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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1922
Page
4
A historical brief notes a 1884 Maine act barring the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors as the state’s temperance push. The measure targeted local breweries and distillers and reflected a broader reform movement.
The article notes a rise from 648 plants with 1000+ workers in 1914 to over 1,021 such plants by 1919, a 58 percent plant increase and 91 percent worker rise. It warns mass production concentrates work, replaces skilled craft, and urges balancing benefits with risks to workers and the nation.
Canton judge Robert N. Day campaigns for the Ohio Supreme Court seat noting a long legal career. He served six years as Stark County prosecuting attorney without an assistant and twelve years as a common pleas judge. He has presided in many counties and heard critical cases across the state.
The article argues that labor-saving machinery in ore handling and farming raises per unit costs yet expands output and choices. It notes ore costs rose from four to five to six dollars per ton despite faster unloading, and wheat prices today exceed 1860 levels, while the dollar buys less. It concludes dollars’ shrinking value and freed labor explain higher prices yet improved living standards.
Tom Sims notes a man bigger than you is never a liar but mistaken. He suggests omitting the whirlwind talk when describing a fast speaker. He adds the best thing about winter is that spring always follows.
Washington audience weighs Rochdale Society model as answer to high costs. British system uses member dividends on purchases, non members receive half. wholesale and retail arms operate across the UK and abroad with diverse products and banking. Question remains if American adaptation is feasible.
A local political satire performance by Democrats and Republicans plays to a Logan audience in Athens county. The skit mocks campaigns, cites Judge Pettit praise, and wittily references local figures such as Wright Lovett and Koppe while lampooning political rivalries and ballot stakes ahead of next Tuesday’s election.
A fragmentary verse laments love care and strength to aid others in need. A French octogenarian who used her coffin as a dining table for almost fifty years was recently buried in it.
A damaged OCR item describes The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington D C offering readers questions answered for a fee. It notes not giving legal medical or financial advice and requests full name address and two cents for return postage.
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