Relics of Athens Harness and Drug Display Fade Over Time
In the Athens Implement shop a wooden horse statue recalls a era when harness shops thrived with such mascots. The old cinder jars, giant mortar and pestle, and cigar store Indians symbolized storefronts now vanished by modern tastes and prohibition-era changes.
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Athens Implement Company
Intelligencia
Athens
United States
Lash
Prohibition
Cigar Store
Siam
Grip Epidemic Warns Athens Residents
A winter surge of grip like colds spreads across Athens and the nation, with headaches, burning eyes, and stomach upset. Vicks VapoRub is recommended for early treatment, plus a teapot steam method and home care to prevent pneumonia or bronchitis.
New York Petition Seeks Blocking of World War II Bonus
Benjamin Catchings, a New York lawyer, and thirty other New Yorkers ask Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy to enjoin the U S Veterans Bureau from paying the 750 million dollar fin bonus certificates to veterans. They claim tax funds are being misused.
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Washington
Benjamin Catchings
New York
Walter I. McCoy
District Supreme Court
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Catchings
Child prodigy astonishes reporters in Cleveland discourse
Sammy Hars raon, a Seattle boy of exceptional intellect, wowed journalists by delivering a structured discourse on a new hypothesis and molecular theory during interviews in Cleveland. Reporters stood in awe as he spoke with the calm assurance of a college professor.
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Cleveland, D
Sammy ‘Hars Raon
Seattle
Wash
Sami Gay
Padiones
Women Seek Radical Changes in Ohio Legislation
The Ohio League of Women Voters endorses a legislative program in Columbus advocating ratification of the Child Labor Amendment, school attendance reform, removing health and welfare from partisan politics, civil service and election law changes, equal party representation on central committees, a minimum age commission for women, and funding for care and training of the feeble-minded.
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Columbus
State Departments of Health and Public Welfare
Ohio
Ohio League of Women Voters
State to fund Lima armory with 75000 dollars
At the Lima Board of Commerce annual meeting last night assurances were given that the state will appropriate 75000 dollars for a new city armory. The amount is earmarked for armory construction in Lima.
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Lima, O
Board of Commerce
Fragrant Flower Share Sways In Plant Study
A study finds only about one-fifth of total flowers emit fragrance, while the majority lack scent. Researchers note fragrance varies by species and environment, affecting pollinator interactions and plant breeding considerations.
Section Hand Killed as Car Jumps Slippery Track
In Skillman near Trenton New Jersey George Young a section hand on the Philadelphia and Reading railway was killed when thrown from a gasoline section car that jumped a slippery track. Twelve other section hands were thrown but escaped with injuries.
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Trenton
N. J
George Young
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Skillman
Courtship Case Involve Duo At Ellis Island Tale
Nikolaus Matje, 30, files for divorce from Magdalena Matje, 24, alleging she was stolen by Samuel J. Thornton, 45, an immigration inspector. He claims Thornton, who allegedly told Magdalena he owned the Woolworth Building, won her affection after they arrived from Hungary, and that Thornton was convicted under the Mann Act in Pennsylvania and fined 100.
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Cincinnathi, CO
Nikolaus Matje
Magdalena Matje
Samuel J. Thornton
United States
Thornton
United States District Court
Pennsylvania
Matte
Hungary
Ellis Island
Woolworth
Messenger to Deliver World News Twice Daily in Pomeroy Bend
The Messenger announces a 4 pm weekday departure from the Messenger Building to serve Pomeroy Bend with early world news and a Sunday morning edition. The plan, funded at significant expense, aims to provide the final edition from the closing telegraph wires to local readers.
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Pomeroy Bend
Messenger
World News
the Messenger
Oliver Hartley
L. H. R. Foulk
the Bend
Foulk
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Grippe
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Minnie
True Story Magazine
Lostro Bldg
Lima
Style Shop
Dimity
Pomeroy Bend Territory
Eginning
Athens Daily
Sunday Messenger
Pomeroy
MR. Hartley
Athens Messenger
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