History of Ohio University debt and Athens city finances
The piece discusses Athens city budget scrutiny, noting bonded indebtedness at about 1.6 percent of assessed valuation as of November 26, 1927, with total city property valued around $1,110,260. It details assets in the City Service and Safety departments, including waterworks valued at $660,000, meters, streets, sewers, and equipment. Indebtedness declined from $424,681.02 in 1924 to $218,860.87 in 1927, and upcoming projects like Lancaster Street resurfacing and Stewart Street sewer may raise bonds.
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Harold 4. Moore
Athens
Glen M. Romine
Service Department
Water Service
Ashe
Eee
Romine
Safety Department
City of
Franz Wondworth
Grite Evans
Lancaster Street
Stewart Street
Ast General Assembly of
Ohio
Educatiion
West Side
Adds
Scott
First graduates Thomas Ewing and John Hunter May 3 1815
The oldest first degree document at Ohio University grants Bachelor of Arts and Sciences to Thomas Ewing and John Hunter. Dated May 3, 1815, under President Stephen Lindley, the record quotes a committee report noting examination in literature, languages, philosophy, logic, geography, astronomy, and mathematics with the students shown to be proficient.
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Virgene Brill
Ohio Univer Iasity
Thomas Ewing
John Hunter
Ohio University
Stephen Lindley
Ohio University Degrees Granted to Ewing and Hunter in 1915
Proceedings of the Ohio University Board of Trustees dated May 3 1915 resolutions commend Thomas Ewing and John Hunter for Bachelor of Arts and Sciences. President to confer degrees and secretary to deliver copies. Signed by trustees N Couch Charles R Sherman Stephen Lindley Lawrence Lewis with Bartlett secretary certification.
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Thomas Ewing
John Hunter
Board of Trustees
N. Couch
Charles R. Sherman
Stephen Lindley
Lawrence Lewis
Ohio University
T. Henry Bartlett
The
Henry Bartlett
Lottery Act Seeks Funds For Ohio University Improvements
The document outlines an 1817 act authorizing a lottery to raise up to twenty thousand dollars for Ohio University improvements including a college edifice and library. It details bonds, security, drawing procedures, publication notices, sworn officials, and trustee oversight, plus a 1830 petition from the Philomathean Society seeking further library and study aids.
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Ohio General Assembly
Ohio University
State of
Ohio
Eliphaz Perkins
Dudley Woodbridge, Jr
William R. Putnam
John FP. R. Bureau
Joseph B. Miles
Wiliam Skinner
Edward W. Tupper
Athens
Court of Common Meal
Theron
Maretta
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Washington City
Chillicothe
Supreme Court
Court of Common Pleas
Justice of the Peace
Student's 1856 letter defends innocence in college hall fire
An 1850 era student affidavit recounts his afternoon movements on February 11 after lighting the bell, sweeping halls, and visiting friends before learning the center building caught fire. He claims he and witnesses helped extinguish the blaze and asserts his presence near Taylor's tavern and campus gates, ending with a sworn statement of truth.
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J. Camp
Mr. Baker
Mr. Lasity
Mr. Anderson
Mr. Ingle
Mr. Burninp
Alnging
Atllcs
McGill
Mr. Taylor
Former Athens Man Named Navy Yard Commandant in Brooklyn
Rear Admiral Louis R. de Steigner, a former Athens resident and Ohio University alumnus, has been appointed Commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The article traces his early life, Naval career from Annapolis through World War I, and his rise to command the Pacific Fleet before taking the Brooklyn post.
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Athens
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Mid-West
Louis R. de Steigner
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Ohio University
John Finsterwald
Rose Avenue
Admiral de Steigner
Red School
C. H. Grosvenor
de Steigners
Congress
Naval Academy
Louis
Goodby
Annapolis Naval Academy
de Steiguer
U. S
New York City
de Steigner
Arkansas
Naval War College
Newport
Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
California Coast
Brooklyn Yard
Third Naval District
Ga 1
New York Times
Stey
Sean
Hanson FE. Ely
Second ‘Corps
Governors’ Island
Ely
Harold H. Ritter
Pittsburgh Motor Fatalities Dip in First Half 1928
The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce reports that Pittsburgh and 21 other cities with populations under 100000 posted lower motor fatality rates in the first six months of 1928. Pittsburgh’s deaths fell from 33 in early 1927 to 16 in the same period this year. CBS Wah
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Pittsburgh
National Automobbiy Chamber of Commerce
CBS
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