Nations celebrate days marking liberty across the Americas
A National Geographic Society bulletin notes July 4 as a symbol of liberty for the Americas and describes Bastille Day in France, Mexico Independence Day, and events in Central and South American nations plus Brazil, Cuba, Czechoslovakia and Germany as they mark their national holidays and pivotal dates in their quests for independence.
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Washington, D. C
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Yaberty
Thirteen Colonies
Americas
National Geographic Society
France
Faubourg Saint Antoine
Thomas Paine
George Washington
Napoleon
Spain
Mexico
Miguel Hidalgo
Dolores
Alhondiga de Granaditas
Guanajuato
America
Central America
Guatemala
Bolivar
South America
Venezuela
Heapy
Ferdinand VII
Peru
Bolivia
Brazil
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Republic of Germany
Women win in Elyria primaries council contests
Complete returns show two women victorious in Elyria Ohio's yesterday primaries. Mrs Cora Ensign led S Sudrow and J Anson for councilman at large. Mrs Carl Friday secured the nomination for third ward councilman.
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Elyria
Cora Ensign
S. Sudrow
J. A.anson
Carl Friday
Third Ward
Local Notes and Visits Highlight Harrisonville Scene
Several locals traveled to Middletown to hear William Jennings Bryan speak. News of visits includes Mrs. Bessie Hall and two sons from Cleveland, and parings about Earnest Warner and family hosting guests from Sabina and Albany. A new blacksmith shop opened on R. E. Clark’s property near town house, and Rev. Alkire of Columbus preached at the M E Church Thursday night. Funeral rites for Mrs. Henry Knopp were held Tuesday at the C P Church. Oscar Graves is ill. Frank White returned to Rutland to stay with Mrs. Cash White and son. Presley Turner and wife of Jerseyville visited here en route to Downington with Don Benedict and wife also calling on Mrs. Forrest and Mrs. Haning.
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Ralph Cox
Nelsonville
C. P
Oscar Graves
R. E. Clark
Frank White
Rutland
Downington
Don Benedict
Forrest
Haning
KE. Ll. Jewell
Zack Jewell
Alkire
Columbus
M. E
Coal Mines and Cheap Manufacturing Near Ohio Valley
Officials of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad report over 1 000 coal mines in 54 counties across seven states with 40 minable seams and a 26 000 000 000 ton reserve. West Virginia holds eighteen billion tons near right of way. the study highlights salt lime and sands industries and potential chemical expansion in the Ohio Valley amid postwar demand.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
H. O. Hartzell
West Virginia
Baltimore
Ohio
Commercial Development Department
United States
Baltimore and Ohio
Hartzell
Local Social Exchanges and Property Fire Near Elliott
Wrightstown and surrounding area social notes include visits among Miss Mary Ball, Miss Marie Morris, Miss Edna Swart, Miss Gladys Wade, and relatives of the Dulaney and Snyder families. Acher and Morris bought registered Poland China pigs in Lancaster. A barn near Elliott owned by Mrs. Bertha Wade was struck by lightning and burned Saturday night. William Balderson remains ill.
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Mary Ball
Joy
Marie Morris
Charles Williams
Ernest Beard
Mountville
Edna Swart
Gladys Wade
M. L. Dulaney
Martha
Wendyl Williamson
William Snyder
Chesterhill
Emory Able
Bertha Wade
Elliott
T. E. Morris
A. T. Archer
Lancaster
William Balderson
Chicago’s Diverse Religious Landscape Highlighted
A brief note recalls Chicago housing about fifteen hundred churches representing all major sects and religions, marking the city’s varied spiritual life and community presence.
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Chicago
Nelsonville to Have a Watch Wrestling Show
Wrestling match between Paulson and Kotsonoros set for Nelsonville next Friday at Stewart's Opera House. Promoter Charles Sisson secured top talents with a heavy guarantee, drawing a likely record crowd. Kotsonoros, Greek world champion, trains in Columbus and has beaten Ed Lewis and others. Paulson, Purdue instructor nicknamed the Michigan Bear Cat, boasts wins over Montana, Demetral, and Linow.
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Paulson
Koisonoros
Nelsonville
Stewart's Opera House
Charles Sisson
al Hart
Columbus
Sisson
Kotsonoros
Strangler
Ed Lewis
Jim Londas
Purdue Univesity
Bette
Michigan
Montana
Demetral
Ivan Linow
Baseball notes from this time last year and a Braves win
In a game between St Louis and Philadelphia Bill Doak failed to cover first base denying a no hit bid. Williams collected a hit. Sisler of the Browns hit his third homer in a row. Boecker and Ford doubled in the eleventh inning as the Braves defeated the Reds.
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Bill Doak
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Williams
Sisler
Browns
Boecker
Ford
Braves
Reds
Tillie Walker
Welch
Cleveland Indians
Walker
Meusel
Mays
Yanks
White Sox
Frighh
Burns
Snyder
Cubs
Toney
Douglas
Giants
Southworth
Washington
Jacobson
Severi
Gerber
Bill Donovan
Phils
Red Sox
Tigers
The mechanical cow is the best Ford joke
The phrase highlights a humorous comparison to a Ford related joke about a mechanical cow, suggesting a lighthearted, playful take on automotive humor. No other entities or concrete events are detailed in the readable text.
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Ford
Milwaukee operator seeks 20 million share of Girard estate
Miss Susan Shabach, a Milwaukee telephone operator, pursues through her lawyers a claim to a 20 million dollar portion of the estate left by Stephen Girard, the Philadelphia slave trader who died seventy years ago.
