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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1927
Page
4
Why Not Burn It Ohio Coal Uplifts State Economy
Opinion piece urging Ohio residents to burn Ohio coal to boost the state economy. Emphasizes coal consumption within Ohio, contrasts with imported coal, and calls on readers to demand Ohio coal from dealers each season to support local communities and jobs. Contains regional appeal for the Hocking Valley and Southeastern Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking Valley
Ohio
Buckeye
President Coolidge Says He Does Not Choose to Run
In the Black Hills during a summer vacation President Coolidge tells reporters he does not choose to run. He repeats the stance to Senator Fess of Ohio and to petitioners, confirming his intended noncandidacy and sparking public discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Black Hills
Fess
Ohio
America
Roads Spend in Southern Ohio Raise Regional Debate
The article argues road funds favor southern and rural Ohio, noting hills increase construction costs and that urban areas pay more. It cites 1923 to 1925 figures showing villages and cities paid 65 million dollars into county funds, while rural areas contributed 27.7 million, highlighting the burden on town residents who own most cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Glouster
Bishopville
McConnelsville
Buying At Home And The Farmer Merchant Bond
The piece urges Southeastern Ohio farmers and local merchants to collaborate on home buying of potatoes and apples. It stresses growing high quality varieties, proper preparation, and marketable presentation with labels. It notes buyers pay for first class, and calls the old adage hang together or hang separately still true. It ends with a quip about boxers being pious yet having a wicked right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Hearst Ranch Drive Shows California’s Vast Road Initiative
A Hearst ranch feature describes a 400 mile Cadillac trip from Hodge California to Hearst ranch on the Pacific coast. The account extols California road building from desert to coast, notes oil wealth in Ventura county, and highlights Hearst ranch holdings and plans for dairy expansion near Los Angeles. It mentions beef prices, ranch superintendent A F Parks, and Hearst’s cattle and Hereford stock amid a broader vision of California’s growth. Governors Small and Chicago Mayor Thompson each bought 600 tickets to the Dempsey Tunney fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearst Ranch
San Simeon
Callif
Hodge
Calif
Mojave Desert
Hearst
California
New Jersey
Desert
Mountains
Pacific
Sierras
Ventura
New York
Will Rogers
Tidewater Associated Oil
Ventura County
A. F. Parks
Los Angeles
Small
Illinois
Thompson
Chicago
Water the core of health and diet advice from Dr Frank McCoy
In this health column Dr McCoy argues water is essential and governs body function. He covers water’s role, how to assess personal needs, and how fasting and dieting can aid blood purification and eye health. He answers reader questions on sulphur use, pterygium, Melba toast crusts, and arthritis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCoy
Coffee House Maggie and the dawn of Manhattan dreams
By the Way in New York profiles Coffee House Maggie, a dawn figure of lower New York's waterfront. The piece describes Maggie, her ragged circle around elevated tracks, and the coffee houses where she trades papers for coffee before daybreak, fading with the city’s first light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
By the Way
New York
Gilbert Swan Messenger
Maggie
Coffe House
Manhattan
Answers to Questions From Frederick J Haskin
Inquiries cover Al Smith height and weight five feet seven inches and 145 pounds. Dolls show preference for dark hair. many dolls have bobbed hair. The chinchilla rabbit arrived in America about 1918, popular as a show and utility animal. King Arthur's Court traditionally located at Carrieon Monmouthshire England on the Usk near Newport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Smith
Governor Smith
P. S
America
Carrieon
Monmouthshire
England
Usk
Newport
Glasgow Tenants Ordered From Sanitary Municipal Housing
State tenants were removed from insanitary municipal houses by court order leaving them homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Stxte
Coolidge Holds Back on Naval Building Plan
Washington date December 13 reports say President Coolidge has not approved a naval buildup and White House officials dispute claims the government will spend over a billion dollars. The Navy is studying additions including cruisers and submarines, with no firm decision yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
