... The Black Hand The Black Hand 455 the rock was in mute appeal and forcibly reminded the wayfarer in a way at once forcible as it was poetical that thus far and no farther should the waves of unglutted vengeance roll The hand marked the portal of a sanctuary which was sacred to the savage whose lust for blood rose above every other consideration in his narrow but intense isolated but eventful life THE CHIEFTAIN WACOUSTA THE YOUNG LAHKOPIS AND THE MAIDEN AHYOMAH MRS DAVID GEBHART An unremembered ...
... THE OHIO ACADEMY OF HISTORY THE OHIO ACADEMY OF HISTORY HISTORY OF A DECADE 1932-1942 BY HAROLD E D AV I S Attending the annual meetings of the Ohio College Association in the late twenties the author noted that his fellow historians were rarely present even in the meetings of the Social Science Section After attending the Ohio History Conference arranged by Dr Harlow Lindley in the spring of 1931 he was convinced of the desirability of some organization however informal which would bring ...
... THE ARKANSAS TRAVELLER THE ARKANSAS TRAVELLER By THOMAS WILSON U S NATIONAL MUSEUM WASHINGTON D C Some years of my teens were passed in the town of Salem Columbiana county Ohio This was before any railroads passed through that country I remember the first meeting of citizens ever held there under the direction of Mr Zadok Street for the purpose of securing subscriptions of money or right-of-way for the construction of what was then to be the Ohio amp Pennsylvania Railway afterwards the ...
... 148 Ohio Arch 148 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications Really of what value to any one are the opinions of Mr Fowke The society cannot afford to become sponsors for Mr Fowkes' eccentricities It is far better that the entire edition be suppressed and all the books sent out recalled than that the society should suffer from this most inconsiderate of books If the Executive Committee will take such action it will not only meet with my approval but I will advocate the same before the entire Board ...
... 16 Ohio Arch 16 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications bers of which had charge of the final interment The children scattered flowers in the grave a salute was fired taps were sounded and the honored dust of the gallant George Croghan was consigned to its final resting place on the spot and in the sacred soil he had so bravely and loyally defended ninety-three years before The grave was covered with a large block of Quincy granite bearing this inscription George Croghan Major 17th U S ...
... THE BELMONT MEDICAL SOCIETY 1847-1860 THE BELMONT MEDICAL SOCIETY 1847-186 0 AN EARLY COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY IN OHIO By ROBERT G PATERSON PH D At the Centennial Exposition held in Philadelphia in 1876 Dr John S Billings presented a review of Medical Literature and Institutions1 for the hundred years 1776 to 1876 In the course of his review he took occasion to refer to the publications of the Belmont County Medical Society in the following language A rare medical periodical and curiosity in its ...
... WILLIAM OXLEY THOMPSON WILLIAM OXLEY THOMPSON By C B GALBREATH On December 9 1933 at the age of seventy-eight years one month and four days Dr William Oxley Thompson president emeritus of the Ohio State University breathed his last in White Cross Hospital in Columbus at the close of a remarkably interesting and successful career in different but related fields of human endeavor He was the grandson of David Thompson a weaver by trade who came from the north of Ireland and settled in Guernsey ...
... 550 Ohio Arch 550 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications LITTLE LOGAN ELMS Sometime early in the current year it was suggested that possibly under the spreading branches of the Logan Elm might be found some seedling baby Logan Elms that with proper care would grow up through the years into sturdy trees like the parent The little park surrounding the Elm is mown every year and the young seedlings fall before the scythe Upon investigation however a number of stubs were found with good live ...
... PRESIDENT HARDING AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION by DAVID H JENNINGS Even as President-elect Warren Gamaliel Harding was bidding his Marion neighbors a tender moist-eyed farewell1 world affairs engulfed him With the exception of Lincoln said The Nation never have there been so many pressing and unsolved problems The New Republic described the pressures as truly awful2 Each problem was individually intense and was made more so from the neglect occasioned by Woodrow Wilson's illness ...
... 404 Ohio Arch 404 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications respondence with local authorities compilers of family histories contributors to historical magazines and members of historical and patriotic societies If this somewhat lengthy list be exhausted without result we may at last resort obtain some information from present day officials of the locality especially those connected with the County Clerk's or Recorder's offices The latter at least will be able to suggest some clue that may lead ...
