Honest Athens newsboy Bobby Goodwin dies at work
Bobby Goodwin, an Athens newsboy, died July 30 from tetanus after an accidental cartridge explosion. His honesty stood out as he repaid a regular customer, Mr. Gordon Morrow, with a quarter of debt owed. His mother, Blanche Goodwin, later used the repayment to fund New Testaments for newsboys in his memory, while public opinion and America’s industry are also discussed in supportive pieces.
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Bobby Goodwin
Athens
Blanche’ Goodwin
South Court Street
Bobby
Ge Gordon Morrow
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Mr. Morrow
Ssiaher Lippman
American Academy of Critical and Social Science
Lippman
Moral proverbs and scientific musings parade in one column
A miscellany columns blends pseudoscience on rat intelligence and diamond aging with notes on Darwinian view of animal courtship. It quotes Brisbanes quest for war critique and cites professors McDougal and Huxley. It critiques Coolidges budget and discusses immigration and South American trade. It ends with notes on global food supply and oceanic yields.
Early Indian mound pottery found along Gulf coast
A Smithsonian assistant curator led a three month dig from New Orleans toward the Texas border uncovering broken pottery fragments. The finds point to an early Gulf coast culture with permanent villages, trade links to Missouri and Lake Superior copper, and skilled bone, shell, and stone work.
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Washington, DC
Lousiana
Henry B. Collins
Division of Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution
New Orleans
Texas
Gulf of Moxrco
Missouri
Lake Superior
Eastuard
Gulf Coast
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
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Campaign Rhetoric Reframed as Outs and Ins Argument
The text discusses a campaign orator adjusting tactics by swapping Ins for Outs when conditions dislike them. It frames rhetorical flexibility as a new line of argument, implied to be unlike Lippman’s style and tied to general perceptions of how times influence messaging.
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Lippman
Florida Construction Expenditures Reach 225000 Last Year
The record shows Florida spent 225000 dollars on construction in the past year. The report notes activity across multiple projects and mentions the year 125 as a reference point. Community communications at night are unclear, with stray phrases about flaming arrows appearing in the text.
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Florida
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Bryan's Death Shapes Next Democratic Convention
Washington dispatch surveys the impact of William Jennings Bryan's death on the Democratic Party. It suggests his absence may weaken his wing and questions whether his followers can sustain influence, while naming potential presidential contenders and arguing the two thirds Senate rule to expel a senator remains pivotal.
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Charles P. Stewart Messenger
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
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Bryan
Senate
Vare
Pennsylvania
Smith
Barnum Tactics Shine as Modern Crowd Magnets in New York
A retrospective on Barnum style attention getting in New York shows how novelty and spectacle attract crowds. Performers adapt, from masked Tenor to eccentric dress, leveraging mass appeal to gain bookings and media presence. The piece notes risks and profits of staging oddities in Fifth Avenue and Greenwich Village.
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Girisla
Local court reports divorces amid wartime chaos
Common Pleas court for the German offensive era notes thirty divorces granted and eleven husbands seeking separation. Remaining cases show wives filing complaints as 41 applicants pursued action. Odd details recount Paris and Athens civilians, camp life, and local civic projects as wartime tension echoed through daily life.
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Common Pleas Court
Sian
Deutschland
ING Berlin
Middlewest
Economic influence of the modern American newspaper
Analyzes how newspapers shape economic activity through advertising, business news, and social notices. Explores how readers from housekeepers to laborers react to daily dispatches on finance, industry, and national issues, linking news to markets, bonds, and contracts.
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Manhattan Library of Popular Economics
Bank of the Manhattan Company
New York
Motor Company
Nema Willlnlert
Washington
Thais Posathidg
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Robert M. Pate
Clint Carr
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