Athens Y M C A fund drive tops four thousand dollars
Athens sees strong support as the Y M C A fund drive nears the goal of eleven thousand dollars for the year. John White Morton directs twelve canvassing teams, including ten for men and two for women led by Mrs. Anne P Johnson, with rapid subscriptions already tallied and enthusiasm high among workers. The program highlights local business leaders optimism about growth, cash trade, and regional prosperity amid farm struggles and a cotton downturn, projecting a future boom if the drive succeeds.
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Larry Gantt
Athens
Association
Tallulah
Weems
Jones
Quillian
Forbes
John White Morton
Anne P. Johnson
Hooded band hearings target Morehouse Parish cases
Attorney General A. V. Coto, en route from Bastrop after conferring with Governor Parker, said the Morehouse inquiry will yield 25 to 30 Grand jury indictments from 75 to 100 witnesses. He planned 30 more witnesses and anticipated the hearing to end Thursday.
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A. V. Coto
Bastrop
John M. Parker
Morehouse
Morehouse Parish
Bagtrap
Coco
Three Shoplifters Fined in Judge Bradwell Court
Three colored shoplifters nabbed Saturday faced quick sentences after pleading guilty in Judge Bradwell's morning session. Willie Hayes Lizzie Age 17 and two others were ordered to pay fines or serve four months at the state farm while a fourth girl pled not guilty and awaits a hearing as jurors were excused.
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Bradwell
Willie Hayes
Lizzie
State Farm
Bush
Skeet Peuvaty
Lly
Hay
Disorder Probe Opens Monday in Arkansas Rail Line
Arkansas lawmakers schedule hearings starting Monday on disturbances tied to the Missouri and North Arkansas railway. Witnesses from Harrison and other railroad points will appear before a joint committee of the Arkansas General Assembly, following the disorder era marked by widespread absences of witnesses and reduced attendance.
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Missouri and North Arkansas Railway
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Memorial Service Honors Late Senator Watson
In Washington memorial services were held in the senate for the late Senator Thomas E Watson and in the House for his representative. The article notes observers and colleagues paying tribute as political figures mourn a long career.
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John J Brown 15 Here for Farm Meeting
Hon John J Brown Commissaire of Agriculture attends a farm meeting on day 7. The report notes the official role and the event context as a farmers gathering with expected remarks and local interest.
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John J.brown
Asiculture
Five Die In Hotel Fire At Homestead Davies Hotel
Five persons perished in a blaze that consumed the Davies hotel in Homestead near Pittsburgh. Victims include Mrs John Winnie and her three children aged six and thirteen, and Thomas W Davies the hotel owner. Davies died after attempt to rescue others. John Winnie and family were on the third floor when flames began. firemen carried Mrs Winnie and children down ladders but were driven back by the inferno.
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John Winnie
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Thomas W. Davies
Davies
Winnie
Mrs. Winnie
Ashworth Heads to New York for Metropolitan Life Meeting
Ashworth leaves Sunday for New York City to attend the Metropolitan Life Insurance convention. He notes a record program planned for agents with a Saturday radio broadcast on WEA F. Four hundred meters will be the rating length for Athens to catch the program featuring John Charles Thomas.
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New York City
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Ashworth
New York
Proram
Athens
John Charles Thomas
Ong
Dry world movement eyes U S prohibition drive
William Punnyfoot Johnson, an international prohibition campaigner returning from New Zealand, urges enforcement of dry laws in the United States. He predicts global imitation of prohibition if U S laws are enforced, noting nations watch America as authorities grapple with liquor control.
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United States
William 5
Johnson
New Zealand
Pussyfoot
Plate
Campalen
Jearth
Ruhr Crisis and German Conscription Talk Rattle Europe
Berlin reports denied that Germany plans reintroducing compulsory military service, while British and French observers fear a Ruhr crisis escalation. Paris and London quote warnings of potential French intervention and possible Allied consideration of an American protectorate to curb Ruhr influence amid economic strain and political maneuvering.
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Associated Press
London
T'iera
Ruhr
France
Germany
Monnday
Paris
Ludendorf
Muenster
Manugers
Rulh
Rheinish
Reich
Paria
Cotton Production Campaign Discussed At Farm Conference
Dr. Andrew M Soule president State College of Agriculture opened the sixteenth annual Farmers and Marketing Conference at State College Monday afternoon. The session drew over a hundred visitors including demonstration agents. Soule outlined a cotton production plan for 1923 stressing ground selection, weed control, early plowing, drainage and timely planting to combat the weevil rather than relying on poisons. Earlier remarks and later notes covered Rogers Chain Stores and storage chief topics with Georgia Cotton Growers Native Association tied to regional markets.
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Yorua
Andrew M. Soule
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State College
Agriculure
E. L
Jule
Soule
Podoel Oa
Boll Congitio
Bief
Keeper and Wife Slain in Newport House Fire
Police puzzled by double murder tied to a house fire at the McLeish estate in Newport. The victims, caretakers of the estate, were struck with a single heavy blow and the motive remains unclear as investigators search for a possible third party amid a surrounding inquiry involving Mrs. Fitsaimmons and her son William Vanderbilt.
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Newport
R. Coe
J. A. Fraser McLeish
Paul Fitsaimmons
New York
Elsie French ‘Vanderbilt
U S Minister to China Is Dying
The U S Minister to China is dying from a brain illness described as an aged condition. He is unconscious after arriving from the interior of China some time ago.
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U.S
China
United States
Anghat
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Associa
Paul Reinsh
Expulsion of Jews Sought In Vienna
Vienna crowd demands removal of Jews from dominant roles in economic life art stage and press. Police guard the demonstration with only minor incidents reported.
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Vienna
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