Board of Review Formed to Improve Photoplays Taste
Athens forms a local board led by Mrs. Horace B. Ritchie to promote better photoplays and discourage trashy pictures. Members include Prof. G. G. Bond Dr. Edwards Jere M. Pound and representatives from the Woman's Club Ministerial Association Parents and Teachers Association church groups City Mission Board and other organizations. The aim is educational work not censorship or legislation, guiding patrons toward good films and warning against bad ones.
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United States
Athens
Horace B. Ritchie
Athens Woman's Club
G. G. Bond
G. G. Bond, Superintendent of the City Public
Edwards
Peabody School of Education
University of Georgia
Jere M. Pound
State Normal School
Woman's Club
Ministerial Assocation
Parents ,and
Teachers’ “Association
Church Societies
City Mission Board
Best Time Ever to Unite with Athens Y M C A
In Athens men and boys urged to join the local Young Mens Christian Association as winter ends. The article extols a new swimming pool with skylighted showers, heated water, and multiple dressing rooms plus a forthcoming athletic field, gym, and specialized instruction from Jane, the water expert, to improve swimming and fitness.
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Athens
Young Men's Christian Association
South
America
Thigge
Jane
Athons Y M C A Prep for Higher Tech High Rivalry
Athens Y M C A prepares to face Tech High in a key basketball clash at 8:30 PM. Tech High extended its win streak with a 31 to 28 victory over Boys High in Atlanta, led by guards and forwards Hamlet Gaston and Frazier. Athens relies on Quilnan Garnett and star Short to guard, with Moore Thornton Price Youngkin in support, aiming for a clean defense and a packed arena audience jeering for a strong finish.
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Y. McA
Tech High School
Athens
Tech High
Atlanta
Sill
Hamlet
Gaston
Frazier
Quil- Nan
Garnett
Short
Moore
Thornton
Price
Youngkin
Athens Five
Pechi
Association
Spring cold warnings and remedies from Dr. King's New Discovery
The notice promotes Dr. King's New Discovery as relief for spring colds caused by sudden temperature shifts. It warns that stopping treatment early risks lingering symptoms and urges continuing until the cold is fully gone. It also notes money to loan on farm lands and real estate by M. Stern.
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M. Stern
Dr.King
Reef
Rank Foolishness About Colds in Cold Weather
The piece argues that colds are not caused by cold temperatures and would be common in summer if true. It states the cold microbe thrives in damp cold weather and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective and widely recommended for many years. It notes the remedy is obtainable everywhere.
Man walks Sixth Avenue upside down to honor bet
A man who bet Wilson would be elected president fulfilled his wager by walking up Sixth Avenue in New York upside down. He explained he was not stubborn but wanted certainty, drawing a keen crowd of onlookers as he completed the stunt.
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Wilson
Sixth Avenue
New York
Buddhist search for reincarnated Buddha in Tibet
A political and religious quest unfolds as officials seek a new boy to embody a dead Buddha. The process involves identifying youths born under miraculous signs in Mongolia and Tibet and transporting the chosen child to Lhasa for consecration.
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Peking
Tibet
Mongolia
Buddha
Lhaasa
Jose
Upper Hudson Protective Society Formed in Poughkeepsie
Wealthy residents of the district form the Upper Hudson Protective Society in Poughkeepsie New York with notable members including Vincent Astor Robert Huntington Frederick Vanderbilt William B Dinsmore and John R Roosevelt. Directors include Warren Delano Archibald Rogers Tracy Dows Herman Livingston and Thomas Hunt. The group will hire two private detectives to watch members homes and offer rewards for burglars after a spring wave of burglaries ending in a burglar’s death on the Astor estate.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Upper
Ite
Astor Estate
Rooster Alarm Clock Impresses Dalton Residents
Dalton, Georgia resident W D King owns a rooster that acts as a natural alarm clock. The bird crows every weekday at 6:00 am beneath a window, and on Sundays appears at 6:30 am to let the family sleep later. The rooster wakes everyone by crowing until a window ringer arrives. In Bayonne New Jersey a hold up at a coal dealer’s shop ended with a thief brandishing a revolver and stealing a bucket with coal.
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Dalton
W. D
Bayonne
N. J
Charles Burello
Prodigy At Mathematics Found In First Grade
Findlay Ohio reports six year old Roy Fork son of F L Fork a well driller at Franklin Avenue displays exceptional mental math. Teacher Miss Helen Gaskill notes he recites dates months and calendar details accurately, beyond typical grade one work, suggesting extraordinary memory rather than telepathy.
Left Fortunes To Servant In Clinton County Will
The will leaves an estate valued between 100000 and 200000 to Kate a longtime servant of Mrs. McCabe. Kate served 41 years while Mrs McCabe and her physician husband prospered. Relatives plan to contest the will though Mrs McCabe kept her pledge to Kate.
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Eishiverare
Emery
Say Carlyle
Mulcahy
Mra
John
McCabe
Kate
Usband
Sirs
Sirs. McCap
Clinton County
Snakes Kill 26385 in India Report
Simla, India reports ongoing dangers from wildlife with snakes blamed for 26885 deaths last year, while tigers and other beasts killed 1923 people. Over five years elephants and large predators caused 1192 fatalities, and snake bites alone totaled 116,828 in the same period.
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Simla
India
British India
New Fishing Method Spurs Yellowtail Catchers
Ralph Martin of Los Angeles sparked a shift in Redondo Beach by observing a yellowtail in shallow water. He used a taewanet style lure to nab the fish, signaling a new approach that few have adopted recently.
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Redondo Beach
Cal
Ralph Martin
Los Angeles
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