Ohio Needs Finance Czar to Check Pension Expansion
The piece argues for a financial czar in Ohio to curb state overspending and cut pensions funded by nonexistent funds. It cites Governor Davey’s pension increase, 90 000 pensioners as voters, and McCarl as a model of fiscal restraint. It warns taxes and political interference threaten receipts after the election. It laments lack of reform and checks on state spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davey
Ohio
Commonwealth
McCarl
Columbus
No Price Fixers On Stock Exchanges A Market Place
A public piece asserts stock exchanges do not fix security prices. They are marketplaces where sellers post asks and buyers bid, with prices driven by supply and demand. Exchanges and laws seek to weed out unsound securities while enabling efficient, rapid trading at current prices.
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Stock Exchange
Law to Leavenworth: Denver Lawyer Laska Sentenced
Denver attorney Ben B. Laska jailed for 10 years in Leavenworth after taking ten thousand of two hundred thousand ransom from Urschel kidnapping case. He defended Albert Bates amid a blueprint crime by Bates and George Kelly using machine guns. Appeals exhausted. public sees a victory for justice.
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Denver
Ben B. Laska
Leavenworth
Charles Ursehel
Albert Bates
Bates
George Kelly
Urschel
Laska
America
Public Forum Suggests Insurance for School Bus Riders
A Public Forum writer cites a proposal to insure school children riding buses, a move likely to win broad support. In this state thousands of students travel long daily distances for education. Insurance men say accident and liability coverage is a rising issue but lacking solid figures to justify adoption.
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Public Forum
Proiecion
Schagh
Behind The Scenes In Washington
In Washington the drought disaster spurs talk of crop insurance with Henry Wallace pressing the idea and Gov Alf Landon weighing a later pronouncement. Some see it as political medicine and as a safeguard against price swings amid drought and flood years.
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Washington
Henry Wallace
Alf Landon
Hoover
Roosevelt
AAA proposal examines crop insurance premium plan
One AAA idea would insure up to seventy five percent of crop value. The premium rate remains hazy with options using six year deficiency averages and farm specific averages, then averaged. Officials favor in kind grain premiums in lean years to store grain for excess production and build up grain reserves.
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AAA
Drouth
William M. Jardine
Jardine
Owens Wins 100 Meters In Breezy Conditions
The report notes Jesse Owens won the 100 meters despite wind assistance controversy, while German officials acknowledge his victory occurred in a favorable breeze.
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Jesse Owens
School Bus Safety and Accident Insurance Need Public Action
The text discusses humor and social trends then argues for school bus accident insurance due to rising traffic, larger buses, and greater risk. It notes riders lack protection if a driver’s negligence causes a crash and cites injured children paying hospital bills, urging a policy covering bus occupants regardless of fault.
Public Forum remembers mother’s kitchen stove and old days
R B Carson of Middleport Ohio laments modern life from the old four lid stove era to gas ranges and electric plates. He contrasts banquet memories with the simple comfort of his mother’s kitchen, noting social ills and the loss of humble domestic art.
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Nature
R. B. Carson
District Tales of Long Ago
District Tales of Long Ago continues with Civil War era notes from April to July 1863. Entries describe cannon firing for Charleston and Vicksburg captures, prisoner movements in Gallia County, Morgan sightings near Porter and Middleport, and cavalry activity. The piece closes with a note on beer ingredients.
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Charleston
S. C
Telegraph
Richmond
Vicksburg
Gallipolis
Morgan
Porter
Middleport
Buffington
Cheshire
Gallia County
Bertha
Health Examinations Before Marriage Proposed by Experts
Doctors study personal, family, and health history before marriage to prevent hereditary diseases and venereal conditions, assess nervous and mental health, and educate couples on sexual relations. A full physical and mental examination could reduce postmarital difficulties and divorce.
Natural timepiece forms on Utah lakefront in canyon road
A peak known as the Great Sun Dial reflects in a clear lake at its base forming a giant natural timepiece on the road to Big Cottonwood Canyon near Salt Lake City. Ninety three percent of the worlds 34 000 000 telephones are interconnectable.
