Good Roads Movement Drives Nation Toward 180000 Mile Network
The article extols government and state highway construction reaching about 65 000 miles in 1921 and 11 930 miles of federal aid highways that year. It highlights America’s road progress as a civilizational measure, references historical road facts, and envisions future air routes though urging practical support for improving current roads.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Uncle Sam
America
Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln
Royalty gardening and aviation chatter in Steubenville column
The Steubenville Weekly Herald rails through a miscellany of items. It notes Greensburg, a man who fell eleven stories may qualify as an aeroplane navigator, and adds musings on King Boris of Bulgaria tending a garden. It surveys crime, parks, canal talk, Trotzky, war bonds, and price shifts.
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Greensburg
Comfort and Health through Loose Clothing Trends
The Inventor BE COMFORTABLE,DISON, argues health relies on loose garments to keep circulation free. He condemns tight clothes like sausage casings, urging both sexes to wear breathable attire to prevent overheating and promote wellness. Hygienists echo this, noting summer ventilation and cold protection.
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Dison
Sdison
Changes in people and eras echo through towns
The column muses on personal change, noting how friends seem transformed by time and experience. It contrasts outer looks with inner character, praising change as a path from failure to growth while touching on politics, technology, and global events shaping society.
Animal wars argue war is natural in struggle for food
Carroth Wells discusses a whale killer and other predators to claim war is a constant in nature driven by food scarcity. He compares wolves and ants to humans, arguing that modern agriculture and distribution remove food as a war cause, so interference with food flow fuels conflict.
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Carroth Wells
South Pole
Anta
Safety First and Ladder Dangers Highlighted
A public safety piece warns ladders are the most dangerous device and urges caution to prevent accidents. It cites insurance data, nationwide injury and death rates, and credits the Safety First movement with reducing risks while stressing personal vigilance.
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United States
Modest dandelion praise and public figures in satire
A collection of short items notes poets praising the dandelion and a spring mood. It reports Horace Bottomley’s fraud conviction, Memorial Day reflections, Sherman and Lafayette folklore debates, Taft considering England visit, and hopes for the McCormicks’ divorce to move from front pages.
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Taft
England
McCormicks
Writer Proposes Large Spillway to Prevent Mississippi Floods
A writer calls for a vast spillway five miles wide to divert floodwaters between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain or from the Red River mouth along the Atchafalaya. He argues modern engineering can handle the project and that the failing levee system warrants consideration.
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Mississippi River
Lake Ponchartrain
Red River
Atchafalaya
England Bath and Tunbridge Wells for sale ad in London paper
A London advertisement offers sale of leading Bath and Tunbridge Wells buildings. The Bath site notes its ancient status as a health resort, with memories of Bean Nash. Memorial Day notes focus on America’s wars and duty to future generations. A Moscow figure Tikon faces threats, and intercession calls toward President Harding are debated. Calendar reformers still discuss a thirteen month year plan.
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England
London
Bath
Tunbridge Wells
Bean Nash
America
Tikon
Moscow
Harding
Lenine
Trotky
Mixup over calendar reform sparks debate and history notes
The Herald-Star mentions a year end swap to shift days from months with 31 days to February, keeping a yearly cycle with five thirty-one day months and seven thirties, leap years adjusting. It then recalls Wu the General and the Chow dynasty, and shifts to Washington dispatches on President Harding commenting on Congress amid demagogues and governance norms.
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Herald-Star
England's debt outlook improves with undeveloped resources
The piece notes the pound at 4.47 dollars on the New York market, compares Britain’s postwar finances with America's 1875 collapses, and argues England should exploit man dated regions and mercantile naval expansion to ease national debt while finding an encouraging overall outlook.
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New York
England
America
Pinchot Campaign Spending Draws Comparisons to Newberry
The article argues Pinchot will not lose votes due to expenditures in Pennsylvania primaries. It notes open, aboveboard actions chiefly involving postcards and mailings, compares to Sen Newberry, and discusses whether money in campaigns is spent honestly. It cites $82,000 to the postoffice and hints at broader political spend. It mentions marriage licenses for Charley Haese and others from Steubenville and Ramsey.
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Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Senator Newberry
Newberry
Post- Suffice
Wilson-Ford
Penrose
I. W
Graduation of Ohio Valley nurses at Ft. Steuben hotel
Four student nurses from Ohio Valley hospital received diplomas in a formal ceremony at the Ft. Steuben hotel. Hon. Frank Murphy delivered the address as a banquet and ball followed with music by the Academy Orchestra and a benediction by Rev. Greene.
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Ft. Steuben
Ohio Valley Hospital
Olive Lorene Jackson
Follansbee
W. Va
Myrtle May Adams
Salineville
Sarah Lee Tracy
Steubenville
Olive Pearl Taylor
Frank Murphy
Burleigh Cruikshank
Westminster Church
Helen Smiley
James McDonald
Congressman Murphy
Murphy
J. C. M. Floyd
Ethel. B. Hinds
Greene
Academy
Former Bankr Says Arrest Is Relief In Ohio
Homer H. Dean a former Sutton West Virginia banker who fled in 1914 under the alias Henry D Holt was arrested in Cincinnati Ohio. He described the arrest as a great relief and said he planned to face charges of alleged defalcation of 25000 dollars. Dean told reporters his affairs collapsed in the crash and he later worked in Oklahoma wheat fields and as an aluminum ware peddler. His wife and two year old child live in Columbus Ohio where he is now Ohio representative for an aluminum company.
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Cincinnati
Homer H. Dean
Sutton
W. Va
Henry D. Holt
Oklahomas
Ohio
Columbus
Guards Released At Katherine Coal Mine in Uniontown
Guards at the Katherine coal mine in Uniontown were released after a St Clairsville hearing found they acted in self defense when fired upon by union miners seeking to halt stripping operations. The Katherine mine was amid a strike, with company forces employing union workers, while striking miners pressed to coerce shovelers to join.
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Uniontown
St Clairsville
Katherine
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