Athens Messenger: Local Newspaper Listing and Rates
Athens Messenger describes itself as a weekday afternoon paper with a morning edition by Samdas. Publisher Gordon Bush and editor Charles Barris lead coverage for Athens Nelsonville and surrounding counties with various subscription options and rates. It notes professional associations and service areas across Southeastern Ohio.
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Gordon Bush
Charles Barris
Ohio
Athens-Nelsonville
Glouster
Logan-Pomeroy
Middleport
Coqlville
When Youngsters Drive A 4 Year Old Kills Pedestrian
A Kansas City incident shows a 4 year old driving a car and fatally striking a pedestrian at a street intersection. The piece argues parents must bar children from driving and enforce rules rigidly, noting parental responsibility outweighs police duties in keeping child drivers off streets.
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Kansas City
Police Department
Community urged to erase courthouse defacement by youths
Athens County residents condemn high school students for painting the Athens County Courthouse. The editorial urges authorities to remove the defacing letters quickly or find another method to restore the public building, noting widespread criticism from locals and visitors.
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Athens County
Schoe
Congress debate on farm relief and price support plans
Congress moves toward expanding farm relief with the Farm Board empowered to use either a debenture or equalization fee mechanism. Presidentside veto risks loom, while farmers face depressed prices for wheat and cotton. Proponents cite restoring world prices, but critics worry over feasibility and executive pushback.
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Congress
Hoover
White House
House
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Farm Board
National Grange
Treasury
International Society forms in New York on cats
A world of cats and pet watchers learn of a New York City based International Society for the care and control of stray felines. The group urges licensing or humane euthanasia for vagrant cats and notes urban cats terrorize parks by preying on wildlife, urging action in large cities.
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New York City
International Pan Society
Teeth of boxers become odd museum items in New York
An odd column tells of Dr Ben Haines, Madison Square Garden dentist, who collects autographed teeth from prizefighters. The piece riffs on dental curiosities, historic teeth, and a warning about sending depressing holiday greetings, noting dentists’ artful plaster casts and elaborate exhibits.
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Champs
Palookas
New York
Ben Haines
Madison Square Garden
U. S&s
Questions and Answers From The Athens Messenger Ad Eddas
The page presents a quiz-like column with questions about government film footage, a funeral prayer, how Floyd Gibbons talks, legality of sweepstakes, and grammar data. It cites military film length, a prayer from Pilate, and insights from paleontology and juvenile fiction authors. It notes electric meter inventors and types.
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Signal Corps
War Department
Pilate
Morrow
Pan
Floyd Gibbons
United States
Roy Chapman Andrews
Gobi Desert
Edward Stratemerer
Newark
N. J
A Poem of a Dream Home Beyond the Beaten Path
The speaker recalls seeking a rustic cottage or tranquil country dwelling while friends mock or caution against unsafe or unsuitable homes. Throughout, different advisers warn of hazards like fire and pests, yet the narrator clings to a vision of a peaceful retreat by a brook with birds and trout. The piece ends with the vow to buy secretly before friends learn of it.
Cats in Debate Stir Public Opinion and Policy
The passage argues over whether cats should be cared for or eliminated, predicting a heated public argument with few neutral voices. It frames the issue as a proposition likely to provoke contest, noting strong division among people based on their attitudes toward cats.
A Thought for Today Phrase from Luke 1:38
A devotional line echoes Luke 1 38 with a moral about divine provision for the hungry and the faithful being favored while the rich or prideful find empty sustenance. The fragment reflects a religious message typical of period daily notes.
Estonian Swimmer Crosses Gulf of Finland in 19 Hours
Alexander Laas, a %-year-old Estonian, completed a swim from Nargo Island to Pokksia on the Finnish coast, a 25 mile crossing in 19 hours, enduring 13 degrees water and planning to challenge the English Channel record. Dubbed the "human fish" for his constant 35 C body temperature, he aims to break the record. Peggy Gray of Plainfield New Jersey showcases extraordinary handbalancing skills including hand skating on upside down skates as she eats, dances, and strolls on her hands. Tomorrow features a famous war spy who served in eight armies.
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Alexander Laas
Gulf of Finland
Reval
Porkkala
Nargo Island
Pokksia
Laas
English
Peggy Gray
Orange Place
Plainsfield
New Jersey
Plainfield
Arizona Inn and Mrs. Isabella Greenway Aid Soldiers
The piece from Tucson highlights the Arizona Inn built and owned by Mrs. Isabella Greenway who funds a furniture factory to employ disabled soldiers. It notes Frank Hitchcock of The Citizen and quotes Hitchcock on politics and trust in the existing system amid calls for stability and prosperity.
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Arizona Inn
Isabella Greenway
Arizona
Alaska
Florida
Frank Hitchcock
the Citizen
Tucson
Hitchcock
Mrs Greenway Opens Arizona Inn Furnished by Veterans
Mrs Greenway plans a small Arizona Inn using furniture donated by disabled veterans and all sewing and curtains done by the wife of a bedridden soldier. The Arizona Inn, listing a capacity of 75 guests, asks guests to send word in advance.
