The Athens Messenger Adopts Historic Athens Area Coverage
The Athens Messenger publishes notice of its service area including Athens Nelsonville Glouster Logan Pomeroy Middleport Coolville and surrounding communities with carriage of national and regional news. Subscription rates are listed for carrier and mail delivery within Ohio.
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Ohio
GWE
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Logan-Pomeroy
Middleport
Coolville
Gandhi’s magnetism vs measures guides world leaders
The piece extols Mahatma Gandhi as a selfless, deeply loyal leader whose unwavering commitment to right dominates his personality. It notes nations’ reliance on his presence at the imperial conference and compares his influence to that of Moses, stressing self annihilation over personal gain.
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Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Jes Sa
India
England
Moses
Israel
Sentiment Lingers as Chicago Couple Reunites After 34 Years
Emma Martin, 80, of Chicago, and Norville Williams, 86, of Niles, Illinois, revived a 29 year marriage after a long separation and became a modern example that sentiment endures. The piece reflects on memories, family, and the social pull toward renewed union despite aging philosophic shifts.
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Sentiment
Emma Martin
Chicago
Norville Williams
Niles
Mrs. Williams
Carelessness and Neglect Highlighted in Tragic Losses
A fragmented passage laments drivers who cause crashes, negligent acts that spark fires, and weapons left accessible to children, arguing these acts reflect a broader failure to safeguard human life and prevent warfare.
New York Faces Crime Wave Fears Beset by Old Gangs
The article notes New York’s fear of a crime wave while arguing current Manhattan crime is not linked to organized mobs. It recalls Bowery and Five Points street groups, names like Monk Eastman and Mumpty Jackson, and borders around Chinatown turf as echoes of past gangland tactics.
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New York
Metropolis
Chicago
Manhattan
Crowley
Nickel Dance
Bowery
Hell's Kitchen
East Side
Bowery Belt
Monk Eastman
Mumpty Jackson
Blind flying defined and world facts quiz answers
An information bulletin explains blind flying using instruments like the earth indicator compass and notes the limits of accuracy. It lists popular card games, world population around 2 billion, Harlem's Dutch origins, Woodhead Tunnel history, Morse code, Europe linkage, lyric drama, Shakespeare vocabulary, and about 300 major motion pictures produced annually.
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Harlem
New York City
Haarlem
Holland
Peter Stuyvesant
Woodhead
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway
Great Central
London and Northeastern Railway
L. Q
British Isles
Europe
Shakespeare
Truth n Poetry on Golf Crises in Clubhouse
James J. Montague laments a shift from cordial locker room banter to bitter quarrels among club members over a new golf ball. The piece contrasts past camaraderie with current rancor as players argue about size control and performance while mocking each other’s skills.
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Fairway
Green
Endangered Innocents Highlight Fire and Care Errors
Fragmentary passage notes children buried in a potato patch with sacks over their faces to avoid suffocation in a forest fire. It points to dangers from unintentional neglect as well as organized crime, arguing that even the innocent are endangered by careless actions and lawbreakers.
A Thought For Today Verse Quotation
A compact devotional line quotes a biblical saying about difficulty for a rich man entering heaven, framing a moral reminder. The reference notes Matthew 19 24 or Mark 10 25. the aphorism signals humility and spiritual worth over wealth.
Believe It or Not Hurls No-Hit No-Run Game
A dramatic sports item highlights a rare baseball feat from 1931 featuring a no hit no run performance. The feature notes the astonishing pitching mastery and the reaction from fans and newspapers of the era.
Seagull Monument and Legless Champion Highlight Historic Feats
The Seagull Monument in Salt Lake City honors seagulls that saved pioneers from famine in 1848 when grasshoppers swarmed the area. Utah law protects the birds today. In Honolulu, Charles Zimmerman known as The Legless Wonder set a 100 hour endurance swim record at War Memorial Natatorium. Tomorrow’s feature promises a story on a ruler who allegedly executed 2000 prisoners daily.
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Great Salt Lake
Utah
Honolulu
Charles Zimmerman
War Memorial Natatorium
Zimmy
Standards in Civil Service by Frederik J Hal
The Civil Service Commission now requires more than typing skill for stenographers and typists. A general adaptability test, emphasizing career suitability, was added to improve government appeal to top young minds. The aim is to dispel views of government work as political patronage and to show paths to higher positions with stability.
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Frederik J. Hal
Washington, D. C
United States Civil Service Commission
Commission
Thomas E. Campbell
Civil Service Commission
Campbell
Council of Personnel Administration
The Athens Messenger Publishes New Official Road Map
The Athens Messenger issues a color 28x42 inch road map with a mileage chart and list of U.S. routes. It includes Canada Mexico and Cuba entry rules Red Cross first aid guidance safety rules and tour planning tips. Fifteen cents buys a copy through the Washington Bureau by coupon.
