Trade groups outline Ohio newspaper circulation standards
Members of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, the Inland Daily Press Association and related bodies issue a joint telegraphic report detailing the Ohio Series ink Audit Bureau of Circulations standards. The release notes cooperation among the Ohio press associations and the United Iren Agencies.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Ink Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Ohio
Inland Daily Press Association
United Iren Associations
Man’s Quest for Salvation Brief in Ancient Texts
A philosophical reflection asks how a finite being may achieve salvation, examining faith, works, and inner transformation across traditions without asserting definitive answers. The piece probes moral responsibility and the search for ultimate meaning.
He profits most who serves best says business creed
A 1929 editorial by Frederick W. Bush argues that true profit comes from serving the community and meeting customers’ needs. If a business fails, the fault lies with internal shortcomings, not customers. The piece urges self examination, responsibility, and continuous improvement. March 18, 1929.
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Athens Messenger
Saving Money by Enforcing Traffic Laws
A 1929 report notes traffic law violations cost motorists millions yearly. One state collected $395,344.29 in fines in eight months, up 2 percent from 1928, with the same state in the last seven months referenced for comparison.
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United States
Motorists face rising fines as traffic violations surge
The state has collected 2 516 625 36 dollars from traffic fines amid a faster rise in penalties than vehicle growth. Patrolmen cite drivers who ignore stop signs at two Pennsylvania highways, with 39 of 117 vehicles failing to stop in one hour, prompting calls for stricter enforcement and wiser use of fines.
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Treasuries
Pennsylvania
What Ohio Must Do to Stop School Bus Tragedies
Ohio must curb school bus related deaths by upgrading crossing protections and driver standards. The Berea crash highlights missing bells and frosted windows, prompting calls for flashing signals at bus crossings, stricter driver fitness, mandatory window openings, chain requirements, and better vehicle maintenance with higher pay to attract careful drivers.
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Ohio
Berea
Snow Plows Prove Costly But Save Road Damage
Snow plow campaigns and winter maintenance have shown dry roads reduce sub grade damage from melt water. Across gravel and brick surfaces, timely clearing keeps highways safer and cheaper. Spring thaws worsen landslides and soft spots, underscoring that winter upkeep pays.
Gershwin and Theatre Folk In New York Scrapbook
Notes from a week in New York recount Gershwin conducting Strike Up the Band in a large white bow tie, Beatrice Lillie with Harold Ross, and Beatrice’s London Revue link. Harold Ross recalls early San Francisco, Harold and Beatrice, while Percy Hammond leaves his post abroad. Herald-Tribune seeks a new critic, possibly Gilbert Seldes, and Wil Soskin joins Manhattan columns. Two dowagers in limousines remark with surprise.
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New York
George Gershwin
Harold Ross
San Francisco
Aisling
Beatrice Lillie
Lady Peel
Fox Filmers
London
Percy Hammond
Goodby
Herald-Tribune
Gilbert Seldes
Wil Soskin
Manhattan
Mark Weltinger
Earl Carroll
Sign Painted Over Neighbor Church Admits Desperation
A vandal painted on a neighbor church facade declaring nobody reaches heaven by belief alone. In the shady Fifth Avenue crowd a bent man wears a crude cardboard placard reading I need work. Anything that helps.
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Fifth Avenue
Umbrellas, Dances, and Jazz: Notes From the Theater Front
Thyra Winslow offers sharp one line theater critiques while Doris Carson rises with a standout chorus role. Chorus girls parade long skirts as umbrella menders swap old tech for weather proofed cardboard contraptions. Leo Reisman leads a jazzy Park Casino program with Frances Shelley singing Can This Be Love while Rudy Vallee makes a quiet return.
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Thyra Winslow
Doris Carson
Ruby Keeler
al Jolson
Keeler
Fe Iil
Leo Reisman
Swanky Park
Frances Shelley
Rudy Vallee
Vernon Castles Ragtime Era Figure Duilio Sherbo Dies
Duilio Sherbo once led the Vernon Castles and other ballroom acts. His ragtime bands were a European rage as war fears rose in 1914, earning Paris and London the nickname The Yankee ragtime band. At one peak 14 bands played on Broadway simultaneously.
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Broadway
Duilio Sherbo
Vernon Castles
Maurice
Europe
Paris
London
A Daily Study in Correct English Contemplate
A Daily Study in Correct English teaches proper usage and pronunciation. It highlights common mistakes such as misusing do not aay and proposes word study to grow vocabulary by mastering one word daily.
