Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Athens Messenger in Athens, Ohio

We have 16,378,606 pages in Ohio

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1934

Page

4

Unclear OCR Joint News Notes From Midwest Agencies

Fragmentary text references American Newspaper Publishers Association Ohio group and United Press associations with scattered mentions of Chicago New York Michigan Avenue and General Motors. No coherent event or outcome readable.

American Ninepaper Publitiers Associat Ohio Select Liat and Burese Ottenimtion Areociate Ohio Eri Inving Vetly Press Alseriation Fall Lessee Vengres The United Press Associations

State must reclaim Ohio coal district lands to heal scars

The piece argues for a state led program to close abandoned mine openings seal mine shafts and reforest southeastern Ohio areas including Zaleski State Forest Morgan Meigs counties. It warns of ongoing stream pollution mine fires and safety hazards and calls for state action for all Ohioans.

Ohio Nature Vinton County York Township Morgan County Meigs County

Crop Curtailment Faces Severe Drought Plague

The nation confronts a major farming crisis as a prolonged drought and dust storms devastate the Middle West. Wheat prospects vanish daily and soil losses reach billions of pounds, threatening farmers with a barren year despite government plans to compensate for land taken out of cultivation.

Middle West Sahara Atlantic Seaboard Middle Western Capitol Washington Wall Street Chicago Agricultural Administration

Typographical Prank Misreads Hitler Telegram

A German Essen editor faced stress and jail after a printer misplaced a punctuation mark in a birthday telegram from President Hindenburg to Hitler. The altered line ended with a cynical Oh, yeah? and changed the sense of the message.

Essen Hitler Hindenburg

Roosevelt royalties and writing income speculated

Washington rumors estimate President Roosevelt and wife are earning modest royalties from two books. Looking Forward sold about 30,000 copies at 2.50 dollars, yielding roughly 75,000 gross with Royalties around 15 to 20 percent. On Our Way mirrors first book in sales and price, totaling about 25,000 to 30,000 dollars in income to date for both works.

Roosevelt

Roosevelt writings show total output around fifty thousand first year

The article estimates Mrs Roosevelt and the President earned about 50 000 in their first year from paid writings and magazine articles. It notes contracts for a monthly magazine piece around 1 000 and other sums from syndicates totaling roughly 20 000 so far with occasional pieces bringing in about 2 000.

Roosevelt Family Literary Income in First Year

The Roosevelt family earned modest sums from writing. Mrs Anna Roosevelt Dall received about 75 to 100 dollars per piece for magazine articles. Son James earned 2000 dollars for newspaper stories from the Amberjack cruise. Elliott held an aviation editor post at about 10000 dollars yearly. Total literary income for the family did not exceed 17000 dollars, far from grand writerly fortunes once imagined.

Anna Roosevelt Dall James Elliott Roosevelt Garrets

Typographical errors haunt newspaper shops under pressure

The excerpt notes that errors are inevitable in printing and torment those who work in newspaper shops. It contrasts with Germany where press workers face jail under government control, implying a harsher penalty for misprints.

Germany

Bergdoll Seeks Return as Germany Prepares for War

Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, famed draft dodger, expresses desire to come back to the United States. The report notes strong evidence that Germany is mobilizing for war, signaling tense international prospects.

Grover Cleveland Bergdoll United States Germany

It Seems to Me by Heywood Broun on Bethlehem Steel’s Hill

Heywood Broun surveys Bethlehem Bethlehem Steel in May 23 and contrasts the plant with surrounding hills. He notes the skyline, architecture, and social stratification tied to Bonus Hill revealing class divides from corporate leaders to workers amid the 1914 15 boom and the Grim industrial beauty.

Bethlehem New York Chicago Philadelphia John Jones America Corporation Bonus Hill Charlie Schwab

Bethlehem's Bonus Hill and the Call to Arms

A wartime sketch portrays Bethlehem near the western front with Bonus Hill as a battlefield memory. The narrative links Bethlehem to the munitions plant and a vow to serve, noting the Hill’s motto and a suggested slogan about arms for faith and duty.

Bethlehem Flanders Bonus Hill Lehigh College Messines Vimy Ridge Allah

Bethlehem's Bold Industrial Spirit and Incentive Pay

Bethlehem stands as a bastion of rugged individualism with its plant at the center of town life. The city spent over 800000 dollars in incentives to Mr Grace in one year to spur personal ambition and school spirit in a thriving industrial community run by a great corporation.

