The Athens Messenger Publishing Details and Rates
The Athens Messenger announces publication weekdays with a Sunday edition. It covers Athens and surrounding counties in Ohio and lists staff, affiliations, and circulation details along with obituaries and subscription prices. The paper serves the Athens Nelsonville Glouster area and nearby communities under various associations.
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Frederick W. Bush
O- Sudedep
Une
Athens Ssenger & Ing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Gen. Mer
Charles H. Harris
Ohio
Athens-Nelsonville-Gloustert-Oool
Allilogan-Pomeroy
Middleport Polis
Paper losses and war debts loom after 1929 crash
The piece notes the depreciation of the American dollar and a planned loss of about one billion dollars on war debts, with foreign governments possibly paying in currencies other than gold. It states June 15 as the next due date and that U S money is now legal tender, changing prior gold payment obligations.
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Uncle Sam
United States
Congress
Even Handed Justice By Judge McDevitt on Embezzling Deputy
Philadelphia judge Harry McDevitt faced a deputy city collector who pleaded guilty to embezzlement. He suggested awaiting sentences given to New York bankers who stole millions to set a proportionate punishment. The remark aimed to reassure the public that big and small offenders would be treated alike.
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Harry 8. McDevitt
Philadelphia
McDevitt
New York
Vision of Hope as Memorial Day Urges World Peace
The passage honors fallen soldiers from Lexington to the Argonne and urges commitment to disarmament and a lasting peace. It argues war is futile, notes the cost in blood and suffering, and expresses hope that Memorial Day marks a new era led by America’s plea for just peace. It envisions future generations free from war if nations erase suspicions and jealousy.
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Lexington
Argonne
Vieta
Geneva
America
Gold Clause to Be Abolished In Roosevelt Plan
President Roosevelt asks Congress to repeal the gold clause affecting government and private securities. The measure, supported by Treasury officials, would require payment in legal tender for all bonds and debt, retroactively canceling gold promises to facilitate large new bond issues. About 70 to 100 billion dollars of securities could be affected, with roughly 22 billion of government obligations in scope.
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Roosevelt
House
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Erieia
Dear Miss Dix on Young Couples and Parental Help
Dorothy Dix laments that married children burden aging parents with debt and luxury costs. She urges youths to plan, save, and live within means, supporting their own households rather than relying on father and mother.
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Miss DIX
Mrs. Sparrow
Doormat Parents and Selfish Youth Blamed for Family Struggles
An old column argues parents spoil children by funding comfortable lives at home. It cites engagements broken due to lack of support, urges pushing offspring to self reliance, and warns marriages funded by parents undermine old age savings. The piece blames both sides but frames parents as enabling.
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John
Father
Mary
About Your Children by Olive Roberts Barton
An advice column urges meticulous sanitation of nursing bottles and accessories. It stresses boiling bottles and nipples, using properly shaped containers, chilling, and thorough cleaning with soap and clean water for daily use and storage.
Sidburn of the Sea Cartoon Explains Sunlight Skew
The cartoon describes the Corinthia cruise in the Southern Hemisphere where the ship stays mostly south of the sun causing a one sided belt of seaweed on its starboard side. Tomorrow: The Blooddrinkers.
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U. S
Corinthia
Care in Use of Home Remedies Urged On Families
Dr. Morris Fishbein urges caution in home medical kits noting laxatives can be dangerous during abdominal pain from possible appendicitis. He warns against habit forming sleep aids and barbiturate derivatives, advising medical advice for powerful preparations.
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Dr. Fishbein
Morris Fishbein
Epidemic of mumps reaches Athens and city events noted
An outbreak of mumps sweeps Athens with Chief of Police Herb Parker avoiding contacts as cases rise among all ages. social happenings include Mrs Grace McKee hosting bridge for brides Miss Mary Poston and Miss Florence Carr at 44 University Terrace and Knights of Pythias convention at Murray City with Grand Chancellor Ford G Hunker attending. Mr and Mrs Rufus C Hopkins return from an East wedding trip.