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Salt Lake City
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Debut season drains Molly's options amid four hundred circle
Molly weighs her future as she friendship flirts with Brent and faces pressure from Donna and the circle of Donald, Hubert, Wick, and others. Debut nights, gift orchids, and the era's social rules push her toward an engagement she has yet to decide.
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Molly
Rita
Donald
Brent
Hubert
Wick
Wickersham Ross
Donald Livingston
Four
Hubert Wallace
Brent Stuart
Lis
Donna
Quotes From Notable Figures On Life And Morals
A collection of satirical and provocative remarks from figures like Father Coughlin Norman Thomas and Countess Tolstoy. The quotes touch on religion ideals civilization and comfort with diverse opinions and humorous asides about dentistry cannibalism and fairy tales.
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Father Coughlin
Peter Pan
Lemke
Norman Thomas
Alexandra Tolstoy
Count Leo Tolstoy
Hair Styles And Local Notices From Pomeroy
Ten years ago fashion featured long on one side short on the other for bobs. Prices listed include peaches 1.80 to 2.00 per bushel tomatoes four to six cents a pound watermelons 50 to 80 cents and corn 20 to 25 cents. Rev J A Long served as pastor for day at local churches. Robert Warner chosen delegate and J M Thornton alternate to state convention of the American Legion Drew Webster Post Pomeroy. Miss Margaret Clifford hosted in honor of Miss Esther Ebersbach bride elect of Reverend Grant of Boston. Mrs Carl Schaefer host to Third Thursday Club. Mrs Garen Stansbury entertained Five Hundred Club in Grant Street Middleport.
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Robert Warner
J. M. Thornton
The
American Legion
Drew Webster
Pomeroy
Margaret Clifford
Esther Ebersbach
Charles Ebersbach
Grant
Boston
Garen Stansbury
Five Hundred Club
Grant St
Middleport
Social News: Local Residents Depart for Travels and Moves
Miss Ramona Bowers travels three weeks with friends to Greenfield Delaware and Columbus. Mr and Mrs BE Church and daughter Christiana visit relatives in Rutland. Prof and Mrs L J Addicott and children spend rest of summer with relatives in Edinburg. Miss Lena Koons leaves for Great Falls to teach and live with relatives. Dr William Hoover heads to Columbus after long Ohio University tenure. Mrs Joshua Spencer Nelsonville and others were guests of Miss Ida Osborne Pleasant Valley.
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Ramona Bowers
Greenfield
Delaware
Columbus
BE. L. Church
Christiana
Rutland
L. J. Addicott
Edinburg, Pa
Lena Koons
L. A. Koons
Great Falls
Mont
Guy Fulton
Koon
Hanford
Calif
William Hoover
Dr. Hoover
Ohio University
Joshua Spencer
Nelsonville
W. B. Bentley
Prescott
W. E. Moser
R. L. Woodworth
Ida Osborne
Pleasant Valley
Poets Corner Beloved Child and Calico Dress Memories
A collection of verses dedicated to a grandson and two readers. The first poem laments a mother's love for her grandson Paul Harold as he grows and praises a life of service. The second poem, A Thought at Evening, reflects on happiness fleeting and time dragging in sorrow. The third reminiscence recalls a calico dress with pearl buttons and a mother sewn border, told by Mrs. John Cuckler from Athens R D 5.
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Paul Harold
E. C. Shirkey
Seventh St
Jacksonville
John Cuckler
Athens, R. D. 5
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George Clark
By Mary Raymond
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Frederic S. Fleming
New York
Paul N. Coulther
New York City
Kata Ragoso
Solomon Island
United States
J. H. Sharon
Cincinnati
Trimble
Greens Run
Taylor Ridge
J. A. Long
Chauncey and
Carl Schaefer
Poet’s Corner
Messenger
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Angle Ave
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