Notable American Writers and Editors of the 19th Century
Biographical notes recall Edgar W. Nye born in Shirley Maine died near Asheville North Carolina February 22 1896 and 1951 Henry J Ford editor and Princeton politics professor born in Baltimore died at sent Pennsylvania August 29 25.
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Albany
N. Y
England
Edgar W. Nye
Bih Nye
Shirley
Maine
Asheville
N. C
Henry J. Ford
Princeton
Baltimore
Sent
Underhill reunion and local visits in Ohio communities
In Huntington on August 25, Mr and Mrs Henry West attended the Underhill reunion at North Olmsted Park with about seventy attendees from Cleveland Elyria Columbia Station North Olmsted Penfield Akron and West Dover. Officers elected for 1933 include President Harry Underhill Sec and Treas Mrs Henry West and entertainment chair Ziba Hall. Also notes of visits to Elyria Cleveland Ridgeville and Spen cer Ohio with friends and a 63rd birthday surprise for Mrs Charles Rugga rich in local names.
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Henry West
Ziba Hall
North Olmated
Charles Rugg
E. H. Allen
Freda
Lodi
Ohio
Lee Dull
New Pittsburgh
Harvey Allen
Friendsville
Ray. Fortune
Donald Root
Spencer, Ohio
Motorman Hero Saves Child From Tracks Near Lorain
Bill Lang of Sandusky the Lake Shore Electric veteran risked his life by stepping onto the car fender and pulling three year old Lelia Smith from the tracks as a street car swung around a curve at fifty five. The child was bleeding but to recover and Lang recalls the rescue with shaking yet steady pride.
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Lelia Smith
Bill Lang
Sandusky
Lake Shore
Lorain
Lelia
Toledo
Alfred E Smith Appointed New Outlook Editor
Alfred E Smith becomes editor of the Outlook magazine succeeding Henry Ward Beecher and Lyman Abbott. A former governor and noted political figure, he is praised as a capable, independent observer with strong views on prohibition, unemployment relief, and veterans' benefits. His leadership promises constructive, timely opinion.
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Alfred E. Smith
Outlook
Henry Ward Beecher
Lyman Abbott
Theodore Roosevelt
Smith
Hoarded life savings lost in Maryland shack fire
An Eastern Shore recluse died when his shack burned, destroying about $40,000 hoarded in cans and drawers. Only a few hundred dollars were recovered, leaving the rest unspent and unshared. The piece notes the futility of hoarding and suggests the value of shared prosperity. Also mentions hitchhiker’s thumb as a guide to towns.
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Maryland
Mussolini Attacks U S Policy In Diatribe
Mussolini accuses the United States of lacking a true policy, insisting any policy differing from the duce’s is not a policy. He ridicules Americanism as mere intellectual posturing. He jokes that those who concede when right are weak or married, and quips that marriage ends man’s troubles but questions which end.
EldERBERRY MEMORIES AND BLUNDERS OF POLITICS
A collage of snippets notes elderberries and picnic nostalgia, a voter tale about George W Field winning re election by one vote over his opponent, plus light verse and political chatter from Wellington Fair. It preserves names and places in a breezy, old timey tone.
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George W. Field
Real County
Tex
Faith and Labor Amid Hard Times Message
A stream of verses urges readers to sustain faith in workers and neighbors. It calls for small sacrifices, purchasing choices, and shared optimism, asserting that brighter days depend on collective effort and trust in community. The piece reflects hopeful, exhortative tones about resilience and civic virtue.
Anniversary list recalls notable figures from 1799 to 1838
A clipped calendar of births and deaths honors James Lick Andrew Donelson Alan Pinkerton Jane Stanford and Francis Bret Harte. It notes Lick born in Fredericksburg, Donelson near Nashville and died in 1871, Pinkerton in 1884, Stanford in Albany and died in Honolulu, Harte a famed poet born in 1838.
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James Lick
San Francisco
Fredericksburg
Andrew J. Donelson
President Jackson
Nashville
Tenn
Memphis
Alan Pinkerton
Detective
Illinois
Chicago
Jane Lathrop Stanford
California
Philthropist
Albany
Honolulu
Francis Bret Harte
Today in History and notable birth anniversaries
A chronicle of dates: New Orleans founded in 1718, moon hoax excitement in 1835 New York Sun, 1914 Louvain bombardment, 1919 first daily air service London Paris. Births listed include Dr. Raymond Walters 47, Col. William Procter 70, Grafton Green 60, Waldo Frank 43, Patrick Crowley 68. Also a note on signs changing personality traits and life prospects.
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New Orleans
New York Sun
Louvain
London
Paris
Raymond Walters
University of Cincinnati
Bethlehem
William C. Procter
Cincinnati Soap Manufacturing Company
Glendale
Ohio
Grafton Green
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Lebanon, Tenn
Waldo Frank
New York
Long Branch
N. J
Patrick, E. Crowley
New York Central Railway
Cattaraugus
N. Y
128 Million Cigars From Red Lion Industry
Red Lion, Pennsylvania, a village of 4 757 people, produced 128 868 000 cigars in 1931. The cigar industry employed 1 936 workers with total wage compensation of 1 317 700 dollars, according to the State Department of Internal Affairs records.
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Red Lion
York County
State Department of Internal Affairs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Buddy
Sunda
Elyria
Joan W. Cullen Company
So- Michigan
Detroit
General Motors
W. ¥. Garra
Vincent
Tom Brown
Theate B. H. Hileman
Sullivan, Ohio
Cleveland
Mrs. Leavy
Henry Wast
Hazel Horton
Ridgeville
Ellen Brown
Marie Criss
Ellen
Clyde Horton
Mussolini
U.S
Duce
Heaven Help He
Wellington
David Ingalls
Ingalls
Kipling
Kiping
Kalamazoo
Sally
Dhead
Beauticians
Howard B. Somers
Traveler’s Inn
Luminais
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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