The Athens Messenger masthead and publishing details
The page lists The Athens Messenger Establishment dates 1823 1896 1929 with publisher Frederick W. Bush and Gordon K. Bush, managing editor Cheries H. Harris. Notes advertising circulation auditing and associations. Subscription rates per week and year by carrier and mail across multiple counties.
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Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
Athens Mlesender & Baldinting CO
Gordon K. Bush
Maer. Cheries H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Associated Press
Jocal News
Jonn W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Vance
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Vinton
Washington
Ohio voters face split ballot in pivotal state election
Editorial urges support for Bricker's re election and warns against Roosevelt era changes. Highlights local faith in Congressman Jenkins and Senator Phillips, praising their records and noting Southeastern Ohio needs. Emphasizes voters will decide governor, president, and state officials on one ballot.
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Ohio
National Party
Bricker
Mr. Davey
Davey
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Jenkins
Willkie
Jackson
Phillips
LeFever
The Beam in Our Own Eye
A call to curb civilian deaths from bombings and a warning about rising road fatalities in the United States. The piece cites the National Safety Council figures showing 23 830 traffic deaths in nine months, 1 500 higher than the prior year, urging safer driving as winter approaches.
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Europe
London
Berlin
National Safety Council
Death
The New Racial Who's Who in Europe
A critical note on Arriba praising Himmler and claiming Spaniards are Visigoths, with Mussolini’s Aryan rebranding and Japan’s honorary Aryan status. The piece denounces these shocking views as dangerous, absurd propaganda amid global bloodshed.
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Europe
Arriba
Himmler
Mussolini
Work Over Charity Inspires Dignity, Edwards Quote
A Tryon Edwards remark advocates earning support through labor rather than alms, arguing work fosters industry and self respect while alms may nurture dependence. The aphorism emphasizes personal effort as a cure for poverty and laziness.
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Tryon Edwards
A Good Man Happy Is A Common Good
A concise quotation attributed to Chapman notes happiness as a common good, reflecting a philosophical view on virtue and communal well being. The line emphasizes shared welfare and moral character as essential societal ties.
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Chapman
Willkie Will Likely Win Amid Campaign Smears
Hugh Johnson argues that New Dealers use dirty tactics and clashes with police spoil public image. He cites Joe Pew's role in Pennsylvania and predicts a Willkie victory as a nationwide upsurge grows from Michigan to New York.
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New York City
LaGuardia
Florello
Boss Flynn
Tammany Croker
Boss Tweed
Detroit
Hitler
New York
Steve Early
Early
Steve
Joe Pew
Willkie
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Taft
Joe Penn
al Smith
Middle West
Tammany
Joe
Wendell
Lansing
Cleveland
Chicago
Kingston
New Deal
Willkie Will
Bruce Catton Reviews Washington Scene
Bruce Catton argues the U S government conducts key foreign policy moves in secret behind closed doors and reveals them after the fact. He cites prewar arms sales to France and the 50 destroyers for Britain as pivotal, noting public denial followed by later acceptance of deals. Middleton quote included.
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Washington
United States
U. S
England
Far East
U. S. Army
California
Air Ministry
Congress
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Great Britain
White House
Senate
Silent deeds and the Golden Rule in one note
A short reflective aphorism collection cites Seneca on quiet kindness and Dole on the Golden Rule. The tone emphasizes humility in giving and courage in living by ethical reciprocity.
Readers Debate Roosevelt Third Term and Willkie Policy
A signed forum letter from Mrs Dorothy McDonald of Athens argues Roosevelt cannot become a dictator due to political support from miners and unions. She counters Willkie as a legitimate alternative, questions third term talk, and criticizes Bricker and Davey era taxes. The column urges cautious views on wartime policy, defense, and Bund suppression.
