Pay Raises Sought to Stabilize Postal Clerks and Carriers
The piece argues that many new postal workers are hired without civil service exams at low pay while seasoned staff with years of experience earn far more. It calls for higher wages to retain qualified workers, cites the need for action by the joint postal wage commission and Congress, and warns that continued underpayment harms postal service quality. It also notes a separate fitness regimen promoting short daily exercises for vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Civil Service
Post Office
Joint
Postal Wage Commission
Congress
The Stair-Climber Wins Big In New York Feat
A 40 year old man weighing 200 pounds ran 47 stories in under nine minutes at the Equitable building and won 4100 from a wager. He suffered no harm and returned to work, then enjoyed a Turkish bath and a dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Equitable
After Dinner Stories and Cape to Kansas City Anecdotes
A grocer tricks a boy with a pretend black hens eggs test and the boy passes. A Sunday school superintendent asks Willie how to reach heaven and the boy jokes that sickness and a doctor are needed first. Gabe Gosnell describes lively times in Kay Lee and Kay Lee’s street dangers, with hold ups and plain clothes police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Kansas City
Gabe Gosnell
Groudge
Kay Lee
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Ad From Morse Oklahoma
A testimonial from Mrs Alicia Raney of Morse Oklahoma endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for the Change of Life. She cites personal health improvement and family-fueled recommendation and offers to let her name be used. The ad promises guidance from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. with confidential correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moree
Okla
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alici Raney
Morse
Oklahoma
Brooksville Guests and Local Visitors Wrap Week
Brooksville residents hosted and visited many neighbors this week. Guests included Bertha Steinmeyer Helen Reeder Bessie and Flossie Jones from Union and T A Burkett with Selby Cox. Continued social calls occurred among Beckle Crossen and Luhrig friends with Athens and Bassett connections.
Albany Social News Highlights Local Visits and Aviation Event
Albany residents hosted and visited family members with several weekend trips to Buckeye Lake Rutland and Carpenter. A notable local aviation moment occurred as Lowell Chase piloted a plane circling Albany and landing at his family farm after earlier flights from Chicago to Indiana and Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Cotton
Baltimore
James Lindley
Ceph Lindley
Buckeye Lake
M. Higley
Pratt
Londonderry
Rutland
Lilly Browning
Hennah Higley
E. E. Gillogly
O ' Dailey
Columbus
O. Whitlatch
Wilkes Street
Peter Morse
Carpenter
Albany
Lowell Chase
James Chase
Chase
Texas
Chicago
Indiana
Dayton
Wesley Cottrill
Wm. Lewis
Howard Coe
John P. Coe
Frank Coe
Clara Coe
Florence Strong
Northrop
Crooksville
Wm. Irwin
Rutland Notes Local Athletics and Upcoming Events
Rutland residents report a busy period with the local baseball team posting a 7 to 0 victory over Cheshire and a 5 to nil defeat by Pomeroy. The town anticipates a rematch with Pomeroy on the Syracuse field and follows church and school notices including baptisms and commencements. Local movements include Ray H. Rawlings driving Chevrolets home from Cincinnati and several residents making visits to Columbus and Athens. A 96 year old local matriarch, Mrs Nancy Clark, dies in Ottawa Kansas, becoming the oldest of five generations. The Marietta District M E conference and several eighth grade commencements are planned for June. An incident on Leading Creek ends with three men jailed on a $300 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bass
