School Week to Be Observed in Athens Public Schools
Athens public schools will hold a School Week starting Monday with a Friday mass meeting in the Wing Hall auditorium. Superintendent C B Sta said the event aims to connect parents with teachers and pupils and allow parents to see how school affairs are run. Visitors may attend lessons. four speakers will discuss educational program aspects.
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Athens
Messenger
C. EB. Sta
Wing Hall
Ohio
United States
Unofficial Committee Publicizes Ireland Cause
The piece asserts the so called Committee of One Hundred operates independently of the Republican Congress and the Democratic administration. It is led by Oswald Garrison Villard and aims to publicize Southern Ireland by calling Irish Revolutionists and possibly Mae Swiney as witnesses. The British embassy declined participation, denying any government link to the committee.
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Republican Congress
Democratic
Committee of One Hundred
Ireland
Washington
Oswald Garrison Villard
Germany
Imperial Court
Nation
Mae Swiney
United States
The Wronged Farmer in Readjustment of Prices
The article argues farmers suffer most from price readjustment, with staples like corn, cotton, and hogs down to under 60 percent of previous levels. Farm income plunges, costs rise for what they buy, and middlemen extract profits at both ends, leaving farmers doubly oppressed.
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Prinke
Penson
Denmark Weighs Accepting Mandate for America
A fragment notes Denmark may accept a mandate affecting American affairs. The text hints at Denmark taking on responsibilities that could be challenging, with no clear timeline or details provided.
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Denmark
America
Hard to Read Farm Prices Mentioned in Local Notice
Fragmentary OCR hints at farmers facing 35 cent pork and 9 cent hogs with mention of someone leaving the 9 percent hog. The readable text is sparse and lacks clear event or names.
Untitled fragmented speech on poverty and character
A garbled excerpt discusses poverty and work ethic, contrasting shiftless poor with industrious and frugal workers. The text references wages and respect without clear context or attribution. The passage lacks coherent structure or identifiable events or entities.
Four Dollar and Ten Dollar Men in American Thought
The speaker argues that ten dollar a day workers can be as capable as four dollar earners and should be promoted. He rejects a perpetual hostility to the well to do, warning against attacking success and praising hard work, thrift, and orderly advancement as just rewards. He cautions against labeling prosperous elders as thieves.
Before the Plane There Was a Railway Story
A father explains to his son that a vast glass roofed structure was a railroad before air travel. The boy, puzzled, learns the meaning as they pass long iron links buried in the ground under a giant enclosure. A girl recalls church singing judged harshly by the crowd and a whispered prayer for mercy.
Fragmentary Item Reflects on Divorce Rates and Peace
A garbled clipping notes that France had more divorces last year than the year before. It also observes that peace seems to bring almost everything except peace and mentions Conan Doyle on drinking in the next world, with a hint to inform Brother Anderson.
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France
Conan Doyle
Brother Anderson
Unemployment and the Nation's Job Problem
Frederic J. Hackin discusses widespread unemployment across the United States, the U. S. Employment Service, and proposals for a permanent or cooperatively run employment system. He envisions federal state cooperation, a nationwide labor survey, and targeted public works to place workers and reveal the scope of need.
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Washington
U. S. Employment Service
Congress
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment Service
United States
Chamber of Commerce of
Russia
Pinex cough syrup guide and a warning for buyers
An advertisement describes Pinex cough syrup and its claimed benefits for bronchitis hoarseness croup and throat tickle. It instructs mixing with sugar syrup or honey and notes a money back guarantee from Pinex Co asserting customer satisfaction.
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Pinex Co
Ayne
Reader inquiry request from The Athens Messenger Bureau
A reader service notice from The Athens Messenger advertises a Washington bureau run by Frederic J. Haskin offering answers by mail. It specifies no legal medical or financial advice and asks for name address and two cents for return postage with plain brief questions.
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
The
Inquirer
Answers to readers questions on forests taxes and history
Readers ask about lumber scarcity and forest depletion with notes that half of continental timber lies in three Pacific-facing states. The column also covers presidential marriages, uniform regulations, the Carnegie Hero Fund’s creation in 1914, Kansas name origins from an Indian tribe, and inheritance tax history from ancient Rome to modern Europe.
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Department of Agriculture
Continental
United States
Pacific Ocean
Tyler
Fillmore
Benjamin Harrison
Roosevelt
Wilson
Grover Cleveland
Woodrow Wilson
U. S. Army
General Pershing
Pliaees
War Department
Carnegie Hero Fund
Andrew Carnegie
Kansas
Rome
Europe
Gladstone
England
Miners Move to New Work Sites and Local Socials
The Phing Fin Cook and Alfred Wetklow, movers from Pittsburg No. 10 mine, travel Monday to Sugar Creek 210 mine for work. Miss Mildred Burson of Athens visits Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Shields for dinner Tuesday. Ned Ghoul suffers a nervous breakdown at the mine Monday night and is taken home. Mrs. Fin Cook dines with Mrs. Oslo Shreves in Hocking Wednesday. Mrs. John Shafer shops in Athens Wednesday. Mrs. Lenore Stauffer and daughter visit Athens Monday.
