Athens Messenger and Herald History Summary
The Athens Messenger established 1825 details weekly edition for Athens area. Publication notes include publisher Frederick W. Bush and O Gordon K Bush with managing editors Charles Harris and others. Describes readership across five counties in Southeastern Ohio and regional scope across Athens Nelsonville Glouster Logan Pomery Middleport Coulville and nearby communities.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens
GER
Herald
O. Gordon K. Bush
Publisner & Gen
Mer. Charles &. Harris
Ohio
Atmens
Nelsonville
Glolster
Logan-Pomeroy
Middleport
Coulville
Thought for Today on Temptation and Endurance
A brief devotional note cites James 1 12 blessing those who endure temptation and comments that temptation reveals the heart's flaws like fire brings up scum, attributed to Boston.
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Boston
Motors Tug at Traveler Habits Across Ohio Roads
An essay reflects on the shift from stagecoach and tavern travel to railroad and automobile era. It argues modern motorists rush past scenery, craving inviting roadside inns and fair prices to encourage slower, more enjoyable cross country touring.
Restful roadside taverns lure travelers back
The passage recalls last summer's motor journeys and small roadside taverns that offered hospitality, good food, and fair prices. Travelers enjoyed friendly locals, longer evenings, and fewer early starts, returning home rested with fond open road memories.
Suffering drought tempered by wholesome autumn weather
The writer notes last weeks of splendid autumn weather in Ohio while stressing an urgent need for rain. Despite dry conditions and drought affecting farmers, fall pastures and late gardens have fared well, frosts held off, and the region enjoys rare, pleasant Sundays. still, long sustained warm rain is desired to ease hardship.
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Ohio
The Value of Human Contacts in Understanding Others
A reflective essay argues that real understanding comes from direct human contact. It notes how discussing motives with neighbors broadens perspective and reduces judgment. Personal outreach, welfare work experiences, and cross town insights show common human motives across communities.
Notes from a convenient cuff in New York column
Gilbert Swan opens with a witty aside on columnists and their self regard in a New York note from October fifteen. The piece satirizes media vanity and introduces a light, personal tone for the column.
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New York
Glossy Stars and Nuddy Rogers Set for Late Nights
The column notes Nuddy Rogers roaming with Hollywood’s handsome crowd including Claire Windsor during a yacht trip with Phil Plant. It hints he will soon sail to Europe with his mother. The piece also mentions Puddy possibly performing at jazz venues and confirms mamma will accompany him abroad.
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Nuddy Rogers
Hollywood
Claire Windsor
Phil Plant
Buddy
Mamma
Puddy
Literary season opens with author tours and pairings
The Long man Green agency introduces Irving Fineman who won their $7,600 with That W Nice Young Man. Brewer Warren promote Nade Kebra as a Paris tale sensation, returning after a year with Perfumed Tiger. A note invites attendance at Diverside Drive studio of Masses, a quirky illustrator.
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Longman-Green
Irving Fineman
Brewer & Warren
Nade Kebra
Paris
Diverside Drive
Masses
Cakes and Ale and its literary figures
The piece notes chatter in London and Manhattan about Somerset Maugham's Cakes and Ale. It suggests the two thinly veiled figures are Thomas Hardy and Hugh Walpole, as per the author's intent.
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London
Manhattan
Somerset Maugham
Thomas Hardy
Hugh Walpole
Van Doren’s Quest for Jonathan Swift Biographical Work
Carl Van Doren, from a tiny unmarked town, studied at Illinois and Columbia before finishing in Oxford. For two years he has been tracing Swift’s life, seeking biographical material on a giant often overlooked by biographers.
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Carl van Doren
Lineis
University of Illineig
Columbia University
New York
Winde
Oxford
Jonathan Swift
Dawn Powell Runner-Up for Dorothy Laurels
Dawn Powell, author of the current Literary Guild selection Dance Wight, is named a runner-up for the Dorothy Laurels. Powell hails from a small Ohio factory town where she grew up among workers and rail terminals, nickel-in-the-slot pianos, and billiard halls.
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Dawn Powell
Literary Guild
Miss Powell
Ohio
Reporter’s Path From Pool Rooms to Locked Nine Lives
A woman who began as a Shelby Daily Globe teen reporter in her teens recalls chasing stories in pool rooms and jails. She financed college by typing and later did film work and farming before writing one of the year’s successful novels and selling a play to the Theater Guild.
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Yesteryears
Shelby Daily Globe
Lake Erie College
Theater Guild
Henry Norman Milburn Featured in Buallimidre Evening News
Henry Norman Milburn appears on the front page of The Buallimidre Evening News, with the article noting his prominence. The piece signals Milburn’s ongoing public presence but ends abruptly, offering limited additional context.
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Henry Norman Milburn
The
Buallimidre Evening i News
Aga
Yorktown Surrender Remembrance Planned for 1933
Frederic J. Haskin notes Yorktown will be honored next year with a large observance. Congress earmarks 200000 dollars, Virginia 25000, with France and Britain invited to participate. The event marks Cornwallis surrendering to Washington on October 19, 1781, a key turn in the American Revolution. The plan includes national recognition and Liberty Day implications.
