Wheat price lie nailed again in local defense of Hoover
An Athens county farmer mocks a wheat price rumor linking Hoover to wartime pricing. The piece clarifies President Wilson and Hoover did not fix wheat prices, noting a Wilson appointed board set the price with Hoover not involved. It praises Hoover’s farmer advocacy and highlights a county rest room funded by local women.
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Athens County
Hoover
Food Administration
Wilson
Farmers’ Associations
Garfield
Mr. Hoover
Enterprising Athens gardeners consider green produce delivery route
A discussion among Athens housewives suggests a market for a regular produce delivery service. Enterprising gardeners could canvass the town each spring, secure fresh goods from Meigs county market gardeners, and arrange fixed routes and times to supply households, improving availability and reducing losses for grocers. The plan faces questions about timing, demand, and reliability.
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Athens
Meigs County
Athens County Election Board Sets Swift Record in 1928 Primary
The Athens county election board earned high praise for a record swiftness and accuracy in the August 1928 primary. Every precinct reported shortly after midnight, with slower returns only from distant townships. Athens city precincts led delays. The board plans to match this efficiency and aims to broadcast results rapidly using trained clerks and accountants aided by telephone and motor car.
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Athens County
Election Board
Athens
Athens City
County Election Board
Athens County Election Board
Ohio
Rest room for women at Athens county courthouse
The women’s rest room in the basement of the Athens county courthouse has operated smoothly for years. It has become a necessary part of the county seat town amid heavy travel and constant car movement.
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Athens County
Air attack risk and political figures urged on defense
An analysis warns that airborne threats from ships far at sea could devastate Washington and major cities, urging leaders to consider air defense spending. It cites Lincoln and Hoover era comments, noting Governor Lowden’s farm focus and the urgency of agricultural policy cited by Hoover.
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New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Ile de France
Washington, D. C
White House
Capitol
Insull as Farmer of Two Kinds in One
Samuel Insull is described as two kinds of farmer, raising queer yellow horses north of Chicago no one will buy, while in his real farm he runs the vast U S power business from coast to coast. He is praised for creating a model electric farm to show farmers how to save money and cut labor by using electricity.
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Lowden
Hoover
Samuel Insull
Chicago
United States
Ocean
Chang Tso-Lin
P. S
Lenox Simpson
Black Dragon Society
Korea
Reverend Straton Faces Speakeasy Plot At Greenwood Lake Hotel
A New York Baptist leader accuses liquor interests of planting a clandestine bar at his newly acquired Greenwood Lake hotel. He plans to turn it into a religious center while a reporter helps reveal the illicit operation amid Prohibition era tension.
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Dr. Straton
New York City
Governor Smith
Greenwood Lake
N. Y
Doctor Straton
Health and Diet Counsel From Dr Frank McCoy
A newspaper column presents Dr Frank McCoy offering health and diet guidance and encouraging work discipline and recreation. It includes reader questions on goiter management through fasting and therapy, eating between meals, and persistent bad breath with possible causes like tonsil disease diabetes or auto intoxication.
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Pat
Heart Trouble Warning and Patient Guidance
A reader reports continual soreness in the left side and chest and asks for a diagnosis by mail. The reply cautions that heart trouble such as angina pectoris may be involved and urges a competent doctor's examination for an accurate diagnosis.
Answers to Questions By Frederick J. Haskin
A compilation of Q and A covering planks for diving boards with measurements and woods, Civil War last battle at Palo Pinto Texas May 13 1865, beadsmen blue gown tradition in Scotland, River Styx in Greek myth, thistle as Scotland’s flower with 1010 adoption, and refrigerator car ice requirements with varying factors and icing stations.
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Palo Pinto
Texas
Barrett
Scotland
Pass and Repass
River Styx
N.c. B
Malcolm
By the Way in New York on a Moonlit Summer Night
Gilbert Swan recalls a Bronx Park patch of Indian grass and crickets in a city of seven million, where lovers fill benches and river walls along the Hudson while a theatrical couple parts and a wife gives a sarcastic parting gift.
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Gilbert Swan Messenger
New York
Manhattan
Bronx Park
States
Hudson
Smith Hoovers Prohibition Lines Shape 1930 Campaign
Governor Smith reads his acceptance speech to Democratic leaders while Hoover’s approach on the eighteenth amendment and Volstead act dominates East and Midwest discussion. The campaign centers on prohibition as the major issue with party factions aligning on moderation or opposition ahead of the congressional elections.
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New York
Smith
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Havert
Kansas City
East
Mr. Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Move to Make Nation Dry Spreads as Louisiana Votes Yes
A long running campaign to dry the nation gains momentum with Louisiana becoming the fourteenth state to back the prohibition amendment. Court and social reactions loom as communities recall past colonial changes and farm yields amid talk of national reform.
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Louisana
First Boston Theater Opens in 1792 and Other 19th Century Facts
On August 16 events include Boston's first theater opening in 1792. In 1858 the first Atlantic cable begins operation and Queen Victoria greets President Buchanan. In 1861 Lincoln bans business with the Confederacy.
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Boston
Atlantic
Queen Victoria
President Buchanan
Lincoln
Ruler of Belgium and origins of a French kingdom
The clues ask who ruled Belgium and who founded the Kingdom that evolved into France. Other entries cover word parts, street abbreviation, deities, colors, and various terms reflecting crossword style on topics ranging from geography to literature.
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Belgium
France
Ohn McAdam
Athens
al’ Smith
Weaver
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