Automobile Survey Reveals How Owners Use Cars Across States
The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce released findings from a survey asking automobile owners in ten states how they use their cars. Thirty percent of so called pleasure cars are used for recreation while fifty nine percent are driven to and from work. main use is commuting to labor. Categories include driving to work, business use, evenings, picnics, camping, long tours, church, school, shopping, and assisting the elderly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D.C
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Alabama
California
Town
Massachusetts
Newark
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Texas
Wisconsin
United
Sona
Camping Popular in California Uses of the Automobile
An analysis shows regional differences in motor camping and other car uses. California leads in camping with 46 percent, while the East lags, churchgoing varies by state, long distance touring peaks in Massachusetts, and farm work and sales travel highlight daily automotive roles.
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Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Iowa
Texas
Union
Hudson
Catskills
Adirondacks
New York State
New York City
South
Alabama
Illinois
Creomulsion Emulsified Creosote Cures Coughs
Advertises Creomulsion as a twofold remedy for chronic coughs and colds. Claims creosote soothes infected membranes and, absorbed into the blood, fights germs to prevent lung trouble. Guarantees relief or money back. urges readers to ask their druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creomuision Co
Atlanta, Ga
Thought for Today and Sacred Texts Reflections
A Thought for Today recalls a biblical verse from Matthew about observing little ones and angels. It also cites a Persian sacred book and Montesquieu urging holy living and teaching children, linking moral conduct to parental or elder responsibility.
Why Southern Ohio Coal Lags in Demand
A Interior Department report for the week ending Sept 22 1923 shows coal production losses across U S districts with Southern Ohio at 67.9 percent of capacity due to lack of market. The note asks why southern Ohio coal fails to sell and invites explanations from miners operators and others.
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Interior Department of the
United States
Ohio
Uthern
Northern
Central
Pittsburgh
Kanawha
West Virginia
Logan
Kentucky
Hazard
Harlan
Southern
Southern Ohio
Labor Federation Rejects Political Coalition Plan
The American Federation of Labor votes 14 to 1 against political participation as an organized party. It backs economic action through regular parties and rejects a one big union, preferring self governed trade unions on a state and federal basis. The stance reflects historic labor policy and claims success since the federation’s establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
Byilliam Z. Foster
Organ 9
Federation show its essential conservatism in labor matters
The federation emphasizes continued conservatism in vital matters and related issues. It warns radicals are unlikely to takeover American labor unless its character shifts significantly, noting no current sign of such a change.
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Federation
Privilege Under Fire: Tax Immunity Sparks Debate
Public discussion targets two growing tax exemptions. Investors in public bonds enjoy income tax relief, and officials holding office evade federal taxes. Critics say tax free securities and official exemptions unfairly shift tax burdens onto private incomes.
Booze Crime and Prohibition Echoes in Windsor
A Windsor police report details a murder tied to rum running from Windsor to Detroit and beyond. The piece argues prohibition shifts crime but notes King Alcohol remains the core problem and urges remembering liquor’s harms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Canada
Detroit
John Barleycorn
Underworld
Concrete Has a Thousand Uses
This home and farm guide promotes concrete as versatile DIY material. It claims a police can complete a 2004 style project with simple directions and offers a free booklet from the Washington Information Bureau, asking readers to mail a coupon with two cents.
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Washington Information Bureau
Return postage request for Concrete Booklet
A reader offers two cents in stamps for return postage on a free copy of the Concrete Booklet and provides name Street City State.
Cars used for elder and infirm transport by state
The survey notes 27 percent of cars are used to take the aged and infirm out for rides. Massachusetts leads with 35 percent, while Wisconsin and California have the lowest at 18 percent, suggesting fewer infirm residents in those areas. The data spans from Ford to luxury custom cars and reflects broad American use of automobiles.
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Massachusetts
Wisconsin
California
Athens Day by Day in Local Messenger Watch
A column from Athens Ohio on October 14 details a morning stroll through town. Vivid vignettes include pigeons, hospital hills, parades, a humane officer, churchgoers, fall scenery, street life, and reflections on daily rhythms and small-town characters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Hospital Hills
Mason Warrener
al Roach
Salt Creek
W. M. Andrews
Lonnie Ridgeway
Officer Price
Court Street
State Street
Newsies
Columbus
Ireland
Questions and Answers Information Service Notice
Readers may submit questions to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau directed by Frederick Baskin in Washington DC. The bureau provides information but not legal medical or financial advice and will not settle domestic matters. Include full name and address with two cents postage for reply.
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederick Baskin
Washington, C
Williams
Pac
Laundry visit leaves shirt returned clean and washed
The shirt was cleaned after a laundry visit. Mr. Fiend discovered it had been washed and cleaned, with the diamond studs remaining with the dirt.
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Mr. Fiend
Quiz Q and A gentled into a reader’s page snippet
A long newspaper quiz item lists questions and answers on civil service exams football in Canada presidents valets and other topics. It notes 250000 took civil service exams with 165000 qualified and over 65000 appointed, and references McGill playing American football and Scapa as a public advertising group.
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McGill University
Symacree
N. Y
A. W. H. Crook
White House
Arthur
Opera libretto collections and relics inquiry answers
A quiz style exchange confirms the Library of Congress has a premier opera libretto collection, Petoskey stone is silicified fossil polished like agate with tin oxide and chromium oxide powders, and the 100th birthday reference to Francis Parkman cites his motto not happiness but achievement.
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Q. Mas
Library of Congress
Petoskey
Panama
Ben Bolt
Thomas Dunn English
Willis
New York Mirror
Nelson Kneass
England
America
Lincoln
Charles Moore
National Commission of Fine Arts
Executive Mansion
Francis Parkman
Parkman
BR. S. A
Anne Boleyn
Booze Money Booze Money
A London based critique of American demand for liquor and a recruiting pitch for US investment profits. Lt Col Sir Brodrick Hartwell defends himself against criticism and states he intends to promote lawful booze business into the United States market.
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Milton Bronner
NEA
London
America
Sir Brodrick Hartwell
L-T
Gallipoli
United States
Joal Sax
Colpg
High Seas Liquor Venture Promises Wholesale Whiskey Deals
A Pittsburgh speaker outlines a plan to ship 5000 to 10000 cases of Scotch whiskey on a vessel near the American coast, offering 20 percent profit every 60 days. He claims insurance guarantees and offshore operations to avoid U S regulation, plus a European supply branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esale
High Seas
Sam
Cleveland
St. Louis
San Francisco
England
Sir Brodrick
Met
United States
Europe
America
Plane with pilot and engine in wing under construction
London Oct 18 reports a British aeroplane design with no fuselage where the pilot and engine sit in the wing. The craft, capable of four miles a minute, features an exceptionally deep wing and only the propeller visible as the drive mechanism.
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London
England
The Williams Treatment Offers Relief From Aches
This ad proclaims a tonic to ease rheumatic pains stiff joints and acid stomach caused by body acids. It claims long use since 1892 and wide patient relief for kidney bladder and digestive ailments.
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Williams
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Gibraltar
Lizat
Eae Boa
Wrigley’s
Wrigley
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