Diplomatic social season dampened by stock market losses
Washington’s diplomatic circle faced lighter entertainments as many ambassadors and ministers suffered stock losses. Some investors backed firms tied to Treasury figures and aeronautics stocks, while Argentina’s Trigoyen delayed sending a new ambassador amid tense trade and tariff concerns.
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Rodney Date
Hick Messenger
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Melion
Cral
Hoover
New York
A Thought for Today and Salt Miners Evasion
A brief religious reflection cites a Bible verse urging truthful speech. It adds a quip comparing liars to salt miners who undermine truth yet leave some structure intact to support the edifice.
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Richter
South Americans Seen Through North American Eyes
War correspondent Will Irwin spoke in Athens and elsewhere to portray South America beyond the common North American view. He and Hoover era reporters aim to illuminate Latin progress and potential, contrasting U.S. interest with the region's revolutions, exports, and growing ties to the world.
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Mal Bran
Mr. Hoover
Latin America
Malbran
Buenos Aires
South America
Central America
Mexico
Will Irwin
Athens
America
Equator
Hoover
Irwin
Parkersburg residents take action against roaming dogs
A Parkersburg incident left a little girl guarded by bystanders as a pack of dogs attacked. Residents armed with shotguns slaughtered many ownerless dogs roaming the city to curb the danger. The piece notes rabies and dog control woes across Athens County and nearby areas.
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Parkersburg
Turkey
South Parkersburg
Athens County
Freight speed on railroads matches passenger schedules
Freight shippers note railroads treating freight like passengers with fast, planned schedules. Car-load and less than car-load shipments are tracked to delivery, trains avoid idle terminals, and impact recorders reveal bumps. Crews are held accountable, reducing damage claims.
Gasoline tax funds road work keeps Athens streets usable
The essay praises the gasoline tax as a fair direct return for motorists and credits Athens with steady income from motor taxes that keeps streets in repair. It notes brick streets elsewhere deteriorate but gasoline revenue supports road programs, easing the burden on drivers and aiding state road improvements.
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State of Chief
Athens
City Publicity as a Public Duty for Open Finance
The text argues that municipalities should publish business affairs year round to build trust and inform taxpayers. It suggests a permanent publicity director to bridge administration and citizens, presenting department activities clearly to promote better citizenship and reduce complaint driven by indifference.
Motes in the public eye and Broadway's shifting tides
Gilbert Swan notes William Shearer prefers painting over naval fame and Emma Goldman’s tale appears in Ladies' Home Journal. Dwight Taylor, Laurette Taylor's son, sells three plays. Laurette contemplates retirement. Berkeley Square and Street Scene linger in Broadway memory as the post crash era reshapes careers including John Gilbert and John McCormick.
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Gilbert Swan Messenger
New York
William Shearer
Connecticut
Ladies’ Home
Emma Goldman
Emma
Dwight Taylor
Laurette Taylor
Mfe
Laurette
Marguerite
Berkeley Square
John Balderston
Theater Guild
Balderston
London
Reet
Carmen Barnes Press Interest Fades as Movie Offers Land
Carmen Barnes, famed for her book Schoolgirl, rejected several film offers that asked her to imitate Clara Bow. Paul Muni returned to Manhattan with prestige but left for the West without attracting critics or producers’ bids.
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Carmen Barnes
New York
Paul Muni
Manhattan
Hollywood
Westward Bound
The Big Octopus Chops Cash Dividends to Small Firms
The piece notes that the big entity has split into small units that paid $218 million in cash dividends this year, equating to five percent on $4.36 billion. The small units grow larger and stronger while public concern diminishes.
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Iittle
Puzzle prompts mark ages of Ann and man
A playful note notes that many have studied the puzzle about Ann’s age while a few work on a separate puzzle about the age of man, hinting at a mindset riddle.
