River traffic revival signals new era in American transport
An editorial argues canals and rivers are returning as freight routes amid canalized Ohio and Missouri rivers and improved rail, road, and air links. It contrasts past river use with today and predicts a broader transport mix as a new era begins, urging interest in the Ohio University versus Ohio Wesleyan game in Athens.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Mississippi
Middle West
America
Ohio
Missouri
Ohio University
Ohio Wesleyan
Ohio Stadium
Wesleyan
Methodists
Delaware
Michigan
Bob Cats
Columbus
Athens
Night games diminish college football for players
The piece argues night games under floodlights reduce the appeal for players while aiding tutors and spectators. It says college football should prioritize the players and that a damp evening replaces a sunny autumn afternoon, diminishing the players' enjoyment and emphasis on the college atmosphere.
Campaign to protect game shifts to anti vermin drive
Conservation experts oppose a game protection campaign targeting predators and cats as anti vermin efforts. Ohio game protectors plan to wear uniforms to boost respect and effectiveness, arguing uniformed officers will be better received than plainclothes guardians.
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Izaak Walton League
Fish and Game Protective Associations
Ohio
Columbus
Jumble of Manhattan Tops Tale of Princes and Paupers
In a chaotically mixed Manhattan scene, a former Russian prince works in Wall Street bustles while others appear as artists, ministers, debs, or socialites. The piece notes many wealthy pretenders and real finances behind Broadway life and night reveals.
Prisoners and gang influence rise in bootleg era
Miss Fannie Hurst warns that women’s liberty is at risk as bootleg day changes lawless prison life. Convicts inside and outside the walls gain privileges, control money, and obtain drugs at high prices, while visitors bring small comforts like tobacco to prisoners.
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Fannie Hurst
Paris
Emancipation Fashion Notes and Paris Agency Opening
A discussion on women’s dress and modesty contrasts with a new Paris lingerie agency, the Agency Joan Wanamaker, opening at 44 Rue Des Petites Ecur les. Board member Edith W. Cox is listed, hinting at fashion industry ties as distant figures, including painter Roerich, are mentioned in travel lines.
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THE
Agence
Joan Wanamaker
Paris
Rue Des Petites Ecurles
Edith W. Cox
Parc de Montretour
No Man's Land as Boundary Trouble and Lawless Zone
Historian notes a 110 by 35 mile no mans land in the U S created by boundary misinterpretation. It functioned as an outlaw paradise for decades, existing without recognized law or government within a four strip region.
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U.S
Health and Diet Advice From Dr Frank McCoy Nutrition Column
Dr McCoy lists weekly menus starting Sunday October 13 with varied breakfasts lunches and dinners including roasts, soups, salads and fruit. He includes fish preparation tips and answers readers questions on coughs mucus formation and Junket as dessert plus gastritis and diet guidance.
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Frank McCoy
Dr. McCoy
Roerich on China China and American names in travel notes
A speculative travel account cites Mr Roerich noting four American male archetypes Hoover Borah Rockefeller and Ford while claiming China views Americans as protectors and heart of China opens to America. Hoover curbed an eighty year US topographic survey to eighteen years and claims women are more important than men as creators. A mirror cures thumb sucking in babies is claimed.
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Mongolia
Thibet
China
Atrea
Hoover
Borah
Rockefeller
Ford
Henry Ford
Mr. Roerich
United States
White House
Trixie Friganza's Pearl of Peking Star and Other Q&As
In 1884 Trixie Friganza first starred in the Pearl of Peking. The Spectator lists large life insurance policies held by Pierre S. du Pont John C. Martin and William Fox. A Hawaii bronze plaque for Aloha Oe was dedicated on September 16 near the anniversary of Liliuokalani’s marriage. Jesse Lynch Williams, Princeton alumnus and first editor of the Princeton Alumni Weekly, is noted. A bust now tops a monument to the builder of the Eiffel Tower in Champs de Mars.
