Bert Barnes Passes After Fifty Years on Hocking Valley
The Athens area mourns Bert Barnes a longtime Hocking Valley railroad veteran who spent nearly fifty years guiding trains from Athens to Columbus. Known for his strict faithfulness and courtesy he knew passengers by name and treated the line as home. Barnes started with Muskingum Valley as a boy and spent his life along the rails ending his final run into Athens where he rested at last.
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Bert Barnes
Columbus
Hocking Valley
Athens
Hocking
Fairfield
Allegheny
Mr. Barnes
Hocking Valley Service
Muskingum Valley
Hocking Val
Good roads invite business and keep travelers steady
A traveler seeks Smithton but finds Wyville’s bad roads offer a slower route. The article argues that gradual road upkeep preserves old streets, attracts tourists and residents, and requires continuous effort similar to rail upkeep. Continuous maintenance, not shortcuts, sustains business and progress.
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Smithton
Wyville
Busi
United States
Dogs Always Want To Fish With Boy Campers
A vignette on a dog joining three boys on a fishing trip along Lancaster street. The dog, eager and unwelcomed, persists until a boy relents and the group heads over the hill with the dog leading. It ponders woods as dangerous and imagines wild animals while the dog and owner share a risky, adventurous spirit.
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Lancaster Street
Jim Williams
Harry
Hoover No Tutor Needed As He Joins Cabinet Posts
Hoover will not require a tutor or correspondence courses in history, economics, or international relations. His cabinet experience, deliberate opinions, and thorough information reflect a matured, scientifically trained mind ready to weigh, measure, and judge matters in their relations.
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Hoover
Erbert Hoover
Hoover Birthday Acceptance Speech Prepares for Victory
Herbert Hoover marks his fifty fourth birthday Friday while preparing his acceptance speech. He traces a self made rise from poverty to the expected presidency as vast numbers heard him across distances, arguing the nation's Republican governance has improved life for the average family.
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Herbert Hoover
Education gains outpace population growth in Hoover era data
Mr Hoover cites that population grew 8 percent while school enrollments rose 11 percent in grade schools 6 percent in high schools and 75 percent in higher learning institutions. He attributes the surge to increased prosperity families now invest more in their children's education.
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Mr. Hoover
Addressing Postwar Growth and Living Standards
The report notes a six and a half billion debt reduction and two billion yearly cost cut, with industry reviving though agriculture, coal, and textiles need support. It highlights foreign trade gains despite a weaker dollar, a 8 percent population rise, and income up over thirty billion annually. Fourteen million cars built in seven years, more Americans own homes, and 2.3 million more families plus 3.5 million new homes.
Economic Boom Expands Phone Radio Auto Access Worldwide
The text notes vast growth in communications and vehicles with six million more telephones seven million more radios and fourteen million more cars. In seven years nine million homes gained electricity and women welcomed electric appliances as drudgery eased. Savings deposits have doubled despite spending.
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Wom.n
Government should aid farmers in distribution costs
The excerpt argues that farmers face reduced profits from high railroad prices and that canals to the gulf and ocean could improve distribution. It presses that the government must involve itself to address farmers' main problem, namely distribution.
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Gulf and Ocean
Hoover Says Poverty Will End With Jobs Not Utopia
Former President Herbert Hoover declares that poverty can be banished only through work. He warns against paternalism and artificial utopias, insisting true progress comes from ensuring every man has a job.
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Herbert Hoover
Hoover Reflects On Labor Rights And Fair Jobs
Mr Hoover expresses deep sympathy for workers seeking better pay and conditions after noting his own life earned by hand. He stresses understanding the toil and the need for secure, satisfying employment opportunities amid economic pressures.
Hoover Seeks Billion-Dollar Engineering Plans
Mr Hoover outlines plans requiring about one billion dollars in four years. The project would be the largest engineering construction by any government, triple the Panama Canal expenditure, justified by national growth. It aims to create jobs and reduce unemployment by aligning work with overall prosperity.
