Wise Spending Urgent for Work-Relief Programs in Ohio
Community leaders must push wise spending of work relief billions this year and beyond to avoid waste and ensure repayment. Public works spanning health to conservation aim to boost wealth and security while creating jobs. With NRA support lingering and over a million on relief in Ohio, planners should start under way now to spread benefits broadly and prepare for repayment.
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Mr. Roosevelt
NRA
Ohio
Ohio Coal Recovery Pushes Through Winter Peak
Ohio coal production and employment rose after a peak season as residents responded to the Burn Ohio Coal appeal. Analysts foresee improved 1935 conditions for operators and miners with loading for lake trade resuming after a lull. A stable year depends on uninterrupted operations and filled contracts to keep Ohio coal flowing and wages circulating locally.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Test for lawmakers proposed by Zion Herald raises voter question
The Zion Herald suggests an intelligence test for legislators and questions why voters themselves are not tested. The piece argues that lawmakers reflect the electorate and criticizes Congress and state legislatures as a reflection of voter qualities.
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Zion Herald
Methodist Weekly
Congress
Farm Tax Burden Hits Producers Hard Says Senate Hearing
Farm spokesmen told a Senate committee that the processing tax costs farmers most, erodes domestic and world markets for their products, and distracts from prosperity goals. Hog raisers in the AAA program lose lard markets to cotton seed by products as cotton seed climbs to $50 a ton.
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Senate
AAA
People buy more as March to May charts show uptick
The March April business chart reveals shoppers spending on cars, department store goods, and small items with auto sales rebounding. Small towns and farmers join city buyers, while non durable goods rise and steel remains weak.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
South
East
Middle West
Far West
Textile taxes hit farmers and hog lard supply
The piece argues processing taxes on cotton textiles shift the burden to farmers, raising prices on overalls and heavier fabrics. It notes lard supply reduction and critiques the claim of an average American business owner. It also jokes about a naval officer marrying frequently and Congress debating which state's apples are best.
Boy who yelled defiance as youth later claims Senate immunity
A man once known for taunting peers from his front porch later invoked senatorial immunity in a political dispute. The shift marks a dramatic rise from a local taunter to a figure seeking high level protection.
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Fort Madison
Ten Years Ago Kidnapping Hunt for Lucille Chatterton Near Grandville Vi
News items recall a 10 year old event as cadets and citizen posses pursued kidnappers of 11 year old Lucille Chatterton near Grandville Virginia. May Day tension rose in conservative circles due to Bulgaria's communist breakout. Governor Donahey vetoed Buchanan Bill mandating compulsory Bible reading in schools.
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Lucille Chatterton
Grandville
Bulgaria
Donahey
Buchanan
Early Township Growth and Roads Mark Hocking County 1820s
The 1820s brought rapid township formation in Hocking County Ohio. Good Hope and Marion split from Falls. Laurel organized 1824. Green and Falls line changes. roads to McConnellville and Fairfield line laid out. tax collector Dan Harsh elected in 1826. Abra ham Birtcher built the county’s first brick house in 1825. Jacob Myers paid for a stallion license.
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Hocking County
Good Hope
John Francisco
McConnellville
Fairfield County
Green
Marion Township
Starr
Falls Township
Laurel
Falls-Gore
Marion
Falls
Swan
Eagle
Salt Creek
Laurel and Good Hope
Daniel Harsh
Washington Township
Abraham Birtcher
Jacob Myers
Public Forum letter on obituary privacy and family wishes
The Hartleys of Nelsonville request that their names be included in the notice of the death of Rosemary Anderson. They state they raised the child at home for two years and express hurt that only immediate family attended the funeral. They affirm their honesty and longtime residence.
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the Messenger
Rosemary Anderson
Nelsonville
Oscar Hartley
Mud Roads and Tax Pain From Frost County
In Frost Ohio a resident laments taxes spent with no gravel for roads. He recounts patients road conditions and a county commissioner's failure to fund gravel, sharing a comic tale of officials getting stuck in mud while he endures the wait and expense. The author signs as Mr Wortha Cole from Frost R F D No. 1.
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the Messenger
Poets Corner: readers submit verses on men
Poems in this column require name and address. A reader from Jackson, Ohio titled Laura M. Hank explores men as “queer things” with humor and contradiction. The piece ends with an admission of affection for men.
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Laura M. Hank
Jackson
Ohio
312 Miles a Day to College by Clifton Forge Mother
Mrs Irene Graves of Clifton Forge Virginia travels 312 miles daily to New River State College Montgomery West Virginia for classes. She leaves before 5 am by C and O train, reaches by 9 am, studies en route, then returns 156 miles home by 9 pm while still caring for her family. A CHAMP CHICKEN EATER Buck Fulford of Port Arthur Texas claims world champion status for chicken picking and eating. He set a record by picking and cooking a chicken in one minute three seconds under watchful witnesses.
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Irene Graves
Clifton Forge
New River State College
Montgomery
West Virginia
Buck” Fulford
Port Arthur
Texas
Dark Blond Chapter XLII Flight by Millicent in Cab
Millicent races to a taxi escaping pursuit after leaving an apartment. the cab speeds off as she tries to vanish from a police pursuit. She asks the driver to confirm her brief absence and to swear to her account if needed, seeking a trusted ally.
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Millicent
Quotes on science politics and liberty from early 20th century figures
A compiled sequence of quotations from Juliu s Nieuwland Mae West Francis Poulson Hamilton Fish Rabbinical leaders. The remarks touch on science voting and socialism with stark views on servitude and dictatorship.
Fragmented dialogue recounts a tense doorway incident
A hazy conversation between two people unfolds near a doorway. Muted phrases hint at a hurried departure and a plan to return to a prior scene, with emphasis on timing and hesitation.
Vitamin loss in fruits under storage and processing
Dr Morris Fishbein notes that vitamins in fruits decline with processing and storage. Studies from the University of California show seedless grapes lose about one half of their vitamin content when frozen, with raisins retaining some but still diminished vitamins after drying.
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Morris Fishbein
University of California
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