The Athens Messenger and Herald History Summary
The Athens Messenger and Herald, weekly weekday edition with Sunday morning issue, serves Athens and surrounding Ohio counties. Published by THE ATHENS MESSENGER & HERALD PRINTING CO, led by Gordon K. Bush and Charles A. Harris, with memberships in major newspaper associations and multiple office locations for circulation and advertising.
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Prederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles A. Harris
Ohio
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster Logan-Pomeroy-Middlefort
Coolville
Thought for today verses on wrath and envy
A compact quotation from Job and Plutarch warns that wrath and envy injure judgment. The lines frame anger as a force that drives wisdom away and destroys perception.
Religious Education in Athens Schools Should Be Expanded
A city board supports adding a religious education program in schools citing its role in shaping moral citizenship. An Athens speaker urged focusing on core Christian teachings rather than broad secular drift, noting McGuffey Readers once promoted Christian citizenship and urging home and church collaboration.
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Athens City
Athens School
McGuffey
Ohio gasoline tax distribution plan outlined
The total gasoline tax collected in Ohio this year allocates 62.5 percent to the State Highway Department, 17.5 percent to municipalities, 1 percent to counties, and 5 percent to townships. There have been four regular distributions to municipalities, counties and townships so far this year.
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Ohio
State Highway Department
Ohio gasoline tax distributions to counties towns and townships
The article notes large gasoline tax distributions to Ohio counties towns and townships this year and an additional December distribution expected. It cites current totals of 4 5 490.00 to counties 4 048 000.00 to townships and 1 338 000.00 to others with December estimates of 1 337 830.00 to municipalities 1 320 000.00 to counties and 401 400.00 to townships and praises the Tax Commission Treasurer and Auditor for their labor in collections refunds and distributions.
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Tax Commission of
Ohio
State
Teachers on Jury Duty in Ohio Judge Defends Inclusion
A Ohio judge refuses to excuse public school teachers from jury service arguing that educated citizens help courts and that teachers gain from serving. He says jurors anchor justice and teachers’ insight benefits youth as jurors become classroom instructors.
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Ohio
Colleges produce leaders Harvard tops Who's Who list
Lafayette College researchers Donald B. Prentice and B. W. Kunkel analyzed 16 433 graduates listed in Who's Who to rank colleges by their share of intellectual leaders. Harvard led with 1 374 followed by Yale 937 Princeton 480 Michigan 470 Columbia 402 and Cornell 401. The study offers a new way to classify colleges and raises questions rather than conclusions.
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Donald B. Prentice
B. W. Kunkel
Lafayette College
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Michigan
Columbia
Cornell
Evolution of Polite Language Through History
A essay traces how once coarse terms such as spats can become respectable. It notes shifts from spatter-dashes to canter and from mob to a coveted social acceptability. It also links words like wig gin chap cab bus and hack to their origins and current status.
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Canterbury
Periwig
Perruque
Geneva
England
New York Happenings In Social Spotlight With Stars
New York social scene moves through literary, film and theater circles as Lowell Thomas hosts a party at Sutton Place while Francine Larrimore and Marion Nixon mingle with guests. The writer notes Hollywood stars shifting from silent roles to talkies and encounters with familiar and unfamiliar faces in midtown nightlife.
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Gilbert Swan Messenger
New York
Lion Hunters
Swanky
Sutton Place
Lowell Thomas
Spisler
Literary Digest
Thomas
Lawrence
Hindustan
Black Pagoda
Sim Ritle Marion Nixon
Val
Mile
Allison
Variety
Hollywood
Ruth Chatterton
Claudette Colbert
Legacy of old governance contrasted with modern capital rule
Excerpt contrasts king church and nobles with organized capital in Taine's Ancien Regime. It notes continuing efforts to pass laws against desecrating plague victims and reflects on worse systems than organized capital.
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Taine
Believe It Or Not by Ripley
A short feature titled Believe It Or Not by Ripley appears with a small notation totaling 1.20. The item suggests a quirky world view or cartoon caption style typical of the column. It reflects light entertainment within a newspaper context.
First Fifteenth Census Figures Ahead of Government Run
Frederic J. Haskin notes Athens Messenger Information Bureau release of preliminary Fifteenth Census data for U S cities over 2500 population. figures come from local supervisors and may be corrected later. final official stamp awaits comprehensive schedule checks. The piece highlights the census as a reflection of national growth and recounts U S population milestones from 1799 to 1926.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington
Bureau
Bureau of the Census
Congress
Trade optimism and industry gains amid Despair
The text argues for long term recovery with optimism about rising trade and manufacturing in the United States. It cites 1923 factory output at sixty eight and a half billion dollars and Sears Roebuck profits for 1930, noting large retail scale as proof of national resilience amid fears of Russian competition and cheap wood pulp.
