Advertising rates and post office notice spread in Athens
Rational Representatives Jonn W Cullen Company Chicago New York Detroit Cleveland announce rates for advertising services in home and foreign offices. Obituary and card of thanks placeholders offered. Subscription prices listed for Athens area and counties with yearly six months ten weeks options. Postage details vary by location.
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Rational Representatives
Jonn W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Advange
Galle
Vinton
Taxation Shifts From Property to Consumption and Jobs
The piece argues homeowners bear less than one third of taxes while buyers and earners pay the remaining 68 percent. It notes rising taxes beyond property, including sales, payroll, and income taxes, urging a balanced approach that minimizes daily life disruption and reflects shifting tax sources.
Zane Grey and the Western Tale Boom
The piece recalls Deadwood Dick and Harry Castleman shaping youth with Wild West tales, then Zane Grey from Ohio popularizing a gentler western, making a fortune and inspiring readers. It notes Grey’s impact, his natural fit for the stage, and how his novels offered imaginative escapes without harm.
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Deadwood Dick
Harry Castleman
Zane Grey
Muskingum Valley
Ohio
West
To the loafers and the value of effort
The piece argues lazy men hinder progress yet notes shortcuts born from impatience. It praises industrious behavior while suggesting some public figures push for less effort to allow taxpayers more “healthy loafing.”
Idols and Politics Break Public Heroes
The piece argues public figures lose broad admiration once they enter political debates. It cites Colonel Lindbergh and Gene Tunney as contemporaries who rose to fame, married heiresses, and lived in Europe, then faced backlash after taking a political stance and accepting a medal.
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Colonel Lindbergh
Gene Tunney
Europe
Lindbergh
Criti
Clappers Comment: Low Paid Workers Form Health Group
Raymond Clapper reviews a government worker health association formed to reduce medical bills. Medical societies resist with boycotts and lawsuits, while public sympathy grows. The case advances through courts as Congress weighs a broad health bill with support from Roosevelt and McNutt.
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Washington
Group
Health Association
U. S. District Court
Supreme Court
National health program urged to boost county services
The piece argues for a federal funded expansion of health services and centers across states. It cites Senator Wagner noting over half of U S counties lack full-time public health officers and nurses. The plan aims to improve care for the poor without displacing existing doctors.
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Hoover
United States
Wagner
Freshman Congressman Shapes embargo amendment in House
Bruce Catton notes Ohio's John Vorys as a first term congressman who drafted the embargo amendment to the Bloom bill. The measure banned arms sales to belligerents, creating a pro embargo majority and complicating repeal efforts as Vorys grows more active in steering his provision.
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Washington
House
John Vorys
Ohio
Vorys
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Hamilton Fish
New York
Couple in Chicago Celebrates 71 Years Without Quarrel
A Chicago couple married seventy one years is said never to have had a quarrel, noting they do not miss any fun. Sally Rand has filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition amid long simmering financial pressures.
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Chicago
Sally Rand
Tunney and Luftwaffe rivals clash over neutrality stance
Cized air forces leaders gave two speeches on neutrality while Tunney attacked the "flying colonel." The exchange pushed both figures from national hero status to partisan champions as lines formed around their positions.
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Cized
Tunney
Questions and Answers from The Messenger Bureau
The Messenger notes its Information Bureau at 1013 13th Street Washington DC for questions and stamps. It presents Q A style entries on illiteracy planetary orbits word formation child labor ratifications and famous names with concise factual answers.
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The
Messenger
13Th Street
Washington, D. C
Messenger Bureau
Twin sisters pose with three sets of twins in photo
News item highlights Mrs Ray Morrison of Pleasanton and Mrs Losa Weinbrenner of Gauley Bridge with their children as three sets of twins appear. Nelsonville Eagles aim for 500 members by July 1 1930. Julia Mingus hosts a Halloween party at 74 University Terrace. Logan mayor J P Rochester and Mrs Rochester ill at their home on West Front Street.
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Ray Morrison
Pleasanton
Losa Weinbrenner
Gauley Bridge
W. Va
Nelsonville Eagles
Logan
J. P. Rochester
Mrs. Rochester
W. Front St
Birthday Guests and Local Listings From A 20 Year Ago Issue
Twenty years ago at a Lois McCoy birthday party guests included Stans bury Sidders Wise Roach Shaffer Burns Snow King Cotton Clark Craig Biddle Sherman Sprague Pierce Biddle Fuller Shaffer Sidders. The Monitor Family listing by Brooks and Fierce notes residents in Athens and nearby towns with addresses and names. Phonograph sales by Puritan phonographs and Stand ard Bearers events at Rev Strecker home are recorded with names of attendees.
