Wage agreement sought as coal strike nears April 1
Aimed at averting a costly nationwide coal strike, coal operators and miners’ leaders meet to set wage and working condition baselines for bituminous fields. United Mine Workers head a delegation of 100, with Phil A. Penna as spokesman for operators. Negotiations focus on central versus sectional wage basis before April 1.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Jno
L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
General Policies Commission
Stops Itching Petersons Ointment Ad
Advertisement touting Petersons ointment for old sores piles and chafing. Claims healing power for skin and scalp itching. Promotes multiple sizes 35c 60c 1.00 2.50 6.00 and urges purchase at druggists.
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Peterson
Paper’s Cold Compound advertised as quick cold cure
An old advertisement promises relief from cold symptoms with Paper’s Cold Compound. It claims faster recovery than quinine, noting no feverishness or congestion and urging readers to buy a box for a few cents. It emphasizes comfort and safety of the tablets for immediate relief.
Smith Attends P.O. Conference in Atlanta
Postmaster Paul Smith travels to Atlanta for a two day postmasters conference to represent the local office. Dr. Work, postmaster general, cannot attend due to sickness. first assistant Mr. Bartlett will attend in Washington. Athens business leaders are invited to join and aid in solving department issues and boosting post office cooperation with the public. The conference occurs at Baptist Tabernacle with a banquet at the Georgian Terrace.
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Paul Smith
Atlanta
Dr. Work
Bartlett
Washington
Athens
Work
Baptist Tabernacle
Georgian Terrace
Cotton crop prospects cited. prices steady with larger sowings
Atlanta reports cotton prices and farm prospects tied to modest demand and improved financing. Belief centers on cooperative marketing, bank support, and boll weevil control. Crop acreage could rise about 10.68 percent with cash demand and tenant homeownership trends, while 1922 cotton belt business improved 25.04 percent from 1921.
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Atlanta
Belt Bank. Org
Eytinge Freed Pledges Life to Aid Convicts
Louis Victor Eytinge after release from Arizona State Penitentiary pledges to devote his career to reclaiming human wastage in American prisons. He argues 50 percent of prisoners are unreclaimable under present systems and that recidivism drives crime costs. Eytinge, once serving a life sentence for murder and dangerously ill, says classification and education can cut costs and crime. he built a 6000 dollar monthly operation inside prison by organizing inmates to produce goods sold outside.
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Jack Jungmeyer
Los Angeles
Louis Victor Eytinge
Eytinge
O“N
Arizona State Penitentiary
No Police Court Session Reported in Savannah Ga
For the first time in many years Savannah Ga had no police court session on Thursday. Recorder Schwarz arrived at police headquarters to find an empty docket and no arrests within 24 hours. Longtime department staff wonder when this had last occurred.
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Savannah
Schwarz
Dress Parade by College Students at Herty Field
The University of Georgian military regiment holds its second dress parade Friday afternoon at 315. New field, featuring cavalry infantry and the M T C units. The band will play. public invited by officers in charge with special attention to the venue Herty Field.
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University of Georgian ‘Military Regiment
Herty Field
Wholesale prices inch up in December reports
The Department of Labor announced that wholesale prices in December showed no overall change from November with an upward tendency. Farm products led with a 20 3 4 percent rise, while 170 of 404 commodities advanced, 70 declined, and the rest stayed the same. Building materials, metals, fuel, and clothing showed various small gains, with food, chemicals, and house furnishing goods largely flat. The December figures also compare higher than the previous December, with notable advances in farm goods and textiles. Universal launches a new serial The Phantom Fortune about big business, while Hobart Henley debuts Up the Ladder starring Virginia Valli.
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Washington
Department of Labor
ATOM THEATRE MERGER VOLES IN PLAY HOUSES
New York reports confirm a proposed merger between the Shuberts and Al Erlanger to control most legitimate theatres in the United States. The plan, valued around 50 million dollars, may involve selling part of the stock to the public. The two families are said to already control about four fifths of the country’s theatres excluding motion picture houses.
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New York
United States
New York City
Tol J
Imerger
Shuberts
al Erlanger
Erlanger
Lee Shubert
Erlangers
Remarkable Home Cough Remedy Advertised
A home made remedy using Parmint double strength and sugar water is touted to stop coughing in minutes and clear nasal mucus within 24 hours. The ad claims simple preparation at little cost and urges readers to obtain one ounce from a druggist. Also mentions fashion details with white crepe di chine garments.
Fellowship Lobby the Most Used Part of Athens Y M C A
The Athens Y M C A Fellowship Lobby is the busiest area with reading rooms and game spaces highly popular. Describes opening from Lumpkin Street, office layout, and the Boys side, noting extensive use of chess sets, caroque, checkers, and ping pong as well as the social value of a wholesome environment for boys and young men.
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The
Athena
Young Men’s . Christian
Fellowship
Ellowship
Lumpkin Street
Dvs
Athens
Harding Seems To Be Improving
Washington July reports indicate President Harding showed continued improvement in his grippe illness. His personal physician Brigadier General Sawyer noted relief from Wednesday’s indisposition as the president rested and postponed engagements. Officials expected further recovery if rest and cessation of official duties continued.
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Washington
Harding
Sawyer
Bridge burnings and lynching probe widens in Harrison
Harrison Ark county officials aided by a citizens' court pressed Thursday investigations into bridge burnings and other depredations on the Missouri and North Arkansas railway, plus the lynching of C E Gregor after Boone County grand jury indicted 26 former Missouri and North Kansas employes. Warrants for 25 indicted men were ready, but only two arrests reported as deputies sought the rest. Eight men were brought to Harrison for grand jury and citizens' court questioning and jailed awaiting action. An exodus of strikers and families to other areas continued at the request of the one thousand committee.
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Harrison
Ark
Citizens' Court
Missouri and North Arkansas
C.E. Gregor
Boone County Grand
Missori
North Kansas
Lidge
Shinn
Circuit Court
Shaddox
Everton
Grand ‘Jury
Annual Dividend Declared By Southern Manufacturing Company
The stockholders of the Southern Manufacturing Company met for their annual session and declared the usual dividend. J M Hodgeson was reappointed secretary and C H Newton named treasurer as H G Gordon and B F Handestart joined the board of directors. The Athens mill, one of the state’s largest cotton goods makers, reported a bright outlook and continued growth.
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Southern Manufacturing Company
H. G Gordon
Org
Herrin Trial Is Ready For Jury
MARION ILL Judge D T Hart III prepared to instruct the jury in the Herrin mine massacre case as five union miners face murder charges. The defense filed about 60 suggestions and the prosecution offered 38 after final arguments. The jury was expected to decide the verdict that night under Illinois law which imposes a single murder degree and lets the jury fix the penalty if guilty.
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Marion
D. T.hartwell
Howaard Hoffman
Herrin
Gullon
Spring Millinery Trends Highlight Taffeta and Silk
The piece notes current hat fashion focusing on taffeta fabrics with a leather finish and slipper satin. Silk options include crowna and coarse straw brims, with feature details on hats.
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