Business in 1935: Mixed signals from June to midyear
Colonel Ayers of the Cleveland Trust Company notes outputs for manufacturing and mining are up slightly from 1934 while industrial employment and payrolls rise about 2 and 10 percent respectively. Steel output declines and rail freight, new building, and housing construction lag, though auto production surges about 50 percent as other steel customers cut back.
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Colonel Ayers
Cleveland Trust Company
Federal incorporation for a national theater praised
Congress votes to create a private national theater dedicated to art for art's sake and to stimulate public interest in drama. The project aims to enlist working dramatists producers and actors while avoiding turning into a prestige project for a small circle of social leaders.
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Congress
Dams Placed on Ohio Streams Seen Beneficial
A proposal for a statewide plan to build log dams and obstructions is welcomed in Southeastern Ohio. The goal is to return water to soil, reduce erosion, and create recreational lakes and streams, with priority given to practical projects like highway-bridge dams amid limited relief funds.
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Ohio
The NEWS Behind the News by Paul Mallon
Washington scene shows a heat wave in Congress as the Senate committee probes the utilities lobby. The New Deal aims to revive Wheeler Rayburn with publicity while power interests fear a backlash. Rayburn reports hundreds of fake letters from Denison, Texas, residents.
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Washington
Capitol
Senate
New Deal Congressional Board of Strategy
Wheeler-Rayburn
Wheeler
Rayburn
House Committee
Denison
Texas
Utility workers in Texas ship blank letters to Congress
Workers at a Texas utility plant were ordered to write letters against a bill. The company supplied stationery and stamped envelopes, but many employees sent blank sheets to Congress. A congressman who received a blank page investigated the incident.
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Texas
Washington
Intrigue and Rivalry Mark House Investigations
Congressmen probe their own peers amid power lobby tensions. Some House Democrats undermine internal inquiry by feeding data to Senate investigators. A lawmaker claims colleagues work for utilities as attorneys and vows to rock the capital. Another seeks proof of a brokered postmastership for Brewster's Maine relative.
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House
Maine
Brewster
Roosevelt friends weigh Coughlin summer retirement plans
The piece notes talk of Father Coughlin stepping back from politics for the summer though plans are uncertain. It mentions limited mass meeting efforts last spring, a planned Chicago Soldiers Field action, and hints of undefined fall plans beyond radio. It critiques public appetite for after dinner speakers and comments on cheese laws and water conservation.
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Roosevelt
Father Coughlin
Chicago
Park Board
Washington
Coughlin
District Tales of Long Ago by C. T. Harris
Early Athens County figures include Calvary Morris born near Charleston West Virginia in 1798 who taught Athens school after a brief courtship of study while farming. Captain Isaac Barker a Belpre native turned Athens Township resident endured frontier life and privateering with sons Michael Isaac Joseph William Timothy. Michael served as a county constable and scout.
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Athens County
Calvary Morris
Charleston
W. Va
Leonard Jewett
Athens
Morris
Jacob Lindley
Ohio University
Lindley
Ohio
Hocking Canal
Congress
Isaac Barker
Massachusetts
Belpre
Michael
Isaac
Joseph
William
Timothy
Athens Township
Michael Barker
Ohio Company
William Harper
Health Hints And Diet From Dr Morris Fishbein
Dr Morris Fishbein explains prunes as nutritious rather than laxative. They supply 2 percent calories per prune and vitamins A B C and G. Prunes offer calcium phosphorus iron manganese and copper, with iron about one quarter that of liver and six times oranges. Shrup made from prunes and figs has slightly greater laxative quality than whole prunes.
Do Birds Help in Garden Pest Control
In a signed letter from Athens dated July 12, Mrs. J. F. Smith questions whether robins and other birds truly destroy garden pests like bean beetles and potato bugs. She notes robins damage fruit and worms and asks for scientific insight on birds as allies in pest control.
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the Messenger
Robin
J. F. Smith
Athens
J. F. Spauldings Visit Ginnan Home and Local Tie
Mr and Mrs J F Spaulding of Columbus visit at the Ginnan home while Mr and Mrs W A Reading and son Roscoe return from Galena after a weekend trip. Jostens Cigars and Hewitt Bodem team tie 6 to 6 in the Community Twilight Baseball League. A Dayton Tennessee court upholds the anti evolution law in Scopes case and hints at federal stat inclusion. C T Moore reports on the Kiwanis International convention in St Paul.
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J. F. Spaulding
Columbus
James Ginnan
Josten's Cigars
Hewitt-Boden
Powers of Fundamental Religion
Dayton, Tenn
John Scopes
C. T. Moore
St. Paul
Kiwanis Club
Traveling to Europe in a warship rivals Sunday motoring
A columnist notes traveling to Europe in a belligerent ship carrying munitions seems as risky as a Sunday drive along Sugar Creek road. Athens witnesses many men wearing wrist watches on the streets. A prediction foresees embroidered edging on trouser hems becoming common. The U S asked Germany who sank the Lusitania and was told England bore sole responsibility.
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Europe
Sugar Creek Road
Athens
Prunes and Senna Laxative Mixture Noted in Text
The article discusses using half a pound of prunes and dried Ogs with an ounce of senna leaves as a laxative preparation. It explains the prune’s laxative action, mentions benzoic acid levels, and notes prunes’ vitamin, mineral, and iron contributions to diet.
Jersey Lily Myth Debunked by Cartoon Explanation
Yesterday's cartoon explains the phrase Jersey Lily linked to Jersey, Channel Islands. It notes that the giant cabbages of Jersey have no lilies, clarifying the popular misconception about the expression.
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Jersey
Channel Islands
Jo Darien Lands Crest Lake Job After Lavish Shopping
Jo Darien finishes her first college year as her father loses work. She takes a bookkeeper job at a marine supply store and accepts a Crest Lake summer hostess offer from Douglas Marsh after a shopping spree funded by Marsh through Crest Lake Incorporated. Jo worries about the store spotlight and her engagement to Bret Pall as she plans to depart for Crest Lake.
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JO Darien
Bret Pall
Douglas Marsh
Crest Lake
Marsh
Bret
Credit Department
Crest Lake, Incorporated
Lytaen
Miss Darien
Fragmentary Voice Echoes Through Historic Headlines
A garbled clipping reflects scattered phrases on politics and rights, mentioning Maine governor, Elizabeth, ballots, and figures like Edgar Hoover. The text reads as an assemblage of disjointed lines about crime, suffrage, and public figures without a clear coherent event.
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Huey Long
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Galena
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George Clark
Fellows
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Tom
Minn
Alice Morgan
Frazer
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Jean
By Richard Blve Tack
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Trl Builder
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Crest Lake Inn
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Ward
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Kansas
J. Sage G. Men
Suffrac
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Father
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