Five Day Week Demands Face National UMWA Convention
United Mine Workers leaders announce at the upcoming national convention in September a push for a 30 hour five day workweek with a 40 to 60 percent wage rise. They cite 12 000 New York painters and decorators already striking for a five day week as part of a wider movement while warning broader society cannot absorb such shifts amid postwar losses. Congress opposition to railroad nationalization is noted as public sentiment aligns with lawmakers.
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Athens Messenger
Audit Bureau of Circultions
Ohio
Associated Ohio Dailies
United Press News
Athens
Robert B. Ward
Firth Avenue
New York City
South
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
United Mine Workers of America
United States
Meat Trade Cites Scientific Basis in Market Complaints
A reader laments that the retail meat business operates on a scientific basis while accusing packers of imposing similar methods on the general public. The comment hints at broader industry control and concern over practices.
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Init
Thrift stamp trade continues among locals and foreigners
Foreign residents keep buying thrift stamps while many natives sell previously collected stamps to raise funds for gasoline purchases. The remark notes a steady exchange driven by price pressures as fuel costs bite.
Opinion on high cost of living and government reform
T. A. C. Arkeson of the National Grange argues the cure for high living costs is more work and less government spending. He urges firing service workers, cutting taxes and government duplication, and paying debts promptly to restore economic safety.
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T. A. C. Arkeson
National Grange
Dinner Stories and a School Tonsil Note
In a village two Browns, both fishermen, suffer losses and share humor about widows and boats. A Hamden woman replies to a medical inspector’s note on her son's tonsil removal asking where the tonsils should be taken, joking that they are stored in a bottle since 1915 with Dr Blank.
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Brown
Hamden
Side Talks by Ruth Cameron
A friend explains the value of being decent even when unwanted. The piece argues that choosing fairness and kindness brings steady personal satisfaction through daily choices, from avoiding gossip to fair dealings, urging readers to keep a vision of decency in life.
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China
Household Wimts Recipes For A Day
A list of simple daily dishes with cream gravies for berries such as currants gooseberries and apples plus egg and potato bake and chicken paprika with onions and lard. Also notes on spaghetti with Neapolitan sauce, tomatoes and cheese. Includes guidance on ingredients, portions and cooking steps.
Pretty Fruit Salad and Creme de Potiron Menu
A vintage kitchen note outlines Pretty Fruit Salad with honey dew as a melon basket, pineapple, and light mayonnaise served on a platter. Creme de Potiron describes a French pumpkin soup base flavored with orange blossom water and onion, celery, salt, pepper, and optional egg yolk, butter, flour. Blackberry Cake recipe follows with eggs, sugar, butter, spices, sour milk, flour, and ripe blackberries.
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France
A Human Being Amid Dumb critters and income taxes
A humorous meditation contrasts human hopes with the fate of animals and the ache of income taxes. The speaker, content yet wary, laments life’s bitters and faux happiness while recalling a cynical uncle’s will. The cartoonish punchline lands with a quip about inheritance.
Local visitors and church notices from Marshfield area
R. Jennings Grace Beverage and Mildred returned from Mansfield where they visited Mrs. Nettie Lewellyn. Mrs. Henry Trout came home from Columbus after a Grant Hospital operation and is greatly improved. Rev. A. H. Franks preached his last sermon at the MFP church after three years. Everett Burt of Clarksburg and Will Mitchell of Akron visited Marshfield. Nelle Hoodlet of Columbus stayed with her parents. Miss Grace Mallen of Barberton visited her sister. A. W. Chaffin hosted his mother in Marshfield from Guysville.
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R. Jennings
Grace Beverage
Mildred
Mansfield
Nettie Lewellyn
Henry Trout
Columbus
Grant Hospital
A. H. Franks
M. FP
Franks
Everett Burt
Clarksburg
W. Va
Lucy Phillips
Jacob White
Grace Mallen
Barberton
Ed Shannon
A. W. Chaffin
Chaffin
Guysville
Weekend Visits and Local Notices From Guysville
Weekend visitors include Lucille Norris of Columbus visiting aunt and uncle C. E. Kincade and Mrs. J. C. Stewart. Other greetings feature Frank Kimes of Middleport with uncle F. B. Kimes, Clyde Keihl visiting grandparents, and Grace Chapman from Clarksburg visiting home folks. A wind storm damaged shade trees and telephone lines. the M. E. Sunday school plans a picnic August 28. J C Stewart named Centenary treasurer with first payment due September 1. Merwin Bryson and Norma Bean wed at the bride’s home with Dr. C. B. Taylor officiating.
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Lucille Norris
Columbus
C. E. Kincade
J. C. Stewart
Dorothea Harper
Frank Kimes
Middleport
F. B. Kimes
Clyde Keihl
C. C. Calvert
Grace Chapman
Clarksburg
W. Va
J. E. Lawrence
Minnameyer
Kate Chaffin
New Marshfield
R. W. Finsterwald
Pomeroy
Harry Bean
Vern
Cleveland
M. E
Merwin Bryson
Stewart R. D. No
Norma Bean
C. B. Taylor
McArthur
E. I. Bean
Local notes from Athens area highlighted by robber attempt and town visitors
The Athens Messenger reports Wednesday and Tuesday activity in Kimberly and nearby areas. Attendees include Wilda and Emma Biffle, Mabel and Elsie Samson, Chester and Bill Mallon, Rollie Figgins, Floyd Armstrong, Finn Beckler, Dave Perry, Robert Beckler, Arthur Nelson, Frank McGuire, and A P Figgins. James Pickett survived an attempted robbery after being attacked in a cornfield. cries for help frightened the assailant away. Transformers of Kimberly reportedly to be moved to the ball diamond.
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Oakgrove
Wilda
Emma Biffle
Mabel
Elsie Samson
Chester
Bill Mallon
Rollie Figgins
Floyd Armstrong
Finn Beckler
Kimberly Mines
Charles Thomas
Athens
James Pickett
Dave Perry
Robert Beckler
Nelsonville
Arthur Nelson
Frank McGuire
Hamley Rup
A. P. Figgins
Rollie
Kimberly
Public urged to take lead in solving natural gas problem
Geological authorities warn of rapid depletion of Appalachian gas fields and urge public initiative to conserve the fuel. Experts from Ohio West Virginia and national bodies call for coordinated action and policy change to extend remaining gas supplies for domestic and industrial use.
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Appalachian
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Edward Orton
Smithsonian Institution
C. G. Gilbert
Division of Mineral Technology
United States National Museum
United States
I. C. White
John Adams Bownocker
Eugene Wesley Shaw
U. S. Internal Revenue Bureau
U. S. Geological Survey
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