Advertising rates and office locations in Athens daily paper
Rates for advertising are listed with details on payment and line charges. The notice cites the Athens Daily Messenger and includes mailing options, office addresses in New York and Chicago, and references to audit and select newspaper listings.
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Gomena Giese
Masi Shi
Postoffice Sharter
Ihe
Ohio
BR. Ward
Porviga
New York
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Self-Determination for Ireland Debated in America
The Friends of Irish Freedom urge the US to press the Paris peace conference to recognize Ireland’s right to self determine its future government. They note the difficulty of applying self determination to a divided Ireland after a failed Irish convention and warn the peace council may avoid South versus North Ireland questions.
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Friends of Irish Freedom
Philadelphia
Ireland
America
Cardinal Gibbons
Paris
South Ireland
North Ireland
Catholic Ireland
Protestant Ireland
Astounding Illiteracy Rates Threaten United States
A figure of eight and a half million Americans cannot read any language and six million more cannot read or write in English. The text argues poorly educated voters could outweigh major urban centers and stresses the need for nationwide education to access the Constitution and American news. It highlights regional disparities and calls for urgent civic education.
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United States
Nevada
Wyoming
Delaware
Arizona
Idaho
Mississippi
Vermont
Rhode Island
North Dakota
South Dakota
Oregon
Maine
Florida
Connecticut
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Nationaal
Iulita
South Atlantic States
Lawrence Fall River
Massachusetts
TROUSERS OR BREECHES BOYS PANTS CREASED CHANGE DEBATE
Irvin Cobb argues for knee breeches and similar garments marking a sartorial shift. University soldiers returning from cantonments adopt knee pants with contentment, hinting at broader demand for freedom from long trousers. Proponents cite cleanliness and ease, while critics fear loss of traditional style.
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Irvin Cobb
War museums in every school urged by state education chief
The New Jersey education commissioner calls for prompt creation of small war museums in schools with student participation in gathering materiel and preserving flags and photos. He notes space limits but argues the idea can be developed in even small schools and would deepen understanding of World War II and national ideals.
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New Jersey
Recipes for a Day Household Menu and Dishes
This clipping lists a full day’s menu including Breakfast Corn Flakes with bananas coffee and toast. Luncheon cream of peanut soup with croutons grape jelly porterhouse rolls and cocoa. Dinner steamed halibut lettuce celery riced potatoes rolls butter and dessert ice cream. It also provides detailed halibut cooking steps and several vegetable dishes with basic preparation notes.
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Graham Croutons
Dinner Stories And Moonshine Tales At A Naval Base
A humorous naval base anecdote features Lieut Gundeaf mishearing dinner conversation and a hostess dog remark. An Oakland IRS man retells a Tennessee moonshiner tale about a son going to France, noting moonshiners he knows were Union men and northern army veterans.
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D. W. Bradley
Oakland
South
Internal Revenue
Tennessee
France
Bradley
Ohio Pardons and Indeterminate Sentences in 1913 Law
The Ohio governor can pardon all convicts except treason and impeachment cases. Treason pardons require the general assembly. The Board of Clemency may only recommend. the governor decides. Manafield Reformatory sentences were indeterminate, with 1913 law making penitentiary terms indeterminate except for treason and first degree murder. Parole requires minimum service before the board can act.
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Ohio
General Assembly
Board of Clemency
Manafield Reformatory
Ohio Board of Clemency
Casualty List Shows Hundreds Wounded in Ohio
Washington reports 3009 names on today’s casualty lists with 1225 wounded degree undetermined and 1465 wounded slightly. Southern Ohio listings include Lieut. Arthur Vorys of Lancaster and Roy Holcomb of Chillicothe among many others.
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Washington
George Thomas
Dresden
William Evans
Portsmouth
Morrie Goodman
Athens R. D. No. 6
Arthur Evans
Coalton
Louis Hamm
George West
the Plains
Leo Weber
Marietta
Walter Givens
South Charleston
Roy Holcomb
Chillicothe
Elsworth Moore
Wilmington
Ervan Bartlett
Edward Ranp
Illness Strikes In New England Area
Mrs. James Pheteplace is summoned to Gloucester by a sister’s illness. The sickest include Arthur Frash Stella Poston Georgia Poston and Edgar Grosvenor. James Burchfield stayed with J. Davis and Elizabeth Bacon returns from a visit with George Tipple. Fred Copeland visited Athens on business. R J Hughes family returned from Burdine Kentucky. L E B Poston slowly recovers. Joe Potter family and Frieda Potter visit Arthur Fragh. Bert Davis’s son on the farm is seriously ill.