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Athens
Herb Parker
Granville Evans
Grace McKee
Slaverhill
Mass
Mary Poston
Florence Carr
Jane Brides
W. H. McKee
University Terrace
Order of Knights of Pythias
Hocking County
Murray City
Ford G. Hunker
Middleport
Local notes: bride's maid travels to Washington and county bridge talks
Miss Virgene Henry left for Canal Dover to serve as a bride's maid for a classmate at the National Park Seminary in Washington D C. Meanwhile Athens residents discuss erecting a temporary bridge across the West Union Street cut and a river channel change with B and O engineers. A fruit company organizers from Columbus and Washington D C are noted.
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Virgene Henry
Canal Dover
National Park Seminary
Washington, D. C
Miss Henry
Board of County Commissioners
Athens
Union Street
Herrold's Mill
Secret Profit Shares Known Only to J P Morgan and Partners
The Morgan firm keeps profit sharing details secret among partners. Morgan and his father enforce strict non disclosure. New partners receive small percentages, losses follow the same formula. The article notes possible future moves of J Pierpont Morgan’s sons and changes in leadership. it cites high fees for counsel and describes the partner meeting room with roll topped desks.
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Washington
C. C
J. P. Morgan
Morgan
J. Pierpont
Wall Street
Senate
House of Morgan
Morgan Migght
England
George Whitney
Thomas W. Lamont
Junius Spencer Morgan
Henry Sturgis Morgan
John W. Davis
John
Ferdinand Pecora
Davis
Air speed events to be held in Chicago this July
Items of interest note a program of airplane speed events called American Air Ranes set for July 1 to 4 in Chicago. An amphibian with a 100 foot wing span was built for Colombia by an American firm. About 350000 is allocated for Le Bourget development, Lindbergh’s Paris air gateway, after his Atlantic flight.
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Chicago
le Bourget
Paris
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Unsigned Letters Require Full Name and Address for Contributions
The Messenger notes contributors must include full name and address as proof of good faith. The editorial request appears amid a dated fragment describing tree stumps, a small stable, and grain receptacles, with a May timestamp from Evyn Lower Plains.
Early Native Trees in Athens County Timber History
The editor recalls how Athens County once teemed with diverse timber. Settlers cleared vast tracts for soil, destroying millions of feet of valuable wood. Yellow poplar and white oak dominated markets, aiding home building and crafts, with white oak used for carts and shingles and black oak valued in leather tanning.
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Athens County
Runaway Horse Blamed for Death in Cleveland
In Cleveland a runaway horse caused a fatal accident as 15 year old Thomas Towey rode in a bakery wagon. Frightened by an automobile backfire the horse bolted, Towey could not brake the horse, leapt for the wagon and struck a tree, suffering a fractured skull and dying without regaining consciousness.
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Cleveland
U.p
Thomas Towey
Stone and Canterbury Wed at Gracey Church Parsonage
Walter Ernest Stone aged 24 a salesman from Charleston West Virginia marries Martha Frances Canterbury 23 daughter of David Canterbury in a ceremony conducted by Rev H X Wilbur Money at Gracey M. E. Church parsonage in Gallipolis Ohio on May 30.
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Gallipolis
Walter Ernest Stone
Charleston
Martha Frances Canterbury
David Canterbury
H. x. Wilbur Money
Gracey M. E. Church
Iron monster to tread the sea floor by British tests
The naval project unveils a diving armor suit with flexible arms and clawed hands, an oxygen tank replacing air lines, demonstrated by the British fleet in the English Channel as it plans an ocean floor flight.
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English Channel
Term extending bill sparks debate in Columbus
Republicans in Columbus announce two measures to extend terms of county officials and clerks, arguing for continuity while Democrats warn the move would perpetuate party control. The plan aims to cement party machinery and keep officeholders in place beyond current terms.
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Columbus
Chai Schorr
Presbyteria Sermon Clarifies Apostle Paul Teachings
Dr. Reed of Auburn Theological Seminary spoke at Athens Presbyterian Church focusing on the body of Christ. He described members as eyes and stressed unity and function within the church.
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Apostle Paul
Harry Lathrop
Auburn Theological
Auburn, N. Y
Gation
Athens Presbyterian
Complex crossword clues partial grid puzzle entry
Puzzle snippet with scattered numbers and fragments. Clues reference terms from remedies metals and crafts, with partial answers and stray letters. The readable lines show definitions like god of the sky and old wagon track along with unrelated bits about musical items and vegetables.
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