Radio Listener Hears Opera Across Continent
Early today W T Beatty at the radio noted hearing his sister Louise Homer singing from New York. He described a voice traveling nearly 3000 miles in a fraction of a second, remarking on the miracle of sound in these days.
Booklet Offers 144 Candy Recipes for Readers
The Athens Messenger promotes a booklet titled Candy Recipes with 144 tested recipes. It encourages sending six cents to cover cost and mailing, describing the booklet as a small gift ideal for friends. Readers are invited to request the booklet via coupon.
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Athens Messenger
Can DY Recipes booklet request documented
The author encloses six cents in coin or stamps for a copy of the Can DY Recipes booklet. The request is submitted with the name of the requester and the address likely in Athens Information Bureau correspondence led by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington D C.
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Washington
Adéreas
Athens Messenger
Inter- Ols
Athens
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court Allows Forfeiture of Speakeasy Property
The Supreme Court ruled that federal authorities can forfeit the furniture and fittings of speakeasies under an internal revenue statute. Justice Stone announced the decision in the Butte Montana Bar Case, marking a strong victory for prohibition enforcement.
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Washington
U.rthe
Supreme Court
Justice Stone
Butte
Montana
Eyestrain Tied to School Inefficiencies and Health
Eye strain is linked to poor school progress and social maladjustments in all ages, especially those past fifty. Periodic eye exams are essential, and correcting defects with proper glasses can restore efficiency and happiness, according to Dr. Royal S. Copeland, U.S. senator and former New York health commissioner.
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Copeland
Royal S. Copeland
United States
New York
Health
New York City
Medical remedies and questions on skin and health
Readers seek medical guidance on eczema liver spots scarlet fever and growing too tall with replies prompting self addressed stamped envelopes for full particulars. Questions include diets eliminations and possible infectious concerns for a child and advice to consult a doctor for a growth issue.
Athens Eagles Celebrate Mortgage Burn at Court and Carpenter
A Thanksgiving eve celebration for the fully paid mortgage on the Athens Eagles hall at Court and Carpenter Streets drew several hundred attendees. Judge Samuel W. Bell, Cincinnati blind state president, spoke. The event followed a Chamber of Commerce drive for new volunteers.
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Athens Eagles
Court
Carpenter Streets
Samuel W. Bell
Cincinnati
Long courtship ends in marriage of Sheehan and Lucas
After a 30 year courtship Thomas Sheehan a Wellston pioneer married Miss Elizabeth Lucas of Miner ton Vinton County The Women s Federated Clubs of Athens met in the Presbyterian Church to discuss securing the state convention in Athens.
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Thomas Sheehan
Wellston
Elizabeth Lucas
Minerton
Vinton County
Women’s
Athens
Presbyterian Church
Postmaster Bryson S and Daughter Hunt in Troy Township
Postmaster C H Bryson and his young daughter Phyllis were on a hunting trip in Troy Township when the sighting or incident occurred. The report notes their presence and the rural setting.
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C. H. Bryson
Phyllis
Troy Township
Poultry Association Held January Show in Ullom Building
George E. Whipple served as secretary of the Southeastern Ohio Poultry Association as a show took place during the first week of January in the Ullom Building, in the room formerly used by Scott's Bargain Store.
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George E. Whipple
Southeastern Ohio Poultry Association
Ullom
Scott’s Bargain Store
Roosevelt Maintains Lead in Democratic Nomination Race
Washington dispatch notes Roosevelt still leads the Democratic field for president with a likely two thirds at the convention. Anti Roosevelt forces coalesce around Baker or Ritchie, hoping to block a Roosevelt nomination though Smith's moves could alter dynamics.
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Ropney
Roosevelt
Albert C.ritchie
Maryland
Newton D. Baker
Ritchie
Smith
Baker
al Smith
Hoover
Rooseveltt
Family pressures push boy away from athletics and into books
A fifteen year old boy named Jack resists football and basketball, preferring art and books. His parents clash over sports expectations, revealing a pattern of parental disappointment that leads to unhappiness and a failed attempt at sports, underscoring a child's right to personal preferences.
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Jim
Jack
Red Grange
Star forecast for Wednesday shows planning hurdles and social growth
The column notes adverse planetary alignments causing slow progress in new work and labor. It warns those in authority may ignore new ideas, advises postponing cooperation, yet signals potential personal popularity to be cultivated for the future. A birthday on the day suggests ambition tempered by frustration. Ethelbert Nevin, composer.
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Cenevieve Kemble
Ethelbert Nevin
Gardner as Speaker in prophetic view of Washington life
Washington column notes Jack Garner as Speaker in popular forecast. Republicans hope to share responsibility while administration awaits crises. Democrats urged to sober up and pursue constructive work despite possible GOP alignment with a Republican President.
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Washington, D. C
Jack Garner
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