Reorganization as Reform Fails to Cure Civic Ailments
An editorial argues that mere reorganizing governments and schools won’t fix public issues without courage to adopt new ideas and better use of human intelligence. It notes that temporary gains often follow changes in office or structure, with lasting improvement requiring deeper understanding and applied problem solving.
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Trying to Solve Farm Problem ne He poi fou ma wit big
A cryptic OCR fragment hints at farm problem solving with references to a boy and a group of five brothers or items. The readable text is fragmentary and lacks clear names, dates, or places to form a full report.
Farming in Trouble Calls for Broad Relief Reform
Washington January reports that U S agriculture faces distress as consumer prices remain high while farmers struggle. A Senate led push for rural credits, farm loan expansion, warehousing, and price supports aims to restore farmer profit and avoid relying on foreign food. The agricultural program seeks legalizing cooperatives and freight relief to avert a shrinking domestic food supply.
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The Real You and the Artist Within
David Gibson says music lives in the soul not the voice and everyone is a great singer in expression rather than technique. He argues that taste and appreciation reveal the real self beyond performance.
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David Gibson
Diverse Musings From TOM SIMS And Oddities
A column by TOM SIMS jokes about beauty and chores and wiser choices in marriage philosophy. He muses on tickless clocks and tickless cows, recalls a flashy Atlantic City fire, and notes Egyptian relics valued at 15 million dollars. A Kansas City crash converts a car into a flyer, while many paths hinder success and small-town stations offer better exits than boardings.
The Real You Hidden in Our Make-Up
The passage argues that wisdom and great powers lie dormant in every person and are revealed through development. Good and evil coexist, with life events like sorrow unlocking deeper traits, while misfortune can bring either into the fore.
Keep Your Dates Straight Calendar Offer 1923
Our Washington Information Bureau provides a free color calendar for 1923 with a monthly leaf. Fill the coupon, enclose two cents in stamps, and send for delivery to your name and address.
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Athens Day by Day as Seen by the Messenger Watch Dog
A reflective verse piece imagines rain soaked nights turning a bedroom into church averted by sleep and music. It contrasts a Kalamazoo preacher with Chauncey dance hall satire and rails on heaven songs. The cadence favors home indoors over church attendance as rain beats the roof.
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Albany Letter Warns of Nighttime Darkness and Bright Badge
A reader from Albany writes of dark nights and light costs for oil. He mentions Officer Goodwin with a bright badge that shines into dark corners. He jokes about sunglasses on Albany residents when the officer comes, urging readers to use want ads and attend church next Sunday night.
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Questions and Answers in Athens Messenger column
A reader information feature reproduces Q and A items from The Athens Messenger. It covers pronunciation, Quaker penalties, Tule lands, ibid meaning, gun salutes, U.S. territorial cost, judge salaries, Dewey order phrasing, Vice President King, and peak railroad expansion, with terse historical answers and figures.
Interior decorator threat to art, says Philadelphia painter
E. W. Redfield, vice president of the Art Club of Philadelphia, denounces interior decorators and “devastators” for destroying art in American homes. He contends decorated apartments ban paintings, favor ornate fixtures, and diminish visual beauty, warning the average homeowner risks losing appreciation for fine art.
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E. W. Redfield
Art Club of Philadelphia
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Abolished Fountain Sparks Ashland Protest
Against town protests the memorial drinking fountain in Hayesville’s center street was dismantled at the urging of the state highway department, marking a clash between locals and officials.
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Hayesville
State Highway Department
Quick thinking saves brake man on freight train
In Tiffin Ohio on January 6 B. E. B. Fowler a brake man on the Toledo division of the Pennsylvania fell between two cars. He rolled off onto the roadbed and lay flat as the train passed. Trainmen found him unconscious but he was unharmed after rushed to a hospital.
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London doctor calls for men to do all house work
Dr Sloan Chesser of London argues at the Women's Freedom league that men should handle cooking and house chores while women focus on nursing, doctoring, and church related work. She cites physical strength and family welfare as reasons and says nursing requires a female instinct.
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Sloan Chesser
London
Women's Freedom League
Zemo Promises Quick Relief for Eczema and Skin Ailments
Stop itching eczema with Zemo sold by druggists for 35 cents and one dollar extra large bottle. Healing begins on application and soon clears eczema tetter pimples rash blackheads and similar skin diseases. A penetrating antiseptic liquid claimed to make skin healthy including cases others fail to treat.
Reckless Driving Arrest Echoes Bygone Days in Niles
Frances Whetstone of south of Niles was arrested on reckless driving charges. Police say it is the first arrest of this kind in years in the area. the incident involves a horse being driven.
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