White House
Navy Department
Editor Doyle to Lie In State at St Pauls Church
Funeral services for Joseph B. H. Doyle 78 former editor of the Steubenville Herald Star will be held at St. Pauls Episcopal church Steubenville Wednesday morning death attributed to third stroke of paralysis Doyle arranged the entire musical program before his death most hymns chosen will be joyful in tone
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
U.R
Joseph BH. Doyle
News Your Dad Read Long Ago
An American destroyer was sunk by a submarine with sixty lives lost. Mac Bethel, son of Mr and Mrs A S Bethel, enlisted in the navy at Cleveland. Athens records nine below. Jerusalem falls to British forces. Mr C L Poston and Mr Henry O Bleness travel to Columbus after purchasing art glass windows for the First Methodist church. J B Fulton leaves for Cincinnati for a few days on business. Mrs W N Stutz and Mary return from Lancaster after visiting her mother Mrs Mary Whiley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mac Bethel
A. S. Bethel
Navy
Cleveland
C. L. Poston
Henry O’bleness
Columbus
First Methodist Church
W. N. Stutz
Mary
Mary Whiley
Lancaster
Indians Still Being Robbed by the Bureau, 1927 critique
Washington dispatch argues Indians still suffer theft of property liberty and life due to the Indian Bureau. Rep. Clyde Kelly and Rep. James Frear press for abolition and transfer of health and education duties to other agencies, urging public pressure to reform federal policy toward Native peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Dutcister
Washington
Seventieth Congress
America
Indian Bureau
Clyde Kelly
Pittsburgh
House
Indian Affairs Committee
Kelly
James A Frear
Wisconsin
Frear
Burton Wheeler
Bureau
Wttle
Kelly P
Congress
Interior
Helent H Jackson
Bureau of Naturalization
Explosion at Giants Brass Foundry jolts Cleveland area
An explosion at Giants Brass Foundry destroyed a 290 pound vat. The blast rocked the southeastern Cleveland area but officials reported no injuries. Many employees in the building faced danger as the event caused widespread alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Giants Brass Foundry Company
Coolidge Sees No Change in Nation's Court Relation
President Coolidge has doubts about changes in the United States relation to the world court despite State Department suggestion of possible further negotiations. White House officials stated no shift in policy is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
State Department
White House
Divorce Granted for Mr and Mrs Richard X Goven
London reports a divorce granted involving Mr. Richard X Goven and his wife. The couple, aged 8 and 88 respectively, are noted in the notice as having dissolved their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Richard X. Goven
Man Sought in Ohio West Virginia Girls Escape Case
Federal authorities in Ohio and West Virginia seek an unidentified man believed to have aided the escape of Lucille Bressley and Ada Hackworth, both 14, from the Big Sisters association home in Columbus into West Virginia. The girls were later arrested by Parkersburg police after the man abandoned them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Dee
Ohio
West Virginia
Lucille Bressley
Ada Hackworth
Big Sisters’ Association
Parkersburg
W. Va
Stimson Nominated Governor General of the Philippines
President Coolidge sent to the Senate the nomination of Henry L. Stimson former secretary of war as governor general of the Philippines. This marks a high level appointment affecting U S colonial administration in the Pacific region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Heno. I. Stimson
The
Phillippines
Tyler stabs Gibbs after dance smile causes clash in Chicago
In Chicago, Joseph C. Tyler stabbed Florence Gibbs when she smiled at another man at a dance. The incident centers on a violent altercation sparked by jealousy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joseph C. Tyler
Florence Gibbs
Pupils Replant Milbor Pine Woods After Tree Removal
Students from Newton Abbot school replant Milbor Pine woods that were recently stripped of trees, restoring the local woodland and teaching environmental care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Newton Abbott School
Author of Ivanhoe and the uncrowned king of Romania
Puzzle lists vertical clues including the author of Ivanhoe in No 1 and the man called the uncrowned king of Romania in No 13. It asks for names tied to historical figures and other wordplay as a daily crossword item with horizontal and vertical entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romania
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