Tariff Fight Over Oil Taxes Reaches Senate Fiancé Committee
Senate fi nance committee weighs protective duties on petroleum as House rejects a 35 cent per barrel crude oil tax and 25 cent fuel oil levy. Proponents seek up to $1 per barrel. American producers in Mexico oppose all duties. general public favors lower prices and conserving home supply. The piece ends with a satirical note on age and voter registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Mexico
Washington
Two Countries and the Illusion of Global Finance
An American businessman in Germany finds no idle factories or saleable plants while Germany suffers worthless currency. In contrast, idle factories in the United States are plentiful and readily sold. The speaker argues that the US remains a land of sound money and strong credit, highlighting conflicting views on modern economics and finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
United States
New York Bill Would Eliminate Voter Age Question
A proposed New York legislature bill would remove the need for voters to reveal age. Instead, the question asked would be simply, Are you twenty one? The change aims to streamline qualification for all citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clever Passenger Strikes Up Train Mischief
A young Englishman on a country line announces a car is not going and motions passengers off. He finds a seat and praises his cleverness until the stationmaster reveals the car was uncoupled by the brakeman who thought him a director.
Soup Shipment Mixup Haunts Boston Wholesaler
A Boston merchant complains a soup box misrouted by a local wholesaler resulted in storage charges after weeks in the freight office. The letter asks the company to retrieve the order and refund 25 cents paid for storage. The page also notes Fritz Kreisler potential ambassadorship and Japan's Siberia departure timing. College students are burning the midnight oil in larger numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Agant
Iingo
Refugee relief led by Princess Cantacuzene aids Russians abroad
A Japanese princess descended from Ulysses S. Grant heads a small American committee aiding roughly 3,000,000 refugees from Bolshevik rule. The group finds work and self‑support for displaced Russians from Berlin to Belgrade, with limited funds but wide reach, noting no overhead costs from donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Grant
Cantacuzene
Nicholas
Russia
Charles Crane
Princess Cantacuzene
Assisti Rt
Finland
Constantinople
Europe
Exneighbor
Serbia
American Central Committee For
Paris
Paris, Some of the Dressmakers’ Assistants, and the Galesgirls
Berlin
Germany
New York
Chicago
Ishop
Poland
Committee
War Department
Carrner
Nelsonville Jokes and Field Notes From Athens County
Athens Daily humor column recounts a Nelsonville visit filled with quirky locals and antics. Profiles Lew Eberle, Doc Cable, Jack Ashton, Walter Gadbury, and John Wood in a series of lighthearted vignettes. The piece ends with Valentine booklet promos and a boast about a large dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Josten
Athens County
Nelsonvile
Lew Eberle
Doc Cable
Emmett Preston
Dutch Shafer
Dutch
Emmett
Jack Ashton
Noah
Walter Gadbury
Walter Whitlatch
John Wood
Peoples Bank Company
John
Newton
Scotty Runion
Scott
Somewhere
Answers and Questions from the Information Bureau
The Athens Messenger lists reader inquiries and concise answers on topics from constitutional bonds to West Point, naval air mileage, sugar hardening, mineral status of water, kerosene history, Louis XIV, and Japan’s cinema network. It names J S C A, G M S, L W K, W A D, T S J A, and R P A among questioners and sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
The
Inquirer
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Briscoe
State of Indiana
Woran
Hill
Supreme Court of the
General Pershing
General Wood
West Point
Wood
Academy
Seven Seas
Co. L. A
North
South Atlantic
South Pacific
Arctic
Bureau of Mines
Marie Henry Watterson Remembered by Athens Countian
Athens County memories recount J M Higgins, health commissioner and Louisville Courier Journal linotype operator, who worked under Henry Watterson at Louisville. The piece notes Watterson’s illegible but masterful copy, the make up room sign Follow Henry Watterson's copy and the tramps who staffed printers in that era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Louisville Medical School
J. M. Higgins
Athens County
Louisville Courier Journal
Henry Watterson
America
Europe
Marie Henry” Watterson
Horace Greenley
Watterson
Athens
Louisville
Higgins
Dr. Higgins
Courier
Est
Marie Henry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ea LN EE
Ohio
Robert E Ward
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Wabash Avenue
Tase
Fritz Kreisler
Siberia
Banan
By Frederic J. Haskin
F. R. Jackson
Youngstown
Marion
Sumatra
Court House
C.D. Shafer
Frank Rauch
Jacis
Louis XIV
Japan
Marse Henry Hand Waitin
Jake Schaetter
Columbus
Columbus Oil Company
Columbus, Ohio
O. R
P. W. Lockhart
Guysville
O. C
New Marshfield
Jno. Wilson
Amesville
Mr. Pierce
Stewart
Lige Cottrille
M. L. Cottingham
Albany
H. 0. McDaniels
Millfield
O. Bert Wolf
Jacksonville
O. Ray Bean
Factory Street
B. & O. Railroad
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!