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the Spectator
Pierre S. duPont
Wilmington
Delaware
EF J. duPont de Nemours & Company
John C. Martin
Philadelphia
Curtis-Martin Newsna Papers, Inc
William Fox
Motion Picture Fame
Hawaii
John Owen Dominis
Henri Berger
Royal Hawaiian Band
Jesse Lynch Williams
Princeton
Wiliams
Gun Club
University Tennis Association
Thumb habit remedy via mirror reflection and thumb in mouth
Detroit psychologist Pr S J Lewis recommends Caly a child twice daily in front of a mirror for ten minutes with the thumb held in the mouth to curb thumb sucking. He warns against assafoetda rubs bed cushions celluloid thumbs comforting devices and thumb bucking which can deform teeth gums and jaws. He notes raising multiple babies is no easy task.
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Pr. S. J. Lewis
Detroit
Names Lost in Translation at Indian Agencies
A Washington column decries how federal clerks translate or invent names for Native Americans, citing examples like The Duke of Wellington and Uriah Heep. It notes the Standing Rock and Yankton Sioux cases, a Senate probe into misrepresentation, and lists many signers with absurd anglicized names as evidence of policy hurting dignity.
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Rodney Dutchle Messenger
Washington
Indian Bureau
Uncle Sam
Brown
Duke of Wellington
David Copperfield
Uriah Heep
George Washington
Martha Washington
Tpooker T. Washington
Standing Rock
In Memory of Gustave Piffel and Curious Q&A
A mixed collection of reminiscences and trivia about Gustave Piffel who built a 984 foot tower in 1856 and various Q A style answers. The material references German glider clubs wartime politics and a Sanatorium in New York plus trivia about Broadway and lightning safety.
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Gustave Piffel
Piffel
Germany
N. V
Saranze Tate
N.Y
Cieazo Daily News
WITAO
Care Daily Nes Nrilding
New York City
T. A. Broadway
Creat
New York
Bryan
Witon
A.W. A
United States
America
Daily Study in Correct English Lesson Fragment
A compact page fragment teaches English usage and word study. It flags misused terms like first and mispronunciations such as venison. It defines succinet as tersely expressed and urges mastering one word daily to grow vocabulary.
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Mr. Brown
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Athens Messenger
American Newspaper Pubiieners Association
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
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Simi
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Prince
Pauper
Manhattan
West
Tony
Wall Street
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Russia
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Old Waldorf
East Side
Broadway
Hope William
Madison Avenue Belt
Mile
Fifi
Elizabeth
Bowely
Fifth Avenue
Debs
Chicago
Arthur Briggbane
King Features Incorporated
Britain
Rosie Rosenberg
Roerich
Nebraska
John Hix
Kiansas
Peele
Texas
Torg
Jt. A.W. Macke 21
Codland
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Auth Thor
John Quinn
Athletics
Mexico
Biedes
Trixie Priganza
KK. L. A
Trixie Friganza
Peking
Tiger Inn Club
Nassau
Princeton University
John de Witt
Virginia
J. O'R
A. Uwillersey
Old Dominion
State Board of Education
General Assembly
Louisiana
Bogalusa
Diffel Tower
K. A
Champs de Mars
Mossman
Clarence Gray Eagle
Georg Whitebull
F. B. Bullhead
Joseph
Otter Robe
Ben Hag Horns
John Kills
Andrew Killd
Jouls Whitehorse
de Grindstone
Berta Kook
Welix Spotted Horse
Mrs
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Spotted Horse
Anselm Kills Crow
Walter Cross Bear
Louis Face
Samuel Kills
Caroline Roman Nose
Catherine Shot At
Owen Bas Horns
Sophie Noisy Hawk
Basil Twohears
Oscar Grindstone
Amos Good Crow
Frank Bullbear
da Cold Hand
George
Leo Tailwoodpecker
Josely Luffaloboy
James Different Owl
Theodore Leon
Joe Twin
Lucy No Beart
Lawrence Magpie Eagle
Regina
Clara One
Kila Greyhear
Agnes Witzleben
John
Harry Poordow
These Poordog
Susie Frosted
Ilonry
Edward Joan Him
Bessie Blackhume
John Distribute
Jerome Iron Eyes
Luke Good Fur
Vital [Carface
Sadie Defender
M. Feather
Joseph Yellowfat
Jus Shoots
Little Horse
Mary
Charles Vermillion
August
Plenty
James
Wiliam
Lulu
Wilson
Wes
Mt S
Bureau of Standards
Coltrect
Iy W LL. Gordon
Aoire O
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