Athens Messenger history and publishing details
The Athens Messenger notes its establishment in 825 Frederick W Bush as publisher from 1806 to 1978. It lists publication weekdays and a Sunday pre edition by THE ATHENS MESSENGER & HERALD PRINTING CO with Gordon K Buth as publisher and GM and Charlee H Harris as managing editor. It cites associations and national reps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W Bush
Athens ‘Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K Buth
Mgr
Charlee H Harris Maneping
Putlisners Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau
Associated Ohio Dailies
Inland
Usity Press Association
Associated Press
Jonn W Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
The Community Man Who Does Not Seek Praise
A parable describes a wealthy factory owner praised for clean streets, prompt bills, and fair treatment who shuns public charity and committee work. Despite critics who say he is greedy, he plans to rescue two failing plants to preserve jobs and boost local economy.
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United States
Ohio Editors Propose Tough Traffic Safety Measures
Ohio editors urge mandatory jail terms for drunken drivers and stronger penalties. They favor driver license checks, compulsory liability insurance, eye tests, and banning cars without dimming headlights. Dimmed headlights from all directions and restricted truck hours are urged, praising the patrol for reducing accidents.
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Ohio
State Highway Patrol
National League of Compulsory Education on Youth Hockey Payments
Officials report that students no longer pay for school hockey at the same rate as twenty years ago and counter claims that they never did. The exchange underscores ongoing questions about funding and participation in school sports programs.
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National League of Compulsory Education Officials
The News Behind the News on Blue Eagle Restuffing
Paul Mallon reports Washington insiders press to rewrite NRA policy by abolishing price fixing and production limits. They will apply new principles case by case, with exceptions for coal and other troubled industries, aiming to revise codes after broader changes take hold.
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Washington
White House
New Legislation Promised in Roosevelt Message in January
The Roosevelt administration plans new legislation to be recommended in January at the opening of Congress. Industrialists may resist, while NRA supporters favor curbing chiseling and overproduction under new codes. The New Dealers expect cooperative protection and potential voluntary participation.
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Roosevelt
NRA
Consumers, New Dealers, and a rising bond mood
The piece critiques consumer activism under the New Deal, warns that consumer reform may stall behind existing protections, and notes optimism over a HOLC test bond issue as a potential seed for a new government debt market. It also mentions Ickes Wallace Hopkins spending figures and minor local curiosities.
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Treasury
Ickes
Messrs
Wallace
Hopkins
Marine Corps
Col
David Porter
Farley
Harding
Federal government urged to take control of truck traffic
Citizens urge federal intervention to regulate trucking flows. Proposal calls for immediate action to direct trucks to the right to allow passing when needed. Emphasis on national oversight and standardized traffic rules.
Industrial classes in mining and electrical engineering
Ten years ago industrial classes in mining and electrical engineering were announced funded by Smith-Hughes funds. Rev W H Parker directed religious education and youth work at the First Methodist Church. Mr and Mrs Frank P Roach hosted a Halloween party for their children Jean and Francis John. City Federation held a dinner at First Methodist Church with over 150 attendees. More than 100 Phi Sigs attended Amy Esterling home in Logan for Founders Day Banquet.
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Smith-Hughes
W. H. Parker
First Methodist Church
Frank P. Roach
Jean
Francis John
City Federation
Amy Esterling
Logan
Republican rally and local party candidates highlighted
Speakers J. P. Wood described as a Republican war horse and General C. H. Grosvenor addressed a rally. John Cross sought County treasurer on the Progressive ticket and Frank Bellows aimed for county recorder on the Democratic line. Alpha Xi Delta hosted a Halloween party at Miss Genevieve Thurlow’s home with guests from Miss Marie Swaim’s gathering. out of town guest Miss Myrtle Mardis joined.
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J. P. Wood
C. H. Grosvenor
John Cross
Frank Bellows
Alpha Xi Delta
Genevieve Thurlow
Marie Swaim
Park Place
Myrtle Mardis
Circleville
Milk as a nearly perfect food gains vitamin D via irradiation
Health experts trace milk’s value beyond protein and fat to minerals and vitamins. They describe supplementation with orange or tomato juice for vitamin C and cod liver oil for vitamin D, plus methods to concentrate, dry, evaporate, or flavor milk.
Quotations From Public Figures Highlighting Public Life
A compilation of quoted remarks from officials and public figures including Henry A. Wallace Hans Lammers Roscoe Turner and Thomas T Connally. The statements touch on careers governance and social views amid wartime and postwar discourse.
Ex-service men urged to back Athens school levy renewal
The Public Forum letters address the American Legion stance on public education and urge Athens voters to support the three mill levy renewal for the Board of Education. Without renewal, school services and term length would be cut roughly in half.
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Doctor Howe
Consumers’ Counsel
Athena
American Legion
National Organization of the American Legion
Ohio Department
Athens
About Your Children by Olive Roberts Barton
A discussion on handling a cranky child and especially a child who exhibits sudden uncontrollable rages. The piece notes rage as a relief and habit, the danger of over indulgence, hereditary dispositions, and suggests removing the cause of distress and using solitude after outbursts to teach self control.
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Olive Roberts Barton
Reviews of New Books by Lon
The piece surveys three novels: Creep, Shadow! by A. Merritt a Rhode Island estate tale with Druids and black magic. Give Me Death by Isabel Briggs Myers a southern family murder puzzle with a twist ending. Hell Said the Duchess by Michael Arien a horror tale blending Machen and Wells told as farce, with mixed success.
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A. Merritt
Crime Club
Threequarters
Rhode Island
Isabel Briggs Myers
the Duchess
Michael Arien
Arthur Machen
Edgar Wallace
Dwarfing the Gargantuan Edicoe Needies Eats World of Food
A Detroit railroad laborer known as an eating champion displays staggering capacity. Needies consumes 60 pork chops and 25 pies in a sitting, 15 chickens on Sundays, 60 pounds of turkey for Thanksgiving, and records like 24 pounds of cheese in 30 minutes. He claims daily meals rival a family’s weekly needs and hints at future marriage.
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Detroit
Mich
Clue of the Forgotten Murders Unfolds New Leads
The Blade reporter Charles Morden is murdered and publisher Dan Bleeker hires Sidney Griff to solve the case. Files reveal Morden’s interest in Frank B Cathay and a missing roommate Esther Ordway. A bank statement shows large deposits by Esther and a $2000 check to Kenneth Boone dated the murder day.
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Charles Morden
the Blade
Dan Bleeker
Sidney Griff
Morden
Frank B. Cathay
Cathay
Mary Briggs
Griff
Alice Lorton
Esther Ordway
Bleeker
Brecker
Kenneth Boone
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Mali
Paul Mallon
Mises Nona Casley
Esther
Bowers
Starr, Little and Bowers
Edith Roach
Carrie Williams
A. C. Roach
University Terrace
Marian Walden
Helen McKay
Margaret Dailey
University of Wisconsin
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Hans Lammers
Germany
Col. Roscoe Turner
Aviator
U. S
Thomas T. Connally
Texas
Simeon A. Huston
Seattle
the Public Forum
Legion
the Messenger
Philadelphia
Mamuemarkclay
Ulrika Ringstrand
Stockholm
Sweden
Selmer Lindahl
Brun
Campbell Rus
Beon
of Long
Carleton Kendrake
NEA Servial
Lan Bleeker
Breeker
Heaven and Earth
Robert Cheiton
Summerville
Bleeker Griff
Dist
Gallia
Lawrence Ion
Willam Clark
Orleans
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