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Washington
George Washington
Salem
Mass
Boston
Chicago
Yorktown
Virginia
Lord Cornwallis
American
Great Britain
Atlantic
Concord
Lexington
Paul Revere
Concord Bridge
United States
Congress
Vance
Commonwealth of Virginia
France
Union
England
Dinosaur Eggs Found In America From Tibet Origin
Reports describe discovery of dinosaur eggs believed to be from Tibet origin. The text notes a female dinosaur about 80 feet long able to view treetops, and mentions varied sizes of these ancient creatures once dominating Earth with carnivorous and vegetarian species.
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Thibet
America
Sudden Vanishing of Dinosaurs Sparks Theories
The text outlines three competing explanations for the dinosaurs' disappearance. One theory cites rat predation, another suggests animals with higher intelligence eliminated them like humans harming elephants and other species, and a third points to volcanic eruptions that filled the air with dust, choking the dinosaurs.
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Africa
Hitler Fasci sts Riot at Reichstag Opening in Berlin
At the Reichstag opening in Berlin the Nazi faction celebrated their political victory with anti Jewish riots. The piece predicts the regime will not endure, citing the fates of Spain and Portugal and urging readers to learn from history.
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Berlin
Hitler
Spain
Portugal
Railroading Romance Fades Amid Safer Radio Era
As trains grow longer and safer with radio communication between engineer and conductor, memory recalls the era of flag signaling and brakemen on open platforms. The piece contrasts modern efficiency with nostalgic images of smokestacks and whistle signals from earlier days.
Legs Diamond Returned from Europe and Hospitalized
Not long ago the gangster known as Legs Diamond traveled to Europe and was sent back to America by Germany. He is now in a hospital with multiple gunshot wounds from sawed-off shotguns.
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Jack
Legs
Diamond
Europe
Germany
Mystery amid hotel shooting case stirs suspect
Clothes found in a hotel room closet belong to a man shot there. Police grill a young woman suspect who claims innocence while saying she has had no luck. Reporters compare the scene to classic crime tales and note uneasy modern crime atmosphere.
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Eugene Sue
Paris
Squelivite
Public Forum on Night Noise and Traffic Rigidity
A letter to the editor cites Mayor Wood for enforcing traffic laws and condemns cut out horns and late night car noise. The writer notes sleep disruption, cites a Cincinnati Enquirer piece on the Noise Abatement Commission, and urges stronger enforcement of horn and truck muffler ordinances.
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the Messenger
Wood
College Street
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Widening North Court Street Pressed by City Service
Athens City Service Department advances widening of North Court Street from State to Carpenter as quickly as possible. Major R. Phillips Rose, son of Mrs. B. E. Rose of 126 East State Street, will depart with his wife Sunday for the Orient.
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North Court Street
State
Carpenter
Athens City Service Department
R. Phillips Rose
BE. T. Rose
East State Street
The
Orient
Republican candidate Davis to speak in Athens October 3
Garry L. Davis, Republican candidate for governor, will spend Saturday October 3 in Athens County. He will speak in Athens at 1 p.m.
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Garry L. Davis
Athens County
Athens
Mrs Hallie Q Brown Addresses Republican Voters at Athens
Hallie Q Brown of Wilberforce University spoke to a large gathering of Republican voters last night from the steps of the Athens Courthouse. The turnout was reported as unusually large.
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Hallie Q. Brown
Wilberforce University
Athens
Twenty Years Ago Grand Marshal Announces Parade Plan
Grand Marshal Frank Goldsberry sets the parade order for Friday evening linked to the county convention of Sunday Schools with the First Methodist Church leading. The Athens Democratic ticket will host central and executive committee dinner from 11 to 1 o'clock Saturday amid party events.
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Frank Goldsberry
First Methodist Church
Athens
Central and Executive Committee
Ohio University Declares Half Holiday if Reds Visit
President Ellis said a half holiday would be granted at Ohio University if the Cincinnati Reds came to town on Wednesday. No holiday was issued for Columbus Day.
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Ellis
Ohio University
Cincinnati Reds
Columbus
Not Guilty Finding in Jackville School Whipping Case
M. W. Sweitzer a 60 year old teacher at Jackville School on New Marsh Field Pike was found not guilty of charges brought by Charles Oxley whose son he is alleged to have whipped.
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Elizabeth Converse
Walls Church
Virginia
M. W. Sweitzer
Jackville School
New Marshfield Pike
Charles Oxley
The Masterful Girl Versus the Clinging Vine Poem
A poem contrasts a masterful independent woman who climbs through labor and courage with a playful clinging vine who relies on a man. It ponders power, marriage, and the balance of ambition versus conventional feminine dependence. The speaker questions why a woman seeks power when a partner can bear the load and provide wealth.
Golf Wit and Drugstore Odds Stir Record
The piece quips about banning drinking and allows singing, then jokes Bobby Jones could finish an eighteen hole round in one putt on a pee-wee course. It adds that modern drug stores stock more items than Horatio's philosophy would imagine.
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Bobby Jones
Heaven
Earth
Eve
Horatio
Information Bureau Q and A from The Athens Messenger
A scanned Q and A feature from The Athens Messenger presents questions and concise answers on topics including theatre, nut growing, currency values, clock accuracy, Foreign Service resignations, birth and death rates, definitions of love, chambers of commerce, US National Education Association membership, Arabian and Morgan horse registration, quantum theory, and the origin of the term lame duck.
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Boy Scouts
American Forestry Association
Bureau of Standards
Foreign Service
T. A
M. V
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