News Your Dad Read Long Ago
Events from Athens and surrounding areas include a home entertaining the Kenyon baseball team and Phi Delta Theta, city health board talks on sewer drainage, Presbyterians urging Sabbath observance, Rev D H Jones preaching, carpenters union meeting, a Sunday school gathering, an all day Athens convention, guardsmen heading to camp, a Women's League skit show, and about 125 dollars given to the Red Cross.
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Women’s League of
Athens County
Ewing Hall
The
Red Cross
Bread and Nutrition Education Change Simple Bread Lore
A nostalgic column laments the shift from simple home baked bread to a modern state sponsored Department of Nutritional Education. It notes the department certifies ingredients and publicizes lab research while recalling how bread was once a basic, beloved staple. The piece muses on lost simplicity and fondly recalls Saturday mornings baking with butter and jam.
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American Institute of Bakers
Halycon Times
Department of Nutritional Education
Evils in Education Highlight Calls for Reform
A Philadelphia philosophy professor laments a top heavy civilization and urges a new educational system. In Princeton two educators debate higher degrees for teachers. Amherst students discuss campus evils as part of nationwide growing pains. The piece argues more education is the remedy.
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Philadelphia
Princeton University
Amherst
Mass
On Colleges
New Michigan Swimmer Paul Sempson Shines
A rising star at the University of Michigan stands out as captain of the swimming team with a near perfect academic record. Paul Sempson earns attention for both brains and brawn amid university sports and scholastic excellence.
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Goliaths
Ike
Sampson
University of Michigan
Paul Sempson
Women demand standard sizes at global confab
The International Economic conference hears three women urge standardization for pots and pans arguing current sizes are chaotic. They warn civilization faces danger as the world moves toward uniform kitchen ware.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Frustration Over Size Mismatch Sparks Quick Action
Readable fragments describe frustration with fitting 2.5 size kettles into 3.375 size stove holes. The tone implies immediate demand for a remedy, with emphasis on urgency and practical nuisance for the ladies.
Coolidge Responds on Third Term Question
Reporters press President Coolidge about a third term and Roosevelt era debates. He smiles and declines to answer, noting he has served once and that the crucial issue is public will. If voters want him for a second term in 1928 they will choose him.
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Coolidge
Roosevelt
United States
R. R
KK. M
Ladies Aid
Kiwanis Club
Judge’s Death Sentence Case Prompts Religious Turn
Judd Gray expresses a religious shift after being sentenced to death for aiding Mrs. Snyder in killing her husband. He pleads for readers to seek God’s word with the same zeal as the court proceedings and his trial of shame and sin.
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Judd Gray
The Power of Sermons Over Murder Trials
The speaker notes that masses flock to sermons by Beecher Spurgeon Talmage and Billy Sunday far more than to murder trials. He argues people care about their souls and futures, and urges preachers to capture that interest.
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Beecher
Spurgeon
Talmage
Billy Sunday
Debate on Creation and Evolution in Eden View
The Rev Dr Straton argues that all animals were created on the same day in Eden. Professor Mather of Harvard counters that species evolved gradually over millions of years, with each unborn offspring mirroring evolution’s changes before birth.
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Straton
Eden
Mather
Harvard
Clergyman and scientist clash over science and faith
The exchange shows a clergy member ignorant of science and a scientist underestimating religion. The writer muses on how animals and early humans shifted diets and how quickly Adam named myriad creatures, including reptiles, fish, birds, mollusks, and insects.
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Adam
Value of brains in railroad profits debated at I C C hearing
A June 1 Interstate Commerce Commission hearing will determine the Pennsylvania Railroad value for rate making. The text argues that beyond postwar value, government should consider the value of leadership and intellect of figures like Hill Harriman and Cassatt as a major asset in railroad value.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hill
Harriman
Cassatt
Value of brains beyond presses and plants
The statement argues that valuing newspapers as akin to railroads ignores the intellectual capital of editors and journalists. It claims editors like Pulitzer and Dana are worth more than many plants, since stockholders buy the brains behind the industry, not just physical infrastructure. How much are these brains worth?
