Centenarian Civil War veteran Joseph R. Jones recalls a simple life
Joseph R. Jones, a one hundred year old veteran in the Soldiers' Home at Washington, celebrated with cake cigars and champagne. He recalls little of Gettysburg beyond playing cornet in the Sixth Cavalry band his mother once disciplined him for lying in 1843. He presents a life view that values homely memories over grand battles.
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Joseph R. Jones
Washington
Jones
Sixth Cavalry
Gettysburg
Huey
Louisiana
Mystery of the Korbenhavn Ship Vanishing
The Danish training ship Korbenhavn vanished after leaving Buenos Aires in December 1928. Seven skeletons found on a southwestern Africa beach are believed to be crew members, prompting a Danish government inquiry to identify remains and shed partial light on the mystery.
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Buenos Aires
Africa
Koebenhavn
Wilderness loss blamed on CCC road building
The American Nature Association warns in Nature Magazine that CCC road building and associated camps invade primeval forests. It cites the Cascade Crest near Mount Adams and the Selway headwaters as examples where wilderness is eroded by truck trails and development, challenging American character and self reliance.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
America
American Nature Association
Nature Magazine
CCC
Washington
Cascade Crest
Mount Adams
Selway
Huey Long Assassin May Be Political Show Says Observer
New Orleans analysts dispute a conspiracy theory behind Huey Long’s death. They cite Dr. Carl Weiss’s ordinary day, family ties, and a sudden motive after a late telephone call, arguing the crime was personal rather than political.
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New Orleans
Huey Long
Louisiana
Long Outfit
Wilderness Ahead as Americans Seek True Orienting Trails
The speaker warns against overdeveloping remaining wilderness areas as leisure grows. He emphasizes preserving vast forests for venturers who travel on foot with self supplied gear, seeking tranquility and a spiritual orientation unmatched by civilization. He cautions that too many trails risk defeating conservation goals.
District Tales of Long Ago in Meigs County
Allen Ogden an early Columbia Township settler born in Maryland married Hannah Kellar and came to the Ohio country in 1788. His family included ten children with descendants active in local politics and Civil War service. William Parker, a Meigs pioneer from New England, married Betsy Wyatt and their lineage includes notable descendants in Pomeroy and Middleport. The Parker home and later Frank Parker's occupancy mark a long local family history.
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Allen Ogden
Columbia Township
Meigs County
Maryland
Hannah Kellar
Marietta
Ohio
Ogdens
Mr. Ogden
Mary
Joshua Wood
Allen Wood
Sarah Rutherford
Elizabeth
Eli Vaile
Sabert Ogden
Eliza Forrest
Salem
Herbert
Alvin
John
Hugh
Alvin Ogden
William Parker
New England
Ten Years Ago in Journal News and Society Notes
A peek at events from ten years past includes F. W. Bush heading the Ohio Select List of Daily Newspapers at Hotel Berry in compliment to The Messenger. Mrs. Walter Wolfe hosts a six o'clock dinner for new president Bertha Nixon. Pi Beta Phi pledges listed. and dignitaries attend the Miricle presentation in Cincinnati.
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F. W. Bush
Ohio
Hotel Berry
The
Messenger
Walter Wolfe
Cosmopolitan Club
Nelsonville
Bertha Nixon
Alice Shannon
EB. J. Shannon
In Flanders Memorial Poem by Dorothy Kuntz
Poet Dorothy Kuntz from Pomeroy Ohio contributes verses to Messenger readers about the war in Flanders. The piece reflects wartime sorrow, a quiet dawn, and honor for fallen soldiers, ending with a pledge that the war’s memory remains with America.
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Messenger
You
Flander
Dorothy Kuntz
Health Hints and Diet On a 2200 foot fall parachute test
Captain Armstrong of the U S Army Medical Corps conducted a controlled jump from 2200 feet to study mental and physical reactions. He describes fear and excitement as primary factors, clear consciousness during descent, and limited hearing due to air rush, with no dizziness or fainting, and a sense of body orientation as he turned in space.
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Chicago
Harry G. Armstrong
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Armstrong
International law suit over Tientsin liquor license
Italian Greek national E C Spiridis, living in Tientsin, sued the British Municipal Council of Tientsin in a British court to overturn the revocation of his vodka and wine distillery license. A police raid allegedly found Scotch in French-distilled alcohol. An American lawyer and a Russian translator represented Spiridis. Tomorrow: Barga Ball.
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E. C. Spiridis
Turkey
Tientsin
China
Municipal Coun
Woman torn between two suitors and a noir deal
Jean Dunn, secretary to lawyer Donald Montague, straddles romance with Bobby Wallace and Sandy Harkins while federal agent Larry Glenn tracks bank robber Wingy Lewis. In a nightclub, Lewis offers a $10,000 sed an and $14,500 bonds tied to a dog-racing politician, forcing Jean to weigh love against danger and crime.
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Jean Dunn
Donald Montague
Bobby Wallace
Jean
Golden Feather
Sandy Harkins
Dover
Larry Glenn
Bobby
The
Larry
Wingy Lewis
Mike Hagan
Pe-Ace
Sandy
Fead
the Golden Feather
Mrs. Lewis
Eve
Lewis
Hopkins
Chicago
Chi
O. K
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Marcia Scott
Louise Kerr
Frank B. Gullum
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H. 8. Siigley
Son John
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Clarence Roach
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England
Egypt
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Frank Paxton
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