A Thought on Charity and Party Nomination Conventions
A column argues that the Ohio constitution should allow party nominating conventions elected by popular vote. It critiques the primary system as creating factional blocs in Congress and cites Harding and Coolidge as examples. The piece urges party nominated candidates be bound to the party rather than factions.
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Ohio
United States
National Congress
Congress
Legislative
Harding
Coolidge
Public pool movement urged to spare Hocking river danger
An editorial urges Athens to replace the polluted Hocking river as a bathing site with a municipal swimming pool. It compares river perils to a frontier raid and notes a proposed 50 000 pool for 500 swimmers daily, with bath house and lifeguard facilities, as a model for communities seeking safe recreation.
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Hocking River
Athens
Great Lakes
Imagination and decay cited in a 19th century view
Dr. Coue and Cone are cited on self improvement and belief versus real progress. The text argues nature’s laws erode parts of men as with machines and notes that imagination plays a large role though real change requires action. It also reports Baron Maurice de Rothschild losing his French Senate seat over spending 1.6 million francs.
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Dr. Coue
Cone
Baron Maurice de Rothschild
French figures spark insult over political workers funds
A remark disputes a reported fund amount of 1,600,000 francs calling it far short in real money, less than $45,000, and suggesting the figure insults Pennsylvania's honest political workers.
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Pennsylvania
George F Baker Gives Bank Employees a Year’s Salary
The 86 year old financier George F Baker plans a European voyage and gives each employee of his First National Bank a year’s salary totaling $300 000. He calls the gift selfish yet says others enjoying themselves enhances his own vacation.
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George F. Baker
United States
Rockefeller
Mellon
Ford
Baker
Europe
National Bank
Hell
Roumanian Official Proposes Large Currency Increase
Mr Averescu who handles Roumanian affairs plans to print a billion lei to buy American dollars and British pounds. The idea hinges on persuading others to trade real money for printed notes.
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Averescu
Roumania Seeks American Capital and Diplomats
Mr Averescu plans inviting American capital into Roumania’s development. Roumania’s chance of U S support would improve if Bibescu had remained Roumanian minister in Washington. His loss deprived Roumania of a popular and earnest representative, drawing American resentment at his withdrawal.
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Averescu
Roumania
Bibescu
Roumanian
Washington
Mexican cotton flea threat to southern cotton crops
The government warns cotton planters about the appearance of the Mexican cotton flea in several southern states. This menace jeopardizes a major national wealth source and is treated as a national issue as serious as an invading army.
Airplanes Seen as Key in Fight Against Cotton Pests
In northern Louisiana farmers turn to airplanes to dust cotton with sulphur to combat pests. The piece argues the government should support aircraft use and production as the primary air-based weapon in this struggle, urging serious national interest.
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Louisiana
Byrd Hints At Wall Street Ambition In Polar Footnotes
Commander Byrd told Wall Street guests he once planned to try Wall Street but lacked cash. He joked that many ghosts haunt the Stock Exchange at night urging him to stay with the North Pole as a safer retreat. He remains celebrated as the first person to fly solo over the Pole.
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Byrd
North Pole
Wall Street
New Street
Stock Exchange
Branch bank chances at the pole discussed with Byrd
Mr J Pierpont Morgan asked Byrd about a possible branch bank at the pole. Byrd said Isiimos cared nothing for money and the bank would have to deal in red beads. Mr Morgan was not tempted.
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Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan
Byrd
Pole
Isiimos
Mr. Morgan
Marble Stain Removal At Washington Bureau Of Standards
In Washington a bank column stain prompted a test by D W Kessler of the U S Bureau of Standards. He uses a poultice to draw stains from marble and studies cleaning solutions in a “ferris wheel” scrubber to detect harmful salts. Findings show porosity, salt crystallization, and advice to soda fountain makers to avoid salt near marble.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
United States Bureau of Standards
Bureau of Standards
D. W. Kessler
Memorial Continental Hall of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Kessler
Bureau of Standards’ Laboratory
Baltimore
Kessier
What's Wrong With the Elephant
Washington reports a Republican insurgency described as the elephant's tail. It notes that insurgents arise whenever a member bolts Coolidge policies, especially on agriculture. The piece analyzes the Senate where La Follette, Frazier, Norris, and Nye have long resisted, signaling potential party division.
