News Your Dad Read Long Ago Visit and Birthday Party
A column recalls recent visits by T J Davis and family to the Brown home, trips to Columbus by Oscar Fulton and Byron Wolf Jr, and a garden party hosted by Jean Gist for Olive Bethel of Detroit. Troop 2 Girl Scouts joined Hal M Woods at Hallyhurst for Alice Phillips birthday celebration at the family farm near Amesville.
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Oscar Fulton
Byron Wolf, Jr
Columbus
Jean Gist
Olive Bethel
Detroit
Mich
Ruth Bain
Martha Foster
Grace Poston
Mary Louise Walker
Frances Ness
Esther Butcher
Margaret Porter
Girl Scouts
Hal M. Woods
Bungalowy Hallyhurst
Maria Grover
Orinda Peoples
W. R. Phillips
Amesville
Alice
A Thought for Today by Hawthorne on Labor
A Thought for Today quotes Hawthorne declaring labor the world's curse and warns that meddling with it corrupts the doer. The remark emphasizes the moral hazard of interference with work and the brutalizing effect of such meddling.
The Impossible Things in a Yale Address to Lake Erie College
Rev Henry H Tweedy of Yale urged graduates to pursue the impossible in both the material and spiritual realms. He cited Morse Wright Ford as examples and warned that another large scale war could plunge the world into darkness unless humanity changes its nature. He argued human nature can be altered as civilizations evolve and urged decisive action to avoid future wars.
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Henry H. Tweedy
Yale University
Lake Erie College For Women
Morse
Telegraph
Wright Brothers
Washington
Ford
Europe
Athens County Fair Sets Stage for 1928 Exposition
The 1928 Athens County Fair aims for renewed success with strong rural and modern exhibits. Granges and 4-H workers have boosted the fair’s standing, livestock and horse shows look solid, and grounds offer shade, water and restrooms as planners from all walks of life contribute time and energy. The board expects another successful year.
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Athens County
Athens
Flood control for the Hocking river discussed
The article argues flood control via channel straightening and deepening is needed in the Hocking valley. It notes dredging upstream and the resulting floods from Logan to the Ohio river. Roads railroads and bus lines suffer, and residents fear repeated invasions of water into farming land and soil loss, while acknowledging delays before any local flood control project materializes.
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Hocking Valley
Hocking River
Logan
Ohio River
Hocking
Doctor frames weeping at will as a feminine gift
A physician notes that the ability to cry on demand is a perceived feminine gift and suggests many women experience it as a common trait. The remark frames emotional expression as a gendered faculty rather than a universal skill.
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Elevated
Car craze and Wall Street notes with social hints
Arthur Brisbane comments on holiday car travel and spending, arguing cars symbolize present health and time saved rather than independence in old age. He mocks high broker loans, cites Wall Street clearings, and notes a Copenhagen sexual reform league aiming to free deep emotions while local efforts advance without it.
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League For Sexual Reform
Copenhagen
Hrim
League
Selfishness as mainspring of history warned in satire
A satirical lecture argues that decency struggles endure and that no league can restore order. It claims Bolshevism empowered peasants with land and controls on crops but provoked shortages as rural greed clashed with urban rules, highlighting selfishness as humanity’s driving force.
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Russia
Vanderbilt Jr. Divorced Man Repeats Marriage in Reno
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. recently divorced remarried in Reno, following a divorce finalized the day before. The quick remarriage underscores a pattern of seeking optimism in the face of present-day shortcomings and evolving timeframes for personal vows.
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Reno
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Polish air pilots strike for higher wages
Polish air pilots conduct the first strike of their kind demanding higher pay, a historic move that could presage greater numbers of air crews joining labor actions like their railroad counterparts.
Protesters mass on Wall Street demanding Haiti freedom
Radical demonstrators gathered on Wall Street near Morgan and Company's offices carrying banners calling for freedom for Black brothers in Haiti. They attacked a police officer injuring a thumb while six teens were arrested as crowds complained about the busy financial district.
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Wall Street
Morgan and Company
Haiti
Italian aviators begin record ocean flight to Brazil
Italian aviators soar 4635 miles toward Brazil in the longest ocean flight on record. They took off after a mile run with two and a half tons of fuel and were last seen flying high over Gibraltar.
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Brazil
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Republican Friend Hints Aid Mentioned After Speech
A Republican friend is cited with praise after Claude Bowers' Houston keynote. Agriculture figures show the national spring pig crop about 7 percent below 1927, a finding described as encouraging.
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Claude Bowers
Houston
Department of Agriculture
Remus seeks property from wife’s estate after murder
George Remus once a Cincinnati bootlegger has travelled to Chicago to sue for property tied to his wife whom he killed. The piece hopes Chicago will avoid miscarriage of justice in his case. The column also cites a Scotch delegate in Houston reacting to a hotel room price with concern over cover charges.