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Charles Musser
Columbus
Ashville
Parker
Ray H. Rawlings
Cincinnati
Leatrice Pond
Bertha Kincaid
Rathburn's
A. A. Humphrey
Carol
Boughtonville
Roy Barton
Will Plummer
Mr. Plummer
Smith
A. D. Barton
Page
Middleport
R. H. Rawlings
L. J. Heiner
Shawnee
Athens
Frank Whaley
Cable
Ohio
Herbert
Rutland
Nancy Clark
Ottawa
Kan
Marietta
M. E
Dexter
Harrisonville
Columbia Chapel
Local Visits and Memorial Services Reported in Hockingport Area
Hockingport residents Mr. and Mrs. McGirr and two daughters visited Mr. and Mrs. EB Parker and family. Mr. and Mrs. E A Dutton and son Herbert and Mrs. John Barrows attended memorial services at Coolville. Miss Mary A Stone teaching near Marietta was Sunday guest of sister Mrs. Otho Elliott. Mrs. Ida Cook of Boaz Alabama visiting summer at her home hosts her mother and brother from Corap, John Dickerson and George.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGirr
Stella Dutton
Grace Holdren
Little Hocking
EB. K. Parker
E. A. Dutton
Herbert
John Barrows
Coolville
Mary A. Stone
Marietta
Otho Elliott
Ida Cook
Boaz
Ala
John Dickerson
George
Corap
Sunday Visit Details Across Parker, Snyder and Related Families
Misses Ethel and Jesse Parker of Parkersburg spent Sunday with their parents Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Parker. Lon Snyder and children visited Mrs. Charles Randolph’s family. John Dutton of Little Hocking visited aunt Mrs. Ralph Gunner. Ice and Mrs. Fred Snyder attended memorial services at Bethany church. Charles Dunfee of Williamstown visited his father Mr. David Dunfee. Ira Conley and children attended memorial services at Coolville. Aman Forster and Richard Nixon were guests of James Medley and sister Mrs. Rowena Nixon. Charles Hayden and family were recent callers at Coolville. A chemist developed a process to produce tartaric, citric, lactic and succinic acids from benzine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olis
Ethel
Jesse Parker
Parkersburg
E. K. Parker
Lon Snyder
Charles Randolph
John Dutton
Little Hocking
Ralph Gunner
Ice
Fred Snyder
Bethany Church
Charles Dunfee
Williamstown
W. Va
David Dunfee
Ira Conley
Coolville
Aman Forster
Richard Nixon
James Medley
Rowena Nixon
Charles Hayden
Salvation Army Drive Starts Soon in Athens County
Four teams from Athens High School fraternities Major Rafael Johnson and local business leaders join a canvass to meet Athens county's $4800 Salvation Army quota. The war chest has contributed $1000. Attorney Boyer of Chicago, with overseas service, volunteers months of effort and will conclude the drive in Athens county before returning to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens High School
Rafael Johnson
Athens City
Salvation Army
Athens County
War Chest Fund
Boyer
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Athens Mesener & Herald Primine Co
Firet Floor Messenger Builiding
Robert EK. Ward
Fifth Avenue
New York City
South Wabash Avenue
Walter Camp
Kuppenheimer
Ormond
Drexel
Rambeau
Hixon
Lenox
Scott Haney
Raney
Brooksville
Bertha Steinmeyer
Helen Reeder
Bessie
Flossie Jones
Union
Selby Cox
Alice
Agnes McBride
T. A. Burkett
Richard Jones
Cameron Crossen
William Williams
George Beckle
William Beckle
Thelma Jones
Luhrig
Joseph McBride
Martha Hudwell
Esther Hamilton
Bassett
Margaret Ellis
Clarion
Robert Hutchins
Alice McBride
David and
Isaac Jackson
Fred Scott
Near Salem
John McDonald
Henry Hudwell
Thelma Thompson
Luhig
Joseph Shepard
Ruth Peters
Sileen
Hocking
Frank Howell
Beebe
Grover Douglass
Pete Hudnell
Ike Hudnell
Robert Hutchinson
Mr. T. Burkett
Frank Risley
Guy Burkett
Ant
New Marshfield
Mabel Veronica McBride
Lucifes Risley
Salem
Clarence Russell
Robert Jackson
Isaac
Margaret
Hockingport
Rexall
Brencies
N. C. Ward
Ward
Orange Crush Company
Chicago Laboratory
Los Angeles
Star Mineral Water Works
Tland
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