Newspaper Bundle Offer Listed by Three Ohio Papers
A combination subscription deal is offered featuring Marmont Courier plus Cincinnati Post and Cincinnati Times Star, with the three papers cited on March 25 listing the same package. The arrangement mentions three Cincinnati titles and includes the Enquirer and Courier in the offer.
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Marmont Courier
Arier
Cincinnati Post
Courier and
Cincinnati Times Star
Cincinnati Enquirer and Courier
Time extension for December taxes announced
The Board of County Commissioners extended the December tax payment deadline from December 20 to January 20. The notice appeared in their Tuesday morning meeting. The rest of the text contains multiple social notes and local notices, including visits, parties, and a funeral, with several names and places from Batavia and nearby communities.
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Board of County Commissioners
Wilke Coal completes floor landing project site work
Rutavip seaweed product marketed as digestion aid in early 20th century notices. Agar seaweed used to aid digestion in human system claims. Local industrial and health product notes reflect period concerns about dietary supplements.
Ohio School Survey Commission backs Mort plan to aid schools
The Ohio School Survey Commission approved Dr. Paul Mort plan in Columbus after an executive session on December 27 with amendments to raise the state aid guarantee. The proposal would boost aid to city schools and protect property taxpayers, proposing increases to per pupil guarantees and signaling $28 million in new state aid needed.
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Ohio School Survey Commission
Paul R. Mort
Columbus
Elity School
Ohio School Survey Commission outlines state aid plan
The Ohio School Survey Commission approved a minimal education standard set at 40 dollars per elementary pupil and 68 dollars per high school pupil. A state equalization fund would guarantee the base, funded by a tax other than real estate. Local districts would levy three property taxes before state aid, then receive 17 and 29 dollars per pupil respectively.
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H. H. Davis
Ohio State University
Mort
Charles H. Jones
Jackson
Ohio School Survey Commission
B. O. Skinner
Paul R. Mort
Columbia University
New York
State officials report finances and inaugurations for Ohio
In Columbus on January 2 1933 officials report $5 252 843 95 in utility tax receipts with 231 903 57 outstanding and 153 241 64 in litigation. Three million dollars borrowed from the State Highway Department has been repaid and the new year begins with a clean slate. The Charity Newsies mobilize aid with over 26 000 in cash and trucks supplying the needy. The bar exam hosts 250 applicants across five sessions as the Ninetieth General Assembly opens with inauguration day slated for Monday absent pomp. Mild influenza causes concern with 4250 cases reported to date.
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Clumbus
Clarence J. Brown
Brown
George S. Myers
Cleveland
Supreme Court of Ohio
Carl V. Weygandt
Thomas A. Jones
Edward
Matthias
Will. P
Jas. E. Robinson
Reynolds R. Kincade
Robert H. Daye
Florence E. Allen
Harry 8. Day
Sibate Highway Department
Boards of Education
Charity Newsies
Newsies
Memorial Hall
Law College
Bar
Ninetieth General Assembly
White
Ohio
Lavish Forty‑Era California Hospitality Described
Rev Walter Colton of Monterey praises California hospitality in the forties noting there were no public hotels and visitors were welcomed at private hearths. He says introductions were unnecessary and guests could stay as long as they wished with generous, patient, and kindly reception.
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California
Walter Colton
Monterey
Los Angeles Times
Increased Stature of Americans in Prospect
Physiologists note that American life with strong youth fitness and ample nutrition raises average height. They suggest tall individuals enjoy robust health due to expansive bodies. If trends continued, functional growth could be nearly limitless, with regional size varying by era and place.
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New England
Kentucky
Long John’ Wentworth
Chicago
New Hampshire
Lincoln
Mark Twain
New York Herald Tribune
The Renwicks and the Sunday School Mix Up
A Kansas City Times item recalls Mr and Mrs Renwick devoted to golf and church life. On Sundays they drop their daughter Jean at Sunday school and she recites a verse misquoting heavens declare the glory of God as declareeth his handicap.
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Jean
Kansas City Times
Royal Geographical Society Of England Founding Purpose
The Royal Geographical Society of England was founded in 1880 to collect register digest and print useful discoveries. It welcomes fellows to support and join its work of discovery and exploration. Admittance requires proposal and second by fellows.
