Athens Messenger Publishing Notes 1604 to 1953
The Athens Messenger details its long publisher period from 1604 to 1953 and notes daily issuance with Saturday omission. Mentions offices and printing partners, distribution across Athens and surrounding communities, and references to staff and broader circulation including Chicago New York and General Motors sites.
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Estadtubes Beds
Frederich W Bush
Werk-Cay
Amd
Saleen LD
Athens
Enger & Printing CO
Gerke K Bish
Garris Manegue
Eccer
Joy in Married Life Quoted From Ecclesiastes 9 9
A brief verse influence cites Ecclesiastes 9 9 urging readers to live joyfully with their spouse. The line presents a marital theme framed as guidance for daily life and contentment.
Waiting for a Man to Die in Hitler Speech
The piece notes Adolf Hitler and the Nazi leadership in Germany issuing a violent prediction in a Berlin speech. It highlights Hitler’s claim of a looming hour and patience for Hindenburg’s death. The article mentions Hindenburg’s impending birthday and tributes from around the world amid domestic opposition acknowledging the wait for the elder man’s death.
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Hitler
Germany
Berlin
Hindenburg
Steamship Lines Confront Truck Competition on Coast
The Eastern Steamship Lines will discontinue the Boston to Portland service after a century due to motor truck competition. Shippers increasingly favor trucks, forcing steamers to retire as profits shrink. Other coastwise and inland river operators feel similar pressure, signaling possible government regulation of motor truck traffic.
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Eastern Steamship Lines
Boston
Portland
Grohar Brothers Build New Joliet Store After Debt Plan
Antoine and John Grohar, Joliet grocers, faced eviction when their lease expired and clients could not pay. They offered 59 cent credit hour wages to creditors, enabling unemployed mill workers to construct a new store on land the brothers owned, leaving all parties better off.
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Antoine
John Grohar
Joliet, Lll
Brothers Grohar
Bold plan to spur rail and auto growth through super highways
Edward A. Filene urged the New York Board of Trade to open the nation’s roads with a vast system of highways to make motor transport cheaper and faster. He argued this would stimulate railroads by supplying worthy competitors and boost prosperity through cheaper transportation, highway construction stimulus, and new automobile markets.
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Filene
Texas Ratifies Lame Duck Amendment To Move Inaugurals
A newspaper note praises Texas for adding its ratification to the proposed constitutional amendment shifting presidential inaugurals and congressional session openings from March to January. Fifteen states have ratified. twenty one more are needed. The piece urges rapid action in remaining states and frames delay as partisan.
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Texas
U. S
As You Go So Goes the Nation
Merle Thorpe in Nation's Business argues bad times have scientific value and the nation can overcome a perceived saturation point. He praises enterprise paired with imagination and notes small businesses will lead with new ideas, serving the public and renewing the domestic market.
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Emerson
Merle Thorpe
Dorothy Dix Warns On Marital Life And Perils Of Change
A group discusses marriage ideals and downsides of changing partners over time. A husband recalls marrying a beautiful, pampered wife and realizing she became selfish after years of emphasis on appearance, while he endured hardship to fund her fashion.
Unhappy marriages and missed chances in a troubled union
Read as a first person reflection, two men recount failed marriages their regrets at not building a home and the burdens of in laws and dependency. They lament lack of partnership, blame themselves, and describe a life of wandering, no children, and constant financial and emotional strain.
Family finances strain as wife sends money to relatives
A narrator describes endless household requests for operations and clothes, while a wife sends housekeeping money to her relatives. The pattern leaves the speaker with little for outings, and criticism of the son in law’s role echoes the sense of financial scramble.
Wife Submits to Mother in Law Overrules Household
Dorothy Dix cites a wife who yields to her mother in law in family decisions, with the husband feeling his opinions carry no weight and the mother dictating the household. The letter highlights strain between wife, husband, and mother in law.
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Dorothy DIX
Teach Children to Avoid Malice and Gossip
The Sage argues that training children away from malice is essential. He cites jealousy, delight in others misfortune, and gossip as social poisons. He suggests stopping all hearsay from elders and teaching children to see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil.
Tax reform talk at Columbus sparks debate on delinquent taxes
Yale professor Fred R. Fairchild warned that current tax collection methods foster delinquency and called for simpler, stricter enforcement. He urged appointment of tax officers, abolishing fees, centralized bills, and installment plans while tomes of resolutions proposed uniform apportionment, reciprocal tax administration, and public expenditure controls.
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Athens
Idaho Governor Gooding’s citizenship uproar ends in Senate entry
A historic cartoon notes Idaho Governor Frank R. Gooding born in England in 1859 rose to Governor in 1904 1906 and after naturalization delays entered the U S Senate by appointment in 1921. The piece contrasts his noncitizen status with his long political career and death in 1928. It also mentions Bonner's Ferry typist Richard Myers winning a typing marathon with 48282 words in eight hours and previews twenty four one round knockouts tomorrow.
