Novel Affair and Corn Roast Highlight Local Evening
Miss Frieda and Florence Poston were hosts to a social evening with guests including Frieda Coultrap. A group of youths held a corn roast at Sugar Creek road. Market prices listed include eggs 18 cents and dressed chickens 20 cents. A new first class orchestra performed at the opera house. Charles O'Bleness and L. McCune traveled to Put-in-Bay for an Ohio Banking association meeting.
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Frieda
Florence Poston
Frieda Coultrap
Sugar Creek Road
Opera House
E. E. Young
Sfenzel
Armstrong
Hooper
Grimm
Laverty
Parker
Thompson
Flinsterwald
Kelley
Charles O'blenéss
L. McCune
Put-in-Bay
The
Ohio Banking Association
Thought for Today Reflections on Folly and Responsibility
A compact note quotes Luke 17 2 about the peril of harming the vulnerable. It adds a Rochefoucauld line on follies spreading like contagious diseases. The brief meditations invite caution and self awareness.
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Rochefoucauld
Thad Brown Wins Athens County GOP Primary
Thad Brown II carried Athens county by a solid plurality over Myers V. Cooper in the Republican governor primary. The party united behind Brown and Mills' strong lieutenant governor showing strengthens the ticket. Republicans expect harmony in state government to enable a businesslike administration and anticipate Donahey’s retirement.
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Thad Brown II
Athens County
Myers V. Cooper
Republican Party
Donahey
Thad Brown
Brown
Cooper
James
Mills
Hamilton County
Franklin County
Ohio
What Are We Striving For
The text argues the average man now seeks wide access to science, art, literature, health, recreation, manners, and happiness rather than wealth or industry. It credits culture heroes with delivering these goods and envisions an arcadia achieved through broad cultural and social advancement.
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Stuart P. Sherman
Atlantic Monthly
John Quincy Adams
Arcadia
Has the Senate the right to compel witness answers
The piece argues the Senate must enforce its rules requiring witnesses to answer under penalties of fine and jail in probes like the Insull matter. It questions whether courts would back compelled testimony and notes Senator Reed plans to push for a full answer from Insull and associates, potentially reaching the Supreme Court.
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Illinois
United States Senate
Senate
Agress
Jim Reed
Sam Insull
Chicago
Mr. Reed
Jim
San
Reed
Insull
Daniel J. Schuyler
Thomas W. Cunningham
Philadelphia
Robert E. Crowe
Be Tier
Federal Supreme
Speed Risks: Front End Damage Versus Rear Smash
If you drive fast you smash your front fend. If you drive slowly you get your rear is smashed.
Clemenceau Credits U S Aid in World War Effort
In a letter to President Coolidge Clemenceau criticizes U S war debt stance yet recalls 18 months of aid. He cites 5 million tons of food and 5 million tons of war material plus steel for 160 million shells and food feeding 12 million Frenchmen. He notes Europe’s view of Uncle Sam as Shylock.
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Clemenceau
Coolidge
United State
America
Europe
Uncle Sam
Shylock
Oxford hair mystery shocks evolution debate
A quirky Oxford excerpt links hair growth patterns to human evolution. The claim suggests barbarians and early humans were hairier, while brain development replaced body hair. It notes Esau’s hairiness as an odd historical marker within the debate.
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Oxford
Esau
Evolutionary hair loss linked to fire use
A speculative note claims early humans with less hair survived after discovering fire because long hair caught fire and burned. It suggests perhaps hair singeing arose as a fashion to sit safely near flames.
The Hairy Down and Brain Development in Humans and Apes
The text compares prenatal hair in apes and humans, noting seven months gestation for apes and seven plus two months for humans. It argues longer human prenatal life aids brain development and hair loss, chiding fundamentalists who find this shocking.
Earth famine warned by Sir Daniel Hail at Oxford talk
Food expert Sir Daniel Hail warns at an Oxford gathering that famine risks loom as population grows. He says white races alone need millions more acres yearly, but nature will curb growth. Henry George is cited on a growing tail. land use allows Texas to feed the world with intensive cultivation and surplus.
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Daniel Hail
Oxford Scientific
Henry George
Texas
Food and drink debate on prohibition and farming
Sir Daniel Hail argues scarcity will force prohibition and many men to become vegetarians as earth yields more vegetables than meat. He cites 1 500 000 acres needed for barley used in Britain alcohol and 4 090 000 acres for French wine, yet France will keep its wine.
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Daniel Hail
Great Britain
France
Fiske Plans Millions to Clear City Slums and Build Low Rent Homes
Mr Haley Fiske president of Metropolitan Life Insurance says the company will spend millions to wipe out city slums and provide decent apartments at low rent, aiming to improve urban housing conditions.
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Haley Fiske
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Metropolitan Life finds profit in small tenant rooms
Mr Stabler and Mr Fiske from Metropolitan Life Insurance show that high grade rooms can be rented for $9 a month profitably. The company’s $7.5 million investment earns 8.8 percent. The piece argues big money and big business should support small entrepreneurs.
