Health experiment in Mansfield to aid mothers and children
The National Child Health Council will conduct a year long health work program in Mansfield and surrounding Richland county. A former Bridgeport health officer will direct with experts in child care, surveying needs and forming a local action plan to improve maternal and child health.
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Mansfield
National Child Health Council
Health Council
Bridge- Ret Conn
France
Richland County
Soldiers Demand Land As Veterans Queue For Government Farms
The Interior Secretary reports one hundred veterans per available government farm with about 40,000 veterans seeking settlements and nearly 200,000 inquiries. Since February the department has pushed irrigation, farms and land settlement, noting postwar land hunger and past efforts under Secretary Lane. Limited funds and authority hinder progress, though a soldier relief bill proposal offers hope with a strong land settlement provision amid broader reforms.
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Secretary of the Interior
Lane
Interior Department
After Dinner Stories and the Ashes of a Changeable Age
A New York reformer at a vegetarian banquet laments modern materialism. He recalls a Philadelphia family where a six year old boy learns to sift ashes as a baby sister arrives, sparking a humorous reaction and a question about gender.
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New York
Philadelphia
Missing pantry kettle fuels domestic rift
Brown finally makes a home brew recipe but ten days later the kettle disappears from the pantry. His wife Mary assumed it had spoiled and tossed it out, and the couple has not spoken since the incident.
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Brown
Mary
The Spur of the Moment Funny Bits and Oddities
A quirky fragment from a period page notes a severe South Africa blizzard, jokes on Japan customs, cider apple laws for cows, auto prevalence in the U.S., a dialogue snippet, and a minister jailed for attempting to pass a counterfeit two dollar bill in the collection plate.
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South Africa
Gratitude Expressed for Help After Horse Illness and Death
A Viola Wisconsin reader, M R Griffin, thanks friends for help during the illness and death of a horse. The note appears in the Viola News along with an unrelated quip about Greenwich Village artists and spaghetti eating.
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Viola
Wis
M. R. Griffin
Greenwich Village
Government Fights Rat Plague in Washington and Virginia
Washington and Virginia experiments show rodents harming the National Zoo and St Elizabeth Hospital grounds. The Biological Survey combats rats with traps poison and hawk owl protection, targeting Arlington orchards and urban spaces to prove large scale eradication is possible.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D .C
United States
Biological Survey
Washington
National Zoo
Washington Zoo
Fowler
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Arling
Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Department of Agriculture
Silver
Festival Daily Echoes At Athens Watch Dog Booth
A lively Fall Festival scene in Athens features crowds along the Messenger Watch Dog booth near Parker Brothers. Supper at the Presbyterian church, local booths, and recalls of past civic figures fill the day with humor and reminiscence as residents mingle and browse want ads. The Green and White publication opens today and farmer letters reach the newsroom with community reminders and playful inquiries.
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Charles Goodrich
Scott Haney Booth
Lawyer Peters
Presbyterian Church
Messenger Booth
Parker Brother
George Allen
Albany
the Messenger
Bill Potter
Bill
George
Ed Berry
Berry Hotel
Mr. Spaulding
Zenners
Guy Brown
Mrs. Bush
Freda Alderman
Mr. Woodworth
Bentley
Oscar Mantz
Oscar Fulton
Guthrie
Abrigal
Floodwood
Fred Lee Tom
Copeland-Howe
Doc Howe
Dean Voigt
American Legion
Blackwood
Bill Ring
Price
Johnny
Barbara Fritchie
P’s
A. E. Whaley
Statley
Athens County
Watch Dog
Ohio University
Clarence Clifford
Athens
West Union Street
Messenger
Questions and Answers Service Offer
The Athens Messenger advertises an Information Bureau offering to answer questions by mail. The notice states no advice on legal medical or financial matters and that the bureau does not handle domestic disputes or research. Submit questions with full name and address and include stamps for return postage.
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Baker Settlement
Athens
Obituary Highlights from 18th to 19th Century Dates
Chronological notes record Adam Poe’s death in Massillon on September 23, 1838, with birth in Washington County Pennsylvania in 1745. Invitations issued in 1871 for the Tyler Davidson fountain unveiling in Cincinnati. 1881 Garfield’s funeral train departs Washington for Cleveland. 1892 Gen John Pope, Civil War commander at Cedar Mountain Manassas and Chantilly, dies in Sandusky, born Louisville March 12, 1823.
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Adam Poe
Massilion
Washington County
Cincinnati
Garfield
Washington
Cleveland
John Pope
Cedar Mountain
Manassas
Chantilly
Sanducky
Louisville
Prepare to Move the Whole Town to a New Site
Springfield Colorado United Press reports Osborn Removal Company will start work after October 1 to prepare a new town site so buildings can be moved next spring. Bid opening Monday covers grading and graveling streets storm sewer cement curbs gutters engineers estimate 64000 dollars.
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Springfield, CO
United Press
Osborn
Osborn Removal Company
Nervous About Hard Work Sparks Banter
A witty remark notes that heavy labor worries some men, while others defend its value as a force of achievement. The line pools attention on the tension between effort and anxiety in a work culture.
Buckeye State Building and Loan Co. advertises savings
The notice explains that saving today grows with compound interest to meet both wants and needs. It invites all customers, large or small, to do business with Buckeye State Building and Loan Co. located in Rankin Building at 22 West Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio.
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Buckeye State Building
Ean Co
Rankin Bldg
West
Gay St
Columbus
Ohio
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