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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-16
LIGHT ON HISTORY
OF EARLY AMERICA
Recent Discovery of High
Scientific Import.

The indications of man In America
before the ice age as presented to the
New York Academy of Sciences by
Prof Henry Fairfield Osburn and AL
bert Thomson, are too revolutionary
to be passed over In silence. Profess
sor Osborn and Mr.. Thomson present
their facts with admirable conserva-
tism. The ancient bone tools which
have been dug up in Nebraska must
be tested, the finders themselves in
sist, by the criticism of other experts.
Display of the finds in the American
Museum of Natural History will make
this possible. If the tools survive de-
bate, If their apparent meaning proves
to be the only acceptable one, 1t is
not too much to say that this fact
will force the rewriting of the whole
prehistory Of American man. The
honor of being the first Americans
must be bestowed anew.
The conventional idea among the
experts has been that America was
first peopled only few thousand
years ago. Ancestors Of the historic
American Indians are believed to
have arrived by way Of the Behring
strait and to have found virgin con-
tinent, o"er which their descendants
spread. Ancient forts and mounds and
stone arrowheads and all the numer-
GUS indications Of prehistoric habita-
ton are dated on this conventional
view, within the score or SO of millen-
MIA which have passed since the ar
rival of the Indians.
The bone tools fo:1ad by Mr.. Thon,-
son and his associates on the Nebras-
Ia hillside tell different tale. These
tools seem vastly more ancient. Pro-
fessor Osborn is inclined to date them
in what biologists cali the Pliocene
period, probably not less than 3,OOO,-
600 years ago. At one stroke this sets
back the clock of American man 1OO,-
600 generations. This does not stand
entirely without support. In that
limbo Of the damned to which sc1en-
lists 80 often consign mfsfit facts
there have lain for years few other
finds of human remains apparently
far more ancient than Indian times.
Among these are the famous bones
from the Trenton gravels in New .Ier-
sey. Another is the Calaveras skull
found years ago in the gold gravels of
California. None Of these earlier
finds was conclusive. Most Of the ex-
perts have believed them misleading.
Doubtless they will now be studied
again.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-16
Compulsory Voting

In Belgium and Switzerland and
some other European countries pun
ishments are inflicted on non-voters.
In Belgium for the first offense the
cuiprit is at once called before a JUS
tice, who reprimands or fines him. The
second offense is more severely pun
ished and the name of the refractory
citizen is published b9 the magistrate
and posted On the gates of the town
hall The m9n Who without excuse
has abseAted h'p~elf from voting four
times In 10 yea~e is considered I'm.
stricken from the poll list. For 10
years he is debarred from holding any
public office.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-16

A stock exchange, as generally un-
derstoOd, need not, necessarily, be a
building where securities are bought
and sold, but any place, even in the
open air, as, for instance, curb" stock
exchanges. Securities which are not
upon the large stock exchanges, or
new securities, which have not, as yet.
been listed upon such exchanges, are
handled in what Is known as the curb
market The reason nowadays for the
existence of curb markets in the open
rather than in some building is that.
IL the latter plan were pursued. there
would exist another exchange and il
would not be permissible for mem
Der Of the regular exchange of the
city to be represented thereon, as he
frequently now is on the curb
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-16
Coins BY Weight

If you had ton of pennies how
rich would you be? Or if some one
gave you 1000 quarters in sack,
could you take them home? In other
words, how much would the sack
weigh? The Federal Reserve bank OF
New York handles so many coins daily
that it has machines to count and
weigh them. The turnover in coins at
this bank averages 80 tons day, In
Guiding gold, silver, copper and nickel.
Quarters lead this group In value,
with nickels second and dimes third.
Since most of the business of the bank
is done in large sums, the coins are
packed in sacks of convenient size and
weight for handling. A sack contain
ing 1000 quarters weighes So pounds.
Fifty bags Of nickels total $4,000, 60
bags of pennies weigh ton and are
worth $4,000.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-16
Exercise for Beauty