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Fin Cook
Alfred Wetklow
Pittsburg No. 10
Sugar Creek 210
Mildred Burson
Athens
Roscoe Shields
Ned Ghoul
Oslo Shreves
Hocking
John Shafer
Lenore Stauffer
Daught S
Monay
Obituary of Elmedia Stout Born in 1845 in Ohio
Elmedia Stout died November 26 1920 aged 75 10 9 born Carthage township Athens county Ohio only daughter of Cyrenus and Mary Stout lived there until moving to Dayton five years ago Survived by three brothers and many friends member of the Christian church at Orange Ohio devoted caregiver nursing an elderly aunt and other relatives over twelve years She asked little for herself lived as Christ would and was widely mourned by family and friends.
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Elmedia Stout
Cyrenus
Mary Stout
Carthage Township
Athens County
Ohio
Dayton
Christian Church
Orange
Christ
Wrightown and Freeland Social Notes Favor Visits
Protracted meeting will begin this Sunday evening at the local place. Otis Ball visited his grandmother Mrs Mary Ball Sunday. Mr Jamester of Plantsville visits relatives here. Mrs Herbert Ball and Mrs Chas Mills called on Mrs William Hogsett last week. Mr and Mrs Mont Dulaney visited granddaughter and Mrs Edith Land with Ms and Mrs C C Dulaney at Joy. Gail Snyder of Chesterhill called on relatives here.
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Edit
Freeland
See Ahle
Carl Ahle
Otis Ball
Mary Ball
Jamester
Plantsville
Herbert Ball
Chas. Mills
William Hogsett
Mont Dulaney
Edith Land
C. C. Dulaney
Gail Snyder
Chesterhill
State Grange to Meet Shortly in Cleveland
The Ohio state grange will hold its next annual session in Cleveland starting Tuesday morning December 14 with a reception for new members on Monday evening December 13. Athens county residents must depart Athens on the first Monday morning train to secure reduced rail rates via central passenger association. Round trip tickets cost one and one third fare with a certificate for two thirds of the one way fare refunded at Cleveland. Certificates available from Wm. J. Warrener, Athens, Ohio.
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Ohio State Grange
Cleveland
Athens County
Athens
Hocking Valley
Central Passenger Association
State Grange
Wm. J. Warrener
Ohio
Parker Named to Ohio Motion Picture Censors Board
Columbus December 2 Miss El nor Parker appointed to Ohio board of motion picture censors succeeding Mortis Hague as term expires September 1 The Governor Cox stenographer for four years will serve a 62000 ester bes
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Columbus
Elnor Parker
Ohio Board of Motion Picture Censors
Mortis Hague
State Industrial Ommission
Local residents visit and give help at homes
Judson Clifford Kyle and his wife of Athens spent time with Alden Mrs. Edward Miller of Sand Ridge helping Mrs. Fred Carsey with house chores last week. Mrs. Newton Carsey, aged about 75, remains bedfast after a July fall. Henry Lauer visited Fred Carsey. Nathan Tucker butchered for Alden Buck last week. Mrs. Fred Carsey and daughter visited R. F. Perry. Dwight Carsey and Charley and Clinton Bartlett of Athens spent Thanksgiving with Fred Carsey.
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Clifford Kyle
Athens
Alden
Edward Miller
Sand Ridge
Fred Carsey
Newton Carsey
Henry Lauer
Nathan Tucker
Alden Buck
R. F. Perry
Dwight Carsey
Charley
Clinton Bartlett
Amesville News Briefs From Jennie Montgomery To Local Visits
Amesville notes list residents and guests including Mrs. Jennie Montgomery in Athens for winter, Hal Brawley moving to Marion, Miss Iris Stedman with Miss Gertrude Wertz from Ohio University, and teachers from Pomeroy and Cleveland visiting relatives. Also mentions Mack Byron from Buchtel, Erroll Evans from Marietta, discharge veteran H. W. Henry staying with Mrs. Copeland, mine grading progress on Goddard farm, a 60-person social at the Henrys, Eastern Star and Masonic elections with several officers named, Riverside Gas Co. praise for pressure increase, and a near fire when pressure rose Thursday morning.
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Jennie Montgomery
Athens
Hal Brawley
Ogg
Beloro
Marion
Iris Stedman
Gertrude Wertz
Ohio University
Clara Henry
Helen Goddard
Pomeroy
Cleveland
Phyllis Stedman
James Potter Jr
Ida Judson
Columbus
Mack Byron
Buchtel
T. E. Keirns
Erroll Evans
Safe Cabinet Co
Marietta
Monod
Relaves
H. W. Henry
David Copeland
Sand Rock
Goddard Farm
C. Henry
Locust Farm
Eastern Star
Masonic
Eva Gifford
W. M
Elenore Gifford
Gertrude King
Turer
Luella Gibson
Asso
Lucy Dyson
Elenor Chapin
Masons
H. H. Avet M
Fire spreads from stove as gas hose bursts in kitchen
A fire broke out in a kitchen when a coal stove heated a hot plate and gas escaped after the hose blew from the connection. The flame spread into the room as the gas ignited, prompting quick action from those present and a chemical engine being deployed.
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Sabra Morris
Santos
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