Defeat Expected as UMWA Resolutions Handle AFL Split
In Cleveland on Sept 15 officials predicted a decisive defeat for the resolution urging the United Mine Workers to withdraw from the American Federation of Labor. The miners' convention, ahead of schedule, may end in about a week and a half. A Plumb plan nationalization conference with railroad chiefs may form a coalition of some 3,000,000 workers across mines and freight handling.
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Cleveland
United Mine Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
Robert H. Harlan
Resolutions Committee
A. F. of L
Conference of Miners
Railroad Brotherhood
Obituary of Mahala Morris Conant in 1919
Mahala daughter of Johnathan and Ruth Morris born August 30 1843 died September 10 1919 aged 76 years 11 days. She married Ambrose Conant December 19 1857. they had twelve children eight sons and four daughters. Her husband and two sons predeceased her. A steadfast United Brethren Church member she lived a Christian life and left eight sons two daughters 40 grandchildren 21 great grandchildren and numerous relatives. She rests free from suffering with the Savior in a better world.
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Mahala
Johnathan
Ruth Morris
Ambrose Conant
United Brethren Church
Missing Mother Remembrance and Gentle Heaven Greeting
How we miss the gentle footsteps at our threshold and ache for the day we meet again in heaven. The poem honors a precious loving mother as a gentle spirit and loving memory. Chamberlain's Tablets are advertised as stomach trouble relief, billed as a first class medicine costing a quarter.
Poison in olives linked to fatal Lakeside Dinner deaths
In Canton Ohio region seven people including Col C Weybrecht of Alliance died after eating olives at the Lakeside Country Club dinner on August 23. Coroner T C McQuate confirmed the cause as botulism from bacillus botulinis after investigations and food analysis.
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Canton, CO
Col
C. Weybrecht
Alliance
Lakeside Country Club
T. C. McQuate
Safety First Advocate Byrne Dies in Cleveland
Dr. P. J. Byrne, longtime coroner of Cuyahoga County and father of Cleveland safety work, died after a three week illness. His death followed the shock of the killing of his adopted son Leonard, a French orphan, in a traffic accident. Byrne had served as coroner for seven years and was to address the Safety First gathering opening Sept 29.
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Cleveland
P. J. Byrne
Safety
Cuyahoga County
Leonard
Byrne
New Hospital Head Goes In Tomorrow
Dr. J. H. Berry, former assistant physician at the Lima state hospital for the criminal insane, travels to Athens to assume the superintendency Tuesday. He succeeds Dr. O. O. Fordyce, who moves to Toledo, and spends Saturday with the board of administration learning his duties.
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Columbus, O
J. H. Berry
State Hospital For the Criminal Insane
Lima
Columbus
Athens
State Hospital
O. O. Fordyce
Toledo
Berry
Board of Administration
Kansas Silent Reading Test Adopted in Canaanville
Canaanville Ohio September 15. Principal C E Miller introduces the Kansas silent reading test in the school. Pupils read sixteen short paragraphs silently then answer questions to show comprehension. The test rates speed and accuracy and could replace old exams statewide.
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Canaanville, O
Kansas
Canaanville
C. E. Miller
Two Are Killed in Auto Crash In Cleveland
Two men were killed and three others seriously hurt when a city bound interurban car collided with a truck at Stop 10 on the A B C line in Cleveland Ohio. The motorman reportedly jumped before impact saving himself. seven men were aboard, two leaped off to escape.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ohio county deputy assessor cleared in whiskey case
Wheeling Sept 15 George Seibert Ohio county deputy assessor was found not guilty by a criminal court jury of violating prohibition law. A stash of 947 gallons of whiskey valued at 35000 was found in Seibert s chicken coop and his stated plan to limit himself to one pint daily would last twenty one years.
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Wheeling
George Seibert
Ohio
Seibert
Perkins Retires From Daring Wall Climbing
Charles Perkins famed steeplejack who painted the Singer Building flagpole and scaled tall structures will climb no more. Worn by service in the AEF his nerves need less daring work. Canton reports Frank Bohrer eight injured by unknown motorist after accident.
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New York
Charles Perkins
Singer
Canton
Frank Bohrer
A Practical Suit for the Small Boy Pattern Notice
A children's sewing pattern describes a practical suit for boys ages 3 to 6 with blouse and trousers in various fabrics. Materials include cambric Indian head drill linen percale madras khaki serge flannel corduroy or cheviot, with inside waistband and buttoned closures. The 4 sizes require 2 1/2 yards of 44 inch material for size 4, and the pattern can be mailed for 10 cents in silver or 1c 2c stamps.
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Percale
Madras
PublicSchools Will Use Tin For Work In Canton
Canton Ohio reports that public schools will teach toy making from tin cans at night school this winter under Prof. W F Gilmore head of the art department. He notes most work will be with brass copper metal and silver but tin toy making will be included due to metal scarcity from the war.
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Canton, O
Canton Public Schools
W. F. Gilmore
Gilmore
Trades Union Congress Calls for Repeal of Conscription
In Glasgow on September 12 the Trades Union Congress adopted a resolution urging the parliamentary committee to push the government to repeal conscription and evacuate British forces from the Archangel district. If the government does not act a special congress session will be called to decide further action.
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Glasgow
Trades Union Congress
Archangel
Brooks Price Cuts Offer Low Grocery, Domestic Goods
W H Brooks advertises low prices on coffee 40c per lb salmon 20c per can or 3 dozen rubbers 25c lids 30c per dozen and other staples including soap paper goods and breakfast cereals. The notice urges customers to call and save the difference on dry goods and household items.
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Williams
Hold Up Staged in Heart of City
Auto bandits robbed Frank Smith paymaster for the H V Hart Co in Cleveland Ohio as he carried a bag with 597 dollars. The two men confronted him with revolvers and fled in a waiting car after grabbing the money while pedestrians watched.
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Cleveland, CO
Frank Smith
H. V. Hart
Smith
Rmvolvers
Hoover Declares for League of Nations on Return
New York September 15 Herbert Hoover said he stands for the league of nations and the treaty built around it not a balance of power. He noted more than thirty references to the league in the treaty and that two are interdependent.
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New York
League of Nations
Herbert Hoover
America
Acquitania
Hoover
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