Athens Messenger publication details and subscription rates
The Athens Messenger announces weekday and Sunday editions under THE ATHENS MESSENGER & HERALD PRINTING CO with Gordon K Bush as Publisher and Gen Mgr and Charles H Harris as Managing Editor. It serves five southeastern Ohio counties and surrounding communities with subscriptions by carrier and mail options and lists addresses for representatives and offices.
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Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K Bush
Charles H. Harris
Ohio
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Logan
Pomeroy
Middleport
Coolville
Golden Rule Lives On In Athens County Aid
A family loses their home to a gasoline stove fire near Athens with no insurance or savings. The employer and fellow workers contribute money to buy clothes and support schooling, and a new home is being built as a monument to unselfish neighborly aid.
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Athens County
Athens Corporation
Athens
The German Dole System and Detroit Welfare Funds
The article discusses Germany’s extensive pension and dole system with high monthly grants to former officials and dignitaries, causing tax cuts and large deficits. It cites Detroit’s dole program costing city funds, fraud claims by Henry Bedford, and potential factory relocations to dodge penalties, describing a broad financial strain from welfare abuses.
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Reich
State
Epe
Boess
Eupeyor
Berlin
Silthye
Germany
United States
Detroit
Henry Edford
Whistling and minds in public discourse
A long reflective essay questions if analyzing emotions helps or harms. It notes a critic wrongly labels whistlers as simple-minded, argues such judgments harm rather than enlighten, and suggests honest people change when driving but deserve fair treatment regardless of temperament.
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Perepe
Home winter repairs urged to save heat in Athens district
A local notice urges homeowners to seal windows doors and basement walls to save heat and money this winter. It argues tight homes reduce heat loss and prevent wasted dollars on a season when costs are rising.
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Athens
Pie Returns to New York as Piefic Fashion Reignites
New York critics note a pie revival in Manhattan with five and ten cent slices in street and cafe menus. Broadway meanwhile showcases nimble hoofers Hal Le Roy, Ray Bolger, Tom Harty, and early signs of Shubert rivalry amid sensational young talents.
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New York
Manhattan
United States
Flo Ziegfeld
Hal le Roy
Cincinnati
Ray Bolger
Mons
Shubert
Tom Harty
Harty
LeRoy
Theater Ledger
Chick Sale
Information Service Offered Free by Washington Group
Frederic J. Haskin notes a Washington information service available through The Athens Messenger. The service is free, with inquiries requiring two cents for return replies. Several Q and A items cover subjects from Mary Jane in Huckleberry Finn to bullfighting in Spain and ancient quilt origins.
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Mary Jane
Truth and Poetry Endorses Alligator's Spare in Crab Battle
A poem argues to spare an alligator whose crabs prey on game fish. It notes the creature hunts crabs to protect fish stocks, challenging the idea of hunting the gator while suggesting fishermen benefit from keeping him alive. The piece portrays the gator as misunderstood yet crucial to sustaining fisheries.
Idle money works and home repairs pay back fast
The text argues hiring workers now to buy materials and complete repairs before winter, suggesting the money spent will circulate and return indirectly as value, with home improvements increasing property value beyond cost.
A Thought For Today From Matthew 26 41
A short devotional note cites Matthew 26 41 urging vigilance in prayer to avoid temptation. It emphasizes spiritual willingness versus human weakness and ends with a reflective moral.
A Perfect Set of Teeth at Age 116
A Madrileno Ramon Gomez who died in June 1906 at 116 recalled the French Revolution and Napoleonic Spain, never having a toothache and possessing a perfect dentition at death. Refers to Metchnikoff's Macrobis. The Shortest Charge Delivered To a Jury: Judge Brennan sets a 12:45 trial timeframe in Michigan. Sprague vs Roberts ends with verdict of no cause action after a two minute defense. Tomorrow: The Word That Originated in a Wager.
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Ramon Gomez
Spain
Metchnikoff
Vincent M. Brennan
Third Judicial Court of Michigan
Detroit
Common Pleas Court
Sprague
Purchase of More Islands Reopens Debate on U S Land Speculation
Washington letter recounts U S acquisitions from Louisiana to the Virgin Islands and Alaska, then argues the United States should consider buying British West Indies. It notes the high costs, lingering dependency on administration, and Jamaica, Trinidad, and Bermuda as possible targets, while criticizing the Virgin Islands' slow rehabilitation and the bay rum industry employing few workers.
