Newspaper record tainted by OCR of Athens area paper
Fragmented page item lists circulation terms and contact lines for a Southeastern Ohio newspaper serving Athens Nelsonville Glouster Logan including Pomeroy Middleport Coolville Gallipolis. It shows association memberships and subscription rates with post office filing notes and addresses.
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Ohio
Athens
Nelsonville
Glousterlogan
Pomeroy
Middleport
Coolville
Gallipolis
Chinese Descendant Traces Line to Confucius Seventy Seventh
A Peiping woman proves direct lineage to Confucius, covering nearly two millennia. The dispatch notes that this ancient ancestry dwarfs Western genealogies and European noble claims in the view of Chinese culture.
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China
Peiping
Confucius
Balloon Race Perils Highlight James Gordon Bennett Story
The Bennett race sent two balloon teams to perilous flights. A Polish balloon landed in Canadian wilderness with occupants believed dead until they surfaced alive. The second balloon drifted at sea and was found in an Ontario forest exhausted and bruised.
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Thor
Ihs
Ontario
Labor Secretary Perkins Seeks Child Health Conference
Labor Secretary Frances Perkins plans a conference of child health leaders in Washington on October 6 under the Children's Bureau to address widespread child malnutrition, inadequate medical care, and poor housing that afflict about one-fifth of U.S. children. The meeting aims to map practical steps to improve health and living conditions nationwide.
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Labor
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
Epidemic of strikes tests labor and industry resolve
The piece frames a surge in strikes as a national challenge to industry and labor amid the Recovery Act era. It urges fair leadership, patience, and commitment to collective bargaining to avoid catastrophe and move toward a new era of accord between employers and workers.
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Federal
National Labor Board
Dexbor
Price of Happy Marriage
A Los Angeles trial questioned whether a former movie star stole a young woman's husband. The proceedings reveal a depressing misconception of marriage and a lack of understanding of its underlying dynamics, with advice and reactions reflecting society’s misplaced views on relationships.
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Los Angeles
Dear Miss Dix Advice on Dull Wife vs. Ambitious Lover
A distressed husband asks Dorothy Dix whether to divorce his frugal wife who neglects fashion and personal upkeep in favor of savings. He admires a cultured, attractive rival and seeks guidance on keeping step with his spouse or pursuing the other woman. The column urges addressing issues and weighing value beyond appearances.
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Paris
Miss DIX
New Type of Sleeping Sickness Reported by medical experts
Dr Morris Fished reports a new epidemic encephalitis in St Louis with 700 plus cases and about 20 percent mortality. The illness resembles poliomyelitis more than classic epidemic encephalitis and spreads via unclear routes while carriers may transmit infection.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Health Magazine
St. Louis
United States Public Health Service
United States Army Medical Corps
About Your Children By Olive Roberts Barton
A short scene depicts a kitchen power struggle between Caroline and a maid, with Caroline defiant and the maid earning a reprimand. The mother defends the girl, urging patience and care, while Jennie tolerates the maid to avoid family tension. Caroline resists bedtime as tensions over control and routine unfold.
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Olive Roberts Barton
Caroline
Jennie
Mrs. Lake
Lake
War Against Unfair Prices Pushed
Washington reports a broad push to curb unfair pricing as recovery depends on consumer real purchasing power. The NSA Consumers' Advisory Board, under Dr. Dexter M. Keezer, seeks price and cost disclosures at code hearings and consumer representation in codes. Efforts target price fixing, fuel profiteering, and meat packers' books access, with Howe's Consumers' Guide detailing price spreads in 51 cities.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington, D. C
NSA
Consumers’ Advisory Board
Dexter M. Keezer
Ickes
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
George Peek
Consumers
Fred C. Howe
Wallace
Howe
Items of Interest From a Busy Aviation and Society Page
The collection notes a trimmed London Capetown air journey now ten days, with plans to reach nine. counts 63 licensed pilots and 855 unlicensed gliders in the U S, plus Canadian pilots and aircraft stats. It mentions Jamaica sea airport schooling and a aviation shrine at River side Mission Inn, California. Also reports gasoline tax rises in Arizona and Oregon, a U S Naval Hydrographic Office world air routes map, and a rise in U S automobile exports in early 1938. The text closes with a brief domestic anecdote about a young girl and a maid reflecting on kindness and propriety.
Public Notice on Contributor Signatures and Address Requirements
Reminder that unsigned letters are not considered for publication. Contributors must include name and full address as evidence of good faith, per the editor.
Go West Young Md HORIZON Puzzle Fragment
A damaged OCR puzzle page asks “Who is the man in the picture” and lists clues for across and down entries. Mentions 1848 presidential context, a man widely circulated as a candidate, and notes on a pictured figure and various word clues.
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U.S
Biddison Family Tour Through East to Richmond Coast
Editor Messenger Mr and Mrs S J Biddison and children Thomas and Ruth describe a ten day trip by car and ferry from Huntington and Charleston through the Allegheny and Appalachian Mountains to Richmond Yorktown Jamestown and Virginia Beach. They note storm damage to bridges and streets as they visited ruins relic rooms fortresses and battlefields around Petersburg and Ocean View for a vivid travel sketch.
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Messenger
S. J. Biddison
Thomas
Ruth
East
Richmond
Huntington
Charleston
Allegheny
Appalachian Mountains
Gauley Mt
Hawks Nest
Lovers Leap
White Sulphur Springs
Covington
Lexington
Lynchburg
Petersburg
Jamestown
Robert Hunt
The
Christian Church In America
Yorktown
Fortress Monroe
James River
Ocean View
Atlantic Ocean
Virginia Beach
Norfolk
Suffolk
The Astral Influences A Very Active Birth Day
The reading predicts exciting stimulus for the day with rapid progress after a favorable news tone. It notes speculation investment and new projects should thrive, with elders and those in power aiding ambitions and a brilliant versatile child born today. Notable nativity: Upton Sinclair.
Dozen Die In Ohio Traffic Tragedy Report
A series of fatal traffic accidents in Ohio left many dead and several injured. The crashes include Elyria residents among the deceased and injuries to multiple others in Cincinnati and surrounding areas. Names heard in reports include Mrs. Sarah Miller and Elmer Hornyak, with ages and locales listed amid the casualties.
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Elyria
Cincinnati
Sarah Miller
Elmer Hornyak
Sacatash
Johns
Bumpers Must Obstruct Traffic Warning Issued
Sheriff Charles J. Brennan warns that bumpers must not conceal license tags. A letter to the Motor Vehicles Commissioner notes new cars with bumper clips obscuring tags. Violations carry fines up to ten dollars.
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Charles &J
Sher
Commissioner of Motor
Brennan
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Rald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charles H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio Sect List Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Ohio Dailies
Inland Daily Press Association
United Press Associations
John Cullen Michean
We Chicago
Fifth Ave
New Neter
Ena Motors
Troit
Mel
Oughly
Ment
Dorothy DIX
Selma
Ripley
Lazier
James Sf
Gennaro
Beneventum
Naples
Hamilton
Second National Bank of Cincinnatti
Louis
DR. Morris
London
Capetown
United States
Jamaica, N
Canada
Mission Inn
Riverside
California
Arizona
Oregon
U. S. Naval Hydrographic Office
the Messenger
Rich
J. John's Church
Virginia
Henry
Vernon
Washington
Capitol
Skyline Drive
Shenandoah Valley
Burg
Pi Wheeling
Marietta
Estel Stewart
Young Md
Wardle
Eter
By Genevieve Kemble
Upton Sinclair
Cley
United Pry
Roy
Chatham
Grim
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