Inauguration Memories From a Longtime House Page
Rodney Dutcher recalls the 1885 Cleveland inauguration and the tense Grant retirement bill saga. He narrates as William Tyler Page, then a 13 year old page from Frederick Maryland, observes the packed Capitol corridors, filibusters, and the dramatic seating of Frederick Wilson and passage of the Grant bill.
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William Tyler Page
Washington
Hoover
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Senate
Congress
Ulysses S. Grant
J. Page
House of Representatives
Cleveland
Garfield
Edward MacPherson
William Tyler
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pennsylvania
House
Grant
John B. Clark, Jr
Missouri
A Thought for Today Proverbs and Churchill
A compact reflection quoting Proverbs 22 and Churchill on how character and deportment define true beauty. It contrasts a fine person with a merely fair face, emphasizing grace and discretion.
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Churchill
Motor Gypsies Reach the Midwest and South in 1929
The article warns that American motor gypsies traveling in dilapidated cars pose welfare challenges as they beg for help along highways. Three groups sought aid from the Salvation Army in one week, signaling a growing seasonal issue for towns, merchants, and station agents in the Southeast.
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Middle West
Far West
South
Salvation Army
Frank
Illicothe
Southeastern
Greek letter groups push for stricter campus codes
The piece argues that early initiation rituals and rough conduct on the Ohio University campus should be curbed to restore dignity. It notes outsiders see campus life as dominated by fraternities and praises the rise of professional organizations tied to scholarship.
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Ohio University
Secrer
Weampns
Prohibition Debates Stir National Sentiment and Ohio Law
A national debate on prohibition pits fairness against enforcement as Senator Reed and Governor Hoover push tougher rules. The piece notes Chicago murders tied to enforcement gaps and Ohio considering laws to curb sales to minors and beer malt use. It urges nationwide enlightenment and reflects on regional perspectives.
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Ohio
Untapped Public Lands Hold Vast Mineral Reserves
A Department of the Interior bulletin notes public lands contain over 200 billion tons of coal, 8 billion tons of phosphates, and oil shale areas potentially yielding 60 billion barrels of oil. These vast untapped resources add to private reserves, suggesting national wealth in natural riches remains substantial.
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NCE
America
Department of the Interior
United States
Broadway Tales and Broadway Kingsley Report
Day by day notes in New York recount quirky Broadway stories including a raid on a risqué theater and a 21 year old actress tearfully pleading for her mother. It also remembers Walter Kingsley, the longtime Broadway sage who died after influenza led to meningitis, a journalist’s running joke about his encyclopedic knowledge.
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Broadway
Mary
Walter Kingsley
Walter
Peggy Joyce
Peggy
M. Ziegfeld
Ziegfeld
Gus
Chicago reporter to hunt giant python in Borneo expedition
A young former Chicago reporter once paid $18 weekly has inherited a fortune of $1000 daily. He plans to travel to Borneo with a scientific expedition to hunt for a perfect specimen of the reticulated python, the biggest reptile known to man, hoping his time will not be wasted.
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Borneo
Untypical Question Sparks Speculation on Wealth and Vices
A fragment asks how many things other young men could imagine with a thousand dollars a day while a referenced retriculated python pursues its own devices.
Wall Street hats off to stubborn stocks as rates rise
Week opens with stock speculators unfazed by fear as prices rise and remain buoyant. The market shows resilience while high interest costs attract profits, and the Federal Reserve Bank posts a strong 1928 net income of 64.053 million dollars, up 21 million from 1927.
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Wall Street
Trey
Federal Reserve Bank
Health and Diet Advice by Dr Fane McCoy
Dr Fane McCoy author of The Newest Way to Health offers hydrotherapy tips focusing on sitz baths. Cold sitz baths tonus pelvic muscles and curb bleeding while hot baths engorge the pelvis to ease pain and menstrual issues. Regular brief sessions can rejuvenate patients and are usable in ordinary tubs with proper warmth and wrapping.
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Fane McCoy
Weight loss tips and dieting Q and A
The column offers practical dieting advice. Greens at every meal curb appetite and replace fat producing starches and proteins. A buttermilk fast limits to two quarts daily, eight ounce servings every two hours. X rays in standard exams do not cause sterility.
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A. J
R. 8
Crime Wave, Liberty, and Public Figures Trivia
Clarence Darrow links crime rise to curb on liberty and bootlegging profits. Obituary notes Osbaldeston’s suicide amid funeral cost concerns. Q A style items cover women in Parliament, Calcutta Sweepstakes, study completion rates, Hawaii snakes, flying grocery stores, piano tuning, Potash Texas discovery, Panama Canal Zone status, broadcast usage, and belt meaning.
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Clarence Darrow
History Nuggets From Early American Years
A compact record notes events across years including Medfield Mass attacked by Indians in 1673, Lincoln's son Tad dying in 1862, a slave trader executed in New York in 1862, a 1871 DC territorial government grant, a monument dedication, and General Sherman’s funeral in 1291 in St Louis.
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Medfield
Mass
Lincoln
Tad
New York
District of Columbia
Erwoenemer
W. T. Sherman
St. Louis
Record Coal Load Upbeat and Civic Notes in Athens
A 1910s Athens segment reports Luhrng Coal Co loading 1916 tons in seven hours versus 1500 in eight. Re-elections: Superintendent and Mrs. George Beasley at Athens County Children’s Home. City Council paves Central Ave and Second St. Buckeye Republican Club to Washington for Taft inauguration. War veterans seek $75 county burial. Ten years ago Court Street merchants cleaning streets. La Casa Del America renamed Palazzo Salviati as American House. Cummins foresees League of Nations rejection. Wilson’s farewell appeal to Americans. Daredevil Jack Hall named to pilot coast-to-coast flight.
Crossword Puzzle Fragment From Daily Paper
Fragmentary crossword clues show horizontal and vertical entries including a college student, marble shooter, rub out, sliding, and various word hints. The garbled lines mix terms like battery, vegetable, and a forbidden sequence, suggesting a printed puzzle page with faded OCR.
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Rodney Dutcher Messenger
Frederick
Iowa
Tamar Jim’ Wilson
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
Capitol
Tamar Jim
Wilson
Carlyle
Scotchman
Speaker
Greater
New York City
Gilbert Swan Messenger
Wester
Mantrouan
Wat
Walter Kingsey
Grand Duke
Happy Mule
Python
Arthur Gerishane
King Features Incorporated
Ie MetCoy
Osbaldeston
Calcutta
L. G
Epsom
London
Hawaii
Ireland
Jerusalem
Masada
Texas
New Mexico
Iman
Panama Canal Zone
Panama
J. A
History OF
Luhrng Coal Company
George Beasley
Athens County Children's Home
Central Avenue
Second Street
Athens
Buckeye Republican Club
Athena
William H. Taft
Athens County
R. D. Williams
Court Street
League of Nations
Cummins
France
Jack Hall
Quewes
Westerday
Pease
Pipioistevz
Toleir
Demoir
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