Hard, regular exercise is one Of the
best ways known to improve the tone
of ones complexion, says Eileen
Bourne, beauty specialist, in an ar
ticle in Liberty.
aside from securing thorough elimi-
nation Of waste from the body" the
writer says, ''hard exercise has d.
rect effect upon the skin. 1t starts
perspiration, which washes out and
refreshes the pores, and it makes the
heart work hard enough to pump the
blood rapidly through the whole body.
Good circulation gives the skin re-
silence, smoothness and color. With
poisons eliminated and the body in
good condition you have removed the
cause of that puffy condition under
the eyes and other skin disorders. The
rest is a matter of local treatment"
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-16
Museums Royal Ghost

Haunted. Oslo has been somewhat
creepily disconnected by local story
that the ghost of the Oseberg queen
haunts the museum OF history Her
majesty was disturbed in a centuries
long sleep when the mound at Ose-
berg near Oslo, was opened some 30
years ago and the famous Viking ship
the only one ever found in a note
worthy state Of preservation-was un-
earthed and placed on exhibition, to-
gether with its contents. Archeologi-
cal Investigations have since estab-
lished that the Viking ship was the
pleasure yacht of the Oseberg queen,
80 called now after the place where
her ship was found. When this queen
died her body was laid in the yacht
and buried with her maids, her favor
ite horse and her attributes.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-16
At intersections, Act for Three
You, Him and Me

ACCORDING to the Research Department of The Ohio State Auto
mobile Association at Columbus estimated that
and including 1928 automobile fatalities the United
total 1851 this exclusive crossing collisions.
Safety responsibility equally that the and the motor
h and there should conflict between
Pedestrians rights
so have the motor vehicles.
pedestrian every oneyou
him.
Half sep half STEP half step onward he advances. Signal
lights nothing him. He right the roadway while
waiting for the changing signals. He
Nothing happens Then he with the other foot driver
suddenly him
the street Undaunted the traffic huncher advances another
whole line of from its pathway make
this pedestrian whom the red light shines He makes and
holds it. With yards and not satisfied with the he
has already traffic lunches his
yellow light adding final thrill for the drivers who proceeding
in order to clear the crosswaks
Drivers forced from their regular path crowd others who
already the inside Think what when
trians both sides hunch traffic at the time
then, there crashethe motorst
down intersections turning
just mighty little for accidents occurring the
If pedestrians do will attention
member that deaf while others mentally deficient
and that undred people using the streets whose YOUTH
inmes defects would throw all the responsibility
accident
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-16
Duration of Twilight

Twilight ends when the sun is IS
degrees below the horizon In low
ATTITUDES, because of the quickness
with which the sun traverSeS the Is
degrees below the horizon, and be-
cause of the transparency of the at
mosphere, there is little twilight.
However, the higher the latitude the
smaller the angle at which the suns
path meets the horizon, and hence
the longer it takes the sun to sink
to the required distance
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-16

Perhaps the most interesting fea-
ture Of the new Nebraska finds Is
their similarity to other bone tools
known to belong to recent Indian
populations. If men made the Ne
braska tools 100000 years ago, other
men not over 5000 years ago made
implements astonishingly like them.
This is not impossible. Human habits
sometimes last long. But 1t is surpris-
ing. and the experts will debate 1t.
Meanwhile neither fundamentalist nor
eyolutionist can use the new finds to
bolster up an argument. The truth
about them Is still too uncertain for
that.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-16
Burglars and Police

Frank Gilbreathe says burglars get
caught because they never hold con-
ventions. The burglar is a solitary
worker, dependent largely upon his
own resources for methods of attack
and getaway. If burglars held con
ventions and exchanged IDEAS, Gil
breath believes, they would beat the
to attend conventions and exchange
ideas, and catch the solitary burglars
one by one and put them in Jail.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-16
NEW YEARS HOMES

Start the New Year right By buy.
ing house for home or an in
yestment
Tor rent good room house, fin
location. inside toilet gas, soft and
city water. Reasonable rent.
For rent, good & room house, gar
age. poultry house, / acre land.
(2) 5 rooms, $3.50 to $32n0
co room. $3.50 to $4,000.
doubles, S1S50 to $4,000.
Some Malta bargains.
Wanted. Small farms for our
West Virginia farm prospects.
TAYLOR REALTY co.
Emmett A. Taylor, Mgr.
McConnelsvilie. Univ
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-16
Manchester Grange Program

