Fateful World of Wages and Inequality in 1920s America
A 1923 column argues penny-pinching wages ruin families and democracy. It cites 30 000 workers surviving on ten dollars a week, notes Malnutrition and pneumonia as risks, and links min wage debates to peonage and hospital crowding. It references Higginbotham Tabert case and broader social injustice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Supreme Court
Walter Higginbotham
Martin Tabert
Higginbotham
Jones
Florida
Lincoln
China
General Mitchell
New York-Pekin
Winnnipeg
Nome
Collis
Huntington
Trans-Continental Railroad
New Jersey Elks
Thomas W. Lawson
New Jersey
Endurance dancing craze mirrors gendered judgments in society
The piece compares long distance running and weight lifting to endurance dancing by women, noting harsher judgment of female performers. It traces origins to England, cites historical epidemics of mass dancing, and quips that 24 hours of endurance dancing would end the habit.
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England
Europe
Automatic writing opens subconscious mind study
Washington April 13 report on Anita M. Muhl a psychologist and physician explores automatic writing as a method to reach depths of the mind. She notes it can reveal hidden talents and past impressions while warning it should only be attempted under expert guidance due to potential dangerous loss of control.
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Washington,d. C
Anita M. Muhl
Muir
Muhr
Muhl
Muh
Dancing Champs Endurance Dancing Championship Opinion
A critic voices private views on endurance dancing champions who fatigue orchestras and partners to claim the world title. The piece warns the pursuit harms young dancers and notes that over-exertion always exacts a full health toll.
Athens Day by Day As Seen by the Messenger Watch Dog
Meigs County residents recall early settler life and travel in the 1800s and early 1900s. An interview with Luther Hecox, then 78, recounts frontier hardships including long horseback trips, mills, salt gathering, mail routes, early commerce, and militia drills in 1912.
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Athens
Meigs County
Meigs County Telegraph
Luther Hecox
Pomeroy
Hecox
Spade River
Tupper’s Plains
David Dailey
Marietta
Gallipolis
Slecox
Mr. Hecox
Levi Stedman
Cheshire
Scioto
New York
Kristza Imail Rolice
Hidden Health Paradox From a Distant Era
A fragment reflects on ancient care, noting a population had almost no sickness because no doctors existed. The line hints at paradoxical health notions and the role of medical access in historical communities.
Early Troy Township founders and Guthrie tannery
The original Troy Township was settled by the Cooleys and Guthries. Joseph Guthrie started a small tannery and made shoes for neighbors and established a grist mill. Stones from the Muskingum above Marietta were hauled by canoe to Hockingport and by oxen to Guthrie's mill. Mr. G EF Guthrie of Athena still keeps the stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Township
Cooleys
Guthries
Joseph Guthrie
Marietta
Hockingport
Guthrie
Ali
G. EF. Guthrie
Athena
Rumor of Distilling in Ansel Cooley's District
The note recalls Ansel Cooley keeping a distillery and suggests youths in the nearby region may be distilling themselves at present, reflecting local chatter about illicit spirits in those days.
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Ansel Cooley
Churchgoing Methods and Dress of Early Settlers
Most men attended church wearing linen pants and shirts, with some in deer skin suits. Many members went barefoot to services, reflecting simple attire and customs of early settlers.
William Pierce Builds Cabin by Shade River Deer Lick
A brief note recalls William Pierce constructing a cabin beside a deer lick on the Shade River. The snippet hints at tracing Vic Pierce’s lineage through the Pierce family, seeking further historical context and connections.
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William Pierce
Shade River
Vic Pierce
Questions and Answers Information Service Details
A fragment describes The Athens Messenger information bureau offer run by Frederic J. Haskin from Washington D C. Readers can send questions for factual information only and must include full name address and two cents for postage. It excludes legal medical and financial advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Prohibition Party First Endorsed Woman Suffrage
The Prohibition Party was the first to declare for women’s suffrage, including such a plank in its 1872 platform. A jockey typically weighs between 95 and 125 pounds.
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Prohibition Party
P. BR
Bolivia capital question and other trivia Q and A
A compilation of questions and answers covers the capital of Bolivia with La Paz as seat of government and Sucre as legal capital, explains Prince Rupert's Drops, mercury in gold, presidential primaries, a national bank, moth balls, early Christian converts, and Man o War speed records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan American Union
Republic of
Bolivia
la Paz
Sucre
Boliva
National Supreme Court
California
Illinois
Indiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Vermont
West Virginia
Wisconsin
United States
Bank of North America
Philadelphia
National
America
Bank of America and Trust Company
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Jackson Barnett
Oklahoma
Interior Department
Michigan Agricultural College
University of Maine
Charles A. Dana
Carnegie Foundtion
Donaldson
Verdun
Michael Donaldson
Congress
Smoot
Senator Smoot
King Features Syndicate
Herbert Kaufman
Lfe
Almot
By Frederic J. Haskin
Parkersburg
Point Pleasant
Stedman
Jonas Smith
New Orleans
Mother’s Oats
E. Jackson St
Chicago
Wrigley
Wrigley’s
PW Jama
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