Duncan Editor Alters Post Office Entry Note
The notice records Alter Be Duncan as president and editor and notes second class matter at the Aiken post office under the 1879 act, with filing details dated March 3.
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1927
Page
6
Incredible facts span science to history in brisk notes
Radium’s value and eye of a needle claim. Amazon river island larger than Delaware. Dickens wrote Pickwick at age 24. Cement for Barcelona peaks. Electric fans debut in 1884 at 15 a season plus current. Timber felled in Australia tops 25 million dollars in a year. Death Valley record heat 187 degrees. Ultra thin sheet steel as transparent as glass. Lace mantillas near 1500 price among Spanish aristocracy. American sewing machines rise in Lithuania. London to Paris flight in two and a half hours.
North Augusta council defers mass meeting on county secession plan
The North Augusta town council decided Monday night to delay an indignation or mass meeting over the proposal to leave Aiken County for Edgefield. The Standard notes the wisdom of calm discussion, urges addressing grievances with county officials, and maintains no bias against North Augusta or other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Augusta
Augusta Herald
Aiken County
Edgefield
Culley
Horse Creek
Aiken Ring
Horse Creek Valley
Aiken
Augusta
President Coolidge’s Quirky Day in the Black Hills
A humorous vignette follows President Coolidge through a day in the Black Hills. He snoozes, handles wood, greets visiting delegations from Hedgerow Punchville and North Dakota, orders breakfast duties, fishes, and reads before retiring at night. The piece playfully exaggerates his routine and household casts in a light, archival tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Coolidge
Mrs. Coolidge
Callie
Darling
Congress
North Dakota
Pete
Judge Pleads For Youth In Light Sentence
An 18 year old pleads guilty to petty theft before a New York judge who sentences him to go home to his mother. The judge criticizes juvenile delinquency laws and urges giving the youth another chance to reform, citing a nine year old’s prior punishment and the need for opportunity over punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
New York
Liverpool and Manchester Railway Safety Ride Payoffs
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway paid people to ride trains to prove safety. A folding pocket opening at the bottom has been added to men trousers as protection against pickpockets in this country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Origin of the Word Dixie in Civil War Era
Zena Payne of the United Daughters of Confederacy outlines how the term Dixie arose from Citizen's Bank of Louisiana notes labeled Dix with the French word ten. The piece recounts Emmett's song Dixie, its minstrel origins, and its adoption by Confederate forces in Montgomery in 1861.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizen’s Bank of
Louisiana
New Orléans
South
Dixie Land
Dixie
Citizen’s Bank
Bank of England
Mississippi River
Zena Payne
South Caroline
United Daughters of Confederacy
Johnston
Veterans face huge losses from lapse of war risk insurance
Washington officials warn that veterans who dropped their war risk policies forego about 36 thousand millions in future value. Only about four thousand millions have been issued. authorities question why lapse rates remained high despite lower rates than private firms. The key cause appears to be insufficient personal income to cover premiums under the installment plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Women physicians rise in Vienna by twenty percent in 1926
In 1926 the number of women doctors practicing in Vienna grew by 20 percent signaling a notable expansion of female participation in medicine. The remark about laughter at failures hints at a broader view of resilience and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Fashion Weddings and Divorce Debate Stirs Churches in New York
The Rev Dr Caleb R Stetson of Trinity Episcopal calls fashionable church weddings vulgar and pagan and opposes civil unions for nonmembers arguing church marriages should be limited to believers. He warns freer divorce fuels trial marriages and polygamy risk while Holy Trinity’s Rev Floyd W Thomkins counters that church ceremonies reinforce sacred vows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Caleb R. Stetson
Trinity Episcopal Church
Dr. Stetson
East
Floyd W. Thomkins
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Key Wrote Anthem Aboard Boat Not Prison Ship
The Star Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key in a rowboat during a truce with the British, not in a prison ship. Key went to the flagship to free a friend and arrived as bombardment began, correcting a longstanding classroom tale. Police officer warns Cleveland children to stay off streets and use playgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Home Companion
Francis Scott Key
Key
Baltimore
Fort McHenry
Cleveland
Cleveland Ews
Prison time could affect actors divorce schedules
The Indianapolis News notes that jailing some movie actors may disrupt their divorce proceedings for a period, delaying settlements and custody plans as timelines shift with time behind bars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis News
Freelance Constables Raise Statewide Law Enforcement Concerns
The Aiken arrest of a so called governor's constable for impersonating a federal officer and soliciting hush money highlights dangers in broad granting of commissions. The News argues commissions should come directly from the governor with clear accountability and rejects freelancing officers acting beyond local supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Barnwell
Tocn
South Carolina
Instalment Plans Shape War Payments Across Industries
A concise analysis argues that wartime instalment payment schemes created a precedent influencing financial practices across multiple sectors. It notes lingering effects on consumer credit, supplier terms, and long term debt structures shaped during conflict periods.
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