Twenty years ago miss Adda Finsterwald visits home
The item notes Miss Adda Finsterwald’s short visit with relatives before returning to Gloustier. James Austin, injured in a brick plant explosion, was regaining health. Captain J B Allen and Harvey Roach departed for the Elks National convention in Philadelphia. Mr and Mrs Sprague left for relatives at Tupper's Plains.
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Adda Finsterwald
Gloustier
James Austin
J. B. Allen
Harvey Roach
Elks’ National
Philadelphia
Mrs. A . Sprague
Tupper's Plains
A Thought for Today Haste Admitted Only in Catching Flies
A compact proverb style feature quotes Isaiah and Haliburton about belief and haste. It presents two contrasting lines urging measured action and warns against rushing in daily life. The item reads like a brief editorial or column snippet.
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Isaiah
Haliburton
Legal Minds on Parade and the Fall Bribery Case
A critical essay on the drift toward complex laws and legal jargon. It praises Justice Hitz for ruling that Albert Fall and the Dohenys must stand trial regarding the 1921 naval oil reserve bribery scandal, arguing for simpler, clearer law and less pretentious legal language.
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William Hitz
Albert Fall
Dohenys
Hitz
Harding
Secretary of the Interior
Hardings
Fall
Justice Hitz
Who makes insurance rates and the rising losses
The piece argues that fire and lightning insurers have suffered yearly underwriting losses for six years, funded by investment income, implying higher rates or fewer fires. It cites 1926 data from the National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters showing automobile public liability insurance at a net loss of 1.33 million on 108.8 million premiums, despite rate reductions from 1923 to 1926 and rising loss ratios.
Road machinery and farming power reshape infrastructure
An analysis notes self imposed taxation and a booming road program with Texas at 1800 miles. It highlights 26,841 miles added this year, totaling 586,000 miles of highway, and praises Caterpillar tractors, road grading gear, and waterproofing materials for sustaining road bases. It argues wasteful labor is declining as power machinery boosts farming and road building.
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States
Texas
Fragmented New York City scene on Lower Broadway and elevated trains
Descriptive remembered snapshot of Lower Broadway with the elevated line, crowded sidewalks, and tenement life. It notes children under the fire escape, trains shrieking past windows, and a mix of immigrant shops and outfits from Armenia, Syria, and Turkey. The piece contrasts old and new commerce and the lack of private space amid omnipresent transit.
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Rew
York
Worlth
Broadway
Morris Street
Sur
Moonshine raid at Gallia County Courthouse
State officers with Sheriff Russell raided the Gallia county courthouse in Gallipolis on July 16 and confiscated 150 empty and partly filled bottles along with several half gallon containers of whisky. Janitor H. C. Canterbury was held for questioning.
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Gallipolis
Russell
Gallia County
H. C. Canterbury
Drys Cartoons Resurrect Prohibition Era Tactics
The Anti-Saloon League and Methodist temperance leaders revive old anti liquor posters and Wayne Wheeler cartoons to berate brewers and promote prohibition era ethics. New illustrations show a Compromiser figure aligning with beer interests while saloon threats loom. Also notes Indiana Senator Watson facing criticism for cigarrette endorsement.
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Ashington
League
Methodist Board of Temperance
Prohibition and
Public Morals
John Barleycorn
Methodist Board
Jawn
Tiou
Post
Wayne Wheeler
Papa Mama
Papa
Compromiser
Answers to Questions by Prederick Jo Baskin
A fragmentary Q and A piece covers various topics from citizenship symbols to flying by Lindbergh, oyster feeding, Army mobility, and Mississippi river measurements. Key points include the star on the flag added after admission, oysters opening shells when feeding, Lindbergh’s view on eastward travel, rifle pacing speeds, and Mississippi River width at Bankful Stage 14,420 feet.
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Prederick Jo Baskin
Lindbergh
Paris
New York
Pars
America
Europe
Sfield Artilley
Mississippi
Mississippi Tver Commission
Mississippi River
Catre Illinois
Man Held After Failed Liquor Delivery Ruse
A 76 year old Dayton man identified as John Martin was arrested in Columbus for attempting to collect $200 for liquor not delivered. He confessed to similar schemes in Canton Mt Vernon and several Indiana locales, and is held for investigation by the police vice squad.
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Diuiney
Columbia University
Cuvier
Columbus
U.pa Man W Ho
Gooda
John Martin
Dayton
Phillipa
Canton
Mt Vernon
Indiana
Explosion wrecks house. wrecked by stills found nearby
A July 16 report from Niles notes an explosion and fire that left a house heavily damaged. Police found a large still and mash in garrets after firefighters subdued the blaze. The family occupants, a man his wife and daughter, were not located.
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Niles
U.P
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