Bethlehem Grace

Baltimore man undergoes gland operation by renowned specialist

A one year old man in Baltimore underwent a gland operation performed by the famed gland specialist Voron off. He is reported to be married to a young woman as news notes life events around local medical stories.

Baltimore Voronoff

Yeast in Diet Shows Gains for Children in Michigan Study

Dr Morris Fishbein reports a Michigan study where children aged 2 months to 14 years gained an average quarter pound weekly over 12 weeks with daily yeast. Appetite and digestion improved for many, with no observed harm. The piece cautions against treating yeast as a universal panacea and notes diet limits.

Michigan

Go and ask your mother in parenting duties debate

Olive Roberts Barton argues that fathers often abdicate childrearing using the line go and ask your mother or I attend to my business. The piece highlights fear of children, marital strain, and the need for fathers to engage as children grow, suggesting shared intimacy and long term effort to build genuine father son bonds through common interests and patience.

Legion of Honor Mary

Pin in Mouth Arouses Curiosity In Florida

The article notes Robert Ball, a machinist helper for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in Jacksonville, has worn a brass pin in his mouth for 23 years. He claims the pin has historic value and protects an ancestor from a conjurer, and he will produce it at any hour when asked.

Robert Ball Seaboard Air Line Jacksonville Florida

Plumed Knight Blaine Stirs Ohio Campus Audience

The Messenger recounts Captain J. B. Allen's piece on the James Blaine spill at Ohio University. Blaine, famed as a Plumed Knight in Congress, delivered a piercing address with a notable mouth twitch when deeply engaged. Athens Journal and contributor Daddy Hague drew countywide attention amid party lines in Lower Plains Ohio.

the Messenger J. B. Allen James Blaine Ohio University Blaine Congress Athens Journal Athens County Captain Allen Daddy Hague

Ohio Unemployed League Principles Published

A Meigs County rumor prompts publication of the Ohio Unemployed League platform. It outlines militant workers and farmers supporting bread and justice, against evictions and coercive contracts, demanding shorter hours, unemployment insurance, workmen’s compensation, old age pensions, and expanded relief. Columbus, May 23. W C Bauhof, Secretary.

Ohio Unemployed League Unemployed League National Unemployed League Columbus W.C. Bauhof

Founding of Rio Grande College by Atwood Family

Deacon Nehemiah Atwood born in Shenandoah County Virginia and his wife Permelia founded Rio Grande College in Gallia County. They built the main building completed in 1875 with Mullineaux Lawson & Company of Gallipolis. Dean Atwood died in 1869 and Permelia carried out his plan.

Rio Grande College Gallia County Nehemiah Atwood Shenandoah County Virginia Permelia Atwood Dean Atwood Mullineaux, Lawson & Company Gallipolis

Hubble Says University A Sphere Vast Beyond Measure

Dr Edwin Hubble, famed Mt Wilson astronomer, argues the university remains a sphere enormous in diameter though still not large enough to contain men like Dillion.

Edwin Hubble Mt. Wilson Dillineo

Memorial building of Post No 229 in Nelsonville

A memorial is planned for Post No 229 of the American Legion in Nelsonville. Details note construction progress and community funding efforts to support the project.

Nelsonville

Also Mentioned on This Page

the Athens Messenger Frederick W Mushc Eruraay Sun Horning Athens Messenger Gerald Printing CO Gordon KR Bush Charles B Barrie LOGAN Representariver Sons Michigan Ave Ework Géneral Motor Noming Amnent Paul Mallon White House Hoover Mr. Coolidge Louis Howe Dali Sowe Heywood Broun Lehigh Valley Acre Bethlehem Steel Morris Fishbein Olive Roberts Barton Jack Dar George IV of England Ball Bal Union United Harry D. Robinson Robinson Los Angeles Coast Robert Ljones Camden N.S the Public Forum Lower Plains, Ohio States League Platform Ing Ste Ifa Z. Haning I. M. Foster Bryan Street Cemetery Albany William Whaley George V. Lipchey Louise Cline Julie Laseh Joes Haxel Hellger Minerva Moore Clarice Bobo Frances Potter Mary Barnes Hazeen Gwendolyn Barlow Marguerite Croy Mildred Johnson Forest Rose Needle Club Heliger Livya Wharton Mr. " Wharton Athens Wharfos Osteopath Kirksville, Mo Canaanville Concer Penter Dairy Farm Canaanville Stars Waldo Baird Warren Ant Harbirt George Warren G. Harding Jon Tot Frank Roach Battie Wee
Search Courier

Search the Athens Messenger Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Athens Messenger?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication