The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co
The Athens Messenger established 1625 lists publishers Gordon K Bush and Charles Harris with editorial staff and newspaper affiliations. Advertising rates available. obituary cards for banks offered. Subscriptions priced by carrier and mail, with weekly and annual options.
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Frederick W Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mar. Charles 8. Harris
Easter Seem
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio Select
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio
Inland Daily Press Association
Protecting Human Rights and the Constitution's Viewpoints
The text argues that attacks on the Constitution by reformers misinterpret human rights and general welfare. It emphasizes protecting unborn generations, sacredly entrusted rights, and that true welfare requires safeguarding fundamental rights across generations. The Constitution viewed as preserving long term welfare beyond present gains.
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United States
Ode to Liberty Turns on a Simple Austrian View of Freedom
Dorothy Thompson recounts an Austrian immigrant who, after arriving in the United States, explains liberty as the chance to work, save, and shape a future. He contrasts American opportunity with home country control by government, bureaucrats, soldiers, and bosses, saying freedom is the ability to breathe and be a man.
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New York
Dorothy Thompson
Social Security Board
U. S. Treasury
Marcia
McDougall
Un-Americanized Americans in DC Voting Rights Debate
The piece argues for DC residents lacking voting rights despite paying taxes and comprising 619000 citizens with 433000 of voting age. It urges a Constitutional Amendment to grant representation, noting tax contributions exceed those of many states, and questions the omission in the laws. Facetiously adds a rhetorical question about the 619000's concerns.
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District of Columbia
Congress
Tugwell Resigns Amid Farm Program Disputes And Politics
Washington reports Tugwell resigned as under secretary after clashes with Agriculture Secretary Wallace over farm tenant policy and Resettlement Administration aims. The departure follows friction with AAA officials, meat packers, and GOP critics, highlighting splits within the New Deal on social versus commercial approaches.
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Dr. Tugwell
Tugwell
Agriculture Department
AAA
Chester Davis
Wallace
Agriculture
RFC
Resettlement Administration
Tugwell and the New Deal Brain Trust in Flux
A satirical review portrays Rex Tugwell as a flashy but secondary policy figure in the New Deal. It argues his departure changes little in economic policy while noting Moley’s influence and wider diplomatic irritations over recognition in Madrid.
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Tugwell
Frankfurter
Moley
White House
Brain Truster
Rex
Roosevelt
Poets Corner Verses Sent In by Messenger Readers
The column features reader poems with bylines and addresses including Mary Francis Kempton Glouster Route 4 and Eleanor Sewell Athens Route 1. Ephemeral pieces describe labor, winter storms, and remembrance tied to home family and memory across multiple named authors.
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Messenger
District Tales of Long Ago
The article recalls notable Athens County figures such as Silas Elson Hedges, Charles B. Henderson, and Joseph Herrold, outlining their birthplaces, early trades, later ventures in mills, stores, and coal and salt businesses, plus a flood destruction in 1913 and family details.
Inflammation of the Iris and Eye Pain Causes
The iris can become infected and inflamed from syphilis or other germs and rheumatic conditions. Symptoms include swelling dull discolored eye small gray sluggish pupil pain radiating to forehead and temple worsened at night with tearing eyes. Treatment uses atropine to prevent scarring and drugs to relieve congestion and pain.
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Morris Fishbein
Viking Fortress Found on Gotland Island
Archaeologists site a 1,000 year old Viking fortress uncovered on Gotland in Sweden. The discovery adds to the island’s rich Norse history and suggests a fortified settlement once protected by sea access and trade routes.
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Stockholm
U.P
Swedish
Gotland
New Social Security Law Neat Explained
A compact guide outlines how to compute annuities under the Old Age Provision of the Social Security Act. It covers eligibility, benefit calculations, and the impact of exemptions for workers and spouses.
Half Acre in Eden Brings Marcia Canfield to Chicago and Back
Marcia Canfield, daughter of Philip Canfield, travels to Chicago to confront Frank Kendrick about his disappeared finances after his engagement to her. A plane diversion lands the party in a snowbound farmhouse, where Marcia meets Bruce McDougall and suspense grows as the group awaits further news. Dorothy Osborn, wary of Marcia, hints at hidden connections to Frank.
