Lancaster brick from 1888 proves durable under modern repaving
A Lancaster project reveals brick laid in spring 1888 remains in excellent condition after 43 years of heavy traffic while South Broad Street is repaved. Conservationist Ernest Rowles offers bricks to property owners to pave alleys, with a cost share by abutting properties. Engineers estimate the reused brick could last 83 more years under alley use.
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Lancaster
Broad Street
Ernest Rowles
Rowels
South Broad Street
Man survives self-inflicted wounds in Cleveland
Julius Pidlinger, 43, slashed himself four times in the heart with intent to die but survived, doctors said in Cleveland. The incident, noted on October 27, shows the patient living after the self-inflicted injuries.
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Cleveland
Altho Julius Pidlinger
VIM AND VIGOR Follow If You Take This Advice
Lorain Ohio advertisement endorses Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery as a health tonic. Geo H Gibson of Oberlin Ave testifies it built up his strength and purified his blood after illness. The ad urges buying at local drug stores or sending 10 cents to Dr Pierce s Invalids Hotel in Buffalo NY for a trial and free medical advice.
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Lorain
Ohio
Dr. Pierce
Geo. H. Gibson
Oberlin Ave
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
Winter Horseshoe Fun Thrives In Cold Columbus Indoors
Winter blasts fail to dampen Columbus enthusiasm for indoor horseshoe pitching. Firemen convert engine houses into courts with clay boxes and pegs or buckets for targets. C. C. Davis, world horseshoe champion, is cited as a favored figure in the sport.
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Columbus
C. C. Davis
Storm leaves rain ravage in Middle Florida crops
Tampa reports after a late week storm five people were killed and about 4 million dollars in damage, mainly to citrus and vegetable crops, as residents assess the wreckage. The note ends with a sale reference: Blue Devil 10-24-16.
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Tampa
Middle Florida
Ohio to halt bond plan for unemployed work
Columbus. Plans to fund municipal projects across Ohio by selling bonds worth 6 million dollars were halted when the state industrial commission refused the issue. A Cleveland brokerage house had offered the bonds, but officials warned against selling prime securities at par to reinvest in less profitable ones. The commission criticized the absence of a tangible work program.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Industrial Commission
Cleveland
Industrial Commission
Kerker Remedy Claims Cure For Zanesville Cold
FE W Jones of the Franklin Hotel Zanesville says Kerker's Asthma and Hay Fever Remedy cured his three week cold and achiness after one bottle. He recommends the Kerker Remedy highly and notes sale by McKee Drug Co in Athens.
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Kerker
FE. W. Jones
American Encaustic Tilling Co
Franklin Hotel
Zanesville
Fr. W. Jones
Athens
McKee Drug Co
Old Man with PEP Announces Ohio Senate Bid
Colonel Davis W. Wood of the Ohio soldiers home announces candidacy for United States senator from Ohio next year. Civil War veteran and former independent Ohio gubernatorial candidate, he runs as a Republican.
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Pep Sandusky
Davis W. Wood
Ohio Soldiers’ Home
Ohio
Suit to restrain officials over grain futures trading
A suit was filed in U S district court in Chicago seeking to bar government officials from interfering with grain futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. The case is set for Judge Landis’s court on November 7.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
United States District Court
Landis
California Fig Syrup advertisement targets worried mothers
An early 20th century style ad urges mothers to use California Fig Syrup for children’s bowel cleansing. It claims a teaspoon today can prevent illness tomorrow and warns to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup by name to avoid imitations. The copy emphasizes constipation symptoms and includes product directions printed on the bottle.
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California
Harmony Hill Social Notes and Local Losses
Harmony Hill residents report greetings from Mrs Sherry Basim and visitors from Parkersburg and Waverly while noting a drowning tragedy of a twenty month old boy at the Ohio river mouth. Local illness and two infant losses mark the period alongside school progress and several social trips.
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Sherry Basim
T. J. Foster
Preston Schoonover
Ohio River
Little Hocking River
H. Noland
Emma Smith
Parkersburg
J. C. Coggshall
Waverly
W. Va
Little Hocking
Veil Shaw
Veto
Dan Shaw
Sunburst
N. C
Coggshall
Curtis Sherman
Maud Foster
David Livingston
Dan Livingston
David
Demand Surrender of Former Ruler
London dispatches report the title entente issuing a 48 hour ultimatum to Hungary demanding surrender of former Emperor Karl. The Vienna sources relay the deadline and agency confirmation of the demand amidst postwar turmoil.
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London
Entente
Hungary
Karl
Vienna
Amesville Man Among Ohio Medal of Honor Vets listed for Arlington burial
Twenty two Ohio war veterans who hold the congressional medal of honor are invited to Arlington national cemetery for the burial of the unknown soldier on November 11. The government covers travel and hotel costs, with railroad mileage at five and a half cents per mile and ten dollars for Washington hotel expenses. Joseph N. North of Amesville is named among Ohio veterans.
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United States
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington
Joseph N. North
Amesville
Loot total may reach five million in Broadway mail holdup
New York today reports the bandits who halted a mail truck on Lower Broadway Monday night may have stolen as much as 5 million dollars. Investigators say the early estimates point to a record haul as the case unfolds with authorities pursuing leads and examining the crime scene.
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New York
Lower Broadway
Real hosiery display draws crowd in Dayton window show
In Dayton on October 27 a store staged a living models display of ladies hosiery with windows closed two feet above the floor. The unusual presentation drew a large crowd, with many men outnumbering women as traffic clogged the area.
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Dayton
Harriman and Hunter wed in quiet Paoli ceremony
Herbert Harriman the financier and Sarah Jane Hunter were married today in a small Methodist parsonage in Paoli Indiana. The ceremony was intimate with close family in attendance.
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Paoli
Ind
Herbert Harriman
Sarah Jane Hunter
McCune Thre Co Advertisement Promotes Higher Speed Gasoline
An old advertisement asks readers if they have tried McCune Thre Co's Higher Speed Gasoline. The note implies a sales pitch and product name likely from a midcentury newspaper page.
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McCune Thre Co
Ohio highway plans big 1922 road program
Columbus Oct 26 The state highway department outlines a large road construction program for 1922 with about 75 projects ready for let early next year. Contracts for paving this year are finished and Herrick predicts lower costs in 1922 due to reduced bids and freight rates.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Herrick
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Mearenker Pattern Dept
Pon
You Bruch
Gospel Center Church
Paris
Hell
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Velvet Touchdon Resort
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Glouster, C
Foual
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