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Washington, D. C
Sam
Virgin Islands
Louisiana Territory
United States
Congress
Alaska
Philippines
Lincoln
Denmark
The
Virgins
Hoover
Great Britain
West Indies
Jamaica
Bahamas
British Honduras
Trinidad
Drake
Bermuda
Virginia
Virginia Islands
British West Indies
Virgin Island
United States Navy
Care of the Feet booklet offered by Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger advertises a new booklet titled Care of the Feet, urging every home to keep a copy since at least one member has foot trouble. The pamphlet covers foot care for healthy feet and costs six cents postage. a coupon is provided to request it.
Care of the Feet booklet request by U S citizen
The requester encloses six cents for a copy of the booklet Care of the Feet. The note provides name street city state and is sent to Information Bureau under Frederic J Haskin director in Washington DC.
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Breeding Dogs Pushed Through Severe Mutilation
The report describes a cruel dog fighting test where a female dog loses both front paws to compel fighting, then is judged suitable for breeding if she persists. The piece condemns humans who insist on fighting after war diminishes prosperity and happiness.
Federal action urged to curb New York Stock Exchange abuses
Louis Seibold, noted political writer, urges federal control over NYSE practices, especially short selling. he describes it as a conspiracy against values and a danger to the public, highlighting floor traders gambling to depress prices.
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Louis Seibold
New York Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange
Powerful institution urged to curb short selling and protect liberty
A powerful institution argues for drastic regulation of short selling to preserve reasonable liberty of action and avoid government control like national banks. The text notes a seat on the exchange sold yesterday for 160,000 dollars, near 500,000 in value.
Ohio University Patroness Hosts Pi Beta Phi Luncheon
Mrs E B Bryan wife of the university president chairs the Pi Beta Phi patroness luncheon at The Colonial with Mrs T W Craig and Mrs Harry Beckley hosting. Miss Helen M Townsend attended the unveiling of a bronze tablet marking General Rufus Putnam's old Marietta home. T O C Railroad ran a $3 03 round trip special to Granville for the Ohio Denison football game on October 22.
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Ohio University
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Colonial
T. W. Craig
Harry Beckley
Helen M. Townsend
Ohio Daughters of the American Revolution
Rufus Putnam
Marietta
T. & O. C. Railroad
Granville
Farmers Pool Fertilizer Orders Saving Fifty Thousand
Farmers pooled fertilizer orders and saved $50,000. Over four miles of freight cars carried the fertilizer into Ohio. The Ohio Farm Bureaus supervised the operation.
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Ohio
Ohio Farm Bureaus
Athens Woman Probes Texas Fortune Claim From Prewar Record
Mrs James J Holland of Florigg seeks a Texas fortune once held by her late husband James Johnson How ard. She contends he registered at Ohio University before the Civil War. College records show no evidence of registration though his name appears among Athens war enlistees.
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James J. Holland
Florigg
Athens
Texas
James Johnson Howard
Ohio University
Reed tax plan shocks wealth faces senate chair
Senator David Aiken Reed of Pennsylvania aligns with progressives proposing heavy estates tax after death to fund public needs, challenging big wealth. His career shows repeated clashes with plutocracy, from immigration acts to postal pay support, while maintaining a temperate, vigorous image and a taste for ordinary pleasures.
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Congress
Reed
Mellon
David
The
Steel Corporation
Senate
du Ponts
Dave
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association
Coolidge
Reid
Bill Ware
Potomac
Ito
Senator Phipps
Colorado
No Bind or Gown for Newborns in Modern Hospitals
A visitor notes a shift in infant care at recent hospitals with babies kept in sterile nurseries wearing only a shirt and diaper. The writer recalls older practice of forty inch flannel binders and shoulder straps, praising current minimal dress and strict antisepsis while observing mothers’ rooms and ward routines.
Federal regulation eyed after value attacks impact market
The text notes that while the exchange suffers, tighter controls by the Federal Government, anxious about attacks on values and prosperity, would be a still greater setback. It portrays regulatory action as a severe consequence amid market pressure.
Gandhi and free trade amid empire barter
The article notes Gandhi as both idealistic and practical and asserts if England grants demands India may allow Lancashire cotton goods to enter India. It frames a business monopoly traded for freedom and compares India’s stance with Russia's gasoline for cattle in South America and the United States’ wheat for coffee deals in Brazil.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Bugs” Baer
England
Gandhi
India
Lancashire
Russia
South America
Uncle Sam
Brazil
Washington Wash mourns gingko trees near commerce building
In Washington DC, Strickland Gillilan laments the removal of a long row of gingko biloba trees along Fourteenth Street beside the new Department of Commerce building. He recalls the trees’ beauty and fears the loss, ending with a playful jab at the planning.
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Press Club
Fourteenth Street
Department of Commerce
Century Dictionary
Cyclopedia
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