Retired Conductor John Elder Signals Team From Farm
OGAN Sept 10. John R Elder retired from the Hocking Valley railroad after 33 years as passenger conductor. Though retired he signals trains 33 and 24 from his farm home, wave by day and lantern at night. His wife signals when he cannot answer. Born 1865 in Sugar Grove, he began as a brakeman in 1893 and retired Jan 1 1926.
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John Elder
Hocking Valley Line
OGAN
John R. Elder
Hocking Valley Railroad
Elder
Mr. Eider
Sugar Grove
Hocking Valley
Columbus
Athens
Couple Weds 66 Years Have Never Fought in NC
LL and Sam Spratt celebrate 66 years of marriage in North Carolina mountains. The 83 year old Spratt credits enduring love and mutual tolerance for harmony. They share farm life, nine children, and a Bible reading habit each night, with Mr Spratt still telling the same stories from 60 years ago.
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LL Ord
N.C
Jack Spratt
Spratt
Sam LL
Carolina Mountains
Mr. Spratt
Spratte
Lost Custer painting puzzles War Department search
Old painting titled Custer's Last Stand vanished after 1905 and remains unaccounted for since 1920. The canvas, once given to the Tth Cavalry, is linked to various artists and possible destinations from Fort Grant to Chickamauga park and Fort Riley, with no definite record of its fate.
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Ashington
War Department
Custer
Anheuser Based
Brewing Association of
H. Steinegger
Battle of
Little Big Horn
Tth Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kan
Six foot map shows lands of Longstreth in Nelsonville
Elsonville September 17. N R K H Jackson possesses a 26 by six foot map by James Nomingway detailing lands of the late T Longstreth. It lists coal mining equipment including tipples, trestles, canal dock, railroad switch, store, brick yard, stables, farm buildings, and the Longstreth addition to Nelsonville. Hemingway and Benjamin Hill partnered in the Elsworth and Morris Coal Co mining venture at Jos with the valley’s largest capacity.
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Elsonville
RK. H. Jackson
Ifs
T. Longstreth
James Nomingway
Lalley
Lonemstreth
Hockings Valley
Athens Road
Longstreth
Nelsonville
Hocking Canal
Courtauld
Hemingway
Benjamin Hill
Elsworth and Morris Coal Company
Jos
Old Marietta Pike From Nelsonville Is Being Recalled
Usonville September 10. Special report recalls the old Marietta road that ran from Nelsonville through Green's Run and Trimble to Sharpsburg linking with the now paved highway. The route was once busier than the river road and carried freight by wagon.
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Usonville
Marietta-Athens
Marietta
Nelsonville
Green's Run
Red Town
Trimble
Sharpsburg
Pittsburgh
University of Pennsylvania
Frederick Wagner
Faw
Bears avoid traps as survey scheme fails in West Ibeairs
In the Northwest region bears outsmart hunters and trapping schemes. The US Biological Survey finds traps ineffective as bears read warnings and avoid wires. Washington law changes push settlers to wire traps. bears steer clear, raids increase until season opens October 15.
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Northwest
States Biological Survey
Washington
Biologics Survey
Walla
Early Geese Sighted Hint at Severe Winter Ahead
Two flocks of wild geese seen flying south in Loveland Colorado on September 10. The early migration suggests an early and severe winter, alarming sportsmen who fear hunting season may find the geese gone before it opens.
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Loveland
Colo
Growing flowers brighten hospitable spaces and decor
A note suggests making interiors friendlier by adding growing flowers a colorful crystal lamp or a mirror that reflects sunlight to create welcoming ambience.
Eleven killed on Chauncey streets in five years report
Chauncey residents figure in most of the eleven fatalities described on West Main Converse and nearby streets over five years. Victims include Ira Fuller a Civil War veteran and others struck by trains, machines, or cars, with three visitors among the dead.
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Charles
Bradfield Messenger
Hauncey
Francis M. Watkins
West Main Street
Chauncey
Ira R. Fuller
Athens
Meiss Counties
Converse Street
Brown
Richard Harvey
Lloyd Harvey
St Virginia
George W. Six
Jero
Mary Street
Eugene Armstrong
Chauncey-Athens
Ford's tiny plane to work and back charms Dearborn
Test pilot Harry J. Brooks uses a 30 horsepower Ford plane weighing 870 pounds to commute from a Birmingham farm to Ford Airport in Dearborn. The 22 foot wing spans 16 feet in length and carries five gallons of fuel, averaging ten minutes each way and 40 miles per gallon, with no lights used on night flights.
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Etroit
Mid
Harry J. Brooks
Ford
Dearborn
Brooks
Birmingham
Qgrooks
Dearborn Country Club
Lindbergh
Girl Held for 18 Years Finds Her Mother at Last
In Illinois a normal young woman named Josephine Noble Gardner, raised in a state home for backward children, is set to reunite with her mother Winifred Herzog after 18 years. The mother, who married Theodore Herzog in Los Angeles, learned her daughter survived and arranged a cross country reunion. The investigation traced Josephine from Williamson county to Lincoln state school, confirming the bond and setting the stage for a hopeful family home.
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Josephine Noble Gardner
Los Angeles
Winifred Herzog
Illinois
Winifred Noble
Winifred
Williamson County
Little Joséphine
Lincoln State School
Josephine
Sara Crosby
Pacific Coast
Theodore Herzog
Hinds
Lincoln
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Logan
Husband
Theodore Herzop
Nlfred Herzox
Ff Longstreth
Marietta Pike
Denver
Ibears
Berlin
Holstein
James Carr
Belle Stewart
Circle Hill
Wain Street
Andrews
Glonster
Wellinger Run
William Flarding
Tennessee
Thomas Tibtic
Penumont
Main Street
Warren V. Sprague
Kalispell
Mont
Montana
R. C G. Greesland
Henry Ford
Jean Comerford
Illinois Institution
McLean
Bloomington
Cinderella
Daddy
Shome
U.S
Tudins
U. S
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