Public Lands Nearly Gone Amid Oil Scandals
Rodney Dutcher surveys the Salt Creek oil fields and public land losses, noting vast private grabs and government reserves drained by Sinclair and Doheny. He argues conservationists and honest governance curb looting, with a preview of a future history tracing the public domain from the Revolution.
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Washington
Senate Public Lands Committee
Sinclair
Doheny
Navy
Salt Creek
Wyoming
Congress
Farmers Demand More Police Protection Because Thieves Roam Rural Areas
Farmers in Hocking valley, Ross county, and Athens county report night time thefts by motorized thieves targeting farms, poultry houses, and livestock. They urge stronger police patrols as cars and potential air travel enable faster getaways, with meat thefts and livestock killings mounting across districts.
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Hocking Valley
Ross County
Athens County
Why Wander Afar See Hocking Valley’s Spring Beauty
A regional meditation extols Hocking valley agriculture and soil tilth while charting a scenic motoring route from Glouster to Newark. It emphasizes farmer prosperity, local industry, and the appeal of May countryside views along towns like Thornville Granville and Buckeye Lake, inviting exploration.
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Hocking
Hocking Valley
Phil Sheridan
Newark
Ohio
Glouster
Corning
Wikxington
Somerset
Arene
Buckeye Lake
Thornville
Jacktown
Granville
PUPILS LIKE SCHOOL NOW IS THE OLD DAYS
The article notes a shift in attitudes toward schooling. It cites the Federal Bureau of Education claiming modern schools attract children, especially in cities, by being interesting and fun to learn. It suggests past efforts to compel attendance were common and that teaching methods have improved.
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Federal Bureau of Education
Marrying American Girls Is a Great Indore Er
A short remark praising marriage between Indian and American women appears in a reader’s column. The piece emphasizes intercultural unions and cross border ties in a light tone.
Wall Street welcomed foreign fliers amid long endurance flight
Three international pilots visited New York's stock exchange on a day of praise for months of endurance flight. President Coolidge planned to award six medals to the Frenchmen Costes Lebrix and the Italian Nobile, with a possible honor for Miss Junkers for contributing to the journey. General Yourieff, tied to Peter the Great, was noted as a landholder once owning 50,000 acres now under Bolshevik control.
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Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Coolidge
Yourieff
Peter the Great
Japan
Yourieff on Keeping People Satisfied for Power
Rich Americans learn from Yourieff that everything hinges on keeping people happy. Power and money are temporary without public satisfaction. The czars could not protect possessions once people were thoroughly dissatisfied.
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Yourieff
Italy's heavyweight champ arrives with a knockout record
The 22 year old Italy heavyweight, 6 ft 2 in, 235 pounds, boasts two and a half years in boxing and ten opponents knocked unconscious in four rounds or less.
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Italy
Umberto Tolini as artist and performer matched with Tunney
The descendant of Roman gladiators, Um berto Tolini, is noted as artistic and musical, capable of singing and playing several instruments and possibly lecturing on Verdi. He appears as a natural physical and mental opponent for Tunney.
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Umberto Tolini
Verdi
Tunney
Tolini Revives Roman Boxing With Iron-Loaded Gloves
Tolini plans to revive ancient boxing by using heavy thong gloves loaded with iron. The device aims to intimidate opponents and reduce referees' counting needs. The move signals a provocative, controversial approach to performance and safety.
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Tolini
Ito
New York Museumbacked by Rockefeller Speyer and Harkness Gifts
A Fifth Avenue museum near Central Park will chronicle New York’s history thanks to major gifts from John D. Rockefeller Jr James Speyer and Edward S Harkness among others. Citizens urged to contribute as city celebrates this cultural project and growth. Auto output in April rises with Edsel Ford reporting 3300 cars daily now and aiming for 5000 by July, GM Chevrolet production surpasses 133000 in April, powered by strong demand and 900000 unfilled Ford orders.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
James Speyer
Edward S. Harkness
Edsel Ford
Ford Company
Fords
Sloan
General Motors
Chevrolet
Detroit bootlegging fuels crime wave and cross border unrest
The article notes bootleg alcohol as a major Detroit industry generating about 215 million a year while government tax takes previously ranged in hundreds of millions. It cites a border idea to confine intoxicated travelers and suggests fingerprinting returning drinkers. It briefly mentions a blizzard in Poland and a Chicago shooting incident.
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Detroit
Health and Diet Advice From Dr Frank McCoy Expert
Health and diet Q and A from Dr Frank McCoy author of The Newest Way to Health. Readers mail questions on tooth infections and neuritis, barley water as coffee substitute, and weight guidance with age height and type considerations.
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Frank McCoy
McCoy
K. H
R. J
Fever as Natural Cleanup Noted in Medical View
A columnist argues fever should not be suppressed but allowed to burn out toxins. It promotes rest, hydration, citrus infusion, and natural elimination. Advice includes warming, avoiding quinine, and sweating through bed rest to speed recovery.
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Nature
Midnight cruises draw Broadway stars to Europe liners
In New York the departure docks at night have become party venues as Broadway celebrities lead festive crowds aboard liners bound for Europe. Police control lines as guests mingle in salons and on decks, with hip flasks and confetti in abundance.
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New York
Europe
Manhattan
Answers to Questions From Frederick J Haskin
A miscellany of quiz items covers credit sale rankings with autos and household items leading. It explains Roman road durability from deep stone foundations and notes parachute descent stabilization within seconds after opening. Blindfolded travel tends to spiral with circles tightening as experiments progress.
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Army Air Corps
Various Q and A on labor, fire insurance, fish growth, and ancient practices
A compilation of questions and answers covers convict labor in highway work across several states Alabama California Florida Louisiana Michigan New Jersey New Mexico Oklahoma Virginia West Virginia Wyoming open and valued fire insurance policies bass size at two years old with Mississippi valley growth Indians swimming feats sweat baths and war whoops water depth soundings up to 20 and 200 fathoms and wood used for mummy cases in Egypt Cedar and fig tree woods noted.
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A. E
Alabama
California
Florida
Louisiana
Michigan
New Jersey
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Virginia
West Virginia
Wyoming
H.C
Bureau of Fisheries
Mississippi Valley
Bureau of American Ethnology
Egypt
First American medical school founded in 1765
May events recap key milestones include the 1765 founding of the first American medical school, the 1842 Rhode Island state governments, Lincoln’s 1861 call for 42 034 volunteers for three years, and the 1890 completion of Merchants' Bridge over the Mississippi at St Louis.
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Rhode Island
Lincoln
Merchants
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Crossword Clues From A Worn Page
Cramped OCR style puzzle clues mix geography history and literature in a stray list. Names like Hull House and Peer Gynt appear among scattered questions about states continents instruments and notes.
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Pubr
Chas
H. Harris
Saut Creek
Servees
Rodney Dutcher Messenger
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Nebraska
Nevada
North Dakota
Oregon
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Utah
America
Colton
Ward, Inc
Fifth Ave
Newtond
South Wabash
Chicago
Umberto
New York’s Museum
Arthur Brisbane
San Diego
Tia Juana
Poland
K. S
Ender
Dad
By the Way
Gilbert Swan “Messenger
Venice
Frederick J. Haskin
Science Service
A. A. Schaeffer
University of Kansas
Kansas
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Tennessee
T. S
Union
Hull House
Moor
Africa
W. Drift
Belgium
Jewel
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