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Conover, Charlotte Reeve. “If They Could Come Back,” Dayton Daily News, November 9, 1935.
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Conover, Charlotte Reeve. “Revealing the Thorns of California Roses: One Who Has Been There Tells Both Sides of the Story,” Dayton Daily News, November 10, 1935.
Page 3
Conover, Charlotte Reeve. “California Extremes: The Worst and the Best; Hospitality of People Compensates for Natural Disadvantages,” Dayton Daily News, November 17, 1935.
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“News Sidelights,” Dayton Daily News, April 23, 1941.
Page 5
“Half Century of Street Traffic Brings Vast Changes in City’s Rolling Stocks,” [S.l., 194?].
Page 6
“1895 Cars Were ‘Air-Conditioned’,” Dayton Daily News, January 28, 1940.
Page 7
Bauer, Charles. “Putting the Street Car on the Scrap Heap,” Dayton Daily News, [194?].
Pages 8-9
“Bank ‘Open House’ Attended by 5,000: Pageantry and Floral Tributes Mark Third National’s Seventy Five Years,” Dayton Daily Journal, June 30, 1938.
Page 10
“First Taxicab Driven in Dayton Operated in 1905,” Dayton Daily News, December 31, 1933.
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“Giant Sycamore on Henrich Farm,” Dayton Daily Journal, July 13, 1936.
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“Fifty Years Ago...,” Dayton Daily News, July 29, 1934.
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“One of First Ten Telephone Subscribers of Fifty Five Years Ago Still User of System,” [S.l. ], January 15, 1933.
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“Telephone First Used in Dayton Sixty Two Years Ago this Wednesday,” Journal Herald, February 25, 1940.
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“New Trolleys Operating,” Dayton Daily Journal, October 2, 1940.
Pages 16-19
“Seven Vacant Chairs Memoralize City’s Gratitude to that Number of Pioneers: City Pioneers to Be Honored at Park Meet,” Dayton Daily News, May 22, 1927.
Page 20
“The Natural Shower Bath Is to Be Found Beneath the Falls at the Findlay Street Dam...,” [S.l., 193?].
Pages 21-25
“South Ludlow Street Prepared for All Celebration,” Dayton Daily News, September 22, 1934.
Page 26-28
Burba, Howard. “Leaves From an Old Dayton Scrapbook,” [S.l., 193?].
Page 29-30
Conover, Charlotte Reeve. “Mrs. Conover’s Corner: Christmas Memories; Recalling Celebration of the Holiday in the Dayton of Old,” Dayton Daily News, December 26, 1937.
Pages 31-32
Conover, Charlotte Reeve. “Mrs. Conover’s Corner: Old Letter Recalled: Mrs. Conover of a Century Ago....Saving Our Shade Trees,” Dayton Daily News, March 14, 1937.
Page 33
Conover, Charlotte Reeve. “Mrs. Conover’s Corner: World Ever With Us: First-Aid Kit of the Traveler in 1832 and What it Contained,” Dayton Daily News, January 10, 1937.
Page 34
“Early Cabinet Makers Were Skilled Craftsmen,” Dayton Daily News, March 5, 1937.
Page 35
Conover, Charlotte Reeve. “Gardening De Luxe in California: Year-Round Growth Results in Giant Specimens of Familiar Flowers,” Dayton Daily News, July 21, 1935.
Page 36
“Dayton Had Bell Hanger in 1868, Directory Shows,” [S.l.], November 12, 1933.
On the same page:
“Builders of Dayton,” Dayton Daily News, May 26, 1942.
Pages 37-38
“Traffic Problems Did not Bother Early Dayton Residents Who Rode Canal Boats for an Outing: First Transportation System Started About 100 Years Ago,” Dayton Herald, May 31, 1935.
Page 39
“Once Mighty Lock in Old Canal Crumbling on ‘Farm’,” Dayton Daily News, November 5, 1933.
Pages 40-42
“$6,000,000 Spent 111 Years Ago to Build Canal, Vital Factor in Valley’s Growth,” Journal Herald, May 14, 1939.
Pages 43-46
“Washington Dreamed of Canal; Anger Over General St. Clair’s Defeat Sent ‘Mad Anthony’ Wayne to Area: History of Old Canal Project Is Revealed in Tale,” Journal Herald, May 21, 1939.
