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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1926
Page
3
Primary system ridiculed as wasteful and undemocratic
An Ohio reader denounces the biennial primary for state and federal offices. He questions the cost and transparency while mocking candidate Webster and the voters who know little about others on the ticket. He warns the system disenfranchises citizens and lets corrupt interests control elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peepul
Athens County
William
Grant Webster
Athens
Webster
Ohio
Iowa Republicans Back Coolidge in State Convention
Iowa GOP delegates endorse the Coolidge administration praising tax and debt cuts and government efficiency while expressing cautious disagreement on farm relief. They urge Congress to understand the president’s stance on agricultural stabilization and note renewed national optimism from the endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Iowa
White Pine Camp
Dr Eric Gardner’s 45 mph warning to 90 mph drivers
A British doctor from Weybridge argues public danger of 90 mph speeds. He testifies 45 mph is the safest limit, noting crashes at 90 mph often leave drivers with minor injuries while 45 mph impacts cause severe harm. He urges informing police to deter reckless speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Gardner
Weybridge
England
Gardner
New Flying Plans and Public Trade Thoughts
The piece argues Americans should invest at home and mocks French tensions with tourists. It notes Mellon and the President canceled pre armistice debts to France, urges more airships than experimental aircraft, and suggests buying 5,000 ships at $20,000 each to build an early air fleet led by Byrd's era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
Wilbur
Coolidge
Byrd
North Pole
Prohibition Official Cites Bible Advice On Moderation
Colonel Ned M. Green a Pacific coast prohibition enforcement official says he does not go to extremes. He supports prohibition professionally but personally follows the Bible advising a little wine for stomach ailments and infirmities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned M. Green
Pacific Coast
Universal Service
Colonel Green Faces Suspension Over Prohibition Claims
Colonel Green admits keeping stronger items and sharing them with friends while claiming moderate drinking. He is suspended as Pacific coast prohibition administrator amid statements that strict prohibition targets the lower classes lacking “the price.” The remark implies a harsher standard for Congress members who supported it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Green
Pacific Coast
Letter Warns Pearl Harbor Oil Tanks Unprotected
Milwaukee resident M. E. F. urges Coolidge and the Navy to protect the Pearl Harbor naval oil storage base after lightning strikes at Lake Denmark and Monterey Presidio caused devastating fires. He argues scientific consultation is needed to prevent enormous losses and lives at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Denmark
Coolidge
Secretary of the Navy
Milwaukee
Naval Oil
Pearl Harbor
Monterey Presido
President Coolidge and Gov. Smith Attend Separate Churches
In Paul Smiths New York President Coolidge attends First Presbyterian Church while Gov. Al Smith and Mrs Smith join St Barnabas Catholic Church. The scene underscores peaceful coexistence of Protestant and Catholic congregations amid looming 1928 political contests. A stray line about a laundry worker ends abruptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
al Smith
New York
Paul Smith
Totem Poles Fade From Alaska Villages Under Neglect and Disputes
The southeastern Alaska totem poles are vanishing due to neglect fires and destruction. Smithsonian preservation efforts fail as villages crumble and Indians resist moving sacred monuments. Indigenous inheritance rules and communal ownership complicate private sales and pose legal challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Alaska
Smithsonian Institution of Washington
Smithsonian
Queen Charlotte Island
British Columbia
Parties Fear to Take a Booze Stand
Washington, July 28. A wet presidential candidate and a national prohibition referendum loom as delicate issues for both parties. Party managers fear a bloc of wet states could tilt the election, with New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Connecticut, Delaware, Rhode Island, Missouri and Wisconsin totaling 113 electoral votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Stewart Messenger
Washington
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
Connecticut
Delaware
Rhode Island
Missouri
Wisconsin
Democratic National Committee
Mississippi
Roosevelt House and Gramercy Park Tour Noted for Access Limits
Tourists visit the Theodore Roosevelt house and stroll nearby Gramercy Park, Manhattan’s small gated enclave with 200 keys. The rebuilt Roosevelt house at 28 East 20th Street charges 25 cents on weekdays, honoring trophies and furnishings from the famed hunter and his era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East 20Th Street
Roosevelt
Gramercy Park District a Gentle Walk Through History
A nostalgic stroll describes Gramercy Park’s generations of caretakers and residents. James J. Hannon, longtime gardener and self described boss, enforces simple rules for visiting children while tracing ties to Irving Place and East 17th Street landmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gramercy Park
James J. Hannon
Questions and Answers on Ice Cream and Moslems
Answers cover annual ice cream consumption at 322 729 000 gallons and note about 120 hotel chains in the United States with most only two hotels. Also explains Muslims face Mecca in prayer and mentions misconceptions about eastward orientation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
M. Dd
Mecca
Acmed Abdullah
Rail growth and local notes from old Athens history
Highlights include 1876 rail construction versus 1875 figures, local tax returns listing animals and livestock, coal shipments from Nelsonville, Akron’s claim to the oldest man, courthouse work in Meigs County, and district notes on Athens school events and a jail escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
United States
Gas Well Spacing and Drilling Density Discussed
The text notes typical practice is one gas well per ten acres, with high rock pressure potentially allowing one well for every forty acres. It discusses these spacing standards as a guideline for development planning.
Widow Wields Pick and Shovel at Abandoned California Mine
In Deadwood California a 76 year old widow, Emma C. Mable, and her invalid son work a lease near The Brown Bear mine in Trinity County. They earned $3,900 in ore in one year from the claim, which had once yielded $12,000,009 worth of metal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
Calif
U.P
California
Emma C. Mable
Trinity County
British Gains Come After Terrific Fight
Railroad man F S Bean dies at his home. He served as ticket and freight agent for multiple railways including Hocking Valley Kanawha and Michigan and Baltimore and Ohio. G W Flinn and daughter Nora open a grocery on May avenue. Coolville camp grounds host gatherings and Sunday school plans form. Community notices mention sugar shortage affecting fruit and travel by residents to Toledo Niagara Falls and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. S. Bean
Hocking Valley
Kanawa
Michigan
Baltimore and Ohio Railways
Baltimore and Ohio
Flyte Cream Claims Freckle Vanish In Four Days
An ad touts Flyte, a cheap freckle remover claimed to melt freckles after four days without staining. Sold through Cline Pharmacy and McKee Drug Company with a money back guarantee. The product promises improved skin clarity and a more youthful look.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cline Pharmacy Company
McKee Drug Company
Lbe
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Samuel Ruggles
Gramercy Park District
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Teddy, Jr
Gilbert Swan
the Messenger
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Meigs County Court House
Daffyd J. Evans
Jackson County
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May Avenue
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H. P. Dutton
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