The Athens Messenger Publication Details and Notices
Publication history lists Frederick W Bush as publisher from 1806 to 1929 with weekday editions except Saturday. Mentions management roles, printing co present, and national press representation. Includes note on notices such as obituaries and cards of thanks, with subscription rate placeholders and post office entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W Bush
Wekals Printing Co
Gorgon
Burh Diener
Mgr
Charlies H Harrie
Business cautions on Congress and relief spending
The article argues that business fears focus on large upcoming appropriations rather than radical policy shifts. It notes that relief spending and emergency programs drive demand, while reabsorption of unemployed workers remains slow. Retail remains a bright spot, aided by ongoing federal outlays and agricultural bonuses amid uneven industrial production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Cleveland Trust Co
Fisher Critiques NRA Wage Policy and Reflation Cure
Yale economist Irving Fisher argues NRA wage standards hinder employment as high wages raise finished goods prices. He warns universal unemployment if wages doubled and employers cannot hire. Fisher supports Citizens' Conservation Corps but calls for reflation to restore price levels and end price fixing and production limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Fisher
Yale
NRA
South
Fisher
Citizens’ Conservation Corps
Government meat programs and costs to consumers
The piece critiques government handling of meat production from cattle purchase to canning. It argues prices paid to farmers and the multipart process inflate costs beyond fair market levels, with federal funds enriching multiple intermediaries. It warns private business would be squeezed if the government ran the entire meat industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Maine
California
The NEWS Behind the News on Roosevelt and Business Leaders
Washington analysis notes a shift in attitude among industrialists financiers and bankers toward the New Deal. It cites cooperation over opposition and hints at Roosevelt's December radio address proposing budget reforms self help homesteading and recovery bonds. The piece also discusses political maneuvering for 1936 including potential appointments and party strategies.
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Washington
New Deal
Bell Boys
National Association of Manufacturers
Roosevelt
Wall Street
NRA
AAA
Congress
Massachusetts
Representative McCormack
Tammany
Farley
Llinois
Igoe
Pennsylvania
Guffey
New Jersey
Moore
LaFollette
White House
New
Progressive Party
Clyde Kelley
Fred Britten
Illinois
Upton Sinclair
Athens Society Notes and Local Events Highlight Past Decades
Ten years ago Mr and Mrs EB Logan hosted relatives on North Congress Street. Professors Kresge and guests attended a country club dance in Athens. Villa Van Dyke led the Business and Professional Women's Club. The UCD club met with Mrs Connett. Cattle disease hit Ohio twenty years ago with mass destruction. Martin Sharp was shot during a Millfield hunt. Junior O U A M dedicated a new hall in the First National Bank Building. Women’s Music Club met at Mrs Thompson’s home. Professors Pierce returned from eastern lyceum tours. Alpha Delta Pi active chapter held a dinner hosted by Mrs Merwin and Mrs Hopkins.
Health Insurance Debate Encounters Medical Viewpoints
The piece notes rising discussion of sickness insurance in Congress as part of the New Deal era. It cites AMA opposition, cites life expectancy gains, infant mortality improvements, and the distribution problem in medical care. It contrasts English and German schemes with U S practice and highlights doctors’ long tradition of serving the poor without pay.
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Congress
American Medical Association
Great Britain
Ha One
Voices Of Betting And Faith In A Rust Belt World
A collage quotes figures from sports science and politics, noting gambling, training, and superstition. It recalls a church along the Maretta-Chilli cothe Road and the Vare Ridge Road as an old western Southern Ohio route, through Millfield Chauncey to Athens.
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Corcord
Millfield
Chauncey
Athens
Ohio
About Your Children About Your Children
Olive Roberts Barton praises Anne Carroll Moore for compiling two days of hobby reading lists for children. The sprawling guide covers stamps, ships, models, dogs, pets, horses, insects, wildflowers, trees, photography, electricity, geology, and sports with titles spanning many publishers and eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Carroll Moore
Millay and others in new poetry review and a historical romance
Edna St Vincent Millay’s Wine From These Grapes earns praise for its lyrical strength and a standout Epitaph for the Race of Man. Also reviewed are Ernest Walsh Poems and Sonnets, Moult's Best Poems of 1634, and Kenneth L. Roberts Captain Caution, a vivid War of 1812 tale with romance, danger, and historical detail.
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Edna
Vincent Millay
Miss Millay
Ernest Walsh
Thomas Moult
Kenneth L. Roberts
Caution
New England
Atlantic
China
Merry Ned
Mr. Roberts
Imposer's Trial Unfolds In Hotel Lobbies
Detectives confront Mary Briggs now revealed as Stella Muckley while attorney Fisher grills her on the Cathay impersonation. He shows and argues she aided the fraud, with threats of prison if she fails to tell the full story and names possible further crimes tied to the impostor.
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Roosevelt
Maine
Braun
White
Senate
Charles Morden
The
Blade
Dan Bleeker
Sidney Griff
Morden
Frank B. Cathay
Cathay
Mary Briggs
Griff
Alice Lorton
Alice
Kenneth
Boone
Blanche Malone
Carl Racine
Blecker
Stella Muckley
Charles Fistiin
Charles Fisher
Fisher
Bleeker
Mr. Fisher
Pusher
Riverview
C&s
Seriou
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North
Congress Street
A. R. Kresge
Mrs. Kresge
Esther Bonar
W. B. Golden
Oscar Fulton
Franz Woodworth
R. H Galagher
EB. K. Ohm
Athens Country Club
Mise Villa van Dyke
Business and Professional Women's Club
L. G. Connett
R. W. Finsterwald
Athens County
Martin Sharp
First National Bank
Woman's Music Club
Alexander
Thompson
H. R. Pierce
East
J. T. Merwin
C. D. Hopkins
Alpha Delta Pi
W. W. Atterbury
Glenn
Pop) Werner
Robert A. Millikan
Pudge Heffelfinger
Olive Roberts Barton
Fabre
Forest Rangers
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Electricity New World of Science
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James G. Heller
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