Better Pay for Athens Teachers Urges Board Action
Athens teachers press for a formal salary schedule with higher wages. Comparisons from Portsmouth to Livingstone show a trend toward minimums and annual increases, with Athens grade teachers seen at 76 to 95 dollars monthly and high school staff between 90 and 130 dollars, aligning with national patterns.
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Athens
Board of Education
School Board Journal
Portsmouth
Ely
Minn
Beloit
Wis
Mankato
Muskegon
Mich
Fort Wayne
Ind
le Mars
Yakima
Waeh
Portland
Sault-Ste-Marie
Ware
Mass
Livingstone
Mont
Athens County
Senator Penrose Calls for Open Debate on Peace Treaty
The public urging open Senate discussion of the peace treaty, arguing that executive session hides essential details. It insists treaties should be fully public for informed citizen scrutiny of terms and the League constitution as well as Europe reorganization and American federation proposals.
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Penrose
Senate
Europe
League
Merchants and Manufacturers Trade Tour as Object Lesson
The Columbus Chamber of Commerce tour by the Merchants and Manufacturing division through the Hocking Valley is praised as a business lesson for valley merchants. Executives and traveling sales staff visit customers to strengthen ties and prevent misunderstandings, urging local firms to imitate the trip for better wholesaler engagement.
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Merchants and Manufacturing Division
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Hocking Valley
Ohio Debt History From 1844 To 1903
Ohio shows a history of rising debt due to canals reaching a peak of 18,004,526 in 1844. Civil War spending totaled 10,410,288.71 while debt fell from 14,286,935.41 in 1861 to 12,912,014.45 in 1865, with ultimate redemption by 1903 leaving no bonded indebtedness.
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Ohio
Opinions Reprinted by The San Francisco Chronicle on Peace
The Chronicle editorial argues toward international peace and entry into a global league, while noting divisions over disarmament and the risk of surrendering core national principles. It contrasts strict disarmament with preserving nationality and warns against ambiguous treaties.
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The
San Francisco Chronicle
Wilson
United States
Victory housecleaning and salvage during reconstruction
Ruth Cameron urges a victory year housecleaning to salvage waste materials for reconstruction. She promotes thrift and salvage with emphasis on paper rags leather and rubber, warns against hoarding clothes, and invites women’s clubs to form a Salvage Bureau to reclaim discardables for national resources.
Dinner Stories Of Patriots And Quaker Encounters
A Kentucky hillman bids farewell to his son enlisting for overseas service and urges mercy toward no German foe. A sheriff tries to question a Quaker wife about her husband who declines to meet him, saying he has seen him but the man chose another path.
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Kentucky
Household Hints Recipes For A Day
A collection of vintage kitchen directions detailing Boiled Hominy Grits, Meat and Pastry Rolls, Colonial Pepper Pot, and Stuffed Beet Salad. Includes quantities, steps, and serving notes for each dish, with tips on leftovers and flavoring.
Poor Man's Cake and Apple Charlotte Recipe Note
A home cooking note details a Poor Man's Cake using sugar, eggs, lard, butter, milk or water, flour, vanilla and baking powder with walnuts, plus an icing of sugar and eggs. It also gives an Apple Charlotte method with lady fingers, baked apples, and orange flavored whipped cream.
League Covenant Must Be Clear Before Joining
A speech asserts that a league’s covenant should spell current agreements exactly and avoid vague obligations open to future interpretation. It warns a league with imprecise terms risks war rather than peace, stressing insistence on concrete proposals and limits.
Monroe Doctrine vs League of Nations in Le Matin view
Paris May 15 Stephen Lausanne editor of Le Matin argues Monroe Doctrine cannot be reconciled with League of Nations. He cites Monroe’s career and Jefferson's stance, stating the United States must keep Europe out of its affairs and that League commitments would force America into European wars.
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William Philip Simms
United Press
Paris
Stephen Lausanne
le Matin
Monroe
Hiss
United States
Europe
America
Thomas Jefferson
Moervoe
Conmeess
Washington
League of Nations Project
League of Nations
Peru
Brazil
Canada
League
Burlingham Memorial Day Services Planned
Burlingham observes Memorial Day on May 30 with decoration services music and a drill by returned soldier boys from the area a large crowd is expected and refreshments will be served on the grounds.
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Burlingham
Revenue agents seize record nine illicit stills in Georgia
In Sandersville Georgia revenue agents captured and destroyed nine teen moonshine stills in a forty eight hour period. The seizures are described as a world record by officials tackling illegal distilling and bootlegging activities.
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Sandersville
United Press
Georgia
Invention of Circular Tank with Root-Drip Tube
A circular tank designed to sit on flower pot rims carries a tube that slowly directs ana to plant roots, promoting gradual watering and even distribution.
British engineers build river bridge over Tigris at Bagdad
British engineers construct an adaptive bridge over the River Tigris at Baghdad designed to handle heavy traffic and automatic river rise and fall. The structure withstands severe floods and shifts in water level.
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Tigris
Bagdad
Invention Uses Leather Blades Cushioned Pulley for Polishing
A new polishing machine uses a belt running over a pulley built with an iron hub and 225 leather blades to provide a cushion effect. The design aims to improve finish and reduce wear on the belt and workpiece.
Bank Call Issued by Comptroller on National Banks
Washington May 15 the comptroller of the currency issued a call for a statement on condition of National banks at close of business Monday May 12.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency Today
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Nesalin
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