... NEGRO RIGHTS AND WHITE BACKLASH IN THE CAMPAIGN OF 1920 by RANDOLPH C DOWNES I believe in equality before the law You can't give rights to the white man and deny them to the black man But while I stand for that great great principle I do not mean that the white man and the black man must be forced to associate together in the acceptance of their rights Harding address in Oklahoma City October 9 1920 as reported in The Daily Oklahoma October 10 1920 The greatest indignity suffered by Harding in ...
... OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS BY THE EDITOR CATHERINE FAY EWING ORIGINATOR OF CHILDREN'S HOMES Children's Homes throughout the country have attracted deserved attention as child-saving institutions They not only save life they educate to usefulness The Ohio law is simple It was enacted in 1866 and in 1871 thirty-seven homes were organized under it They were established and conducted by counties and intrusted ...
... THE USEFUL RESULTS OF HISTORICAL CONTROVERSY THE USEFUL RESULTS OF HISTORICAL CONTROVERSY An Illustration and Suggestion WILLIAM Z DAVIS LL D Judge Ohio Supreme Court The present controversy about the discovery of the North Pole suggests the thought that the truth of history is established by adverse criticism and thorough investigaton and that the truth cannot be hidden forever A striking illustration of this is found in the bibliography of the discussion over the question Who discovered the ...
... MEDICAL JOURNALS OF PIONEER DAYS MEDICAL JOURNALS OF PIONEER DAYS By JONATHAN FORMAN MD We are going back today to a time when entrance into our profession was largely through apprenticeship when operations were done without anesthesia and without antiseptics when mistakes in diagnosis errors in judgment or lack of dexterity in operating were published with every accompaniment of insult and derision which malice could suggest when nursing in hospitals was done by women of the charwomen class ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS Three Virginia Frontiers By Thomas P Abernethy University La Louisiana State University Press 194 0 96p 150 In recent years various historical writers including Louis Hacker Benjamin F Wright Jr Murray Kane and Fred A Shannon have challenged or minimized the importance of Frederick Jackson Turner's famous interpretation of the democratizing influence of the frontier upon American life and institutions Professor Abernethy's short volume is an additional contribution to ...
... INDEX TO VOLUME XXXVIII INDEX TO VOLUME XXXVIII Adams Adaline G 721 Badger Rev Joseph 478 482-486 Adams Belle Phillip 721 Bailey Gamaliel 87 126 127 Adams Jacob-Diary 1861-1865 627Baker Reverend Joel 479 719 biographical sketch 719-721 Ball Flamen 161 Adams John Q 78 Barker L A 123 Adams Margaret D 721 Barlow Joel 224 Adams Paul 719-721 Barney Hiram H 410 427 436 Adams Sarah L 721 Barrett Joseph H 13 Ake H Ross 575 Address at Dedication Bartley Governor Mordecai defeats Tod of Monument to ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 219 Reviews Notes and Comments 219 who lies buried at Bethel will be held in connection with the Grant Memorial Services On the following day April 29 the services will be held at Georgetown Brown County Ohio where Senator Atlee Pomerene will be the principal speaker A detachment of the United States Army will be present on all three occasions accompanied by the Camp Knox Kentucky military band A great many distinguished men and women will be present on all three ...
... BRIAN P BRIAN P BIRCH Taking the Breaks and Working the Boats An English Family's Impressions of Ohio in the 1830s While the frontier was a great leveler of people in putting them back into log cabins and deerskins it was also a zone of increasingly varied economic opportunities as the new settlements created a demand for services and communications Not only was there a need as the frontier moved across an area for farmfolk to occupy land to clear the forests and to till the soil Opportunities ...
... THE ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART THE ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART BY MARY MCMULLIN JONES In 1925 the Exeter Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire published a small book entitled The Order of Military Merit the Honor Badge of the Continental Army In this book is given all that is known about the oldest decoration for valor in existence except the Cross of St George of Russia This brief sketch was compiled with great difficulty as the Book of Merit provided for in General ...
... Minutes of Forty-second Annual Meeting 623 Minutes of Forty-second Annual Meeting 623 Mr Smith thinks no executor has been appointed up to this time He will learn definitely in regard to this soon If the Society thinks it of sufficient importance to acquire the Mound now is the time to institute active measures Signed B F PRINCE Chairman FORT LAURENS PARK The situation at Fort Laurens Park one mile east of Bolivar Ohio has been unsatisfactory for a long time Very little has been done since the ...