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James Pheteplace
Arthur Frash
Stella
Georgia Poston
Edgar Grosvenor
James Burchfield
the Plains
J. Davis
Elizabeth Bacon
George Tipple
Millfield
Fred Copeland
Athens
R. J. Hughes
Burdine
L. EB. Poston
Joe Potter
Frieda Potter
Wyatt Creek
Arthur Fragh
Bert Davis
One
Athens Area Social Notes Reflect Illness and Visits
Mrs A L Cole visited Athens on Tuesday. Mrs George Boles went to Guysville Saturday to see her daughter Mrs Henry Liscon who is 111. Miss May Speer went to Athena Tuesday evening. Prof James Pickering and family were guests of relatives in Athens Saturday. S J Biddison and Howard Sands returned from a visit with relatives in West Virginia. Mr and Mrs John Balderson returned from Parkersburg Saturday evening where Mrs Clara Gray was critically ill. Dorothy Gray accompanied them home. Mrs Gray remained improving but critical. Mr and Mrs John Lightfoot returned to Athens after weeks with the Norris family. Local sick list shows improvement. Mrs Addie Biggins visited Athens Saturday. Willis Webster of Glouster visited sister Mrs Thomas McAfee over Sunday. Schools opened Monday after two weeks sick leave. Lt Vern Bean of Guynville recently returned from overseas visited uncle Charles Townsend and family Sunday. M E Church centenary meeting Friday, all members invited. Mr and Mrs Beebe and children of near Athens visited Mrs John Davis Sunday. Mrs Davis slowly recovering from pneumonia. George Boles health officer visited Frost to check influenza. Mrs Leanore Smith of Athens visited son L H Smith and family last week. Harry Hawk visiting relatives in Chillicothe. Sunday school and evening services resumed at M BE Church after two weeks. Mrs Nettie Nickoson and Mrs Kit were noted in church announcements.
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A. L. Cole
Athens
George Boles
Guysville
Henry Liscon
May Speer
Athena
James Pickering
S. J. Biddison
Howard Sands
West Virginia
John Balderson
Parkersburg
Clara Gray
Balderson
Dorothy Gray
Willis Webster
Glouster
Thomas McAfee
Vern Bean
Guynville
Charles Townsend
M. EB
Beebe
John Davis
Davis
Leanore Smith
L. H. Smith
Harry Hawk
Chillicothe
M. BE
Nettie Nickoson
Kit
Community Dinner Honors Returned Soldiers in Town
A six o'clock dinner at W. B. Rice's home on Sunday evening drew a group of returned soldiers and friends. Attendees included Miss Clare Congleton of Parkersburg, Howard and Fred Sands of Stewart, Wilson and Perry Harper, Lieut. Verne Bean of Guysville, Howard Coe, and Harold Frederick of Athens.
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Niggemeyer
Lodi
C. W. Townsend
W. B. Rice
Clare Congleton
Parkersburg
Messrs
Howard
Fred Sands
Stewart
Wilson
Perry Harper
Lieut
Verne Bean
Guysville
Howard Coe
Harold Frederick
Athens
Correction Issued for Mesenger Realty Transfer
Frost reports a misprint in The Mesenger realty transfer. The article listed John and Almira Featherstone as owners of Stewart lot 22 transferred to B. F. Burkhart. The correct recipient is J. W. Featherstone.
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Frost
John and
Almira Featherstone
Stewart
B. F. Burkhart
J. W. Featherstone
Local Church of Christ Sees Attendance Surge Under Carl Cole
The church and Bible school in Orbiston show rising interest under Pastor Carl Cole from Trimble. Bible school attendance more than doubled from forty to eighty two in weeks, and last Sunday about 200 people packed the sermon, up from an average of fifty before his arrival.
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Orbiston
Church of Christ
Bible School
Carl Cole
Trimble
Cole
Mule Convicted of Moonshining To Be Sold As Property
In Middlesboro Kentucky a mule found during a raid on a still carrying eight gallons of moonshine whiskey is to be auctioned to the highest bidder by J W Campbell deputy revenue collector.
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Middlesboro
J. W. Campbell
Prominent Doctors Excited by Blood Remedy Claims
Doctors praise a blood tonic as restoring strength and nerve energy. Testimonials describe rapid health improvements in an elderly person, a young woman, and a bookkeeper who recovered sleep and vitality after taking the remedy popularized by McKee's Drug Co. and other druggists.
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Oraeae
McKee's Drug Co
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