Health and Diet Advice From Dr Frank McCoy
Dr Frank McCoy answers questions on fatigue toxins diet and sleep noting overwork poisons the body and elimination organs restore health via rest fasting and proper diet. He links chronic disease to body poisoning and urges fruit fasts and vigorous back lying exercises for abdomen reduction.
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Frank McCoy
McCoy
Cure for underarm itching and abdominal fat relief
The answer urges more skin elimination via sweat baths two to three times weekly or daily vigorous exercise and one or two showers daily. Local topical applications are deemed dangerous and unnecessary.
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Broadway Bouts and Gangster Dramas Mark 1928 Season
Notes on the upcoming winter 1928 Broadway season predict boxing gloves gore and melodrama in plays. Dempsey and Parramore helmed shows headlining early, with satirical scores and Gang War among the first gangster dramas. The piece notes audience ticket woes and widespread Broadway chatter from New York to outlying states.
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Gilbert Swan Messenger
New York
Jac Dempsey
David Belasco
Ted Parramore
Hy Daab
Detroit
Gene Buck
Buck
Parramore
Yukon Jake
Portland
Ore
Robert Service
Vanity Fair
Ben Hecht
Ward Morehouse
Willard Mack
Broadway
Manhattan
Marguerite Clark Retires Lives on White Rose Estate
Answers show Marguerite Clark now lives with husband on the White Rose estate in Patterson Louisiana. Other Q A items note two American Chambers of Commerce in the Virgin Islands St. Croix and St. Thomas population of Niagara Falls in 1925 about 57 033 and health guidance for hot weather reducing food intake.
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Harry Williams
White Rose
Patterson
Louisiana
Virgin Islands
Chamber of Commerce
St. Croix
St. Thomas
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Radio and acceptance speeches launch the 1932 campaign
The article notes that national conventions shift focus from platforms to acceptance speeches by Herbert Hoover and Governor Smith. Radio broadcasts widen reach, promising a high turnout. Both candidates stress accessibility, with speeches aimed at clarifying policy and personality to a broad electorate.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Smith
Hoover
Afsa
Mississippi
Ohio university poised for football success this fall
Twenty years ago the paper noted optimism for Ohio University football with strong scheduled games and husky candidates. It also listed social notes including Mrs Bonifield and son Frank visiting Coshocton and Dr Henry of Amesville visiting for the fair. The Opera House presented Cumberland 61 a Belasco Fyles drama praised as a strong wartime stage production.
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Ohio University
Jockey weights and War of 1812 land warrants noted
The excerpt queries jockey weight 95 to 125 pounds and estimates coal vein output at about 9000 tons. It also cites land warrants for War of 1812 veterans located in Arkansas Illinois Missouri with roughly 2 000 000 acres surveyed per state.
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W. H Ip
G. HS. A
General Land Office
Arkansas
Illinois
Missouri
Allies Make Gains in Picardy and U Boats Active Again
Ten years ago reports say Allied forces push forward in Picardy as German reserves are thrown in. U boats attack again off the northeast United States shore. E T Dailey and family drive to Gallipolis to visit relatives. Mrs Carr visits Fred Foster family. Helen Townsend returns from Chautauqua New York after two weeks.
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Picardy
Notheast
United States
Dow S. Grones
Harriet F. Carr
Gallipolis
Carr
Fred Foster
Helen Townsend
Chautauqua, New York
War of 1812 Warrantees Index and College Expenses
The office lacks an alphabetical index for warrantees under other acts for War of 1812 service. It notes student annual college expenses vary from $365 to $1,000 with an average of $577.05 excluding clothing and travel.
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Rious
This Date in American History Highlights
Key events include 1691 New Hampshire and Massachusetts separation for the second time 1861 Grant moved on Richmond 1898 Manila surrendered to U S forces 1912 House of Representatives passed a bill allowing postal employees to form a union but not to strike with an outside union
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Massachusetts
Grant
Richmond
Manila
U. S
House of Representatives
Fragmented Puzzle Clues and Odd Fragments
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