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George Remus
Cincinnati
Chicago
Mr. Remus
Houston
Health and Diet Q&A From Dr Frank McCoy Guidance
A column of health and diet advice by Dr Frank McCoy author of The Newest Way to Health. It covers wholesome soups non starch foods meal combinations and cautions against acids and starches with certain soups. Reader questions on pimples and teeth grinding are answered with dietary recommendations and possible causes.
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Frank McCoy
McCoy
Seventeen
W. H
Reader asks about diverticulosis and colitis
The reply explains that a colon bordering on diverticulosis means pockets are forming in the colon where food lodges. It addresses causes of colitis, dietary needs, and the value of colonic irrigations, clarifying common questions from readers.
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Leoson
By the Way in New York and the City’s Colorful Past
Gilbert Swan reflects on New York life from July 6, noting the elevated system’s 60th anniversary and its possible demise. He recalls early El days, chimney sweeps, mass travel, a microbe hunter’s Africa trip, Sunday heat on Fifth Avenue, social contrasts, and the famed 42nd Street and Broadway crossroads nicknames.
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Gilbert Swan
New York
Manhattan
Oldtimer
Wal
Answers to Questions From Frederick J. Haskin
The piece covers Betsy Ross kinship to George Ross signer of the Declaration, the English Derby origin and stakes, theosophist Krishnamurti’s relation to Christ, the tree that owns itself in Athens Georgia, and a query on coal consumption in the United States.
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Betsy Ross
George Ross
John Ross
Lord Derby
Epsom Downs
London
Krishnamurti
W. c. A. Jeddu Krishnamurti
Annie
W. H. Jackson
United States
Public Forum Letter Responds to Hatthorn on Women and Men
A reader from Columbus disputes Dr Hatthorn's views on women as part animal and inferior to men. He argues women show strength in tests and in business, questions double standards, and wonders why men panic when angry. He notes men are stronger and suggests a broader look at gender roles.
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Messenger
Columbus
Dr. Hatthorn
Boat Disaster Sinks in Illinois River Ten Years Ago
An excursion boat capsized on the Illinois River with multiple fatalities and scores reported dead as rescue crews respond. Investigators note severe weather and high waters contributed to the tragedy.
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Ilinois River
Best Speech Was Inspired by Father
Washington July 6 Senator Joe Robinson of Arkansas, Al Smith's running mate, hailed as a true man of the soil born on a Lonoke county farm August 26 1872. The piece notes his humble schooling, a father who valued education, a famous tolerance appeal in the Senate and his tact in steering the 325 million flood control bill to passage by counting votes.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Joe Robinson
Arkansas
al Smith
Senator Robinson
Lonoke County
Robinson
Joe
Charles A. Dana
New York Sun
The
Sun
Post
Baltimore
Memphis
Charlie Curtis
Senate
Senate Chamber
Curtis
Kansas
Wes Jones
Senator Jones
Ancient to Modern Olympics Timeline and Cathedral Denomination
The dialogue traces Olympic origins to 776 B C with Coroebus and notes four year cycles, suppression in 394 A D, and revival in 1896 in Athens. It also identifies St John the Divine Cathedral in New York as an Episcopal church initiated by Bishop Henry Codman Potter.
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Coroebus
Theodosius
Athens
St. John the Divine
New York City
Henry Codman Potter
Smuggling Crackdown By Speed Boats On Lake Erie
Cleveland authorities report speed boats patrolling Lake Erie shores have effectively stopped Canadian liquor smuggling, with federal officials declaring contraband landing virtually impossible.
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Cleveland
U.R
Lake Erie
July dates mark naval hero John Paul Jones birthday
This date in American history recalls July 7 1747 the birth of John Paul Jones, naval hero, plus 1785 Congress establishing a standard dollar. Other events include 1837 Texas envoy to Washington and Detroit hosting a first Republican convention. In 1990 Philippine General Bellarmine surrendered to U S troops. 1912 the General Federation of Women's Clubs refused to endorse woman suffrage.
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John Paul Jones
Congress
Texas
Washington
Detroit
Bellarmine
U. S
General Federation of Women's Clubs
San Francisco
Black Bird and Puzzle Fragments From a Cuckoo Family
A scrambled crossword excerpt asks for a black bird of the cuckoo family and hints at a range of clues. It lists definitions and partial phrases such as decay and vehicle and includes garbled words about leaves of a book and a geographical drawing.
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Berth
Scorch
Mausa
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Albany
Robert Longstreth
Union Furnace
C. L. Jones
Monkey House League
Arthur Brisbane
New England
P. S
Monkey House
By the Way
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42Nd and Broadway
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