Athens Opportunity for Grayson Ray-Glo Gas Fire Plant
Athens could host a new manufacturing company to produce the Ray-Glo gas fire by J H Grayson Mfg Co. The invention promises economical, odorless heating with patented design and national growth potential. Grayson plans public stock soon and seeks local backing to keep the factory in Athens.
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Athens
United States
Canada
J. H. Grayson Mfg. Co
Graysons
Grayson
Chamber of Commerce
Brinamead to reopen Kentish Town piano factory after strike
Brinamead’s Kentish Town piano factory will reopen after a six decade run ended by wage and productivity concerns. Workers formed a joint statement agreeing to cooperate with management for a trial restart, hoping to prove and preserve employment.
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Brinamead
Kentish Town
England
Hich
Fim
Rural carriers deserve fair wages to sustain postal service
The piece argues for higher pay for rural mail carriers and clerks, noting they supply their own transport on long routes and face harsh weather. It urges Congress to see economy as efficiency and to raise the minimum base to 1920 a year to prevent disintegration of rural service.
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Postal Service
National Rural Mail Carriers’ Association
Senate Post Office and Post Roads Committee
Congress
Political Stand Against Pork Barrels In Congress
The Scranton Republican quotes opinions condemning pork barrel spending and pledging no public building appropriation for the present. River and harbor projects will advance only if all interests benefit, with economy prioritized to protect taxpayers and ensure revenue.
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Scranton
Connor
Congress
West to Lead Lowden Boom in Northeast States
Roy O. West a Chicago attorney and longtime Republican organizer is chosen to head Lowden's campaign in New England New York and New Jersey. A former national committee member and Illinois state central chair West has long supported Lowden and has traveled the East to build support for the 1920 bid.
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Roy O. West
Politics Inclinel
National Committee
Frank O. Lowden
New England
New York
New Jersey
West
Chicago
Lowden
Thompson
Republican State Central Committee of
Illinois
East
Various musings and notices mix music plans and gossip
A sampler of columns and jests notes five great pianists on one program while poking at names, a Boston blueberry alcohol claim, and quirks in wedding notices. It quips about cockroaches, love being blond, and column salaries, then previews wartime film ads and ballplayer moves.
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Godowsky
Ornstein
Levitzki
Moisewitsch
Rubinstein
Jones, Hicks, Smith
Household Hints Cakes
A compact guide to three cakes with basic ingredients and steps. Eggrees Butterness Milkness Cake uses brown sugar water raisins lard spices then flour baking powder soda and optional nut meats. White Cake uses sugar egg whites lard water vanilla powder and flour with boiled icing. President's Cake combines brown sugar batter sour milk eggs raisins spices with three-layer baking and boiled frosting.
After Dinner Stories in a Humorous Exchange
A tale of a former engaged couple who quarrel and fail to reconcile then a self important ex captain boasted of hiring former service men for a new hotel. A witty exchange about who has the last word ends with a joke on gender dynamics.
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M. P
Belgians Rebuild Quickly After World War I Devastation
The article praises Belgium for rapid postwar recovery. It notes a $25 million Belgian loan subscribed in one day by New York financiers. It recalls Caesar praising Belgian bravery and details recovery in agriculture, sugar production, railways, coal mines reaching 95 percent of prewar output, and factories and industries restoring to varied levels.
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Wm. J. Warroener
Belgium
Ner
New York
Caesar
Gaul
Germany
Rev Sutton gravely ill with bronchial pneumonia
Rev W H Sutton lies critically ill with bronchial pneumonia at the home of his daughter Mrs O J Brook 1444 Hunter Ave Columbus. His aged wife is also confined indoors with a severe cold and old age infirmity.
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Sutton
W. H. Sutton
O. J. Brook
Hunter Avenue
Columbus
Money in the Bank: the Best Friend in War and Peace
A wartime morale piece reminds readers that saving money is a national virtue, warning that many are wasting funds as distress returns to others. It emphasizes thrift as a reliable ally and urges continued prudent saving to weather hard times.
Athens County farmers institute opens with judge and speakers
The Athens County farmers institute begins a two day session in the court room with Judge Wood presiding. Speakers include H. H. Wickham J. W. Higgins and Dr. J. M. Higgins. The program features vocal and instrumental music by Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Norris Mrs. Winfield Scott and others.
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Athens County Farmers Institute
Judge Wood
H. H. Wickham
J. W. Higgins
J. M. Higgins
C. D. Norris
Winfield Scott
W. E. Joon
James Schrantz
J. D. Gist
Exciting runaway nitro glycerine team in Amusville scare
An Amusville morning event involving a four horse team driven by Howard of the Marietta Torpedo Co. ran away with 48 quarts of nitroglycerine. The team dashed through town and halted after colliding with a telephone pole without any explosion or injuries reported.
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Amusville
Howard
Marieta Torpedo Co
Temperature Extremes Mark 1899 and this Year’s Highs
A note compares February 10, 1899 to a current year with drastic swings. It recalls the 1899 low near 40 degrees below zero, then mentions this year’s thermometer reaching 50 above, with a prior reading of 76 above two days earlier, just four degrees shy of summer heat.
Ohio Cities Report Influenza Epidemic Peak Reached
The state health department says Ohio's larger cities have passed the peak of the influenza epidemic based on daily telegraph reports of cases and deaths from influenza and pneumonia.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Health Department
Department
Daily Telegraph
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders Aid Children Worldwide
Thousands of mothers report Mother Gray's Sweet Powders ease headaches colds fevers stomach troubles and other irregularities in children. Used by mothers for over 30 years and sold by druggists everywhere.
Don Sung Egg Booster Claims Winter Egg Rise
An ad from Cherry Valley Pennsylvania promotes Don Sung, a feed additive for hens. It cites a farmer with 23 chickens who reportedly increased egg production from near zero to 15–19 eggs daily within five weeks during winter. The pitch offers a 30 day trial and money back guarantee if results aren’t achieved.
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Don Sung
John Duni
Cherry Vatley
Dunt
Don Lang
Hope of the World Misread by Many Youth
A fragmented note laments that many children seem to ignore hope for a better world. The writer urges action and attention to the future, warning of apathy among youth and calling for responsibility.
Catarrh Remedies Debated in Advisory Ad
An advertisement argues that local sprays and douches only mask catarrh and urges readers to use S. S. S. as a lasting treatment. It claims the remedy addresses the source of catarrh and offers free medical guidance from the Swift Laboratory director in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Si Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
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