The Athens Messenger History and Staff Notes
The Athens Messenger established 1825 notes Frederick W. Bush as publisher 1896 to 1929 and describes publication schedule weekday afternoons with a large Sunday edition. Lists publishing staff Gordon K. Bush publisher editor Charles H. Harris managing editor and affiliations with several press associations and telegraph services.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing Co
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Thought for Today: Strength Should Bear the Weak
A devotional line cites Romans 15 1 urging the strong to bear the infirmities of the weak. The message links strength with selfless help and closes with a paraphrase on happiness through service.
Stepping on Sensitive Toes Reflects Law Indifference
A reflective column argues Americans often overlook minor laws in daily life, criticizing haste and public indifference. The piece notes how laws arise from widespread attitudes and urges reconsideration once legal overreach becomes evident.
Courtesy on the Road Sparks Nation-Wide Critique
The Nation laments how driving inflames tempers and erodes manners. It notes most people are decent in daily life, but behind the wheel the civility fades as Dr Jekyll yields to Mr Hyde, exposing a broader social impatience on roads.
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The
Doctor Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Rise of Highway Boorishness and Toll on Life
The piece argues that courteous driving has eroded, and aggressive behavior worsens daily. It notes many drivers speed to gain tiny advantages and neglect others stranded by car trouble. It warns the highway death toll exceeds 30,000 annually, urging restoration of simple courtesy as the first safety step.
Air mail speed drives dream of cross country flights
A 12 hour Atlantic to Pacific air flight by Captain Hawks prompts the view that New York to San Francisco could be linked by overnight air mail someday. Designers continually improve planes making such a schedule seem possible, echoing the 151 day Jacksonville to San Francisco flight achieved 18 years ago.
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New York
San Francisco
Hawks
Jacksonville
Fla
Gandhi’s Prison Proposal Threatens MacDonald Government
Gandhi offers to end passive resistance if Britain frees all political prisoners and commits to dominion status at a round table in India. The plan could force Ramsay MacDonald’s government into a dilemma, risking Tory backlash and possibly its fall. Gandhi’s move exploits a fragile position as Britain’s promises of dominion status loom.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Ramsay McDonald
Gandhi
India
MacDonald
Public relations call over Aimee and mother
Columns and readers demand a skilled press agent to handle the ongoing publicity around Aimee Semple McPherson and her mother. The drift from curious reports to tedious coverage has angered many citizens who wish no more lines about the duo.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple
iGrson
Neer Towner
Aimee
Noise Commission Hints at Elevating City Calm
New York's Noise Commission proposes remedies to curb urban unrest. Suggestions include removing elevated trains, a move described as impractical by critics who rely on vivid color imagery of the city’s shadowed streets and their metal canyons.
Traffic policemen and noisy streets under study
A committee notes that traffic policemen should not use whistles and should rely on calisthenic rules of hand signals. It criticizes lingering two finger whistles and reports Manhattan spends large sums to study noises from autos, trucks, horses, hoofs, and river traffic.
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Island of
Manhattan
Opinion on neighbors and the Coolidge idea
A committee member states they were not asked for expert opinion. The speaker suggests removing neighbors and references an idea associated with Coolidge as a starting point for the discussion.
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Coolidge
Neighbors Swap Radios for Studio Setup
A fragmented line about two garages becoming a home shifts to neighbors adopting two radios for a studio. The readable text suggests a makeshift conversion and local curiosity about the change in use.
River boats mute sirens to aid late workers
The writers note river boats will limit siren use to chosen hours to avoid disturbing early risers. They recall tugboat blasts sharing a sense of companionship and question noiseless subway turnstiles. They reference a film interest in a city voice and the subway's recurring clicking sounds.
Enduring Noise Nuisances Emerge From Broad Way Complaints
The report notes progress addressing noise from a radio loud speaker and hints at broader civic unease. It contrasts modern nuisance issues with ancient irritations such as early Greeks near race routes and a Svgharite in Roman days troubled by rose petals.