Program for Manchester grange,
for Jan. 25: Song, America; roll
call, the most useful farm imple-
ment, answered by the brothers; the
most useful household utensil, an
swered by the sisters; address, w.
E. Tannehill, subject, What l would
like to see our grange accomplish
this year; address, Miner Fowler,
subject, How can we interest our
boys and girls in farm life; readings,
Bertha Cannon, Nora Fowler and
Emma Tannehill; song, God be with
you till we meet again.-XX.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-16
Shakespeare's Great Drama

OF the ten of Shakespeare's histOr-
ical plays the drama, "King Henry Nv"
is the most brilliant and various. 1t
was esteemed by Verplanck 'The
most popular of all dramatic compo-
sitions in the language" Composed in
1896 or 1897, it was first printed In
the latter year. In this play Shake
speare first introduced the rollicking
of Sir John Falstaff.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-16
Bristol Grange

Following is the program for Bris
toI grange, Friday evening, Jan. "a:
Song, by grange; reading, James
Campbell The various phases OF
chicken raising will be discussed at
this meeting-does it pay, poultry
houses, lighting, ventilation, breeds,
when to hatch or buy chicks, etc.
Discussion led by C. Spillman and
Sara Sims; music by Beatty broth
ers; reading, Russell Ray, Presley
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-16
MeiCS Valley Granre

The next meeting of Meigs Valley
grange will be held Saturday, Jan.
25, at l O'Clock, with program as
follows Musical recreation, in charge
of Mrs T. E. Knox; roll call, current
event, or grange news item; solo,
Mrs. T. E. Sines; comic reading, Guy
Cordray; reading, Mrs. j. w Lyle;
report from the state grange meet
ing, Mrs. Roy Dunkle; song, ''The
Old Oaken Bucket" contest, Mrs.
Xxx
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-16
Legend of Danish Flag

The Danish minister at Washington
says that ION June 10, 1919, the Dan
ish king, Valdemar II, defeated the
Esthunians in the battle of Reval,
when what became our national flag,
the nannebrog. descended from heav-
en- to the hard-pressed Danes and gave
them victory" :"
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-16

Vorhies and J. w. Parmiter; report
from state grange. The big apron
show will appear at our next meet
ing. Inquire for particulars.-XX
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-16
George w. Johnson

George W., only son of Will am
and Mamie Johnson. was born MAY
"a, 1889, and died Jan. 8, 1880.
aged 40 years, seven months and Is
days. He leaves a father, mother,
two nieces, two nephews, and many
friends to mourn his departure. He
was member OF the Maccabee lodge
at Bartlett, also of Oak Hill grange.
He bore intense suffering with great
patience, always cheerful and
thoughtful of those who ministered
to him. He expressed himself as
waiting for the death angel to take
him from his pain.
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to the neighbors and to Oak
Hill grange. for their help in the
sickness and death of George in our
Family.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-16
Page Five

and children spent Sunday at Geo.
Young's.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-25

Aroused because Dog Warden Thomas Rouskie has been picking up Unlicensed dogs about the city and disposing of them unless they are claimed, three boys have been lying in wait for him on a hill overlooking the dog pound of Rocky Hill ave- nue, intending to shoot him with a rifle, according to a story told to Detective Sergeant P. J. O'Mara last night by Michael Michaels, IT, of 137 Kelsey street.
 Michaels told the sergeant he re- gently found a dog which was in need of nourishment and shelter, so he took it in, building a shelter for it and becoming greatly attached to it. Edward Milewski Of 225 Stan- ley street was passing Michaels' home last night, however. and rec ognized the dog. which had been missing since September 6, so he claimed it.
 & Sergeant O'Mara explained to Mi chaels that he and his chums had no cause for animosity towards the dog warden as he was doing nothing but his duty, and anyone who found a dog without a license tag should communicate with the warden so that the proper steps might be taken in the matter.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-25
COMMUNISTS WANT
 PETITION CHECKED
Party Prepared to Fight Move to Bar Name

