A Gloomy Moment in History and Economic Strife
The article reflects on a period of grave economic decline nationwide with mass unemployment and falling prices as winter approaches. It contrasts the United States with turmoil abroad in France and Russia, noting the British Empire faces strain over India and China. It urges wisdom, honor, faith, and charity to endure commercial hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Weiomer
France
Russia
Europe
China
Bohemian poets and fashion in New York society notes
Gilbert Swan reports on the New York literary scene noting a Bohemian eatery on the East Side offering seven free meals to verse makers who win weekly contests. He catalogs prominent poets and their attire, including Selma Robinson, Dorothy Parker, Eleanor Wyle, Sarah Teasdale, Babette Deutsch, Genevieve Taggard, James Berty, Stephen Vincent, Isidore Schneider, Sam Hoffenstein, Edward Arlington Robinson, Robert Frost, and others, highlighting how style mirrors status. The piece comments on fashion trends among writers and the social mood of Greenwich Village and nearby literary circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Swan
Verve
New York
Times
John Farrar
Selma Robinson
Chita
Selma
Miay
Dorothy Parker
Eleanor Wyle
Sarah Teasdale
Babette Deutsch
Westchester
Genevieve Taggard
Paris
Sa Robinson
Sith Street
James Berty
William Rose
Stephen Vincent
Stephen
Hollywood
John Brown
Isidore Schneider
Sam Hoffenstein
al Woods
Edward Arlington Robinson
Wall
Finbert Frost
Believe It or Not by Ripley 400G Games and Tricks
A fragmented OCR item lists numerous Serbian names and baseball team roster fragments. It mentions Smathers, West Virginia, and San Francisco with coach Dzyovich and substitutes, implying a school or club sports context. The text blends arithmetic problems with team names and personnel.
Farm Bureau schedules meetings across Athena County
Ten years ago Farm Bureau planned a series of farmers meetings in Athena County to discuss a significant proposition. Telephone Day was observed at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon with a talk on the tele phone situation. Masons debated a site for a new home as various properties were evaluated or eliminated. Masonic dances began a six month run with a dance each month. Chamber secretary Cc. H. Bryson attended the National Association of Commerce Secretaries convention in New Orleans. Cc. A. Daugherty bought J. C. Campbell’s interest in the Cooley and Campbell Auto Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Athena County
Chamber of Commerce
Cc. H. Bryson
New Orleans
National Association of Commerce Secretaries
Facts and Qs from Athens Messenger readers
A collection of short Q and A items and notices including Syria governance by League mandate, what wild rice is, caisson disease, shellac on tennis strings, wild duck kill estimates, Prince of Wales income, toast origins, first day covers value, and Dvorak’s time in America. The piece presents questions with concise answers from various authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic J
Ton
Athens Messenger
Iiquiry
Rey
Syria
Lebanon
Beirut
Prince of Wales
G. Lc
Duchy of Cornwall
Dvorak
America
Pragus
Splitville
Iowa
Kingdom of Heaven on Lundy Island History Note
Explanation of the privately owned Island of Lundy in the Bristol Channel once called The Kingdom of Heaven during 8th and 19th centuries under Fileaven family. Includes Betty Jane Lindley, a Red Cross swimmer pin, and Bird House Grave customs of the Etapan and Stapans in Borneo with a Monday feature The Mountain That Burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lundy
Bristol Channel
Devon Coast
England
Devonshire
Kingdom of
Fileaven
Hudson G. Heaven
Kingdom of Heaven
Red Cross
Delavan Lake
Wisconsin
Bird House
Borneo
Controversy Over Tanks Shapes Historic Debate
Frederic J. Haskin surveys the U S army tank controversy, pitting conservative officers against modernists who praise tanks as essential war weapons. He recalls Cambrai lessons, prototype struggles, morale effects, and risk of overreliance while noting how early tests and political hurdles shaped tank adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington
BD. C
United States Army
War Department
Department
Japan
Soviet Russia
Armerican
Alexander
Hare
Cambrai
Robert Fulton
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
I Corps
Uneducated Wealth through Firearms Tactics
The speaker contrasts educated learning with uneducated offenders who rely on shooting to gain wealth. He notes their ignorance of learning’s laws, claiming they can amass wealth behind their firearms. The passage implies a critique of crude methods and praises education as the path to power and progress in transport and farm product disposal.
New Four Color Map of the Soviet Union Offered
The Athens Messenger advertises a rare four color 21 by 28 inch map covering the former Russia now the USSR. It serves as a condensed atlas with geographical political and commercial data on the reverse. Send ten cents by mail with name address street city state for a copy from Information Bureau Frederic J. Haskin Director Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
The
Soviet Union
Russia
Siberia
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Union
Pershing warns of air power and submarines in national defense
The excerpt argues strong defenses are essential, noting submarines to destroy hostile ships at night and a robust air fleet to deter aggression. It contrasts American readiness with European expectations, mentions Pershing and a vast mobile force, and comments on Japanese resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
General Pershing
Yale
Capitol Cleanups After Third Degree Scandals Rock DC Police
Washington faces a sweeping police reform led by Brig Gen Pelham Glassford with Maj Gen Herbert Crosby guiding a major overhaul. Eighteen officers indicted on assault charges, 53 cases reviewed, and top brass poised to retire as Crosby builds a more efficient force to deter brutality and restore public trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Voxrcheat
Messenger
Washington
Wickersham Commission
District of Columbia
Department of Justice
Hoover
Henry G. Pratt
Pelham D. Glassford
Herbert B. Crosby
Crosby
Army
Cav
Alry
Pratt
Casa Hi
Bridging Gap Between Parents and Children
An older style column laments the growing rift between parents and teenagers as youths reach sixteen and seventeen. It argues parents must balance affection with discipline, counteracting “spoiling” by offering consistent boundaries and real respect, noting how busy modern parents risk losing their children’s attention and affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
World’s youngest looking grandmother winner named
Mrs. Marjorie Hutton, an American living in Paris, has been selected as the winner of a newspaper contest that sought the world’s youngest looking grandmother a phrase echoing nostalgia for grandmotherly images.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Hutton
Shim
Paris
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Frederick W. Burk
Jeet List
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Fapaities
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Ohio Associated Ohio
John W. Cullen Company
Sol
Fifth Ave
New Yorks
Mehigan Ave
Ohio
Harnaper
Weekly— Fol
Salvation Army
Doles
Ripley
Geo
Kohan Smathers
W.va
M, Radojovice
D. Radovien
J. Radovich
A. Popovich
S. Stojkovich
S. Sherovich
B. Mialovich
M. Vukasinovich
V. Stuepanicich
R. G.dabovich
J. Dzyovich
L. Radorich
T Vukasinov
C. Mialovich
S. Samardsic
A.C
San Francisco
Ab-Tyler
Great Valley Cattaraugus Co
Sout Wettreet
Cape Cod
Mass
Giese
Brown
East, Washington and
College Street
Cc. A. Daugherty
J. C. Campbell, Gr
Cooley and Campbell Auto Company
Louise Stahl
Cross Company
Cincinnati
Woman'a Art Club
Art Reader
Pittsburgh
Athens County
Edna Campbell
Mrs. of
Chile
W. L. Gard
Norlin
W. F. Copeland
Voce
Bhasein
Little Betty Jane
Lindley
Betty Jane
Lafayette Park
Chicago
Frederic Haskin Washington
James J. Montague
Fea
League of Nations
United States
Manchuria
Tokio
Innisiea
County Mayo
Synge
Irish Free State
Inniskea
Gabriel
Waea Pet
Hrachiye
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