Ohio boys storm German trenches in viewer memory
Archibald Roosevelt received French decoration. Twenty seven Athens countians drafted for final orders. Sam Burson returned to Jerseyville to run a grocery and general store. The Messenger backed Taff for president. Mr and Mrs J J Sisler visited Gloucester. Ten years ago a pro German was made to kiss the American flag. Twenty years ago Ben Covert led solicitors seeking funds for new fire department horses harness.
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Ben Covert
Solisitors
Fire Department
Thought for Today Quotes and Witty Warnings
A devotional note cites a Bible verse from 11 Cor 10 12 and a Lavater quip warning against flattery and excessive critique. The items present brief moral reflections on trust and judgment for readers of the periodical.
Industrial Transition Amid Labor and Capital Shifts
The piece argues unemployment stems from rapid industrial change driven by device innovation and corporate combines. Labor must adapt to new work days and regions as production shifts south and to suburbs. farmers seek subsidies while shopping centers evolve. The author notes widespread economic retooling and calls for joint action by labor and capital.
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Thenited
Cass
New England
North Carolina
United States
Arihor Brisba Brisbane
Plant a Tree This Spring
Athens county urged a Home Beautiful Week to promote tree and shrub planting. Despite denuded hills, conservationists push for widespread planting to boost property value and pride, citing Athens city efforts led by club women as a model. Farmers with woodlots are praised for foresight and future property value gains in Southeastern Ohio.
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Athens County
Athens City
Athens Club
Ohio
Chicago Prayer for Reform Calls for Action
A Chicago crowd gathered in churches prays for divine aid to cleanse city and state politics. The piece suggests real reform requires citizens to vote and work, emphasizing that prayers must be followed by public action to oust machine politicians.
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Chicago
Freeman Says Leopold and Loeb Live Soft in Prison
John Freeman recently released from Joliet prison says Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, the Bobby Franks killers, are living comfortably behind bars. He adds money buys favors in or out of prison and argues capital punishment cannot be abolished while such inmates live at ease.
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Ohn Freeman
Illinois
Joliet
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Bobby Franks
Leopold
Loeb
Sunlight and Heat Cited By Ancient Physician
The article recalls Hippocrates, about 2300 years ago, noting his belief that what medicine cannot heal can be aided by sun exposure and fire. It credits observation over germ theory, asserting sunlight destroys disease and intense heat burns it out.
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Hippocrates
Berlin Surgeon Revives Ancient Greek Heat Therapy
Doctor Bier applies historical heat methods from the Greeks to surgery in Berlin. He claims cauterization with heat can remove cancer more effectively than standard surgery or radium, enabling operations where the knife cannot safely reach.
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Ageat Berlin
Doctor Bier
Flammarion On Knowledge Threshold Amid Pleiades Insight
The French astronomer Flammarion told this writer before his death that humanity stands on the threshold of knowledge and all is within reach. He spoke of counting about forty thousand suns in the Pleiades, a cluster Tenn yon compared to fireflies in a silver braid, noting some suns are more than ten million times Earth's size.
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Flammarion
Pleiades
Tennyson
Earth
War Costs and Lessons From Recent Conflicts
The speaker notes that the last major war, though not our war, cost about forty billion dollars at minimum. They add that lost time and other harms doubled that figure, and urge careful avoidance of entering another war.
A Useful Thought on Public Expenditure
The Los Angeles Examiner notes that forty billions could fund fifteen great cities like Los Angeles or two million miles of roads at twenty thousand dollars per mile. It argues the amount could educate ten million youth at four thousand dollars each or build nearly eleven thousand school houses at a million each for every state in the union.
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The
Los Angeles Examiner
Los Angeles
Debate on Panama Canal Costs and National Projects
The speaker questions the Panama Canal price tag, arguing the war expense could finance 120 canals and broader projects. They suggest irrigation and river works from the Colorado to the lakes, with billions remaining.
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Panama Canals
Colorado
Efficiency In War Spending Suggests Peaceful Utility
A statement argues that investing a portion of vast military funds into aircraft and submarines could avert another war and provide peaceful returns. Aircraft could serve the post office carrying express and passengers, while maintaining a self-supporting force ready for action if required.
Dam Break Devastates LA Water Supply Overlooked Causes
A San Francisquito canyon dam failure bursts, killing hundreds as seepage weakens the massive concrete wall. Officials debate construction flaws and future dangers, urging thorough inquiry into why the dam was built and where similar risks may lie.
