The Athens Messenger Publication Details and Rates
The Athens Messenger published weekdays with one morning edition, printed by The Athens Messenger & Printing Co. Gordon K. Bush as Publisher and Gen Mgr, Charles Harris as Managing Editor. Subscriptions: by carrier and mail in Ohio with weekly, monthly, and discounted long-term rates. obituary and card of thanks notices available.
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Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
Athens Ssenger & Iierato Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr Charles @. Harris
Rcan Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Associated Ohio Dailies
Inland Daily Press Association
Associated Press
John W. Cullen
Chicago
New York
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Athens
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Opportunity in Southeastern Ohio fruit growing signals future farming specialization
The piece highlights Southeastern Ohio apple orchards in Lawrence and Jackson Counties, noting strong yields and high quality fruit. It praises soil suitability, stresses long-term care, accurate grading, and fair dealing, and urges farmers to commit time and money for rewarding returns.
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Ohio
Lawrence
Jackson
West
Ill-Considered Result of Strikes on Substitutes
An analysis notes how the public accepts substitutes during coal industry strikes and may cling to them after the strike ends. Gas and oil, soft coal replacing hard coal, textiles, and other substitutions erode the original market, leaving products unsold or unprofitable. The piece argues substitutes outlast the strike and clear air returns only after disruption.
Widow of Speaker Rainey Declines House Candidacy
Mrs. Rainey widow of the late speaker of the House announces she will not seek to succeed her husband reversing a recent pattern. She had served as secretary and understands Washington politics but cites lack of qualification and avoids sentimentality influencing elections. The piece praises the decision as prudent for good government.
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Rainey
House of Representatives
Motorists Call For Truck Regulation On Narrow Roads
A Southeastern Ohio reader argues that highways built for private cars and farmers are overwhelmed by heavy freight vehicles. He predicts motorists will demand truck and bus size limits and higher taxes as roads grow rougher and passing becomes unsafe.
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Ohio
Patronage debate shows half of old civil servants kept
Washington report compares Hoover and New Deal directories revealing that the New Deal retained about half of the prior senior staff, with many career employees in Agriculture and State Departments. Farley’s Post Office shows about one third of old names kept. White House retains two of five. A British model of career officials is praised as stabilizing governance.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
New Deal
Farley
Troover
Agriculture
White House
Thirty-fourth Street
Lacy’s
Chintz
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Westchester
Park Avenue
Bronx
Chelsea
Queens
Teaneck
Far East War Talk and U S Involvement Risk
A leading American authority on Far Eastern affairs warns there is no immediate danger of U S Japan Russia war but notes the volatile Japanese mood. He cautions about potential Japanese actions, the Shanghai crisis near clash, and uncertain gains from current moves to ease relations.
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United States
Japan
Russia
Shanghai
Road users face risks from berm driving by big trucks
An observer argues that motorists on rough roads risk injury by trucks and that the responsibility falls to road owners to improve conditions, noting trucks rarely leave the road shoulder and danger is shared by all.
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Berm
Double Life of Brick Reuse Frustrates Area Officials
Officials across the region face the challenge of utilizing old bricks removed from state highways and city streets. Athens typifies the demand as new streets spark reuse of bricks for alleys and side streets, decided by first come first served bids. The cost of cindered streets and hills influences local budgets, highlighting brick value in this state.
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Athens
Hitler’s Grip Relies on Propaganda Amid German Shortages
The piece argues Hitler maintains power through propaganda as Germany faces severe food and material shortages. It cites reliance on media to sway a regimented population, warns dictatorship endures only with press control and limited free speech.
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Teutons
Hitler
Germany
Family Outing and Reunions Spotted in Local Notes
Ten years ago local social updates report Mr and Mrs Dow Grones and kin heading to Sand Lake Michigan for a week while Frost family members held a reunion at the Morrison residence near Stewart. Christine Courtney hosted a 6 o'clock dinner with guests Bery Fisher and Maude Howe.
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Dow Grones
Dow, Jr
F. 8. Grones
Harriett F. Carr
Florence Walton
Sand Lake, Michigan
Frost
D. F. Morrison
Stewart
Athens remembers undertaker first motor hearse in town
Twenty years ago the town noted C. Newsom buying a motor hearse, the first used in Athens. Mrs Emmett Carpenter was guest of honor at a bridal shower hosted by fifteen friends. County officials Henry Hatch and H T Phillips attended the Ohio State Fair for two days. Mrs T L Morgan and three children went to Pittsburgh to visit Mr and Mrs Ervin Merwin. Bertha Buxton returned to Manhattan Kansas to teach at the Agricultural College. J B Fulton and son Oscar left for Columbus, with Oscar planning a Gulf States sales trip for D L Auld Company.
