The Athens Messenger Historical Publisher Record
The Athens Messenger describes itself as a daily weekday paper with 8 Sunday editions published by WHE Athens Messenger & Weralnd Printing Co Gordon & Bush publishers and Charles Harris managing editor. It notes a 100000 population across five southeastern Ohio counties and serves Athens Nelsonville Glouster Logan Pomroy Middleport Coolville and surrounding communities.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Werald Printing CO
Gordon & Bush
Charles 8. Harris
Cevers
Ohio
Athens-Nelsonville
Glouster
Logan-Pomeroy
Middleport
Coolville
Thought for Today Biblical Quote and Reflection
A brief devotional line urges turning to the Lord quoting Hosea 6 1 and adds a moral aphorism about repentance as a second innocence attributed to De Bonald. The text presents a religious meditation rather than news.
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de Bonald
The Road to Nowhere and Farm Marketing Education
An editorial urges motorists to seek unpaved back roads for pleasure and calm, praising rustic scenery and quiet cross-roads. It also discusses federal plans to teach cooperative marketing in vocational agriculture schools, with Ohio implementing courses in Athens and surrounding counties and federal boards expanding outreach and training.
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Ohio
Athens County
Uncle Sam
Federal Farm Board
Federal Board For Vocational Education
A Test for Football College Football Ethics
A columnist weighs sporadic trouble in college football including an eastern star quitting, six players seeking higher pay who are dropped, and a western school dropped by a conference for recruiting stars. The piece argues football is sound if its primary aim is wholesome recreation, and unsound if driven by other motives.
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Ollege
Eastern
Western University
Preparing for Christmas gift planning and relief efforts
The article urges early Christmas shopping and mailings while stressing the need to plan relief for needy families this winter. It emphasizes that many households will face hardship and calls on the community to act with a will to aid them.
New York Happenings Paints a Western Beat on 49th Street
A vivid New York scene on 49th Street blends a Western pageant with urban grit. Bronzed riders, cowgirls in bright shirts, and rattling lariat acts contrast with tenement debris, soot stained geraniums, and jeering city crowds. Spectators in silk hats watch ringside drama while dreamers chase prize money amid gas jets and theater glow.
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New York
Manhattan
49Th Street
Madison Garden
Fragmented remarks on authors and lasting fame across ages
The text discusses the fate of book sales and the longevity of great writers. It references Shakespeare Euripides Dante Homer and Michelangelo, noting that even they will fade with time and become obsolete like Cro Magnon artists.
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Shakespeare
Euripides
Dante
Homer
Michael Angelo
Shaw
Fitesell
Eis
Beard
Hig Forchtad
Hm Clevei
Campaign to reduce fire losses through careful handling of contents
The National Fire Waste Council urges discipline in firefighting to curb damage to building contents. It trains fire crews to avoid unnecessary demolition and moisture, educates the public on safe waste disposal, and maps all fire calls, extinguishers, and exits to speed not hinder fires.
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Washington, D. C
United States
National Fire Waste Council
Council
King approves speech drafted by labor unionist in Lords
A Monday scene shows the King approving a speech written for him by Ramsay MacDonald, the labor unionist, as he reviewed it in the House of Lords. The remark contrasts British adaptability with a hypothetical American money king approving corporate policy written in the name of the ruler.
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House of Lords
Ramsay MacDonald
Mussolini Joins Berlin in Drive to Revise Versailles
Mussolini marks the eighth anniversary of his rise to power by accusing European nations of plotting another war. He aligns with Germany Hungary and other states calling for revision of the Versailles Treaties.
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Mussolini
Italy
Germany
Hungary
Government cheers sinking sub marines urged by England
Opinion notes that the government congratulates itself for sinking 30,000 tons of United States submarines on England’s suggestion, arguing that keeping the subs would have cost little and may be needed again as undersea boats may be rebuilt.
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United States
England
Canadian Congresswoman Agnes MacPhail Still Sees Peace Path
Washington dispatch profiles Agnes Campbell MacPhail, Canada's lone female MP, former Grey County teacher and farm bloc leader. She advocates a Department of Peace, criticizes tariff policies, citing U S and Canadian trade, and urges international cooperation amid economic strain.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Canada
House of Commons
Agnes Campbell MacPhail
Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom
Grey County
Ontario
United Farmers
Ottawa
Miss MacPhail
Fellowship of the Commons
Department of Peace
Parasite Figures in Business as Racketeer Threat Grows
When catching a whale you find parasites attached to it. Savage sharks carry smaller beasts on their bodies. American business faces racketeer parasites that threaten growth and stability.
