships.
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Japan
United States
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