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Susan Shabach
Milwaukee
Stephen Girard
Philadelphia
Pirates win as Babe Adams extends streak to nine
Babe Adams earned his ninth straight win as the Pirates beat the Robins 4 to 2. Tillie Walker homered and Welch added a triple in a 4 to 3 Cleveland win. Meusel homered for the Yankees in a 5 to 4 loss to the White Sox.
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Babe Adams
Pirates
Robins
Baseball Scores Across Leagues and Cities
In American Association games Columbus defeated Indianapolis 8 to 1 and Louisville beat Toledo 15 to 1. Louisville then topped Toledo 10 to 2. Minneapolis beat Milwaukee 12 to 3 while Milwaukee won 14 to 13 in a separate clash. St Paul edged Kansas City 11 to 9. In the National League Cincinnati beat Philadelphia 7 to 4 and Chicago topped New York 8 to 7 in 10 innings. Boston won 4 to 4? St Louis 8 Pittsburgh 4 Brooklyn 2. In the American League Philadelphia 4 Cleveland 3 and St Louis 8 Washington 6 in 19 innings. Boston 4 Detroit 1 and Chicago 6 New York 4.
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Toursville
Minneapolis Eeiars
Kansas City
Milwaukee Eenrenne
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Toledo
Columbus CieRe
Boston
Brooklyn
St. Louis Ee
Cincinnati
Seer
Chicago
Philadelphia Secanema
Cleveland
New York
Washington
Detroit
Eee Se
St. Louis
Eee Ereene
Columbus
Louisville
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Firing by Seaplane Crew Blamed on Stupidity
Providence R I Aug 10 Rear Admiral Ashley T Robertson of the Newport destroyer fleet calls the seaplane 92 N crew action in Narragansett Bay plain stupidity after it fired on a small launch wounding Miss Grace Buxton A board of investigation is ordered to fix responsibility for the incident.
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Providence
R. IL
Ashley T. Robertson
Newport
Narragansett Bay
Grace Buxton
London hotel magnate rose from kitchen boy to empire
Leigh Jones controls more hotels restaurants and catering in London than any man. He traces his rise from a kitchen boy to a vast hospitality empire with diverse properties and ventures.
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Leigh Jones
London
Ohio political notes and biographical snippet 1821 to 1905
Jay Cooke born in Sandusky 1821, raised Union funds, died Philadelphia 1905. Democratic convention at Columbus nominated H. J. Jewett for governor. In 1870 Gen Isaac R. Sherwood renominated as secretary of state in Columbus.
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Jay Cooke
Sandusky
Philadelphia
Columbus
H. J. Jewett
Isaac R. Sherwood
Northcliffe Press issues eight five dailies weeklies and mags
The Northcliffe Press of London distributes eight and five dailies weeklies and magazines, detailing their publishing program across multiple titles.
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Northcliffe Press
London
What Engeot Owen Tot Period Comes
New York dispatch discusses London heat and fashion in August. The writer notes Britons call hot days glorious while Americans seek cool breezes. He recalls journalists in London work in shirt sleeves, a tradition associated with Mark Twain, as the day nears 4 pm.
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Owen
David L. Blumenfeld
United Press
New York
Jove
London
George
Palm Beach
England
Ritz Hotel
America
Mark Twain
Mothers
Daugh
Ice Cream Run From Sel Fridge’s In A Summer Heat
In London the crowd heads to Sel fridge’s on Oxford Street for American ice cream sodas and sundaes, a hot day ritual tied to a past visit. Mother muses about Jack’s homecoming, recalling the fifteenth as the day after the outing.
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Ters
Selfridge’s
Oxford Street
London
Jack
Beets and Buckeye Pride Mark Sixty Year Plant Opening
Timo S. Hogan of Columbus former Ohio attorney general spoke at the corner stone laying for the Farmers' Sugar Co. beet sugar factory in Defiance Ohio. The $2,000,000 plant will be the state’s largest beet sugar factory with twelve hundred farmers and merchants as stockholders.
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Defiance
Timothy S. Hogan
Columbus
Ohio
Farmers’ Sugar Co
Bitro-Phosphate Promises Health For Thin People
Advertisement claims thin nervous individuals gain weight and vigor after taking Bitro-Phosphate. McKee Drug Company guarantees improved flesh and ambition within a few weeks.
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McKee Drug Company
Automobile as a Time and Money Investment
A reflective note sets out that an automobile is a use of time and funds, suggesting personal value in ownership and the decision to devote resources to a car. The piece emphasizes practical choice and lifestyle implications of car ownership.
Savings Plan Proved Easy Path To Wealth
The article extols gradual wealth through regular saving and compound interest. It promotes a savings account as convenient and profitable, highlighting State Bank Loan Co in the Rankin Building on Gay Street Columbus, Ohio, offering 5 percent savings.
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A State Bus ' Loan Co
Rankin Bldg
Gay 5T
Columbus, CO
Heights For Manager Form Wins Support In Cleveland
Victory for the city manager form in Cleveland Heights is seen as indicating growing support for the plan in Cleveland and a trend in municipal governance.
Poppies Must Stand Alone in Vases to Avoid Withering Others
Poppies have a very injurious effect upon other flowers placed in the same vase causing them to fade and die. Sweet peas should also be placed by themselves to prevent similar damage and ensure their longevity.
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