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Los Angeles
San Francisquito Canyon
California Flood Compared With Historic Disasters
The passage notes that California's flood was milder than past disasters. It recalls Noah's flood, Holland, Kaifeng, Bengal, and other floods with vast death tolls. It credits 1920s relief efforts led by Herbert Hoover and federal action under President Coolidge for reducing loss of life in the Mississippi flood.
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California
Noah
Holland
Kaifeng
China
Bengal
India
Mississippi
Army
Navy
Herbert Hoover
Coolidge
Harvard Plans 42000 Plates from American Workers
President Lowell supports adding similar plates to Harvard’s collection. The British Wedgewood originals inspired the 42000 plate order placed on Harvard territory. The author notes money from Harvard supports American workers and contrasts with Oxford outsourcing to the United States.
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Lowell
Harvard University
Harvard
Wedgewood Pottery
America
Oxford
United States
Briton Flier Hinchliffe Feted For Aerial Valor
British pilot Hinchliffe, famed for nine enemy planes and two balloons in World War I, won the Distinguished Flying Cross. Shot down in France in 1917, he lost his right eye but continued fighting as he prepared to fly westbound across the Atlantic.
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Hinchliffe
Atlantic
Kipling
France
Just Before the Bottle Mother Ballad Recalled
A mention recalls a sobering ballad about a flapper titled Just Before the Bottle, Mother. The item links a period's cautionary tune to Prohibition era social scenes and moral warnings.
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Flapper
Health and Diet Advice From Dr Frank McCoy
Questions on health and diet answered by Dr McCoy care of this paper. The piece discusses meat as affordable nutrition, advises lean meat 0.25 to 0.5 pounds daily, and promotes cheaper cuts. It covers beef quality, aging, fat color, and consumer buying tips, plus a Q and A on shredded wheat, oats seasoning, and hydrochloric acid tests.
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Frank McCoy
McCoy
Dramatic Manhattan Scenes and Broadway Cinema Faith
By the Way in New York sketches quick moving city dramas along Manhattan corners. It notes fatal electric sign accident and crowds misreading danger as public spectacle. It cites film palaces drawing millions and tours of theaters as modern sightseeing.
Answers to Questions by Frederick J. Haskin
A collection of Q and A on diverse topics. Lifespans note crabs leeches spiders. grammar usage Most vs Almost. weather cold snaps explained. building histories in Washington. bridge shapes explained. Latin grammarian Priscian. concrete floor care for dancing. color in animals and protective coloration.
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Frederick J. Haskin
National Women's Party
Washington, D. C
Hi. M. A
Calhoun
C. A
Bureau of Public Roads
T. A. Priscian
Constantinople
N. C
Help for Father with Woozy Head Symptoms
Question from N D W asks about help for a father with a woozy feeling and occasional falls. The answer notes mail diagnosis is impossible and emphasizes a physician who can perform a physical exam to determine the cause and provide proper treatment.
Canada and Mexico First In Immigrant Mix in 1929
The Box bill to restrict Mexican immigration and the national origins clause of the Immigration Act are debated in Congress. Last year 335,000 new immigrants entered the U S with Canadians and Mexicans making up nearly half. European arrivals totaled about 170,000 led by Germany, Ireland, Great Britain, Italy, and Scandinavia. Mexican immigration rose 56 percent while European grew 8 percent. More than 81,000 Canadians and 67,000 Mexicans arrived. 194,000 males and 141,012 females. Major occupations included laborers, servants, clerks, and craftsmen.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Europe
Germany
Ireland
Great Britain
Italy
Scandinavia
Harry E. Hull
New York
Massachusetts
Michigan
Texas
California
Key American历史 events for March 16
On March 16 historical notes include 1680 the first Provincial Assembly met at Portsmouth New Hampshire 1751 James Madison born 1802 West Point Military Academy founded 1861 Governor Houston of Texas refused allegiance to the Confederacy. The text ends with an unrelated analogy about birds blending with tree trunks.
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Portsmouth
N. H
James Madison
United States
West Point Military Academy
Houston
Texas
Confederacy
Letter Golf Puzzle Turns Hike Into Tour Challenge
A puzzle explains letter golf where one word changes to another in a fixed number of strokes. Each step must be a valid common word with letters in place, changing one letter at a time. Example path from soup to chef shows progression through coup coop chop show chew chef.
Fragmented OCR Sketches and Puzzling Phrases
A garbled OCR text presents disjointed phrases about cleaning, drawing, and aiming at items. It mentions a somatitor oran unit door rug and vague references to silk worm, cloth rubbing, and a meal. The fragment ends with a glimpse of a yesterday’s puzzle.
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Fucharlat Ves
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By the Way
Gilbert Swan Messenger
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Capitol
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Trinity Church
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