An Old Race Passes The Harvest Hand Era Ends
A vintage portrait of harvest hands on the wheat belts from Oklahoma through Canada. The piece notes a shift from romantic migratory labor to machine powered farming, with 75 percent of harvests now by motor hands and government employment bureaus in wheat country towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheat Belt
Kansas City Star
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Canada
Wheat Plains
Saturation Point and Price Cuts Transform Auto Market
The piece argues that Sitata Motors or a similar producer has cut prices and included accessories, boosting sales as production shifts and competitors rise. It notes rising car demand beyond expectations, questioning the existence of a saturation point and highlighting how lower prices expand the customer base across wage levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ord
Tax Shift Shows City and State Burden Rising Fast
An article by Blaine F. Moore of the National Chamber of Commerce analyzes tax growth from 1919 to 1924. It notes higher per capita taxes, growing city and county bills, and allocations to highways and schools while federal taxes were cut. The piece argues against blaming only federal taxes as local governments spend more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine F. Moore
Finance Department
National Chamber of Commerce
Moore
Uncle Sam
Coolidge
Wise federal spending urged for Athens area
The government urges prudent use of funds in Athens, the county, and district cities, stressing every cent must be spent wisely as tax rates cannot rise indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Record crowds greet women at Chicago religious service
Chicago hosted a massive assembly with 175000 women filling a stadium for a special religious service. A choir of five thousand nuns sang within a fifteen thousand strong chorus, marking a historic gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York Governor Smith Praises Freedom From Bigotry in Chicago
Governor Al Smith of New York told a Chicago eucharistic congress that New York prides itself on being free of bigotry and joked about frequent presidential nominations. He quipped that he had just received another nomination that morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Smith
New York
Chicago
Olvany predicts Al Smith 1928 Democratic nominee
In Seattle George W. Olvany heads Tamany Hall and tells reporters that Al Smith will win the 1928 Democratic nomination and carry the nation on two key issues the World Court and the Volstead Act. He bets Smith will triumph over Coolidge or any Republican contender in a campaign with multiple important issues.
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Seattle
George W. Olvany
Tammany Hall
al Smith
Olvany
Smith
Coolidge
Rockefeller Aims Affordable Worker Housing At Scale
John D. Rockefeller plans large scale dwellings for working people with playgrounds private parks bathrooms and resident doctors. He targets moderate rents about nine dollars per room per month and rejects charity as a model.
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John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Small Scale Housing Plan Aims for hundreds of families
A pilot project targets a few hundred families with affordable, healthful apartments. If successful, it could attract hundreds of millions in investment and help families with modest means live in comfortable, affordable rentals. The plan would displease slum landlords.
Metro life leaders urge prudent investment and frugal budget
Metro politan Life Insurance president Haley Fiske and finance adviser Stabler showcase safe dwelling investments to extend lives of employees and insured. He argues Uncle Sam is rich with 390,000,000 more than needed for 1926 but calls for continued economy and annual expense cuts.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Haley Fiske
Stabler
Sam
Public debt cut leaves U.S. at 19.68 billion
The cut lowers the public debt to 19.68 billion dollars and suggests the nation could pay the total by using one third of annual income for a year. The piece affirms wealth but condemns waste per the president's stance.
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Uncle Sam
Sell American values short or not
The piece argues against deeming the United States a failing market, noting the nation earns seventy five billion dollars in revenue versus nineteen billion in other figures and warning that selling American values short is unwarranted. It contrasts Monte Carlo gambling and stock market risk with maintaining faith in the country’s economic strength and core values.
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Monte Carlo
Magnitude Locomotive Demonstrated in Swiss Rail Test
A massive electric locomotive weighing 283 350 pounds and 65 feet long with six motors and 4500 horsepower performs in Switzerland. It is claimed to pull an express train at over 100 mph, but officials say it will not run Atlantic to Pacific. The piece questions government ownership versus private control and suggests Swiss systems may be more capable or honest.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Switzerland
Washington
Coolidge
President Coolidge
Air travel in Europe praised as cheap and easy
A London reporter toured seven European capitals in seven days calling air travel more convenient and cheaper than any other. The main annoyance is noise and, while warfare continues in the Middle East, Abd el Krim surrenders to France and orders European clothes for himself and two sons.
