Zenner Family of Athens Cultivated Industry and Civic Ties
The Zenner family of Athens spanned three generations in retail and industrial leadership. David Zenner led a post Civil War retail surge, Henry expanded into manufacturing and civic projects, and Philip grew the McBee enterprise into a nationwide operation before chairing the Royal Typewriter merger.
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Philip Zenner
Athens
David Zenner
Henry
McBee Company
Philip
David Roe Zenner
Roe Zenner
Royal Typewriter
Rock throwing at trains threatens Athens despite warnings
The B and O Railroad reports nighttime rock and glass damage to trains through Athens County with no injuries yet but potential for tragedy. Authorities blame youths and urge parental or official intervention to stop the pattern before a serious accident occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Athens County
Athens
Wakeful Hour Reflection on Tax Burden on Business
William Feather argues business acts as a large tax collector for the government, collecting employee income tax social security payments and various excises while Congress imposes profits tax on consumers. He laments the burden on private enterprise and warns it harms the economy without private enterprise.
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Congress
Washington
William Feather
Union Bridge
Grass Loving Doctor Traveled Coast to Coast Hike
Dr Barbara Moore a noted British pedestrian on a cross country U S hike dined on grass in Kansas called it very good and found little to crab about in Indiana she was struck by a car while walking on a highway and hospitalized briefly she would likely agree that walking on grass aids health.
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Barbara Moore
U.S.A
Kansas
Indiana
The Mink Coat Symbol in a Family Tale
Jim Bishop recalls the mink coat as a status badge worn by women at parties from Miami to Rome. The coat’s owner Elinor cherishes it, wears it sparingly, and eventually passes it to Virginia Lee, where it remains a fading symbol of luxury and memory.
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U.p
Collins Avenue
Miami Beach
Sunset Strip
Los Angeles
the Sands
Vegas
Strand
London
Rome
Bishop
Elinor
Gayle
Ginny
Maggy
Agnes
Virginia Lee
Mommy
Dear Abby Pitches Curves And Telephone Etiquette
A reader questions fake curves to appeal to men and Abby compares cosmetic aids to artificial enhancements. A motorman’s spark joke prompts a safety response. A business caller laments child answering, and Abby warns about long distance calls and toy phones. A wife owner warns about a married man’s infidelity and inheritance.
Doctor Crane's Case Report on Hal R. Progress
Hal R the 38 year old cynic recounts a year later after following Dr Crane's six month program He falls in love with and marries the woman he adored and credits cultivated idealism He describes concerts theater church and long talks on life and God urging continued moral self control and church backed nurture of virtue.
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Hal
Hal R
Crane
Daily university student visits aid Medfield hospital patients
Boston University Sargent College students visit Medfield State Hospital each day for eight weeks to supervise activities and help patients, mostly women, regain contact with reality. Officials note patients appear less withdrawn, respond to visits, and gain motivation to endure. Jacksonian epilepsy causes and cure are discussed, attributed to skull pressure from injuries or tumors, with possible improvement after decompression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medfield State Hospital
Medfield
Massachusetts
Boston University
Sargent College
T.M
Try and Stop Me from 1960 Census Satire
A humorous vignette depicts a husband in his evening paper reacting to American Tel and Tel earnings and a boastful salesman nearing billionaire status through bourbon. A census taker encounters a stylish housewife as a maid serves martinis, illustrating social satire of mid century life.
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Tel
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
List of Soviet Nationals Declared Persona Non Grata
George Sokolsky cites a decade of Soviet officials who left the United States under expulsion or were recalled. The roster includes diplomats and aides from the Soviet Embassy and United Nations mission with exit dates from 1953 to 1960. He argues the public deserves the facts for informed electoral context.
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United States
Yuri Vasilyevich Novikov
Washington, D. C
Information Bulletin
Igor Aleksandrovich Amosov
Aleksandr Petrovich Kovalev
United Nations
Washington
D. C
Leonid Igorovich Pivnev
Aleksandr Konstantinovich Guryanov
Ivan Aleksandrovich Bubchikov
Rostislav E. Shapovalov
Viktor Ivanovich Petrov
United Nations Secretariat
Konstantin Pavlovich Ekimov
Yuri Pavlovich Krylov
Vassili Mikhailovich Molev
Vladimir Arsenevich Grusha
Gennadi Fedorovich Mashkantsev
Nikolai Ivanovich Kurochklin
Vadim Aleksandrovich Kirilyuk
Judith Coplon
The Public Forum poem by Guy Ellsworth Stewart
A reflective verse contemplates humanity as a speck on earth with stars as grains of sand. The piece evokes humility about our place in the vast cosmos and ends with the poet’s signature and location Route 1.
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England
Earth
Space
Guy Ellsworth
Social Visits Reported in Ohio Towns
Mr and Mrs G B Radekin were guests of Mr and Mrs William Phillips in Chillicothe. Mrs Walter Sett and her mother Mrs Clarence Ogdin Mrs A D Morrison and children and Mrs Frank Johnson visited Parkersburg. Mrs Nellie Vale was a guest of Lois Cecil in Port Clinton.
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Point Rock
G. B. Radekin
William Phillips
Chillicothe
Walter Sett
Clarence Ogdin
A. D. Morrison
Frank Johnson
Parkersburg
Nellie Vale
Lois Cecil
Middleport
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Zenner
B&o
Philadelphia
Henry Ford
Jim Bishop
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Abby
Miss L
Lao
Doctor Crane
George W. Crane
Opera
The
Aragon
North Shore
Art Institute and Field Museum
Evanston
God
Descartes
Boy Scouts
Y.M.C.A
Camp Fire Girls
Herman Bundesen
George Sokolsky
Bassy
Washington, D C
the Public Forum
Stewart
Athens Messenger
Sunday Messenger
Sunda
Ohio
Daily
U. S
Possessions
Athena
Actori
Associa
Ted
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
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