Local visitors and travelers noted around Moulton
Mr and Mrs S O Hardin of Hillsboro visited relatives in Moulton. Clark Weatherwax and Jack Norwood called at Albany and Decatur. L B Cropper bank cashier visited his old home in Owenton. Russell Sandlin spent a day in Decatur. Margaret Easter of Rogersville visited Bertha Weatherwax in Moulton. Clyde Horton of Courtland was in town. Dr John C Bragg of Albany Decatur was in Moulton on business. Many Moulton residents attended the Albany circus and revival led by Rev Bob Jones. Garth Clark of Phil Campbell visited Moulton. Mrs L A Wallace of Pendleton SC and two children visited her sister Mrs Robert White in Moulton. John F Yarbrough was in Wheeler. Ed B Almon asked to shift speaking dates in Lawrence County. Almon and Clopper of Tuscumbia will visit Moulton next Friday. Mrs Jas Stewart and two children returned from Texas. Clark Burch and Pelham Delashaw were in Decatur on business. Judge J E Kump went to the valley on business. Dee McCarty of Moulton was in Albany Decatur on business.
McConnon & Company Seeks Salesmen in Winona Minnesota
Male help wanted to sell splices toilet articles soaps medicines flavorings perfumes baking powder pie filler and related products direct to consumers. Selling experience valuable but not necessary as training provided. McConnon & Company Winona Minnesota 85 Application Department.
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McConnon & Company
Winona
Minn
County official books report in good shape
Mr Chapman, here for several weeks examining county officials books, left Tuesday. He is a government employee and concludes the county officials books are in good shape.
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Chapman
Farmers union leaders set Lawrence County meetings
Notice announces Mr. Scofield newly elected President and Mr. Lansdon National Lecturer will speak in Lawrence County at Caddo Thursday September 29 at 10 00 a m Wren 2 30 p m and NeSmith schoolhouse at the times listed All are invited to attend County President T F Almon urges a large turnout Also an advertisement for male help wanted offering credit for 137 products to farmers and a Vermont based business opportunity claim line stated as Its your life c
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Scofield
Ala
Farmers Union
Lansdon
Salina
Kansas
Lawrence County
Caddo
Wren
NeSmith
T. F. Almon
Epei Ponegkins Co
Wiona Minn
Unemployment Question Explained by National News Service
Secretary of Labor Davis argues against the 5,735,000 unemployed figure, noting 1914 had 7,000,000 out of work and many dependents. He cites 12,000,000 still employed, $500,000,000 available for public works, and clarifies the misinterpretation of payroll figures versus unemployed counts.
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Davis
Europe
Signs Of Recovery Prompts Labor Data Readout
Positive signs of business recovery are presented by the labor statistics commissioner. Secretary Davis notes rising use of silk hosiery and silk in general. Senator McCormick demanded current unemployment figures. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 5 785 000 unemployed, to be read against seven years ago and today.
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National News Service
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Davis
McCormick
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Great Total In 1920 Wage Earners Reach 18 To 20 Million
In 1920 about eighteen to twenty million persons in the United States were employed as wage earners for others, excluding agricultural occupations. The current unemployment ratio to total workers is lower than the 1914 level.
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National News Service
United States
Nothing Gaines By Dodging Issue
A Rational News Service opinion argues unemployment is grave but not ruinous. It notes about twelve million Americans are employed, and few families lose their sole breadwinner. The piece urges realism over exaggeration of figures while acknowledging suffering and the need for relief.
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United States
Unemployed Conference Likely Opens September Twenty Sixth
A definite date for the unemployment conference remains undecided though September 26 appears likely. Reported acceptance by Secretary Hoover from thirty delegates to represent the country at the conference. Attending figures include Samuel Gompers American Federation of Labor John L Lewis United Mine Workers of America and Charles M Schwab Bethlehem Steel chair. Hoover may chair or attend in an official capacity depending on President Harding.
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Hoover
Leonforces
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of of America
Charles M Schwab
Bethlehem Corporation
Harding
Charman
Cold Facts On Near East Relief And Moral Duty
A stark appeal urging ongoing American generosity to aid destitute widows and orphans in the Near East. The piece argues that a defeated enemy and collapsed economies leave millions exposed to hunger and cold, begging readers to donate clothing and funds through Near East Relief to clothe and feed the suffering. It frames giving as a Christian moral imperative with biblical allusions and a call to action.
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Christaan
Near East
America
County High Prospects Boost Red Jackets Football
Heat slows practice but coaches Gibbons and Stevenson push 39 daily candidates to shape as Albany game nears. Team lacks experience but shows strong line, fast backs, and aggressive tackling. Fans urged to attend as Larn ee County Red Jackets aim for victory.
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Hese
Gibbons
Stevenson
Albany
Auburn
Alabama
Alban
Oys
Larnee County
Red Jackets
Alabama Queen Candidates to Meet President Harding
The 67 queens of Alabama are invited to Birmingham on October 26 to meet President Harding. Lawrence County Queen must be nominated to go. Voting via coupons attached to the paper ends October 20. The top coupon votes determine the Lawrence Queen to represent beauty and grace.
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Alabama
Harding
Birmingham
Lawrence County
Lawrence
Parody of 1906 political verse on Democratic demise
Tennessee Congressman John Weeley Gaines once read a humorous parody of a poem in the House, predicting Democratic collapse as Republicans held power. The piece imagines absurd scenarios to signal that once such oddities occur, democracy would die.
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John Weeley Gaines
Tennessee
Congress
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Mrs. S. O. Hardin
Hillsboro
Moulton Sunday
Clark Weatherwax
Jack Norwood
Albany- Decatur
L B. Cropper
Citizens Bank
Owenton By
Russell Sandlin
Decatur
Margaret Easter
Rogersville
Bertha Weatherwax
Clyde Horton
Courtland
Our Town
John C. Bragg
Albany-Decatur
Moulton
Bob Jones
Garth Clark
Phil Campbell
L.A. Wallace
Pendelton S C
Robert White
John F. Yarbrough
Wheeler
Ed B. Almon
Lie
Advertiser
Som, Clopper
Tuscumbia
Jas. Stewart
Texas
Clark Burch
Pelham Delashaw
J. E. Kump
Dee McCarty
Ennie Bull Durham Tobacco
Wilke
Far Sale Good Farm
R. F. Warren
H. P. Warren
Department
Rational News Service
Carlton Chaswalt
Gan
Watkins
J. R. Watkins CO Dept
Limburger
Democratic Party
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