Ten Years Ago at Local Community Programs
Maria Grover and Marie Swaim taught Girl Scouts drill. Andrew Netson recited Gettysburg at a patriotic armory meeting. Dick McKinstry spoke to Mohican class at Presbyterian church. Helen Townsend and Mrs. T. R. Biddle read at the Reading club. Rev Thurlow and wife honored Stoney’s members. Ida Bowser and Helen Roush acted in Princess Bonnie. Ministers’ half-fax railroad rate restored. F D Forsyth Evan J and Frances Armitage sent invitations for a large reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Grover
Marie Swaim
Ida Bowser
Helen Roush
Princess Bonnie
F. D. Forsyth
Evan J. A
A Thought for Today on Athens State Hospital Care
A reflective piece praises the Athens state hospital for caring for mentally ill patients. It highlights skilled medical staff, improved wages for workers, and better treatment compared with other institutions, urging families to trust the facility and its staff for loved ones' care.
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Athens State Hospital
Eam
Athens
4-H clubs shine in Athens county with state honors
Athens county 4-H youths excel at events from Camp Cope to Columbus, Chicago and Yellow Springs. Thirteen clubs paraded, seventy attended the first independent 4-H camp, and county youths won state team spots, livestock judging, and trips to the State Fair and State Congress. Prof. E R Wallace of Ohio University advocates continued youth leadership and horticulture guidance.
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Athens County
Camp Cope
Stewart
Columbus
Ames
Ohio
Chicago
Yellow Springs
E. R. Wallace
Ohio University
Hickman Trial Reflections On Psychiatric Testimony
The piece notes two conflicting sets of psychiatrists in the Hickman trial with state experts declaring sanity and defense experts saying insanity. It argues that paid testimony may influence conclusions and questions the reliability of psychiatric evaluation in high profile cases.
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Hickman
Twilight zone rhetoric on Britain and gender terms
A pessimistic Brit writer laments Britain’s decline and cites a modern court remark on gender terms as evidence. The piece juxtaposes national self doubt with a legal quip about language, suggesting social and political erosion alongside shifting norms.
Language shifts blur lines between lady and woman
A reader notes concern over gender terms as the word woman seems less respected. The writer argues that diminishing the term could threaten clear identity and social norms.
Edison hugs a fifty fifty view on immortality
Arthur Brisbane reports from San Simeon that Edison doubts immortality yet leans toward it as a practical idea. He speculates about continuing experiments in eternity if permitted, noting Heaven’s constraints could hinder usefulness. Conan Doyle counters with a claim immortality is certain.
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San Simeon
Calif
Edison
Conan Doyle
Young Doyle
The Spirit and the Medium on Marriage Beliefs
The text argues the spirit could not do what the medium could not, critiques Doyle and public trials of marriage, and rejects views that marriage is a lottery or a safe bond. It cites Schopenhauer claiming female conspiracy to secure support for one woman, labeling the claim as pessimistic nonsense.
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Wom
Ealc
Justice Horridge
Doyle
Schopenhauer
Marriage as training ground for men and monogamy
A writer asserts marriage trains men and vows to resist advice for improvement. He says men will settle into monogamy, believing one woman surpasses any man’s understanding in a lifetime.
Mechanized Army Bent on Wheels and Tracked Cars
The piece argues for a mechanized force using wheeled and caterpillar transport with tractors and cannon, praising British illustrations showing action. It notes airpower via bombs threatens tanks, and laments insufficient use of tanks and airplanes by military leaders.
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Britain
Carmon
Unnamed Woman Seeks Eternity in McPherson's LA
An unnamed woman around forty years old in Los Angeles attended Miss Aimee Semple McPherson's church and spoke a cryptic note to a neighbor. The message urged bringing six months of funds to California, promising peace, comfort, longer life, and independence for those with money. No coal costs are mentioned for modest incomes.
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Aimee Semple McPherson
Los Angeles
Orn
California
Lnoependinn
Pecan f and political musings on Russia and wealth
The piece links Bolshevism to poverty and republics to wealth, noting autocracies falter in famine. Henry Ford comments on Russia, while there is debate over whether the government should be recognized. It cites Doctor Harris and a New York health measure, and mentions a funeral cost claim of 404 dollars.
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Prudhomme
Russia
Henry Ford
Harris
New York
Health and Diet Advice from Dr. Frank McCoy
Dr. Frank McCoy discusses historic dietary shifts from native foods to refined fares and the rise of health problems from overrefined starches. He endorses a modern American Plan with selective meals and answers readers on urine phosphates, water as food, and loose teeth with dental guidance.
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Frank McCoy
J. E
Jack
Midnight refugees in New York drift to Chinatown mission
Gilbert Swan records a somber scene as about four hundred destitute men leave the Bowery for a Chinatown mission, shadows moving through a sleepless New York night. The piece contrasts poverty and prosperity, noting crowded charity doors and a city on an uneasy edge.
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Gilbert Swan Messenger
New York
Bowery
Chinatown
Angeles
Chicago
Farba
Manhattan
Five
Tna
Dave
Answers to Questions by Frederick J. Haskin
Compiled Q and A covers Nicaragua troop numbers noting about 2 500 marines and 2 500 American soldiers. It also lists changes to the Spirit of St Louis for Central American flight including larger landing wheels and an added altimeter. It mentions export boxing costs about 50 dollars per car and geological ideas on Madagascar and Africa connections in prehistoric times.
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RK Ss. A
Africa
Altostates
Washington, D. C
Mips
Suspicion in Washington Shapes Politics and Probes
The essay catalogs how suspicion influences lawmakers and officials, citing Doheny, Teapot Dome, Daugherty, Burns, Hoover, and Mellon. It notes 20 Senate investigations sought and lists figures like Van, King, Reed, McKellar, Wheeler, Mayfield, Norris, La Follette, and others tied to probe topics from elections to industry, finances, and foreign policy.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Congress
Doheny
Elk Hills
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Mr. Fall
Department of Justice
Daugherty
Burns
Pennsylvania
Vere
Smith
Illinois
Norris
Pasull
Senate
Waist
Montana
Johnson
King
Federal Reserve System
Reed
Missouri
McKellar
Wheeler
Nicaragua
Mayfield
Department of Arciculture
Trammell
Bleane
la Follette
Proportion of Constitutional Amendments and Facts on Representation
A Q and A column notes that Mr. Taylor Page cites 24 amendments submitted since 1776, with nineteen ratified. It also mentions four proposals failing and the Child Labor Amendment before the states, plus data on prison insanity rates and states with single representatives in Congress.
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Congress
Taylor Page
L A. R
February milestones in early American history
On February 23 events include the British cutter Caledonia capturing the Albion in 1613, the death of former President John Quincy Adams in 1848, Lincoln arriving in Washington in 1861, and Mississippi gaining representation in Congress in 1870.
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Albion
John Quincy Adams
United States
Lincoln
Washington
Mississippi
Congress
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T. R. Biddle
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Frances Armitage
Lindy
Athens Messenger
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Daillies
Arthur Brisbane
Adams
Czar
Kerensky
Europe
Lias
Tormenta
Coe A
By the Way
Frederick J. Haskin
Bob le Pollette
Mr. Coolidge
Kelloge
Hughes
Hilles
Mr. Mellon
Hoover
Friends of Suspicion
Warden Lawes
Sing Sing
Arizona
New Mexico
Nevada
Wyoming
Delaware
District of Columbia
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