National News Agencies Publish Rates and Contacts
The notice lists membership groups and representative addresses in Chicago New York and Detroit. It provides subscription rates by carrier and mail in Ohio with weekly and longer-term options. Obituary and bank card charges are noted as available upon inquiry at home or foreign offices.
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John W. Cullen Coment
Mchigan Ave
Chicago
Fifth Ave
New York
General
Otors Bidg
Detroit
Ohio
Thought for Today Proverbs and Psalms Wisdom Quote
A daily devotional note presents two biblical verses: Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom from Proverbs 9 10 and Wisdom is the health of the soul from Psalm 6 2. The lines frame wisdom and spiritual health as guiding themes.
Sidelight on Politics and a Los Angeles Play Circus
A Washington dispatch by Ray Tucker discusses Democratic hopes and misgivings about recapturing Congress and the GOP insurgent dynamic. It notes the outs seek return without full responsibility and contrasts party aims, followed by a feature praising Los Angeles recreation leaders for a citywide summer play circus for kids costing about 1500 dollars in total outlay and promising community benefits.
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Los Angeles
We are not ruled by statesmen but by politicians
The passage argues that public service motive is weaker than self interest for a good face at the trough. It contends that the opposition would pursue concrete policies only if they could gain control of Congress to implement them.
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Congress
Moving Forward Electric Industry Grows in 1930 Survey
A 1929 1930 statistical survey shows utilities increasing generating capacity by 9 percent and electric output by 11.8 percent from 1928 to 1929. Farm service rose 21.6 percent, delivered electricity up 12.1 percent, and revenues up 8.9 percent. Domestic prices fell 5.7 percent, new construction rose 13 percent to 853 million dollars, and six month power consumption in 1930 climbed 1.7 percent over 1929 and 15.1 percent over 1928. Household use up 13.7 percent, small industrial up 6.8 percent, large users down 2.2 percent from 1929.
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America
Heywood Broun Enters Congress Race In New York
The New York columnist Heywood Broun announces his candidacy in a Republican district, backed by an all star arts and theater circle including Eva Le Gallienne and Irving Berlin. The Algonquin group and notable writers rally behind him as unemployment and bread line concerns shape his campaign. Broun questions how a nation that broke the Hindenburg line can be sustained by a bread line.
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Gilbert Swan Messenger
New York
Mons
Heywood Broun
Manhattan
Long Island
M. Broun
Congress
Braun
Eva le Gallienne
Georgio Jesse
Irving Berlin
Alexander Woollcott
Algonquin
Groun
Yancy
Groucho Marx
Donald Ogden Stewart
Corey Ford
Kroun
World
Telegram
Scripps-Howard
Ethel Barrymore Seeks Spot on Broun’s Nonpartisan Panel
The column notes a reader, Ethel Barrymore, requesting her name be added to Broun's nonpartisan committee as the campaign nears its end. It frames this as a favorable resolution in the dispute between critics and stage stars.
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Ethel Barrymore
Broun
Braun
Candidacy Editorial Clash Hints at Newspaper Stance
The excerpt shows editorial friction over a political candidate with most papers unfriendly to their bid, signaling biased coverage and a contentious campaign atmosphere across multiple outlets.
Human selfishness thwarts Russia’s colossal experiment
Doctor Butler notes a counterforce to the Soviet project as revolutionaries, who start by championing the masses, later hoard wealth and power for themselves, signaling a drift from ideals toward personal gain.
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Russia
Doctor Butler
Republicans foresee losses in House and Senate seats
Republicans already predict seat losses in the House and Senate as voters respond to an alleged prosperity slump, with early indicators aimed at gauging public sentiment ahead of elections.
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House
Senate
Father J A Ryan Questions Hoover Over Market Collapse
Father J A Ryan of Catholic University questions President Hoover about responsibility for the stock market collapse. The context centers on accountability and economic critique during Hoover's era.
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J. A. Ryan
Catholic University
Hoover
Critique of Hoover Intensifies in Common Weal
The piece argues President Hoover is sinking in public esteem. It criticizes actions and inactions, claiming he lacks the superior qualities once attributed to him. It predicts the attack will grow stronger through 1932 as part of a deliberate program.
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Hoover
Sermons critique social plans and the Golden Rule remedy
The piece notes sermons from Sunday urging profit as a poor ideal, citing mass unemployment and the need for a social plan aligned with the Golden Rule. It remarks on worker dissatisfaction, rising car payments, a spiritual racketeer, and a clergyman proposing society rebuilt on Jesus the carpenter's plans.
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Jesus the Carpenter
European unemployment and its global echo in 1920s policy
A Washington report surveys Europe’s unemployment crisis with figures from the League of Nations. Germany leads with over two million jobless, followed by Britain and Finland showing the highest distress indices while France remains relatively small, and Italy Belgium Austria and Poland trailing.
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Washington, D. C
Europe
League of Nations
Germany
Great Britain
France
United States
Belgium
Austria
Zechoslovakia
Poland
Finland
Treasure ship Egypt found with 5 million in gold
An Australian clergyman cites the life of the spirit while Italian divers knight 460 feet down to the Atlantic seabed uncovering the British ship Egypt loaded with five million dollars in gold and silver.
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Australia
Doctor Morris
Atlantic
Egypt
Earth
Mussolini
Small Tennessee Quake Draws Eastern News Attention
A minor earthquake rattled Harriman and Rockwood in Tennessee with no damage reported. Eastern newspapers treat the event as noteworthy, noting the contrast with how a similar quake would be covered on the Pacific Coast.