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Washington
Berger
Coolidge
Senate
la Follette
Frazier
Norris
Nye
Night Time Into Day Time in New York Shoes
A Grand Central sign reads Open all night as a shoe store attracts an all night trade. New arrivals, late hour buyers, and men seeking dress shoes mix with discussions of evolving masculine and feminine styles in suede and cloth. Swallowtail coats trend amid London dictates.
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Grand ‘Central Station
Manhattan
Middle West
New York
Milady
Fourth of July Observed Quietly in Athens Amid Minor Accidents
The Athens Fourth of July celebration saw only two minor accidents. Bower Brothers refused the new vehicle tax and will trial the case as a test. The village council approved ten street flights and paving projects on Lask a and North Congress streets. Merrill Woodruff, ex policeman, died at his daughter’s home in New Vienna. A new wage rule set eight months minimum school term and $40 monthly pay. Roosevelt spoke in Oyster Bay amid rain, attacking corporations without malice. Ten years ago Germany blamed in World War I, Allies gained, meat supply struggles, and troop withdrawals expected. Vernon Glover, a teacher near Sharpsburg, drowned in the Hocking River. Athens Knights of Pythias took second in Lancaster drill. Captain S M Johnson served at Camp Willis issuing supplies. Many Athenians visited Athens State Hospital for the celebration. The Fourth was quiet in Athens with no public demonstrations or casualties.
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Merrill Woodruff
Athens
Baden
New Vienna
Germany
U. 8
Vernon Glover
Sharpsburg
Hocking
South Bridge
Athens Knights of Pythias
Lancaster
Knights
S. M. Johnson
Quartermaster's Corps
Camp Willis
Columbus
Athens State Hospital
Insurgent Tilt in Farm Relief Debate Among Senators
The article notes McNary as a likely insurgent for farm relief, citing his authorship of a controversial agriculture bill. It lists Capper Howell Johnson McMaster Norbeck as occasional insurgents and names Cameron Cummins Deneen Gooding Harrold Jones Means Oddie Pine Robinson Schall Stanfield as regulars who nevertheless oppose farm relief.
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Capper
Howell
Johnson
McMaster
Norbeck
Cameron
Cummins Deneen
Gooding
Harrold
Jones
Washington
Means
Oddie
Pine
Robinson
Indiana
Schall
Stanfield
Insurgen
Questions and Answers From a Historical Quiz
A reader's quiz covers federal land power, Great Lakes fish totals, the Portal of Peace at Blair Washington dedicated September 6 1921, Jumbo the elephant’s size, child rickets and the ownership of Hot Springs Arkansas hot springs.
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Great Lakes
H. N
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
Ontario
Blair Washington
Staes
Canada
49Th Parallel
Boundary Bay
C. E
Hot Springs Waters and Notes on Thoreau and Questions
The excerpt describes Hot Springs with 72 springs on Hot Springs Mountain and temperatures from 76 to 457 degrees Fahrenheit noting medical benefits. It mentions 1852 land reservations and the Army and Navy General Hospital, plus other medical institutions. It then shifts to a Q and A discussing Henry D. Thoreau posthumous publication, rip tides, umpire decisions, measuring bread crumbs, and delirium tremens.
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Hot Springs Mountain
Congress
Army and Navy General Hospital
Hot Springs
New Liquor Rules End Wet Era in Washington
Dry czar Gen Lincoln C Andrews announced three drastic regulations to curb liquor traffic. Monthly destruction required for liquor prescriptions. Industrial alcohol to be denatured with gasoline. Medicinal spirits may only be transported by bonded companies.
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Washington
Lincoln C. Andrews
Injured Keyhole man dies from Sunday crash injuries
Willard Montgomery aged 24 from Keyhole Kentucky died from injuries sustained in an automobile crash at Rockhouse Kentucky, the accident occurring Sunday.
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Ironton
U.P
Willard Montgomery
Keyhole
Rockhouse
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Associated Dailies
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Robert E. Ward, Inc
Fifth Ave
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Chicago
Chas, H. Harris
Col
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FEF
Coue
Arthur Brisbane
Bacon
Frederick J. Haskin
National Association of Marble Dealers
Charles P. Stewart
Messenger
House of Representatives
London
East Ride
the Messenger
Bower Brothers
Laska
North
Congress Streets
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
McNary
Arkansas
Henry D. Thoreau
Concord
Mass
Buckeye
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Buckeye State Building and Loan
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F. C. Stedman Co
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