It s a Dog s Life and War Era Uniforms Discussed
A 1920s style trivia passage covers the value of the automobile dollar in 1925 versus earlier years, soldiers' uniforms postwar, umbrellas first used in Baltimore in 1772, drones among bumblebees, and notes on leading violin teachers Leopold Auer Otakar Sevcik and Cesar Thomson working in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
W. O
H. A
Baltimore
Department of Agriculture
Leopold Auer
Otakar Seveik
Cesar Thompson
Resent
Jury paneling in Benham and Harrison mail fraud trial
In Columbus Ohio on January 16, continued efforts to empanel a jury in the federal court joint trial of William G. Benham and Dwight Harrison former R I Dollings company officials. They face charges of mail misuse and conspiracy related to stock sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
William G. Benham
Dwight Harrison
R. I. Dollings Company
New American Era Declared By Senator Wharton
Senator George Wharton of Pennsylvania told the thirty year Anti-Saloon League convention in Washington that the Eighteenth Amendment is a new declaration of independence for America. The speech marked a key moment for temperance advocates as they push for prohibition policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
George Whart
Pepper
Pennsylvania
Anti-Saloo League
Debate Over Annexation and Child Labor in 20th Century Letters
An opinion piece argues against annexing Mechanicsburg to Athens citing city costs and long payback, while advocating for child labor restrictions. It stresses schooling, rest, and play for children and links to wider calls for an unorised child labor amendment to the Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Mechanicsburg
Richland Avenue
Marshfield
Mineral
Immigrant Selection Debated by House Committee
The House immigration committee questions selecting immigrants at their source as impractical due to diplomatic and logistical hurdles. A committee member’s brief cites grave difficulties and unworkable prospects. Public demand for detailed justification contrasts with general opposition to the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On Immigration
America
Beet Growers Chief Responds to Labor Abuse Reports
The president of the beet growers association in the state facing recent disclosures of shocking child labor conditions speaks out. He addresses reforms and calls for oversight as investigations unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beet Growers’ Association
Climate shifts blamed on irrigation and weather changes
Filas R. Dunn, former New York City weather observer, argues that the climate has been changing since about 1895. He cites large irrigation projects in the west increasing moisture in dry regions, boosting evaporation, cloudbursts, floods, and freak weather across the Ohio Valley and the Southwest, while old settlers attribute shifts to forest destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Filas R. Dunn
New York City
Dunn
Dann
Flo
Ohio Valley
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Automobile industry production tops four million in 1923
Washington figures show 1923 motor vehicle output reached 4,014,000 with trucks at 370,009 and passenger cars 1,235,000. Average prices were $811 for cars and $1,080 for trucks, while total wholesale vehicle value surpassed $2.5 billion. The article notes heavy tax take and broad economic impact, including 14.5 million U.S. registrations and 2.75 million motor trades and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
New York
United States
Uncle Sam
Motor Vehicle Bureau
State Tax Commission of
United
Department of Agriculture
Athens Day by Day Seen by the Messenger Watch Dog
Athens writer describes a Columbus day at the United Mine Workers Convention with vignettes of urban scenes. He mentions streets, crowds, signatures, a jail, a river bridge, and locals like Billy Ireland, Governor Donahay, and union officials amid want ads and carts. The piece blends humor and social observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
United Mine Worker's Convention
Athens Junk Co S
Blue
John C. Fisher
Middleport
Dollings
W. D. Robinson
Scioto River Bridge
Fifth
Penitentiary
James
The
Columbus Dispatch
Messenger
Attorney Thorn
Logan
Billy Ireland
Chas. O’brenness
Long Street
Conrad Wien
Murray City
Lee Hall
G. W. Savage
Donahay
Union Tobacco
Joe Hutchins
Robert Marshall
Glouster
A. J. Gould
Athens
Mary Catherine Campbell
America
Girl
Mosquitoes Hornets and a Dollings Jury Twist
A letter recalls Reverend Mont Ruth on life purpose of living beings and jokes a mouse spared a pie. It notes W L Robinson did not serve on the Dollings jury due to wealthy relatives in Dollings stock, implying influence from kin.
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Mont Ruth
Mont
W. LD
Robinson
Dollings
W. Db
Information Bureau Answers Readers Questions
A Q A notice from The Athens Messenger explains the Information Bureau in Washington D C will answer questions. Readers must mail questions with full name address and two cents for return postage. The bureau cannot give legal medical or financial advice nor settle domestic troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Ashington
D. C
The
Inquirer
Limericks and trivia from early 20th century quiz link
A compilation of Q and A items covers authorship of a limerick likely by Wilson, historical railway gauge changes on the Greed Trans line, distinctions between bitter and sweet chocolate, unearned increment in real estate value, America's oldest religious journal the Churchman, Judas’s thirty pieces value in US money, the largest mail sacks by steamship, Christmas shipping loads, and early American Army uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Bower
Greed Tran
Montreal
Portland
V. Cc. A
Grocer
Encyleopedia
United States
The
Churchman
America
Judas
Christ
U. S
Springer Family Visits and Local Employment Trip
Mr and Mrs RE V Springer and son Paul of Wellston visited Mr and Mrs Ray Cox on Saturday. Ellis Ward Chester Arnett Travis Morris and Harold Lowry traveled to New Boston Tuesday seeking employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RE. V. Springer
Paul
Wellston
Ray Cox
Ellis Ward
Chester Arnett
Travis Morris
Harold Lowry
New Boston
Local Residents Visit and Illness Reported in Wellston Area
Mr and Mrs Raymond Shively and children visited Wellston on Sunday. Joseph Tripp from South Richland township is reported ill. Dave Gorsuch of Nelsonville stayed with his ill father N Gorsuch from Saturday to Tuesday. Flora Salts from Logan and Amanda, both teachers, visited with their parents here. Mrs James Reynolds traveled to Columbus for a few days with her parents. Walter Beckley of Wilkesville was a business visitor Tuesday. Lester Danny and Worley West of Knox township were here on Monday on business.
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Joseph Tripp
South Richland Township
Dave Gorsuch
Nelsonville
N. Gorsuch
Flora Salts
Logan
Amanda
Coonville
James Reynolds
Columbus
Walter Beckley
Wilkesville
Lester Danny
Worley
Knox Township
McDonald Charged With Non Support In Jackson County
George McDonald formerly living near Vinton Station in this county has been taken into custody in Jackson county on a non support charge by his wife Daisy McDonald of Wellston.
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George McDonald
Vinton Station
Jackson County
Daisy McDonald
Wellston
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Lantic Coast Section
Middle West
Plains
Colorado
Idaho
By Frederic J. Haskin
Ohio Traction Company
Traction Company
Wilson
P. T
Raymond Shively
Bates
Illinois
Portland Cement Association
Farmers Bank
Pittsburgh
Orher Cisioe
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