Miner protest over loading costs cited by John Rothery
John Rothery of Hollister warns fellow miners that reducing loading to 25 cents per ton will not spur work. He argues Indiana and Illinois miners earn more for loading than Ohio, and anticipates continued scarcity of jobs in the Hocking district.
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Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Hocking
Messenger
the Messenger
West Virginia
George M. Jones
Columbus
Travel Week campaign to boost American travel starts March 25
Travel Week to be launched March 25 by the Travel Club of America. An intensive campaign includes an exposition at the Grand Central Palace New York with exhibits from government and travel agencies to educate Americans about touring and motivate future trips.
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Travel Club of America
Grand Central Palace
New York City
United States
Shippite Peard
Department of the Interior
Consular Service
Soviet Brain Workers Toped with Rations to Boost Russia
In a move to spur the economy the Soviet government places 7000 scientists and educators on full rations to unleash their powers for national upbuilding. Lenine and associates publicly acknowledge brain workers are essential to prosperity, aiming to counter Bolshevist ideas that only manual labor counts and to curb anti scholarly sentiment worldwide.
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Russia
Lenine
Hamlet author question causes classroom moment
A country schoolsma am asks pupils who wrote Hamlet during a school board visit. After a tense pause, Johnny Jones answers defensively, prompting a lighthearted remark from Director Blank about the boy’s role.
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Johnny Jones
Director Blank
Fungal Hobby Delays Parson Visits Bedridden Parishioner
A scattered rural parish priest, famed for his fungus knowledge, often skipped duties to seek specimens. He visited a bed-ridden old lady who quipped that if he had been a toadstool he would have called sooner, highlighting his unusual hobby.
On The Spur Of The Moment IWS SS
Mr Jones delays a telephone bill payment responding with notes as the bill repeats. He finally sends a humorous check after a long silence, missing response, and threat of service cut. Cable notes American girls abroad shock diplomats and jokes about diplomats, pool, and politics.
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Jones
Mr. Jones
Cable
P. S
Georgetown Bridge and Historic Potomac Tales
A long look at the Georgetown Bridge site notes the 1922 completion plan for a reinforced concrete crossing over the Potomac linking Virginia with Washington. It recalls Key mansion ties and colonial ferries, the Little Falls chain bridge, and early river trade including ships, slaves, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The piece blends historic lore with progress on the new span and reflects on George Washington era views from the heights.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Potomac River
Virginia
City of
Washington
Thirty Fourth Street
Francis Scott Key
Old Georgetown
General Assembly of
Maryland
Georgetown
Tohoge
Geome
Little Falls
Fairfax
Dutch East Indies
Shenandoah
Europe
New York
Pearl
Spilman
Jamestown
Henry Fleete
Amos Cloud
George Washington
Thew
Brown
Water Street
John Lawrence
Fayette Street
Dawson's Soap and Grease
Frederick
Andrew Ellicott
Sally
Key House
Hopkins’ Hardware Store
Union
Tel
Bridge Street
John Quincey Adams
United States
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Cumberland
Southampton
Delaware
Ohio
Rock Creek
K Street
United States Army Engineers
L’enfant
Aqueduct
Potomac
Arlington
Public Forum on Miners Wages and Open Shop Opposition
Editor Messenger argues against wage reductions for miners amid unemployment and hardship. The letter contends lower wages hamper employment, notes nonunion comparisons, and warns open shop rhetoric. It cites George M. Jones and Hocking District scales and urges solidarity against wage cuts.
Athens Day by Day by the Messenger Watch Dog
Athens diary notes day by day in West Union Street area with neighbors Tom Burke A J Conrad George Meighen and more. It mentions a mausoleum nearing completion a hearse a St Valentine booklets and local rumor about police chiefs aides plus social notices and church events.
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Athens
West
Union Street
Tom Burke
A. J. Conrad
George Meighen
Abrigai
Dave Johnson
Connett and Son
Florida
al Founds
Luke Meluke
P. G. Miler
Warl
Davis
Stella Woodworth
Helwig
W. P. Collins
Route 9
Val P. Collins
Logan
Whittiers
Horatius
Pete McKinley
Stella Sands
Taylor
Hollywood
Roltef
Charles Strecker
St. Lauderdale
Bush
Chauncey
Presbyterians Host Supper at Goldsberry House
A Albany notice invites locals to a supper at the Goldsberry home next Tuesday evening. The ad promises chicken and biscuits, potatoes and beans, with a cheeky note from a local youth praising the Watch Dog.
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Albany
Goldsberry
Valentine Day Booklet Delayed To Tuesday
The printer cannot meet the Valentine booklet deadline and will push the release to Tuesday morning. Readers are urged to place orders by Saturday and mail subscribers should include two cents for postage.
Letter from a Writer to Middleport Reader
A grateful writer thanks a Middleport reader for a Tuesday article and expresses hope for more readers to share in his writings. He promises to seek a future acquaintance when in Middleport.
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Middleport
Answers and Questions from The Athens Messenger Bureau
The Athens Messenger presents a Q A column with instructions for readers to write in for information. It notes limits on advice areas and provides a sample Q A about chimney height, advising chimneys extend at least 35 feet above the grate, with 40 feet preferred, and heights above roofs specified.
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
The
Inquirer
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Rome
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Frank Strickland
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Henry Cone
George Cheney
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