Labor And Liquor Reform Debate Emerges In Prohibition Talks
The American Federation of Labor urges repeal of the Volstead act and replacement with a plan for light beer and wines. It calls for a balanced relation to the eighteenth amendment and asks citizens to join the movement amid growing election期 discussion. The piece notes both parties have avoided making prohibition a campaign issue while warning of risks to existing gains if liquor bans are lifted.
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American Federation of Labor
Alltizens
Howev
Railroads on the road to prosperity say experts
Projections suggest railroads earned about 318 percent profit last year and show improving traffic as car-loadings rise this winter. Analysts contend rail lines need more traffic to sustain gains and foresee busier service by summer, reducing reliance on subsidies.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
German critique on war indemnity drugging industry
A German critic voices concern that war indemnity policies are harming industry by overreliance on drugs. He notes Germany is reducing usage as press reports imply limited danger of patients becoming hopelessly addicted.
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Germany
Spanish Army Deploys Rapid-Fire Machine Gun
The Spanish army operates a machine gun capable of 3 500 rounds per minute, wasting lead at an unprecedented rate and raising concerns over ammunition efficiency and battlefield costs.
Advertising rates and national reps for notices
Rates on application at Home or Foreign offices with a nominal charge for obituaries and bank cards. National Advertising Representatives listed as Robert Ward with addresses at 226 Fifth Avenue New York City and South Wabash Avenue Chicago.
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Robert Ward
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Movie Star Lends Actor 190 Dollars Then Denies Debt
William Russell the actor lent an actor 190 dollars last spring. The star recently met the man and the exchange featured a terse dispute about repayment. A park orator and a curate aboard a tram car sparred over belief in heaven with the curate replying wryly to go to hell but don’t make a fuss.
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William Russell
On The Spur Of The Moment And Other Quick Notes
A collage of amusements and social updates includes Miss Mathilde McCormick set to marry an older man, comments on Diana Duncan and the Duncan sisters in London, Senator Caraway as a fashionable figure, and playful jests about Shakespeare and Irene Castle. Peggy Joyce writes on matrimony, Pauline Frederick’s altar plans, and Briand on golf.
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Mathilde McCormick
Second-Hand Book Marts in New York City
Frederic J. Haskin surveys New York's dense network of second-hand bookshops, their romantic atmosphere, rare bargains, and the quirks of fly leaves. Dealers discuss censorship, market secrets, and how theft from libraries fuels their stock while real fortunes hinge on rare first editions.
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New York City
York
Fourth Avenue
Eigh
Fourteenth Streets
New York
Society For the Suppression of Vice
James Branch Cabel
Jurgen
West Side
Anthony Cama
Day by Day Watch Dog diary from Athens O
A diary entry from Athens Ohio dated March 5 describes a Sunday routine with Higley Bible Class attendance including Oddfellows jokes, church sermons on Peter, a car ride with wife, visits to Mulfield and Gloucester, encounters with local townsfolk, and a humorous poem about Watch Dog abridged by Abrigal's Brother.
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Athens
Samuel Pepys
Higley Bible
Oddfellows
Des Allen
Jonah
William J. Warrener
Peter
Mulfield
Stack’s the Grocer
Glouster
Gordon Hotel
Church of Christ
le Fever
Craft
Mundew
Redtown
Chauncey
County Infirmary
Davidson
Peevy
Slim Seward
Readership Q A Bureau Offers Information Service
A faded notice from the Athens Messenger Information Bureau outlines how readers may request answers to questions. It lists Frederic J. Haskin as a contact in Washington and notes the service cannot provide medical or legal advice.
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Athens
Mesaenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskineter
Washington, D. Cc
Stock Exchange seats rise from 2750 to 115000 over years
The NYSE gained prominence after the Civil War. In 1871 a seat sold for 2750 dollars, while the peak price reached 115000 dollars in 1920. The excerpt then asks about Lincoln's ancestry, noting Samuel Lincoln as the ancestor who brought the name to this country.
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New York Stock Exchange
Lincoln
Samuel Lincoln
Clarke and Company Goes Into Bankruptcy
An involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed against E H Clarke and Company brokers at 8 Rector Street New York. Liabilities are estimated at 400000 and assets at 250900. This is the fifth brokerage house to fail in two days in New York and over twenty since December first.
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New York
KE. H. Clarke & Co
E. H. Clarke and Company
Rector Street
Calder pushes homeland banks to aid workers in home loans
Senator Calder proposes a federal homeland bank system to aid wage earners with long term low interest home loans. The plan would divide the nation into eleven districts, authorize cooperative building associations, and allow federated banks to issue loans up to $10,000 on first mortgages amortized over time.
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W. K. Nolan
Washington
Calder
New York
Committee On Banking and Currency
Senate
McLean
Connecticut
Brooklyn
Chicago
Philadelphia
Treasury Department
Federal Home Loan Banks
Federal Home Loan Bank
Farm Loan Banks
Science Restores Memory for Philippi Man
Fairmont West Virginia dispatch reports Columbus W Heltzel of Philippi Barbour County age 37 who suffered brain injury at age nine when kicked by a horse and later hit by a stone crusher. An X ray showed a foreign blade fragment embedded. surgery removed a one inch scissors blade restoring memory and improving mental and physical condition. Doctors expect full normalcy.
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International News Service
Fairmont
W. VA
Columbus
W. Heltzel
Philippi
Barbour County
Heltzel
Cook Hospital
L. O. Heltzel
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the Athens Messenger
Audit Bureau of Circulation
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Athens Mesenger & Werald Printing Co
ESAS
Wales
London
Duncan Sisters
Senator Caraway
Bill Shakespeare
Irene
Irene Castle
Freenh Heels
Peggy Joyce
Pauline Frederick
Briand
Will Hays
Russia
Frederic J. Haskin
Schenectady
John Reach Straton
Tomorrrow
Mac
Abrigal
Fred Bush
Portsmouth
Pearl Roush
Fred
Fred Lee Tom
Brattin
Ring
Graham
Roush
Hingham
England
United States
John Heywood
Crispin
Edward IV
Elizabeth Akers Allen
Plorence Percy
Findland
Abo
Finland
Dring
Dr. King
Dane
Ogienge
Man
Sengeo
Home Furnishing Company
Pickering
National Biscuit Company
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