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Ann
We Americans mentioned and Bolitho’s great adventurers list
The piece notes a minor actor from the Yiddish Art Theater nicknamed Minowitz and discusses William Bolitho selecting twelve great adventurers of history. It lists headliners like Alexander the Great, Casanova, Lola Montez, Napoleon, and Woodrow Wilson, then jokes about British Broadway productions dominating American culture.
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Yiddish Art Theater
Minowitz
William Bolitho
Bolitho
Alexander the Great
Columbia
Cagliostro
Casanova
Isadora Duncan
Lola Montez
Napoleon
Woodrow Wilson
Broadway
Berkeley Square
Early Humans Traveled With Prohiboseidae Ancestors
Henry Fairfield Osborn notes that the proboscideans such as the elephant and the tapir, in their migrations, were accompanied by humans as early as the early Pleistocene. The finding highlights ancient human interaction with megafauna.
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Henry Fairfield Osborn
American Museum of Natural History
Man’s true age questioned over millions of years
A historical report notes man may have reached North America far earlier than assumed. The piece surveys shifting estimates, once placing man at 100,008, then 500,000, then 1,000,000 years old, and now suggesting many millions of years.
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North American
Long Earthlasting Future Urges Peaceful Human Progress
The article argues scientific proof the earth will host humans for a billion years more and urges the human race to end wars abolish poverty stop cheating and stop swindling and ceasing energy waste on money.
Banks Grant $25 Million Credit to Japanese Government
At the request of the Japanese Government J I Moreau Kuhn Loeb National City Bank and First National Bank of New York arrange a $25,000,000 credit line to support Tokyo’s financial needs. The arrangement involves major financial institutions extending a substantial loan facility amid wartime or postwar economic considerations.
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J. I. Moreau, Kuhn, Loeb, National&City Bank
First National Bank
New York
Health and Die Advice From Dr Frank McCoy
Dr McCoy offers dietary guidance from his book The New Way to Health with sample menus for a week including beans beets pumpkin sweetmeat and varied dinners breakfasts and lunches. He fields reader questions on skin spots child nutrition and disinfectants with cautions on balanced diets physical exams and cleanliness.
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Frank McCoy Auishor
Mrs. A. Www
Mary
Drosce
R. FE. W
Nutritious Daily Menu Placed on Wartime Diet Plan
The day outlines meals including breakfast of grapefruit or oranges and sweet milk. Lunch features celery, roasted almonds, roast turkey with melba toast dressing. Dinner offers roast pork, baked ground beets, string beans with a side salad of raw celery and applesauce.
Yokohama Specie Bank Deal Cited for Currency Stabilization
The text notes a plan to lift the Japanese gold embargo and restore the gold standard, citing a $25,000,000 amount as sufficient for broad financial aims rather than small business ventures like a sausage stand chain.
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Yokohama Specie Bank
Prohibition Dilemma At New Jersey Sausage Stand
A sausage stand owner faces a strange prohibition problem as a retiring New Jersey dealer tells customers the stand must sell liquor to stay in business, yet she admits she does not know how to do that.
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New Jersey
Unfaithfulness Punished by Six Months’ Jail in Prussia
The Prussian law imposes six months in jail for unfaithfulness to a spouse. Extreme socialists seek to repeal it as ineffective for marriage improvement. Old fashioned Germany supports the penalty, though imprisonment is only applied if the other spouse requests it.
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Prussia
Germany
Why Socialists Seek Law Change
The note questions socialist motives for reform while asserting they are not more immoral than other citizens. It discusses morality and political aims in a concise, ambiguous commentary.
Trench Mouth Warned By Chicago Dental Society
The Chicago Dental Society warns of trench mouth a contagious disease affecting young ladies dieting and their intimate male acquaintances. It urges an austere attitude during the epidemic and notes the condition’s low resistance in those targeted.
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Chicago Dental Society
Japanese youth executed in Hawaii for murder extortion
Yutaka Fukonda, 19, was hanged in Hawaii yesterday for the murder of a ten year old boy. He had plotted to extort money from the boy's father. Thirty witnesses watched the execution as Fukonda, recently a Christian, was attended by a clergyman. The article questions what religion could offer him in this life or the next.