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Frank R. Gooding
Tiverton
England
United States
Idaho
United States Senate
Gooding
Senate
Richard Myers
Bonner’s Ferry
Myers
Grace McKee hosts bridge party for forthcoming marriage
Miss Grace McKee and Miss Otha Beasley entertained for Miss Doris Nye and Mr Charles Woodworth who are to wed on September 23. The event at the Colonial included a women-only bridge game and a dinner with Phi Delta Theta brothers present. Ohio University held a large mixer in the Armory hosted by Y M and Y W C A, with Dr Bryan urging student effort toward the college. Clinton Bean and wife announce birth of son Clinton Orland.
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Grace McKee
Otha Beasley
Doris Nye
Charles Woodworth
Miss McKee
Phi Delta Theta
Mr. Woodworth
Ohio University
Y. M
G. Bryan
Rauch and Kerr Post Scores in Atlantic City Trap Event
Frank X. Rauch scored in Atlantic City trap shooting from 22 yards while Homer Kerr of Gallipsis posted a score of 83 in the same event.
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Frank X. Rauch
Atlantic City
Homer Kerr
Gallipsis
Maine Vote Brings Smith to Fore
Washington reports that Democratic prospects for an upcoming November victory look brighter after Maine elections. The results surprised leaders in both parties and eroded Republican momentum, though analysts caution Maine is not a definitive national barometer.
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Maine
Smith
Washington
TNE V.veertui Lupe
Billy Evans to Cover World Series on Messenger Sport Page
Billy Evans plans a sequence of sport articles for The Messenger on the upcoming World Series. The Near East conflict has Turkish actions against Greek and Armenian Christians framed as a holy war by Mohammedans against Christianity.
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Billy Evans
Messenger Sport
Bank Construction Slowed by Quicksand Delays
Athens National Bank construction runs 30 days late as quicksand halts sinking of west and north foundations. Heavy vaults of steel and cement are being poured to resume progress.
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Athens National Bank
Asia Minor Struggles Seen as Old World Intrigue Phase
The piece argues that tensions in Asia Minor are a temporary phase in ongoing Old World intrigues since the end of World War I, asserting that the United States will not participate.
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Asia Minor
United States
Hoovers Lick Question Remains As Election Nears
The piece notes persistent anti Hoov er sentiment among many voters and predicts a possible Roosevelt Garn er victory or a Democratic Congress, citing Maine results and the impact of stock market gains. It highlights the uncertain, evolving political landscape as election day approaches.
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Maine
Athens Home Telephone hosts Southwestern Ohio managers
Dr. C. L. Jones manager and attaches of Athens Home Telephone Company will host managers and wire chiefs of Southwestern Ohio telephone companies. A morning meeting and dinner will conclude with an afternoon at the Athens Fair and Races.
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C. L. Jones
Athens Home Telephone Company
Ohio
Athens
Horses enter largest field for Athens County speed event
A record field of horses competes in the speed contest at the Athens County Fair showcasing larger and better exhibits than previous years.
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Athens County
Ohio University Dramatic Club Plans Fall Play
The Ohio University Dramatic Club met to organize the year. Prof. H. R. Pierce was named temporary chairman. A play titled The Adventure of Bob will be staged in October.
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Ohio University Dramatic Club
H. R. Pierce
Bob
Clerk Sidney Sherrard Moves to Hotel Berry
Sidney Sherrard, longtime clerk at the Dent House in Nelsonville, has accepted a similar post at Hotel Berry after several years at the Dent House.
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Sidney Sherrard
Dent House
Nelsonville
Berry
Aviator abandons all aeroplane acts at Athens County Fair
Captain J. B. Alien returns from six weeks at Mackinac Island and lake trip. The aviator says conditions of the surrounding country were misrepresented to him at the Athens County Fair. Secretary Haning is not blamed.
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J. B. Alien
Mackinac Island
Athens County
Haning
Government allocates 500000 for road improvements
The national government has appropriated 500000 for improving country roads. Dr W A Matheny of Ohio University will lecture on the house fly at the moving picture show and answer insect questions. Del Sherrard of Mae La Porte Company performs at the Opera House this week. he is Sidney Sherrard’s brother. J D Brown buys a Peerless touring car of the latest model and equipment.
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W. A. Matheny
Ohio University
Mae la Porte
Opera House
del Sherrard
Sidney Sherrard
J. D. Brown
Lamp lit until repeal urged by prohibition reform group
Members of the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform urge every home to keep a lamp lighted until repeal is accomplished. The remark prompts questions about whether husbands should join the glow. Some colleges require students to play in athletic games while many colleges have others.
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Women’s Organization For National Prohibition Reform
Then as now editor on Sunday liquor laws
Thirty years ago Theodore Roosevelt led opposition to Sunday closing laws with the refrain that the poor needed beer on Sundays, while supporters argued enforcement harmed the poor and benefited rich brewers. The piece frames repeated debates on legality, crime, and policing in a historical lens.
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the Messenger
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt
New York City
Details of Railway Labor Pact Talks Revealed
New York Sept 16 final details of the railroad labor movement to take effect after the present agreement expires are to be worked out at a meeting of managers of four eastern roads.
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New York
Tod
Licking County Tuberculosis Hospital Opens in Welsh Hills
Patients will be received starting today at the Licking County Tuberculosis Hospital in Welsh Hills near Newark. The facility begins operating as a new health care site serving the local population.
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Newark
Licking County Tuberculosis Hospital
Welsh Hills
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