Land Speculators Had a Real Time
Rodney Dutcher outlines how early public land policies enabled speculators and land companies to seize vast tracts for little, with bribery alleged among lawmakers and officials. The piece traces 1790s credit schemes, dummy settlers, and repeated land grabs across states from Georgia to Louisiana and Ohio, noting the shift to sales on credit and ongoing fraud allegations.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Allegheny Mountains
Mississippi
Georgia
Ohio Land Company
Congress
Tilinoia
Senate Public Lands
Circus Day Moves On To Next Year In Hocking Valley
In a nostalgic reflection the writer recalls the annual circus in the Hocking valley. They praise the ring, tents, parade, performers, and scent of sawdust while noting local farmers and students keep the tradition alive despite it returning only next year.
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Hocking Valley
Dad
Clean Up Week Observed by Grange and Farm Bureau
The text notes May 7 as the Clean Up Week for Grange and Farm Bureau members to beautify farm homes. Athens Nelsonville and Glouster towns also run clean up campaigns. It praises simple improvements like vines shrubs lawns and trees to enhance farm home beauty and comfort.
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Grange
Farm Bureau Organization
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Aged Myths Stirred By Ailing Youthful Jibes
A columnist denounces cruel stereotypes that frame forty as decrepitude and notes how a hallway comment about an Athens household lapsed into ageist joking. The piece warns that such talk can fuel violence and urges younger readers to heed the message.
Fishing with bent pins a major plan on Arctic ordeal
Aboard a trans Atlantic flight a major says he would have lived on an uninhabited Arctic waste with an ax for wood fuel the plane generator for sparks and a small sandwich supply If food ran out he believed bent pins could make fishhooks Though the idea seems unlikely the aviators were glad they did not need to try.
Old Sailor Captain William Smith Dies in New York
AT THE SIDE OF THE OLD TRAIL APTAIN WILLIAM Smith, who commanded deep sea clipper ships fifty years ago and was famed as a top sailing man, died recently in New York. He retired years ago and built a home by New York harbor, watching ships from his porch with a signaling system to greet captains he knew. The piece ends with a political note on tariffs and domestic protection, then mentions the Wis. constable re election and Senator Walsh.
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Athens
Old Trail
Aptain
William Smith
New York
New York Harbor
New London
Wis
Senator Walsh
Bertha M. Clay
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Fritzi Scheft
Lambs’ Club
Courtney Riley Cooper
Manhattan
Robert Clairmont
W. H. Handy
Carnegie Hall
Debussy
Handy
St. Louis
Coolidge and the Sea Elephant in a Political Tide
A New York court forces outcomes as big interests push policy while California votes reshape the race. Hoover gains California support amid party split rumors, and a Wall Street grave plot shows market zeal in prime Manhattan real estate.
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Hoover
California
Smith
Reed
Walsh
Wall Street
May Day unrest fades as crowds fail to erupt violence
Across Europe May Day celebrations ended in violence in spots, while in New York and other American cities police stood ready for disruptive crowds that never fully materialized. Small radical meetings drew limited attendance and broad restraint prevailed as the Bolshevist remark about cars echoed amid calm streets.
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Europe
America
New York
May Day displays vast Soviet fighting power
Moscow Bolshevism parades a million armed demonstrators marching behind Red Army. Armored tanks cars machine guns and cavalry showcase a strength unseen by czars. The piece cites 15 000 000 as Russia's fighting force and notes Doctor Butler of Columbia questions democracy after 300 years while praising Protestant Christianity as a major persecuting agent.
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Moscow
Red Army
Russia
Butler
Columbia University
Aristotle
Lindbergh Focuses On Flight Not Fame
The London Express quotes Lindbergh saying his second flight would be an anti climax and that great achievements rely on elimination and avoiding repetition. He treats flying as business and science, not spectacle, and asks people to stop applauding him.
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The
London Express
Lindbergh
Health and Diet Advice by Dr. Frank McCoy
Dr. Frank McCoy answers readers on health and diet urging better school and home nutrition. He argues for mandatory food science in curricula, teaches practical eating habits, and links child habits to family example and health outcomes.
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Frank McCoy
McCoy
Answers to Questions By Frederick J. Haskin
A quiz style piece answering queries on lime soil treatment aging airplane catapult usage wall paper US gas casualties in WWI and demographics. It lists dates figures and regional trends including 3000 year European lime practice and 1918 catapult launch noting deaths and hospital cases with state female population excess in several states and DC.
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Europe
Maryland
New York Times
Times
Rose Marie
Prince
New York
United States Navy
United States
L. A
John B. Howell
Albany
England
France
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
North Carolina
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Ithe District of
Columbia
Manhattan Snapshots Amid War Peace and Broadway Buzz
Gilbert Swan paints a wheeling collage from City Hall to Broadway noting a pacifist street figure called the Wandering Jew, Central Park cherry blossoms, and a contrast with a recruiting station. He sketches clubs, actors, writers, a sardonic salon scene, and hints at the theater season waning with drama critics heading to Europe.
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Gilbert Swan Messenger
New York
Manhattan
City Hall Square
Haberdashery
Wall Street
Nazareth
Central Park
76Th
79Th Streets
Fifth Avenue
Clive Weed
Players’ Club
Francine Larrimore
Colony Club
France
Myself
Puzzle clues weave a cryptic Cross Word finale
The puzzle presents two long vertical words as keys and a snappy finish. it lists scattered clues across minerals, verbs, birds, fibers, poets, playing cards, and other terms. Answers align to form a final answer referencing yesterday’s true result.
Letter Golf PULL FOR THE SHORE Puzzle Note
A playful puzzle hint describes row forming letters from the middle of a lake to port with a five stroke par. It suggests a possible cut in the oar stroke to reveal a solution tomorrow.
Letter Golf Rules and Example Progression
The text explains letter golf rules needing one letter change per step with valid common words. It gives an example transforming COW to HEN in three strokes through COW HOW HEW HEN and cites yesterday’s puzzle solution WALK BALK BANK BANS BUNS RUNS.
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United States
Q. Wease
Great Lakes
Columbus receives a coat of arms on May date
On May 1493 Columbus is granted a coat of arms. The entry mentions the Rhode Island assembly repudiating allegiance to the British king in 1716. In 1864 Sherman begins the march to the sea at Chattanooga, and in 1865 Lincoln’s remains are interred in Oak Ridge cemetery in Springfield Ohio.
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Rhode Island Assembly
Sherman
Chattanooga
President Lincoln
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Springfield
Ohio
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