Speedy Michigan justice praised for four murder convictions
An editorial lauds Ann Arbor and Jackson police and the Ann Arbor court for swift action in a quadruple murder case. It commends Judge Darwin Z. Black for imposing four life sentences on the three killers, urging citizens to support rapid investigations and firm punishment to deter crime.
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Ann Arbor
Jackson
Michigan
America
Ypsilanti
Ohio
Darwin Z. Black
Black
Staleness in men and the value of variety
An ADVERTISING journal survey asks five men why men go stale and how to prevent it. Causes include overconcentration on one task and excessive social or night life. The advice favors varied, moderate activity and breaks from routine to sustain productive work.
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N Advertising Journal
Price echoes Elizabethan wheat highs in modern market
The Liverpool wheat price has fallen close to a quarter of a penny from 1591 levels, suggesting today’s prices are too low and Elizabethan prices were too high. The piece notes England's wealthy gentry was built on land and wheat yields, while the U S grows vast wheat crops.
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Liverpool
England
United States
New York Pets Boom As Specialized Vets Tend Odd Animals
In Manhattan the pet trade expands with specialists for dogs turtles and goldfish paralleling cloak and suit trades. Park Avenue homes host baby alligators and rare birds while vets handle distemper and odd ailments. The New York Aquarium staff also treats private cases among exhibition fish.
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Manhattan
New York
Yesteryear
Park Avenue
Connecticut
Jersey
New York State
Central Park
New York Aquarium
Retired Athens marshal chases fakers and recovers money
Pete Finsterwald long time Athens marshal retired to a Stewart farm helps pursue two counterfeiters. They return $20 taken from Mrs Finsterwald. He boards a train to Parkersburg with the recovered funds.
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Pete’ Finsterwald
Athens
Stewart
Statue Honoring Notorious Crook Karl Kurtze Debunked
A historical cartoon explains Karl Ludwig Kurtze a German native who set a criminal path from age 12. He used 20 aliases and held many roles including soldier sailor conspirator and U S consul while courting brides and defrauding Trieste. He faced 20 years for extortion after acquittal on murder.
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Karl Ludwig Kurtze
Germany
U.S
Trieste
Italy
Kruger
Transvaal
Calculating mean sea level from coast to coast
The Coast and Geodetic Survey explains sea level is variable not static and that fluctuations in tide and currents affect measurements. Seasonal and wind related changes vary by region from Fernandina to Portland and Seattle, influencing shipping channels and harbor depths.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
New Jersey
Ahire
Jersey
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Atlantic
Vac
United States
Portland
Maine
Atlantic City
Fernandina
Florida
Pacific
Seattle
San Francisco
Readers Ask and Answers on Common Knowledge Qs
A column presents short questions and expert answers on topics from tire pressure to horseshoe ring rules and historical flags. It includes tire guidance by W E A, ringer rule from Official Horseshoe Pitching Rules, cell diameter in the human body, Spanish settlement dates for California Florida New Mexico and Texas, and Lafayette’s role in adopting the tricolor in 1789.
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California
San Diego
Florida
St. Augustine
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Texas
San Antonio
France
A. R. A. Marquis de Lafayette
Those Were the Happy Days Poem of Feudal Keeps
A poem recalls feudal barons who fenced lands with brick and moats to ward off war while yeomen stood guard. modern roads bring wandering tourists to steal crops from orchards and fields, leaving farmers longing for a moated keep to deter intruders and reclaim their toil and peace.
Wheat glut marks shift from scarcity to surplus
The piece contrasts English hunger during earlier depressions with today’s American wheat belt where excess grain leaves many hungry. It argues the problem has shifted from shortage to surplus and suggests the solution should be easier to find than in past downturns.
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England
American
Thought for Today Zephaniah Verse on Meekness
A devotional line urges readers to seek the Lord and meekness. It emphasizes humility and righteousness to be shielded in the day of the Lord's anger from Zephaniah 2 3.
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Zephaniah 2
Careers for Women in The Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger promotes CAREERS FOR WOMEN a booklet answering common questions from women seeking economic independence. A experienced woman author outlines opportunities in a score of lines or vocations and offers copies via the Washington Information Bureau with a six cent postage request.
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Washington Information Bureau
Athens Messenger
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Labor reforms and farm policy spark debate over food use
The piece argues for permanent postwar work weeks and discusses keeping wages at seven hours for five days while criticizing plans to plow under a third of this year’s cotton, wheat, and corn crops. It notes Russian indifference to wasteful food practices and condemns destroying assets to fix prices.
