State highway department to remove obstructive billboards
Following a conference between Highway Director Herrick and division engineers the Ohio highway department orders the removal of billboards that obstruct motorists views. Filling stations and roadside nuisances face regulation and abatement with guidance from the attorney general. Cooperation with motor clubs to remove dangerous signs is pledged.
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State Highway Department
Herrick
Highway Department
Attorney General’s Office
Ohio State Automobile Association
C. C. Jones
Rural ram pumps water for 32 years without cost
Virgil Overholt of Ohio State University recounts a farmer’s hydraulic ram installed 32 years ago in Tiffin. The device taps a spring, pumps water 900 feet horizontally and 400 feet upward to a house, remained active through 1913 floods, and has delivered 4,000,000 gallons with virtually no operating cost.
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Virgil Overholt
Ohio State University
Charles Gillig
Tiffin
Judge Enjoins Lewis Over UMWA District 14 Officers
Jackson county circuit judge Samuel A. Dew issued an order restraining John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers from suspending or removing any officers of district 14 or its local unions under district jurisdiction. The action was filed in Kansas City Missouri on December 6.
Cheap Remedy for Smut Available for the Farmer
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation promotes a liquid treatment for smut in oats and other grains sold in 16 ounce bottles at $2. The product treats about 20 bushels per bottle, costing 10 cents per bushel. Ohio State University botany notes that one pint of formaldehyde can treat 40 to 60 bushels, with formaldehyde priced at 55 cents per pint. No substance surpasses formaldehyde for oats wheat or barley smut.
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Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Department of Botany
Ohio State University
Lineman Falls From Pole in Fatal Cleveland Accident
Herbert Brathan a 34 year old lineman died after falling from the top of a 115 foot telephone pole late yesterday he was en route to a hospital in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Herbert Brathan
Children of Darkness Refuse Light Reformers
A quoted line notes that those who resist reform often cling to their shadowed state, while advocates of change push for awakening. The remark contrasts two groups, highlighting tension between entrenched interests and reformist aims.
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Children of Darkness
Children of Light
Ohio club women consider crippled children clinic day
Mrs. Geo Elliott McCormick urges Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs to organize a state wide crippled children clinic. She notes Dr Adolf Lorenz's generosity and calls for each county to list crippled children, schedule exams by top physicians, and use club health chairmen to run the effort. The aim is to restore mobility and improve lives of afflicted children.
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Geo. Elliott McCormick
Adolf Lorenz
America
Ohio
Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs
Resolutions urged by Ohio federation leader
Mrs. Cornelius S. Selover of Cleveland, president of the Ohio federation, urges that the resolutions adopted at the state convention in Cincinnati be read and re read and discussed by every club. If improvements are to be gained through these resolutions, you must give them active support.
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Cornelius S. Selover
Cleveland
Ohio Federation
Cincinnati
Ohio Christmas Seal Campaign Gains Broad Endorsement
The Ohio federation endorses the Christmas seal sale praising it as a movement on par with the Red Cross, highlighting broad support for the campaign.
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Ohio Federation
Red Cross
Ohio
Diminutive Moro Chief Reputedly Ruling Ubian Island
A tiny Moro leader, Datu Panglima Diki iki also known as Datu Sibi Sibi, governs Ubian island near Jolo in Mindanao. He stands about thirty-two inches tall, weighs twenty three pounds, is thirty seven years old, and serves as a priest amid followers who revere him.
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Datu Panglima Diki Iki
Datu Sibi Sibi
Ubian
Jolo
Philippines
State club women advance drive for asphalt seals work
Reports from club women show progress on the state project as seats drive continues. Mrs C F Selover, state federation president, serves on the state seals committee and supports surpassing last year’s goals.
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C. EF. Selover
Beaten milk workers sue union for damages
Michael Ricto and Samuel Markovitz filed separate $5,000 damages suits against the Milk Drivers' union. They claim they were assaulted by striking milk wagon drivers while buying milk at a substation.
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UNION
Cleveland
Michael Ricto
Samuel Markovitz
Milk Drivers’ Union
Want Dr Lorenz for Ohio Clinic
Dr. R. H. Singleton president of the Ohio Osteopathic Society and Dr. L. A. Bunsted managing director of the Delaware Springs sanitarium invited Dr. Adolf Lorenz the Austrian surgeon to Ohio offering use of the Delaware sanitarium for a free children clinic. They proposed a tour of larger Ohio cities for clinics.
