Athens Day by Day by the Messenger Watch Dog
The Messenger Watch Dog notes a lively fairground scene with politics and local figures in Athens. It highlights free day crowds from Columbus to Athens, remarks on the new administration, and jokes about gate attendance, vendors, and skunk odor from Gus Townsend’s stock.
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Athens
L. L. Tabor
Bush
Ohio
Tabor
Wilson
Professor Cooper
Doc Jones
Columbus
Cleveland
Zanesville
Abrigal
Institution
Gus Townsend
Gus
State Street
Dr. Siigley
Local Notes and Social Roundup from Athens Area
The item lists many community happenings including illnesses in The Plains Mrs. Bumgardner and daughter on the sick list. Wedding of Miss Hope Kirk and Will Potts at Athens. Dave Davis buys Clarence Powell store near Zion church. Athens area residents visiting fairs and relatives, shoppers and guests, and residents moving or hosting gatherings.
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Fred Bumgardner
Hope Kirk
Will Potts
Athens
Dave Davis
Clarence Powell
Zion Church
Micheals
Floyd Barker
Dory Nagle
Clarence Matheny
Near Pickaway
George Porter
Kipweill
Zine Courtney
Blanch Verity
Myrtle West
Chillicothe
John West
Cliff Gabriel
Quincy Anderson
George Gabriel
Fanny Ball
Edward
John Shafer
John
Will Hamer
George Bosco
Mike Krivisti
Anna Geisicke
Lon Humphrey
Roscoe Shields
Bobby Lee
Dessie Anderson
Roy Hawk
Joe Slater
Miss Rose
Fred Slater
James Lyons
Nelsonville
Joe Hutchins
Rodman Snider reunion attendance at Logan fair grounds
J. W. Patton from Haydenville and Mrs. Seth Robinson joined as Sunday guests at Logan. They attended the Rodman Snider reunion held at the Logan fair ground Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Patton
Haydenville
Seth Robinson
Logan
Logan Fair Ground
Congress Breaks for Recess Amid Unfinished Work
As Congress adjourned for a month long recess, taxation and tariff revisions were delayed to next month or early next year. Despite omissions, the session did pass emergency tariff and immigration laws, the budget bill, and the peace resolution, along with various appropriation and export bills.
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Congress
Naval
Army
Farm Loan Board
Veterans’ Bureau
Packers’ Control
Shipping Board
Motor Car Ownership and New Bill of Sale Law
A recently enacted law requires drivers to carry the car bill of sale, aiding theft checks and recovery of stolen vehicles. It will deter fraud, though evasion and spurious bills may arise, while universal adoption across states would enhance interstate security.
Masefield Refuses Request After Yale Reading
After an early finish at Yale a suggestion to read a requested poem met silence from the audience. A young English department member urged Masefield to read The Tewksbury Road, but the poet showed surprise and replied he had just read it already.
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Masefield
Yale
English Department
Tewksbury Road
Questioned traveler asks neighbor about national affairs
A bewhiskered passenger in a smoking car questions a neighbor on the state of national affairs. The neighbor promptly answers "Ohio" as a witty reply.
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Ohio
Quiet camping trip sparks sleepless nights for business traveler
The tanned vacationist returns to the office claiming his camping trip offered no rest. He complains of constant noise from crickets and a nearby college party making it impossible to sleep.
Three Months Alone In An Apartment Adventure
The writer reflects on living alone for three months and attempting to cook ham and eggs with coffee. A chaotic scene unfolds as eggs fly to the ceiling, coffee burns, and the percolator fails. The ham is burned and saved for shoe repairs while a nearby restaurant provides a messy, precarious meal. A cleaning dilemma with a resistant housemaid persists, threatening to finish by Thursday or Friday.
Germans Immigrate In Mass To Mexico As Land Draws Investors
A Santa Fe report notes a rapid German colonization of Mexico as land is sold to 15 000 young Germans with 30 year terms. Europeans including Germans and others buy large tracts, intermarry with locals, and shape a Europeanized Mexico while Americans lag in language and scale. The piece warns of Bolshevik demonstrations and unsettled land reform threatening titles for non-residents.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Santa FE
N. M
Republic of Mexico
United States
Mexico
Republic
Mexico City
Europe
Germany
New York
Tates
Answers and questions from The Athens Messenger Q&A page
The Athens Messenger presents reader questions with concise answers on diverse topics. Grape crops, Irish terminology, No Man's Land in U S history, picric acid distribution, Paris to London air travel costs, jelly testing with candy thermometers, mourning attire, Hebrew name meanings, prewar German telegraph links, and Brooklyn Bridge cable installation are covered with brief explanations and dates.
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Bureau of Public Roads
Agricultural College
Paris
London
Adar
Eve
Adam
Hawnah
Germany
United States
Deutsche Atlantische Telegraphen- Gesellschaft
Borkum
Fayal
New York
McKinley
William
Brooklyn Bridge
Weeds on City Property Prompt City Action
The article notes a shift of weed control responsibility from the health department to the city council. It mentions Capt. Allen and President Gill and warns weed owners to watch the situation as frost or departure could change whether weeds are deemed noxious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
N. Baker
Sanitary Police
Gill
Capt. Allen
France Produces Nearly Twenty Six Million Pairs of Gloves yearly
France maintains a steady glove industry producing about twenty six million pairs annually. The output reflects durable demand across fashion and workwear sectors.
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France
Labor unrest in West Virginia under Bandholtz inquiry
General Bandholtz reports he found only a feeble attempt to cope with labor disarmers in the coal area of West Virginia. Secretary of War Weeks cites the need for stronger action as authorities review conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Virginia
General Bandholtz
Weeks
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