Sigma Sigma Sigma patronesses named in Messenger
Mrs. T. N. Hoover, Mrs. Fred Mc Kay, Mrs. W. L. Jones, Mrs. J. M. Hyde, Mrs. Eli Dunkle, Mrs. W. B. Lawrence, and Mrs. W. E. Moler were listed as patronesses of Sigma Sigma sigma while a Messenger article noted dwindling beer sales. Ohioans were urged to eat more potatoes and less wheat due to large wheat exports to Europe. Rachael Hopkins, Jessie Mills, Marzuela Richards, Margaret Merwin, and Doris Henry performed in a recital directed by Prof. Alexander Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. N. Hoover
Fred McKay
W. L. Jones
J. M. Hyde
Eli Dunkle
W. B. Lawrence
W. E. Moler
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Americans Spend 250 Million on Books in a Year
Despite distractions, Americans spent 250,000,009 on books last year, with about 200,900,000 volumes sold. The figure, revealed at the American Booksellers Association meeting in Atlantic City, signals rising intellectual curiosity and a shift from purely concrete interests to ideas and criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
American Booksellers’ Association
Atlantic City
Walt Whitman
van Wyck Brooks
Mark Twain
Swift
Cervantes
End in sight for Athens Herrod Place dump cleanup
The Athens City Council and City Health Board are urged to finally address the long standing dump at Herrod Place. The piece argues a decisive action, even a bonfire, could remove vermin and reduce the civic eyesore, noting public concern and a rising drive for cleanup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council of
Athens
Herrold Place
Ome
Herrod Place
Ohio University Talent Featured on WAIU Program
Mayor Alex M. Moore and Ohio University musicians will broadcast Friday night at 10 on station WAIU. The Athens Elks lodge organized the event to showcase the university’s acclaimed talent and promote the state’s appreciation for Ohio University. The program aims to highlight the university’s importance and cooperation from university officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waiu
Ohio University
Alex M. Moore
Athens Elks Lodge
Moore
Tate
Ohio
Athens Elks
Evening with college youth reveals they seek guidance
The piece argues that spending time with college students shows they are not all frivolous. An hour of serious conversation proves youth are thinking for themselves, valuing elder approval, and striving to honor parental sacrifices for a better future.
When Our Turn Comes Explosion in Hamburg Kills Eleven
An explosion in Hamburg releases a phosgene tank causing eleven deaths and displacing about ten thousand. The deadly gas, difficult to detect, would have exploded with rain, threatening other cities if used in war. The piece warns of potential air delivery from offshore carriers and the looming risk to civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Germany
Providence, Friends of
Moneylenders Cheer Up as Rates Rise in Uplifting Monday
The piece notes lenders upbeat as money calls and time money commands 6 percent, a rate higher than in other civilized countries. It claims powerful figures will curb small borrowers’ gambling, leveraging control of money and its price via the Federal Reserve and other means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve
Speculation Pulls In Its Horns A Little Way
A pithy observer notes how speculation retreats when profits or risk are present, comparing it to a tiger that has tasted blood or a bull that has tasted profits, implying it’s hard to tame.
Speculative Fever Persists Amid Market Shifts
Brokers bear the strain as the Fed fuels trading with four million share days. The 2 p.m. shares and a sales cut to 2,782,000 fail to dampen the fever, even as temperatures dip slightly.
Du Pont Stock Payout And GM Split Details
Du Pont distributed 7.985 million dollars in cash to shareholders as part of a 6 quarterly payment, equating to 24 dollars a year. The firm owns one and a half General Motors shares per Du Pont share and passed GM’s extra 2 dollar payout to holders. Some stocks have recently fallen by 60 to 70 dollars per share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. I. du Pont de Nemours
du Pont Company
General Motors
du Pont
Bath
Moscow crowd disrupts trial of three poets
In Moscow a violent crowd confronted the trial of poets Altshuller Avrushanko and Anakin after a party involving vodka and drugs. A young girl Zoya Is lamova, allegedly harmed at the gathering, killed herself the following day amid the testimony described as very unpleasant by witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Altshuller
Avrushanko
Anakin
Zoya Islamova
Hanged in Shelby County on same limb as prior lynching
In Shelby county Texas the man known as Buddy Evins colored was hanged to the limb of a tree the same limb and tree on which another negro was hanged five years ago the incident described as a lynching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby County
Texas
Buddy’ Evins
Victor Herbert
Mt. A
Dublin
Ireland
Smithsonian Institution
Colosseum
H. G
Buddy named in shooting of white man
The report accuses Buddy of shooting a white man amid tensions as a white mob demands racial change. The account mentions fear an escape is possible and includes commentary on weight and hangman notions, plus a Mattoon, Illinois note. It also reports Mrs Myra Huddleston of Mattoon breaking the world record for long swimming by fifty hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy
North America
Desert
Fitness Advice for Women Rejects 240 Pound Standard
The author notes Mrs. Huddleston weighed 240 pounds at the start and 220 at the end, urging skinny girls and women not to chase an extreme 2409 figure but to protect vitality and avoid an ugly, bony look.