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Newsom
Athens
Emmett Carpenter
Mr! Street
Henry Hatch
H. T. Phillips
T. L. Morgan
Pittsburgh
Ervin Merwin
J. B. Fulton
Oscar
Columbus
Oscar Fulton
Gulf States
D. L. Auld Company
Magic Half Hour for Smooth School Mornings
Olive Roberts Barton argues for a disciplined family routine to start schooldays right. She notes mothers shoulders most of the prep while fathers must share sacrifices, and stresses a fixed morning half hour, proper breakfasts, and walking to school to support nourished, alert children.
Quotations From Military Figures At Bethany Beach
A collection of remarks from Lord Edward Montagu and Gen. Hugh Johnson at Bethany Beach highlights discontent with rest and the intrusion of public scrutiny. Montagu compares options to the Foreign Legion while Johnson faces persistent inquiry during a vacation.
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French Foreign Legion
Lord Edward Montagu
Gen
Hugh Johnson
Bethay Beach
Del
Messenger Public Forum Highlights Music Without Wine Debate
An Athens reader praises a Cleveland concert at Municipal Auditorium during the Sixth Annual National Gymnia, marveling at how fine music thrives without wine or beer and recalling old Welsh friends who drank little yet produced great art. The letter reflects on culture, temperance, and aging.
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Cleveland
Municipal Auditorium
Crack-It Up Johnson O plea for higher pay
Edna Harpold from Chester writes about cost of living and wage gaps between employers and workers. She contrasts a raise offered to Mr Johnson with the hardships facing farmers and laborers who toil long hours for insufficient pay. The letter condemns rising expenses and taxes impacting everyday living.
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the Messenger
Mr. Johnson
Edna Harpold
Chester
Heart and Emotions Influence on the Heart and Fainting
The article explains how emotions can affect heart function leading to fainting with sight, sound, odor, or thought. It discusses shell shock, anxiety related heart responses, and the need to distinguish actual heart disease from emotional cases. It notes serious heart pain after emotional upset and the proper treatment approaches for physical versus emotional cases.
Reforestation Pioneer Planting York Forest in Athens County
Colonel Richard Enderlin of Carbondale Coal Company began reclaiming waste coal lands around 1906 to establish York Forest. Located in Waterloo and York Townships near State Route 56, the 200 acre forest now holds about 300,000 young pines grown at ten cents each. Melvin Doolittle oversees the forest and a fire tower, with an European Larch planted in 1908 named for Enderlin.
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Athens County
Richard Enderlin
Carbondale Coal Company
York Forest
Waterloo Township
York Township
Melvin Doolittle
Pioneer Coal Company
Carbondale
The First Boycott and The Chick Problem
The text explains the origin of boycott from Captain Cheries C Boycott, land agent for Lord Erne, and how tenants organized in 1880 to ostracize him. It then discusses the chick birth problem in hatching, noting the chick’s self-driven emergence from the shell and related questions about sitting hens and birth. Tomorrow: A
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Boycot
Boycott
Cheries C. Boycott
Lord Erne
County Mayo
Ireland
Irish Land League
Captain Boycott
O&tracisa
Tion
Wal
Boots of Larchneck Faces Hard Times and New Marital Turn
Boots Raeburn, 18, a stylish Larchneck resident, is snubbed by Sylvia Rivers and quits the Juniors amid gossip. After a hasty marriage to Russ Land, a swimming instructor, she confronts poverty in New York while seeking work at Lacy's and planning a bid to join her husband in Miami.
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Boots Raeburn
Sylvia Rivers
Sylvia
Boots
Larchneck
New York
Russ Land
MES
Raeburn
Russ
Seon Boots
Isabel Hathway
Miami
America
Greenwich Village
Florida
Lacy
Mrs
Hersel
Radio City
Coty
Paris
Garre
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Pleasant City
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Olive Roberts Barton
Baby
Harry
Bridge
Austins
Messenger Public Forum
Crack
Johnson
DR. Morris
Virtud
Gracias
Honduras
Demetrio Ortiz
Los Angeles
Amable
Bernard Pleis
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Charles
Ana
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