County Commissioner Ohlinger Seeks Re-election Amid Diverse Ventures
Athens county nominee Ohlinger, long active in groceries, cement, coal and wholesale gasoline, seeks another term as county commissioner. He has directed Ohlinger & Wolfe in Nelsonville and chairs the Athens County Building & Loan Co. A longtime resident, he aims to bring efficiency to county government while continuing his varied business interests.
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Nelsonville
Ohlinger
Athens County Building & Toan Company
Lostro
Athens
York Township
County Board of Commissioners
Martin P. Oblinger
Naltonville
Vetera
William Dean
Death and Discourse on Pride and Wisdom
A brief religious reflection contrasts pride with wisdom and warns that contention arises from vanity. It frames prudent counsel as the path to peace and frames religious debate as undesirable strife.
Democratic Campaign Shifts via Davis Bryan Ticket
The piece argues the Democratic campaign rests on expediency not principle. It cites Davis seeking Charles W. Bryan as running mate to balance East and West. It alleges Davis blames farmers' ills on tariffs while ignoring free-list items and the Republican tariff law.
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Davis
Charles W. Bryan
Bryan
Middle West
Five Cent Coffee A Heritage Under Threat At Restaurants
A convention speaker warns the 5 cent cup of coffee may disappear as restaurants press price plans. The piece notes coffee’s role as a democratic institution and cites chains built on good brews, plus the risk of higher prices altering meals. Also discusses debt paydown feasibility and treasury views.
Coffee consumption and prices rise with Prohibition
The season is below last year with estimates up to a million and a half bags. Americans spend over 200 million dollars annually on raw coffee and now consume 18 pounds per person per year, two pounds more than in 1923. Prohibition is blamed for increased drinking as coffee replaces alcohol, and candidates ignored the 5 cent cup proposal.
Supreme Court. The balance wheel of the U. S. government
The article surveys the Supreme Court as the most powerful judicial body, its independence, appointment process, and key figures like Chief Justices Marshall Taft and White. It notes original versus appellate jurisdiction, and the court’s role beyond politics, with vivid anecdotes on justices and their families.
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Frederic J. Haskin
the Messenger
Uncle Sam
Congress
Supreme Court
Senate
House
England
Europe
P King
Parment
the Supreme
Samueloase
John Marshall
Marshall
Republic
Union
John Rutledge
William Howard Taft
United States
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Taft
White
Harding
Sutherland
Butler
Sanford
Theey
Silce
Constitution of the United
High Court
Princ
Cipal
Rior
John Jay
Supreme Bench
Justice Cushing
Justice Field
Field
Gray
Brown
Harlan
Brewer
Shiras
Peckham
Lurton
Kentucky
Justice Harlan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Justice Day
Ohio
Judge Day
Ty Frederic J. Haskin
Missing links on Sumatra islands spark debate
The Hague reports a tribe dubbed Orang Pedeks said to inhabit small Sumatra islands. natives call them half man half ape creatures, while scientists argue no missing links exist and evolution spans a million years across gorilla, orangutan, and chimpanzee lines with varied human races.
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the Hague
Sumatra
Marco Polo
Civilized progress and a brutal frontier tale
A harsh commentary recalls Canadian police punishing an aged Indian squaw and four others for alleged sorcery amid famine in British Columbia. A young Indian named To! Mous sin is accused as the maker of bad medicine and killed by elders. The piece ends with a note on civilization and a newly discovered comet blazing behind the sun.
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Canadian Mounted Police
British Columbia
Moussin
Squaw
Jone
Ohio Poll Points to Republican Victory in Dispatch Survey
The Columbus Dispatch poll of 13,000 Ohio voters shows Calvin Coolidge with 7,622 votes to 3,318 for Davis and 2,069 for La Follette. If replicated statewide for 1.5 million voters, Coolidge would lead by about 250,000 over Davis and 490,000 over La Follette.
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la Folletté- Wheeler
Mars
Wwe
House
Senate
Follette
Wheeler
la Follette
Literary Digest
Cincinnati Enquirer
Columbus Dispatch
Dispatch
Ohio
Coolidge
Davis
la Follete
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Court of Appeals
W. H. Middleton
Waverly
Roscoe J. Mauck
Gallipolis
Edwin J. Sayre
Middleton
Judicia
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Vinton
Hocking
Meigs
Gallia
Lawrence
Scioto
Pike
Jackson
Pickaway
Highland
Ross
Adams
Cleveland
Republican Party
ICR
Hurraa Crier
Carle
China
Owens
the Athens Messenger
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Dailies
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F. W. Bush
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Chas. H. Harris
Robert EB
Cards of Ware Inc
Wabash Avenue
Caeg
Eatingouse
Restaurts
Treasury Department
Treasury
Couzens
Brazil
The
Athens County Republican Executive Committee
EF. C. “Woodworth
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Clothcraft and
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Stetson
EAGLE
Monito
Wilson Bros.’ Underwear
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Moore
Fred
Gill
Ry W H. Bill Welce
We Ae Hk
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