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The
Royal Geographical Society of England
Salt used to prop memorial stone causes rapid decay
A local mason placed a heavy stone on blocks of salt to ease emplacement. Water dissolved the salt blocks, leading to rapid decay of the stonework. The memorial was dismantled within a year or two and some blocks replaced with new stone.
Largest mammoth tusk found in Siberia presented to British Museum
A nearly fourteen foot long mammoth tusk in good preservation was found in a remote spot in northern Siberia and given to the Natural History Division, Department of Geology, London.
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Natural History Division
British Museum
London
Siberia
Department of Geology
Museum
Getting and Giving: A Measure of Success
The piece contrasts personal gain with civic value, arguing true success lies in enriching the entire community rather than self enrichment. It asserts no man is a success who only enriches himself and urges that status comes from what one contributes to others.
Bee Imagery in Scripture and Ancient Bee Lore
The passage links bees to biblical lands and stories, noting Virgil's idea of bees from dead animals, Israel’s “land flowing with milk and honey,” and Prince Jonathan’s honey encounter. It also cites Isaiah and Zechariah on a bee hissing motif used to attract swarms in biblical lands.
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Jonathan
Saul
Iin
Israel
Zechariah
Assyria
House Ways and Means Committee Holds Key Power
The Ways and Means Committee in the House of Representatives is described as the most influential standing panel, responsible for all revenue bills, tariffs, and approving major acts like Liberty loan financing during World War I, with committee membership formerly Speaker-appointed and later placed with Democratic members after 1981 organization.
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House
Committee On Ways and Means
House of Representatives
Congress
Hill
Ways and Means
United States
Ways and Means Committee
Pathfinder Magazine
Honey as Food in Biblical Times and Jesus Plate
The article notes honey as a rare sweetener in ancient times before sugar. It cites that honeycomb was a luxury and recounts the Resurrection appearances where Jesus eats honeycomb and broiled fish to prove his physical body remained. It argues the risen Jesus retained a mortal body born of the Virgin Mary.
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Montreal Family Herald
Astronomy's Uses Aired In War Time Discovery
American scientists using their telescopes provided means against Zeppelins. They discovered noninflammable helium in the sun and extracted it from Texas gas wells. After the armistice, cylinders of compressed helium lay at docks ready for England to aid air power.
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Texas
England
Water Buffalo a Fighter in Asia Faces Rapid Rarity
The wild water buffalo of Asia also called the Indian buffalo is rapidly becoming very rare. It is dangerous like the African buffalo and is found wading on river bottoms and flood plains often wallowing in mud. Once ranged along the Ganges Brahmaputra and northern Ceylon but large herds have declined. Local interbreeding with domestic stock noted. Semi aquatic habits make it useful in rice fields.
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Asia
Ganges
Brahmaputra
Ceylon
New Testament Manuscripts and Early Translations
The New Testament was originally in Greek with no surviving apostolic manuscripts. Early copies circulated in Europe Asia Africa and were preserved in the Vatican and monasteries. English translation began with John Wycliffe between 1374 and 1880 A.D.
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Europe
Asia
Africa
Vatican
Rome
John Wickliffe
Witchcraft Belief Highlights by Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather held literal belief in witchcraft. In 1685 he published Memorable Providences Relating to Witchcraft and Possessions detailing observed cases. During the 1692 Salem outbreak he issued Wonders of the Invisible World to affirm demoniac possession.
Bayberry Candle Luxuries Among Colonists Historical Note
The article recounts how bayberry candles, favored over tallow, impressed colonists with their starry gleam and greenish hue. Bayberries grew along the seaboard and required effort to harvest and render fat for candles. Used for weddings christenings funerals and family reunions, they were a luxury selling for four pence in 1634 per the Chicago Post.
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Chicago Post
Hypocrisy Seen As Physical Disability by Cannon
The New York Times reports Prof Walter Bradford Cannon shows hypocrisy may be a brain fault. He cites a thalamic region defect near the third ventricle base of the brain that miscodes emotion and delays harmony with intellect, causing inappropriate laughter or weeping.
