Athens Messenger and Herald Publishing Details
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co lists Frederick W. Bush as publisher from 1896 to 1929 with Gordon K. Bush as publisher and general manager and Charles H. Harris as managing editor. It notes association with national and regional newspaper groups and provides subscription rates by carrier and mail in multiple Ohio counties.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Vinton
Washington
Hollywood Learns About Small Town Courtesy
An article recalls a film crew filming in a remote western town where locals offered hospitality freely and worked as extras with little or no pay. It contrasts small town friendliness with modern tourism and city hustle, noting faster living and rising self-interest.
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Hollywood
Motor Age
Tax Burden Split Reveals Strain On Ohio Earners
The piece argues tax consumers feel little pain while those who pay taxes struggle as incomes fall. It notes Ohio residents pay 20 percent more tax than a decade ago, wages drop, profits lag, and yet proposals to fix issues lack resistance. It laments politicians courting votes while business sustains jobs.
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Ohio
Pittsburgh Salesman Loses $1100 In Washington Hotel Mixup
A Pittsburgh salesman with a suitcase containing $1100 misplaces his room during a weekend in Washington DC. He reports the loss at a police station but finds no help as the occult desk sergeant is unavailable. An expanding federal agency may have swept up the funds into a larger scheme.
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Pittsburgh
Washington, D. C
Ohio voters resist tax increases amid school funding crisis
The piece argues Ohio must follow Dayton in closing schools due to lack of funds. It laments that boards and teachers fear tax hikes, while residents oppose levies and demand government services without paying more. It notes broad taxpayer reluctance to finance state needs.
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Ohio
Dayton
Censor Greed and foreign threats warn of Nazi control
Westbrook Pegler warns that Josef Terboven and Hitler threaten global press censorship and suppression of free speech. He argues censorship abroad foreshadows domestic loss of liberties and urges Americans to resist foreign subversion and anti-American plots against the Constitution.
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New York
Josef Terboven
Rhineland
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
Terboven
Holland
Luxemburg
Reich
Hitler
Germany
Berlin
Herry Terboven
Adolf Hitler
United States
Washington glimpses of a senator day in life program
A Wisconsin senator F Ryan Duffy faced backlash after a TV program filmed his family including a Japanese servant. Democrats questioned the moved bid for publicity and a campaign setback followed. Ice salesman Jim Moran touted ancient glacier ice earning high prices in Alaska and Baltimore. Social Security paid identical death claims to two unmarried twin brothers born 1904 and died 1938 with inquest pending.
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Washington
Mars
F. Ryan Duffy
Wisconsin
Duffy
Jim Moran
Alaska
Moran
Baltimore
Moran Ice
Social Security Board
Political costs of state services and relief funding
The text argues that aging funds and social programs exhaust state finances. It claims pensions, schools, roads, and increased public employment are used to influence elections and sustain the ruling party. It also asserts relief money is diverted to political debts.
Murder to Music in Golden Bowl Night
Detective photographer Bob Tait plots a public scene with swing band The Swingateers at the Pacific Plaza Golden Bowl. Myrna Dombey, Nelda Starr, Harris Rogers, Anne Lester, and Dannie Feeley mingle as Weeks with a neck wound hints at danger amid romantic tension and possible double crossing. (To Be Concluded)
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Myrna Dombey
Robert Tait
Anne Lester
Myrna
Dannie Feeley
Ladden Dombey
Stephens
Pacific Plaza
Disciples of Swing
Bob Tait
Donnie Feeley
George Weeks
Tait
Dombey
Nelda Starr
Harris Rogers
Nelda
Rogers
Starr
Dannie
Leonard Macy
Feeley
Macy
Mr. Feeley
Anne
Bob
Vited
Swingateers
Mr. Macy
Miss Starr
Mr. Tait
Torchy
Weeks
Public Forum letter defends Weber Thoma against discharge slur
Benjamin F. Turner of Meigs Chapter No. 53 D.A.V. writes to refute claims that Weber D. Thoma, a political candidate, was dishonorably discharged. Turner asserts Thoma's honorable service, notes membership in the American Legion and D.A.V., and urges respect for veterans who fought in World War I. The letter calls the slander an offense against veterans and parties.
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the Messenger
Weber D. Thoma
U. S. Army
Meigs
Thoma
Drew Webster Post American Legion
D.A.V
American Legion
U. S
Legion
Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Marines of
Ohio
Benjamin F. Turner
Halloween Parade Burn Injures Local Woman
Mrs. Daniel Pierce of 15 Clark Street suffered burns after a lighted flare ignited her Halloween Parade costume. First aid was given. Fire caused $200 damage at Lewis Smith's Bowen Street home after a match dropped into oil and gasoline. Athens County PTA hosted a reception for new school superintendent A F Hixon and Mrs Hixon. Dr. John A Hess of Ohio University named temporary head of a new Phi Beta Kappa chapter with thirteen faculty charter members.
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Daniel Pierce
Clark St
Lewis Smith
Bowen St. Logan
John A. Hess
Ohio University
Phi Beta Kappa
National Scholastic Honorary
O. U
Athens nursing quota set at 24 by Miss Ul lom in charge
Athens County announces 24 nursing slots with registrations signed by Lillian Grace Riley Vera Edith Howard Martha Elizabeth Elliott Cora Freda Snow Ruth Ethel Walker Nellie Blanch Evans Pauline Koon. Mrs Ida Foreman receives a letter from her son Private Raymond Foreman Co E 334 Infantry Somewhere in France. A 300 pound shipment of imported sweater yarn arrives for Red Cross workers to knit sweaters for soldiers. Election headlines claim Willis and the Dry Issue have Carried Athens County. No flu deaths in the last 36 hours and the epidemic is believed checked.
