Socialist stance on La Follette and public health notes
The piece discusses the Socialist committee advising support for La Follette, warns it could cost votes from those misinformed about Socialism, and argues for caution to parents about barefoot summer health risks. It also covers British imperial conduct in China, an American casualty Edwin C. Hawley, and praises Miss Wills and Mrs. Wightman for tennis success in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socialist Committee
Socialist Party
la Follette
A Thought for Today by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Wealth gained through vanity fades while labor produces enduring reward. A thought for today notes that nothing is denied to well directed work and wisdom from Proverbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Workers Well Off Despite War Prosperity Says Report
The National Industrial Conference Board finds wage earners are better off than ever in American industry. Real wages rose as cheaper living costs let workers buy 31 percent more in 1914 wages buying power. The challenge remains to lift farmers without harming industrial workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Industrial Conference Boards
Cash bonus timing for veterans described in detail
The article explains that the veterans adjusted compensation law does not provide for immediate cash payments. It outlines cash options for dependents, loan collateral against credits, and timelines starting March 1, 1925, with payments in quarterly installments if the veteran dies before receiving full benefits.
Uniform Traffic Rules Across the 48 States
The most populous state argues that traffic rules should become uniform across all 48 states. The spread of traffic makes a unified standard desirable. If Congress cannot act, uniform state legislation should pursue the goal.
Nature's balance and the cobra remedy in jungle lore
The article contrasts the cobra’s deadly venom and a mongoose’s instinctive counterplay with a broader claim that nature holds universal solutions. It argues that progress copies natural principles, citing traffic laws as modeling after natural order and Evolution as discovery rather than invention. It ends praising proximity to nature for clear thinking.
Bonus letters reveal large number of veterans missing in action
Desperate wives seek adjusted service certificates when husbands are AWOL or unlocated. Many cannot claim bonuses without proof of death or a named beneficiary, leading to cases of single mothers and deserted children. The piece highlights a tattooed husband with a pending claim and an elderly aunt caring for a nephew who served in France.
Veteran’s bonus questions raise kinship and name issues
A reader asks about eligibility for a veteran’s bonus when a mother’s claim exists but an aunt also asserts kinship after twenty years of care. The piece explains rules allowing non-parent guardians to qualify if they stood in loco parentis for at least one year before service. It also covers a man who used a different name during service and may still apply under the name he served. Another letter notes an enlistment in 1917 ended by discharge for alienage. the veteran asks if entitlement exists, and the guidance states aliens discharged for alienage are ineligible.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Thraders
Bern
Yithe Law
Anx Smith
Huist
Straitsville
Speg
Dion
Myr
Columbus
Serlu Webb
Iran
Germany
Davis
Saturday Evening Post
United States
C. S
Virginia
Union
W. B. Coleman
America
Canada
M. A
J. R. Booth
Dominion
Eric of
Denmark
Washington
D. A
Lossing
M. C
Slovakia
Bohemia
V. E
Republic
England Declines Channel Tunnel for Imperial Defense
The British government yesterday rejected building a tunnel under the channel arguing imperial defense. England remains an island only in belief as air battles replace naval fronts. The piece notes Napoleons could cross along the French shore and London could be attacked at short notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Channel
France
Readers urged to mail questions for answers in The Athens Messenger
Information Bureau under Frederic J. Haskin offers readers a chance to write questions on plain paper with full name and address and two cents for return postage. The service covers general information but not legal medical or financial advice or domestic dispute settlement.
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington
LD. C
Fnquirer
Button materials list from a fol ding catalog
The excerpt lists button materials including metal horn glass bone wood celluloid hoof pearl porcelain brass with the more expensive options being agate and marble. It notes there are also buttons made from a composition of unknown materials.
Q and A from the era on science and society topics
A compendium of quick answers covers window screen wire length, naturalization eligibility changes, quail farming in Virginia, gypsy language variation, Canada's richest man, Washington's breakfast hours, fish respiration, Slovakian Bohemian aristocracy origins, and button materials.
Salmon packing totals and historic log college reference
In 1921 there were 934919 cases of Salmon packed with 48 pounds per case valued at 4294335 dollars. The Log College, a Wilder ness school founded at Neshaminy Tennessee by Reverend Wm Jerrent, inspired early Pennsylvania education and the later Princeton lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Log College
Neshaminy
Tenneylvania
Wm. Jerrent
Pennsylvania
Log Cabin College
College of
New Jersey
Princeton
Dr. Randall Collapses in Columbus Municipal Court
Dr. Webster C. Randall, 70, collapsed in a witness chair at Columbus Municipal Court. Dr. W. J. Insley, asked to assist, declined amid assurances from Judge C. Throckmorton and bailiff W. L. Davis that the case was serious.
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Columbus, O
Webster C. Randall
W. J. Insley
Dr. C. Throckmorton
W. L. Davis
Lima Gas Light to Expand Jackson Street Plant
Work starts immediately on an addition to the Jackson street plant of the Lima Gas Light company raising daily production to 2,000,000 cubic feet. More than $105,000 will be spent in the expansion, said E R Curtis president of the company.
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Lima, O
Jackson Street
Lima Gas Light Company
E.R. Curtis
Improvements Expected To Finish Before Winter
The official said expected improvements should be completed before winter sets in, signaling progress on the project timeline.
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Chine
Edwin C. Hawley
Hawley
Szechuan Province
State Department
China
Miss Wills
California
Europe
George Wight
Lenglen
Cc-C'Moa
Wwer
Anyring
Athens Messenger
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Dailies
International News Service
Cee
Robert Bree
Ares
Fifth Ave
New York
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
F. . Bus Pabr
Chas
Harris
New York State
Lucky
Iowa
London
King’s Palace
Esther Morton Smith
Philadelphia
Joseph Wharton
Newport
Miss Smith
Chichester
Blue-jay
Bluec-jay
Yuus Uenegioee
BEBE
Secretary of Labor
Scott Haney
Setain
Obama
Blue Devil
Columbus Oil Company
Columbus Ohio
Millfield
O. Smith Bros
Jacksonville
Coffey
Myers Crossing
Aterss Distributing Stat
Clas. Palmer
Red Town
M. H. Leasure
Jh. A. Antle
Trimble
O. Wallace & Bryson
Glouster
O. See Tire & Supply Co
Ray James Garage
Chauncey
Lowery
Circle Hill
Charles Evans
Nelsonville
O. Fourth St
Grocery
John Dyker
Murray City
O. L. W. Russell
Beaumont
O. H. A. Tipton
Plains
White’s Mill
Athens
R. Hysert
New Marshfeld
W. M. Dixon
New Marshfield
Cortinghass
Albany
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