Cyclones and Early Methodist Origins In Controversy
Readers discuss tornado power with claimed straw and wood penetration and debate the date of America's first Methodist society. Immigrant groups from Ireland and England sparked Methodism, with Philip Embury in New York 1766 and Robert Strawbridge in Maryland around the same period.
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Willis Luther Moore
Ireland
England
United States
Philip Embury
Methodist Society
America
New York
Robert Strawbridge
Frederick County
Maryland
Henry Van Dyke Reflects on Work and Heaven
An aphoristic line notes that earthly toil yields heavenly rest and blessing in labor. The quote emphasizes work as a sacred blessing rather than mere sweat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry van Dyke
Indifference in Individuals and Nations Cited by Copeland
Dr. Copeland warns that doctors and ministers see indifference to future well being in individuals as a problem for nations. He argues happiness depends on taking thought and that democratic need to err without paternal control slows learning, citing Byron on slow living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copeland
New York
Dr. Copeland
Lord Byron
Elevator magnate balks at women’s college fund
A wealthy elevator manufacturer declined to contribute to a fund for a women’s college, calling the college for women the worst idea and suggesting hard labor for a year. The piece questions whether he opposed higher education in general or only the women’s college, while defending the value and impact of women’s colleges and their graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College For Women
Distribution drives American economy say advertising men
William G. Shepherd tells a convention that one retail store serves 40 families and grocers keep 17 cents of every dollar while other trades show similar profit shares. He notes a shift toward distribution over production and warns about enterprise odds and overhead rising with scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
William G. Shepherd
John Wannamaker
Untidy Clipping Prompts A Mix Of Names And Odd Claims
A fragmentary item mentions TOM SIMS talking about longer dresses, a Sultan’s private band joining the National Data, and a joke about Turkey trots. It also references Mr Addington of Ohifo claiming a glider stays up indefinitely and a New Jersey marriage for a woman named Praybyeviewlez, now Mrs Potts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sultan
Turkey
Mr. Addington
Ohifo
Government Ferry Line in Norfolk Pays High Returns
Norfolk and Portsmouth share a government run ferry service across the Elizabeth River. The U S Housing Corporation rehabilitated the line at a cost of about 1.1 million dollars, turning a 165000 dollar asset into a million dollar operation. Two managers cut costs, adopted competitive bidding, and lifted annual profits to 116000 dollars in 1921, with ongoing revenue and depreciation charges. The future ownership rests on a 1924 appraisal and congressional decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Sam
War Administration
Norflok
Virginia
Portsmouth
Elizabeth River
Norfolk Portsmouth
United States
Germany
Chesapeake Bay
Navy
Portsmouth Navy Yard
The
Shipping Board
Newport News
Supply Division
War Department
Norfolk
Ordinance Bureau
Engineers
Transportation Service
Chesapeake
Navy Yard
County of Norfolk
New York
United States Housing Corporation
Cradock
Truxton
Housing Corporation
Housing Corporating
Charles A. Freund
W. M. Cooper
Freund
AsmS&ueger
Cooper
Serosa
Congress
Athens Day by Day as Seen by the Messenger WatchDog
Athens features a quirky column with stories about Greenblade Wittier born 1807 and dated anecdotes from Logan Ohio. It includes a fishing misadventure with a telephone girl, a stray number joke, local weather humor, and a nod to American Education Week beginning Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Greenblade Wittier
Logan
Ohio
Stevies
Stew Johnson
Forbeann
Central
Questions and Answers in The Athens Messenger
Readers submit queries to the Information Bureau. Answers cover topics from agriculture labor shares in the US and aluminum cookware composition to scallops sea food uses and the meaning of symbols on the heart anchor and flag safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D.C
Emelose
Isquiry
Department of Agriculture
United States
China
India
Russia
Bureau of Fisheries
Lang I Island
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Coast Line of Main
H. C
The Gospel of Labor Ringing in the Kirk
A devotional note echoes Ephesians 6 10 urging brethren to be strong in the Lord. The gospel proclaims the Lord’s love among workers and invokes bells and a rose planted by the divine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirk
New Instrument Lets Six Conversations Ride One Wire
A postal official describes a new device enabling six conversations to be carried simultaneously over a single telephone line. The invention promises enhanced telecommunication by multiplexing multiple voices on the same channel.
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A. Fre
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Athens Maenenger
Heraia
Ina Co
Mearenger
Athena, Ohle
Shepherd
Gacllers
Ameren
Tom Sims
Praybyeviewlez
New Jersey
Mrs. Potts
Comueganci
By Frederic J. Haskin
Logan Boys
Dew Drop Inn
St. Louis
Pomeroy
Ifence
Middleport
Noah
Ittle Riverburg
C. F
Thomas Beary
Mary Pickford
Fave
Scott Haney Co
Columbus
Columbus Oil Company
McCune Tire & Accessory Co
Guthrie Auto Sales
Chauncey Auto Co
Chauncey
Jess Francis
Haydenville
R. A Antle
Trimble
Ray James
Ed Lowery
Circle
Nelsonville Tire Co
Nelson
Pidcock Beaumont
T. Abdella
Chauncey E. Ferrel
Chauneau
O. John Day
the Plains
Wallace & Bryson
Glouster
Factory Street
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