Community Visits and Local Happenings This Week
Charles Cunningham was a Coolville visitor last week. Curtis Sherman hauled corn from Hockingport for several days. R R Hueston and Harry Barrows were Parkersburg visitors. Mrs Hueston has improved after her accident. Ed and Mrs Dunfee from near Frost visited Foster home. J C Coggeshall and G K Thorpe went to Parkersburg with apples. T J Foster and son Milo were Little Hocking visitors. Taylor Devore called at the Foster home. John Dutton helps cut wood on Patterson farm.
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Charles Cunningham
Coolsville
Curtis Sherman
Hockingport
R. R. Hueston
Harry Barrows
Parkersburg
Hueston
Ed Dunfee
Foster Home
J. C. Coggeshall
G. K. Thorpe
T. J. Foster and
Milo
Taylor Devore
John Dutton
Patterson Farm
S. H. Noland
David Livingston
John McLaughlin
KE. McGirr
Millard Foster
Milo Foster
T. J. Foster
Delbert Sealy
Orland
M. J. Cornes
Cecil
Marietta
Carrie Thorpe
Mary A. Foster
Little Hocking
Michigan Football Urged to Curb Gambling Tide
An editorial urges the University of Michigan to stamp out gambling linked to football games. It argues gambling is spreading nationwide, harms sport and student morals, and could taint football despite its amateur status. It cites racing and baseball as examples of erosion in tone.
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University of Michigan
Michigan
Gary Defends Living Wage Policy Amid Steel Trust views
Judge Gary of the Steel Trust tells the Federal Trade Commission that wage policy follows cost of living and cites a 20 percent gain to common labor. He argues wages cannot be cut under current conditions, a stance shaped by a rising labor market and reduced immigration. Pooling the issue with the Railway Labor Board, he suggests the living wage problem may resolve itself as labor gains market power.
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Gary
The
Steel Trust
Federal Trade Commission
Railway Labor Board
After Election Day Reflections on Voter Turnout and Defeat
After election day the piece notes voters will forget disappointment and defeated candidates will return to normal routines. It defends democracy, suggests nonvoters may complain, and asserts informed voters will recognize the outcome.
Public faith in republican government endures through elections
The passage argues that despite defeats or victories, most people value a republican government and will support it regardless of party shifts. It notes that another election will arrive, giving the public another chance to err or advance the common good.
Pinkerton Warns Modern Crooks Favor Bootlegging Over Robbery
William Allan Pinkerton argues criminals today are more driven by sophistication and violence. He says bootlegging attracts clever crooks and guns and drugs fuel fearless murders, urging pistol and drug control to curb crime and dull the news.
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William Allan Pinkerton
Pinkerton
North Pole
Athens Day by Day as Seen by the Messenger Watch Dog
Daily jottings in a pseudodiary voice note cold nights and domestic squabbles over blankets. The writer covers election talk on women’s votes, McKinley’s sheriff race, and local ads as he observes crowds, campus politics, and press chatter. He dodges civic debates, contemplates travel to Florida, and recalls old letters and arithmetic problems before a long, weary day ends.
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Athens
Canaries
Thompson
Pomerene
New Marshfield Auto Co
Shilt
Wakefield and Coleman
Everett Saullers
McKinley
Williams
Guy Brown
Representative Hatch
Donahey
Ricketts
Logan
Congress
Hiram Johnson
California
New York
Florida
Middleport
Notable Oddities Stirred by a Quizzical Year
A collage of curious claims includes Tom Sims on luck and a French man jailed 110 times, Philip Valentine paying 52 985 after hitting a woman, and sayings on love and names. Miss Camel quits college over smoking, a playful pig census by the Department of Agriculture, and a Calais man named George Eye says he married his grandmother.
Weather and Efficiency in Daily Brain Work
A Washington column reviews how weather time of day and season influence mental and physical performance. It cites studies by Gates and Archibald Peaks showing peak mental power around late morning to early afternoon with varying effects on accuracy and speed, plus notes on how mood and daylight alter self‑perception of fatigue.
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Uch
Arthur Gates
Arichibald Peaks
Peak
Jon
New York City
Aun
Dexter
London
Bank of England
Lord preserveth the simple and saves the lowly
A biblical verse from Psalm 116 6 declares the Lord preserves the simple and helps the humble, reflecting themes of divine aid and personal reverence. A Plato quote on the mind as a consciousness of the whole adds a philosophical note about the nature of sound thinking and present contentment.
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Plato
McArthur Vinton County Returns Show Donahey Lead
Semi official returns from Vinton County across 23 precincts list Donahey governor and Thompson runner up, Fulton and Day led state office contests, and Ward and Jenkins winning minor posts. Local county offices see Dunn clerk, Collins sheriff, Ansel auditor, Burt commissioner, Bay treasurer, Canny recorder, Swaney surveyor, Blake prosecutor, Snyder coroner with close margins. Social notes mention Coulter's death in Clay City and various visits and farm work around McArthur.
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Vinton County
Donahey
Thompson
Bloom
Chatfield
Fulton
Brown
Hiler
Day
Young
Crabbe
Pomerene
U. S
Fess
Sharp
Congress
Foster
Imogene Ward
Jenkins
Martindil
Hopkins
Mathews
Price
Supreme Court
Lawrence Dunn
Fletcher Collins
E. T Ansel
L. C. Burt
Earl C. Bay
Virgil B. Canny
Knox Township
K. R. Swaney
John Blake
Howard Snyder
Father John’s Medicine 65 Years of Cold Remedy Claims
A 19th century cure claim extols Father John’s Medicine as a non alcoholic cold remedy and body builder. The ad asserts a doctor’s prescription from 1855 for Rev. Father John O’Brien of Lowell and offers a $25,000 guarantee to charitable institutions if proven false.
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Father John
Father John O'Brien
Lowell
Mass
John
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Vinton County Returns
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C. F. Pilcher
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