Tests for Auto Drivers Aim to Cut Traffic Toll
Washington D C March 31 Psychological tests for automobile drivers are proposed to reduce accidents amid rising car numbers. Experts note licensing laxity, citing New York City cases of high crime links and widespread lenient standards across states. Psychologists favor vision hearing and reaction time tests with possible individual assessments to gauge fitness and responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
United States
Enright
New York City
New York
American Automobile Association
Raymond Dodge
Dodge
They Also Strictly Isolated the Romansoffs
A column discusses prominent figures and political tensions. It notes Wm. Z. Foster as a dangerous Red agitator and critiques ideological extremism, while contrasting isolation measures with political imprisonment. The piece references Zeplak, Butchkavitch, Lenin, and Mussolini, plus reflections on heredity, environment, and life expectancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Z. Foster
United States
Foster
Lemines
Trotzkys
Voices on fame and sacrifice from a 1923 King Features column
The piece argues that public life invites slander and envy, and that duty must persevere despite critics. It links fame to controversy, notes that great leaders face blame before glory, and urges steadfast conviction to earn a rightful judgment.
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Socrates
Christ
Savanarola
Columbus
Jeanne d’Arc
Washington
Lincoln
King Features Syndicate
Jlerbert Kaufman
To Live Long and the Ancestors’ Role in Lifespan
Dr. Raymond Pearl of Johns Hopkins University says ripe old age depends largely on selecting suitable parents and grandparents. He compares people to clocks wound to different lengths, noting some are set to 90 years while others stop earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Pearson
Raymond Earl
Johns Hopkins University
Pearl
Dr. Pearl
Pity-Me of Pomeroy and Middleport Faces Hope and Hard Times
A vivid portrait of Pity-Me, a shabby Ohio Valley hamlet, its poverty and decay. Amid drab tenements and stray children, a brief wave of prosperity and bootlegging arrives, then fades as law and hardship curtail gain. The piece ends with a hopeful note on future talent rising from obscurity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Middleport
Pity-Me
Ohio
Gargling Tales From the Pre Prohibition Era
A speaker recounts learning to gargle with salt water after his wife insisted. He notes that the method changes the throat clearing experience and the quality of what he swallows, contrasting it with earlier days.
Knight Templars risk in Easter uniforms spotted
A report from a nearby city says Knights Templars were warned about wearing their uniforms in public for Easter after a moth ball concern. One man credits church flowers on Sunday as the main safeguard.
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Athens County Court House
Knight Templars
Puzzle Question Mont Ruth and the Hammer Club Presidency
A humored fragment asks if Mont Ruth tires of married life or seeks drama after a suicide attempt and an automobile incident on Court street. The tone ponders whether his despondence stems from losing the Hammer Club presidency, ending with a sympathetic note about Mont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont Ruth
Court Street
Hammer Club
Mont
Colts for Sale Notice in Want Ad Column
Jim Crawford left a Want Ad noting he has two colts for sale in town. Mr Rodgers, a leading apple grower from Cool Ville, visited and promised a barrel next year. Farmers push for space in the Livestock Column, but the author accommodates.
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Jim Crawford
Mr. Rodgers
Cool Ville
Perhaps your cellar will be next
Classifieds warn readers their property and belongings may be targeted by pests or decay. The column implies future attention to maintenance or sale and hints at broader concerns affecting homes and safety.
Lancaster Fire Destroys Part Of Rowe Motor Plant
A fire in Lancaster Pennsylvania today destroyed part of the Rowe Motor company plant and left one man dead Monroe Geist perished after attempting to move machinery from the garage. The blaze caused about 200000 dollars in property damage and the body was recovered after Rauch smoke filled the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Rowe Motor Company
Monroe Geist
London Society Women Favor Monocles Over Horn Spectacles
Leading professional and society women in London are adopting monocles to replace horn spectacles. The shift signals a trend toward practical elegance among high society circles.
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London
Readers guide to Questions and Answers service
The Athens Messenger outlines an Information Bureau in Washington D C under Frederic J Haskin offering to answer questions. It specifies no legal medical or financial advice, requests the inquirer’s full name and address and two cents for return postage, with replies sent directly to the inquirer.
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
The
Inquirer
Proverbial Wisdom and Silks and Plants in Brief
The item cites an I Vv B A proverb about four types of people with knowledge and ignorance. It asks how pongee silk is colored, noting pongee is the natural color of wild silk and dyes poorly. It also covers transplanting peonies in fall, defines copra and its drying methods, and explains the term dimpl for a non rigid airship.