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Europe
London
Detroit
Cleveland
Toledo
Indianapolis
Damascus
Cruce
Abd-el-Krim
France
Defender of France in Congress Sparks Debates on War Debt
In Washington, Representative A Pratt Andrew defends France amid House criticism of the 1917 18 war debt. He provides figures showing France's military costs and postwar army size, contrasting U S expenditures, while critics press for a quicker settlement. Andrew’s measured, factual approach highlights a lone pro France stance in a contentious debate.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
House of Representatives
France
Debt Commission
United States
A. Pratt Andrew
Massachusetts
Andrew
The
Treasury
Notable Local Echoes From The Messenger Archives
A collection of reminiscences recalls social wins, public figures, and city events. Highlights include prize scores at a Pedro party, a high profile murder at Madison Square Garden, Kaiser tea aboard a Kiel yacht, and a Athens miners conference. Also noted are school leadership shifts, baseball schedules, minor offenders opted for workhouse or exile, plus ten years prior headlines on mediation, coal rates, and fashion notes.
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Ralph P. Jennings
Pedro
E. Rey Lash, Jr
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Madison Square Garden
Nicholas Longworth
Kaiser
Kiel
Athens
Broadway cafe offers all you can drink for a dime sign
In New York on Broadway a new tea and coffee emporium proclaims all you can drink for ten cents with a second sign inside reading do not tip the waiter. The passage also includes assorted quiz questions about burglary, chrism, Edinburgh, camels, and the first baseball diamond.
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New York
Broadway
Java
Ceylon
Edinburgh
Scotland
Scone
Perthshire
Aricola
Sawing Up and Down Old Broadway Tales
A collage of Broadway setpieces features Peaches Browning and husband at a Polo Grounds Charleston, Sam Ryan the 82 year old dancer, critic Percy Hammond in golf knickers, John Philip Sousa, Bob Burns getting a nose reshaped, Ruth Gordon’s bow legs improved, and Al Jolson with a new Hispano Suiza. The piece notes showy performances at Coney Island and the perks of summer stock, with a stone memorial to Benvenuto Cellini marking a 48th Street skyscraper.
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Peaches
Browning
Charleston
Polo Grounds
Sam Ryan
Ireland
Percy Hammond
John Philip Sousa
Bob Burns
Ruth Gordon
Coney Island
Spieler
Passport pictures and sun rise question answers
A reader asks if a family of four needs separate passport photos and the reply is that a group picture will do with dimensions 2 by 2 inches. Another reader asks if the sun rises and sets faster at the equator. the Naval Observatory clarifies it is not due to Earth’s larger circumference there.
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Stephen A. Douglas
Lincoln
S. A. B. A. Douglas
H. T
Equator
Naval Observatory
Lions Growling at Their Trainer in White House Cage
Washington dispatch notes President Coolidge likened to a trainer among lions as his popularity wanes with his own party. The piece cites Republican reactions from Illinois Oregon Pennsylvania and Iowa, warning that his survival hinges on keeping the lions from attacking.
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Tim
Coolidge
Illinois
Oregon
President Coolidge
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Athens Messenger
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Saa
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Dailies
United Press Service
Real
Robert Ward, Inc
Fifth Ave
South Wabash Avenue
Big Sun
R W. Bush
Publ
Chas, H. Harris
Ase Tau
Garbaldi
Los Angeles
Arthur Brisbane
BY Frederic J. Haskin
the Messenger
F. C. Coultrap
Athens Public Schools
Henry G. Williams
College of Education
Nelsonville
Gilbert Day
Rio Grande
Pope
State Utilities Commission
Sunday Creek Company
Mohai
Catherine Bright
Logan
Columbus
Old Broadway
Benevenuto Cellini
48Th Street
al Jolson
Charles P. Stewart
National Party
Calvin Coolidg
Happy
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Frank Seviers
7Th Ave
Vinton, Iowa
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