Women Join Progress Drives Across Commerce and Trade
The article notes suffrage era shifts with women and men sharing leadership in business and public affairs. It outlines ten women driven activities for local organizations including Americanization for foreigners and citizenship classes, playground staffing, health exhibits, library talks, comfort stations, school lunches, smoke abatement, entertaining businesswomen, and child mother transportation to poorer districts.
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Joining the Organizations in Athens Civic Life
The article argues winter is a busy season for organized groups in Athens. It urges individuals to join clubs, churches, fraternals, and business associations to share civic burdens and advance community development. It emphasizes few drive progress while many remain busy or indifferent.
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Athens
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Longevity Talk at Human Life Convention in Chicago
A Chicago gathering of life insurance men discussed rising life expectancy noting the average person has gained about ten years in fifty. They projected further gains over the next fifty years and pondered reaching ages near a century. Citing plagues and contagion as risks, speakers urged calm living and philosophical balance to extend life.
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Chicago
Providing Community Houses in MacGregor Iowa
In MacGregor Iowa a town of 1400 seeks a community house. They estimate a building at 12000 dollars with two floors rented for 420 dollars yearly. The hall will host lectures, legion meetings, banquets, dances, and community activities to spur civic and social events.
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MacGregor
Iowa
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Conference of American Legion
New International Court Set to Meet in The Hague
The warless dispute settlement goal moves forward as the new International Court convenes in The Hague next January 23. Two paths exist: conferences where powers bargain and a court whose rulings are binding, though nations may resist binding judgments. The piece notes public fears over whiskey shortages and illicit home brew prompting violent behavior amid social unrest and lawlessness.
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National Court
Hague
Flague
A Vignette of a Child and the City Street
A fragment recalls a child’s daily journey from home to the streetcar, a small girl meeting her father with a hug and swing upon his arm. The piece reflects on a four-block route and the strength of a young child, ends with a shift to atomic weight discoveries and two kinds of lead discussed by scientists.
Harvard Chemists Confirm Atomic Weights Across Elements
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard chemists report atomic weights for nearly forty of the nine key elements, revealing remarkably constant values worldwide. Prof Theodore W Richards and Prof Gregory Baxer are noted as leading figures, with international committees formed to advance the atomic weight study and its implications for chemical science.
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Rioting in Vienna Targets Americans in Hotels
American guests at Vienna hotels were attacked in widespread rioting on Thursday. Mrs Hand, wife of a U S colonel, and her daughter were robbed of furs and clothing. Colonel and Mrs Miller displayed an American flag as rioters withdrew. The report notes American citizens affected amid the unrest.
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Associated Press
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United States Army
Miller
United States- America
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