Athens Messenger and Herald Publication Details 1896 1929
Publication history and staff of The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co from 1896 to 1929. Includes publisher Gordon K. Bush and Gen. Mer. Charles H. Harris, weekday editions, Sunday morning issue, newspaper affiliations, and subscription rates across Ohio counties.
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Stablushea
Prederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Promises in Campaigns Challenged by Kentucky Ruling
A Kentucky judge bars a county official candidate from pledging not to tax hunting dogs, labeling it bribery. The editorial argues such constraining rules would upend political practice and debate whether leaders should govern on principle rather than promises for gain.
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Kentucky
White House
Roads Need Attention On Fall Weather And Winter Prep
Farmers, school bus drivers, and motorists rely on country roads now deteriorating due to frost, rain, and early winter trends. Past mild winters hid issues, but repairs before cold weather become vital as maintenance funds strain under taxes and rising costs. Road officials urged to act before winter.
Affects Us All the Market Decline and Regulation
The piece argues that stock market losses hurt national savings and spending power. It warns Washington regulation depresses investment and calls for Congress to address dishonest manipulation to protect investors and overall business progress.
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Washington
Congress
Human Tests and the Quest for Unproven Cures
The piece argues Americans eagerly try new medicines despite medical warnings that their effects are unknown. It notes experts test drugs before approval, warns against quacks profiting, and stresses there is no universal youth cure for all ills.
Spy Mania in the Soviet Union Draws Clamp Over Citizens
MOSCOW The drive to root out spies guards every citizen from neighbors to friends warning each person to treat others as possible traitors. Officials argue that espionage spans beyond military secrets touching economy industry transport and agriculture. Critics say panic and incompetence rather than real plots drive the crackdown.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Pravda
Behind the Scenes In Washington
Washington reports suggest Frank C. Walker, a New Deal trouble-shooter, may become director of the Bureau of the Budget though he dislikes the role. The Budget must balance the, and Roosevelt’s influence over Morgenthau and Dan Bell weighs in. A Walker appointment would please business leaders and fit his conservative, Roosevelt-loyal profile. Also noted is a shop on Pennsylvania Avenue shifting from Oriental Bazaar to Chinese Bazaar amid lagging Japanese goods. Johnson attacks Roosevelt on a new foreign policy, signaling antiwar concern from isolationists. Modern Diana is depicted deer hunting with a bow and arrow, contrasting Venus with a pistol.
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Washington
Frank C. Walker
New Deal
Bureau of the Budget
Roosevelt
Walker
White House
Lew Douglas
Dan Bell
John R. McCarl
New York
Budget Bureau
Congress
Executive Council
National Emergency Council
Pennsylvania Avenue
David Goldburg
Macy Cohen
Hiram Johnson
California
Pacific Coast
Johnson
Ambitious Jill Buys Art to Save Artist in Love
Jill Wentworth schemes to buy a grand painting for Alan Jeffry, the promising but hungry artist she loves. She persuades her father, John Wentworth, to provide cash, while masking the purchase as a personal splurge. The plot tightens around money, art, and a looming class tension.
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Jill
Alan Jeffry
Patty
Miss Lancaster
Alan
Ardath Holm
Miss Holm
Park Avenue
Ardath
Seville
John H. Wentworth
Ultra
One
Gray
John Wentworth
Santa Claus
Mr. Wentworth
Jack
Barry
Evelyn
Jaill
Dad
Rock of Gibraltar
Oscar Montanne
Mr. Montanne
Milo
Mint
Palmer Mine and Sedalia Coal Company Pioneered Local Coal Industry
The Palmer mine in northern Glouster was an early wagon mine later expanded by the Sedalia Coal Company to a railroad loading operation. A tipple and modern machinery marked its expansion, exploiting the No. 7 vein though with irregular formation. William Palmer led the regional coal development until his death.
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Palmer
William Palmer
Glouster
Sedalia Coal Company
Public Forum urges Athens County bond for relief funds
The WPA workers and relief officials urge Athens County voters to approve a 33 300 bond under the Carey Act. State will match, totaling 66 600. Relief director Fred Shafer claims funds will support 2 297 people, ensuring over a year of aid. Chairman John L. Southard leads drive to end WPA and relief chiseling. Jacksonville October 25.
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the Messenger
WPA
Athens County
Fred Shafer
Chislers
John L. Southard
Committee of Seven
Jacksonville
Halloween Party Attended by Local High School Friends
Miss Ruth Hayden hosted a Halloween gathering with guests including Helen Jones Louise Kempton Maurine Cornwell Dorothy Starnes Irma Ruth Greenwalt Thea Connett Catherine Connett Grace Story Eileen Pendergrass Athens Lucile Sheppard Nelsonville James Brown James Overmeyer Tom Craig Frank Rauch John Phillips Carl Clifford Ruth Chandler Miss Dorothy Dailey and Miss Christine Dailey joined family hosts Mr and Mrs Earl T Dailey Current Events Club met at Mrs O F Rowland home Velma Staneart spoke on The Union Fields of Industry in the Orient to the Young Women's Missionary Circle of the Christian Church.
