Glouster Visitors Headed by Mrs Mingus and Others
Glouster visitors Saturday included Mrs Herbert Mingus Mrs P D Hill Miss Mildred Cole Mrs G C Patton Mrs William Hartley Mrs Charles Ogg Mrs Arthur Mingus and Mrs L E B Wood. Virgené Totman visited Athens relatives Friday and Saturday. Alice Males of Athens stayed with her parents Sam and Mrs Males for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinett
Herbert Mingus
P. D. Hill
Mildred ‘Cole
G. C. Patton
William Hartley
Charles Ogg
Arthur Mingus
L. Eb» Wood
Virgené Totman
Athens
Alice Males
Sam Males
OU Alumni Plan 300000 Fund for Memorial Auditorium
Ohio University alumni aim to raise 300000 in voluntary subscriptions to build a memorial auditorium with a grand organ. The effort, organized by the Ohio University Alumni Association, seeks private funding to honor state support and involve Athens and broader alumni in supporting the western institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Ohio
Board of Control
Ohio University Alumni Association
New York
O. U
Alumni Association
Athens
Standardized headlights debated by eastern motor commissioners
A meeting of motor vehicle commissioners from 10 eastern states urged standardization of headlights. They will work with the Society of Automotive Engineers and Illuminating Society of America to devise a universal system adaptable to all cars. Officials want compulsory adoption and also consider tail lights in the reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Automotive Engineers
The
Illuminating Society of America
After Dinner Stories ee 1 Battalion Camp Cooks Joke
The battalion rests in camp with cooks lighting fires. The sergeant major orders tripe and onions for supper. A cock locks up, asks where the tripe is, and is told it is hanging on a tent pole. The cook exclaims she just washed her hands and mistook it for a towel.
Smart Children and Bearcat at Rumpus Ridge
Gap John of Rumpus Ridge Arkansas muses that no matter how clever children seem one may hear of smarter ones. He recalls boasting about Bearcat until an elder warned that even Job cursed his birth, noting Bearcat was nearly four before he could swear to anything.
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Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Ark
Bearcat
Job
Man in Line Demands Ticket for 50 Cents
A man disrupts a New York railroad wait line at the ticket window offering 60 cents for a Boston ticket. The clerk refuses stating 50 cents is not enough. He asks where he can go for 50 cents and fourteen men in the line each give a different destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
On The Spur Of The Moment And Other Items
A collection of brief items notes local merchant hiring a fondly viewed helper, a young man marrying her, European fashion oddities, and charity appeals for Europe. Reports that Ziegfeld may halt the Follies in 1924. A cash grocery robbery is reported. A Chicago divorce suit cites a husband who is lazy and a prohibition officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The Popularity of Crime in America
Frederic J. Haskin examines the crime wave as permanent and argues multiple causes beyond postwar blame. He cites public attitudes, lenient sentences, bail practices, and the role of prohibition, urging faster trials and removal of criminals as the true remedy.
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Frederic J. Haskin
New York City
New York
Sts
United States
Civilized World
Mexico
George Barnard Shaw
America
Europe
Diary Notes From Athens College Day On Tutors and Town
A diary entry from Athens on February 12 recalls Rev. Bond at Ohio University and a lively day with friends Thor Olson Carl Stickney and others. It mentions Milton Paradise Lost readings, St Valentine day plans, sermons on mortgage and debts, a political jab at prohibition and local errands including buying a strawberry dish for Julia Cable and Clara Blume.
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Athens
Samuel Pepys
Bond
Ohio University
Abraham Lincoln
Thor Olson
Dunap
Mr. Samuel
Prof. Stailey
Mr. Miller
BE. J. Jones
Thor
Washington
Ralph P. Jennings
Edison
Lincoln
Jrome
Carl Stickney
Stickney
Clinton Webb
Tipton
Logan
Higley
Milton
Samuel
Court Street
Julia Cable
Clara Blume
Enterprise
Charley
Christian Church
Little
Harmony
Florida
Questions and Answers Information Card from The Athens Messenger
Readers are invited to send questions to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau Washington D C directed by Frederic J Haskin The bureau provides factual information and does not offer legal medical or financial advice Send question with full name address and two cents postage for return responses
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
The
Inquirer
ZR2 disaster blamed on skipped tests and funding gaps
The Royal Aeronautical Society report argues the ZR2 dirigible catastrophe might have been prevented with proper early tests. Investigators say construction proceeded on incomplete data due to funds. Britons abandon ZR type and may copy German Zeppelin design.
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London
Royal Aeronautical Secretary
International
Richard Glazebrook
Imperial College of Technology
Great Britain
Britain
Public Forum on Logan County Coal Dug In Political Control
The author challenges Mr. X Y Z to expose Logan County West Virginia’s coal dominated system. Operators fund government schools churches and Y M C A while suppressing unions with a private police and militia. The piece portrays paternalistic governance, anti union sentiment, and a policy labeled the American plan.
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Messenger
Don Chafin
Logan
West Virginia
Logan County
United States
Secret Service
The
W. Va
Millfield Needle Club Hosts Social Evening
Millfield Nine members and three invited guests enjoyed hospitality from Mrs. R H Wade on Wednesday with a business meeting and social session followed by lunch. The Ladies Bible class plans lesson study next Tuesday at Mrs Camden Wine's home. William Wemer returned from a visit to North Baltimore with Dr. Fred Wemer and family. Reverend L W Spayd began a series of Christian church meetings. Mr and Mrs Kirby Males of Sugar Creek stayed with Mr and Mrs Ed Sams. Mrs William Sisson hosted guests Wednesday including Mrs William Cole and Mrs James Omen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Wade
Needle Club
Camden Wine
William Wemer
Fred Wemer
North Baltimore
L. W. Spayd
Chauncey
Christian Church
Kirby Males
Sugar Creek
Ed Sams
William Sisson
William Cole
James Omen
Chas
Union Miner Letter From Athens Warns of Peril to Workers
A letter from Athens Ohio dated February 13 1922 signs as A Union Miner discusses conditions in West Virginia and fears about disclosure of names to private police and guards possibly resulting in expulsion. The writer claims affiliation with workers and questions authority in a tense labor climate.
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West Virginia
Union of
West Virginis
Alsatia
Bisa Ang
Craig
Athens
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Pate
Athens Mesened & Herald Printne Co
E Saar
Phil
Akr
O48
Hubert Ward
Fifth Avenue
Wabash Avenue
O. U. Alumni Awakening
Ziegfeld
Peru
Chile
Laddie Boy
Canada
Ku Klux Klan
Commissioner Enright
Enright
Sahara Desert
Charles L. Knight
Akron
Nelsonville
Schafer
Court House
Valentine
Venice
John Macadam
Ed Cushman
Milwaukee
United States Mint
Georgia
C. H
Dahlonega
Geological Survey
Jack Dempsey
William Harrison Dempsey
Manassa
Colorado
Japan
England
Millfield
PISO
Athens, O
Smo
Hill
Hal
Mr. Hil
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N. J
M. Johnson
Fidelity Building Loan and Savings Co
West Gay St
Columbus, CO
Tri-State Engineering Company
Zanesville
Home USA
F. J. Beasley Milling & Grocery Co
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