Rockefeller’s shift sparks Democratic view of industry leadership
The piece notes John D. Rockefeller’s surprising advocacy for democracy in industry through collective bargaining. It casts Rockefeller as pragmatically evolving from capital power toward cooperative control among capital labor and state, with John D. Junior and Judge Gary as contrasting generations and loyalties.
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Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
United States
Washington Peace
Cours
France
John D. Junior
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Gary
Necessities Versus Luxuries And The Cost Of Living
A reader notes that extravagance raises living costs. A man compared eating at stylish restaurants to frugal meals, showing a $22.25 week versus $17 after trimming luxuries. The piece urges inventory of spending to distinguish essential needs from display and excess.
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W Lewis
Savings of the Treasury
Daylight Saving Debate Prompts Plan To Retain System
Readers confront two options to keep daylight saving after a national expiration. One keeps clocks adjusted locally, the other aligns hours to daylight, shifting start times with seasons and facing printer lockouts and public compliance tests. A proponent calls it sensible while acknowledging implementation challenges.
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Anc
Yom
Household Hints for Carp Dishes and Sauces
A collection of carp recipes including fried carp with brown gravy, brown sauce, scalloped carp, carp en casserole, carp salad, and stuffed baked carp with a mace and bread dressing. Each method emphasizes browning, sauces, and careful cooking times.
Recipes for a Day and Chestnuts En Casserole
Fruit Salad layers pineapple bananas and oranges with powdered sugar and chilling. Chestnuts En Casserole uses shelled chestnuts cooked in seasoned stock for three hours then thickened with butter and flour before serving.
Outlook on domestic extremism and the rule of law
The Washington Post column warns that radical elements threaten the United States and urges firm legal action against the guilty. It expresses hope the government will prevail, while cautioning against underestimating the danger and delaying response.
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Washington Post
United States
Dinner Stories and a Night of Small Pranks
A village chickenpox scare ends with Harry declaring illness after finding a feather. A burglar beds down with unlocked doors prompting a cheeky police remark about a son timing the lock. A veteran actor laments a merely parlor-imitation gig while a lodging housekeeper hypes a room for four dollars weekly.
Super Chickens Predicted by National Poultry Leader
Alton E. Briggs of Boston, head of the National Poultry Egg and Butter Association, foresees a race of giant chickens and eggs two to three times current size. He says costs will stay near today’s poultry and egg prices, though skeptics question timing and profitability amid reform campaigns and tobacco critiques.
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Alton E. Briggs
Boston
National Poultry, Egg and Butter Association
Red Cross to Visit Every Home in Athens County Drive
Athens county Red Cross lines up a third roll call November 2 to 11 with officers M D Hughes as chair and Grace Stickney as secretary. Posters and house to house canvass aim to renew memberships and place red cross marks in homes and businesses to show progress.
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Red Cross
Athens County
M. D. Hughes
R. L. Slutz
Grace M. Stickney
Hughes
York Township
Chillicothe Remembers Camp Sherman Wake of War
Chillicothe Ohio in October reflects on the wartime Camp Sherman era with 1200 soldiers on duty now, far below the 55,000 during the conflict. The town mourns the decline yet hopes universal military training will restore the post to former prominence.
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Chillicothe
Chillcothe
Browning
Camp Sherman
Mammoth Camp
Company 3
Fortieth Infantry
Second Infantry
United States
Little Brigade
Athens High School 1889 commencement program listed at City Hall
The thirtieth annual Athens High School commencement at City Hall in Athens Ohio on June 14 1889 featured Kate Boyd as principal Maggie Boyd assistant and L D Bonebrake superintendent The program lists student orations and graduates including Martha McCune Frank Rose Rebecca Cochran E Carl Frame Grace Gould Harry Stalder Bertha Jones Mary Foster Earl Logan Minnie Dean and others.
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Athens High School
City Hall
Athens
Ohio
Kate Boyd
Maggie Boyd
L. D. Bonebrake
Martha H. McCune
Frank C. Rose
Rebecca L. Cochran
E. Carl Frame
Grace Thayer Gould
Harry Stalder
Bertha Jones
Charles Harris Cable
Mary ” Elizabeth Foster
Earl C. Logan
Minnie Foster Dean
Local Notes From Athens and Nearby Areas
Oeelees R R Lewis visited Athens on business. A G Jennings and son returned from New York with Mr Goldsmith who will run the coal office. Leonard Ogg sold property to John Sprouse and George France will move into Sprouse’s former home. Carl Ogg visited Stewart. Residents were called to Marietta for Brill trial. Findlay James becomes Jennings Coal Co store manager. Parker Johnson oversees the power house at Jennings mines. Mr Johnson praised as top county engineer. C C Adams hosted a well received hall event. Jennings Coal Co plans a tipple on Marietta Run to handle mine dirt. Mr and Mrs Archie Rathburn of Columbus visiting Mrs Rathburn’s parents, the Whites. Danny Tabler sustained painful injuries.
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R. R. Lewis
Athens
A. G. Jennings and Son
New York
Goldsmith
Coal Company
Leonard Ogg
John Sprouse
George France
Sprouse
Carl Ogg
Stewart
Marietta
Brill
Findlay James
Jennings Coal Co
Parker Johnson
Jennings
Jonhson
C. C. Adams
Jennings’ Coal Co.s
Marietta Run
Archie Rathburn
Columbus
Miner Harmed by Fall of Slate in Mine Work
An Athens area report notes a miner sustained injuries after slate collapsed while he operated a mine machine. Separately, an experimenter claims success replacing dry batteries with Rochelle salt crystals to transmit and amplify sound in telephone circuits.
Kentucky man claims hay fever cure with mentholized avcine
A Kentucky man recounts turning hay fever milder with a mentholized avcine remedy. He says dispensing it through pharmacists helps others and promises relief at low cost. The method involves making a pint solution, gargling, and twice daily nasal administration.
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Kentucky
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Robert E. Ward
Firth Avenue
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Chile
Peru
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Lousehold
Harry
Mr. Smith
Rantington Roarer
Pany
Pittsburgh
THE
Chilligothe
Ormead
the Athens Messenger
Kerr Hardware Co
Rangange
Tess
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Wirston-Salem, N
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