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Tennessee
Harriman
Rockwood
Pacific Coast
Chicago Tackles Racketeer Capone Baker Grip
Chicago civic leaders combat a racketeering scheme that extorts 300 toy golf courses and drains 15.6 million dollars yearly from area businessmen. Police reform efforts echo New York’s Mulrooney as officials unite to curb organized crime.
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Chicago
New York
Mulrooney
Capone-Baker
New York Labor Day Weekend Draws 2 Million Travelers
New York city residents totaled around two million leaving the area for Labor Day. In a single day 44,900 cars passed through the Hudson River tunnel paying a combined toll of 44,000 dollars for round trips.
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New York
Hudson Rivler
Ripley’s Proof Stars Seen in Daylight with Telescopes
The sun’s glare hides stars in the day. A telescope dims the sky background and boosts star light by the tube’s aperture, making stars visible in daylight. This effect occurs worldwide, though the sun normally dominates the sky.
Barnacles Favor Port Side On Westwardbound Dollar Ships
The report notes more barnacles attach to the port side of Dollar Round-the-World boats than the starboard side, attributing the pattern to these vessels consistently traveling westward.
Skewered Monk of Peiping Draws Alms for Temple
A photograph shows the Skewered Monk of Peiping with a long skewer piercing his face. He has pursued this vow for 23 years to solicit alms for rebuilding a temple, a practice seen as a powerful stimulus among Far East religious devotees.
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Peiping
Far East
Wood Wasp Drills Through Metal With Ovipositor
The female giant wood wasp Sirix gigas uses its borer or ovipositor to deposit eggs in wood. Experiments by Hasche and others showed it can pierce a metal sheet of ordinary thickness.
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Hasche
News Your Dad Read Twenty Years Ago
Clarence Matheny complains the state neglects its duty and fails to address Plains. A note from the editor suggests incorporating the village to run its own affairs.
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Clarence Matheny
Plains
Dry Well Report From Parker Farm in Lodi Township
The test oil well on the J. W. Parker farm in Lodi Township proved dry. Officials expect another well to be drilled soon to evaluate prospects in the area.
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J. W. Parker
Lodi Township
Athens wedding brings Toronto guest to town
Mr. Cecil Hunsicker of Toronto, a student at Athens High School, visits Athens for a few days as the guest of his uncle and aunt Dr. and Mrs. H. Thompson to attend the wedding of Mrs. Clare G. Stewart and Mr. J. T. Daniels.
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Cecil Hunsicker
Toronto
Athens High School
Athens
H. Thompson
Clare G. Stewart
J. T. Daniels
Carrie Florida to speak on suffrage in three Ohio cities
Miss Carrie Florida, representative of the Women’s Bureau Republican Executive Committee, will address audiences in Nelsonville Gloucester and Athens today. She has been active in the suffrage movement for seven years.
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Carrie Florida
Women's Bureau
Republican Executive Committee
Nelsonville
Glacuster
Athens
First Football Candidates Call Sends Gridders to Athens
Ohio University issued its first call for 1920 football candidates today with letters sent to all players urging attendance in Athens for early practice beginning September 14.
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Ohio University
Athens
Dean of Women Voigt Opens Forum With 650 Girls
Miss Irma E. Voigt of Ohio University returned from Lake Geneva Wisconsin where she conducted an open forum with 650 girls from midwestern colleges.
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Irma E. Voigt
Ohio University
Lake Geneva
Wis
Letting Well Alone A Scots Golf Migration Poem
A verse recalling waves of Scottish golfers to the shores in earlier days and how talent, travel, and whisky prices shaped the influx. It notes, in a nostalgic tone, the shift from pros teaching golf to subsequent departures as costs rose and wages fell, ending with a quip about whisky in Scotland.
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Robert T. Jones
Ayr
LAND OF OPPORTUNITY AND SENATE NOMINATION FUSS
A political row about a suspected sale of a judicial nomination stirs concern over a Senate seat. Floyd Gibbons is named as a controversial nominee, with critics doubting the value of such a rapid speaking future in the chamber.
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Senate
Information Bureau Answers On Swedish, Rackets And More
Frederic J. Haskin explains a Washington information service offering free replies for two cents. The column addresses El Brendel’s ethnicity, steel versus wooden tennis rackets, Sunday mail delivery, veteran medical care, McMaster University opening, height control glands, Pershing’s salary, and child nap guidance.
Uncle Sam as biggest business in government history
Analysis of federal involvement across sectors shows the U.S. government as a major business actor. It highlights farm relief loans, wheat holdings, federal land banks, power projects like Boulder Dam, Muscle Shoals, Panama Canal operations, rivers and harbors funding, inland waterway costs, and growing mail contracts and road spending.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Uncle Sam
Farm Board
Treasury
Federal Intermediate Credit
Boulder Dam
Muscle Shoals
Congress
Panama Canal
Busi
Mississippi
Warrior
Post Office Department
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Mr. Tucker
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Miss Barrymore
Tammany Town
King Features Incorporated
Charlie Bowers
Hanover
Basin Park
Goveka Springs
Ark
Esrex
Braunlage
Lookout MT
Ala
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Sullivan
My Frederic J. Haskm
Italy
Braes
Burr
Tweed
Ecore
Scotland
Floyd Gibbons
Frederic J, Haskin
Athens Peenmenges Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D
el Brendel
T. K
A. el Brendel
Brendel
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Veterans’ Hospital
McMaster University
Hamilton
Ontario
Pershing
John J. Pershing
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