League Reforms Debated Amid Covenant Changes
A League of Nations subcommittee debates amendments to the Covenant including arbitration, voting rules, dues enforcement, non permanent council members, and regional understandings. Proposals from Scandinavia Argentina Canada aim to modify Article X and blockades and broaden member eligibility.
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League of Nations
Lague
Assembly
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Council
League of States
Japan
Asia
Canada
League
Ments Committee
United States
The Farmer Sows His Seed in Spring Hope
The article notes confidence among American farmers to maintain normal crop acreage this spring despite low prices and adversity. It highlights cotton as an exception and praises the farmer's optimism and dedication, linking soil to national resilience amid global upheaval.
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Ter
Ilef
Adus Forest
Russia
Nere
Comptroller Crissinger Warns About Delaying Rock Bot Prices
Comptroller of the Currency Crissinger cautions those awaiting rock bottom prices not to delay. He expresses conviction that waiting may cost buyers in the near term.
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Crissinger
After Dinner Stories from John Robinson Band Night
A humorous old-time vignette features John Robinson scolding a clarinetist for a long rest and pushing him to play. The tale blends band life with a tale of card games and a love triangle involving Rafe Washington and a mad girl as the joke hinges on misunderstandings.
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John Robinson
John
Rastus
Rafe Washington
Mad Girl
Bos
Washington
Newly-Richs Spar Over Piano Size In Drawing Room
In a drawing room scene Mrs Newly-Rich plays hymn tunes on a grand piano with one finger as Mr Newly-Rich grips impatience and jokes that a larger piano deserves full use of both fists. The remark underscores tensions about status and luxury in their home.
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Newly-Riches
Mrs. Newly-Rich
Missus
Mr. Newly-Rich
Saloonkeeper Fined for Truth About Liquor Sales
A Connecticut saloonkeeper praised for telling the truth in court was fined one dollar. The piece suggests future truth-telling in the district. Henry Ford comments on life and change. The column puns on daylight, Panama monkeys, and a St. Louis fireman’s wife bearing the twentieth child. It notes jealousy over income tax.
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Connecticut
St. Louis
Onion glut hurts farmer prices and prompts co operation
A long analysis explains how a national onion surplus, with northern and southern belts, drives down prices for farmers while middlemen and stores gain. It argues for diversified farming, cooperative marketing, and local alcohol from surplus crops to boost farmer independence and curb waste.
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Department of Agriculture
Advertising the buyer's guide book for thrifty shoppers
The passage compares travelers using guide books to shoppers seeking new styles and better value. It portrays advertising as the buyer's guide book, enabling efficient use of time, money, and opportunities, and presenting thrift as a practical example.
Advertising Guides Thrifty Shopping For Better Home Life
The piece urges using daily newspaper ads to plan purchases and compare style, quality, and price. It stresses following ads to maximize value for food, furniture, clothing, and shoes, and suggests reading and acting on ad guidance to improve budgeting and home comfort. Also includes reader Q&A on quicksand, census abbreviations, Damon and Pythias, Emerson, cigarettes in England, and Browning’s good news poem.
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The
Geological Survey
Bureau of Census
Damon
Pythias
Syracuse
Phintias
Deodorus Siculus
Schiller
Phinting
Emerson
England
Laurence Oliphant
Remembering Old Stage Coaches and Canals to Columbus
The piece recalls travel before modern transport, noting stage coaches to Columbus, dirt roads, and a canal linking Athens to Columbus. It mentions shipping produce via canal to the north, the Hocking Valley railroad era, and goods moved from Foster's Hides and Furs Office to town. Buckeye Lake and vanished canal traces are highlighted.
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Columbus
Athens
Hocking Valley Railroad
Foster’s Hides and Furs
Athens in the fifties and seventies lore revived
The piece recalls Athens history with taverns called hotels, bar rooms and Taylor's Tavern near the Lostro Building and Union Street. It notes the B&O railroad as a novelty and the rise of stage lines. It mentions Theodore Jean the Athens stage coach driver and the underground railroad depot before Captain Allen's unit.
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Taylor's Tavern
Lostro
Athens
Ohio University
Union
Captain Allen
Underground Railroad
Ashes on Fern Street Trash Dump Ends by Summer
The service department has placed ashes on a new Fern Street film area with an entrance on East State Street. Traffic on the new street has begun. Dumping at this site has stopped and by summer the area should look much improved.
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Fern Street
East State Street
Information Bureau Answer Service Offers Questions Help
The Athens Messenger outlines a Q and A service run by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC. Readers may write questions with full name and address and two cents postage for return mail. The bureau will not provide legal medical or financial advice or domestic dispute settlement.
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
The
Inquirer
Ladies Aid at Millfield Hosts Pleasant Evening
Mrs Chas Robinett assisted by her daughter Mrs William Sisson warmly entertained the Church of Christ ladies aid at the Robinett home Thursday evening. Twenty three members were served refreshments after the monthly business session.
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Chas Robinett
William Sisson
Church of Christ
Chester Howards
Golda
Parker Boudinot
Trimble
George Thomas
Lucy Totman
Athens
R. F. Tottman
Clinton Daugherty
Columbus
George Shaner
Dan Fulton
Needle Club
Frank Forbes
Louise Sisson
Marital Scandals and Revival Talk Across Cities
Reports from New York detail Peggy Joyce avoiding interviews amid ongoing divorce actions. Peggy Joyce, facing a Chicago annulment suit linked to a Fort Worth divorce, was reportedly shielded by a mysterious voice and maid-like whispers. Settlement stakes and forthcoming revelations loom as media scrutiny continues.
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New York
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Peggy
Park Avenue
Congress Probe Sought Over Slush Fund for Sales Tax
Rep Frear charges a New York led coalition plans a huge slush fund to influence Washington and pass a sales tax on goods and meals. He urged a House investigation into the alleged lobby and funding scheme.
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Washington
Representative Frear
Wisconsin
House
Jules Bache
New York
Meyer B. Rothchile
Frear
Wage Cuts Protests Warned by Bricklayers Union
In Indianapolis on April 15 Willian Dobson secretary of the bricklayers masons and plasterers international of America wired Labor Secretary James Davis protesting employers plans to cut wages warning that turmoil and industrial warfare will be rampant in a short period.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Willian Dobson
the Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International of America
Wired
James Davis
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Ibe
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Millfield
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Mony
Mary Evans
Howard
Howard Simpson
M. E. Church
Bayer
Rauch’s Bakery
Satsfazton
Far East
Far West
Carenaseae
Buick
Buick Motor Co
Flint
Atlantic
Slant Mioh
Ram
Tan Francisco Gal
Pacific East
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Fafsel
Kasmth
Oregon
Moijlan
Toward Auto Co
Athens County Buick Co
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