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Broadway
Radio Row
Today By Arthur Bahriskane
Not enough readable content to determine events, names, or places for a concise summary.
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Arthur Bahriskane
Symptoms of economic strain and national self cure
The passage lists business methods of economy and false statements about the country’s condition. It asserts a mysterious problem beyond understanding and expresses belief that the country will cure itself this time as it has in the past.
Submarine Build Limits Under London Treaty Questioned
Dispatches from Washington discuss the type of submarines the Navy may build under the London Treaty. The speaker questions whether U S leaders should seek foreign approval for military design and asks who would determine such limits.
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Washington
Grover Cleveland
Lincoln
London
Navy debate on submarine fleet size and capabilities
The speaker argues over future submarine procurement, stating we may have up to 49 US submarines in six years and urging a focus on numbers now. He advocates concentrating on size speed and especially cruising radius to enhance naval strength.
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United States
We want peace and the will to have it
A declared message to the world asserts a bid for peace while signaling a robust submarine fleet as a deterrent and lever for security. The statement frames military strength as support for peaceful aims and calls for international stability.
Silent Cal Coolidge Unearths a Talkative Streak in Washington Letter
Frederic Haskin notes a shift in public perception of Calvin Coolidge now that he is a national figure. The piece recounts how Coolidge earned the nickname Silent Cal during Massachusetts service, then describes a contrasting image of a man who spoke freely among close friends and during social gatherings with the Hamlin family.
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Washington, D. C
Calvin Coolidge
Cal
General Court
State of
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Coolidge
Northampton
Silent Cal
Mr. Coolidge
Charles Hamlin
Hamlin
Congress
Mr. Hamlin
Mrs. Coolidge
Mrs. Hamlin
Threat on sea and air routes vows global destruction
A menacing boast declares an air fleet can traverse oceans beyond anti air defenses and destroy all targeted commercial ships and cities if deemed necessary, signaling a bold pledge of worldwide devastation.
Dominion courts to final say over appeal rights
MOTHER BRITANNIA consents to the Irish Free State demand that the high court of any Dominion render final decisions. Any Dominion may abolish the right of its citizens to appeal to Britain's Privy Council against their own supreme court.
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Britannia
Irish Free State
High Court
Britain
Privy Council
Supreme Court
The Irish Decide on Courts and World Court
The piece laments Ireland relying on its own courts versus the United States and Britain seeking foreign judges by joining the World Court far across the sea, questioning the nation’s backbone and independence.
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World Court
Acea
Scientist Doubts Money from Discovery Now Faces Practical Use
A scientist once said a major discovery could have no practical use, but the report notes a shift in thinking as paresis, a fatal brain disease, is treated with radio therapy and fever induction. The text describes malaria mosquitoes delivering malaria germs to paretics blood, improving paresis outcomes.
Radio therapy touted as fever remedy by New York doctors
New York Academy of Medicine doctors discuss a new radio based treatment described as a fever inducing remedy. They express hope and excitement about its potential.
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New York Academy of Medicine
Curing Machine Radio Treatment Described
A small radio device acts as a curing machine with energy between two plates. A patient lies between the plates as radio impulses pass through the body causing a high fever according to the report.
The Athletice Victory Sparks 122 Million Cheers
A bold headline proclaims the Athletice victory as millions celebrate a landmark win. Citywide reaction pours in with fans citing national pride and festive parades planned to honor the team.
Election Forecasts From Capital Telegraph Woes
Washington dispatch notes odd campaign twists as Republicans eye upsets in New York Ohio and Illinois with possible Democratic governors in three states. Roosevelt faces Tuttle in New York while Tammany graft and the dry vote shape the race and Bulkley is favored in Ohio.
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Washington
New York
Ohio
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U. S
Charles H. Tuttle
New York City
Tuttle
Upstate
Roosevelt
Tammany
al Smith
Robert J. Bulkley
Roscoe McCulloch
More Truth Than Poetry Affinity and a Political Aside
A column laments that love and friendship arise from chemical reactions in the brain, not choice, arguing that attraction rests on atoms clicking. It warns that sentimentality masks science and notes the implausibility of love at first sight as misinterpreted chemistry. It also touches thrift and politics with quips about graft and public office.
