From a Small Town Reporter to a New York Presence
A reminiscence recounts the rise of a Gallipolis, Ohio, Tribune carrier turned New York reporter. The author recalls early hardships, quirky local news sources like the Park Central hotel and Noah Clark's Ark, meeting famous figures, and the modest $5 weekly salary versus big-city rates, with a notable post office fire scoop and a lifelong stage persona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Galagolfis
Tribune
America
The
Maxon
Grandma
Park Central
Noah Clark’s Ark
the Ark
Kentucky
Basil Duke
Learn From Authority Structure of the Skin and Disease
A health note discusses skin disease as a source of unhappiness, urging readers to study skin science rather than rely on cosmetic fixes. It cites Dr William Allen Pusey’s 1930 book and explains the skin’s roles in protection heat regulation waste elimination and germ defense, plus cautions about overzealous cleansing.
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William Allen Pusey
D. Appleton & Co
New York
Hopkins in Lagrange Care as Bradley Fights Illness
Mr and Mrs Hopkins of Toledo visiting uncle Hiram Bradley who lies seriously ill at his Church Street home. Naomi Myers stayed with Rachel Root in Medina. Mrs Lewis Buswell receiving care at St Joseph's Lorain. A family gathering celebrated Clyde Nugent's birthday in Amherst with Will Crombie Los Angeles and several Nugent and Sparks relatives attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Grange
Mrs. Hopkins
Toledo
Hiram Bradley
Church Street
Naomi Myers
Rachel Root
Medina
Lewis Buswell
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lorain
B. L. Wilcox
Clyde Nugent
Ambherst
Will Crombie
Los Angeles
California
Nate Gear
John Nugent
Tom Nugent
Charles Sparks
Arthur Meesig
Amherst Hosts Freeman Knowles Nichols Social Gathering
Amherst residents and guests include Mr and Mrs Fred Freeman of Elyria and Mr and Mrs F J Knowles as well as Mr and Mrs James Nichols who entertained attendees at a social gathering.
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Amherst
Fred Freeman
Elyria
F. J. Knowles
James Nichols
C. H. Nich
Local Social and Club Notes from Lyndon Area
La Grange families and Elyria visitors share gatherings as Mrs Jay Jackson returns home from Berea hospital. Penfield basketball set to visit Dec 5 and Dec 10 events include Gleaners at Mrs Andrew Rawson and a Masonic hall party for Past Matrons and Patrons. WCTU pauses December meeting. January all day session planned at Mrs Mason Powers.
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la Grange
Guy Nichols
Malcolm Reese
Elyria
Jay Jackson
Berea Hospital
Orville Sooy
Penfield
Judson Spicer
Raymond Ward
Lorain
W. B Horton
Parma
Methodist Church
Andrew Rawson
Henry Wigert
Bills
Mra G. Rohrer
Jennie and
Maude Hubbard
Sam Claytons
the Baptist Church
Linda Benton
Masonic Hall
Lyndon Chapter
Zola Hastings
Ned Gott
Erwin Adams
George Woodruff
Paul E. Sage
Julius Wilcox
Frank Wolcott
James Siward
Cleveland
Robert Denham
Nelson Yost
Litchfield
Dramatic Club
Cyclone Sally
Pauline Boehm
Kathryn Smith
Fred Smith
F. B. Gott
Frank Bradstock
Wellington
Pleasantville Social News Highlights
Pleasantville Ohio notices report visits from Elson Dunlap family and Carroll Cooke group, Thanksgiving gatherings with Behner and Stanislawski clans, travel to Oberlin by Vivian Wheeler, and a June marriage of Gordon Wheeler to Rena Storrs Elmira New York. The piece lists multiple local households hosting relatives and a student absent due to illness.
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Pleasantville
Elson Dunlap
Marydene
Hudson
Carroll Cooke
Akron
J. E. Dunlap
Lucius Wheeler
Arthur Beckett
Bay Village
Migs
M. S. Behner
Gordon Wheeler
Rena Storrs
Elmira
N. Y
Anna Sbehner
John Mohler
Alva Seeley
Nina
Jesse
Aerial Explorer Receives Distant Instruction by Phone
An aerial explorer, 6,000 miles from the instructor, received guidance by telephone. The remote instruction enabled the explorer to adjust course and proceed with the ascent, highlighting early long distance communication in aviation.
Bill's Barber Shop Ad Prices 25 Cents Haircuts
An old line advertisement promotes live and let live prices with hair cuts at 25 cents. The ad notes the shop at 716 West Broad Street next to Andress Garage and that it opens evenings until 9 o'clock on Saturdays.
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Bill’s
West Broad Street
Andress Garage
Escape Attempt Of Prisoner At Ohio Pen Fails
COLUMBUS Ohio December 6 Donald Devore 25 of Toronto Ohio parole violator was in Ohio Penitentiary today after breaking chains on his wrists and leaping from a parole officer s car as it stopped before the penitentiary He ran down the street firing at him but none of the shots hit Devore was pursued by two guards and surrendered when his escape was cut off He was placed in solitary for the night Devore paroled June 20 1928 after part of a sentence for motor vehicle theft He had been captured a month earlier after a robbery in Toronto but escaped at Newark
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Columbus
Donald Devore
Toronto
Ohio
H. E. Hadley
Devore
Hadley
Elmer Callahan
Harold Whetstone
Steubenville
Newark
Home brew in bathtub leads to fine in Knoxville
Knoxville patrolman Slim Carr fined W B Brown $25 after finding a bathtub in Brown's home filled with homebrew. Also noted, Timgad, rivaling in importance to Pompeii, has been identified as an African site discovered in 1875.
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Knoxville
Tenn
W. B. Brown
Slim Carr
Brown
Timgad
Munich Leads German Cities In Auto Ownership Ratio
Munich reports one motor vehicle for every 24 inhabitants, the highest proportion among German cities, reflecting deep adoption of automobiles in the urban population.
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Munich
Beauty industry grows among top ten global markets
An estimated annual beauty market value around one billion dollars exists as a leading modern industry. World population has risen about 10 percent and commerce 24 percent since 1913, highlighting rapid growth and economic expansion in this era.
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Selec
J. T. Robinson
Bidwell
Major Burke
Gallipolis
Richard Harding Davis
Clendening
By Logan Clendening, M. D
Logan Clendening
Central Press Association
East Twelfth Street
Lagrange
Chase
Rabbit
Flighty Bowers
Old Man Hutchens
Lee Wow Stan
Mrs
Fred Tran
Behner
Murion Stanislawski
Berea
M. Stanislawski
W.C. T.U
Mason Powers
Morris
Wesley Tran
B. Benner
Bert
Carl Hastings
J. Wichs
Ohio Pen
S. Woods
T.aleo
Bartlett
Cleveland Street
Mr. Squash
Royal Creamery
the First Savings & Loan Co
Middle Avenue
Elyria, Ohio
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