Page 47
“Flood Prevention Dreamed of in Dayton of Miami Canal,” Journal Herald, May 28, 1939.
Pages 48-50
Carr, Lewis F. “State Still Derives Income From Rent of Waterway Land,” [S.l., 194?].
Pages 51-52
O’Connell, John. “Hardy Boatmen of Dayton Canal Days Laughed at Idea of Railroad Threat,” [S.l., 194?].
Page 53
“Along the Old Canal,” Dayton Daily Journal, July 3, 1938.
Pages 54-55
[Untitled: Yearly Events, 1883-1933], [S.l., 194?].
Pages 56-58
“Burr Treason Case Recalled by Historical Papers Here,” Journal Herald, March 5, 1939.
Page 59
“Old County Records Show System of ‘Binding Out’ Was Common in this City,” [S.l., 194?].
Pages 60-62
Burba, Howard. “The Story of Dayton View,” [S.l., 194?].
Pages 63-64
Burba, Howard. “Christmas in Dayton Sixty Years Ago,” [S.l., 194?].
Page 65
“Outdoor Concerts of Old,” Dayton Daily News, July 30, 1941.
On the same page:
“Band Concerts,” Journal Herald, July 27, 1941.
Pages 66-68
“Rapid Growth in Business of County Recorder’s Office Is Stressed,” Dayton Herald, September 27, 1934.
Page 69
“As Dayton Joined Nation in Celebrating Signing of Armistice,” Dayton Herald, November 12, 1935.
Page 70
“Here Are Dayton’s Downtown Business Houses Today,” [S.l., 194?].
Page 71
“Club to Dedicate Log Cabin,” Dayton Daily News, September 1, 1940.
Pages 72-73
“Through Dayton’s Windows,” [S.l., 194?].
Pages 74-75
“Union Station Improvement Work Nears Completion,” Dayton Daily News, November 26, 1933.
Page 76
“Three-Year Period Reveals Radical Changes in General Appearance of Downtown Dayton as Affected by Elevation Project,” Dayton Daily News, July 30, 1933.
Pages 77-79
“The Early History of Dayton,” from the Story of Dayton by Charlotte Reeve Conover, 1917; reprint [194?].
Page 80
“Air View of Downtown Dayton Showing Big Elevation Project,” Dayton Daily Journal, June 10, 1933.
Pages 81-85
“While the City Sleeps,” Dayton Daily News, September 12, 1937.
Page 86
“County Still Has Old Log Cabins,” Journal Herald, November 14, 1942.
Page 87
“Many Trees Damaged by Heavy Snowfall,” Dayton Daily News, November 4, 1936.
Pages 88-89
“How Dayton Looked With Its First Snow,” Dayton Daily News, November 4, 1936.
Page 90
“Results of Snow in Dayton and Vicinity,” Dayton Daily News, November 5, 1936.
Pages 91-94
“Winter Puts on a Show,” Dayton Daily Journal, February 27, 1938.
Pages 95-96
“Residential Areas Present Unusual Pictures After Heavy Snowfall,” Dayton Daily News, February 15, 1939.
Pages 97-100
“Tale of Underground Railroad in Miami Valley: ‘Fugitives’,” Dayton Daily Journal, June 19, 1938.
Page 101
“The Human Side of It: As Seen by Bert Klopfer,” Dayton Daily Journal, August 1, 1941.
Pages 102-103
“Only One Traction Line Out of City to Remain: End of Columbus Service Brings Interurbans Nearer Extinction,” [S.l., 194?].
Page 104
“Transportation Progress Is Seen as Line Plans Buses,” Dayton Daily News, March 1, 1936.
Pages 105-106
“Transportation Trend Here Toward Track Elimination,” Dayton Daily News, November 17, 1935.
Page 107
“First Oakwood Trolley Bus Arrives,” Dayton Daily News, December 7, 1935.
Page 108
“Trolley Car Made First Trip Here Fifty Three Years Ago,” Dayton Daily News, August 8, 1942.
On the same page:
“First Trolley,” Dayton Daily News, August 12, 1942.
Page 109
Fox, Jerry. “The Observatory: Diary Relates Advent of First Trolley Car,” Dayton Herald, June 27, 1942.
Page 110
“The First Car: The Last Horse Dissappears from the Streets of Dayton,” Dayton Evening Herald, September 14, 1896.
