Advertising rates and subscription terms across counties
National Representatives John W Cullen Company Chicago New York Detroit Cleveland advertise rates on application at Home or Foreign offices Nominal charge for obituary card of thanks etc Entered at Athens Post Office as Second Class Matter under Act of 1918 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier 180 week Mall subscription rates in advance in Athens Gallia Hocking Meigs Morgan Vinton and Washington Counties One Year 450 Six Months 250 Ten Weeks 100 One Week 15c Extra postage rates in other zones on application
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John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Vinton
Washington
Ohio Old Age Pensions Surge Amid Economic Strain
Officials in Columbus report a 26 percent rise in old age pension applications in eight months, with nearly 16 000 still pending. Two thirds hail from 14 industrial counties. The piece argues pension costs may mirror federal financing if proposals like the Bigelow Amendment pass, urging balance between relief and self-reliance as economic conditions improve.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bigelow
Full Circle as Rails Fade in Honesdale Carbondale
The piece notes the first U S steam locomotive ran between Honesdale and Carbondale 110 years ago and reports the Honesdale Erie Railroad line is being abandoned for lack of traffic. It frames the shift as change not decay and asks what the next 110 years may bring.
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U.S
Honesdale
Carbondale
Erie Railroad
United States
England and Cricket Signal Postwar Civic Duty
In a Lord's crowd during the first postwar Test, England's captain linked national service to the nation's sporting spirit. He argued that "England and cricket" embody civilization under democracy, contrasting it with totalitarian systems where sport has no place. The captain's remark framed cricket as a symbol of national identity amid disaster.
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England
Lord’s
London
Cricket
Dan
Feedsleeping myth debunked by Cleveland doctor
Dr Louis J Karnosh says counting sheep in bed to fall asleep backfires and keeps insomniacs awake. He advises relaxing and avoiding mental effort rather than visualizing sheep. He warns that concentrating too hard on the sheep makes you the goat.
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Louis J. Karnosh
Cleveland
Karnosh
Dr. Karnosh
Paris Unveils Wartime Lipstick Amid Air Raid Precautions
Paris introduces a new wartime lipstick as a precaution against air attacks. The cosmetic may backfire by stirring more ardent advances from individual soldiers, highlighting tension between morale aids and personal risk in wartime society.
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Paris
Clapper Looks At Shipping Neutrality Changes
Raymond Clapper weighs neutrality measures to ease shipping dislocations. Modifications allow Pan American traffic and visits to belligerent ports in the Western Hemisphere while Canada traffic remains restricted, affecting annual cargo figures across Atlantic and Pacific routes.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pan-American Airways
Trinidad
Western Hemisphere
Pacific
Bruce Catton Probes Washington Dilemma on Neutrality Repeal
Bruce Catton analyzes the Washington debate over lifting the arms embargo. He argues the core question is whether the United States will back England and France to defeat Hitler or pursue peace even at the risk of a Hitler victory. He notes administration bias toward aiding Allies and contrasts isolationist aims to keep the country at peace.
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Washington
Hitler
England
France
Pittman
America
Livingstone mistaken for stars shocks Mr Lawrence
In a surprising moment Mr Stanley encounters Livingstone and realizes the man is not Don Ameche nor Tyrone Power. The mix up creates a humorous confusion in the scene.
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Mr. Stanley
Livingstone
Don Ameche
Tyrone Power
Republican wages test party loyalty in Athens County
George Betts of Nelsonville argues that cut wages for state highway laborers under Governor Bricker harms workers and births discontent among Republicans. He recounts long delays for highway jobs, compares salaries, and urges a mass meeting to demand wage restoration to keep Republicans aligned ahead of 1940.
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the Messenger
Athens County
John Bricker
Republican Party
State
Martin L. Davey
Nelsonville
Murray City
Columbus
Bricker
Athens
Hocking County
Australian Wool Crop Below That of 1938
Australia’s wool figure for 1938-39 ended June 30 at 193 million dollars, 21 million less than the prior season, an 11 percent drop after a 27.5 percent fall in 1936-27. Turnover reached 2,929,548 bases, up six percent from last season.
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Sydney
Australia
Questions and Answers from The Messenger Bureau Column
The excerpt presents a Q and A column from The Messenger Bureau noting its Washington DC address and stamp reply policy. It covers milking stools three legs why and the Copper Queen library location in Bisbee Arizona. It also addresses ornament origins and a physics question about centrifugal force and a brief Wilson war declaration note.
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The
Messenger
13Th Street
Washington, D. C
Messenger Bureau
A. Bisbee
Arizona
United States
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Japan
Wilson
Congress
Local society and civic notices from a 20 year old issue
The column lists Woman's Music Club members for a 20 years prior program, engagement announcements for Mrs W H Cuckler’s daughters, Flo Flo at Stuart Opera House, Delta Tau Delta Auxiliary officers, county engineer trip, Helen Jones birthday party guests, and Athens National Guard duty roster for steel strike with numerous names.
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Helen Jones
Evan J. Jones
Roger Jones Jr
Mary Ellen Bibbee
Mary Joe Twiss
Maurine Cornwell
Tom Craig
Don Rowland
Margaret Porter
Clayton Starr
Thanksgiving Shadows on a Working Wife’s Path
Marian Harkness, a working wife, sinks into debt after taking a loan to finance a new life. Her affair with a broker and a scheme with Grant Fellows corrodes her marriage to Dan as debt mounts and trust erodes. She faces consequences when Dan questions their future and a baby looms.
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Marian Harkness
Dan Harkness
Dolly Harkness
Dan
Sally Blake
Dolly
Marian
Sands
Grant Fellows
Angie ‘Doran
Harkness
Grant Fellows Office
Mr. Fellows
Darling
Health hints for schoolchildren vaccines and tests
Health guidance urges inoculations against whooping cough at 3 to 6 months and diphtheria at 9 months and again at 6 years if needed. Smallpox vaccination at 1 year and entering school, tuberculin testing every 3 to 5 years starting at age 3, and Schick testing after age 10.
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National Institute of Health
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England and Cricket
Far Pacific
New Zealand
Europe
Central
South America
Bermuda
British Honduras
Barbados
Jamaica
Hemisphere
Martinique
Raymond Clapper
Federal Treasury
Adams
Colorado
Mary Hay
Bruce Catton
the Public Forum
George Betts
Nelsonville, Oct
Woman's Music Club
McKay
Stalder
West
Thompson
Arpee
W. H. Cuckler
Dick Cuckler
Oscar L. Carlson
Kathryn
Robert Torrance
Flo-Flo
Stuart Opera House
Delta Tau Delta
D. J. Evans
T. N. Hoover
Frank B. Gullum
H. R. Wilson
Fred R. Baker
Westerville
Harvey M. Zarley
Virgil Gorby
James L. Robinett
William R. Ruth
Leonard Oxley
Rolan Rathburn
Clarence R. Spriggs
William J. Baker
James E. Carsey
Almon H. Edwards
Baxter P. Judd
Fred Montgomery
Hunter Brown
Daniel Carr
Branch Carsey
Vince A. Cheadle
By Galbraith
Gopr
NFA
U.S. Pat
Louise Holmes
NEA
Danny
DR. Morris Fishbein
Tulare
Cal
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