Rationalsentatives Rates and Postage Notice
Advertising rates available at Home or Foreign offices. Obituary cards and bank notices offered for a nominal charge. Published at Athens Post Office as Second Class Matter under the 1918 act. Subscription options: carrier 15c weekly. mail rates in listed counties: one year 4.50, six months 2.50, ten weeks 1.00, one week 15c. Extra postage in other zones on application.
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John W. Cullen
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Organ
Vinton
Washington
Farmers Not Fooled by Grange Leaders Trade Dissent
Rural landowners push back against economic balance rhetoric and trade deals seen as costly to American farmers. They demand fair taxes, oppose political bribes, and warn against widening national debt as a price for supposed good neighbor policies.
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National Grange
Takor
Grange
Washington
Grange Master Taber
Six Years of Service by Ohio Highway Patrol
The Ohio State Highway Patrol marks its sixth anniversary with 200 officers and a record of public safety achievements. From a three dozen start, the force expanded to curb license-law violators, assist missing persons, answer distress calls, and guard travelers. Its reach spans counties and party lines, earning broad public support for its steady, thorough work.
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State Highway Patrol
Ohio
Leadership and Continued Study Across Professions
Several thousand physicians gathered in Chicago for post graduate work to stay current with medical advances. The piece argues ongoing education benefits all professionals and business people, noting enduring developments and the value of leaders who continually return to study.
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Chicago
Slippery Roads Ahead As Winter Brings More Fatalities
The article notes October to December are the most dangerous driving months with about 3,700 monthly highway fatalities nationwide vs 2,840 in other months. Increased risk comes from icy pavements and longer nights, with nighttime fatalities triple daytime rates from October to January.
McNutt Sways To Merge Democracy With Regulation
Raymond Clapper reports on Paul McNutt's Lakeland speech outlining a political philosophy that blends private enterprise with government safeguards. He argues democracy needs an economic floor via social security, hours protections, and health measures, while preserving private property and enterprise within a regulated mixed economy.
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Washington
Lakeland
Fla
Paul McNutt
McNutt
California
Mr. McNutt
Republic Steel case leaves WPA back pay in play
Bruce Catton notes a Third Circuit ruling in the Republic Steel case, showing the Labor Board’s back pay order to be offset by WPA benefits. The piece ties the decision to the Kansas City stockyards ruling and the broader push for fair play in quasi judicial agencies, while remarking on ongoing Hollywood animated cartoons and a shift toward Disney.
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Washington
U. S
Republic Steel
Republic
WPA
Labor Board
Supreme Court
Wallace
Kansas City
Third Circuit
Stockyards
Hollywood
Walt Disney
Winter driving perils eyed in Ogio hills warnings
A warning about dangerous driving emerges from Southeastern Ogio hills urging motorists to slow for winter and adopt precautions to prevent deaths and protect the public. The piece contrasts careful drivers with those neglecting safety.
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Ogio
Questions Answered on Shotgun Gauges War Declarations and Housing
The Messenger Information Bureau answers on shotgun bore diameters the War declaration distinction and Fair Labor Standards Act minimum wage for piece workers. It traces fleur de lis origin in France, Roscoe Turner’s speed in the 1939 Thompson Trophy, bullet drop timing, and US Housing Authority land buying practices.
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France
India
Egypt
Crete
Robert the Strong
Philip the Fair
Philip of Valois
Charles V
Col
Roscoe Turner
United States Housing Authority
Soul of Me and Laura B Foster Poem Submissions
Poet's Corner invites Messenger readers to submit verses with name and address. The fragment recalls a morning fretting over aims, a bird’s joyful eventide song, and a freed soul.
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Messenger
Laura B
Foster
Health Hints on Milk and Beverages for Children
East Orange New Jersey study shows schools provide milk daily with crackers for nutrition and relaxation. Parents are urged to choose beverages with proper nutrition, avoid caffeine enriched drinks, and consider sanitary milk products and cost effectiveness in school lunch programs.
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East Orange
N. J
Armistice Day Dance Highlights Wilkesville Social Notes
Wilkesville marks Armistice Day with a well attended dance at the American Legion Auxiliary Hall after recent renovations. Local activities include renovations, family visits, pheasant hunting, store sale to Mrs Vella Wiseman and Gearld Grate, a revival at the Methodist Church, and residents with employment in nearby towns.
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Wilkesville
American Legion
Virgil Rhodes
Oliver Henry
Nell Wiseman
Henry
Carroll
Calvin Reed
Vella Wiseman
Gearld Grate
Edythe Thompson
Gallipolis
Donald Duffy
Athens
McArthur
Anna Henry
Farmers’ Institute
Salem Center
James McCormick
A. L. Dev
Murder at Benthorne Estate Unfolds in Late Night Case
Detective Captain Dawson probes the Benthorne death as a taxi driver and witnesses describe a masked window entry. Arnold Benthorne lies shot. a left desk fall hints at a planned ambush. The killer used gloves, and rain washed away tracks as Dawson searches for motive and alibis.
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Arnold Benthorne
Helen Benthorne
William Alston
Benthorne
Joey DI Torio
Ara Johnson
John Douglas
Ava
Captain Dawson
Benthorne’s
Flynn
Dawson
Dan Flynn
Krone
Jameson
Jameson—comes Down and Lets Us In. “We Found Mrs. Benthorne
Corning Social Notes and Local Club Updates
Corning residents note ill health recovery and family visits in Columbus Zanesville and Columbus. Funeral attendees from distant towns include Cleveland Mt Vernon Newark South Bend Ind The Plains The Plains and Charleston W Va. M E Church Class 13 met with lunch served. Latin Club elected officers and meets monthly. Corning vs Somerset basketball Friday. Annual M E Church turkey supper Nov 18 4 to 7 PM.
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Robina Schlingerman
United Brethren Church
Margaret Moore
Harvey Howard
al Savage
Martha Briggs
Cleveland
John Murray
Otis Mead and Hovey Hagan
Mt. Vernon, Jr
Wayne Ross
Margy Wayne
Edwin Ross
Zanesville
Edith Penman
Son
Crooksville
Catherine Schlingerman
South Bend
Ind
William Schlingerman
Ivan Tanner
Newark
Rena Black
New Lexington
Margaret Butts
the Plains
Edward Lovell
Charleston
W. Va
Jessie Baker
Lu Allen
Esther
Lucille Verity
Nelsonville
M. E
Hazel Fisher
Jo Martin
Edna Dew
Lee Thomas
Marie Kellar
Delsie Spence
Mabel Dunlap
Polly Roof
Thelma Frasure
Gwen Nelson
Gertie ‘Spence
Gladie Morgan
Lula Dunlap
Cecil’ Bell
Edith Nichols
Lillian Woods
Mary Spence
Anita Cady
Carl Lambert andAuthur Swisher
Jean Post
Ruth Ann Wilson
Corning
Somerset
Men’s Brotherhood of the M. E
Thea ‘Church
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Corning Social Notes
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