On the same page:
Cooke, Cordy A. “Trolley Platform,” Dayton Daily News, July 21, 1942.
Pages 111-113
“Leafing Through Pages of the Miami Valley Album,” Dayton Daily News, March 25, 1934.
Pages 114-115
“The Past Week Marked the Fiftieth Anniversary....of the First Electrically Driven Street Car...,” Dayton Daily News, August 14, 1938.
Page 116
“In Old Dayton,” Dayton Daily News, January 15, 1942.
On the same page:
Webster, Dan. “Wedding Cake Mystery Now in Second Day,” Dayton Daily News, November 28, 1942.
Page 117
Whitmore, H. J. “A Citizen of Old Dayton,” Dayton Daily News, April 23, 1942.
Pages 118-121
Burba, Howard. “The Blizzard of Eighteen Eighty-Eight,” Dayton Daily News, May 23, 1934.
Page 122
“Blue Sun Is Caused by Limestone Particles,” Dayton Daily Journal, March 7, 1935.
On the same page:
“April Month of Uncertainties: Records Show Killing Frosts and Even Snows Have Occured During this Fickle Period,” [S.l, 194?].
Page 123
“Showing Dayton in Grip of Heavy Fog,” Dayton Daily News, January 20, 1934.
Page 124
“Past Year One of Warmest on Record, Official States,” Dayton Daily News, January 5, 1934.
On the same page:
“Mercury Fails to Equal Record Set on Previous Night,” Dayton Daily Journal, February 10, 1934.
Page 125
“Tuesday Figures Five to Seven Degrees Above Monday Marks,” Dayton Daily News, July 3, 1934.
On the same page:
“Mercury Nears 100; Relief Is Not in Sight,” Dayton Daily News, July 20, 1934.
Page 126
“Around the Town,” Dayton Herald, July 6, 1934.
On the same page:
“High Mark of 105 Reached Before Storm,” Dayton Daily News, July 22, 1934.
Page 127
“Long Established Weather Records Broken During ’34,” Dayton Daily News, January 2, 1935.
Page 128
“Past Month Was Gloomiest November in Last Seven Years,” Dayton Daily News, December 3, 1935.
Page 129
“Fifty-Year Record for December Snowfall Is Broken in City,” [S.l.], January 2, 1936.
On the same page:
“Don’t Blame Weatherman – You Just Don’t Understand Meteorological Terms,” Dayton Daily News, January 5, 1936.
Page 130
“Dust Storms Recorded Twenty-One Times in City During 1935,” Dayton Daily News, January 5, 1936.
Pages 131-132
“Coldest Weather Since 1904 Causes Five Deaths Here: See no Relief Till Saturday; Official Low Is 16.4 Below,” Dayton Daily News, January 23, 1936.
Pages 133-134
“Mercury Climbs to 106 Degrees; Relief Promised,” Dayton Daily News, July 15, 1936.
Page 135
Marshall, Fred F. “Earthquake of 1811 May Have Been Greatest: Upheaval that Formed Reelfoot Lake Shook All North America,” Dayton Daily News, March 14, 1937.
Page 136
“Sunshine Smiles Behind Clouds,” Journal Herald, February 8, 1943.
Page 137
“Everyone a Weather Man,” [S.l., 194?].
On the same page:
“Mercury Hits Record Low: Forty-Seven Degrees Recorded,” Dayton Daily Journal, August 26, 1942.
On the same page:
“Mercury Dips to New Low,” Journal Herald, September 26, 1942.
Page 138
“Chain Lightning,” Dayton Daily News, August 14, 1938.
Page 139
“Winters Bank to Celebrate 125th Year,” August 13, 1939.
Page 140
“Dayton’s Yesterdays,” Dayton Daily Journal, August 3, 1939.
Pages 141-143
“Young Women’s League Plans Charter Celebration,” Dayton Daily News, February 27, 1938.
Page 144
Doody, Elizabeth M. “Y. W. L. Celebrates Charter Anniversary: Forty Years Ago Instrument Signed by Eight Women,” Dayton Daily Journal, February 27, 1938.
Pages 145-146
McPherson, Rosamond. “Vaszin ‘Throws in Sponge’ in Zoo Fight; Beatty Will Take Animals,” [S.l., 194?].