Pan American Arms Conference Plan Proposed
Chile urges a March all American arms conference to cut military spending. A Pan American Union committee of Washington diplomats from Chile Brazil Argentina Peru Cuba Venezuela Ecuador Honduras Panama and Uruguay will review the plan chaired by Secretary Hughes. Most South American states favor arms reduction.
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Chile
Americas
United States
Pan- American Union
Washington
Brazil
Argentina
Peru
Cuba
Venezuela
Ecuador
Honduras
Panama
Uruguay
Hughes
The Fourth R and Beyond in Community Play
A recreation director promotes playground instruction as a key to wholesome community life. The piece argues parks and schools should foster shared fun to build cooperation and fitness, noting teaching play grows into teaching adults. It cites war and peace cooperation and comments on fuel price signals as summer nears.
After Dinner Stories and Quick Quips from Dinner Guests
A mother scolds a naughty girl who vows to marry to avoid loneliness. The mother says men are particular, but the girl notes daddy wasn’t. A love-struck suitor asks for marriage, claiming he just decided yesterday after winning a raffie side-saddle. Senator Sorghum jokes about laughter in speeches. A yacht launch features a champagne bottle incident.
Patchy News Jokes and Ventures From A Dated Column
A collage of old newspaper quips mocks public taste and media, noting short obituaries and bright spots, from mackerel boats lost at sea to boxing wins. It contrasts sensational columns with trivial items and comments on Isadora Duncan barred in France with Bolshevik contagion fears.
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Isadora
Duncan
France
Paris
Leon Trotsky
Ancient And Modern Alchemy
Frederic J. Haskin surveys how modern science reinterprets alchemy's legacy. He notes guarded hopes of synthetic gold, torture of alchemists, and the shift from mystic transmutation to scientific inquiry, while comparing medieval beliefs to contemporary ideas like ectoplasm and perpetual life.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Stone
Europe
Alexander Seton
Saxony
Seton
Seudivagius
Sendivogius
Arta Conan Doyle
Arthur
Prague
Cologne
The Watch Dog's Soliloquy On Cars And City Life
A satirical monologue in a local column laments car ownership, rising debts, and neighborly scorn. It riffs on police training, a Saturday raid, a peddler deal, and a familiar Court Street beat, ending with a community card party memory and lighter mood.
Questions and Answers from The Athens Messenger
A column of brief inquiries and answers covers topics from gold reserves deckle edges misletoe and commercial paper to political shifts and conjugal rights. Readers learn about note backings, deckle effects in paper, mistletoe diversity, seed yields, and demurrage with concise definitions and historical notes.
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United States Treasury
United States
Clifford
Arlington
Buckingham
Ashley
Lauderdale
France
Holland
Senate
House
W. T
J. L
Shipping contract rules for delays and risks
The text outlines that claims are usually not allowed for accidents such as harbor crowding or delays. A freighter must be loaded and ready to sail at the specified time unless delays are due to public enemy, port occupation, or actions by the owner, master, or crew. Once the ship is ready to sail, the claim ceases despite adverse winds.
Local Elections Board Names Chief Deputy
The deputy state board of supervisors of elections appointed D A Martindill as chief deputy with Van Johnson H H Carr and William Smith as other members. The grading project for West Pike to the Ross county line is advertised. The American Legion auxiliary meets May 11 in Legion hall to prepare for Decoration Day May 30. Attorney Jones of Athens may speak for defense in a guardian appointment case presided by Judge Pettit of Logan. Alonzo Perkins aged 67 died in Wellston Sunday and was buried in Elk cemetery. survived by wife five sons and three daughters. Two twin sons Harry and
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State Board of Supervisors of Elections
D. A. Martindill
van Johnson
H. H. Carr
William Smith
West Pike
Ross County
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Attorney Jones
Athens
Judge Pettit of
Logan
Alonzo Perkins
Wellston
Elk Cemetery
Harry
Alumni Banquet Planned By McArthur High School Group
McArthur High School alumni held a meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Martindill to appoint a banquet committee and a program committee. The banquet is set for Friday evening June 2, chaired by Miss Lou Spry and Roy Pilcher.
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McArthur High School
George Martindill
Lou Spry
Roy Pilcher
Attendance Law Discussion In Vinton County Sparks Meeting
A talk on results from the attendance law was held in Vinton County. The Modern Woodmen met Monday evening in Horak's Hall and planned to hold weekly meetings hereafter.
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Parent-Teachers’ Association
L. B. Porter
C. O. Clark
H. J. Swaim
Vinton County
Horak
Marriage License for Campbell and Beltz in Atlensville
Charles C. Campbell and Mary Beltz of Atlensville were married by Rev. J. M. Belcher. Elk township trustees seek a 2200 transfer from general and poor funds to the road fund. A correspondent describes an hour of foot, jog and bicycle work on a half mile track as Watch Dog’s muscles harden under Thor Olson. The writer jokes there is no chance of being caught and expresses a wish to run another day.
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Charles C. Campbell
Mary Beltz
Atlensville
J. M. Belcher
Elk Township
Thor Olson
Bettie Laporte Dies In Home Fire Crisis
In Gallipolis Ohio on May 9 Miss Bettie Laporte of Lock 11 near Point Pleasant West Virginia set fire to her clothing with coal oil and burned severely on the lawn of her home. she died from the injuries sustained.
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Gallipolis
Bettie Laporte
Lock 11
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Sack as universal word across languages and Babel lore
A traditional view notes the term sack meaning bag as one of the few words identical in all languages. It is said to have survived the Babel confusion because it was the last word spoken before tongues diverged.
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Babel
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the Plains
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