Athens Messenger Local Advertisement Rates and Notices
The Athens Messenger lists advertising rates and obituary card charges and notes national representatives of major press associations. Subscription prices are given for carrier and mail delivery in Ohio with annual, half year, ten week, and four week terms.
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American Newspaper Fishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau
O Gene Associated
Associa ED Press
John W Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Nomina
Athens
Fess Denounces Dictatorship Threats in Athens Speech
Simeon D. Fess argues the United States risks dictatorship through planned recovery and executive overreach. He warns against taxation without representation, AAA abuse, and Congress abdication, urging balanced powers and Jeffersonian states rights to shield Americanism.
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Simeon D. Fess
United States
Athens
Russia
Mr. Fess
Italy
Germany
Austria
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Fess
Congress
AAA
Ohio
Senate
Abolition of Slums Urged by Ickes in Cincinnati Speech
In a Cincinnati speech Secretary Ickes argues for a large scale rehousing program to replace all slums with fit habitation. He says slums exist in all communities and must be addressed by local groups to improve health and reduce crime and poverty.
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Ickes
Cincinnati
United States
Field Marshal Von Kluck Passes At 88 In Berlin
Unlucky in history Alexander von Kluck died in Berlin at age 88. He led the right flank at the 1914 invasion of Belgium and France, suffering the Marne defeat that historians attribute to Moltke rather than him, earning the grim epithet the man who was beaten at the Marne.
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Alexander von Kluck
Berlin
von Kluck
Germany
Belgium
France
Marne
Moltke
Federal drive on lawbreakers spreads like detective tale
The piece lauds a nationwide law enforcement surge and the aggressive hunt by Federal Post Office inspectors. It contrasts small town robberies with post offices as targets and notes inspectors never drop a trail, always tracking and catching suspects.
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Federal Post Office
Harmony Between New Dealers and Bankers Turnd Pact
The New Dealers and the convention of American bankers in Washington staged harmony amid preannounced policy moves. The New Deal floated an unofficial line opposing a Central Bank while a formal note announced freezing the silver seigniorage profit in the Treasury to avoid inflationary use.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Bankers Fear Central Bank With New Deal Ghosts
In Washington bankers and New Dealers found common ground as officials clarified the central bank idea was not endorsed. Treasury aims to strengthen credit control, not create a central bank, while silver seigniorage profits remain unchanged.
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ABA
Roosevelt
Bankers’ Convention
Washington
Treasury
White House conference yields mixed signals on New Deal
A New Deal critic at a White House conference questioned budget balance NRA reform and stabilizing steps while delaying approval of Wallace’s release. The AAA reports heavy mail activity with 40 million pieces monthly and 1,290 policy letters answered, described as education propaganda.
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White House
New Deal
NRA
Roosevelt
Agriculture
Wallace
AAA
Market mood cool as buyers stay away
Market watchers say improved sentiment has not lifted prices because the public is not buying. Interior Secretary Ickes is emerging as a political spokesman for the New Deal, praised for salty phrases. The standout mover since the low mood began is a firm active in acquiring bankrupt properties.
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Ickes
New Deal
Lot
American Liberty League
Federal operatives curb rising crime with new tactics
The text praises the Secret Service and federal agents as they intensify efforts against kidnappers and gangsters. It notes a shift from fear to vigilance as science aids investigators and criminals are hunted down with relentless pursuit.
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Secret Service
Social and club life highlights from Athens area
Mrs P E Hixon hosted the Social Literary Club at Hotel Berry. West Side Community Club staged Look Out Louise. Business Women's Club celebrated its first anniversary with a Halloween party. Patroneases included Mrs E D Sayre Mrs Frank R Murphey Miss Bertha Brown and Miss Helen Uliom. Delbert Thompson named golf pro at Athens Country Club. Ohio's first American Legion Memorial Building was dedicated by Glenford Dugan Post Nelsonville. post formed November 5 1919 and chartered October 10 1921.
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P. E. Hixon
Hotel Berry
Business Women’s Club
E. D. Sayre
Frank R Murphey
Bertha Brown
Helen Uliom
Delbert Thompson
Athens Country Club
Ohio
Glenford Dugan
Nelsonville
Athens High School Wins Hard Fought Victory Over Nelsonville
Athens High School defeated Nelsonville in a tight game led by Richardson Jones Duncan Hibbard Baker Arpee Pennybaker Enlow Porter and Oldfield on the Athens roster while Nelsonville featured Calvin Wright Juniper Snowden Burrows Kentner E Love G Love Howell Searo and Davis. A southeastern Ohio Teachers Association opening program featured a ladies quartet with Mrs Co D Thompson Miss Lott Miss Garber and Miss Chandler. Frances Hatch and Mary Lou Ford visited Coolville hosts Mr and Mrs J E Hartnell. Mr Johnson hosted his brother Or Johnson principal of Buchtel Schools. World War news paused for Kaiser’s narrow escape in the Eastern theater. Saturday specials were listed for local stores including Woods Bee Hive Mrs C W Gross Novelty Store Fulton's Grocery Thompson and Scott's Henry W Conner's Drug E H Cotton's Grocery Porter's Men's Shop.
