Veteran River Pilot Haptonstall Tells Of Long Towboat Career
Capt. M William Haptonstall Ohio and Mississippi Rivers pilot recalls a near two thousand mile trip on the Clyde with steel products from Pittsburgh. He talks of river life, beloved home town, and a life of piloting on Western waters with memories from the John Porter yellow fever episode to his longest tows on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iddleport
M William R. Haptonstall
Ohio
Mississippi Rivers
Memphis
Clyde
Pittsburgh
Captain Haptonstall
Jefferson
Davis
Confederacy
St. Charles
New Ornd
Captonstall
Nawihy Np
Falla
New Orleans
Kanawha River
Haptonstall
NR. A. Cunningham
Joseph B. Williams
Sprague
Robert E. Tea
Natches
Natchez
Iti
Hapl Fonstram
J. & Neal Condor
Th. Hudson
Mr. Norton
Maven
Sam Roberts
Tiberty Noo
Albee Dheny Rede No
St. Louis
Tittsburgh
John Forter
Huntingtons and
Silas P. Coe
Thomas W. Means
Joseph Walton Company
W. H. Brown Company
Harry, Charlies, Sam
Alice Brown
Mississippi Valley Transporation Company
New Oileans
HLM
Hoxie
Grawns
Harry
Ursina
Jefferson Davis Homestead
Palmyra
Bier Point
Joseph GB. Williams
Mississippi
Williams
Defender
A. M. Halliday
Colonel Orkerson
Cairo
Laris
Virginia
Steel Iily
St. Lewis
John Porter
Ohio Wall
Gallipolis
Sidney Dillon
Cock Shaft
Han
Cincinnati
Middlewort
Cinllipolis
Toose
Et Virginia
AMS
Health Department
Covington
Mechanized mining boosts wages and steady work at Wheeling Township
E J Christy outlined a mechanized system by Wheeling Township Coal Mining Company in Barrison County Ohio that creates nine unit shifts with double output and one reserve. The plan couples group production pay with unit duties, centers on mechanical loaders, and includes a relief mutual insurance program. The program aims at higher wages, continuous employment, and joint management miner committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Incinnati
Wheeling Township Coal Mining Company
Ghia
American Mining Congress
E. J. Christy
Adens
Ohio
Barrison County
Cadiz
Leding
Toading
Oh Maning
Christy
Bebe Thasa
Nina
Cheaper Aviation Will Bring Wings to Average Man
Chief executive of a new $200,000,000 aviation holding company describes a future where cheaper flying extends to the average person. He cites Wall Street backing, capital inflows, and rapid cost reductions in equipment and service. Air travel becomes a swift, economical transit option for all as demand grows and industry maturity lowers prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Sten
Amerle
MAIL CARRIERS THEN TODAY
Article reflects on early mail carriers, contrasting routes between Chicago and Twin Cities and Chicago and Green Bay. It quotes Clermont and Grosvenor, explores aviation hopes, costs, and the idea that air travel will grow like the automobile, with a future generation toward widespread flight. Continued on Page 2.
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Tok Good Cares Peneradiaus
Fife
Creadwick Bo Smith
Chicago
Twin Cities
Northweet Airways
Tac
Atl
Haurs
Piet Amdoat
Exis Clermont
Green Bay
Grahens
Grosvenor
Tly
Turuch OW Ait Tien Corporation
Aviadern
Hummingbirds Return in Spring to Gardens and Museums
The article notes spring arrival of hummingbirds and urges garden interest. It highlights an Ohio University Museum exhibit on hummingbirds and their tiny nests, then recalls travel tales with family friends and local memories, ending with tips on attracting and feeding the birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University Museum
Otis
Swinna
Childhood Memories of Bailey's Early Settlers and Neighbors
The narrative recalls Millard F. Andrew’s childhood in Bailey during the late 1800s, detailing warm welcomes from neighbors like Daniel Fulton and Lucy True, the close ties of settlers, and how farms and barter shaped daily life. It notes notable locals such as Dantel North, John Jaynes, and Stephan Lester Cannon, describing a close-knit, evolving community with schools, churches, and shifting social ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vor
Munky
Daniel Fulton
Lucy True
Austin Trug
Fulton Place
Toy tunnel aids Bush Terminal carload shipments
New York June 1 Bush Terminal in Brooklyn plans a toy vehicular tunnel linking end to end to pull four by six foot trailers through its underground system. Tractors, larger than toy cars, will haul goods from 15,000 workers across connected buildings to assemble full carload lots for quick shipment to Philadelphia.
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Millfeld
Chicago
New York City
Chauncey
Natsonvilla
Athens
Chester Woodworth
Litna
York
Bush Terminal
Brooklyn
New York
W. L. Sture Fee
Philadelphia
Carlead
Livery Stable Legend Holds On In Omero y Town
White horses and old loves pull Henry Priode’s dray line in Omero y as the Priode delivery stable, a Civil War era town institution, endures a devastating fire that wiped out the original landmark. A small building now houses two horses and a delivery wagon, with Jimmie Williams driving for decades and Duffy from the coal wagon serving briefly, keeping rural town life moving and the tradition alive.
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C. A. Hartley Messenger
Omeroy
Uis
Henry Priode
Apoyr
Ness
Levé
Prio Delivery
Ode
Jimmie Willams
Wil
Duffy
Arms Chamber
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William R. Haptonstall
Willi
Perth
Re: Counter-Journal
Weiter
Hays
Louisville
Wwilliam Haltonstall
640 Coal Company
Maren Wilk
Inty Educational Progiam Fond
Amd
Anit
Reek
Graram B
GRO
the Aviation Corporation
Henes
Pagn
Ohio University
George Caswell
Massenger
United States
Tenedeseo
Ead Reuters
Hagen
Adlon Rerio
Shakespeare
Millard F. Andrew
By Millard F. Andrew S
Danien
Dantelorth
Salina
Bailey
North
Wisconsin
John Jaynes
Hannah
Gillispie
Stephan Lester Cannon
Oren) Birge
Andrew Stalder
O. B. (Girman) Birge
Doe Morris
Denman
Morria Town
Hiram Fuller
George Tedrick
Jerry Morris
Squire Fuller
0. G. Birge
County Infirmary
Andre Stalder
Schoo
TOY
Henry Prieds
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