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U. S
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Red Cross
Athens Messenger
Washington
United States
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Attractors for Government Careers Noted by Students
A student questionnaire shows 70 percent value security of tenure in a government career, 58 percent cite substantial entrance salary, and 45 percent prefer relatively easy working conditions and hours.
Reading and reform threaded through contemporary press
The article notes debates over reading the public, citing Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Doctor Parkhurst. It mentions Cosmopolitan’s rising circulation and hints that Hall Caine and Wilcox are grouped with Parkhurst in discussions about a mild novel.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
New York
Doctor Parkhurst
Cosmopolitan
Hall Caine
American views on China's floods and river control
AN AMERICAN praises Chinese patience amid floods that left thirty million homeless and fifteen million destitute. The narrator notes China has not tamed the Yangtze, then admits the United States also lacks control of the Mississippi, but predicts machinery will eventually store surplus flood waters in inland seas for drought relief.
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China
Yangtze
Mississippi
William Boyce Thompson
Radio Promise Heard by Chemistry Experts in Buffalo
At Buffalo New York the American Chemical Society heard professors Smyth of Princeton Andrews of Johns Hopkins and Drury of Columbia declare that radio will enable men to hear sound across distances and advance scientific communication.
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Buffalo, N
Smyth
Princeton
Andrews
Johns Hopkins
Drury
Columbia University
Ohio University welcomes new president and family
Dr. E. B. Bryan assumed the Ohio University presidency moving from Hamilton New York with Mrs. Bryan and daughter Florence. The absent daughter Helen had wed Chester Sater in New York City.
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E. B. Bryan
Ohio University
Bryan
Florence Bryan
South Congress Street
Hamilton
N. Y
Julian
Pelham Manor
N.Y
Helen
Chester Sater
New York City
Twenty Years Athens School Board Meets Faces Changes
Athens school board members L G Worstell C M Capelana and Dr C S McDougall attended the meeting. Changes were made in teachers and the school year was set to open September 12. The article notes national coal output in 1910 and mentions local trips by Alex Cochran and the County Children's Home orphans on hay rides with his drayman helper.
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Ace Athens School Board
L. G. Worstell
C. M. Capelana
S. McDougall
Alex Cochran
Chilldren
Athens
Pike
Plains
Chauncey
Mr. Cochran
Disarmament Talks Face Optimism and France Stumbling Block
Washington weighs the Geneva General Disarmament Conference set for February 2. Officials see potential for real arms reduction but fear France’s stance could derail progress. Britain and Italy push for easing budgets and a Franco German rapproché, while Hoover signals readiness but seeks clear signs of cooperation.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Geneva
London
Stimson
France
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
Altho
Mussolini
Borah
Stold
Proper children foot care and shoe fitting guidance
Advisory on preventing flat foot in children through properly fitted shoes and exercises. It explains how toeing may cause imbalance, signs of flat foot, and steps including選 shoe style, fit, and gentle strengthening activities. The note cites an authority on children's foot care and advises careful selection of school shoes this fall.
The Music of Atoms and Stars in Ancient Thought
A historian notes that ancient descriptions spoke of a music arising from moving matter. It contrasts the modern view of molecular noise with the phrase that each atom sings its melody. It also recalls the ancients notion of music in the stars and celestial motion.
Man with A Plan to Hear Atoms and Suns
A speaker envisions man evolving to perceive both atomic and cosmic scales. One ear hears atoms, the other suns vastly larger than Earth, while one eye looks outward to the telescope and the other inward to the microscope. Both senses would map the neighborhood, though time is scarce.
Gandhi’s voyage sparks communal tension in India
The passage describes Gandhi traveling to Europe with a hand loom and simple gear while Hindus and Muslims clash. Hindu shops burn, a Mohammedan policeman is killed, and religious animosities flare as each group cites dietary and sectarian discord.
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Gandhi
Europe
Uncle Sam Looks to Bond Sale as Debt Looms
Uncle Sam offered 800 million in twenty year bonds at three percent and 300 million in short time certificates at one and one eighth percent. Both issues are expected to be heavily oversubscribed and bonds may trade at a premium, while worries over deficits are deferred.
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Uncle Sam
Emigration Surpasses Immigration in United States
Washington dispatch reports the labor department finds July immigration at 3 174 for aliens admitted, a 10.2 percent drop from June and half the prior year’s monthly average, while emigration runs twice the rate of arrivals with seven leaving for every three entering.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Labor Department
Department
4 H Club Winners to Be Announced Friday
Thomas Johnson Athens County extension agent says Ohio State Fair winner announcements will be made Friday. Twelve Athens County participants competed in events including a post mortem chick embryo demonstration by Edward Keirns and Addison Dixon who placed first in their group. The county also fielded girls' demonstration, livestock and dairy judging teams, a girls' model, and health representatives.
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Thomas Johnson
Athens County
Edward Keirns
Addison Dixon
Johnson
Columbus
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