Athens Messenger overview and subscription rates
The Athens Messenger serves Athens and surrounding communities in southeast Ohio with weekday editions and a large Sunday issue. Publisher Gordon K. Bush, with Charles Harris as editor, lists subscription prices by carrier and mail and notes distribution across five counties.
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Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Ohio
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Logan-Pomeroy
Middleport
Coolville
Fixing the Blame in the House That Jack Built
A critical polemic traces a boy’s murder in New Jersey to a web of underworld rackets, crooked cops, and political machines. It argues the nation enabled gangsters and bootleg profit, with a final call that the reader is part of the culpable chain.
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New Jersey
Underworld
Jack
United States of America
Jack Bunt
The Glaciers Return Within 2000 Years Say Stockholm Scientist
Dr. O Gunnar Erdtman of the University of Stockholm predicts a future glacier resurgence within two millennia. He notes centuries of cooling in northern Europe and America with deciduous trees shifting southward, and asks what path humanity would take if a glacial advance returns to cover much of North America.
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O. Gunnar Erdtman
University of Stockholm
Europe
America
North America
Ohio River
Thought for Today and a Punch at Politics
A biblical verse from Amos 9:8 warns that the Lord will destroy the sinful kingdom but spare the house of Jacob. The piece then quips that a way to raise revenue would be to dock a Congressman's pay each time he campaigns for President.
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Jacob
New Yorks Diamond Grotto Secludes Itself Behind Barred Wall
A writer visits New Yorks diamond market once a curbside scene now hidden in a barred room called the Diamond Club. Amid $25,000 worth of gems, traders mingle, prices drift, and whispers of smuggling fade as production shifts and historic figures in theater and literature surface in casual street chatter.
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New York
Diamond Exchange
Diamond Club
John Street
Nassau
Manhattan
Athens Messenger Information Bureau Q&A Highlights
Questions and answers from the Athens Messenger Information Bureau cover topics from state nicknames and the Columbia Plateau to the first U.S. cigar factory and Navy leave. Answers cite sources like The Etude and describe George Washington University’s founding and 1930 railroad taxes.
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Columbia Plateau
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Columbia
Snake River
England
United States
Key West
Fla
William H. Wall
Navy
George Washington
District of Columbia
Potomac (Canal
Columbian College
George Washington University
General Washington
New York City
John Hancock
D. A
The Dream Wend er’s Night Visit
Poem describes a silent gnome delivering dreams to children who behave, promising shining gold dreams if they heed guidance. The elusive figure travels unseen by humans and returns with nighttime visions when stars fill the sky.
Cleveland Chamber to Bring Special Train to Athens
Cleveland business leaders will visit Athens hosting four smoker events at the Armory with no cost to locals. May 16 features Colonel Roosevelt speaking at 3 p.m. McCall visits Athens Opera House Friday for President Taft. University athletic field to be expanded toward the river. Fenzer begins Train ing School Building excavation at Park Place and University Terrace for a $50 000 project.
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Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Athens
Cleveland
Armory
Ohio University
Fenzer
Park Place
University Terrace
Monuments to Eight Hours and Tobacco Ban Cartoon
Cartoon commentary contrasts Australia leading labor law progress with the United States and notes Egypt’s tobacco prohibition since 1848. It highlights the eight hour day origin in Melbourne 1856 and a Baltimore congress in 1866. The human statue tomorrow signals another feature.
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Australia
Melbourne
America
Baltimore
Egypt
Mehemet Ali
Youngsters Found Ohio History Museum At Rufus Putnam Hall
Betty Wakefield and her fourth grade class founded a small museum as part of an Ohio History Unit at Rufus Putnam Hall. The collection includes relics from the early 1800s, a Dutch and Russian teapot, a Jenny Lind bottle, a 1827 geography, and a two hundred year old copper kettle. The exhibit features lectures, readings, and student curators with teachers guiding the project, now returned to owners.