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Richard Burton
Tie
Department of Agriculture
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Trusted For Cold Relief
Advertises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe laxative and cold remedy for the whole family. Claims quick congestion relief, testimonials from Rochester and Oklahoma, notes Egyptian senna formula and pleasant aroma, available from druggists at a penny per dose.
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Dr. Caldwell
Henry Dean, Jr
Rochester
N. Y
Alice Cordbrey
Haskell
Okla
Answers to common questions span history and culture
The text provides brief Q A entries on topics from material science and doll making to infrastructure and sculpture. It explains doll head materials, Lake to Ocean project aims, Fraser’s role in the Treasury statue, and Synge’s Play for Irish life, plus a remark on civilization’s key tool.
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L. A
Department of Agriculture
A. L
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Atlantic Ocean
St. Lawrence River
Alexander Hamilton
Treasury
James Earle Fraser
Henry Bacon
Bacon
Lincoln Memorial
Fraser
R. C. IL
John Millington Synge
Dublin
Social Roundup of Local Residents and Visitors
Albany residents and guests are noted in a sequence of brief social items. Aldo Minnear and daughter Sarah returned from Arizona. Ted Cowen and Ruth Cowen visited in Athens with cousin Mary Frances Goldsberry. Christine Dailey spent Easter with Martha Cline and joined Gene Williams to attend a Paderewski concert in Columbus. Various relatives and neighbors are mentioned with Easter visits and hospital news.
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Aldo Minnear
Sarah
Arizona
Ted Cowen
Ruth Cowen
Athens
Mary Frances Goldsberry
Christine Dailey
Martha Cline
Gene Williams
Columbus
Paderewski
John Gardner
John Rickey
Polla Tewksbury
Ray Stewart
Howard Stanley
Monroeville
Ohio
W. EF. Gillogly
Mary Frances
L. JD. Gillogly
Cland Hoyd
Pt. Nock
Emmett Wingett
Jeff Tewksbury
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Helps Marion Woman
Mrs Wrn Pripdge of 620 E Grant St Marion Indiana reports severe illness and weakness improved after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She says one bottle eased symptoms in a week and three bottles restored strength and ability to work. She also used Pinkham’s Sanative Wash and Liver Pills.
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Marion
Ind
Lydia E.pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ww. Elpripdge
E. Grant Street
Marion, Indiana
Work Starts at Krupp Essen After Fatal Weekend
April 2 Krupp works reopen amid aftermath of Saturday shootings that killed eleven workers and wounded about forty. Four Krupp directors Bruno Hehr Oesterle and Ritter were arrested after a formal protest. French sentries still patrol the plant grounds but no occupation planned.
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Essen
Krupp
Bruno Hehr
Herr Oesterle
Herr Ritter
Local Notes and Visits Highlight Week in Pegtown Area
Carpenter Helen Harman of the O U Athens spent part of last week with her parents W FE Harman and wife Ki D Perry and Grover Swearin gen hauling bank ties. Lawrence Walker and family of Middleport visited A B Rupe and family. Mrs W FE Harman and daughter Helen were Columbus shoppers. Mrs I M Swett sold ten Plymouth rock hens weighing 9 1 2 pounds. The Pegtown ball season has opened. Sheep shearing was the order at the local test farm. W I Smith bought a new Ford. James Swearingen remains seriously ill. Cate Strausburg is working the section. Grandmother McDole died years ago planned an apple seed in a stump.
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Helen Harman
O. U
Athens
W. FE. Harman
Ki. D. Perry
Grover Swearingen
Lawrence Walker
Middleport
A. B. Rupe
Helen
Columbus
I. M. Swett
Plymouth Rock
Pegtown
W. I. Smith
James Swearingen
Cate Strausburg
McDole
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Garber
Wra Berks
By Frederic J. Haskin
Herbert Kaufman
Zeplak
Butchkavitch
Lenine
Moscow
Baldy
Volga
Indiana
Republican State Committee
Ku Klux Klan
Sons of God
Russia
Julius Spanier
Father Metcalf
Father O’connor
Kingdom of God
HOLVM
Uhonassaw
AHL
Ad Nous SV Avg
Snyhlv
I. Vv
Box
McKee Dig Company
Weile
W. B. Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello
Illinois
Albany
AEA
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