The Athens Messenger Publication Details and Rates
The Athens Messenger established 1839 lists publishers Gordon K Bush and Frederick W Bush with editors Charles and Garria Mausanne. It notes weekday issues with a morning edition, circulation notices, associations, and subscription rates including 36 cents a week and 64.50 per year.
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Athens Messenger
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Ohitusty
Cardecard
Banka Ete Mento
Eal
Ohio
N. A
Reasonable Restraint Sunday on the Roads
A reflective piece laments drivers cycles of courtesy and danger on busy roads. It contrasts polite pedestrians with aggressive motorists and urges restraint to reduce accidents and daily turmoil. The essay warns of double standards and stresses thoughtful, safer behavior behind the wheel.
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Dr. Jekylls
Mr. Hydes
Propaganda and Education in the American Mind
An observer warns that civilization is a race between education and propaganda. The piece argues propaganda fuels national muddles, half knowledge, and partisan thinking. It contrasts American and old world approaches, noting easy bets on political cures and the lure of security without work.
Supreme Court Poised for Epochal Session Over New Deal Laws
The current Supreme Court session faces key tests on the Wagner Labor Act and federal power over labor, with potential repercussions for 1937 congressional action. Public utilities tax funding and the farm mortgage moratorium act also figure in the docket as looming decision points.
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United States Supreme Court
Congress
South
Supreme Court
Labor
Farmer
Neutrality rules in Europe as Russia faces Spain rift
Washington notes that Russia's ultimatum on Italy and Germany fails to spark a mobilization and instead yields a tacit agreement among powers to ignore the issue. Observers see Moscow using the move in a broader Soviet strategy, while Schuschnigg's bloodless Austrian move signals Fascist consolidation.
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Paul Mallon Washington
Russia
Italy
Germany
Europe
Iran
France
England
Soviet
Schuschnigg
Austria
Mussolini
Hitler
Neutrality pledges in Spanish crisis face limits
The article notes no published gentlemen's agreement, just an unworded pledge among neutrals to avoid arms, munitions, or funds for Spain. It argues private contributions could bypass rules, and Congress finds neutrality words hard to enforce. Pan American talks may broaden pledges while diplomats doubt overall effectiveness.
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Spain
Congress
Europe
WPA upheaval shifts 27 staff in Advertising Division
A quiet shakeup within the WPA shifted 27 employees from publicity radio and movie offices while no WPA advertising activity stopped. A new WPA advertiser replaced the former division head, circulating a book titled Work Pays America with images of WPA workers and projects.
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WPA
America
West Virginia Boy Sees Everything Backward in Surgery
A peculiar case involves a West Virginia schoolboy slated for surgery after claiming to perceive all things in reverse. Doctors will assess cognitive and perceptual causes as family seeks explanation.
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West Virginia
Easter Bombs by Mail Convicts Pennsylvanian
A Pennsylvanian was convicted of sending bombs through the mail last Easter. The piece notes skepticism about egg and pineapple references and touches on political stakes ahead of the November election and potential repeal of New Deal laws.
District Tales of Long Ago
C. H. Harris traces the building of the Baltimore Short-line to Parkersburg and the impact on Athens. He notes original missteps, costly tunnels, and a shift to a route via Marietta and Belpre. Athens County invested in the line, gaining tax revenues and property value gains, seen as beneficial overall.
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C. H. Harris
Athens
Cincinnati
Hocking Valley
Belpre
Virginia
Parkersburg
Ohio River
Marietta
Wheeling
Pittsburgh
Hocking
Baltimore Short-line Company
Warren's
Canaanville
Hocking River
Skunk Run
Guysville
Coolville
Torch
Knowles
Little Hocking
Ohio
Athens County
Ten Years Ago Apple Yield Report and Local News
Ten years ago the Martzolff orchard near Maxville Logan yielded 600 bushels of apples picked by James and Charles Baker and Robert W Lang. Ruth White was bed bound from an abscess after injuries from bleacher collapse at a Lancaster Logan football game. Karl W Gardner presided over the Athens County Men’s Brotherhood of the Christian Church. PTA delegates Mrs Frank Eberst and Mrs William Wearthill of Logan attended a district meeting in Marietta. Hocking County Fair saw 154 exhibits by 4 H Club youths with prizes in clothing, food, poultry, potato, calf, pig categories awarded to named participants.