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Pulitzer
Dana
Colonel Nelson
China to attain equal status among nations
The article envisions China gaining equality with other nations and possibly surpassing them as modern science reduces child mortality and decency ends infant drowning. It notes a potential population near a billion and a vast flying-machine fleet, suggesting influence by Russian or Japanese officers could shift global power dynamics.
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China
Mississippi
China Must Learn to Battle Beyond Its Boundaries
The remark notes that China should fight outside its borders and argues Japan earned first class status only after defeating Russia, highlighting a view on national prestige and military prowess.
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China
Japan
Russia
Citrus fruit regime touted to curb acidosis and restore balance
A health column advocates a fruit based cure for acidosis stating citrus fruits like orange lemon and grapefruit cleanse toxins and restore alkaline balance. It warns against mixing fruits and explains skin rashes from detox as temporary and harmless while urging daily orange juice as a preventive measure.
Night scavengers haunt Manhattan in foggy reflections
In New York a writer recalls encounters with old women scavenging from garbage cans at night in Manhattan. He describes their furtive, catlike movements and the social worker’s perspective on Canal Street Hell's Kitchen and other areas, noting many are driven by need and a pervasive scavenging instinct.
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New York
Manhattan
Canal Street
Hell's Kitchen
Senators Learn Needed Tricks of Their Jobs
Washington May 18 story notes that even experienced lawmakers cannot take extended vacations. It highlights Norris Borah and La Follette as rare independents and recalls the White House breakfast invitations and La Follette’s stance against them due to policy disagreements.
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Washington
Congress
Dandruff care and anemia and bow leg nutrition
A health column advises rinsing soap from hair, using cocoa or almond oil, and frequent towel drying as a weekly treatment. It rejects liver treatment for anemia, endorses orange juice fasting with balanced diet as best. For bow legs, it recommends greens with butter for vitamin A, and replacing white bread with whole wheat.
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D. M
Renewal Vows by Ex-Service Men in Toledo Banquet
More than 700 ex service men renewed vows of service and citizenship during the American Legion banquet in Toledo on May 17. The event highlighted postwar unity and civic commitment among veterans from Northwestern Ontario.
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Toledo
American Legion of
Northwestern Onto
Bandits and Police Clash in Lower East Side
In a May 17 confrontation a youth gang fought police in a Lower East Side restaurant. One detective was killed and another wounded. a 17 year old bandit was also wounded.
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Police
New York
Lower East Side
Cupid in Court Chicago Fined for Disorderly Conduct
Albert Jenkins was fined $10 for disorderly conduct in Chicago but announced soon after he would marry within two hours. He promised payment in a week and was released.
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Cupid
Chicago
Albert Jenkins
La Follettes Likely to Enter Senate Race Rumor
The piece notes Lenroot of Wisconsin hints brother Philip La Follette, a Wisconsin district attorney, is a stronger man than Bob La Follette for a possible 1928 Senate bid. The idea sparks debate on whether Lenroot earns praise or shows sour grapes. It suggests another La Follette may reach the Senate someday.
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la Follette
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Senate
Bob
Philip la Follette
Books observed on La Follette's desk
Items seen on La Follette’s desk include I'll Have a Fine Funeral by Moziere Anton Chekov by William Gerhard Newgate Monthly Magazine 1824 25 and Potomac Landings by Wies tach.
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la Follette
Moziere
Anton Chekov
William Gerhard
Newgate Monthly Magazine
Potomac Landings
Wiestach
Regular Pain Now Needless Menstruation Relief Tablet Ad
A health ad claims a natural menstrual relief tablet named Midol provides fast relief in seven minutes without habit forming drugs. It promotes direct action on menstrual organs and fits in a purse or pocket priced at 60 cents.
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Idol
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