The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co Announcement
The Athens Messenger established 1825 published weekdays except Saturday with a Sunday edition by The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co Gordon K Bush publisher and general manager Charles H Harris managing editor. Rates listed for carrier and mail in several Ohio counties.
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Prederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charles H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Tax Truths Break On Spending
An opinion argues that the United States uses invisible taxes to fund spending, citing cigarette and beer taxes and hidden levies on gasoline and retail sales. It compares American and British income tax thresholds, noting 70 percent of taxes are indirect, and urges daily public education to curb spending.
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Great Britain
John T. Flynn
Twentieth Century Fund
New York
The Modern War Method in Japanese Strategy
A critical article denounces Japan as revealing planned bombardment of Chinese cities. It argues the tactic harms civilians in Nanking and mocks the idea of wartime precautions as deliberate cruelty.
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China
Nanking
Germanys Fearsome Air Raid Drill Reveals Public Duty
A World War era German demonstration shows Berlin placards instructing citizens on air raid procedures with fines and imprisonment for not joining in. The piece weighs the potential benefits of self protection against government control and possible creep toward broader domination by a dictatorship.
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Germany
Berlin
Europe
Behind the Scenes in Washington Exposes Campaign Cash Traces
A 1936 congressional renomination case reveals how campaigns used personal funds, multiple names on checks, and cash to pay for postage, advertising, and primary expenses. The article notes potential bribery implications and the murky accounting behind political campaigns.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
House
Telegraph Company
Hugh Johnson Defends Reforms Against One Man Rule
In a New York City column, Hugh Johnson argues there is no popular demand to replace Congress with a one man government. He cites farm price stability labor rights banking decency and relief of suffering as goals voters want, while dismissing revolutionary executive power changes.
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New York City
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
Hugo Black
Berlin
Rome
Moscow
Yoke and crises used to justify power in Germany and America
The speaker denounces rulers who cloak oppression as blessings and create crises to justify actions for the general welfare. He argues this psychology appears in both Germany and the United States, shaping dependence on leaders and warlords or tax lords.
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Germany
America
Long Island Family Faces Turmoil as Secrets Unfold
Lovely Margit Agnew runs a dressmaking business at home with control over her emotions while her sister Irene plans marriage to Waldo, an inventor. Irene meets Charlie, prompting Irene to reveal her location to Keough the butler who secretly studies detection and decides to investigate.
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Margit Agnew
Long Island
Irene
Waldo
Agnew
Charlie
Keough
Margit vs Keough as Irene vanishes and danger grows
Margit faces a night of shocks as Irene vanishes Waldo bolts and Keough turns detective. Margit plans a trip to Spike's saloon while fearing kidnap danger and a possible police call. Keough arrives bloodied and wary, insisting Irene is with Mr. Beaver at a saloon.
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Margit
Irene
Waldo
Keough
Mrs. Keough
Felice
Max Baer
Beed
Chidren
Porte Cochere
Paul
Migration shifts as mining declines in Sunbury area
In Northumberland County, foreign born residents are being forced to return to farming due to a shrinking mining sector. Sociologists call the move the most significant racial development in the area in half a century.
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Sunbury
Northumberland County
Oakland Child Eats Pin Toy Engine
A fluoroscope on two year old Graham Alexander shows he swallowed a toy railway engine in Oakland. He had already ingested two wheels and an axle before losing interest in the act.
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Oakland
Cal
Graham Alexander
Molewatch: Signs a Skin Mole May Become Cancer
Health Hints by Dr. Morris Fishbein notes six moles per person on average and outlines warning signs of malignant change. Bleeding, rapid growth, and irritation from clothing or movement warrant examination rather than home remedies. A surgeon can remove a suspicious mole and confirm cancer absence by microscopic analysis.
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Morris Fishbein
McGuffey Fan Critiques Modern Morals in Reader Verse
A reader letter by A. L. Snedden from RD No. No. L argues against current moral shifts, praising McGuffey’s books and urging a return to traditional lessons. He asserts a powerful clique manipulates society for fame and urges partial use of the Old McGuffey’s Book.
Public Forum Letters to the Editor policy
The column invites signed citizen letters on current events and asks writers to keep them brief so multiple contributions may appear each day. Signatures must appear with each letter, ensuring accountability for published opinions.
Come Let Us Reason Together Petition for Square Deal
Letters from R H McCray of Nelsonville urging 2 percent transaction tax as a square deal and a call to sign petitions to enact the 1937 general welfare act. Also a note from Chengting T Wang, Chinese ambassador, warning of Japan's Pacific empire aims.
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the Messenger
George
Old USA
R. H. McCray
Nelsonville
China
Japan
Pacific
District Tales of Long Ago March 1870 Nostalgia and Local Growth
John W. Scott resumes specie payment paying out part silver for change. C H V R R adds three engines now owning twelve. Postmaster John H. Minton buys Doug Tedrow’s farm for 1200 dollars. Captain Cable to run Cable House from April. Seven West End houses planned. Miners accept three cents per bushel wage cut. Nelsonville shows growth with many stores and ten saloons and mills. Six pianos seven melodeons five organs owned by local residents and church. Goldfish pike and salmon are the only fish that do not sleep.
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John W. Scott
John H. Minton
Doug
Tedrow
Pigeon Roost
C. A. Cable
West End
Nelsonville
L. D. Poston
3. W. Scott
E. P. Pendleton
S. N. Poston
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Meigs
Morgan, Vinton
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Hugh Johnson
Hugh Vs
Johnson
Adie Ae
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp
Mr. Keough
Spike
Marge
Poet's Corner
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A. L. Snedden
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