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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1921
Page
8
A garbled historical fragment discusses a society appointing a committee to devise naming for a nursery. It mentions descriptive names for items and contrasts with changes aiming to reduce overly descriptive terms. The text references a four-armed descriptive label system and a passenger compartment design for a vehicle with two fixed cross seats.
Premier Takahashi of Japan, quoted by the Tokyo correspondent of the newspaper Exelsior, says the quadrupentente replaces the Anglo Japanese alliance and opens a new epoch in the Pacific and world. He argues it will ease Japanese burdens and strengthen influence in the East, while dismissing rumors of designs on Indo China as unfounded.
A New York Commission report warns the Episcopal Church in the United States suffers a grave shortage of ministers as recruitment ratios plummet. It cites Rhode Island in the 1850s with one minister per 52,000 members, now one per 8,754, and the Southwest with similar declines. The study notes overall ratios average one minister for 2,251 communicants, threatening church growth and require more clergy to serve growing congregations.
An Agriculture Department trial at Husum Washington details an experiment to rid the state of venomous reptiles by mustard. The test drove reptiles from a lava rock fortress, revealing snakes of various sizes from infants to nine feet rattlers. The creatures were then bludgeoned to death.
Denver report from Huerfano County shows miners employed by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company striking months ago over wage cuts. Adjutant General Hamock warns martial law could be lifted in ten to eleven days if coal-field conditions don’t improve. At least 500 families are in need of aid as union relief fails. Red Cross relief may be solicited.
Partial readable OCR describes children on Variduy streets in poor barefoot condition. Mentions a motor sight and a campy context. Refers to pirate activities and an adjutant general Hagheen in unclear statements.
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