Hartford. Sept. 25 LP,-The com munist party of this city today was prepared to fight any attempt which might be made to throw out it's pe- tition to be placed on the ballots for the November election. When the petition was filed earlier in the week, city officials charged that many of the nine hundred names on it's were upauthorized and that sev- eral signatures were fraudulent.
 Through it's district organizer, William Schniderman of New Haven, the party issued statement explain ing the presence of the unauthorized names on the petition and threaten ing legal action to force John A. Gleason, town clerk, to check the names and certify those which the communists assert are authentic.
 The statement said in addition to party members and sympathizers, unemployed persons were hired by the party to collect signatures and paid on the basis of every hundred signatures obtained.
 Tt is possible" the statement ex- plains, that some of these people took advantage of us and without our knowledge handed in names without authority /over which we obviously could have no check as we accepted them in good faith.
 we will . not permit the town clerk to use this as an excuse to throw out the entire nine hundred signatures and will take all legal steps necessary to safeguard our rights. Unless the signatures are verified In the usual manner we will be compelled to assume that there is deliberate attempt >to frame us up because we are working class party"
 City officials have indicated that unless the spurious signatures on the petition are explained, checking of the names on the petition would be held in abeyance.
 The petition. they charge, contains many names of persons who have died or who have moved from the city.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-25
Bows Armed With Gun Lie In Wait
 2 For Dog Warden; Hope to Kill Him

drawn on the towns accounts and the money applied to Fenton's per sonal account.
 Finds Uncashed Checks
 Musgraves in his report also said that uncashed checks totaling about 10 years had been found in the towns vaults.
 The report criticized the manner in which the cash records of the town were kept and added that, the reports submitted to the accountant for the audit appeared to have been prepared for examipation."
 The towns system of recording, the report said, is, ito say the least, inadequate, utterly lacking in con- trol. In a word the records Sub mitted to us for audit are not even good memoranda because of incom- pleteness."
 Attention became focused on the town accounts last week when Will liam H. Blodgett, state tax commits sioner, charged discrepancies in the 1929 annual town report, which list ed the towns current debt as $173,- 500 and which Fenton yesterday ad- mitted more nearly approximated s450,000 to $5OO,0O0.
 Lack of Detail Cited
 Fenton Nattributed the failure to include the proper figure In the re- port to lack of attention to details in the preparation of the report rather than to any deliberate at- tempt on his part to conceal the true condition of the town finances.
 Fenton was renominated recently by the democratic caucus, but with drew as candidate following Com missioner Blodgett's criticism. He has served as town clerk and treas- urer for over 30 years.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-25
BENTON ACCOUNTS
 IN CHAOTIC STATE
Accountant Finds Bonds, Money
 Put in Private Fund

Willimantic, Sept. 25 R}-Nu- merous irregularities in the finan- cial accounts of the town of Wind ham are listed in a preliminary re- port submitted today to First Se- lectman William 4. Buck. by Wal ter Musgraves, public accountant engaged to audit the town books.
 The audit so far has disclosed, the accountant reported, that s1S,- 541 in Liberty bonds owned by the town had been taken out of the sinking fund during 1925 and 1926 and sold and the proceeds applied to the personal account of Frank P Fenton, town clerk and treas .Apsr. Three checks totaling s5,471.- TT the report said, had also been
New Britain herald., 1930-09-25
In Freshman Class
 At Yale University

The following students from this city and neighboring towns have en- tered the freshman class of Yale: Harold s. Sessions, Bristol; Spencer F. Miller, Southington, and Richard F. Cooper, Hoyt c. Pease, John Pur- ney, Jr., and Oscar A. Steege Of New Britain.
 Notice has been given before of Steege's and Purney's intentions to enter Yale. The former is the Yale club of New Britain scholarship winner, and the latter was gradnat- ed from Phillips Academy, Andov- CT, Mass, last June.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-25

