Ohio University football lauded for strong coaching and teamwork
A feature praising Ohio University coaches and a well drilled team at Ohio Field. The piece notes the Green and White line and backfield work, teamwork over star power, and the coaches' role in building a disciplined program that values academics as well as athletics.
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Ohio
Ohio University
Ohio Field
Middlewest
Ohio Wesleyan
Methodists
Wesleyan
Local Vote For Three Mill Levy In Athens School
Athens city schools rely on a three mill levy for funding. Superintendent A F Hixson warns that rejection at the November election could force nine months of work into seven, lowering educational standards. In 1928 the district spent $158,282.78 on city schools.
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A. F. Hixson
Athens City
Athens
Hixson
Three-Mill Levy urged for Athens schools on November 5
Voters are urged to approve a three-mill levy to fund Athens schools. The measure would provide about $123,029 and extend the school term to seven months if approved. Local officials argue the plan supports education and student needs.
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Athens
Junk cars on roads menace public safety and costs
A speaker warns that old wrecks and junk piles of cars endanger travelers as the state funds roads. Experts urge removal but no solution exists. The public rights are invoked and calls are made for a designated area to drive these wrecks to reduce risk and accidents.
Envy of the Scholar: Dr Charles W Super’s Lifelong Learning
The piece reflects on aging, learning, and the spirit of study embodied by Dr Charles W Super former Ohio University president. It notes his lifelong immersion in books people administration and travel shaping curiosity and humility in later years. It emphasizes knowledge over material wealth as a lasting resource.
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Charles W. Super
Ohio University
Doctor Super
Hobo Magazine Idea Spurs Debate on Literary Organ
Gilbert Swan profiles Rex and the Bowery hoboes as a traveling literary scene. He notes the plan for a hobo magazine to fund fits of art and philosophy, while praising a Bowery hall with gilt chairs and a mix of seasonal and intellectual hoboes.
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Gilbert Swan Messenger
New York
Ohees
Amerita
Edie&obo
Rex
Sulu Lake
California
Kansas
Jung
Kalamazoo
Smu
Panhandle
Chicago
Bowery Belt
Fower Fourth Street
Strike Ends as New York Oil Drivers Return to Work
The shift resumes after a nationwide oil drivers strike in New York collapses. Some drivers blame poor guidance for the walkout while others recollect a past free life by the pond and memories of better days.
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New York
Unions and Open Shop Debate Amid Labor Pressure
The article discusses how corporations resist demands to maintain the open shop, warning against forcing workers with families into prolonged strikes. It notes the Neht brigade's fine but cautions against reproducing such tactics in industry. Parrot disease in South America is reported with fatal cases linked to a sailor and his parrot.
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Upton Labor
Argentine
South America
Q. RR
Health and Diet Advice From Dr Frank McCoy
Dr Frank McCoy offers home remedies for throat ailments stressing careful diet and hydration. He warns against antiseptic gargles and proposes rest, distilled water, enemas, and skin baths, with physician oversight for possible diphtheria, tonsillitis, and recurring throat trouble. He also answers reader questions on tubercular hip diet milk diet and eye strain related skin issues.
Flying machines and roaming plagues dominate the page
The text surveys dangers from wildlife spreading diseases and reports on early airship travel. It notes typhoid from animals, sleeping sickness, malaria, yellow fever, plague spread by rats, and rabies in cats. It also highlights stock market wobble and the German airship Do X carrying 159 passengers in its inaugural flight.
FREnch-English IQ Quiz From Fredert Te Tin
A list of trivia questions and answers covers topics from U.S. exports versus imports in 1929 to Woodrow Wilson's quote on democracy, rail gauge history, the Panama Canal, and miscellaneous curiosities about cigars, boats, liars contests, and baby elephants.
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United States
Woodrow Wilson
Pre Civil War Lady Lobbyists Stirred Washington Scandals
A historical look at early lobbyists in Washington led by charming women who pressed Congress for favors and posed as spouses or relatives to sway lawmakers. Stories highlight America Vespucii and other figures, amid a broader portrait of piracy in publishing and legislative influence before the Civil War.
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Rodney DU Tomer
Washington
Congress
Hamilton
Jefferson
Senate Sergeant At-Arms
America
Malian Prince
New York State
Thomas Moore
Carlyle
Disturtis
Hallam
Southey
Dulver-Tatton
Senate
Walter Scott
Tly Job
Tweed and lobbyists tied to a graft in Congress
The article recounts William M. Tweed’s bid on a House summer chair contract deemed worthless and Horace Das leading a patent lobby to extend protection. It notes missing congressmen on vote day and Laurence Stone & Co paying Colonel Wolcott 58,000 to lobby Massachusetts manufacturers. Wolcott faced blame, but kept silent.
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William M. Tweed
N York
Horace HW Das
Buchanan
Laurence, Stone & Co
Wolcott
Massachusetts
Public Forum Editor Messenger Admonishes Tax Amendment
Leonard Tucker urges readers to vote NO on the tax amendment. He criticizes the money power and tax avoidance, arguing for public scrutiny of financial influence.
Daily study in correct English misused words
A compact guide explains common word mix ups and mispronunciations. It highlights absolve meaning to release from guilt with example they were absolved from all blame in the transaction.
Community Visitors and Clergy Travel to Regional Events
Reverend Warrener travels to Delaware to preach at the Girls Industrial School led by superintendent D Webb of Athene County. Irene Cooley and Mrs. Prooks visit New Lexington for ongoing Sunday School Union work. Several Athens area residents and guests attend local gatherings including Garnett Beverage’s birthday party in Chauncey. Carl Baer arrives for the Chamber of Commerce meeting. Dr. Alston Ellis returns early from Colorado. Amelia Lowry and Ad dison Fryburger host visitors, and Anna Neff presides over Women’s Relief Corps events in Chillicothe.
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W. J. Warrener
Delaware
Girls’ Industrial School
Athene County
D. Webb
Irene Cooley
American Sunday School Union
W. H. Prooks
New Lesington
Miss Cooley
Amelia Lowry
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Oto
Audit Bureau of Circulations
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United Press Service
John W. Cullen Company
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Fifth Ave
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York
General Motors Ubig
Itex
Daniel O'Brien
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Hobors
Boweryites
Arthur Uishane
Copsright
Wimmcorporated
Hundertmark
Concordia
Yosemite Park
Park
Big Basin
Vermeer Jr
Oakland
Bull
Bear
Broadway
New
Watertown
DL. Coleman
Lockport
H. S Chapman
Katonah NY
NY City
Sohnigr Jonson
Love the Barber
Wailer
SS .Tlure Newspaper Syndicate
John Hix
Paterson
Albiquercua Y
Frank McCoy
Tient
Wall Street
Germany
Dinort
Swei
Fredert Te
J. F Tin
Wilsor
Ser ‘Ia
Indiana
Hawaii
Panama Canal
A. S
Switzerland
Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Eulalie
Yale University
Arly
Oo B
Alexander Hamilton
Philip Harmilton
Weehawken
New Jersey
Young Varniiion
Army
Navy
Trombone
Lohivist
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Leonard Tucker
T. C. Welch
Its
Lucille Duffee
Talia Sherman
Olive Mediga
New Marshfield
Marty
Garnett Beverage
Chauncey
Carl Baer
Chamber of Commerce
J. WK. Pratt
Newark
Vetle Walker
Wheeling
W Va
A. T. Bly
Alston Ellis
Colorado
Senera
Ellis
Nina CMI
Gare
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