Leadership and disinterested cooperation in hard times
The piece argues that strong leadership is needed amid economic strain and criticizes current leaders for avoiding responsibility. It questions whether capable individuals exist to take decisive steps and compares the desire for action to the authority once held by Morgan during 1907. It notes the public's disappointment with leaders who discuss problems but delay solutions.
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Nyone
Hoover
Cap
House of Morgan
Taxes for Daily Life Highlighted in Athens High Talk
The county auditor discussed taxation with Athens High School students to stimulate public understanding. The piece argues taxes touch almost all income, explain why solving tax issues is complex, and urges lifelong learning about tax receipts and government funding.
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Athens
Borah Pushes Disarmament Against Versailles Tone
Senator Borah argues that failure to disarm breaches Versailles as Germany’s early disarmament was a mockery. He notes annual armament spending near $5 billion and recalls Paris meetings split between pro and anti disarmament factions with clashes and interruptions during speeches.
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Borah
Europe
Germany
Paris
Catcalle
Alanson B. Houghton
Broadway Luminaries Now Better Known in Hamlets Through Publicity
New York dec 6 Hollywood publicity makes Broadway names familiar nationwide. Jed Harris and Cheater Erskine rise from flops to fame as cinema attention highlights their careers. Cagney Kay Francis Anne May Wong and others shift between stage and screen, shaping public recognition beyond New York.
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Gilbert Swan
New York
Hollywood
Manhattan
the Mail
Jed Harris
4 Tyro
Bert Montgomery
Hugh Hat
High Hat
Broadway
Montgomery
Helen
Alan Harding
Mary Dugan
Edgar Selwyn
Jimmy Cagney
Public Enemy
Cagney
Kay Francis
Paramount
Astoria
Anne May Wong
Europe
Huto
Hollywoods
Washington era dances and trivia in a quiz column
A Washington era quiz lists popular dances like the minuet and waltz and quirky terms such as The Successful Campaign and Clinton's Retreat. It also covers meanings of Singapore, origins of Sparta, Pomp and Circumstance, and comparisons of Leningrad and Moscow populations.
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Washington
Athens Messenger
Burgoyne
Clinton
Misa
Peggy Champlain
Newport
General Washington
Singapore
C. M
Straits Settlements
Malangan
Lion's Town
United States
Mexico
Sparta
Edward Elgar
Edward VII
England
Leningrad
Moscow
Leningard
Friday Cartoon: Romanian town, churches and a boy’s pose
The cartoon by Charlie Romano portrays Sibiu Hermannstadt in Transylvania once part of Hungary and ceded to Roumania after World War I. It notes the striped Greek Cathedral built in 1940 amid unsettled religious claims and mentions Charrom Romano’s habit of sleeping with arms behind his head, at 1st Avenue, Long Island, New York, near The Marvellous Mittens.
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Hermannstadt
Transylvania
Kingdom of Hungary
Roumania
Nagy Sasben
Sibiu
Wren Charle Romano
Romano
1St Avenue
Long Island
New York
Urome Park
Inland waterways lit by 10000 navigation aids
Frederic Haskin notes the United States Lighthouse Service maintains extensive aids to navigation along about 13000 nautical miles of inland waterways. He explains inland shipping, including lake and river craft, carries a large share of the US merchant marine. The inland network features lighthouses, beacons, buoys, and markers, with a marker roughly every mile.
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Frederic ¥. Haskin
Washington, D
United States Lighthouse Service
United States
Great Lakes
St. Marys River
Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Supérior
Upper Michigan Woods
Northwest
Detroit
Robert E. Lee
War Department
Mississippi
Black Warrior
Tombigpea
Alabama
Lighthouse Service
Germs on Global Travel and Peace Debate
A compact poem laments tiny germs spreading disease via ships planes and vehicles while a scientist notes airborne movement. It argues against world peace advocates by framing armament reduction as challenged by a pervasive, reckless foe, ending with a dated Thought for Today quote about bringing alms and offerings.
How to Get Ahead Booklet Request From Information Bureau
Information Bureau directed by Fradetic J. Haskin in Washington sends in six cents for a booklet titled How to Get Ahead. The note specifies coin or stamp payment and asks for the recipient’s name street and state to be included.
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Fradetic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Glory to American enterprise in Boulder City project
A page 1 continuation promotes the work as a tribute to American enterprise and explains access by motor or Union Pacific Railroad. It warns that competition for jobs is steep with three men per opening and a cap of about 500 hires as work proceeds. Wages start at 4 to 8 hours, average about 5, with board and lodging costing 1.60 daily enabling savings. Frank T. Crowe, general superintendent for the contracting Bix Companies, pays many workers and helps them send money home.
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Fouth
Jacksonville
Palm Beach
W. 2
G. Harding
Eas
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Union Pacific Railroad
Boulder City
Frank T. Crowe
Tan
Lake Tahoe
Colorado
Athens County News Ten Years Ago and Twenty Years Ago
Dec Sunday morning in Athens County saw two inches of snowfall and a cooled spell later. Notable items include a Shrine meeting in Columbus with 32 horses arriving from Fort Sill and a $300000 artillery unit, Athens stores adopting holiday attire, early Christmas stock, and rising church attendance with over 1000 Ohio University students in services. Also noted: James Ginnan on a state committee to urge President Harding for Irish Republic recognition. a shift in Athens education access and medical inspection discussion. distant disasters and local charity plans.
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Charles Cameron
Charles Millikan
Phillips
W. W
H. T
Columbus
Fort Sill
Okls
Athens
Focal
Ohio University
James Ginnan
Harding
Rive Iery B
Happenings at the Capitol by Rodney Butcher
Reporter details the mood on Capitol Hill as Democrats threaten House control in 1930. Notes turnover among thousands of House staff and clerks, surveys on famine relief from Sen. Robert La Follette, Costigan’s crane tale, weddings and offices, and busy Senate life with dining rooms, apartments, and the Methodist Building amid bustling political days.
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Capitol
Rodney Butchenr
Washington
Capitol Hill
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Bob LaFollette
Wisconsin
Bob
Capitol Grounds
Chesley Jurney
Senator Copeland
New York
League For Modification of
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board of Temper and Prohibition and Public Morals
Joe Robinson
Arkansas
Ruth Bryan Owen
Florida
Homer Hech
Kansas
James Shera Montgomery
Growing Up Without Hatred In A World Of Prejudice
The piece urges letting children grow with free souls and choosing values, citing how parental grudges and social biases shape youngsters. It recalls specific anecdotes about attitudes toward lawyers, color, class, race, and religion, urging readers to curb prejudice and avoid passing it to the next generation. It also discusses dam construction work, labor, and energy, but the final line reflects a biblical cadence.
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Staika
Red House
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