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United States
Sears-Roebuck
Ethiopian warriors bow to Haile Selassie in lion’s mane display
A hundred thousand savage Ethiopian warriors from desert and mountains formed a grand spectacle as they galloped to the Emperor Haile Selassie and prostrated themselves in dust vowing to protect him before mounting again. Lions’ manes decorated their shoulders and Selassie wore a lion’s mane.
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Haile Selassie
Selassie
Warlike Parade Echoes Classic Witty Quote
A vivid scene of neatly dressed French officers watching riders thunder by yields the line C est beau, mais ce n est pas la guerre. The old quip reflects channeled irony about beauty versus true conflict during a wartime moment.
War rumor shapes Abyssinian conflict rhetoric
The remark sensationalizes air power by claiming a few dozen bombing and gassing planes could wipe out the warriors described as lion manes, sending them to a figurative Abyssinian department in heaven amid ongoing imperial conflict talk.
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France
Russia Defies Critics Warns Of Looming Disaster Yet Surges On
Analysts fear a crash while Russia persists on a perilous course, shocking experts who expect collapse but see the country continuing with surprising resilience and momentum despite warnings.
Russian sugar dumping shocks European markets
The menace of Russian beet sugar dumping looming over global prices as 460,900 tong is expected on European markets. Analysts warn the supply glut could press sugar prices further and affect producers across Europe and neighboring regions.
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Russia
Incompetent Visionaries and Their Russian Dump Items
The phrase questions where Russians obtain many items they discard, implying a critique of priorities and supply sources. It notes a perception of misallocation or waste without detailing specific sources or events.
Coalition Powers Rise in Northern China Faces Large Army Feeds
A powerful new military coalition grows in northern China, stronger than Nanking forces. The key issues for Nanking include feeding and paying 500000 soldiers and averting famine for 35900000 civilians in Henan and millions more elsewhere, a crisis described as pressing.
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China
Nanking
Henan
You Would Facts From The Information Bureau
The Athens Messenger Information Bureau offers free inquiry service via Washington experts. Questions cover investments in golf, travel by old horse and carriage, Harding Memorial details, John Philip Sousa marches, Ruth Bryan’s political prep, oyster shell sizes, and Russian opera attire. Answers provide concise facts and figures where available.
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Prederick
Haskin
Washington
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Harding
John Phillip Sousa
William Jennings Bryan
Ruth
Woman's Journal
Owen
Reginald Owen
Palestine
Port Said
Russia
No Title Yet from Ancient Cathay to Night Club Dreams
Fragmented verse and prose pieces recount a world where traditional norms clash with forbidden dancing and Western influences. It sketches Wun Tu, a girl with tiny pink feet bound by guardians, who longs to dance as bans on female movement slowly give way. The text shifts to musings on ambition and a football court.
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Wun Tu
Realignment talk swirls around 1932 presidential year
Washington reports suggest 1932 could mark a realignment as wets drys and progressives shape party loyalties. Drys in the south and agricultural west resist cross ticket bolting, while independents and Republicans wrestle with Hoover’s fate and possible Roosevelt or Pinchot outcomes.
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Washington
la Follette
South
Heflin
Alabama
Simmons
North Carolina
Bishop Cannon
West Virginia
Norris
Nebraska
Hoover
Prohibition Party
Illinois
New York
Roosevelt
Davis
Holt
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Morrow
Jersey
Questions and Answers On Liberty Bell and Science Inquiries
A reader asks why the Liberty Bell cracked and experts cite thermal and casting stresses dating to the bell’s casting. The piece also covers earth shape proof by Lapland Expedition and pendulum latitude tests. It explains two lens cameras creating depth and notes stamps avoid living presidents’ portraits.
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Independence Hall
T. T. Ss
Isaac Newton
Lapland
Academy of Sciences
Paris
Maupertuis
Clairaut
George K. Spoor
Blom
Postoffice Department
Pilsudski Compared to Nietzsche in Polish Governance
An article fragment discusses Polish leader Joseph Pilsudski in relation to German philosopher Nietzsche. It cites alleged quotes and criticizes government actions after parliamentary upheaval. The piece notes censorship and a law criminalizing publication of Nietzschean ideas and mentions reactions from Germany and Czechoslovakia.
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Joseph Pilsudski
Nietzsche
Marshal
Pilsudski
Nietzs
Poland
Nietzse
PooWers
Germany
Czechoslavs
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