Ohio population study and holiday Capitol decorations
The Ohio Secretary of State census project outlines tables showing city village and county populations with urban rural splits and the 1926 63.8 percent urban figure rising to 67.7 in 1930. The Capitol Building is festively decorated with colored lights and a bright star as preparations continue for the Eighthy Ninth General Assembly opening January 5 and Governor elect George White's looming cabinet appointments.
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Columbus
Statistical Department
Secretary of State
Ohio
Capitol
Senate
Thomas E. Bateman
Eighty- Ninth
General Assembly
Pike County
George White
Socrat
Myers Y
Oper
J. White
Rum-Running Suppressed by Canadian Liquor Ban
A Detroit News survey finds the Canadian liquor export ban slashes Detroit area rum running by about 75 percent and bootlegging to 26 percent of pre ban levels. Federal agents report fewer large shipments, with smuggling now in small loads in back seats and a shift of routes toward the East and south.
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Detroit
U.R
United States
Detroit News
Detroit River
Canada
Thomas H. Brennan
Prohibition
William WN. Woodruff
Michigan
Chicago
Christmas Story in Scripture and Song Presented by Brotherhood
The First Presbyterian Church Brotherhood offered a Christmas program titled The Christmas Story in Scripture and Song. Rev H L Geddes delivered scriptural references to the Christmas story while an eagle choir of Brotherhood members provided music. J D Sanderson sang with Mrs Lucy F E Bowen at the piano.
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Brotherhood
Jesus
Homemakers Class Plans January Logan Meeting
Dec 16 notice states the next Homemakers Class gathering will be at Logan High School at 2 p m on January 7.
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Logan
Logan High School
Egg production claims from Singing Hen S discovery
P E Coffman of Quincy Ohio reports jumping from 15 to 65 eggs daily after using Singing Hen S for hens. The ad says singing hen boosts laying period and organ activity, costing cents from Keller Laboratory Mechanicsburg Ohio or McKee Drug Co locally.
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P. E. Coffman
Quincy
Ohio
Keller Laboratory
Mechanicsburg
McKee Drug Co
Reclamation projects hampered by evasive settlers and politics
Reclamation Commissioner Elwood Mead told the House appropriations committee that many settlers treat repayment contracts as nonbinding and seek political help to dodge payments. He noted overall project conditions were strong with crop values rising by over 17.6 million in 1929 and irrigated area expanding to about 2.72 million acres.
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Washington
U.P
Reclamation
Elwood Mead
Mead
House Appropriations Committee
Beans Fall in Virginia Explained by Sour Gum Seeds
Fairfax County Farm Agent H. B. Deer investigated reports of beans appearing after heavy rains. Samples analyzed at the Department of Agriculture and the US Biological Survey identified the seeds as sour gum seeds. Birds peel the pulp and regurgitate the polished pellets, with starlings common in the area.
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Fairfax
Dee
U.R
Fairfax County
H. B. Deer
Virginia
Deer
Little River Turnpike
Department of Agriculture
Washington
United States Biological Survey
Ohio Local Government Costs Exceed 410 Million
Ohio local government expenditures for 1923 reach over 410 million dollars excluding public service enterprises. Education and streets/highways dominate, totaling about 137 million and 111 million respectively. Other areas include protection sanitation general government and health. State costs pale beside local spending, and reductions hinge on curbing local tax levies and appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Girl Remembers Face Of Father's Slayer
In Chicago a nine year old girl, Herma Magnabosco, identified gunman Rudolph Marino as the killer of her father Marco after glimpsing the assailants at their South Side apartment door. Police linked her memory to the Marino brothers as the suspects in the fatal shooting.
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Chicago
Herma Magnabosco
Marco
Michael Grady
Herma
Rudolph Marine
Sam
Evergreen Park
Magnaboscos
Daddy
Rudolph Marino
Zuber to Reimburse Those Who Lost Funds
Nelsonville reports that $2231.98 was stolen from the high school site in the care of Supt. H. E. Zuber. He will personally repay the loss, with most funds from a PTA show receipts and teachers dues.
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Nelsonville
H. E. Zuber
Giant
Uber
Lfe
Parent Teacher Association
National Educational Association
Zuber
Washington
Three Men Fined in Nelsonville Coal Theft Case
In Nelsonville three men William Hall Orin Wiske and George Maffin faced arrest by Mayor Bill Hickman on petit larceny charges for taking coal from the railroad right of way. All pleaded guilty were fined 26 dollars with suspended sentences on good behavior and ceasing trespass.
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Nelsonville
Willliam Hall
Orin Wiske
George Maffin
Bill Hickman
William J. Price
Hall
Wiskett
Price
Maffin
Confectionery Owner Ordered to Find Better Home
Columbus reports police acting on a woman's complaint forced Elmer Rader a 42 year old local confectionery owner to secure improved living quarters for his family. Rader had stacked beds in a basement accessed by a ladder and trap door. The space measured about 15 feet square and lacked headroom with vegetables stored there.
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Columbus
U.P
Elmer Rader
Night Urges Trade to Cure Bladder Irritation
An old advertisement promises relief from nocturnal urination with five grain Bukene tablets. It claims cleansing the bladder will restore sleep and offers a money back guarantee after four days if not relieved. Sold locally at Mckee Drug Co.
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Epsom Eako
Mckee Drug Co
Former Senator Urges Probe of Huntington Veterans Hospital
Former Senator Davis Elk ine asks Charleston papers for a congressional investigation into the politically located $700000 veterans hospital planned for Huntington. He says Huntington was chosen against veterans and public wishes and urges a second, more central hospital for West Virginia.
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Critices Huntington
Charleston
W. Va
U.P
Davis Elkine
Veterans Hospital
Huntington
Atre
West Virginia
Filkins
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Walter Secosh
Milwaukee
Secosh
U.S
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Uncle Sam
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Edge
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Veless
Men's Union
Chambray
DuPont
Glouster and
Chauncey Stores
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Chauncey
Athens
Messenger
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the Athens Messenger
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