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Stabler
Fiske
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Vatican describes Mexican persecution under tyrannous policy
The Osservatore Romano accuses Mexico of a tyrannous crackdown on the Catholic church. At the same time Mexican currency weakens and food prices rise as a government committee investigates the causes, signaling economic instability.
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the Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Mexico
Crown Prince’s Honorary Degrees Multiply
A remark notes the crown prince of Sweden collecting honorary degrees at a pace that risks eclipsing a simple thermometer as a measure of his prestige.
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Crown Prince of
Sweden
Sweden King Collects Silverware While Son Sails Free in U.S.
Collecting silverware is the hobby of King Gustav of Sweden. Yet, his son has the freedom of the United States.
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Gustav
Sweden
United States
Part Time Work Frauds Being Uncovered
Washington warns of a postal fraud case Janeg presented as part time home work. Egolf of Cincinnati marketed a workers exchange advising women to pay one dollar for tips and membership to direct others into similar schemes. Postal inspectors barred his literature and warned the public to avoid similar at home money schemes.
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Workers Exchange
Cincinnati
Egolf
I Ts
H. J. Donnelly
Postoffice Detown
Donnelly
Joun
Minnesota's Two Senate Warriors Contrast in Shipstead and Schall
Washington notes Minnesota's two US Senators Henrik Shipstead and Thomas D. Schall as contrasting figures yet united by a fighting spirit. Shipstead, a radical Farmer-Labor member, is tall and vigorous with a strong presence. Schall, the Republican, is blind and delivered a sharp debut speech in the Senate.
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Washington
Minnesota
United States Senate
Henrik Shipstead
Thomas D. Schall
Shipstead
jJnitor
Schall
Senate
Senator Shipstead
Sing Sing Special carries chains to prison gates
In New York a nightly Albany bound train carries inmates in handcuffs, the Sing Sing Special. Prisoners ride in smoking cars while a somber procession of widows, sisters, and mothers follows with quiet sorrow as the train departs toward the upstate prison.
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New York
Albany
Manhattan
Sing Sing
Gilbert Bwan
Blueprints for Stedman Building Displayed Downtown
The blueprints for the new Stedman building were shown in a downtown window.
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Stedman
Balloon ascent at fair ends in tree landing
The second day drew large crowds as a balloon ascent reached 2000 feet and then descended to land gracefully in the top of a sycamore tree, ending the spectacle with calm recovery.
The Honorable Edward Falloon Visits from Nebraska
The Hon. Edward Falloon of Nebraska formerly from Athens has returned after a twenty six year absence. He arrived to reconnect with old associates and inspect local archives during his visit.
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Edward Falloon
Nebraska
Athens
Senator Attacks Opponents With Harsh Rhetoric
The senator launches a fierce tirade against contestants, labeling them with terms like slander, perjurers, and blackmailing pettifogger as he accuses instigators of undermining the contest with character assaults.
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Pettifogger
Severe Senate Debate Sparks Fury Over Schall Speech
The Senate trembled as Senator Schall delivered a forceful speech. Senator Ashurst urged withdrawal while predicting the speaker would regret the remarks with the passage of years. Schall's intense delivery intensified the controversy despite his blindness.
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Senate
Schall
Ashurst
Minnesota
Thomas D. Schall
Mobilized Guardsmen Will Not Go Now Despite Order
The report notes a shift in military mood as guardsmen are not deployed despite an earlier directive. Far East tensions involving China and Japan stir regional concern while Allied forces report gains against opponents. Peace prospects appear closer amid railroad strike dynamics. Italy’s dreadnaught loss is attributed to a fire. A new Union street cemetery gateway cost over $500 but residents deem it worthwhile. The Amesville grange picnic features the coronet band at Mound Hill. Mining near Glouster faces delays due to car shortages.
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Far East
China
Japan
Italy
Mrs Sarah Allen Dies at 73 and Buried in Connett
Mrs Sarah Allen aged 73 died and was buried at Connett. She is survived by her two sisters Mrs J B Fulton and Mrs Ellen Williams.
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Sarah Allen
Connett
J. B. Fulton
Ellen Williams
Ashworth Weds Azara Creamer After Defeat in Primary
O. T. Ashworth, defeated in yesterday’s primary, married Azara Creamer. Probater H. T. Phillips had claimed a lie was corrected, but a nosey reporter uncovered and published it anyway.
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O. T. Ashworth
Azara Creamer
Probater
H. T. Phillips
The Out Standing Senator with a Windmill Metaphor
A striking figure with blue eyes and a booming voice is described as an ideal orator. He asserts he has much to say and rejects political expediency, warning that public opinion shifts like wind. He compares politicians to a miller who spins and grinds for himself.
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Miller
White House open to public weekdays despite renovations
The White House is currently being painted with some repairs, but remains open to the public on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A series of questions and answers covers topics from baseball scoring to city sobriquets and state utility regulation.
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White House
City of Saints
Salt Lake City
Utah
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