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Martzolff
Maxville
Logan
James and
Charles Baker
Robert W. Lang
Ruth White
John White
Lancaster-Logan
Frank Eberst
William Wearthill
PTA
Marietta
Hocking County Fair
4-H
Charlotte Foltz
Charlotte Lappen
Delphin Krinn
Beatrice Hosler
Frances Funk
Ruth Bowers
Floyd Anthony
Joseph Lagore
Aaron Adcock
Kenneth Hansely
Hughes speaks as Republicans hear in Parkersburg
Twenty years ago Athens County Republicans Democrats and former progressives traveled to Parkersburg to hear presidential candidate Charles Evans Hughes. An Odd Fellows minstrel show at the Athens Opera House featured blackface acts led by Frank McVay with songs by Dutch Schleyer and others. A group of Athens residents and several physicians gathered for medical association discussions, with Dr A L Pritchard presenting on typhoid fever and prevention.
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Athens County
Parkersburg
Charles Evan Hughes
Odd Fellows
Athens Opera House
Frank McVay
Dutch Schleyer
Frank Cook
Dick Butta
Louisiana
Doc Allen
Harvey Porter
Kelley
Stanley Hastings
George Stuart, Jr
Donald Hibbard
Charles Nye
Charlies Schaffler
Sis
Athens County Medical Association
A. L. Pritchard
Nelsonville
Pritchard
They Say Aviation Safety Hinges on Human Nature
Quote compilation notes that mechanical failures in commercial aviation are rare, but human factors remain a key safety concern. Rickenbacker and Hanson emphasize responsibility, nationalism, and the duty of arts institutions to foster national culture.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
Who Turned the Switch Across the Crossroads
A reader poetry column features verses from Messenger readers, including Annie McIntyre Bartoe of Nelsonville Ohio and P M Welch of Cutler Ohio. It presents religious and moral poems about divine guidance and the value of money in society.
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Messenger
Annie McIntyre Bartoe
Nelsonville
Ohio
Halloween Poem and Notes from Young Readers
A short verse about witches, owls, ghosts and Halloween charm labeled by Anna Lee Brown age four in Hollister. Also credits Elva Coulson from Millfield Ohio and a cryptic line from R. KR No. 1. The final fragment notes gas-producing bacteria create holes in Swiss cheese.
Salute to Love on a rundown Blue Grass farm
Kate and Caroline Meed care for Major Sam Meed on a run down farm. They are joined by two servants as Kate plans to marry Morgan Prentiss while he prefers Eve Elwell. A car accident leads to $50 payoffs and a bold sale of a ham curing formula for $590 to a stranger. The plot moves toward foreclosures on the Meedfarm and a Dublin style drama in Louisville with a wealthy mountaineer, Jeff Howard, looming.
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Kate
Caroline Meed
Sam Meed
Althy
Zeke
Morgan Prentiss
Eve Elwell
Major Meed
Caroline
Louisville
Lexington
Jeff Howard
Sam
Perlite
Cline
Meed
Grandad
Gran
University of Louisville
Major confronts Zeke after morning car wreck inquiry
The Major awaits the returning girls at five o'clock and learns from Zeke about a car accident earlier that morning. Zeke reports the engine runs but one tire is flat and the left fender is bashed against the wheel, prompting the Major's shocked reaction.
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Zeke
Shelby
Sam
Public Forum Letters Endorse Roosevelt and Warn Against Landon
A Logan letter writer praises Franklin D Roosevelt as America’s savior and criticizes Alf Landon and Hearst backed plutocrats. The author recalls Hoover and Wilson, defends New Deal loans and relief programs, and argues Roosevelt’s policies aid workers while attacking Republican aims to curb federal power. Date given: Oct. 7.
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the Messenger
J. Humphrey
John Penn
The
Messenger
Hearst
Mr. Landon
Mr. Hearst
Alf Landon
NRA
Mr. Hoover
Wilson
Roosevelt
America
Republican Party
Hoover
Paul Mallon
Lincoln
John
Landon
Doles
PWA
Wall Street
Randolph Hearst
Workers of America
Congress
Treasury Department
Alf London
Liberty League
Plutocrats
F.D.R
Herbert Swingle
Health Hints on Dangers of Mechanical Refrigeration
Dr Morris Fishbein warns that common home refrigerators use gases that can poison or injure occupants. Methyl chloride and sulfur dioxide pose hidden risks, while ammonia can burn and irritate. new difluoro-dichloromethane is claimed safer. If exposure occurs, move to fresh air and treat with oxygen and carbon dioxide, bicarbonate for acidosis, and supportive care until recovery.
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Morris Fishbein
United States
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