Miniature golf racketeers kill business man in car
Detectives say Joseph Feurman refused to pay blackmail to miniature golf gang. They drove him in his own car, shot him dead, and dumped the body to intimidate others. Five large diamonds and cash were left behind, according to the report.
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Joseph Feurman
Britain seeks to curb Unknown Soldier ceremony rituals
The British government proposes diminishing or ending tomb of the Unknown Soldier performances. It argues the ceremonies fuel war spirit and burden visiting officials who must buy wreaths and rush to the tomb on arrival.
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Britain
War memorial thoughts fading as public weary of nonentities
A reflection on honoring unknown dead after long peace, noting the public's fatigue with outsiders using tombs as self advertisement and stressing that the deceased deserves proper rest regardless of identity.
More Truth Than Poetry Poem by James J. Montague
The Puzzle presents a verse portrait of animals and humans, praising the zebra ostrich and antelope for their peaceful nature while noting human violence and destruction. The poem contrasts calm wildlife with human aggression and laments ongoing harm to friends of man.
Europe’s Revised U S Estimate Topic At Bishop Talk
A talk by Bishop William F. Anderson of Cincinnati discussed Europe’s revised estimate of the United States. The venue featured observations on international views and U.S. status in the Methodist Episcopal context.
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Europe
United States
William F. Anderson
Cincinnati
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Marietta District Holds Missionary Convention in Athens
The Marietta District of the Foreign Missionary Society met at the Athens First M. E. Church with about 50 delegates in attendance.
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Marietta
The
Foreign Missionary Society
Athens First
M. E
Motion pictures show shooting of oil well
Officials of the Fryeil Company presented motion pictures depicting the shooting of an oil well by J. Maurice Hyde and W. E. Moorhead.
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J. Maurice Hyde
W. E. Moorhead
The
Fryeil Company
Ohio Varsity Team Travels to Pitt for Game
The Ohio Varsity football team left for an away game against the University of Pittsburgh. Engagement announced for Miss Gladys A Miller daughter of E F Miller to Edward Bartlett, connected with D Zenner Company.
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Ohio
University of Pittsburgh
Gladys A»miller
E. F E. Aunmuil
Edward Bartlett
D. Zenner Company
Information Bureau Q and A Answers from Washington
A Q and A column from Frederic J. Haskin lists questions about military travel speeds weather equinoxes glue violin Holland Tunnel paper money fur glazing and Britannia. It cites official sources and provides concrete figures and origins, including 12 miles a day for infantry columns and $4 000 000 000 annual Bureau of Engraving production.
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Rederic J. Haskin
Washington
Athens Phenemony Information Bureau
Frederic J. Balita
Washington, D.C
Field Service
U. S. Army
Holland Tunnel
Clifford M. Holland
Holland
Milton H. Freeman
Freeman
A. Singstad
United States Bureau of Engraving
Bureau of Engraving
W. C
Ontario’s liquor policy sparks debate on control versus sale
A speaker argues that lax enforcement under Ontario’s liquor regime mirrors prohibition failures. She claims government control becomes government sale when limits let people buy more than they can drink, harming personal liberties and public trust.
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Ontario
Hitler Leader of German Fascists Stripped of Citizenship
Adolf Hitler, chief of the German Fascists, is a Tyrol native who forfeited Austrian citizenship and never became German, thus leading a party in the Reichstag while technically being a stateless figure.
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Adolf Hitler
Record-breaking plant and cyclone demolish Estey building
An enormous plant 600 feet long stood stories high and employed two men during operation, reportedly erected in record time. On November 11 in Owosso Michigan a cyclone struck, demolishing the Estey Company building in three seconds.
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Owosso
Mich
Estey Compan
Blue bug life span and food impact noted
The text states the blue bug or chicken tie may live longer without food and suggests food causes harm. It mentions adult bugs can survive about three years without food and references confinement in tight wooden boxes. The note closes with “Tomorrow: The Laconic jmander.”
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Jmander
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Koko Kokko
Thomas M. Greary
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Frederic Haskin Washington
By Frederic J. Haskin
Movietone Managers
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James J. Montague
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Nick
Turkey
Floyd Gibbons
Tammany
Jones Farm
Fisher Station
D. R. McGill
Nelsonville
Athens County Board of Elections
J. D. Evans
State Regents Council
D. A. RR
Springfield
Circle H
Henry W. Elson
Author’s Club of Londons
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R. EL. O
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Charles II
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Hitler
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Estey Manufacturin
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