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Ruth Hayden
Helen Jones
Louise Kempton
Maurine Cornwell
Dorothy Starnes
Irma Ruth Greenwalt
Thea
Catherine Connett
Grace Story
Eileen Pendergrass
Athens
Lucile Shepard
Nelsonville
James Brown
James Overmeyer
Tom Craig
Frank Rauch
John Phillips
Carl Clifford
Ruth Chandler
Velma Staneart
Orient
Young Women's Missionary Circle of the Christian Church
Logan Fair Attendee List and Local notables
Twenty years ago Misses Helen Sherlock Grace Roush Helen Roush Beulah Mills Helen Salters and Gladys Partlow attended the Logan Fair. Judge and Mrs H T Phillips announced the birth of a daughter. Miss Nina Butts Columbus was guest of her parents Mr and Mrs John Butts. Mr O B Sloane left for Cleveland for Pomeroy Chemical Co. directors. Fred Carpenter Fred Wells Lon Dulaney and Andrew Allen motor to Chillicothe to visit soldiers encampment.
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Helen Sherlock
Grace Roush
Helen Roush
Beulah Mills
Helen Salters
Gladys Partlow
Logan Fair
Nina Butts
Columbus
Mrs
John Butts
O. B. Sloane
Cleveland
Pomeroy Chemical Co
Fred Carpenter
Fred Wells
Lon Dulaney
Andrew Allen
Chillicothe
Turkeys on Hand Drop 10 Percent Nationwide
The bureau of agricultural economics reports US turkey supplies are 10 percent lower than last year. Pacific coast states show a smaller decline of about 6 percent in their crops.
Health Hints on Skin Diseases and Food Sensitivities
The article outlines how diet and hidden infections influence skin conditions. It notes that lack of certain nutrients can cause pellagra like eruptions, while contaminated foods or drugs can trigger hives. It also highlights sensitivity to strawberries pork seafood eggs wheat chocolate and to drugs and vaccines, and the role of focal infections in teeth tonsils sinuses gallbladder intestines and urinary tract. When infections are treated the skin disease may disappear.
Shade Personal and Social News Notes
Mrs William Chappel and daughter Verda Belle spent the week end in Glouster. The Harrisonville Fair drew Mr and Mrs Dawson Meeks and two sons. Rex Meeks has moved to Wyoming with his family. Benson Cowan and daughter visited Mrs Cowans parents James Woodward and the Bobo family in Lancaster. Cladus Chappel and baby daughter Athens visited J M Chappel. Reverend Earl Cowen and wife attended District Conference in Carrol. Carlos Cowen and George Brady visited relatives here. Wright Pugh Bates is staying with her daughter Freda Douglas. Clarence Cooley and Ray Martin of Athens visited Charles Martin. Two peanut varieties dominate southern United States agriculture Spanish type and jumbo Virginia peanut.
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Ray Bobo
Cladus Chappel
Athens
J. M. Chappel
Earl Cowen
Carrol
Carlos Cowen
Richmond
Ind
George Brady
S. Solon
Wright Pugh
Bates
Freda Douglas
Clarence Cooley
Ray Martin
Charles Martin
Grandma's Old Hoop Skirt
Poet's Corner note invites verses with name and address. Memorial verses discouraged. Child recounts finding bones in attic and a playful scare ending with grandma rescuing and remarking on an old hoop skirt. Annie McIntyre Barto e Nelsonville Ohio provided address.
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Annie McIntyre Bartoe
Nelsonville
Social Notes of Syracuse Highlights Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Charles Repp of Syracuse visit Lakeside Camp on Lake St Clair while Mr Oiler works in Detroit. Mrs A F Williams and daughter Helen Grace travel to Pittsburgh and Columbus. Several locals visit Columbus for events and a Hartman Theater showing. influenza illness stories and a teachers meeting in Athens are noted plus a Syracuse School PTA Halloween social. Unique fact mentions water as a chemical solvent.
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Syracuse
Charles Repp
Martha Oiler
Lakeside Camp
Lake St. Clair
Helen Grace
Pittsburgh
Miss Williams
Columbus
Victor Hamm
Nease Settlement
A. M. Roberts
Chester Turnbull
Marvin Roberts
Bellefontaine
Marcia Karr
Hartman Theater
Robert Flanagan
Southeastern Ohio Education Association
Athens
C. B. Weese
J. E. Carleton
Daniel Riser
Pearl McBride
Emma Duckworth
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Europe
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By Rodney Dutcher
Diana
Venus
Mary Raymond Byright
NEA Service, Inc
Jill Wentworth
Putante
Barry Wentworth
Jack Wentworth
Sylvia Sutton
Jil
pRrasis Econom
dEegice
the Public Forum
Dorothy Dailey
West Virginia State Normal College
Christine Dailey
Ohio Wesleyan
Earl T. Dailey
Current Events Club
O. F. Rowland
H. T. Phillips
DR. Morris Fishbein
Shade
United States
Virginia
Poet's Corner
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