Hereditary Crime A Fact Or A Superstition
A Susquehanna Valley Home superintendent cites a case showing a boy with no prior signs of theft becoming a chronic offender after placement with a family and later at the House of Refuge. The piece argues crime as heredity and the challenge of eradicating inherited criminal germs for educators and charity managers.
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A. H. la Monte
Susquehanna Valley
House of Refuge
Binghampton
N. Y
The Doctor and His Trade Across Time
A playful overview of doctors highlighting credentials, methods, and quirks. It notes M D titles, constant pulse reading, tongue connoisseurship, varied cures, and the calm, faithful role from birth to end. The piece closes with a light jab and a nod to the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
New Steam Vessel on Harlem River Showcased
A reader reports seeing a buoyant propeller steamboat at the Harlem River named the buoyant propeller. It features three large rotating globes and a twin paddle wheel system powered by a steam engine. Inventor Mr Fryer plans a Hudson River craft 255 feet long with 225 state rooms, capable of 40 miles per hour, using globes to move and venting to avoid leaks. The note also mentions brisk livestock and fresh meat export activity across the Atlantic.
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Indiana
Harlem River
Fryer
Nashville
Hudson River
Rome Items Reflect Local Moves and News
William Johnson and family move to Rome from Nebraska. J W Johnson of Stewart listed as sick. Universalist Social meets at Oscar Patten’s. next at Joseph Frost’s in four weeks. B S Plumley of Stewart married to Mrs Harper, kept secret, serenaded recently. Richard Hedgepath mourns second son George and elder Emanuel dies of typhoid. Henry Broadwell dies of paralysis. noted Democrat, strong speaker with famed debates. Smallpox case in Joseph Shirley’s Big Run family. Township urged to improve precautions to curb spread. C D.
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William Johnson
Nebraska
J. W. Johnson
Stewart
Universalist Social and Mite Society
Oscar Patten
Joseph Frost
B.S. Plumley
Harper
Belling
Richard Hedgepath
Big Run
George
Emanuel
Bern Township
Henry Broadwell
Joseph Shirley
C. D
Invincible Candidate P. W. Peabody Leads Cincinnati Contests
The Chillicothe Register notes Major W. W. Peabody, director of the Ohio and Mississippi Rail Road destinies, as a twice elected public official. His popularity, proven in Athens and Cincinnati, carried him to victory in the Young Men's Mercantile Library election, with cheering crowds and fluttering colors among observers.
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W. W. Peabody
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
Cincinnati
Young Mens’ Mercantile Library
Burlington Route Special Inducements Advertised
Travelers are urged to read the Burlington Route promotion offered as inducements and described in an advertisement appearing elsewhere in this issue.
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Burlington
Lime Cement and Plaster Sale at Athens Gas Works
For sale at the Athens Gas Works a liberal discount to builders and dealers on lime cement and plaster. For terms address.
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Athens Gas Works
Court ads reveal receivership against Columbus rail line
Robert B. Montgomery as receiver for the Columbus Scioto and Hocking Valley Railway Company files a petition in Franklin County Ohio court seeking sale of its roadbed rights and franchises to satisfy debts. Defendants include Bright & Wright Duffin & Spellacy Pardee McGrath Hunter Daugherty Abbott Smith and Page Abernethy. Notice to answer by Feb 25 1942.
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Court of Common Pleas
Franklin County
Ohio
Robert BE. Montgomery
Columbus, Scioto and Hocking Valley Railway Company
Coumbus, Scioto and Hocking Valley Railway Company
The
Central Trust Company
John S. Throckmorton
Julian Grigg
Samuel H. Bright
Oliver W. H. Wright
Bright
W. McK. Pardee
Wallace McGrath
Charlies
Hunter
Michael A. Daugherty
Charles R. Abbott
P.C. Smith
Henry F. Page
Isaac N. Abernethy
Somnese
Page
New York
John J. Throckmorton
Claakies OU. Hunter
Michael A. Daugherey
P. C. Smith
Wallace McGrrath
Pennsylvania
Artners
Bright & Wright
Felix Duffin
Michael Spellacy
Duffin & Spellacy
State of
Page & Abernethy
Robert B. Montgomery
County of
Franklin
State of Ohio
Columbus, Scioto and Hocking Valley Railway
Charles G. Hunter
Columbus
Franks Ln
Bessemer
Athens County
Pickaway
Fairfield
Hocking
Athens
Kitchen Run
Hocking County
Shawnee
Perry County
Perry
Start New York
Pickaway County
Fairfield County
Ward Township
Lost Run
Ashville
John I. Throckmorton
W. Meek. Pardee
Charles O. Hunter
Michael A, Daugherty
Preysay
Columbus, Scioto and Hocking Valleyilway Company
Columbus, Scioto and Hockin Valley Railway Company
Centra Trust Company
Columbia, Scioto and Hocking Valley Railway Company
Converse, Booth & Keating
Sale of Gill Bankruptcy Property Set for Athens Court House
In the United States District Court Southern District of Ohio the matter of George W Gill bankrupt proceeds to sale under order of sale. The sale will be offered at the door of the Court House in Athens on a date to be announced.
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Fifa
Court of Common Pleas of
Athens
Obie
Cmes
John Graham
Warden
Medan
United States District Court
Southern District of Ohio
George W. Gill
District Court of the
United States
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Court House
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the Doctor
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Stevens, Thacker & Co
Tim. B. Warden
Heriff’s Sale Personal Property
A. H. & G. A. Blood Va
Kurts
Thio
G. K. Cami
Geerdian
Lillie Merrill
Daniel H
Minnie M
Charlotte H
Sarah E. Wyatt
Barbers
Euarchia
Searcian
Mintun
Al-Ws
Ahtaras Society
Beiteary Et Lyome
Lhiasme
George R. Walker
Main Street
Athens, Ohio
D. C. Cornwell
Clocks & Jewelry and
Carpenter & Henderson
Pickering’'S
York
Ohio Company
Hock- Hocking
David K. Watson
W. Gil
Dee
J Ann Tarter
Ate
H. Moone
Maa Mel
W. H. Potter
Western Reserve
Best
C. Best
W.H. Potter
Laird & Josten’s
Eall Irin
Laird & Josten
Congress Street
Washington and
State Streets
Washington
A. D
J. P. Wood
C. R. Sheldon
FE. Weidman
Bozman Bros
H. M. Roach
Sree A
Henry M. Crippen
John C. Lucas
Athens County Court
Federal Creek
Michael Tabler
Marietta and
Sherif
Emmett Tompkins
Pitts Att
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