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Ohio History Unit
Ohio University
Rufus Putnam
Betty Wakefield
Mansfield Museum
Athens
George Putnam
Marietta
David Putnam
Danvers
Mass
Putnam
Southern Ohio
University Hall
Holland
Russia
McGuffey
Woodbridge and
Willard
Kathleen Orr
W. W. Curdy
Josephy Dana
Daniel Justin
John Brown
Mansfield
Philomathean
Paul Revere
Blackstone
Ohio
H. L. Atkinson
M. Hoke
York
Gettysburg
Hagerstown
H. D. Henry
Eva Richardson
W. H. McKee
Betty Jane Chandler
Louise Blackford
Ruth Otto
Jean Henry
Margaret Perry
Willa Buckley
Jean Blind
Elizabeth Scatterday
Ruth Stewart
Carolyn Hyde
Harriet Simmons
Betty Bird
Virginia Bobo
Norma Jean Kempton
Robert Maurer
Junior Chism
Manasseh Cutler
Thomas Ewing
Pierce Baird
Jimmie Cox
Transportation Committee
William van Dyke
Billy Lewis
Marian Wood
William Cheatham
Dwight Weiss
Charles Weiss
Betty Pinkerton
Ivy Poisoning Is Largely Preventable
Poison ivy and sumac cause skin inflammation when touched. Many cases occur because people fail to recognize and avoid the plants. Prevent spread along roads and paths by applying simple detection and removal measures. a booklet on POISON IVY explains details and treatment, available via the Washington service agency with a coupon.
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Washington Service Agency
Request for Edison Ivy booklet copy from Information Bureau
Information Bureau Frederic J. Haskin directs a request for a booklet on Edison Ivy. The sender encloses four cents in coin for a copy and provides a name street city state for completion.
War Time Finance and the Power of Financiers
In wartime the government mobilized millions, faced risk, and paid little to soldiers while ignoring mothers' protests. The piece argues the state operates as a financial enterprise guided by financiers, criticizing modern leadership as failing to resist financial power since Andrew Jackson.
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Andrew Jackson
Congress Seeks Silver Inquiry Amid Gold Price Debate
Congress proposes investigation into silver to uncover causes of price swings. The President may back the move if gold is included. The U S silver producer nation fights to depress silver prices in favor of American gold, though global silver output remains small compared to gold. World production ratio and gold scarcity for much of humanity are noted.
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Congress
America
Earth
Washington Faces Record Cotton Famine and Ruin
Washington confronts an unprecedented cotton famine with the present crop depleted by July 1 and no financial means for planting new crops as growers face ruin.
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Washington
United States
The Crayon Mischief of Jackie in an Ordered Nursery
Mrs. Smith shows off a freshly decorated nursery while Jackie, eager to help, decorates walls with green crayon. After a spanking and admonition, he learns that good motives can be punished, and the murals are restored. Jackie later smears a white door at Grandma's house, learning secrecy. The piece reflects on the psychology of punishment and its long lasting effects.
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Humpty Dumpty
Jackie
Grandma's
Farm relief showdown looms in Congress during summer pace
In Washington the Capitol braces for a clash over farm and unemployment relief as Costigan and La Follette push new plans. A $500 million bond bill and a $375 million program face opposition amid calls for federal economy plus enactment of Farm Board measures and export schemes.
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Congress
Costigan
Colorado
la Follette
Wisconsin
American Farm Bureau
National Grange
Farmers’ Union
McNary
Senate Agriculture Committee
Federal Farm Board
Farm Bureau
Grange
Gold Standard and Debt Cited as Cause of Unease
The speaker notes Britain’s abandonment of the gold standard and prosperity, while the U.S. clings to it, losing gold to Europe at ten to twenty million daily. The comparison portrays Uncle Sam as an old father drained by many leeches.
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Europe
France
Sam
Senator Couzens Pushes Wartime Tax Reset in Senate
The senator, once a coal yard clerk who amassed thirty million dollars via Henry Ford backed securities, uses three hours of Senate time to argue for restoring high wartime income taxes. He warns the public may be misinformed and implies a bill may follow.
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Senator Couzens
Senate
Couzens
Henry Ford
Taxing All Incomes Even Senators Questioned
The proposal asks to tax all incomes including that of Senator Couzens who pays nothing. It questions whether he will vote for the measure or introduce a bill to tax all incomes, raising scrutiny about his stance and potential sponsorship.
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Couzens
Tax Debate Echoes on Smith Couzens and Ford
The speaker contends Couzens uses another man’s genius to Amass wealth while seeking high taxes on Ford’s earnings. He argues publicly that someone who owes fortune to Ford’s genius should not dictate tax on those who work. The remark likens Couzens to a sloth ruling over a plow horse’s hay. He suggests Michigan should bar Couzens from spending untaxed income this term.
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Ford
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