New Factory to Start in Athens Under Mc Bee Idea
Local agent C F Mc Bee of the B and O reports a filing and binding machine will bring a new factory to Athens. Promoters leased the Val Davis building on West Union street and purchased a gas engine for power. Bruce Wells of Nelsonville entered the university law school. Ohio University's football team heads to Delaware for a key game against Ohio Wesleyan. The Athens high school senior class organized with officers named. A proposal urged forming a municipal band in Athens based on town instrument availability.
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C. F. McBee
Athens
Val Davis
West Union Street
Athens High School
Joe Pickering
Raymond Davis
Edwin Chubb
Irene Gross
Look Out Here Was Me and Molybdenite Warning
A fragment discussing old rural ox carts versus future tech. It notes a mineral molybdenite and a vision of solar powered transport and immense speeds. The piece contrasts past modest travel with forthcoming electric, sun driven systems and cautions about new hazards.
The Sky scraper Church I New York
A commentary on building a 20 to 30 story church in New York funded by bonds and mortgages. The piece questions measuring church success by property size and wealth, noting the memory of Christ contrasted with material wealth.
Water of Salt Lake City Dubs City’s bubbling fountains
The piece highlights Salt Lake City Utah as a city with many bubbling fountains along streets and in neighborhoods. It notes man made springs providing free cold water day and night, fed by mountain snowmelt from canyon reservoirs in spring and summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Salt Lake City
Utah
Salt Lake City Fountains Offer Friendly Hospitality
The article extols Salt Lake City fountains guiding refreshing drink to homes and factories. Water is cheap and visitors feel a friendly touch from these fountains, a gentle advertisement and testimonial to local hospitality rather than loud proclamations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Fall of Dempsey and lessons in opportunity
The piece reflects on fallen icons and enduring championships from Jack Dempsey to Nathan Hale, urging focus on enduring, worthwhile goals. It cites historic stock seats, the promise of wealth from patient investment, and critiques labor relations while praising wage growth by figures like Henry Ford. It closes noting Florida tornado losses and public relief limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Hale
President Coolidge
C. C. Roumage
New York Stock Exchange
Standard Oil
Department Store Careers Open To All Applicants
The article notes department stores offer job opportunities across many roles from sales to management. It highlights that training matters more than prior experience, that most stores hire women, and that stores run in-house training schools up to two years for ambitious staff aiming for buyers or managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walron
D. C
Ipartment
United States
Retail Hiring Shifts Favor Experience Over College
The piece notes changing hiring norms in stores, with reward for loyalty and effort over outsiders. It observes higher educational requirements now needed, cites two years of high school as a base, and discusses why teachers, though educated, fit retail work due to patience, people skills, and adaptability.
Brightens Up for the Coolidges in Washington
Washington after Coolidge returns will quicken with official and social activity as cabinet members, diplomats, and lawmakers reassemble. The White House renovation continues with tourists admitted to newly open rooms while Rudolph Forster manages executive office communications during the president’s vacation.
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Washington
Coolidge
Cabinet
Diplomatic Corps
Senate
House of Representatives
Pennsylvania Avenue
Coolidges
White House
Maj. Grant
National Capita
Executive Mansion
Rudolph Forster
Forster
United States
Ramble notes on Manhattan theater boom in 1926
Gibbert Swan paints a New York scene as rehearsal season peaks with Broadway bustling from dark halls to bright electric stages. He notes old vaudeville hands, burlesque circuits, and new little theaters thriving while society dances, parties, and society classes train for future stage careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Lexington Avenue
Yesteryear
Government War Department Jurisdiction Question
A fragment notes a location described as under either Ohio or Kentucky control and under the United States War Department federal jurisdiction. It asks a time question about duration, but the excerpt ends abruptly without a clear answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Kentucky
United States War Department
Tomatoes Listed as Fastest Natural Remedy for Obesity
An old Q and A column notes tomatoes as the swiftest and most certain natural remedy for obesity per a Presbyterian Hospital diet list in New York. The Ohio River ownership question is unsettled with an incomplete answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Hospital
New York
Ohio River
Kentucky
Ohio
M.S. F
Modern player piano rolls emerge in minutes
A historical note explains how early rolls took weeks to create while modern methods produce 65 note and orchestral inserts in minutes. It details hand played themes, mechanical addition of notes, and paper fiber composition while tracing perforated roll origins to 1887 and music sheets to 1842.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
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the Messenger
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E. C. Woodworth
H. A. Junod
Andrew Murphy
W. A. Carpenter
W. E. Peters
E.R. Lash, Sr
E. M. Enlow
The
Presbyterian Church
W. B. Lawrence
Nelsonville
Bruce Wells
Nelsonville En
Tered
University
Hughes
Greece
Reichstag
Funston
Ohio University
Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan
Matt
Plautus
Robert E. Ward, Inc
Fifth Ave
Sou Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Calamity Insurance
the “Firm Union
Arthur Brisbane
Dempsey
Tunney
Jack
Edison
Henry Ford
Sinbad Valley of Diamonds
Morgan and Company
August Belmont
Commodore Perry
Green
American Federation of Labor
Florida
Frederick J. Haskin
Charles P. Stewart Messenger
Congress
Bronx
Fast Side
Piano
J. M
Germany
K. A
M.L
Shakespeare
Howeever
Proudiler
Tennyson
Ardware Co
Glouster
Logan
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