Dr Emil Blunden recounts Africa big game hunts
Cincinnati physician Dr Emil Blunden, president of the Southwestern Fish and Game Protective Association, describes seven years in Kameroon West Africa hunting elephant leopard black python antelope and bush cow. He details hunting challenges, native methods and local wildlife including gorillas and the Bulus people.
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Tom Spain
Africa
Emil Blunden
Cincinnati
Southwestern Fish and Game Proeetive Association
Woodland Park
Clermont County
Ohio
Hamilton County
Theodore Roosevelt
Stuart Edward White
Pt. Blunden
Rivera
Kameroons
Beng
Sheffield
Toledo
Blunden
United States
Eporteman
Civil War Veteran Recalls Courthouse Bricklaying Tale
R Wells, a Chester Civil War veteran, recalls 1842 courthouse construction led by Stephen Kennedy, who bought a new trowel and laid the first brick. The tool passed to Harold Wells, then to Everest Weis, with family stories of heirloom items and a four-man lift. POMEROY, June 30.
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R. Wells
Chester
Stephen Kennedy
Harold Wells
Meigs County
Weis
Everest
Salo
Valuhis Howe
Pomeroy
Everett
West Virginian Brings Tooth of Old Animal
West Virginia man B Wilson of Huntington brought a fossil tooth to the Athens Messenger. The tooth resembles brown and white marble with white ivory, weighs 2.5 pounds, found 43 years ago in Booney county during a hunting trip. Cavern also yielded bones over eight feet. dentists believe the animal was a predator.
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B. Wilson
Huntington
West Virginia
Athens Messenger
Wilson
Fred Lamborn
Fenze
Booney County
Letart Falls Halfway Point Distances Mapped
Analysis shows Letart Falls in Meigs county lies near the river halfway between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. Distances by river from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati total 408.5 miles with a halfway mark at 234.2 miles, Letart Falls at 235.5 to Pittsburgh and Middleport 251.5, while Rivermen note downstream speed favors meeting near Pomeroy Bend. Government figures list Wheeling 141.7 miles above Pomeroy, Parkersburg 65.7, Huntington 57.8 downstream and Portsmouth 108.6, with river routes adding miles beyond highway or rail.
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Middleport
Pittsburgh
Cinnati
Letart Falls
Meigs County
Smoky City
Queen City
Letart
Pomeroy Bend
Wheeling
Pomeroy
Parkersburg
Huntington
Portsmouth
Olfo
Posie
Giant coal combine advocacy sparks debate in Logan cave visit
Crowd views Logan cave as researchers discuss Walton Hamilton and Helen Wright proposal for a federal bituminous coal corporation to control U S soft coal. plan calls for ten directors five representing consumers and five miners to run nationwide mines with government backing and bonds exchange.
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Shington
Theyrsoft
United States
Oat Consumers and Mines
Walton H. Hamilton
Helen R. Wright
Institute of Economics
Federal Bituminous Coal Corporation
Birthplace of Dr Blunden on farm near Amesville
AMELVILLE June 30 Dr Emil Blunden was born on the Blunden farm near Amesville. The family then lived on Mud Fork before selling to a coal company and moving to a nearby farm. In 1889 the Blunden house burned and the family moved to the village. Emil later became a physician in Cincinnati. The line lists Joseph and Lydia Milton Blunden, Milton G. in Cincinnati, Mrs Kate Carnes Dresden, Eva in Cincinnati, and Fred in California.
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Here
New England
Charles Wyatt
Athens
Mud Fork
Blunden
Emill
Cincinnati
Joseph
Lydia Milton Blunden
Milton G
Kate Carnes
Dresden
Eva Blunden
Fred
California
Emil
Centralized coal management could ease miners’ wages and prices
Authors propose a centralized seven member interim commission to charter and back a national coal corporation. The plan splits control among districts under a central body, balancing worker and consumer interests, aiming to curb over production without heavy government regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Central Corporation
Women Aren't Human States German Book Controversy
A 30 June report discusses a German book arguing women are inferior to men. Dr Adolf Heilborn presents anatomical and physiological claims, citing brain size blood quality and senses to claim women are semi human and less capable than men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Albrecht
Breslau
Max Funke
Mae
Dr. Hellborn
James Watt
Dr. Heilborn
Amy
Former Athens Man Writes From Quincy Florida Letter Page
Roy Totman, once of Athens, writes to Mrs Lucy Totman in Quincy Florida about a move south. He describes their large old house, a 76 by 60 foot porch fronting, the tobacco business slow due to seasonal plantation work, and lingering Civil War tensions among locals. He notes Magnolia blossoms, polite southern residents, and shifts in work and weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Totman
Athens
Lucy Totman
Franklin Avenue
Totman
Quincy
Florida
North
Marrying Parson A Pioneer Memoir From Meigs District
Pomeroy diary style excerpt recalls Charles B. Taylor of McArthur, famed as the marrying parson, who wed a Meigs County woman and earned esteem among Presbyterians. He notes Salem township families who all joined the Union army, recalls 19 Strongs Run households. Calico prices rise and pioneer textile work is described. The talk reflects local history from a Pioneer meeting.
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Charles B. Taylor
McArthur
Ohio
Quarson
Meigs County
Falm
Paylor
Salem Township
Taylor
Salem
Josiah
Hayman
Amelia Lasher
Racine
Pomeroy
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Tar
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Kameroon
Ulunden
Leeward
Nimrad
Buty
Marvel
Susus
Emi Blunden
Logan Cave
News- Corporation
Tinue
Old Man's Cave
S. A. Riechley
Ranger Reichley
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Club
Columbus
Chillicothe
Marietta
Day
Ion
Williamsport
Lancaster
Cha ‘Oeville
Logan
Baltimore
Tourista Con
Dr. Blunden
Herss Gustaf
Hin
Miltox Bronner
NEA
Ondon
Adolf Heilborn
Germany
Heilborn
Hettborn
Europe
America
Hellborn
Hermann Klaatsch
Darwin
Greece
Hippocrates
Aristotle
Atimala
Regenes
Guatf von
Tockholm
Gustaf V
Sweden
Nice
Gustaf
Oscar II
Norway
Gustafd
Morover
M. Branting
King
Jean Baptiste Bernadotte
Bernadotte
Napoleon
Meigs
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