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Cleveland
R. H. Singleton
Ohio Osteopathic Society
L. A. Bunsted
Delaware, Ohio, Springs Sanitarium
Adolf Lorenz
Delaware Sanitarium
Ohio
Singleton
Federal plan urges haste in reclaiming arid western lands
Secretary Fall urged a sweeping policy to speed reclamation of arid western lands. He said many veterans and others could obtain homesteads and thousands could find work. He warned of red tape in pensions and land offices delaying claims and proposed consolidating Alaska bureaus under a single department.
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Washington
Harding
Secretary of the Interior
Fall
Pension
General Land
Department
Pension Bureau
Alaska
Fitchs Leave for Cincinnati Hospital for Mrs Fitch Operation
Latrobe notes Mrs. Fitch to undergo an operation at Dr. Satteler's hospital in Cincinnati as Mr. Fitch travels for support. Nearby visits include Mrs. Katie Frost of New Marshfield visiting grandparents the Eber Clarks, and many locals like Huggins from Athens and Sturm from Michigan making calls or staying with families. John McLaughlin recovers in Columbus after an operation.
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T. E. Fitch
C. C. Mars
Parkersburg
Clark Johnson
Ed Carleton
Coolville
Phoebe Carleton
Della Sturm
Little Hocking
Wilma Carlton
Athens
Alfred Rogers
del Morrison
Stewart
Fred Bunion
Marion
John McLaughlin
Columbus
The Plains Mrs Ed Terrell Sick List
The Plains notes several local trips and visits. Mrs Ed Terrell is on the sick list. Mr and Mrs John Martin and Miss Bernice Smith visited Nelsonville on Thursday.
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Ed Terrell
John Martin
Bernice Smith
Nelsonville
Walter Wharton
Athens
L. D. Nelson
Zine Courtney
Frank Smith
H. A. Goodson
Ben Phelps
Floyd Whitlock
Wilma
S. A. Morrison
Millfield
Charles North
Sand Run
James Terrell
Millie
Tillie Boring
Jimmy Terrell
Dave Terrell
Chauncey
German toys surge again in postwar Christmas trade
Germany, once dominant in American toy sales before World War I, now reenters the market as peace returns. Toy makers were busy well before formal peace, signaling renewed competition for holiday shoppers.
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Germany
U. S
Washington dentist heads U S government district
Dr W L Jones and his wife Eugenia May Liston, a former Normal College music teacher, visit Athens en route to Seattle where Jones will head one of fourteen government dental districts. He has trained in Washington D C and served as Dental Referee after 26 months in Russia. Mrs Jones is Athens native, sister of Mrs C H Swaim. Donald Swaim will accompany them to Seattle.
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W. L. Jones
D. R
Washington
D. C
Athens
Eugenia May Liston
Normal College
Seattle
Jones
United States
United States Army
Russia
Cc. H. Swaim
Donald
China delegation insists on Shantung return stand
The Chinese government told its delegation to press for unconditional Shantung return including the railway and to guard Madhuria. Three of the advisers resigned, signaling potential defections as dissatisfaction grew with the Far Eastern conference direction.
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Washington
Shantung
Madhuria
Practical Home and Farm Notes for Winter Prep
Public health minded school lunches boost student wellness. A farmer recalls a six word patriotic tale about France. Garden care advises brushing and leaf litter for winter protection and drain maintenance to prevent plant growth clogging. Ohio farmers show income gaps by education level. A Milton farmer reports egg production rising from 36 to 72 84 eggs daily after using the Ohio State University ration.
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T. W. Wallace
Milton
Ohio
Ohio State University
Japs Approve the Navy Ratio Plan
The Japanese diplomatic advisory council has approved the 5-5-3 naval ratio. The information came to United Press from reliable sources in Tokio on December 6.
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Clarence Bubois
United Press
Tokio
Insanity Dodge in Whiskey Ring Case
The Cleveland report covers the conspiracy trial over liquor transport from Pittsburgh to Youngstown. Baron's mental condition became central after defense requested a continuance, with two physicians examining the Brooklyn cafe owner's brain affliction before judge Weastenhaver.
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Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Moe H. Baron
Brooklyn
D. C. Weastenhaver
Baron
Judge Westenhaver Motion Proceedings Note
A fragment notes that he was able to judge Westenhaver or motion in the proceedings.
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Westenhaver
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