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Lois McCoy
James Stansbury
Robert Sidders
Edward Wise
James Roach
John Sidney Shaffer
Morrison Burns
Richard Snow
Tom King
Tom Cotton
Tom Clark
Tom Craig
Tom Biddle
Sarah Eleanor Sherman
Mary Bernadine Sprague
Mariyn Pierce
Ellen Biddle
Carolyn Austin
Carolyn Fuller
Mary Martha Shaffer
Bertine Sidders
Monitor
Brooks and Fierce
N. Court St
Guy Brookins
Chauncey
George Linscott
Amesville
Carl Beasley
Morris Ave
Alice Wise
Congress St
Athens
N. G. Schuler
Elmwood Drive
Loke Antle
Trimble
Ray Bobo
Jerseyville
L. G. Worster
Pierce’s
H. L
Public Forum Letter Endorses Bigelow Pension Plan
A reader from Middleport defends Mr Bigelow’s old age pension against critics. The letter attacks wealthy opponents and urges locals to vote on November 7 for the policy and its aid to the poor, signed H A Larkins.
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the Messenger
Bigelow
Mr. Bigelow
Rev. Bigelow
Sky
Jesus Christ
Hell
H. A. Larkins
Middleport
Serial Story at Tech Campus Crowned Homecoming Queen
At Tech campus Keith Rhodes is a star halfback headed for All-America honors while Joan Johnson embodies campus glamor. Dan Webber blocks for Keith as the team beats Cornell 20 to 0, and Joan campaigns for homecoming queen amid a hectic election night.
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Joan Johnson
Tech
Keith Rhodes
Dan Webber
Keith
Webber
Cornell
Dan
Joan
Gamma House
Alpha Nu
University District
Elaine
Kay
Kay Granger
Student Senate
Tommy Peters
Ellen Thompson
University Daily
Bob McAllister
Tommy’s
Kennedy
Booth
McAllister
Ohio Old Aged Club opposes new pension plan
The Ohio Old Aged Club states it will not support any pension plan beyond its own proposal offering at least $30 per month and protection of homes valued under $3,000. Lead figures William Linn and Amos Stanley pledge to back friends and defeat enemies in November 1940, opposing federal funds for old age pensions.
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Ohio
Ohio Old Aged Club
Bricker
Bigelow
Ohio Old Age Club
William Linn
Amos Stanley
Sec
Treas
Nelsonville
Autumn Fog Shrouds Trees In Grim Poem
Merle Danford of Trimble Ohio paints late autumn as grey fog and bare branches. The verses describe ghostly gardens and a desolate landscape where foxhound wind and leafless hills echo sorrow. Nature seems bereft as spring remains far away.
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Merle Danford Trimble
Ohio
Early ear care and schooling for deaf children urged
Health experts urge early ear infection detection and treatment to save hearing. Physicians should examine ears during unexplained fevers or fretful babies. If deaf by age three to five, parents should seek admission to state or city schools for the deaf for better outcomes. Dr. Gordon Berry cites about 20,000 deaf children in schools.
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Gordon Berry
Farmers Enlist Geese To Weed Cotton Fields
Blytheville Arkansas reports farmers are using geese to weed cotton in a cost effective method. The birds work up to 16 hours daily, rain or shine, reducing labor and feed costs and avoiding grain for fowls. If adopted widely, farm implement firms may see a surplus of hoes.
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Blytheville
Ark
U.P
Dixie
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Bernard Ancelowitz
Benny
Benjamin Kubelsky
Allen John F. Sullivan
Cantor
Izzy Iskowitz
New York Tribune
Horace Greeley
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Delta Theta
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
STORY
Julia Mingus
University Terrace
C. L. King Company
Lancaster
By Galbraith
NEA Service, Inc
the Public Forum
the Bigelow Pension
Joan OF Arkansas
Jerry Broadfield
NEA
Peters
Tommy
Elliston
Ellen
Slocum
Boy Scout
Poet's Corner
DR. Morris Fishbein
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