Athens Luncheon Revelry Highlights Local Professors
Athens business men gathered at the Chamber of Commerce noon event for a lively, informal meal. Conversations ranged from Fatty Arbuckle to college professors, with plans for upcoming concerts and notes on local education, religion, and civic life.
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Athens
Chamber of Commerce
Doc Higgins
Tom Hoover
Carl Beasley
Lew Roberts
Bill Moser
J. Maurice Hyde
W. B. Bartels
Fatty Arbuckle
Clem Martzolff
Martzolff
Ohio University
Doc Allen
Doc
J. Woolley
Local Dinner Invite Sparks Mixed Feelings After Earlier Engagement
A local figure invited us to dinner Sunday after learning of a prior engagement. The invitation would have felt awkward if accepted, given the prior plans and the social dynamics involved.
Taft Seeks More Federal District Judges to Speed Justice
Chief Justice Taft, after taking office, urged the Senate judiciary committee to add 18 federal district judges nationwide. He cites growing case volume and the Volstead act as factors delaying justice. He also calls for procedural reforms to cut delays and improve efficiency.
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Taft
Senate Judiciary Committee
City Civics Beyond Fine Facades And Aesthetic Streets
The Salem News argues a city’s social progress rests on working people’s dwellings and communal care. It highlights mechanics tending gardens, women planting flowers, neat houses, tidy fences, cleaned yards, and trees. It notes some cities progress toward this vision, others still lack.
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Salem
Mass
Fall Chamber meeting opens with bright outlook
The first midweek fall lunch of the Chamber of Commerce drew a capacity crowd. A strong speaker and the newly elected vice president Fred Alderman settled into the role smoothly. With Craig as president Bryson as secretary manager the Pend looks to do unusual things.
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Chamber of Commerce
Fred
Craig
Alderman
Bryson
Cold high altitude air drives aviators from old heaven notions
Eight miles up the air is thin and the temperature around fifty degrees below zero. Aviators learn the upper regions challenge traditional ideas of heaven as survival becomes paramount.
Is Marriage a Failure or Prohibition a Failure
A reflective line contrasts two social questions about outcomes and success. The text suggests evaluating whether marriage or prohibition yields clear failure or lessons, inviting reader contemplation.
Dauber Turns To Slapdash Impressionism In Dinner Tales
After Dinner Stories notes Dauber’s shift from meticulous painting to rough impressionism inspired by golf. A playful exchange follows about the cook’s lateness and a cannibal king’s threat, humorously interrupted by Chamberlain noting the cook was eaten this morning.
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Dauber
Chamberlain
Short Skirts and Matrimony Spark Evolving Fashion Debate
A humorous yet pointed discussion wonders if shiny coats and long skirts will win male favor and affect women’s fortunes as the great war memory fades. It notes economic angles, marriage ties, and the allure of feminine charm in changing social norms. A hotel robbery and police images punctuate the column asides.
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Thaddeus Stevens
House of Representatives
United States
Public Health Service
Coast Guards
Dubung
Lhasa
Tibet
Poles In America by Frederic J. Haskin
In Buffalo New York a Polish born citizen says Poland’s unity won’t pull Poles from America who remain vital to business life. He notes 80 percent own homes and Buffalo Poles hold about 35000 in deposits. Immigrants here thrive, forming colonies in major cities like Ericage Detroit and Buffalo.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Buffalo
N. Y
Poland
United States
America
Europe
George Brandes
Ericage
Detroit
Poles in Buffalo Build Communities and Embrace American Life
The article describes Polish immigrant life in Buffalo, focusing on church-centered communities, language retention, and markets. It outlines three Polish types from German, Austrian, and Russian rulings, argues for unity, notes modernization and Americanization, and cites immigration quotas delaying many would-be arrivals.
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Buffalo
Broadway
Europe
Poland
College lecture course funds support Legion Band
Two Athens college professors host a six-number winter lecture series with profits directed to university debt last year and to fund summer concerts by the American Legion Band this year. They contribute time and backing without taking a penny for themselves, aiding the community through education and music.
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American Legion
Athens
Questions and Answers Feature Advertisement
The Athens Messenger notice explains the Q and A service from Washington D C. It states the offer is informational only and cannot provide legal medical or financial advice. Readers must mail full name and address with two sent stamps for replies to inquiries.
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Athens Messenger
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Urea
Osquirer
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promise Gentle Health Boost
Purport of a dental era advert claims Dr Edwards Olive Tablets cleanse blood bowels and liver like calomel but milder. It asserts pimples dark taste bad breath and dull feeling vanish with nightly doses for a week. Available 15¢ and 30¢.
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Dr. Edwards
Edwards
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