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Marcia Canfield
Philip Canfield
Frank Kendrick
Marcia
Kendrick
Dramatic Club
Dorothy Osborn
Helen Waddell
Tony Stellicci
Frank
Chicago
Carlo
Bruce McDougall
Bobbs Neck
Awkins
Canfield
Florida
New York
Canfields
Eden
Helen
Schenectady
Athens High Junior Class Elects Officers
Ten years ago Chester Border was elected president of the Junior Class at Athens High School with Ross Sams as vice president and Foster Cornwell as secretary treasurer. A 150 barrel per day oil well near Logan was reported. A sacred music concert was planned at the Logan Methodist Church with Velone Ackers and others on the program. William Baker of Nelsonville fractured a shoulder after a fall and had X rays at Cherrington Hospital in Logan. Primary and one room teachers of Athens County heard from Mrs. Laura Gunder and others. Fred Lee Tom and Charles Schaffler aided the Christian Church choir for a Thanksgiving cantata.
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Chester Border
Athens High School
Ross Sams
Foster Cornwell
Scretary
Fred Thrush
Logan
Methodist Church
Miss Velone Ackers
R. W. Parks
H. C. Bobo
E. L. Morrell
Athens County
Laura Gunder
Mattie K. James
Lenore Calhoun
Signa Boring
Ellen Murphy
Fred Lee Tom
Charles Schaffler
Christian Church Choir
Twenty Years Ago Last Week In The Athens Area
Mrs Susan McKee fractured her left arm in a fall on the steps of the First M E Isaac W Slaughter Second I was injured when he tried to climb aboard a slowly moving Cochran truck He slipped and his right foot was crushed Miss Edith Carpenter Columbus was the Sunday guest of her parents Mr and Mrs W A Carpenter Mr and Mrs George McHenry had as guests Dr and Mrs Carleit Circleville Athens Needie Club met with Mrs H R Junod Congress St Chafing dish party was given in honor of Miss Ruth Davis and Miss Marie Josten Athens at the home of Miss Bess Lutz Nelsonville Guests were Rhea Hoodler Ella Burnell Frances Bennett Bertha Higgins Charles Sisson Clarence Price Walter Wilson Howard Lowery Otto Kaelin Elmer Dowler Edward Sharp and Fred Johnson
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Susan McKee
W. H. McKee
M. E
Isaac W. Slaughter
Second &I
Cochran
Ruth Davis
Marie Josten
Athens
Bess Lutz
Nelsonville
Rhea Hoodler
Ella Burnell
Frances Bennett
Bertha Higgins
Charles Sisson
Clarence Price
Walter Wilson
Howard Lowery
Otto Kaelin
Elmer Dowler
Edward Sharp
Fred Johnson
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Detroit
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Paul Mallon
Washington
American Molasses Company
Charles Taussig
Wallace Farm Tenant Study Committee
Charles Edison
Professor Moley
Germany
Italy
Madrid
Russia
Poet’s Corner
Dad
Mary Francis Kempton Glouster
Route
Eleanor Sewell
Snow Hill
Maurice
Daddy
Mary
Eva
Leda Sams
C. H. Harris
Silas Elson Hedges
Morgan County
Charles B. Henderson
Parkersburg
W. Va
Belpre
Wheeling
Marietta
Ore
P. Carpenter
Waterman
California
Joseph Herrold
Ohio Canal
Silas Bingham
Cairo
Til
Herrold
West
York Township
C. H. Armitage
Joseph Merrold
Elizabeth Barker
Pomeroy
Orpha Baker
MR. Farley
Ireland
Brian Boru
Chapter
Will
William Baker
Cherrington Hospital
Edith Carpenter
Columbus
Mrs. W. A. Carpenter
George McHenry
Mrs. Carleit
Needie Club
H. R. Junod
Congress St
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