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Russia
Russia Prints Half a Billion Books A Year
The article notes Russia printed about 500 million books last year, far above Czarist output, with state influence shaping what gets published. It cautions against books denying Marx or suggesting human nature is unchangeable.
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Russia
Karl Marx
Russia's State Push on Literature and Propaganda
The text notes government orders for vast book distributions, citing twenty million copies of classics and three million with technical content. It highlights Lenin’s collected works as the top seller and compares Marx's Capital in smaller print runs, implying state influence on reading material.
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Russia
Lenin
Karl Marx
Capital
Bible Always Best Seller In This Country
A phrase notes the Bible remains the top selling book in the country, reflecting enduring demand and cultural prominence across readers.
Russia cares to educate with one billion textbooks
A statement highlights Russia's drive to educate both children and adults by printing 1.1 billion pages of texts. It cites an ancient Jewish proverb about Jerusalem’s fall due to neglected schools and notes Moscow’s resilience, implying different risks but same emphasis on education.
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Russia
Jerusalem
Moscow
Greenland Ice Depth Described by German Scientists
German scientists report Greenland’s ice as very deep with one estimate of 8,850 feet and describe the terrain as a great bowl filled with ice. Another scientist notes exploration at an altitude of 40,000 feet and discusses atmospheric observations.
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Greenland
Water expands when cooled saving life on Earth
The passage notes water uniquely expands as it cools, unlike metals like iron or copper that contract and become denser. If water behaved like those substances, ice would sink, lakes would freeze deeply, aquatic life and navigation would suffer, and the climate would be harsher.
Modern Civilization on Trial by Professor Burns
Glasgow University professor Burns critiques modern life in a Macmillan work. He warns women’s rising freedom and activity threaten traditional duties as society’s war footing looms. He notes Europe’s vast war spending and Britain’s annual military outlay.
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Professor Burns
Glasgow University
MacMillan
Europe
President speaks at Athens County teachers Institute opening
President EB B Bryan delivered remarks on The Gospel of Work at the opening session in Ewing Hall as the Athens County teachers Institute began a week long session. Grading on the Union Hill Pike to Athens Country Club road started with Charlies Howell in charge. Mr and Mrs Charles P Kircher and family returned from a three week Buckeye Lake outing at Willow Lodge Summerland Beach.
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EB. B. Bryan
Athens Countty Teachers’ Institute
Ewing Hall
Union Hill Pike
Athens Country Club
Charlies Howell
Charles P. Kircher
Buckeye Lake
Willow Lodge
Summerland Beach
Legion Band Receives 18 Instruments Through Government
K. T. Crossen Post American Legion Band was issued 18 band instruments by the United States Government via I. M. Foster congressman.
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K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
I. M. Foster
United States
Happenings at the Capitol on home wine concentrate laws
The piece outlines legal confusion over homemade wine concentrate under the Volstead Act. Courts split on Section 1 definitions and Section 29 non intoxicating cider, while prosecutions rely on Section 18. Observers anticipate a Supreme Court test to resolve home winemaking legality amid wet and dry protests.
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Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
Nursery taste and child friendly decor contrast
Interior decorators crowded nurseries but a parent argues against heavy classical art in young children's rooms. The piece favors simple, personal wall displays and flat blank space as fostering comfort and better sleep for babies and toddlers.
Schools Here Open Sept 1 in Athens County
Athens County schools will open Tuesday September 1 after the teachers institute in Athens August 31. The county excludes Athens Nelsonville Glouster and Dover Township schools. Athens City schools resume Monday September 14. Superintendent W W Ankenbrand, at NYU for his Doctoral work, is expected to return soon. The City School Board will meet Monday September 7. J W Fichter and C W Cookson will speak at the county institute.
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Athens County
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Dover Township
Athens City
W. W. Ankenbrand
New York University
J. W. Fichter
C. W. Cookson
Urbana
Cemetery Guarding Tightened After Midnight Vandalism
Kenton August 15 Special deputy sheriff Mike Mullins appointed to arrest motorists driving in Grove Cemetery after 9 PM following complaints that vehicles were upsetting tombstones urns and crashing into burial lots.
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Kenton
U.P
Morton Ansley
Mike Mullins
Grove Cemetery
Government and markets clash over timber and wine industry
In a rambling Washington column, Strickland Gillilan argues that government pushes for cooperation harms independence in marketing. He cites timber quotas and wine subsidies, then depicts federal raids on grape product sellers and mocks the notion of popular voice driving policy.
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Washington, D. C
Sherman Law
Banic
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Populi
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