Great Britain views as one of its outstanding aeronautical develop ments in 1880 the increase in manu- facture and ownership of light air planes.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-01-22

state of Minnesota contributed 81
GIT ,694.62 and the federal govern
ment $3.50, 1858. The permanent
university fund and swamp land fund
together added $217,882.17.
Funds provided by the university
itself, in course Of operation amount
ed to $1,719,8 72.27, including $1,112,-
1899 from student fees and other
amounts as hospital reimbursement
from counties, dental infirmary re-
ceipts, returns from agricultural
sales, and the like.
The income side of the balance
sheet for self-supporting service en-
terprises and revolving funds showed
$1,862, 404.81. Trust fund receipts,
including those from maturing secur-
tiles and the sum of $489.698 received
from the Greater University Corpor
alton for the Northrup Memorial
Auditorium, came to $1,155, 764.19.
Athletic receipts were $344,478.63.
Mr.. Middlebrook has prepared his
report in condensed form for wide
circulation. The complete and detail
ed report may be obtained by those
who are interested if they will send
a request to the office of the comp
troller, University of Minnesota.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-01-22
UNIVERSITY MONEY
MATTERS DISCUSS
ED in REPORT
Comptroller w. T. Middlebr0Ok
Shows Costs and Receipts for
Fiscal Year to July l

Outlay of every description for the
operation and maintenance of the
University of Minnesota and the
management of its several funds
amounted to $1O,350, 625.53 during the
past year, according to the annual
report of the comptroller, w. T.
Middlebrook, which has just been
published.
Largest of the items of cost, TAX
ing up approximately $225, 900 more
than was obtained directly from state
sources, was Expenses of instruc-
ton and research" in the amount of
$4,858, 050.60. Next largest came
expenses of the physical plant" in
GLIDING instruction and maintenance,
a total of 1929, 634.08. Of this fig
ure more than $1,3O0,OC0 was ac-
counted for by land acquisitions and
new buildings, among the latter being
the Northrop Memorial Auditorium
and the Eustis and Health Service
Hospitals.
Administration of the university
came to $186, 48757; general univer-
sity expenses to 1894, 433.93; revolv-
ing funds and service enterprises, in
cludirg cafeterias, dormitories and
the like, accounted for outlay of
$1,000, 634.16, practically balanced by
income from the same sources; trust
fund expenditures, including reinvest-
ment of matured securities amounted
to $410, 764.68, and the outlay for
athletics $462,620.51. This includes
payment of shares to teams playing
in the Minnesota Stadium.
University income for the year
ending July 1 last, amounted in the
total of $10,248,873.02, of which the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-01-22
Child That sStammerS'
Victim of Nervousness

The most usual form of speech dis
order is "stammering," or Suffering"
From the standpoint of development
there are two distinct types, one
which commences with the develop
ment of speech and the other that
begins after the child has learned to
speak normally. The first form is the
more difficult to correct
The underlying cause of stammef.
ing is purely mental. 1t is essentially
due to emotional disturbance, and Inn
plies lessened ability to meet diff
cult situation. 1t is most frequently
observed in so-called nervous, highly
strung children. AS these children
grow older they subconsciously fear
that their speech organs will refuse
to work and have the horror of being
the object of ridicule. A sense Of
inferiority develops. establishing VI
cious circle-the greater the dread, the
more imperfect their speech.
According to some observers, STAN
mering is more or less common among
left-handed children when they are
taught to become right-handed writer's.
This opinion is largely responsible for
the objection to educators attempting
to train left-handed children to be-
come right-handed. 1t is also believed
to be more common among boys than
girls.-Health News.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-01-22
PLENTY OF POLITICAL
OFFICES TO BE FILLED

The year 1890 is going to be busy
political year in Minnesota. Here is
a list of most of the offices that the
people of the state will be called
Upon to fill in the next election: One
United States Senator; Governor;
Lieutenant governor; Secretary OF
state; State treasurer; State auditor;
Attorney general, Clerk of supreme
court; One railroad and warehouse
commissioner; Chief justice and two
associate justices of the supreme
court; Ten congressman; Entire
membership of the legislature-61
senators for four-year terms and 13l
house members for two years; Some
twenty district judges; Most of the
county officials in 81 counties.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-01-22

A jury gave Detroit damsel heart
balm to the amount of $3.50, 100000.
That young woman's heart must have
received an awful jolt. Anybody
who wants to may jerk our heart out
and play marbles wit hit for half
that sum.-Ex.
An Evanston Negro used the old
idea of sanctuary by fleeing to a
colored church and locking himself
in to escape his militant wife.-Ex.