Banks in Ohio 1810 to 1816 and early state actions
A summary of Timothy Slint’s 1828 Geography and History notes on Ohio banking from 1810 onward. It covers the Miami Exporting Company Bank and other banks in Cincinnati Chillicothe Zanesville Steubenville and Warren, plus legislative attempts to regulate or suppress banks amid war inflation and public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold A. Moore
Messenger
Timothy Slint
Will Merritt
New Marshfield
Miami Exporting Company Bank
Cincinnati
Chillicothe
Zaneaville
Steubenville
Warren
Canada
Ohio
Eyxery
liseHt
Banic
United States
Senate of
Mother Bank of
The
Ite
Free Tome
Athens
Armes
House of Representatives
Columbus
Supreme Court
Grover Cleveland
Power Waste at Wilson Dam Roars Beyond Belief
Muscle Shoals Wilson dam wastes 87 percent of its capacity. Only 13 percent used in first ten months of 1928. Alabama Power buys minimal output under contract, paying government about $2,000,000 total while loss of potential income nears $2.76 million. Massive turbines sit idle as the Tennessee River facility pumps power to markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Talley
NEA
Uscle Shoals
Ala
Wilson Dam
Tennessee River
Alabama Power Company
Tennessee
Muscle Shoals
Congress
Musers Shoals
Alefa
Muscle Shosts
Florence
Tuscumbia
Sheffield
Wilden Dam
J. B. Allen
Aptain
Josiah Benton Allen
C “Si
Cappy
Cadiz
Harrison County
Ohio
Alexander Township
Athens County
de Camp Institute
Pagetown
Meigs County
John P. Coe
Albany
Thirtieth Regis
Company C
Theegiment
Loelerine
Allen
Muscle Shoals power debate and Captain Allen tale
The article surveys Muscle Shoals generation capacity and government contracts with Alabama Power, noting unused turbines and high power costs for nearby cities while a nitrate plant sits idle. It then chronicles Captain Josiah Benton Allen’s Civil War service, political offices, and later life in Athens County, Ohio, with a humorous farming anecdote.
Puppets Interview Turns Up Columbus In Traveling Sack
The narrator secures an interview with a puppet Columbus after a stage curtain call. The wooden figure is stored in a traveling sack to keep paint intact, and the puppeteer obliges despite warnings about the guide’s fatigue. Columbus speaks of the public and city of Athens with a humorous, puzzled tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Whiteman
Mr. Columbus
Columbus
Chris
Jumbus
Athens
United States
Spain
Librarian Becomes Encyclopedia For Students At Carnegie Library
Mary Virginia Hewitt portrays Carnegie Library staff as they field endless queries from freshmen and seasoned patrons. Readers seek book details, word spellings, and practical how to information from a staff that blends encyclopedic knowledge with intuition. The piece notes Dr. Super’s continued scholarly work, anecdotes from hospital inmates, and campus newcomers mispronouncing titles and call numbers while navigating library systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Virginia Hewitt Messenger
Carnegie Library
Anna E White
Baoks
Mrs White
Romeo
Nancy Jones
Super
University
Lbrary
Athens State Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Timothy Flint
First Miami Bank
Zanesville
Fort Gregg
Vicksburg
Ohio University
Missouri
Emmett Carpenter
State Hospital
Tate
Foraker
Herrald Place
Union Street
Ohio University Museum
George Caswell
Virgene Brilin
Weller Griase
W. A Matheny
England
South America
Latin South America
Argentina
Uruguay
Buenos Latres
University Museum
Mary E. Weidman
Lange
Chia Im Wes
Hercules
West Indies
Edna Ferbers
Librarion
Dyckena
Popular Science Monthly
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