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Athens County
Helen Ullom
Lillian Grace Riley
Vera Edith Howard
Martha Elizabeth Elliott
Cora Freda Snow
Ruth Ethel Walker
Nellie Blanch Evans
Pauline Koon
Ida Foreman
Athens
Raymond Foreman
E 334 Infantry
France
Red Cross
Understanding Buerger's disease thromboangiitis obliterans
Health note explains that Buerger's disease affects blood vessels in middle aged men and can affect legs arms and sometimes heart. Early treatment stresses bed rest heat and limb circulation with alternate heating and cooling and positional changes. A new device for alternate pressure and suction aims to improve blood flow. Cures from lake bathing and protein injections are unfounded. If untreated vessels may block leading to limb amputation. prompt medical consultation is advised.
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Buerger
Meigs County Postcard Calls for Economy in Elections
Co E Young of Tuppers Plains urges Meigs County voters to oppose New Deal policies and economy-spending in Columbus and Washington. He cites election irregularities and neighborhood changes in Middleport Olive Dale and warns of coalition efforts while advocating a trial of new faces in the county.
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the Messenger
Meigs County
Columbus
Ohio
Washington
Middleport
Olive Dale
Co. E. Young
Tuppers Plains
Halloween Vandalism Reported in Middleport
Nannie B. Agee reports damage after Halloween celebration at the high school field. Vandalism on S. Second Ave included broken chairs uprooted flowers bricks on the porch and rocks thrown endangering her life. She pledges legal action and calls for accountability.
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the Messenger
S. Second Ave
Middleport
Nannie B. Agee
Halloween Parties Highlight Albany Community News
Halloween activities fill Albany as 4 H Club hosts a basement party at the C P Pearman home Meanwhile the Missionary Society meets at Miss Alice Stanleys Home with a program led by Mrs Ewing Walters The week closes with family visits, weddings and social events across Albany and nearby towns.
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Albany
C. P. Pearman
Albany Home Makers
E. M. Baughman
Pearman
Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
Alice Stanley
Lawrence Morris
Ewing Walters
Radford
Margaret
Harry Brown
A. D. Graft
Logan
E. C. Rigel
Morton Rigel
Bob
Stockdale
Harold Ruhlman
Cincinnati
E. I. Stanley
Philadelphia
Joan Johnston
J. E. Cline
Bexley
Millicent Clouse
Miss Clouse
J. W. Cline
Revival at Graham Chapel Draws West Virginia Gospel Four
A Graham Chapel revival led nightly at 7 30 by the Gospel Four of West Virginia features special songs and messages. An all day meeting and basket dinner are planned for Sunday with Rev Music of Athens and Rev borne as speakers.
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W. H. Harris
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Virginia Williams
Virginia
George Powell
Darsey Farm
Angie Dailey
Dailey
Evelyn Smith
Chauncey
Richard Gaston
Nelsonville
Arthur Gaston
Kyger Social Notes Highlight Halloween Events and Visits
Kyger D A Lodge members hosted a Halloween masquerade with three costume prizes and three games awards. A nurse from Holzer Hospital spent the weekend with her mother. Local groups plan a dinner on election day and report various visiting relatives and school activities.
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Kyger—D
A. Lodge
Anna Mae Werner
Aglist
Floyd Longstreth
Annabel Rupe
Allie Bradbury
Eloise Tate
Maxine Durst
Annie Ellen Spurlock
Holzer Hospital
Elna Spurlock
Ladies Aid Society
C. C. Mack
Donald Tate
Charles Johnson
Evelyn Tate
G. E. Durst
Buteland
Thomas Bradbury
Huntington
C. A. Bradbury
Cheshire High School
Kgger
Camp Wilmington
W. B. Tate
Kgger M. E. Church
Francis Grover
Parkersburg
Clarence Grover
Letart Falls Briefs Report Local Happenings
Otis Crawford returns home after nine weeks in St Joseph's Hospital Parkersburg. Crawford hurt his knee and heel ten weeks ago and cannot walk yet. Mr and Mrs John Wolfe and Mr and Mrs Thomas Roush visited Huntington to see Roush's sister Mrs Fred Olinger. PTA met with executive committee planning next meeting. Alberta Alexander and Ray Hayman contributed items and a round table discussed Good Times in the Home. Mrs Flora Johnson returns from Ohio stay to spend weeks at home.
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Letart
Otis Crawford
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Craweford
John Wolfe
Thomas Roush
W. Va
Huntington
C. P. Alexander
Miss Sheet
Flora Johnson
Columbus
Delaware
Bashan Social And Personal Notes
Mr. and Mrs. Here man Carson and Mrs. Todd Allen of Chester spent Sunday with L. E. Trussell. Miss Maxine Bailey visited her brother Oliver Bailey in Racine. Lloyd Eynon returned from up river points and plans to stay with the Whites. Clarence Sorden went to Raymond City W Va to help care for her ill mother. A birthday gathering celebrated Mrs. Cora McKay at her home Saturday evening. Will Sorden of Melbourne W Va and relatives visited here. Akron visitors for Charles Bookman’s funeral stayed with J. C. Rose and family. The Columbia River flow averages 280 000 cubic feet per second.
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Will Sorden
Melbourne
W. Va
Chester Rose
Canton
Paul Dye
Akron
Charles Bookman
J. C. Rose
Lester McNamee
Clarence Sorden
Roland Torrence
Ruby Eynon
Clintor
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Arthur Sprague
May Ave
H.M.S. Club
Athens County Council of Parent-Teacher Association
A. F. Hixon
Willis
DR. Morris Fishbein
George Clerk
Graham Chapel
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Kyger
Letart Falls
Bashan
Columbia River
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