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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1920
Page
4
The piece argues the recent Labor Board wage rise for railroad workers is fair and should stand. It urges workers to wait and not press for more, noting it largely bridges wages to the cost of living without inflating prices, and warns against repeating further raise cycles.
Urbana native John Quincy Adams Ward earns a Hall of Fame nod for NYU and nationwide sculpture renown. Noted works include Washington’s equestrian statue in Union Square and The Indian Hunter in Central Park, with Beecher’s statue in Brooklyn among his signatures.
In a Cleveland paper Edith Moriarty argues mail theft harms the public trust. She urges higher postal salaries and revival of civil service exams to deter unprincipled workers, contending better pay and testing would reduce the post office ills and curb mail sales to ragmen and attic hoards.
The teacher forgives a boy who stole toffee, offering a moral talk about resisting temptation. A fashionable doctor greets a patient and jokes about curing imaginary illnesses of rich clients. Farmers complain of a car shortage, yet all reportedly drive.
A long letter argues teachers are underpaid and scarce, urging higher wages to attract quality staff. It cites Troy Township finances under a new law, showing eight teachers at $1,000 and a $5,580 need vs 4,715.24 receipts, with bonds to cover the gap.
New York report details nine year old Jennie Staharski and her two year old brother killed by a bolt at Bayside. An inquest found both bodies buried in the home yard up to their necks, with the county medical examiner present.
Police hunt Van Gadd a farmer after he shot Charles Miller 21 and Earl Miller 13 while they picked blackberries near Lancaster. Two bullets hit the older boy in the face and one near the eye, with feared sight loss.
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