Nationalized silver move sparks mixed market reaction
The president nationalized silver stocks at 50 cents an ounce while commercial silver and money remain unchanged. Government holdings will back currency with a three to one silver to gold ratio, but coins stay in circulation. Analysts fear inflation or stagnation as markets react and call for clarity on recovery plans.
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United States
Congress
United States Treasury
Green Bay
Roosevelt
Beading Ohio farmer urges honest candidates in August primaries
A farmer argues that voters should back candidates with honesty and integrity amid a government finances crisis. He warns politicians promise excessive economies and balance budgets without understanding operations, urging readers to study past records to avoid costly mistakes.
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Ohio
Short-Sighted View on Prohibition and Bootlegging Reforms
A critique argues federal plans to intensify enforcement against rum runners will raise government jobs but not cut high liquor taxes that sustain bootlegging. It recalls pre prohibition claims and notes spirits demand lags after repeal while smuggling persists because taxes are too high. The piece cites the Internal Revenue Bureau expansion and attacks on Rum Row.
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hTe
Internal Revenue Bureau
Pie Counter Officially Open for Government Jobs
Since the New Deal began patronage was a sideline to hiring. Now a government pie counter is open inviting job seekers to go to the Democratic National Committee for influence, bypassing official departments.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
The Pie Man of Politics Emil Hurja at the National Press Building
A vivid portrait of Emil Hurja, Roosevelt’s political aide, described as the housing commission insider with a black book mapping districts. The piece claims he uses data from districts, jobs, PWA projects, and Literary Digest polls to allocate favors and predict voters. It notes his selective pie distribution and avoids indiscriminate favors.
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Brother Emil
National Press Building
Farley
Emil Hurja
Hurja
Housing Commission
Mr. Hurja
PWA
Reformers Praise Hurja Efficiency in Patronage Debate
The piece notes reforms critics warn Roosevelt’s housing policy may be impractical and praises Hurja for efficient patronage while signaling political self preservation. It reports the sudden removal of the housing administration personnel director with no explanation and broken job promises.
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Hurja
Roosevelt
Securities Commission
Lawmakers Seek Repeal Through Tax Reform
The group contends the old law should be repealed and the job finished. They claim efforts to tax spirits to pay national debt would backfire by increasing revenue and reducing bootlegging, noting liquor taxes are the main driver.
Enduring Ghosts of Hindenburg and War's Dark Ground
A reflective piece condemns glorification of Von Hindenburg and German militarism. It contrasts heroic myth with grim battlefields where Unknown Soldiers lie, noting ghosts of the past rise in European homesteads and warning that war songs no longer ring true.
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von Hindenburg
Tannenberg
Health Hints And Diet Health Hints And Diet
Dr Morris Fishbein describes how senses influence appetite and memory, noting humans rely more on sight than smell. Some people have reduced smell, smell fatigue from repeated exposure, and odor antagonism where two scents cancel. Examples include rubber with benzoin and sodoform with balsam of Peru. Detected thresholds for camphor, musk, vanilla, and mercaptan are extraordinarily low.
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Peru
Vaccination for Children Meets Parental Scrutiny
As fall nears parents, led by the Smiths and the Browns, press for complete vaccination certificates for six year olds. Health authorities insist on proof of a successful vaccination, with medical notes if a history of illness affects timing. Doctors may delay and must share past histories to protect Johnny, underscoring cautious care amid vaccine debates and fears that smallpox could reemerge if vaccination stops.
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Smiths
Browns
Board of Health
School Board
Johnny
Pioneering Lives Of Early Hocking Valley Figures
The sketch recounts early district residents and their ventures from coal mining and canals to railroads. Notables include Robert Skinner Van Atta who founded Logan Foundry, Jacob Weaver a Civil War veteran and county recorder, Ralph and Thomas Webb who built the first road to Falls Gorge and crossed the Alleghenies, and Robert S. Weitzell a railroad surveyor.
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Far West
Hocking Valley
Robert Skinner van Atta
New Jersey
Logan Foundry
Raymond Belt
Pikes Peak
Fort Kearney
Jacob Weaver
Hocking County
Chickamauga
Libby
Andersonville
Charleston
Ralph Webb
Clarksburg
W. Va
Benjamin Webb
Falls Gore
Webbs
Logan
Thomas Webb
Alleghaney Mountains
Millertown
Robert S. Weitzell
Monday Creek
Snow Fork
Ohio
South
Oak of Allouville site and a noted trivia roundup
The Oak of Allouville near Yvetot France is over nine centuries old and has housed a two story church since 1696 with a chapel on the level floor and sacristan dwelling above. Tomorrow features a piece on the greatest big game hunter. A science note says women have stronger touch and hearing than men. A calendar fact notes a 100 year repeat cycle and eight US presidents hailed from Virginia while Ohio ranks second with seven.
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Allouville
William
Yvetot
Department
Seine Inferieure
France
Jenkins candidate predicted by Athens County club head
Emmett Riley, leader of the Athens County Jenkins Club, predicted the victory of congressional candidate Thomas A. Jenkins. J. Clifton Campbell bought a two year old Percheron stallion. A new front was under construction for the F. R. Beasley Garage on East Carpenter Street. Edith M. Peyton was appointed primary supervisor for Athens County Schools.
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Emmett Riley
Athens County
Jenkins Club
Thomas A. Jenkins
J. Clifton Campbell
F. R. Beasley Garage
East Carpenter Street
Edith M. Peyton
Birthday party for Irene Martin in Chauncey noted
Twenty years ago Mrs. William Martin hosted Irene Martins five birthday party in Chauncey with B. A. Headley among speakers at the Hooper Ridge home. Lightning struck Fred Gillian's barn in Hockingport. J. & Myers of East Hill volunteered as Athens weather observer.
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William Martin
Chauncey
Irene
B. A. Headley
Hooper Ridge
Fred Gillian
Hockingport
J. &. Myers
East Hill
Athens
German diplomatic clash and war talk in Cincinnati
The German consul at Cincinnati accused President Wilson of not observing strict neutrality. Reports say Germany aims to seize Antwerp to gain advantage on the English Channel, with secrecy masking moves before an attack on Liège. In the U S food prices surged with sugar up from 4.60 to 8.00 per hundredweight and beans rising by a dollar a bushel.
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Cincinnati
Wilson
Antwerp
Germany
English
Liege
Quotations Stir Debate Across Nations and Eras
A collection of dated quotes spans Nazi leader Kammerhofer British Field Marshal Birdwood and American magistrate Brodsky. Highlights include Kammerhofer praising struggle, Birdwood comparison to 1814 expansion, and varied views on church influence and mint juleps, plus an England Wales owl population estimate.
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Germany
Sir William Birdwood
Boots Rae Burns Seeks Joy Amid Fashionable Set
Boots Rae burn, 18, in Latchneck New York, longs for belonging among Sylvia Rivers and the Yacht Club crowd. After an awkward end to a night with Denis Fenway, she endures social snubs and loneliness, clinging to a hopeful day at the club and the promise of a lively party tonight.
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Boots Raeburn
Latchneck
New York
Raeburns
Boots
Sylvia Rivers
Sylvia
Mrs. Waterman
Larchneck
Mrs. Hart
Denis Fenway
Lois
Denis
Lois Hart
England
California
Lardhneck
Isabel
Pas
Oldsters
Hardy
Patty
Sylvia Phant
Sylve
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Literary Digest
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Konstantine Kammerhofer
Jack Dempsey
L. B. Brodsky
Charles C. Peale
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Stringer
Miss
King Pemrose Syndicat
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Tels
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Russ Lund
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