Ohio university eyes football season with high hopes
Twenty years ago Ohio University anticipated a strong football season led by players including George Kahler Loring Connett Evan Jones and Si Allen among veterans. Other notes mention Grace Stickney visiting Pittsburgh F P McVay attending a Milwaukee convention of the Order of Eastern Star and a Westerville wedding of Harry Beckley and Helen Harlan. The Athens Company L beat Logan Company G 47 to 0 in the opening game. Elizabeth Kern returned from Mackinac Island.
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Ohio University
George Kahler
Loring Connett
Evan Jones
Si Allen
Company L of
Athens
Company G of
Logan
A Thought for Today Fragments and Finances
A brief quote collection urges gathering remnants to prevent loss from John 6 12 and notes thrift as a philosopher's stone attributed to Franklin. The item blends religious reflection with financial wisdom.
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Franklin
Weighed Taste Debates Prompt Florida Censorship Talk
A Florida group lists indecent books in state university libraries including works by George Bernard Shaw and H G Wells. The piece riffs on a future where tastes are regulated by law and readers are left with censorial edicts.
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Florida
Powers That Be
Home Still a Good Word in Light of Nationwide Survey
A survey of more than 11 900 representative American homes finds the word home remains influential and its sweet meaning intact despite modern distractions. The home endures as long as children grow there and youth remains free to explore before returning home.
Dark Places of the Heart Witch Burnings in Ungvar Village
A Slovak village tenses as villagers fear a beggar woman linked to witchcraft. They raid her hut, bind her to a tree, pile debris around, and set fire, claiming to rid themselves of a witch amid harsh superstition. The tale contrasts pride and progress with dark, fear driven acts.
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Ungvar
Slovakia
Civilized Rescue Becomes Tale of Humane Resolve
A fragment recounts a party of civilized men saving a woman from a horrible death and reflects on striving to make humanity more humane after long toilsome ages.
Flying machines and air power reshape a future war
The piece argues air superiority dictates modern conflict over ground combat in China, noting Japan and Russia already field flying machines. It cites U.S. hesitation, warns of large-scale aerial bomb and gas use, and criticizes inflation of weight norms and rust costs in industry. It blends political, technological, and health notes with historical references.
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United States
China
Russia
Japan
Asia
America
Health and Diet Advice by Dr Frank McCoy
Dr Frank McCoy offers health and diet guidance addressed to readers through The Messenger. Respondents should enclose stamped self addressed envelopes for replies.
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Dr. Frank,McCoy
McCoy
Diet Plan to Reduce Gas and Digestive Trouble
The article outlines a long term diet to curb gas related ailments. It recommends banning onions garlic and other gas forming foods for a month. It suggests egg Melba toast stewed fruit non starch vegetables lean meat and no desserts. An enema daily is advised to cleanse intestines and reduce toxins.
Goiter Go Quickly? Do Fruit Fasts Help Thyroid Swell
A reader asks about home remedies for goiter. The answer explains goiter as thyroid enlargement from gland congestion, recommends a fruit fast to reduce deposits, and suggests a post cure diet avoiding grain foods with an acidic fruit meal daily.
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Lorraine K
By the Way in New York Snapshots on Manhattan Streets
Gilbert Swan roams Manhattan noting street life from a predatory pedlar to flappers in bare halls. He sketches gypsy stalls on the East Side, sailors in night districts, and the bare, broad humor of city entertainment. He observes taxis, long-distance fares, and a tired workingman audience.
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Manhattan
Gilbert Swan
New York
Dinty Moore
Otto Kahn
Hatla
Paewpreat de
George White
Revue
Avenue A
East Side
Manhattan Bridge
Lharn
Dawes Feels The Political Convention Wave Loom
Washington dispatch analyzes how a Dawes nomination could ride a blend of Hoover Lowden and other blocs. It foresees Uncle Dawes arriving with few delegates yet capable of cobbling a bloc from diverse states, while predicting Hoover’s likely primary cleanup and mixed support from multiple regional camps.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Commerce Department
Hoover
Uncle Dawes
Lowden
Uncle Wood
Uncle Johnson
Uncle Harding
Recruiter Notes Prompt Rough Sexualized Customer Request
A terse internal note records customer preferences describing recruits who request women with a suggestive and somewhat rough demeanor. The brief emphasizes discreet handling and adherence to client wishes within observed company policies.
Fashion notes on hair styling through Roman era traces
The passage notes scant evidence of marcelling before and after the Roman period, suggesting fashion changes mirrored in later times. It highlights that hair trends, like modern shifts, left only faint traces in surviving styles.
Questions and Answers from Frederick J Haskin Panel
A reader Q and A format covers topics from childhood nutrition to Palestinian coinage and Bryn Mawr naming. It notes age based food needs, details of the new Palestinian coinage, Welsh origin of Bryn Mawr, funeral customs for Army officers, and Roman hair on coins.
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Palestine
Jerusalem
Bryn Mawr
Becon County
Wales
Bryn
Mawr
Six Hundred Sixty New Admission Cards Issued at Ohio University
Ohio University registrar Frank B. Dilley reports 660 admission cards issued for the coming year starting September 19, about 200 more students than last year. Enrollment should top 2,200 with new applicants urged to file high school credits and apply. Office hours are posted for mornings and afternoons Monday through Saturday.
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Ohio University
Frank B. Dilley
Dilley
Athens
8 8 8 a Rheumatism Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement touts 8 8 8 as a long standing rheumatism cure. It claims relief from muscle and joint pains after a course and cites a testimonial from Earl C Kell of Johnson City Tennessee. The product is described as vegetable and plant based with two sizes for sale at drug stores.
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Earl C. Kell
West Main Street
Johnson City
Tenn
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Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulations
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Colaisa
Chapeau
NO Mans Land
Too, Cherie
Paris
Grace Stickney
Pittsburgh
F. P. McVay
Milwaukee
The
Order of Eastern Star
Harry Beckley
Helen Harlan
Westerville
Elizabeth Kern
Mackinac Land
John
Arthur Brisbane
French Republic
Louis Sixteenth
Siberia
Abraham Lincoln Erlander
Egloff
National Tube Company
United States Steel Corporation
Leonard Williams
K. K
By the Way
Bessey
Braucher
Arctic
Knud Racmiczen and Son
Stefansson
Victoria Island
B. MacMillan
Tos Nac
East
Roald Amundsen
Maud
Pole
Ee Amundsen
Norge
King’s Bay
Spitzbergen
Teller
Richard E. Byrd
Atlantic
South Pole
North Pole
Floyd Bennett
Fokker
Amundsen
Charles Dawes
Rodney Dutcher
Uncle Lowden
Uncle Hoover
Uncle Hughes
Uncle Butler
Uncle Meilion
Pennsylvania
Uncle Willis
Massachusetts
Dent
Marcelling
Frederick J. Haskin
Hot Springs
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