Health and Diet Guidance From Dr Frank McCoy
Readings present weekly menus from Dr Frank McCoy author of The Newest Way to Health. The piece includes dietary plans for each meal across several weeks and a Q&A discussing arthritis causes fasting diets and tobacco smoke effects on lungs.
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Frank McCoy
Daily Menus Preserved From Historic Diet Plan
Breakfast Cottage cheese baked apple Melba toast if desired Lunch Buttered macaroni spinach salad of head lettuce Dinner Vegetable soup roast beef cooked tomatoes cooked celery salad of grated raw beets minced prunes in gelatin whipped cream Breakfast Coddled egg whole wheat muffins stewed raisins
Garbo Talks Prompt Greta Name Omitted In Page Scan
The passage notes Greta Garbo’s name is withheld in the excerpt and contrasts opinions on who is the voice of cinema. It references Norma Talmadge as a living contemporary and mentions historic stars Bernhardt and Duse as deceased.
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Garbo
Greta
Voice of Voices
Norma Talmadge
Bernhardt and
Duse
Norma Talmadee
Fox Film Company salary dispute sparks shareholder criticism
A lady stockholder accuses William Fox of paying himself a $160,000 salary while two managers in a company he controls receive three payments of $140,000. She notes moving picture stars and even newspaper employees earn $150,000, arguing the value produced matters more than pay.
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Fox Film Company
William Fox
Fox
East India Company
Question on Neuritis Cure Draft by Mrs L S TR
Mrs L S TR asks if there is a cure for neuritis. The inquiry notes the condition is described as about five in severity and seeks medical guidance. The record reflects a request for treatment information.
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M. I
Water. alfalfa production demands vast irrigation
The Los Angeles Examiner and other papers quote a claim that five hundred pounds of water are needed to produce a ton of alfalfa. It notes that one pound requires five hundred pounds of water and under irrigation a ton needs about one million pounds of water.
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Los Angeles Examiner
Los Angeles Emerges as Major Tire Industry Center
Los Angeles becomes the second city in America for automobile tire manufacture. Industry leaders forecast expansion with Great Eastern Industries setting branches here and United States Steel adding a presence. The piece notes vast water power potential and plans to harness it for irrigation after generating power from falling water.
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Los Angeles
America
Great Eastern
United States Steel Company
Pacific
Atlantico
This Nation Envisions Population Growth and Mobility
The passage projects that 256 million more people are needed to consume the nation's goods and services. It envisions 566 million Americans living on hills and mountain tops and traveling by air to work on plains and in valleys.
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Army Engineers
Louisiana
Robert de la Salle
Mississippi
Louis XIV
France
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Charley Chaplin Deliberates on Talking Pictures
Charley Chaplin has not decided on sound films though friends say he would talk as well as he walks. He plans to appear at the microphone in time, signaling a possible shift in his screen career.
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Charley Chaplin
Chaplin as Svengali Hamlet and Napoleon in roles
The note argues Chaplin could master Napoleon Hamlet and Svengali, predicting audiences would still see Charley Chaplin in those parts. It praises Chaplin as a genius and notes that most people would recognize him in any disguise.
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Napoleon
Hamlet
Svengali
Chaplin
Charley Chaplin
Aly
Ozone and Future Humans Raise Cosmic Questions
The excerpt muses on future human travel in self contained airships and planes, referencing an ozone blanket thirty miles up and ozone’s health effects. It speculates on humanity’s development over countless millions of years and the science behind these ideas.
Radio sets illustrate rise of American prosperity
W. D. Terrell of the commerce department cites growth in radio ownership from 60 thousand sets in 1922 to 10 million American families, and listeners from 75 thousand eight years ago to more than 40 million today.
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W. D. Terrell
Department of Commerce
Hoover hears King George speech early morning
President Hoover rises before five to hear King George speak. A photograph of the king reading the speech is sent by Western Union undersea cable and conveyed from Atlantic to Pacific by telephone wires, allowing California presses to print the image hours before the London delivery.
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Hoover
King George
Ocean
Western Union
Atlantic
Pacific
California
Kine
London
Sherman Named Assistant to West Virginia Coal Official
Jacob Sherman accepts a position as assistant to the general superintendent W H Bailey of the New River Consolidated Coal Company in West Virginia and will leave Friday to assume duties.