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the Messenger
President Roosevelt
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Wendell Willkie
O.K
Thomas Jenkins
Willkie
CCC
Davey
Bricker
W.P.A
Chester Dailey
Albany
Roosevelt Backers and Willkie Critics Clash in Public Forum
Charles L. Marsh of Athens writes in the Public Forum denouncing Willkie and praising Roosevelt. He catalogs New Deal programs and labor support, questions Hoover era wages, and criticizes John L. Lewis and Willkie as traitors and phonies. He argues Roosevelt is labor’s best friend and contemplates a third term.
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the Messenger
Willkie
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Hoover
Red Cross
WPA
CCC
NYA
Housing Administration
Lewis
U.M.W
Wendell L. Willkie
Quite a Mess What is wrong with the people of the United States
A reader criticizes public opinion and leadership for following borrowed sayings without checking facts. The note argues against pressuring Roosevelt to rapidly build a vast military since prior years may not have justified such fleet expansions and cautions about unexamined assertions.
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the Messenger
United States
Johnson
Hugh
Roosevelt
O. K
Ohio University Glee Club and local social notices
News notes recount the Ohio University Glee Club contest at the Jackson Eisteddfod with named singers. a 50th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wolfe of High St Nelsonville. a 15 degree low temperature report. Chauncey High School musical See You Later cast. Eastern Star meeting return by Mrs O G Jordan and Dr and Mrs F P McVay. Halloween party hosted by Helen and Florence Cross. extended western trip by Josephine and Dora Antoinette. Burdette Foraker guest of Ohio Wesleyan ties. and a John Romine birthday party with local families listed.
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Frank Wolfe
High St
Nelsonville
Game Night Dash to the First Season Kickoff
Bill Mentor leaves his job at the drug store to watch the first game of the season. He rides through autumn night to City Stadium where the West team trails 6 to 0 and fans cheer as Helen Welch meets him at the entrance.
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Bill Mentor
Julius Peskin
Mentor
Mr. Peskin
Bill
Peskin
Walton
Market Street
City Stadium
Visitors
West
Rival football heartbreak ends in razzle-dazzle upset
Bill Mentor and Helen react to a dramatic West Benton clash as a risky razzle-dazzle plays backfires. Buck Mentor contemplates coaching fate while urging Bill to focus on fundamentals and promise a future in football. The consequence leaves Buck hopeful about a civic fate and Bill wrestling with his father's shadow and possibilities.
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Buck
Pat Hurly
Footeball
Bill
Lane
Alone on the Rim of the World by Adeline Parker Browning
A poem titled Alone on the Rim of the World expresses solitary reflection from a speaker on a high canyon rim. The speaker contemplates desert solitude, inspiration, and heartbreak while addressing a beloved. The poet signs the work as Adeline Parker Browning from Athens, Ohio.
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America Daily
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Washington Scene
Middleton
Seneca
C. F. Dole
F.D.R
Elliott
Army
Bund
Grange
Central
South America
Dorothy McDonald
Ohio University Glee Club
Martha Foster
Florene
Merritt
Dolores Phelps
Mariann Linscott
Pauline Whitlatch
Janet Bing
Marcella Horn
Mary Helen Lee
Elizabeth Hughes
Margaret LeMasters
E. V. Wolfe
Chauncey High School
Pythian Sisters
Neill Tippett
Carrol Tippett
Charles Minister
Dean Hamilton
Reena Shafer
Louise Dew
Lavina Rivers
Kenneth Nye
Jack McCafferty
Jimmy Mason
O. G. Jordan
F. P. McVay
Eastern Star
Columbus
Helen
Florence Cross
Union St
Josephine
Dora Antoinette
Burdette Foraker
Ohio Wesleyan
Foraker
John Romine
G. M. Romine
W. State St
Mary Margaret Pickering
Cathleen Carpenter
Robert and
Ralph Wagner
Thomas Cotton
Juanita
Twyla McLain
Kenneth Romine
W. H. Pears
Helen Welch
Benton
West End
Hart
Benton Boys
Landis
Calvert
Daily Clarion
Welch
Buck Mentor
NEA Service, Inc
West Side
By Galbraith
Elles
NEA Service, Ivc
Poet's Corner
Ty Messenger
Adeline Parker Browning
Athens, O
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