The Athens Messenger Editorial Details and Rates
The Athens Messenger provides weekday editions with a Sunday morning issue from Athens Ohio. It serves five counties in Southeastern Ohio and lists subscription rates by carrier and mail, along with advertising data and association memberships.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charlies H. Harris
Ohio
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Logan
Pomeroy
Middleport
Coolville
Gallipolis
Fight Months of Muddling in Ohio Tax Debate
The Ohio Legislature faces a persistent tax muddle as delays and stopgap measures strain government funding. Schools suffer from delinquencies and districts weaken while new nuisance taxes and a general retail sales tax gain traction. Legislators resume hearings this week to discuss temporary school measures, with calls for a broad tax plan once leaders present the facts to the public.
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Ohio
Columbus
First Steps Under the New Deal in Industry
A newspaper view on the National Recovery Act era noting hard first steps in balancing capital and labor. It praises frank talks between leaders, a move toward mutual responsibility, and a plan to ensure fair returns for both sides to sustain the American standard of living.
Meddling in Cuba and American policy doubts
The nation backed Roosevelt’s good neighbor stance as Cuban unrest prompted dispatch of US warships. Critics warn that landing marines to shape Cuban government amounts to meddling and would fail to justify intervention. Americans seek to protect lives and property without dictating Cuba’s fate.
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Roosevelt
United States
New Vigilantes Commander urges Legion to fight graft
Louis Johnson tells the New York American Legion convention to pressure the national government to root out graft corruption fraud and extravagance. He notes such flaws exist more in government than in state and city bodies and urges the Legion to keep vigilance and information alive to aid public life.
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Louis Johnson
New York
American Legion
Legion
Johnson
Domestic versus wild flapper debate in Dorothy Dix column
Dorothy Dix argues men chase glamorous wives over domestic ones for impulse and novelty. She contends the fair outcome is a wife who can reinvent herself and home life, while warning the real problem lies with impractical choices and unequal expectations. In a second letter, she urges patience and mutual support over divorce when a husband struggles financially.
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Miss DIX
Dorothy DIX
Teaday's Cartoon Maps Rail Network Across the Nation
A dated cartoon notes a lucrative shipping ports theme on San Francisco Bay with rails extending to Kansas City Birmingham Pensacola and beyond. It contrasts proximity to San Francisco with Ellsworth Kansas as the nearest point at 1500 miles and teases tomorrow's feature The Longest Lease In The World.
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Teaday
San Francisco Bay
Kansas City
Birmingham
Pensacola
Florida
Menard
Texas
San Francisco
Ellsworth
Kansas
Brown and Davis Return From European Tour
Mr J D Brown and his grandson James B Davis returned from an extended tour of Europe. The item notes other local topics including a Washington County Cow Test second place, trips to Columbus and New York, a 20 years ago item about Amesville Sunday Schools, and Ohio University fall term enrollment of 700.
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J. D. Brown
James B. Davis
Europe
States Rights Debate Sparks ABA Meeting
At a Grand Rapids meeting Pat Malloy urged centralizing police powers in the Federal government to combat rackets and push crime policy nationwide. The convention endorsed a report opposing the Federal child labor amendment, arguing the issue should stay with the states.
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American Bar Association
Grand Rapids
Mich
U.S
Pat Malloy
Executive Committee
Milk Agreements Stir Debate In New Deal Circles
In Washington, Dr. Clyde L. King, head of the AAA dairy section, faces criticism for milk distribution deals favoring middlemen at the expense of farmers and consumers. The piece recounts King’s background, Pinchot connections, and his stance on books-only cost learning, while also noting NRA code debates and public works planning challenges.
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Washington, D. C
Clyde L. King
King
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot
Revenue
Public Utility Commission
AAA
About Your Children By Olive Roberts Barton
A columnist contemplates a seven year old boy who stole a watch and was punished by isolation for a week. The piece notes wide opinions on parenting and stresses that no two children or situations are alike. It mentions a nurse in the boy’s case and says the author holds no brief.
Ringing in the Ears Explained by Dr Fisher? Fishbein
Dr Morris Fishbein summarizes ringing in the ears noting it is usually heard only by patients but can be heard by a doctor with a stethoscope in four cases. Causes include spasmodic muscle contractions near the Eustachian tube and vascular pulsations. Treatments range from avoiding head position to surgical options, sedation, or addressing middle ear inflammation and fluid movement.
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Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
The
Health Magazine
Samuel Igiauer
If It Were My Child I Would Think First
The writer argues parents share moral training with nurses and maids, not abandoning duty. He considers reasons behind a child’s misdeed, questions motive, and contemplates strict or reflective response based on past discipline and parental influence.
Famous murder trial attorney pictured in crossword clues
Puzzle references a renowned defense lawyer who defended a capital case. Clues point to a prominent figure linked to major trials and high-profile legal battles within the era, drawing attention to his role on the side of the prosecution or defense in landmark cases.
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Blackbird
Orient
Athens County August report shows fund overdrafts and strong general fund
Athens County Auditor J. Clyde Edmundson reports a August ending balance of 361 319 89 with the undivided general fund at 340 112 28 and bond and interest at 26 680 88 Overdrafts exist in six funds totaling 75 473 64 including road repair and trust funds Receipts and disbursements in August produced various fund movements with several overdrafts and a complex treasury picture amid a cosmetic stamps note trailing off.
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Athens
County Board of Education
Board of Education
Balance of Funds Reported Across Municipal Accounts
The record shows multiple fund balances and disbursements including a claimed cost balance of 6.70 with a 4.05 surplus carried, a depleted Undivided and Township Motor Vehicle Fund at 18,652.19, and smaller carryovers for other funds. Receipts reduced the public relief fund to 1,026.45 and 2,759.99 carried over with a total exemption fund of 3,160.98. district health fund disbursements 583.32 leaving no balance. Continuous balances in inheritance and cease funds are noted with limited receipts and disbursements. The grand balance of funds remains to be determined.
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Pooret
Southeastern Ohio teachers present choral and orchestral program
A chorus of 600 voices and an orchestra of 125 pieces from Southeastern Ohio schools perform under directors Prof. Joseph A. Leeder and Prof. Weigel at the Jackson event on October 27. The program features Coronation The Prophet Gavotte non The Heavens Resound and pieces like A Hunting We Will Go Water Boy and Where'er You Walk.
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Jackson
Southeastern
Southeastern Ohio
Joseph A. Leeder
Weigel
Ohio
Glenden A. Cagg
Billy Belita
Riv
Benefit Chicken Dinner Sponsored by Ladies' Aid
A benefit chicken dinner is set for 5 o'clock organized by the Ladies' Aid Society of the Alexander Presbyterian Church, scheduled for Friday September 22. Proceeds support church work and community outreach.
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Alexander Presb
Homecoming at Rocky Point Schoolhouse announced
Harmony school invites participation as locals prepare a noon basket dinner with Cora Hawk, secretary, announcing the event and welcoming old friends.
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Rocky Point
Harmony School
Cora Hawk
Pincelli Wins County Courthouse Contract
Gabriel Pincelli secured the contract to supply Athens County Courthouse with gravel. Commissioners received the bid to furnish No. 6 lump at eighty dollars per ton.
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Gabriel Pincelli
Athens County
Consioners
F Pincelli
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