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Jonn W Cuilen Company
Chicago
New York
Athens
Rural Utopia and the Future of Farm Life
The piece envisions radios on pneumatic tractors, crop insurance programs, and chemists forecasting profitable markets for farm goods. Rural electrification progresses, suggesting hired workers may milk cows and manage hens nationwide, potentially drawing people toward urban life.
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America
New War Just Ahead on Drunken Driving Menace
A Northern Ohio hayride tragedy shows a drunken driver killing a youth and injuring others. The writer urges prohibition supporters to push highway safety and crack down on drunk motorists as Americans demand action.
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Ohio
Nebraskas plan to eject intoxicated fans at games
University officials announce that intoxicated spectators at upcoming football games will be ejected from the stadium. Other colleges consider similar steps as fans tolerate excessive drinking. Overindulgence disrupts enjoyment, distracts from play, and raises road safety concerns after games.
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University of Nebraska
Forty years of rural free delivery in the hill country
A retrospective on four decades of rural free delivery recalling 1896 conditions and changes. The piece notes carriers on foot horse and light rigs, improving roads and timing with the motor age, the link to distant events, and the educational uplift in isolated Southeastern Ohio districts.
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Hill Country
Ohio
Daily Mail
Simple Foods Echo a Stylistic Birthday Toast
On his 70th birthday Oscar the Waldorf-Astoria chef praised boiled beef with a boiled potato as his favorite dish. The piece extols simple foods and adds that brown gravy from a home recipe elevates a boiled potato, calling it the epicurean’s final word and a Plainspoken Southeast Ohio remark.
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Oscar
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Ohio
Digest Poll Figures Signal Tight 1940 Election
The Literary Digest’s final poll strength for Landon sags to about 54.6 percent with an error margin, suggesting a close race. Democrats privately project a Roosevelt victory with roughly 3.5 million popular votes and over 400 electoral votes. Washington writers show mixed but Roosevelt-leaning expectations.
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Paul Mallon Washington
Literary Digest
Supreme Court
Landon
Mr. Landon
Lemke
Roosevelt
Washington
Trade union leaders doubt Lewis Green peace talks
Inside line says the party of the first part seeks no peace and a Lewis showdown is likely. Dubinsky’s pacifying talk sparked rumors to ally a union with Lewis CIO, but Lewis promptly denying peace unless on his terms, signaling likely no peace.
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John L. Lewis
David Dubinsky
Garmenteer
Lewis
Dubinsky
Lewis Cio
CIO
Mr. Lewis
Prophecy and Politics Meet In Modern Forecasts
The article contrasts past and present prognosticators in business and politics, noting how earlier claims about the NRA scrapping causing chaos and the Guffey Coal Bill doom would fail to materialize. It cites rising employment, peak coal production, price warnings, and predicted car shortages as examples of flawed forecasts.
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NRA
Guffey
Nye Still Neutral In Roosevelt-Fokker Data Fight
Chairman Nye of the munitions committee remains neutral in the presidential election clash over Elliott Roosevelt-Fokker data. He withholds several exhibits, keeping them unpublished. Senator Clarke of Missouri criticizes Nye for releasing any information, echoing past battles with the Democrats over Wilson era actions and funding.
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Nye
Munitions Committee
Senator Clarke
Missouri
Woodrow Wilson
Senate
Tombstone Residents Turn To Poetry For Fun
In Tombstone Arizona residents embrace verse with one poet declaring plans for a final roundelay as they seek light relief from tough times in the old mining town.
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Tombstone
Ariz
Local Reader Seeks Anthony Adverse Novel Despite Dinner Table Gap
After viewing the film a local housewife plans to read Anthony Adverse. She notes the baby lacks a chair at the dinner table, highlighting a domestic detail in the scene.
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Anthony Adverse
Mysterious Skeleton Found High in Portland Tree
In Port land Oregon a skeleton was found high in a tree. The text also references social mores and popular culture, mentioning Gone With the Wind and Odd McIntyre, reflecting small town life anxieties and casual attitudes of the era.
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Portland
Ore
Public Forum letter criticizes campaigns and defends New Deal
John Ponn from Gloucester argues against Roosevelt attacks by Hearst papers, praising New Deal liberal support and warning against deflation and sharp partisan tactics. He cites politicians and labor figures, questions budgets and taxes, and recalls 1982 price pressures while urging informed choices and balanced policy.
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the Messenger
Hearst
Roosevelt
Democrat Party
John L, Lewis
Norris
Couzen
LaFollette
Filene
Farmer
London
Hoover
John Ponn
Glouster
Notable Quotes on War Debt and Social Roles
A collection of public figures and citizens commenting on postwar debts, Memel and Danzig tensions, women in work, dietetics, sickness, and civic responsibility. Voices include Paul Reynaud, Roger Babson, Milton A. Bridges, George B. Lake, Mrs Henry Ford, Rev F A Walsh, Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt, Arthur Gehrke, and references to domestic hens.
