A Smaller Congress Would Limit House to 300 Members
The piece argues a constitutional amendment to cap the House at 300 members. It credits Senate stability and efficiency to fewer members and notes public support since the 1920 census. It highlights proposed reform by Chairman Campbell of the Rules Committee and potential savings without affecting current members.
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Senate
Campbell
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Modern Women Swim and Shape New Image in City YMCA
A city YMCA recently opened a large swimming pool with constant daily use by patrons from schoolgirls to women in their fifties and sixties. The gym and pool activities energize many, shedding old stereotypes as women embrace athletic life and skills like the Australian crawl. A separate note mentions a New York youth caught stealing a coin box from a telephone booth during a separate incident.
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Clud
New York
Roost High Crocker Tales In A Small County Town
An old former slave Crocker is mocked by children as he walks the street. A drunken calf thief taunts him and Crocker mimics a calf and knocks him down. Graves recalls losing a watch, which Graves says was found in a waistcoat pocket but shows a hole indicating loss.
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Darky
Crocker
Graves
Jane
Cortez
Mexico
Custer
Inexplicable Clippings Note Odd Prices and Phrases
Fragmentary, humorous collage notes odd prices and remarks on debt, stamps, room ads, and a butcher’s price jump. It cites 57 and 84 cent figures, pendants on honesty, and comments on the land of the free. The tone mixes satire and everyday exchange.
Charity Shin-Dig and Elks Minstrel Drive Boost Athens Charity
Local I O O F hosted a charity shin-dig with Slim Seward at the door and Jimmy Brattin greeting guests. The event raised over 100 for the Springfield Ohio Orphan’s Home. Elks minstrel nights and Red Men Orphans’ Ball are planned to benefit Needy families and Children’s Home.
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Children’s Home
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Frank Stephenson
Robert Rose
Answers and Questions Service Instructions
The Athens Messenger outlines an information bureau service run by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC. Readers must mail questions with full name and address and two cents postage for return. The bureau will not provide legal medical or financial advice or domestic dispute settlement.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
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Disarmament Talks Take Measure of War’s Pull and Profit
Frederic J. Haskin analyzes the disarmament conference's aims and flaws. He argues nations seek security and profit, notes France’s stance, Britain’s submarine fears, and the US reluctance to surrender materiel. He says lasting disarmament requires abolition of war causes and public rejection of taxes.
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Shington
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Bettle Island
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Science and Language Q and A Pack
A compendium of short questions and authoritative answers on science terms pronunciation taxonomy geography and wartime statistics. Topics include bacteria classification relative humidity mastodon versus mammoth Moran paintings in the Capitol World War mobilization figures flag halyards and delousing of a mock cherry pie recipe.
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Public Health Service
Jewelry ring cleaned for dance sparks local controversy
A local young woman asked a jewelry clerk to clean a ring the same evening so she could wear it to a dance. The clerk said it could not be ready that soon, prompting the woman to insist. The tale reflects a clash over social norms in a small cultured town.
Flag display praised at Jacksonville School noted
The writer observes the Stars and Stripes always flies over the Jacksonville School building, criticizing colleges with long pedigrees while praising village schools for dependable flag use.
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Jacksonville
Appalachean
Shopping Countdown via Messenger Gift Ads
Reader urged to use Messenger Christmas Gift Suggestion ads and tell the advertiser where the ad was seen. Note encourages engagement with the ad to benefit both parties.
Antitoxin Efficacy By Day One Or Two In Disease
The statement notes that using antitoxin on the first or second day of the illness results in recovery for ninety eight out of every hundred children. It emphasizes early treatment and shows high success in pediatric outcomes.
Grain prices fall on snow reports and weak wheat belt
Grain prices on the Chicago board of trade declined sharply as reports of snow in the winter wheat belt increased, with heavy selling by large commission houses as moisture was needed in the area.
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Chicago
United Press
Chicago Board of Trade
Indicted in $50,000,000 mail fraud conspiracy
Charles W. French his wife Alberta and thirteen aides were indicted by the federal grand jury in Chicago on Monday in a multimillion dollar mail fraud conspiracy.
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Chicago
Charles W. French
Alberta
Federal Grand
No Salt or Pepper Used in Japanese Native Dishes
A note states that traditional Japanese native dishes are prepared without salt or pepper. The remark highlights a focus on natural flavors and methods of seasoning in historical culinary practice.
Edna Hopper Reverses Time With Beauty Sleep
Edna Wallace Hopper, famed musical comedy actress, reportedly underwent plastic surgery to appear younger. After a beauty sleep and skin work including blits and skin drawer lifts, she woke looking about twenty years younger and returned to Shubert vaudeville.
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de Wolf Hopper
Musica Romedy
Miss Hopper
Shubert
Ohio Political and Fire History Highlights
Chronology from 1832 to 1891 notes Robert Lucas becoming governor in Pike County 1832. 1839 Whig Harrisburg nomination for President William Henry Harrison. 1844 death of Thomas Morris Liberal Party VP candidate born 1766 in Virginia. 1870 Cincinnati Winter Garden fire. 1891 Cleveland Theatre fire.
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Robert Lucas
Pike County
Henry Harrison
Harrisburg
Thomas Morris
Liberal Party
Clermont County
Virginia
Winter Garden
Cincinnati
Cleveland Theatre
Cleveland
Ex-Kaiser to Wed Widow of German Officer
Berlin dispatch reports former Kaiser Wilhelm is to marry the widow of a high German officer killed in the war. The Zwölfah riblat states it is reliably informed today.
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Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm
Zwolfahriblat
Ohio official faces flood of job applications
Columbus, Dec 6. Robert R. Roberts Ohio director of adjusted compensation will be buried under a mass of letters before compensation payments start as applicants flood him with requests for jobs.
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Columbus
Robert R. Roberts
Ohio
Snails Endure as Delicacy for Parisian Epicures
Snails are popular with French gourmets and millions of mollusks are eaten in Paris annually, reflecting a long culinary tradition and steady consumer demand.
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