Bring Them Back Week for Milk Bottles Proposed
New York milkmen report fifty million milk bottles lost or stolen in the last year and push a Bring Them Back Week. They oppose detaining bottles but note a beer bottle bring back vote may follow next November. beer bottles will not be brought back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
P. S
The Link Patsy Mitchell Shot at Speak Easy Bar
Patrick Mitchell known as The Link and Patsy The Gentleman has died from gunshot wounds. Reported as a gangster killing, his body was found at a speak easy bar with bullets in his head near the brass rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Mitchell
the Link
Patsy
Law closes Turkish cinemas to under sixteen
In Turkey a new law bans motion picture houses for children under sixteen and predicts that soon films will be part of public education in all schools. The note claims films convey information instantly with no stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Mind Pictures Shape Meaning in Ancient Storytelling
The text argues language forms mental imagery and quotes a tale of Mohammed forming celestial legions from dust. It suggests such pictures can be as vivid as sacred texts, yet notes limits in translating images into understood meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohammed
Health and Diet Advice From Dr McCoy on Poisonous Bites
An article presents Dr Frank McCoy offering health and diet guidance. It details snake bite first aid, cautions on toxins from various creatures, and patient questions about heart trouble diet, prunes with milk, and tinnitus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McCoy
Public Forum praises Hate Berry bell staff at Athens hotel
In a Athens Messenger opinion, the writer commends the Hate Berry bell boys for prompt quiet and efficient service. They contrast this with the typical rowdy hotel staff described as tippling and overzealous in many hotels across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Athens Messenger
Grandmas Parlor Games Inspire New York Socialites
By the Way in New York notes that Manhattan’s elite still play antique parlor games such as grandma’s anagrams and new variations. It highlights Frank Crowninshield Rube Goldberg John Weaver Edna Ferber Alma Gluck Alexander Woollcott and Herbert Bayard Swope in a playful survey of postwar gatherings and social wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Frank Crowninshield
Rube Goldberg
John Weaver
Edna Ferber
Alma Gluck
Alexander Woollcott
Answers to Questions by Frederick Jd. Haskin
A survey of miscellaneous Q and A topics covers medicinal whisky stocks in government warehouses in 1927, Herbert and Colosseum trivia, silver lacquer care, European rulers, vocal ranges, witchcraft belief, Philippine insurrection dates, spiral gas lighter operation, and the May 1880s origin of the Lopwar fe League in Cleveland Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Jd. Haskin
Colosseum
Bureau of Standards
Europe
KR. T. A
Boris
Bulgaria
Sojourners Club
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Cotton Mather
Salem
United States
Spain
Philippine Islands
Senate
Lopwar Fe League
The
Methodit Episcopal Church
Cleveland
Ohio
John Weasley
Cross Word Puzzle Errors and Mixed Clues
A fragmented crossword puzzle item lists numerous garbled clues and scattered phrases. It includes references to geography and literature while intermixed with misspellings and incomplete lines, yielding a largely unreadable puzzle snapshot.
Local residents visit multiple cities on business and leisure
C. D. Hopkins spent a week in Detroit and Cleveland on business. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Moore of Nelsonville were guests in Athens for several days. DD H Moore advertised a five room house for rent. Nev and Mrs. W H Boden, Mr. and Mrs. N K Alderman and Mrs. Charles E Cameron went to Columbus to attend a church convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Hopkins
Detroit
Cleveland
Alex Moore
Nelsonville
Athens
DD. H. Moore
Nev
W. H. Boden
N. K. Alderman
Charles E. Cameron
Columbus
Power Trust Teach Children In Public Schools Debate
Senate and Federal Trade Commission warn parents about a broad campaign by public utilities interests to influence education. The effort funds textbooks and college professors to promote high rates and municipal ownership, arguing public ownership is a success while claiming rampant political influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Power Trust
Commission
Congress
Public Service Information Commissions
New England
Public
Connecticut
Connecticut Committee On Public Service
May 23 historical milestones in American governance
On May 23 historical notes include 1685 Virginia bans appeals involving under 161 pounds sterling. 1701 pirate William Kidd is executed. 1788 South Carolina ratifies the Constitution. 1712 the U S House passes the Panama Canal Bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
William Kidd
South Carolina
U. S. House of Representatives
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Critic
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Cables
United Press Service
F. W. Busn
Publ
Chas. H. Harris
the Messenger
Rachael Hopkins
Jessie Mills
Marzuela Richards
Margaret Mer
Matt
Leaven
Robert & Ward, Inc
Fifth Ave
South Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Arthur Brisbane
McCoy
John K
Traveler
By the Way
Gilbert Mvan
Crowninshield
Vanity Fair
Herbert Bayard Swope
Michigan
California
Aguinaldo
Roosevelt
League of Nations
Fort Ticonderoga
Helena
Montana
Induse
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