The Athens Messenger Editorial and Publishing Details
The Athens Messenger provides weekly weekday editions with afternoon issues and a Sunday morning edition. It lists Gordon K Bush as Publisher and General Manager and Charles B H Astris as Managing Editor, with various professional affiliations and circulation practices. Obituary and card notices incur nominal charges. subscriptions are 8 cents weekly carrier and four dollars fifty cents yearly by mail in Ohio.
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Gordon K Bush
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Charles BH Astris
American Newspaper Publishers Association, Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Ohio Dailies
Inland Daily Press Association
Ohio
Science to solve the farm problem with lasting approach
A viewpoint arguing for scientific farm reform to boost farmer income and link agriculture with industry. It urges Congress to fund long term scientific programs, promote new crops, and use farm products to expand industrial uses such as alcohol blended fuels to reduce reliance on oil.
Ohio Senate moves to study highway safety in Ohio
Columbus reports that Ohio senators will conduct a scientific survey of highway hazards to reduce crashes after tragic tolls last year. The plan would summarize laws, analyze regulations, and build a statewide traffic program with the State Highway Patrol aiding. The author calls this overdue action a turning point for Ohio transport safety.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
State Highway Patrol
Ohio
Senate
Social notes from a decade ago feature regional visits
Ten years ago Mrs. Sarah L. Poston and daughter hosted Grat ton Irwin of Charleston while relatives and friends traveled between Hamilton Cincinnati Canton Charleston and Columbus for visits and family gatherings.
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Sarah L. Poston
Lulu Poston
Grattan Irwin
Charleston
W. Va
Healey Labor Bill Moves Amid Backroom Debate
Washington reports the Healey Labor Bill, long tabled by the House Judiciary Committee, returns to the floor amid private deals linked to the Frazier Lemke inflation fight. Labor leaders press for a repeal shaped by prevailing wages on government contracts.
Pressure Heating Up Over Guffey Coal Bill
Inside the waning session the White House sees pressure from John L. Lewis as miners’ chief presses the President to back the Guffey Coal Bill. Leaders privately oppose federal price fixing without labor provisions and fear the bill’s fate depends on presidential intervention.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine
White House
Lehman Retirement Theories Split Over Governor’s Exit
Albany circulated tale linked Lehman brothers death to his need to take charge of the Lehman banking firm but experts say the bank can run without him. Most likely, Lehman quit politics willingly three months ago, with Roosevelt unable to persuade him to run again.
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Lehman
Albany
Roosevelt
Bell Favored for Comptroller General in June
Acting Budget Director Bell is considered a strong candidate for the Comptroller General post in June but he resists the budget job to avoid losing civil service status. Democratic congressmen critique Postmaster General Farley’s Prairie State remark as a social error and compare it to Perkins large shoe market comment. Attorney General Cummings urges Congress not to vote on information about post office inspectors and G-Men friction, saying it can be settled amiably.
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Burns
Labor
Perkins
Bell
MecCarl
Farley
Miss Perkins
South
GOP
Cummings
Post Office
West lore and biting humor mix with urban irony
In a wry Old West voice, a LA baby who smoked a year is praised for its ring blowing. The piece contrasts frontier bravado with modern city life and a mother’s pride in unlikely feats. The tone shifts from tough nostalgia to playful absurdity about a baby and smoking.
Ruth and the ruthless driver in one-armed accidents
Psychologists identify drivers called ruthless and a one armed type linked to Ruth as contributing factors in accidents. The remark notes a grim pattern and hints at broader behavioral risks within traffic incidents.
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Ruth
Nursing Schedule For Newborns From Dr. Morris Fishbein
Dr. Morris Fishbein reviews infant feeding intervals from birth, noting initial feeds at 12 hours and varying schedules from every three to four hours. He lists reasons for four hour intervals including hunger timing, milk production, rest for mother, and fewer night feedings, with guidance on supplementing if needed and avoiding public outings with a tiny baby.
They Say Quotes on Manners and Travel
A collection of aphorisms on traffic behavior gentility and cooperation from judges college presidents makeup experts and actors. The remarks touch on accidents traffic manners Hollywood ideals and international cooperation with a mix of humor and social commentary.
Fifteen Dead as House Collapses in Fez District
In Fez Morocco the El Ayoum district sees a house collapse with fifteen bodies recovered from debris. Five bystanders suffered serious injuries. The report also notes Lucia Zarate as the smallest person on record at twenty inches in height.
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Fez
Morocco
el Ayoum
Lucia Zarate
Early Marietta settlers and frontier exploits recounted
The memoir recounts Peter Niswonger a German hunter and spy who aided fort defenses at Wheeling and later settled near Buffington Island. It notes Hamilton Kerr as a famed Marietta spy and cof fee mill operator, Eleazar Curtis relatives, and the 1794 killing of Robert Warth by Indians with a nearby cave skeleton later linked to the slayer.
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Frederick
Virginia
John
Ee Wheeling
Wheeling
Peter Niswenger
Old Town Bottoms
Buffington Island
John Worth
Niswenger
Marietta
Hamilton Kerr
Fieazar Curtis
Massachusetts
Belpre
Washington
Athens
Meigs
Eleazar Curtis
Charleston
W. Va
Robert Warth
Fort Harmar
John Warth
Wondering Through Darkness to Morning Faith
A poet reflects on a fragile future after past disappointments and betrayals. The speaker wrestles with life and possible death, seeking solace in faith as days stretch into years. The note ends with a remark about a single newspaper edition filling a vast book beyond ads.
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God
Lord Jesus
Smoking Out the Candidates Part I Senator Vandenberg Answers
Frazier Hunt presents Senator Vandenberg's positions on budget balance relief and taxation. He backs state relief with federal funds, opposed currency inflation, supports child labor laws and minimum wages, and favors strict antitrust enforcement with room for fair trade practices. He rejects constitutional amendments and opposes broad federal control of power unless tied to public projects. Tomorrow: Senator Borah.
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America
Frazier Hunt
NEA Service
The
Athens Messenger
Hunt
Vandenberg
Adventur in York Inspires Gail Everett Designer Hunt
Gail Everett, Larne Prize winner, travels from Larne to York seeking work. After her parents’ deaths she trains at Miss Cranston’s fashion school. An artist Derek Hargreaves helps her, directing her to Madame Lizette’s where a job is found moments before the designer departs for Hollywood. Gail begins work, hurried by a changing lunch hour.
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Gail Everett
Larne
York
Gail
Miss Cranston
Madame Lizette
Hollywood
Jovial reunion sparks marriage proposal on Long Island
Gail Everett, a working girl at Madame Suzette's on Long Island, reunites with Dick Searles from Merrywood Hall. He offers marriage and travel, but Gail must keep her job and return to the studio, as he promises to visit later.
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North Carolina
Merrywood Hall
Rosemary
Lucille
Merrywood
Madame Suzette’s
Gail
Sweet
Dicky
Mater
Acros Dick
Madame’s
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