The Athens Messenger History and Rates Summary
The Athens Messenger announces publication details under THE ATHENS MESSENGER & HERALD PRINTING CO. Gordon K. Bush as publisher, Charles H. Harris as editor, with memberships in major press associations. It lists circulation, advertising norms, obituary charges, and subscription rates for several Ohio counties.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Vinton
Washington
NO MORE APPOINTED JUDGES OPPOSED IN OHIO VOTING ISSUE
An editorial argues against a proposed amendment to appoint judges rather than elect them. It warns appointments lead to political favors and compromised judiciary independence, citing President Roosevelt and Ohio figures. The piece defends electoral selection as best for fair courts and criticizes would be appointive systems as undemocratic.
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Ohio
United States Supreme Court
Roosevelt
F. D
United States
Martin L. Davey
Ohio Supreme Court
Courts of Appeals
Common Pleas
Golden Age of Jails Sparks Pickens County Honor
A WPA and PWA funded feature highlights Pickens County Georgia winning the best jail of the year. White marble quarried locally forms a six foot long slabed structure weighing 1200 pounds per piece. Central tower controls steel doors and entrances. The piece notes broader world events and oddities from Athens Ohio to Lima Peru and London.
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WPA
PWA
Pickens County
Georgia
Munich
Athens County
Ohio
Behind the Scenes In Washington
New York writer critiques eastern transplants for avoiding manual labor and preferring white collar work and urban prestige. The piece notes their disdain for farmers and trades, and contrasts their self image with immigrant roots and homeland ties. It highlights class and assimilation tensions among new arrivals in New York society.
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New York
Sooners
GOP gains seen in upcoming House elections from Pegler report
The next House will hold more Republicans than now with estimates of 20 to 85 new seats, while many 1936 Roosevelt coalition Democrats face retirement. Key contests include John J. O Connor in New York and Bruce Barton in New York, with shifts expected across Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois Michigan New Jersey and California among others.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Maine
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
New Jersey
Connecticut
California
Indiana
Minnesota
Iowa
Kansas
South Dakota
New Hampshire
Colorado
Montana
John J. O'Connor
House Rules Committee
New York
James H. Fay
American Labor Party
O'Connor
Roosevelt
Fay
Bruce Barton
Walter H. Leibeman
George Backer
M. Stuart
Cleopatra Erection Timeline and Odd Eclipse Tale
The text notes Cleopatra's Needles dating to 1500 B C and Cleopatra’s birth in 69 B C, claims a 1935 solar eclipse in the south polar region ended a day early yet peaked at midnight, and mentions a Chicago postman discarding letters for tired feet, ending with a playful pun about saving his sole.
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Cleopatra
Heliopolis
Thethmes III
South Polar
Chicago
Public Forum letter urges unity and faith in Athens
The writer, signed Mrs Don Gabriel, laments discord and worldly temptations in Athens and urges readers to focus on Jesus, live honestly, pay debts, respect the Sabbath, and support the weak. She warns that division harms families and communities, and calls for Christian conduct and charity. Athens October 29.
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the Messenger
Jesus
House of God
Athens County
Court Street
Education and religion shape actions in life in Ohio
A letter argues that education, religion, and environment influence political choices and questions parochial schools. It warns that if such biases reach the Ohio Supreme Court or the Attorney General, officials would be required to defend the act, stressing the importance of present decisions.
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the Messenger
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Attorney General's Office
Supreme Court
P. Clark
Nelsonville
Shaft of Mine No 267 at Hun terdon Repair Underway
News item notes shaft at Ohio Collieries Company Mine No 267 in Hunterdon is being repaired before opening. Gleaners Class of Nelsonville M E Sunday School held a Halloween party at Thelma Howard's home with Imogene Brown Agnes Dailey Elmo Higgins Helen June Helen McKibben Gladys McAfee Esther Pyle Lois Skinner Marie Spencer Marie Calvin Gertrude Wend Marie Warehime and teacher Alice Caldweill in attendance. Guests included Miss Aileen Rauch and Miss Florence Poston with Mrs C H Sisson at the Rauch home.
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Ohio Collieries Company
Hunterdon
Gleaners
Nelsonville
M. E
Thelma Howard
Imogene Brown
Agnes Dailey
Elmo Higgins
Helen June
Helen McKibben
Gladys McAfee
Esther Pyle
Lois Skinner
Marie Spencer
Marie Calvin
Gertrude Wend
Marie Warehime
Alice Caldweill
Aileen Rauch
Columbus
Florence Poston
Ohio State University
C. H. Sisson
Frank X. Rauch
How ard Frame dies at sea en route to France in World War I
Twenty years ago word arrived that How ard Frame son of Dr and Mrs A R Frame Coolville died at sea en route to France in the Ordnance Dept. Other notes recount Y M C A Secretary Frank L Johnson in France, Private Earl F Mace in a base hospital, chrysanthemums sent to Columbus Children’s Hospital, and a Pleasanton and The Plains social visit by the Bobo and McPherson families.
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Howard Frame
A. R. Frame
Coolville
France
Ordnance Department
Earl F. Mace
Frank Mace
Richland Ave
Charlie and
Bell Brown
Children's Hospital
Columbus
Oklahoma State director cites liquor stores versus churches
Miss Lucille E. Hinshaw, Oklahoma State director of Scientific Temperance, told the national WCTU convention that there are 437,000 legalized liquor stores in the United States and only 245,000 churches.
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San Francisco
Lucille E. Hinshaw
Oklahoma
Scientific Temperance
WCTU
United States
Murder to Music serial unfolds with a musician suspect
Bob Tait and Donnie Feeley pursue a clue from a personals ad as musician George Weeks may hold the key to Myrna Dombey's murder. They pose as publishers in a hotel lobby while investigators watch Nelda Starr and Rogers, with Anne Lester and Myrna's fate looming.
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Myrna Dombey
Robert Tait
Anne Lester
Myrna
Dannie Feeley
Ludden Dombey
Tait
Donnie
George Weeks
Feeley
Pacific Plaza Hotel
G. K. Weeks
Weeks
Bob
Pacific Plaza
Nelda Starr
Dannie
Minneapolis
Rogers
Starr
the Claremont
Removal of Ashes of Soldier Triggers Row
BELLEFONTE PA. Descendants of Revolutionary War general Gen John Patton who was disinterred near State College for reburial on Armistice Day filed a warrant against Huntingdon Veterans of Foreign Wars. They seek the body returned to its original grave on the Wasson farm after a grave was opened without permission.
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Bellefonte
State College
Huntingdon
John Patton
George Washington
S. P. Wasson
Pneumonia Germs and Prevention Through Early Diagnosis
Dr Morris Fishbein explains there are many pneumonia germs with up to 22 types and notes most people carry nonvirulent strains. Sunlight can kill germs quickly while moist sputum allows survival longer. early diagnosis and hospital care improve survival. Prevention hinges on protecting resistance, avoiding alcohol excess, and reducing exposure.
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Morris Fishbein
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
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Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
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United Press
Ational Representatives
John W. Cullen Company
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Cleveland
Lima
Peru
London
By Westbrook Pegler
Fair
Westbrook Pegler
By Rodney Dutcher
the Public Forum
John
Tom
Jane
Bess
Don Gabriel
Lik
Jones
Henry Bobo
Betty Bobo
Pleasanton
G. E. McPherson
Will Bobo
the Plains
George Clark
Nard Jones
NEA Service, Inc
Donnie Feeley
Bob Tait
Mike
Mike Dunphy
Farnsworth
Elliott Farnsworth
Pacifico Plaza
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