highway opening links Athens and Marietta in Mt Hermon event
A tri county gathering at Mt Hermon church marks completion of the Athens to Marietta highway via Sharpsburg. Athens county finished its part last year with Washington county completing the remaining miles. the road opens to the public July 19 and a celebration is set for July 21. The project will boost local commerce as farmers can move goods to market and choose where to trade.
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Athens
Marietta
Sharpsburg
Mt. Hermon
Chamber of Commerce of
Washington County
All Negro Village Mound Bayou Fortieth Birthday
Mound Bayou Mississippi, an all negro village of 1800 founded forty years ago by Isaiah E. Montgomery, celebrates its fortieth birthday. It features a $100,000 brick public school, a $40,000 AME church, a $20,000 Baptist church, a Carnegie library, and a largely black civic leadership with no jail and few arrests. The piece notes wide black local control and a brief digression on beef industry messaging.
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Mound Bayou
Mississippi
Isaiah E. Montgomery
Jefferson Davis
Lcience of Commerce
Inconsiderate Guests and Rural Etiquette Lesson
A rural resident laments unsolicited visitors who overstay and spoil chores. The letter describes children trampling a farmyard, damaging water and crops, and parents ignoring mishaps. The writer pleads for better etiquette and advance notice before arrivals.
British boys club leader warns of corrupting girls
A British boys club head blamed modern girls for corrupting the youth with temptations like petting and cigarette smoking. His social diagnosis suggests anxious mothers should steer girls to keep amorous young men in their proper place.
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Adam
Ice cream as a real food and dietary tips
Health column outlines ice cream as a nutritious staple rich in calcium and vitamin A, with high milk fat and milk solids. It suggests small portions with meals and even using ice cream as a principal meal component with fruit or vegetables, plus a reader note about nerve impingement and locomotor ataxia Q A.
Campaign Promotes Mutton Over Beef for All
There ought to be another campaign to encourage the use of mutton. For all but the strongest men mutton is better food than beef. For children, especially, mutton is better, being a less nervous food.
Fanny Hurst Attacks Woman Suffrage and Women’s Roles
Miss Fanny Hurst argues advertising calls for her brand of genius and contends suffrage failed. She says women are indifferent to politics and enslaved to vanity, declaring that women have not advanced as a class or sex.
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Fanny Hurst
Miss Fanny
Woman Suffrage Sparks Politician Questions
A reader notes confusion over lipstick wearing women as a symbol of suffrage. She recalls politicians asking what women want and what children need, implying suffrage was not expected to mobilize broader reform or action.
President Coolidge urged to end bootlegging with strict controls
Arden drys argues that the real teetotaler President Coolidge could stop bootlegging if he chose to an amusing notion. Raymond G Carroll notes many stills near Jack Hills within five miles of Coolidge's lodge and that hundreds of thousands of stills exist nationwide plus New York city with over 20 000 speak e asies. How could Coolidge clean up such a bootleg problem.
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Arden Drys
President Coolidge
Raymond G. Carroll
Jack Hills
Coolidge
United States
New York
Prohibition Talk by Nunally Johnson in Curtis Paper
Nunally Johnson writes in Curtis' paper about two high church clergymen drinking brandies in the lounge each night and being excessively good fellows. The remark, on cultural change, notes you cannot alter a people's habits quickly.
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Cyruis
H. K. Curtis
Nunally Johnson
Europe
Turkey Tries Woman Writer Over Alleged Religious Attack
A handsome young woman faces trial in Turkey accused of attacking religion. The writer author of a new novel asserts religion is more harmful than opium and calls all prophets charlatans in her controversial work.
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Turkey
Bowery Theater Turns Chinese as Old Stage Fades
In New York a Bowery playhouse once famed for roughhouse crowd behavior now hosts Chinese performers in silks and sparklers. The piece recalls Edwin Forrest and the theater’s early days, noting cannons, fires, and the decline of the Bowery’s dramatic vigor amid gin salons and panhandlers.
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New York
Bowery
Nellie
Chinatown
Bowery Theater
Yesteryear
Reading and freedom as individual choice in religion
The text argues for personal liberty to read write and think without interference as long as individuals are not attacked. It asserts each person has a right to choose their own true religion and that leaders will guide unbelievers in their own time without earthly aid.
Answers to Questions By Frederick J Haskin
A reader asks if Commander Byrd circled the world solo as a boy. The answer recounts a 12 year old Byrd visiting the Philippines and returning via Ceylon Red Sea Port Said the Mediterranean to Boston completing a world round trip alone. Another query asks about ocean pressure at three miles depth with a brief answer.
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America
Ceylon
Red Sea
Port Said
Mediterranean Sea
Boston
Bales Ladies Picnic At D Zenner Co Grounds
A group from the D Zenner company enjoyed a hospital grounds picnic supper this afternoon. D C Cornwell planned a Jersey City trip Saturday to visit his daughter Mrs E V Tuttle. Henry Zenner returned from a business visit in New York City. The W C T U would hold a mass meeting Sunday at the Presbyterian church. Ten years ago Mr and Mrs B M Covert left for Columbus for an opticians convention. Mrs Arthur Anderson returned from a visit in Columbus. Paris reported German attacks near Juvincourt and on the Meuse. Mrs Justus Brown and daughter Mary Louise returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs A L Johnson.
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D. Zenner Company
Hospital Grounds
D. C. Cornwell
Jersey City
N. J
E. V. Tuttle
B. M. Covert
Columbus
Covert
Opticians
Justus Brown
Mary Louise
A. L. Johnson
War On Islands Ruler By Rodn ey Dut cher
Filipinos fear Governor General Leonard Wood may auction off public utilities built by Filipino law and funded with Filipino money. Pedro Guevara, a Filipino resident commissioner, says sale of Manila Railroad Company Philippine National Bank and key mills would deepen oppression and threaten autonomy.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Pedro Guevara
Wood
Guevara
Ihe Islands
Sun as a Typical Star and Bible Translation Details
The passage notes sun is a typical star by color and spectra studies. It lists 43 translators appointed by James I for the Bible, chosen from universities and notable scholars. It also states about 50,000 hotels exist in the United States and dairy milk is pasteurized and bottled within 24 hours of leaving the farm.
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L. BM. A
James I
England
United States
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