Athens Youth Quinlan Receives Papal Blessing and Honors
Athens resident Patrick T Quinlan, educated at Notre Dame College and St John s, has earned praise from family and church leaders as he pursues priesthood studies in Europe. A public audience with Pope Pius X in Rome is described, with Quinlan speaking Italian to the Pontiff and receiving a blessing for his first Mass. Quinlan s anticipated ordinations span Belgium New Haven and Ohio before he returns home to Athens.
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Quinlan
Union Street
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Connecticut
Louvain
Belgium
American College
Cardinal Mercer
Rome
Italy
Papal Palace
North America
Vatican
Pius X
France and Russia blamed as Genoa talks falter
The piece argues that Genoa talks will fail with blame likely on Russia and France. It criticizes Moscow for trickery and defiance while accusing France of short sighted reparations demands risking future war and Europe’s doom without a broader, new deal.
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France
Lenine
Poincare
Moscow
Chicherin
Germany
Europe
Ages Of Judges And The 60-Year Rule In Appointments
The piece discusses President Harding's habit of appointing federal judges under 60 years old, with Taft as an exception. It cites Osler's belief that minds harden after 40 and questions whether true new ideas emerge after 20. It also notes that most judges need accumulated wisdom rather than originality, and that elderly judges often make better judges.
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Harding
Taft
Interpreting Law as a Living Thing Requires Fresh Mindset
The passage argues that judicial insight depends on a sustained freshness to track the spirit of the times. It claims middle aged judges are better suited than older ones to apply law to living people, emphasizing adaptable interpretation over rigid rule following.
After Dinner Stories and Beggar Tales in the Neighborhoods
A fiction of social mores shows a begging man gaining access to homes while a deacon warns against appearances. A ragged visitor misstates his circumstances, and a floor polish decanter ruse is revealed. A penny provokes a beggar claiming a famous fortune linked to a quarter giving sisterly misfortune.
Spur of the Moment Princess Cousin Visits Eighty-Year-Old Kin
A New York paper notes a princess claiming kin to Mrs Norman de R. Whitehouse arrives with Irene Sedamon- Eristoff, the eighty year old daughter of Col. Sedamon- Eristoff. The father meets the child at the pier while her grandparents stay home.
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Irene
Daugter
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Simon Sedamon- Eristoff
New York
Prohibition Persists as World Opinion May Shift
Washington scrutiny of the Volstead Act grows in the 1920s elections. Anti prohibitionists organize across the nation and abroad, with Allen Wheeler leading the Anti-Saloon League efforts. The piece notes opposition in Congress, comparisons of wet and dry camps, and speculation on prohibition’s global reach including Canada, Mexico, and Shanghai as potential fronts.
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United States
Anti-Saloon League
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White House
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Little Island
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Canada
Mexico
West Indian Islands
Senator Reed
Missouri
Reed
Wayne Wheeler
America
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Americas
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Asia
Shanghai
George
China
Far Eastern Asylum
Reader Q and A from The Athens Messenger
A compendium of reader questions and expert answers on topics from sun position to currency, naval flogging history, music composition, glues, ducks, cypress wood, and the first cremation in the United States. Notable responses cite the Naval Observatory and Forest Service.
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Forest Service
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Baron de Palin
Washington, Pa
McArthur Probate Judge Names Guardian and Local Marriages
Probate Judge Chapman appoints Fenton Prunty guardian of Martha E. Prunty. Bond set at 1200 dollars. Sarah Webb filed her fourth partial account for Walter Webb, approved. Alvinza Wetzel administrator of Emma Jane Wetzel estate filed account, approved. Effie Marple named guardian of Leota Marple. Marriage licenses issued to William Shifflet and Bridget Donahoe. Walter W. Ebert and Mildred F. Byers. Clyde Edward Marfin and Edith Pauline Benigar. Other local notes include a Dundas auto wreck with no injuries and a foul ball incident in Dundas. Local visits and travel details, church weddings, and a university banquet address noted.
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Fenton Prunty
Martha E. Prunty
Eagle Township
Sarah Webb
Walter Webb
Emma Jane Wetzel
Alvinza Wetzel
Effie Marple
Leota Marple
William Shifflet
Minerton
Bridget Donahoe
Clarion
C. B. Taylor
McArthur
Walter W. Ebert
Orient
Mildred F. Byers
Gillespieville
Wesley Hughes
Clyde Edward Marfin
Zaleski
Edith Pauline Benigar
A. A. Turner
May Births and Visits Mentioned in Athens Family Notes
In May Mary Pierce visited Athens to see sister Mrs J L Householder and relatives. Her daughter Elizabeth joined on Saturday. A birth is noted for Mr and Mrs Carl Waller with Helen Wyman as a relation. the child was born Thursday May 11.
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Mary Pierce
Athens
J. L. Householder
Elizabeth
Carl Wallar
Helen Wyman
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