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St. Luke
Walter Bradford Cannon
Boston
New York Times
Judge Graham Delivers Peculiar Pardon Of Omitted Prisoner
A London Old Bailey incident recalls Judge Graham who once omitted a prisoner's name in a death sentence list. He then apologized to John Robbins, saying the omission was accidental and that Robbins would be hanged with the others, without altering the outcome.
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Justice Bankes
Graham
Old Bailey
John Robbins
Holmes Personality: Oliver Wendell Holmes in immortal comic spirit
The piece praises Oliver Wendell Holmes describing his extraordinary keen personality. Julian Hawthorne notes Holmes had a round face with bright eyes and a large mouth under a long upper lip. It portrays him as cheerful and witty, always ready to lift others with a merry humor.
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Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Julian Hawthorne
Rise and evolution of Rome's Senate
The piece tracks Rome's senate from Romulus who named 100 patrician advisers to the Republic where 300 members sat, Caesar increasing to 900, Augustus trimming to 600, and eventual elective, lifelong, non hereditary tenure with removal for dishonor.
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Romulus
Rome
Republic of
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Dictaphone Echoes in Ear of Dionysius Quarry Prison
Ancient quarry in Syracuse used as a prison by Dionysius the Tyrant. Athenians endured hunger filth and foul air. Captain William Henry Smyth (1842) notes a cavern resembling the ear drum with remarkable echoes. Dimensions given as 64 feet high and 18% feet long, breadth 1% to 35 feet. Guards overhearing prisoner conversations is claimed.
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Dionysius
Syracuse
William Henry Smyth
Vote of Thanks from Amelia Officials to Withameville Citizens
The Officials of the Village of Amelia express gratitude to Withameville citizens for an unsolicited donation in response to their disaster fire aid. They note Fire Protection Club subscribers included some fire victims and intend to extend further aid with the funds. Mayor Rev. Geo. C. Reed signs the note.
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Amilia
Withameville
Wilbameville
Geo. C. Reed
Amelia
Papering and Painting Bids Sought for Owensville Church
The M. E. Church of Owensville invites sealed bids on papering or painting or both, due by January 10 1933. The committee reserves the right to reject any or all bids. For details contact Rev. J F Young pastor.
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M. E. Church
Owensville
J. F. Young
Death Notices from Felicity Area
Mrs. Sarah Edgington wife of Fred Edgington died December 81 1982 after a lingering illness Services held Tuesday January 8 1983 at 2 p m at the late residence Remains at Broadwell funeral home Felicity until 10 a m Monday John W Croswell died December 29 1982 at 10 40 a m in his 84th year at the residence of his son Fred Croswell Felicity Funeral Sunday January 1 1933 at the M E Church Felicity
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Sarah Edgington
Fred Edgington
Broadwell
Felicity
John W. Croswell
Fred Croswell
M. E. Church
Local Girls Prep Scores and Schedule from Jan 1 Am
Local standings show LaMaceda 85 Amelia 28 in a January 1 game. LaMacedas announce Sunday home games at 3 p m with 2:15 pm preliminary Mermaids versus Independent girls. January 6 lineup includes Amelia at Williamsburg Batavia at Milford Bethesda at New Richmond Felicity at Moscow Owensville at Goshen.
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Owensville
LaMaceda
Amelia
LaMacedas
This County
Cincinnati
Williamsburg
Batavia
Milford
Bethel
New Richmond
Felicity
Moscow
Goshen
Rapture E J Meinhardi to Visit Cincinnati Clinic
Rapture E J Meinhardi of Chicago returns to the Gibson Hotel Cincinnati on Friday January 6 from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm for a one day only demonstration. No private consultations and only men admitted. No charge for the demonstration. The notice urges neighbors to attend and notes the event is for white people only. Also an unrelated ad fragment for building materials and a Batavia, Illinois listing appears.
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E. J. Meinhardi
Chicago
Gibson Hotel
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wilkenpoly Co’s
Batvaia
Batavia
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P. M. Rapp
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Batavia Eastern Star
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Presbyterian Manse
Maple Grove
M.E
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Judge Davis
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Washington D. C
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State Highway Dept
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Rapture
P. MM
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James Bilis
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Carl Hahn
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