Athens Good Roads Council reports 11 miles under way
At a county meeting Commissioners Munden and Sawyer announced more than eleven miles of new construction are underway in the county. Railroad officials noted coal cars were slower than usual, suggesting some shippers were not clearing cars promptly. Nelsonville chamber praises city action to pave Washington Street. A 1908 five passenger White Steamer advertised for $600.
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The
Athens Good Roads Council
Munden and Sawyer
County
Nelsonville
City Federation School Teaches Women Ballot Casting
The City Federation school of instruction met to teach women how to cast ballots as E C Woodworth explained the voting procedure to a group of both Republican and Democratic women.
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City Federation School of Instruction
E. C. Woodworth
Phi Kappa Tau House Party at 75 E State Street
Phi Kappa Tau hosted a house party at 75 E State Street from 7 30 until 10 06. Guests danced and played games under chaperons Prof and Mrs Cooper Coach and Mrs Frank Gullum and Coach Brandon Grover.
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Phi Kappa Tau
E. State Street
Cooper
Frank Gullum
Brandon Grover
Pomeroy Degree Team Wins District Red Men Pocahontas Meet
The Pomeroy degree team captured first prize at the district Red Men and Pocahontas meeting held in Campbell Hall. The Athens team finished in second place.
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Campbell Hall
Athens
Freight Trains Run Late For Excess Volume
Due to heavy workload B. and O. freight trains fell behind schedule as officials reported delays and difficulty maintaining planned timetables.
Theatre Managers Offer Grand for Sunday School Use
The Grand Theater managers Harry Hill and Miss Hazel Krapps offered the building for use by the Christian Church Sunday School since the church at Washington and Congress Streets is too small to accommodate all attendees.
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Grand Theater
Harry Hill
Hazel Krapps
Christian Church
Washington and
Congress Streets
Boy Scouts Train in Woods Near Amesville
The Boy Scouts of the . MC. A Amesville practiced military tactics on a scouting expedition into the woods near Amesville. They wore regulation khaki uniforms.
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Boy Scouts
MC. A
Amesville
Amesvile
Facts You Wanted To Know By Frederic J Haskin
Questions and answers cover noise abatement items in New York City the age of child star Mitzi Green bridges with defective cables Palermo Stone and mast heights Enterprise Shamrock baseballs production of money and US car versus education spending. The piece lists specifics: speakers horns buses and more. Mitzi Green born Oct 22 1920. Detroit Windsor and Mount Hope bridges rebuilt. Palermo Stone is a Palermian stele. Enterprise mast 168 ft Shamrock 163 ft. baseballs cost $1690000. money printed from duplicate plates takes about 20 days. US cars spending $12.5B vs education under $2.5B.
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Mitzi Green
New York City
Joe Reno
Rosie Green
Detroit - Windsor International
Mount Hope
Newport
Rhode Island
Palermo
Sicily
Lower
Egypt
Enterprise
Shamrock
R. OC
United States
Parke Rides Seven At Latonia Sets 7-Win Mark
On October 16 1924 at Latonia Track Kentucky Parke rode seven horses with five winners Orlova Wong Bok Dave Say Run Quoi and Who Knows. The next day he rode seven mounts again five won Brianzer Quotation Winner Take All Hrt ric and Pindar Peel. In these fourteen races he set a record with seven consecutive winners.
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Latonia Track
Kentucky
Parke
Orlova
Wong Bok
Dave Say
Run Quoi
Who Knows
Brianzer
Quotation
Hrtric
Pindar Peel
Mdden
Para Brazil to Lisbon and Galveston distances noted
The article lists direct steamship distances from Para Brazil to Lisbon Portugal at 8 258 miles and to Galveston Texas at 8 289 miles. It ends with a teaser about Tomorrow The Legless Mountain Climber.
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Para
Brazil
Lisbon
Portugal
Galveston
Texas
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