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Yutaka Fukonda
Hawaii
Fukonda
Senatorial Courtesy and Historical Qs Revealed in Panel
A quiz style exchange explores Senatorial Courtesy definitions and practice in the U S Senate. It covers historical examples such as Leghon Mile Modiste, military service in Germany, and George Washington’s vestryman roles, plus notes on Shakespeare editions and the French Legion of Honor rules.
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United States Senate
Senate
Vritzi Scheff
George Washington
Episcopal Church
Falls Church
M. B.C
Fairfax County
Virginia
Falls Church Episcopal Church
Christ Church
Pohick
George Westinghouse
Scribner’s History of
Pitsburgh
Panhandle
C. Cc
North Carolina
Neon and strawberry trivia from a quirky 1900s clipping
A fragmented note cites a salary for Rodent Free Met Opera care, claims life insurance on a cat, and poses questions on neon light physics. It attributes neon as lighter than air with specific gravity 0.6964 and estimates about 409 volts per foot plus 400 for interincandescence, noting tube diameter matters while offering uncertain strawberry naming origins.
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Metropolitan Operaion
O. S
Bureau of Standards
Trade ties with South American nations shown in 1929 nine month totals
Data compares exports and imports with Argentina Brazil Chile and Peru for the first nine months of 1929. Argentina records exports of 163 million dollars and imports of 85 million. Brazil Chile and Peru totals appear with 8.1 million to 11.3 million exports and 159.8 million to 80.9 million imports, with some figures jumbled in the OCR text.
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Argentina
Brazil
Peru
Chile
A Daily Study In Correct English Lesson Preview
A daily study guide by W t and Gordon outlines word usage errors and pronunciation tips. It advises on common misuses such as Chinaman versus Chinese and dynasty pronunciation, plus spelling notes and vocabulary growth strategies.
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W T& Gordon
Denison Football Arrives in Athens for Homecoming clash
Denison University football team led by Coach Livingston reaches Athens for the Homecoming game against Ohio today. Ohio students decorate the town with Beat Denison signs. Arthur Dumaree of Chillicothe HS attends as Denison-Ohio guest. A Sunday general meeting is planned by Athens County Automobile Club captains.
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Denison
Livingston
Athens
Ohio
Athens County Automobile Club
Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Dumaree
Chillicothe High School
Roy Saylor
Devlin Visit From Congo With His Mother
Thomas Devlin from Congo arrived yesterday to spend Sunday with his mother Mrs. Mary Devlin of Talmer Street.
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Thomas Devlin
Congo
Mary Devlin
Talmer Street
Mrs Lash Departs After Visiting Family in Town
Mrs. H. M. Lash, guest of Mrs. Charles W. Super and relatives for two weeks, left today for her Indianapolis home.
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H. M. Lash
Charles W. Super
Indianapolis
Mrs J E Edmundson Heads to Crestiine for Sister Visit
Mrs J E Edmundson departed today for Crestiine to be the guest of her sister Mrs E N Cule.
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J. E. Edmundson
Crestiine
E. N. Culelums
Mostly Short Words Horizontal Puzzle
A word puzzle with numbered clues for across and down entries. Several clues appear misspelled or garbled but indicate common terms like spring limb anger body of rectors and other everyday words. The grid seems to mix definitions with errors such as Lixmam and Sinners.
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John Hix
Atives
Australia
Ay, ‘Ratnan
Buffalo Now
Black Museum
Lieperville
Trigoyen
Argentine
United States
South American
Peter
Wall Street
John Gilbert
John McCormick
Colleen Moore
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Incorporated
Wall St
Stenday
Mionday
Topasday
Saturdas
Fred Er
Athens Athletics
Plains Miners
Miners
Everett C. Burchfield
Russell B. Bonifield
Montgomery
Alabama
R. W. Dunlap
Martin J. Duffey
Columbus
Charles QC
Pickering
Middleport
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