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Athens High School
Nelsonville High School
Richardson
Jones
Duncan
Hibbard
Baker
Arpee
Pennybaker
Enlow
Porter
Oldfield
Nelsonville
Calvin
Wright
Juniper
Snowden
Burrows
Kentner
E. Love
G. Love
Howell
Searo
Davis
Co. D. Thompson
Miss Lott
Miss Garber
Miss Chandler
Southeastern Ohio Teachers’ Association
the Woods Bee Hive
Health Hints On Corns And Ill Fitting Shoes
Advice on corn prevention and shoe fit. Ill fitting shoes cause corns along with calluses and warts. Women more often pick style over health, heels too high or too forward can jam toes and create corn situations. Proper footwear and fit reduce foot friction and improve walking.
Quotable musings on economy and democracy
A collection of brief quotes from Henry A. Wallace, George Bernard Shaw, Arthur Ballentine, Madeleine Slade, and Frank Knox. The remarks span topics from wealth redistribution to planned economy, independence in policy, and the role of demonstrations in political life.
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Madeleine Slade
Gandhi
Frank Knox
Chicago
Public Forum on Schools and Reading Skills
The Public Forum Editor critiques modern education in October morning reflections. It questions improving schools, reading and spelling proficiency, and the influence of money and politics on teaching. It notes home instruction gaps and cites young people with debt and unreachable teaching careers.
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the Messenger
History of Lebanon Township in Meigs County facts and figures
Meigs County in 1820 created two roads in Lebanon Township linking the river near Buffington Island to Great Bend and Chester as county seat. Early settlers including Charles Shipman Ziba Lindley and son moved to the Great Bend area then returned to Athens. William Buffington born here, first mill built on Ground Hog Creek, Uriah Gandee operated a floating mill on the Ohio River, and George W. Cowdery ran a water powered mill with Portland’s flour mill shipping 40 barrels daily.
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Charles Shipman
Ziba Lindley
Athens County
Great Bend
Meigs County
Athens
Lebanon Township
Buffington Island
Chester
Mill Creek
West Virginia
John Hall
William H. Buffington
Joseph
Chloe
Harvey) Buffington
Sterling Bottom
Portland
Joseph Buffington
Hog Creek
Uriah Gandee
Ohio River
Buffington
Lebanon
George W. Cowdery
Not I but the Wind Reveals Frieda Lawrence’s View of D H Lawrence
Frieda Lawrence’s Not I but the Wind presents her account of her relationship with D H Lawrence. She describes his courtship, poverty, and social ostracism, portraying a genius driven by inner torment. The memoir illuminates Lawrence’s relentless honesty and creative struggle.
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D. H. Lawrence
Frieda Lawrence
Lawrence
The Forgotten Mur Mystery Continues Under Death and Deception
Publisher Dan Bleeker contracts criminologist Sidney Griff to solve the murder of Charles Morden and the impostor claims tied to Frank Cathay. Griff and Bleeker connect missing girl Esther Ordway, André suspects, and plan shadowing, mail forwarding, and staged identity to uncover a conspiracy.
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Dan Bleeker
The
Blade
Charles Morden
Sidney Griff
Morden
Frank B. Cathay
Cathay
Mary Briggs
Frank Cathay
Bleeker
Griff
Esther Ordway
Lippman Realty Co
Blanche Malone
Carl Racine
Racine
Robinson Street
Esther Ordway's Quiet Mornings Raise Suspicions
In a tense interview, Sidney Griff questions Alice Lorton about Esther Ordway's habits and social life. Lorton recalls Esther's early mornings, reclusiveness, and magazines stamped with Esther's name. Griff probes possible marriage, men, and Esther's routine as clues in a growing mystery.
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Sidney Griff
Bleeker
Alice Lorton
Griff
Esther
Esther Ordway
About You Children About You Children
A fragmented passage discusses children and safety themes with reference to ultraviolet exposure and urban life. The text mentions an author Olive Roberts and hints at four men and Charlottendure in a garbled context.
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Buchtel
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George Bernard Shaw
Arthur A Ballentine
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Forgotten Mur
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By Olive Roberts
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Charlottendure
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