Local Residents Plan Winter Trips to Columbus and Florida
Mrs Chloe Davis travels to Columbus for winter with her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Clarence Smith. Mr and Mrs T B Cox, Herbert Cox, Susie Cox and F L Blamer from near Dundas, with Leonard Arbaugh and Arno Jeffers of Radcliffe, motor to Lakeland Florida for the winter. Mr and Mrs Homer H of New Plymouth will manage the Cox farm in their absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Chloe Davis
Columbus
Clarence Smith
T. 8. Cox
Herbert
Thought for Today and Quote by Eliot
A Thought for Today quotes Mark 9 42 blessing mercy to little ones and warns that offending them is grave. George Eliot adds cruelty needs no motive beyond opportunity.
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Mark
George Eliot
Anti-Bonus Movement Faces War Veterans Split
The anti bonus league challenges the American Legion stance and questions a universal veteran verdict. Leaders report rising opposition from local Legion units and veterans who fear tax burdens and being seen as mercenaries. The tax cut plan coincides with a shift in public mood over prohibition era bootlegging concerns.
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Mellon
American Legion
San Francisco
Legion
Burton
Ohio
Coolidge
Cleveland
Inf
Congress
Treasury eyes own navy for prohibition enforcement
The Treasury Department in Washington seeks a fleet of cruising cutters and motor boats with added Coast Guard personnel to patrol all seacoasts harbors lakes and rivers where liquor is smuggled. The plan estimates a cost of 28 500 000 dollars to field the fleet and manpower.
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Prohibition Navy
Treasury Department
Washington
Regular Navy
Treasury Ofcials
Coast Guard
Women in Politics After Suffrage Cooperation Survives
The article notes that calls for a separate feminist women’s party have failed and that women, like men, align on policy while stressing morals and protection of women and children. It argues women and men cooperated post Nineteenth Amendment to pursue shared political aims.
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Henry van Dyke
van Dyke
Federal Water Power and the Drive Toward National Electric Grid
The Federal Power Commission reports rapid development of hydroelectric capacity and a push toward an interconnected national grid from Canada to Mexico. The commission seeks centralized authority to accelerate the project and unify electric transmission across the country.
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Federal Power Commission
Commission
Pacific
Canada
Mexico
Dead Hand philanthropy and the rise of community trusts
A Washington report recalls Benjamin Franklin's failed 100 year funds for Philadelphia and similar misfires in modern pledges. It traces the Dead Hand problem and how New York City and national donors adopt community trusts to avoid mandated allocations.
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Washington, D. C
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Franklin
Wissahickon Creek
Gow Fowit
Pennsylvania
Byron Mullanphy
St. Louis
West
Mullanphy
Frederick Goff
Cleveland
Ralph Hayes
New York Community Trust
New York City
Chamber of Commerce
State of New York
New York Academy of Medicine
Bar Association
New York
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
The
Community Trust
Commerce
William C. Redfield
Cleaning yellowed clothes with boiling water and oxalic acid
Instructions suggest soaking yellowed fabrics in boiling water with two tablespoons of oxalic acid per gallon, wringing out, drying in the sun, and washing as usual. The method emphasizes using strong chemical treatment before standard laundering.
Athens Day by Day and The Watch Dog Column
A fragmented Athens column mixes verse from Woodman and Old Oak with local references, humor, and a snippet noting a Japanese rescue near the Grand Hotel. It mentions McGuffey and the Nelsonville Yellow Dogs, plus a casual remark about staying alive and routine city life.
Rose and Violet Clothesline Note
A playful note from a writer noting apostrophes, praising their use for girls clothesline references and hinting at personal style.
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Rose
George Niggemeyer Reopens Fur and Hide Exchange
A Want Section notice announces George Niggemeyer, based near Guysville, ready to receive furs and hides from old friends and customers. The short ad invites local barter and trade via his phone line.
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George
George Niggemeyer
Guysville
Watermelon passe says Gray from Gloucester
A Gloucester woman named Gray quips that watermelons are passé and she craves raw oysters. She notes campaign cigars and rising cabbage prices next year, urging readers to advertise cabbage for sale in the Want Ads.
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Gray
Distress Fox and the Yellow Dogs Riddle in Verse
A fragmented poem describes a fox loud in distress and a girl "dressed to kill" connected with the Honorable Order of Yellow Dogs. The riddle hints at haste and a missing password within a hazy social scene.
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Honorable Order of Yellow Dogs
Answers to readers questions from the Athens Messenger
A compilation of reader Q and A covering export totals for American cigarettes, preparing a roasting pig, chestnut trees in New Jersey, lacrosse ball circumference, English Channel width, Ramona homes in Southern California, Moses discovery site in Egypt, General Lee’s brothers, and fuel for steam cars.
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China
Orient
Europe
New Jerey
Department of Agriculture
New Jersey
J. C. HH
English Channel
Straits of Dover
Sidmouth
Saint-Malo
California
Ramona
Egypt
Moses
Cairo
Roda
Pharaoh
Robert E. Lee
Lee
Carter
Charles Carter
Midney Smith
Henry
Local Social Notes From Wellston Area
Mrs Foster Lyle visited her parents Mr and Mrs Stephen Davis in Wellston Wednesday and Thursday. Howard Gruber and family from Waynesburg visited Wellston. I S Cox and Ray Cox with Miss Ethel Cox were in Jackson. Edith Rupp of Wellston guests of Mrs Everett Beckley. Isabel Estiack and L C Jones wed at the bride’s Vigo home. J L Beckley of Athens and others visited on Thursday. Anna Wallar visiting her daughter in Byer. Benson George moves into newly purchased Houser property.
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Foster Lyle
Stephen Davis
Wellston
Howard Gruber
Waynesburg
Walter Swaim
I. S. Cox
Ray Cox
Ethel Cox
Jackson
Edith Rupp
Everett Beckley
Benson George
M. BE. Houser
Ohio Official Indictments Overruled in Embezzlement Case
Common Pleas Judge A C Risinger in Preble county overruled motions to quash 14 indictments against William G Benham and Dwight Harrison of the R L Dollings Co Ohio. Charges include embezzlement misrepresentation and false statement per Attorney General Crabbe.
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Columbus
Common Pleas
A. C. Risinger
Preble County
William G. Benham
Dwight Harrison
R. L. Dollings Co
Ohio
Crabbe
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Women IN Politics
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Athens
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McGuffey
Yokohama
Japan
Grand Hotel
We Athens Messenger
Eagenisation Bureau
Frederic J. Zeeein
Washington, D
Angers
the Inquirer
Bers
Buckeye State Building and Loan
West Gay Street
Columbus, Ohio
Wolfe Brothers
Junod Milling Co
Whites’ Mills
Guysville Milling Co
G. EH. Harper
Glouster
Ian Ees
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