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Jacob Sherman
W. H H. Bailey
New River Consolidated Coal Company
West Virginia
Freshmen Beat Juniors In Ohio University Class Basketball
Lower classes dominated the schedule with Freshmen defeating Juniors 46 to 18 while Preps toppled Seniors 27 to 2 in Saturday night play.
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Ohio University
Wood and Weed Headed to West Virginia for Bowles Nuptials
Judge J M Wood, Robert Wood and John Weed along with Mrs Camden Kloga departed today for Tunnington West Virginia to attend the forthcoming marriage of Miss Irene Bowles.
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J. M. Wood
Robert Wood
John Weed
Camden Kloga
Tuntington
W Va
Irene Bowles
Drake visits Athens then heads South
William Drake long with the postal service of the House of Representatives is in Athens for a few days visiting his parents Mr and Mrs W H Drake before leaving for the South Miss Emma Richet arrives from Huntington W Va for a visit with Mr and Mrs L V Brown University Terrace
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William Drake
Hhouse of Representatives
Athens
W. H. Drake
South
Emma Richet
Huntington
W. Va
Mrs. L. V. Brown
University Terrace
Farmers Institute Set For Canaanville First Week of February
A farmers institute is planned in Canaanville during the first week of February with John Harvey of Washington County delivering a talk titled Silos and Dairying.
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Farmers’ Institute
Canaanville
John Harvey
Washington County
Mrs. J H Stewart Visits Daughter in Canisteo NY
Mrs. J H Stewart of Canisteo New York arrives for a several weeks visit at the home of her daughter Mrs Yom A Cotton.
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Jona
Guillen Contany
Featchigan Ave
Cago
New York
Geneva Motors
Detroit
J. H. Stewart
Canisteo N Y
Yom A. Cotton
Radio Amos and Andy origins and older Sam and Henry names
Q and A style excerpt traces Amos and Andy back to vaudeville duo Gosden and Correll who started as Sam and Henry in 1925, with the pair later creating the radio show. The item compiles various trivia Q A pairs on aviation schools land use Harper's Ferry friction matches and more.
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Amos and
Andy
Sam and Henry
H. A. Gosden
Correll
Sam Am
Henry
Amos N
Andy Sethey
Department of Commerce
Iowa
Harper's Ferry
Robert Harper
Ife
Potomac
John Walker
Stockton-on-Tees
Durham
England
Godfrey Haukwitz
Eleanor Spencer
Europe
Leschetizky
Not Hard Not Easy Shiut Puzzle Fragments
A garbled list of mismatched word fragments appears with numbers and odd spellings. The stream includes items like Measured by the sum, To wash lightly, Surface of cloth, Wrath, Observed, and others. No coherent event or subject is discernible from the readable text.
National Hotel Sold to Government for New Municipal Center
Washington reports the National Hotel on Pennsyl vania Avenue sold to the government for 580000. DC guard will use it as headquarters before razing it for a new federal building, with famed guests like Jackson Polk and Booth tied to its storied past. The piece recounts Lincoln plot context and notable duels and brawls that marked the hotel’s history.
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Washington
National
Pennsylvania Avenue
Jackson
Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Henry Clay
James Buchanan
Jenny Lind
Dickens
Thackeray
Anthony Trollope
The
Calhoun
Webster
Hayne
District of Columbia National Guard
John Gadsby
George Washington
Alexandria
the National
Andrew Jackson
John C. Calhoun
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Athens Messenger & Herald Printing Co
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Nelsonville
Glouster Logan-Pomeroy
Middleport
Coolville
Acts
Frederick W. Bush
Pen Va As
Gilbert Swan
W. L. Gordon
Cleveland
Iron and Coal
Jackson and
Caboose Jackson
King Solomon Virgin Mary Dairy
LYNCH
Oldham
BACON
General Lee
Admiral Dewe
By Joan Hix
Aneime
Christian Christensen
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Tintonio
Dr. McCoy
Phursday
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Incorporated
Shina
Free Information Bureau
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Shiut
Mercy Co
Scingls Ching
Rodney Dutcher Messenger
Polk
George N. Dallas
Zachary Taylor
Congress
Clay
Benjamin Ie
Ford
Edward H. Fuller
Willard Hotel
James W. Schaumberg
Zachariah Chandler
Michigan
Daniel W. Vorhees
Indiana
Voorhees
Chandler
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