The First Baseball Grounds and Other 1920s Inquiries
Questions and answers cover infant mortality rates in 1923, military costs in Palestine, merchant seaman wages across nations, the Union Grounds as baseball’s first enclosed field in 1862, and other factual curiosities including rainfall records, early higher learning west of the Alleghenies, Hawaiian waterfalls, Taj Mahal design, Washington statue site and inscription, Ford cross-continental drive, and a New England Primer couplet.
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U.S. A
Palestine
London Athaeneum and Observer
United States Shipping Board
Great Britain
Norway
Holland
Japan
Sweden
France
United States
Union Grounds
Brooklyn
New York
Cherrapunji
Khasi
Assam
India
Lawrence Hite Daingerfield
United States Bureau of Honolulu
Mt. Wataleale
Kaui
Wall Street
New York City
Federal Hall
George Washington
United States of America
W. F.A
Ford Motor Company
Frank Kulick
San Francisco
Lincoln Highway
New England
Jesus
Dave's Mentha-Pepsin Promise for Stomach Distress Relief
An advertisement touts Dave's Mentha-Pepsin as fast relief for gas bloating acidity belching and heartburn with a money back guarantee if it fails to stop acute stomach distress quickly. It claims strong sales in New Jersey and notes McKee Drug Company as a seller.
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McKee Drug Company
Dave
New Jersey
McKee Drug Ecompany
Hatchery Fish Transfer Planned From Defiance
George Marcher local supervisor of fish hatcheries in Defiance County prepares to move products from the Defiance hatchery to streams in Northern Ohio. Water removal from ponds signals imminent transfer of fish to state streams.
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Defiance, D
George Marcher
London
Atate
Defiance County
Ohio
Odd Fellows Lodge Homecoming Set For Saturday
The annual homecoming of the Odd Fellows lodge will be held Saturday evening in the K of P hall. Lunch will be served.
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Odd Fellows Lodge
K. of P. Hall
Governor Donahey to speak on Radio in Ohio reelection bid
Governor Vic Donahey plans a pair of radio addresses to Ohio voters as he seeks reelection. The talks will run fifteen minutes from station W AH on Thursday night and again Friday at 7 45 p m EST, broadcast on a 2866 meter wavelength.
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A LA Oal Columbaus
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Dawes Warns Voters of Constitutional Threat in Ohio Rally
In Pittsburgh General Charles G. Dawes warned that Socialists led by La Follette threaten the constitution as the nation faces a pivotal November vote. He urged support for the Constitution, cited Russia’s condition, and urged rallygoers to choose the rock of the Constitution over radicalism. Dawes’ entourage drew thousands as they filled the Harris Theatre district and prepared for a multi-state campaign swing.
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Albert Brenzinger
Pittsburgh
Harris Theatre
Charles G. Dawes
la Follette
Dawes
Russia
Lure and Bomb Kill Five Thousand Chinese Troops
Mukden dispatch to the Evening News reports that five thousand Chinese troops were killed when they were lured onto parade grounds where bombs exploded.
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London
Mukden
Marriage ties bind two Defiance area families in Mark Center
Runsen family notes a triple romance as Homer Yoder weds Nancy Bontrager in Mark Center. The union follows Valentine and Albert Yoder, brothers of the groom, who had married the bride’s sisters. All families reside in Mark Center, west of Defiance.
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Defiance
Homer Yoder
Nancy Bontrager
John Bontracer
Mark Center
Valentine
Albert Yoder
Homer
Mark Centaur
County commissioners set daily prisoner hire at sixty five cents
The Elyria Ohio county board serves notice to all cities and municipalities that the board will hire prisoners at 65 cents per day under orders from the state inspector. The report mentions Ireland, New Zealand, Iceland, and Patagonia as places with snakes, and Japan, Tasmania, and Canada having few.
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Elyria
Ireland
New Zealand
Iceland
Patagonia
Japan
Tasmania
Canada
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Athens
H. S. A. Washington College
Washington College
Tennessee
Hawaiian Islands
G. V. KR
Taj Mahal
Ustad
Isa
Washington
John Quincy Adams Ward
M. Werk CO
Werk’s Tag Soap
Werk’s Washing Machine
C. R. Featherston
H. G. Householde
May Ave
L. M. Murphy North
Gro. Roach Grocery Co
the M. Werk CO
Cincinnati
Job
Mrs. Thee
Willey
Obie &T
Theo
Esmet
Asomner
Ping
Wheeling
Goodyear
McCune Tire & Accessory Co
W. Union St
Ford Cars
McCune Tire Co
Stedman
Tre
U. S
The
F.C. Stedman Co
Packers and Provisioners
Runsen
Cleveland
Platt Avenue
Perfection Steves
Columbia
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