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Associated Powers
Memel
Danzig
Paul Reynaud
District Tales of Long Ago
The first passenger railroad train into Athens arrived on April 20, 1856, built by the Belpre and Cincinnati Railroad Company. Athens citizens welcomed it though the project later faced financial trouble and local hostility. The line reached Marietta but disputes over land leases led to track removal and legal condemnation before trains resumed service.
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Athens
Belpre and Cincinnati Railroad Company
Athens County
Cincinnati
Chillicothe
James D. Foster
Marietta
Poet Verse and Fishing Lines Featured in Messenger
A reader column presents two poems by Mrs. John Cuckler of Athens Ohio and Lora Thomas of Wheeling West Virginia 1936 on memories of the past and a fishing day. The page also includes a parachute description with a diagrammatic note.
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John Cuckler
Athens
Ohio
Salute to 46ze and a Mountain Dream of Jeff Howard
A mix of scenes follows Kate and Caroline delivering baked hams on a Blue Grass farm with Major Meed and a curious loan from a stranger. In a separate chapter at State University, Thomas Jefferson Howard, a tall mountain man with a sharp gaze, graduates amid mockery, then leaves the campus to seek a life beyond the hills.
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Kate
Caroline Meed
Sam Kate
Morgan Prentiss
Eve Elweila
Meed
Althy
Zeke
Caroline
Lewisville
State University
Thomas Jefferson Howard
University
State
Mountain
Jeff
Jeff Howard
Scarecrow
Health Hints and Diet From Dr Morris Fishbein
Warns of carbon monoxide poisoning from car exhaust or home gas. Advises opening windows, venting exhaust outdoors, recognizing that CO has no odor, seeking medical help for headaches, and changing occupation if sensitivity exists. Provides first aid steps including fresh air, rest, warmth, and manual resuscitation techniques.
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Morris Fishbein
State Department of Labor
Athens High School pledges in first year class at event
A list of pledges names Marian McClure Rachel Syx Helen Townsend Bernice Adkins Martha Maynard Mary Harwick Alma Robinson Janet Bing Marecella Horn at Athens High School Girls Club. Judge S M Johnson hosted Christine Cross man Clyde Freed and Clyde of Washington Dd Co Wiener and marshmallow roast at Ruth Evans home with many guests. Mrs Bert Hovey directed Rebecca's Triumph at Abbeny with numerous cast members and a piano by Mrs Will Whaley.
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C.M.C
Athens High School
Marian McClure
Rachel Syx
Helen Townsend
Bernice Adkins
Martha Maynard
Mary Harwick
Alma Robinson
Janet Bing
Marecella Horn
S. M. Johnson
Clyde Freed
Christine Crossman
Clyde
Washington, Dd. Co
Ruth Evans
Hamden-Wellston Pike
Marie Morris
Lucy
Olive Suthers
Thelma Mathews
Delia Morrow
Shirley Gregory
Ruth
Mary Evans
Luther
Edgar Hartsough
Lewis
Charles Morrow
Emmett Wycoff
Herbert Sprague
Charles Suthers
George Evans
Louise Raymond
Helen
Bert Hovey
Rebecca
Ab Beny
Mary Reeder
Clint Cross
George Balls
Howard Stanley
Josie Ross
Hazel Lewis
Virginia Harner
Earl Barr
Hasel O’neal
Marian Cain
Florence Barr
Mary Barnes
Alice Gibson
Ina Radekin
Charlie Chesser
Frank Clark
Bolin
Will Whaley
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Prederick W Burh
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Ohio Dailies
Inland Daily Press Association
THE
United Press
Warrier
Gridiron
Guzslers
Odd McIntyre
the Public Forum
They
Say
Roger Babson
Milton A. Bridges
Columbia University
Dietetics Authority
George B. Lake
Mrs
Henry Ford
F. A. Walsh
New York City
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Arthur Gehrke
Watertown
Wis
C. H. Harris
Poet’s Corner
Messenger
Zach
Lora Thomas Wheeling
W. Va
Dr. Townsend
Vay
Radialack
Mba Sonten
Boo
Chapter
Thomas Jefferson
the Bulletin of the New York
Pleasant Valley
Sunnyside
Geoffrey F. Morgan
Oral Carpenter
Charles Graham
J. L. Duncan
Adrienne
Lois Carpenter
Carrie Marquis
Madge McAdoo
Orpha
Lara Graham
Jacksonville
Potts
Lucile Potts
Clara Bowser
Logan
Ida Bowser
Megaphone
Margaret Dailey
Frances Cox
Lillian Horn
Mary Poston
Joe Giesecke
Wilbur Emish
Joseph Basom
David Higley
Edward Arpee
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