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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1926
Page
4
The sixty annual pow wow of District 4 Improved Order of Red Men and its auxiliary the Pocahontas was held in Athens. The district covers several southeastern Ohio counties and a Civil War veteran mother, Elizabeth Mace of Albany, was noted as Armstead Mace’s mother.
The Athens Home Telephone company asks for fair compensation for superior service and planned upgrades including a fireproof building and underground cables. The editorial argues the city has quality local service and supports reasonable rates, noting costs and service quality relative to peers.
The Ray-Glo line of five gas heaters is showcased in Swanson Furniture window, highlighting a growing local industry. Grayson company, backed by over 100 stockholders, reports strong nationwide competition and hopeful outlook as Athens strives to expand employment and industrial opportunities.
The article recalls William Penn urging colonists to dedicate one acre in five to tree planting. It notes 81 million acres of idle land in the United States and timber shortages, with the lumber center now in the Rocky Mountains and eastern freight costs rising. It argues it is not too late to follow Penns counsel and plant more trees.
A Boston reporter found that so called menial workers like barbers and taxi drivers earned more than white collar staff. Barbers averaged about 5000 dollars yearly while waitresses and porters made modest weekly sums.
Henry Ford announces a five day week across his plants, aiming for workers to earn as much in five days as in six. He cites rising prosperity, higher wages, and shorter hours as essential to national growth, linking past eight hour gains to future gains in leisure and demand.
The piece notes Henry Ford values humanitarian aims in reducing work hours, while stressing gradual change. It cites past predictions that eight-hour days or five-day weeks caused poverty, credits pioneers, and highlights Ford’s rollout despite anticipated criticism and competitive pressure from Hearst’s plants.
A column cites Henry Ford and William Randolph Hearst arguing that factories maximize profits by running machines eighteen hours daily while workers work eight hours, few days a year. The piece calls for industrial leaders to prioritize workers to end strikes and sabotage.
Laboring men seek a decent life fair pay education and leisure for their children. The piece recalls Ford's five day week and Hearst era wage increases with drivers' unions formed under Hearst approval. It reflects on honesty and the burden of unpaid bills across generations.
Federal data show a growing rabbit industry with potential U S meat sales surpassing ten million dollars annually, led by California demand and major slaughterhouses in Los Angeles. Domestic pelts account for only two percent of needs, while imports exceed 100 million pellets yearly.
Washington Sept 29 reports say President Coolidge considers a broad reorganization of all government departments. The idea mirrors early Harding era talk and follows past shifts and consolidations of bureaus as lawmakers debate streamlined national administration.
A long, vivid portrait of Grand Central Terminal and New York City’s rapid skyline expansion. The piece notes the terminal’s vast workforce, luxury amenities, and shifting neighborhoods around Gramercy Park, Madison and Union squares as century buildings rise and old brownstones fade. It also surveys presidential cabinet consolidation ideas and government department restructuring debates.
A newspaper Q and A row discusses nourishment differences between hand kneaded and machine beaten bread with no content difference and longer freshness for hand moulded loaves. It also covers adjusted compensation entitlement for World War I veterans dead before the act with dependents eligible before 1928 in order of widow, children, mother, or father.
The Q A cites Theodore Roosevelt as the youngest president at inauguration, 42, while William Harrison is listed as oldest at 68. Other queries discuss static electricity with rubber combs during storms, four leaf clovers, and ivory cleaning methods with salt lemon juice and whiting.
Washington funeral directors gathered to promote a more hopeful image of their profession and encourage public trust, insisting they do not profiteer and aim to reassure customers about the service they provide.
Asa G. Candler, 75, prominent Atlanta businessman and founder of Coca Cola, was dangerously ill in the city. He was stricken with paralysis following a prior illness that had weakened his strength.
The Buckeye offers mail deposits as easy as in person with thousands of Ohio customers. Personal checks drafts registered letters express money orders are accepted. Certificates of Deposit earn 5 percent interest from the date and are mailed every six months or compounded as chosen. Certificates may be cashed by mail anytime. The Buckeye, Ohio's largest building and loan, has handled over 400 million dollars without loss to any investor.
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