Local Briefs On Visits And Meetings In McArthur
David Wills and Dr. Cherrington of Logan discussed the Happy Home Washing Machine company. Mrs. Carrie Lomax hosted the So and Sew club with refreshments. Mrs. D. Steele fell seriously ill Saturday afternoon and remains in about the same condition. Mrs. Tom Dowd of Columbus visits Frank Magee and friends this week. H B Meadows attended the United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis. Miss Charlotte Lomax, teaching in St Louis, visits home and Lomax Lowry wedding.
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McArthur News
David Wills
Dr. Cherrington
Logan
Happy Home Washing Machine Company
Carrie Lomax
Tom Dowd
Columbus
Frank Magee
Charlotte Lomax
St. Louis
Lomax: Lowry
Washington Press Shifted From Capitol to White House News
A 1910s overview notes the shift of Washington reporting from Capitol Hill to the White House under Theodore Roosevelt and successors. It describes press practices, the rise of official press agents, and how World War I expanded White House and executive branch coverage.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D
Washington
House
Senate
National Capital
Capitol Hill
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
A. J. Halford
Capitol
New York Sun
Congress
Roosevelt
Selina
Tivisco
Vania Avenue
Congressional
Taft
Ballinger-Pinechot
Ananias Club
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Hardin
United States
France
Paris
The Job Increase Indicators from Employment Service
Francis Jones of the United States Employment Service says unemployment has fallen since last month and should keep improving through spring. Service reports show a 4.2 percent January rise over December across 65 major industrial centers, despite weather reducing some work. The trend toward fewer idle workers is expected to continue in coming months.
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Francis Jones
United States Employment Service
Grain Exports Rise but Prices Fall Hurting Farmers
The United States pushed more grain abroad in 1921 than 1920 with corn up from 18 million to 129 million bushels and wheat from 218 million to 280 million. Cotton also rose to 6.474 million bales while money earned shrank, prompting farmer discontent until Europe stabilizes finances and demand returns.
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United States
Europe
Budget for a well dressed college girl at Akron University
Home economics students at Akron University determine a yearly clothes budget of 346.50 for seven dresses two coats four pairs of shoes two skirts two blouses two sweaters three pairs of gloves five pairs of hose and misc items. They question hats and old fashioned winter coats.
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Akron University
Nighttime Parade Tale of the Twenty-fifth Infantry
General Lawton recounts a humorous El Caney memory with Major Creighton Webb watching weary but spirited negro soldiers march past. A six foot corporal jokes about carrying a dog as a fatigue pose while the unit rests, provoking laughter and tears from Webb.
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Lawton
el Caney
el Paso
Creighton Webb
Webb
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Spur Of The Moment News On Ice And Ski Sports
Brief notes mix satire on moving pictures with hints of sports and social irony. Mentions include ice boating ski jumping Paris opera singer as jockey and a downtown shooting with bullet unrecovered. A peculiar barter for shirts and socks is noted amid local police uncertainty.
Kraut sales rise as wartime animosity wanes
Dealers note sauerkraut demand grows as hostilities soften and prejudice appears to lessen. Yet sellers warn the market remains robust with strong taste for the preserved cabbage product.
Dartmouth president urges choosing leaders by ability over grades
The Dartmouth president argues colleges should select students for leadership potential rather than high marks. He contends every undergraduate has leadership capacity and awareness of it, implying current admission or encouragement practices should reflect this.
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Dartmouth College
Athens Day By Day By The Messenger Watch Dog
Fred W. Bush writes from Ft Lauderdale in 1922 to Athens Ohio editor Bruno about rising fame and a move to Harmony. He jokes about college life, embalmers, romance with Abrigal, and warns about suitors while praising the Athens alma mater and sending five dollars for St Valentine booklets. He mentions Stella Sands and cautions on cartoon trade.
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Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Messenger Watch Dog
Athens
Ohio
Bruno
Athens High
Ohio University
Carmel
Harmony
Abrigal
Doc Allen
Jim Carpenter
St. Petersburg
Palm Beach
Dean
Dec Alderman
Henry Ford
Ecollege
Stella Sands
Fred W. Bush
Questions and Answers from The Athens Messenger
A reader questions and answers column covers topics from census details on pure blooded Africans to the first use of perfumery in Exodus, weather, automobile parts, Keokuk’s name origin, sardines, Niagara Falls’ dry spell in 1848, and the Pamir Plateau as the roof of the world.
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United States
Tabernacle
Los Angeles
T. A
Weather Bureau
Keokuk
Iowa
T. M
Moses Keokuk
America
England
Niagara Falls
Lake Erie
Niagara River
Buffalo
Falls of
Niagara
Pamir Plateau
Central Asia
Valentine Note Teases Rattletrap Car
A cheeky verse mocks a battered car nicknamed the lizzie. It jokes about scrap and saving nerves while keeping the junk man busy, reflecting light humor in a Valentine message.
Watch Dog booklet guarantee prompt refunds and hidden image
A bold sales note offers the St. Valentine booklet with a Watch Dog image in every copy. It promises quick satisfaction, refunds if not worth a quarter, and a guarantee that if anything is wrong they will fix it per Bill's promise.
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Bill
Probate Court appoints Estella Petty administratrix
Probate court appoints Estella Petty as administratrix of the estate of Wilma Petty. Court records indicate the appointment aims to settle debts and distribute remaining assets to heirs under local probate law.
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Estella Petty
Wil
Real Estate Transfers in Wilkesville Township
Giles Cahoon and Mary Cahoon transfer 60 acres to Charles Lavender. Sheriff Henry Sockel records consideration of $100. Transfers also list M L Trout and B G Casto with 190 acres for $2000 and 142 acres for $1090, with sheriff noted.
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Giles Cahoon
Mary Cahoon
Charles Lavender
Wilkesville Township
Henry Sockel
M. L. Trout
B. G. Casto
Estate of Mae Swartz Administered by Swartz
H H Swartz administrator of Mae Swartz filed an inventory and appraisement for the estate of Lian H Petty late of Richland township.
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Lian H. Petty
Richland Township
H. H. Swartz
Mae Swartz
Hayes and Anderson Tie Officiated by Dr. Taylor
Charles Hayes aged 38 of Cincinnati and Goldie Anderson aged 29 of Zaleski were married by Dr. C B Taylor.
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Charles Hayes
Cincinnati
Goldie Anderson
Zaleski
C. B. Taylor
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Robert Bkare
Fifth Avenue
New York City
South Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Miss Mildred Moore
H. B. Meadows
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers’ Convention
Eddie
McC City
Eri
National Capitol
Mr Wilson
Dawes
Charles G. Dawes
Cleveland
Hawaii
Jenandie
Rie
Marcel
Lester Lamb
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, DC
The
Inquirer
Don Steinbrook
H. B. Meo
Wellston
Bob Sweet
le Rey
N.Y
Ready Money Club
the McArthur Savings Loan Co
Standard Oil Company
Ohio Corporation
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