Cox's War Governor Record Shaped Ohio War Efforts
Ohio under Governor Cox built wartime programs to mobilize labor and farms. He used vagrant arrests to force work, expanded tractor training and free job exchanges, and led a large road and defense effort. Postwar, he pushed reconstruction, curbed profiteering, and quelled industrial unrest while Roosevelt emerged as a national figure.
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Cox
National
Grand Central Palace
New York City
United States
Germany
Ohio State University
OMO National Guard
OM Cormand
Inter
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Rainbow Diviston
Common Pleas
Ohte
Kim
Wilson
Columbus
Comine
Eastent
Canton
Gox
Baltimore Steamship Kershaw Destroyed By Early Fire
Fire swept the steamship Kershaw at the Baltimore Drydocks and Ship Building Co. while under repair. Six dining room staff members were missing and feared to have spent the night aboard. The vessel, valued around 400 thousand dollars, was one of Merchants' and Miners' fleet largest ships.
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Baltimore
Kershaw
Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Company
Baltimore Drydocks and Shipbuilding Company
Kershal
Ciy
Committee on Public Schools to Meet Next Monday
The newly organized committee on public schools of the chamber of commerce will meet next Monday at 5 PM to organize. Members include W. T. Hincks Dr. William Horace Day Fred Atwater Frank Coville PT Litchfield and Frank Brennan.
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Chamber of Commerce
W. T. Hincks
William Horace Day
Fred Atwater
Frank Coville
PT. Litchfield
Frank Brennan
Witherspoon Named National Commander of Spanish War Veterans
Benjamin Stewart of St Louis states Timothy Kelley of Boston was defeated by 28 votes on the third ballot for National Commander at the Spanish War Veterans convention in St Louis. G K Witherspoon of Seattle won the post. Stewart, a past commander, represents his Lieut N W Wishop Camp as heir delegate. The Connecticut friends of Kelley express keen disappointment.
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Bridgeport
Benjamin Stewart
Tranistan Avenue
St. Louis
Timothy Kelley
Boston
G. K. Witherspoon
Seattle
Wash
Stewart
N. W. Wishop
United Spanish War Veterans
New England
Kelley
Connecticut
Mrs Lane Completes 40 Day Fast in Roseburg
In Roseburg Oregon on September 17 Mrs J M Lane finished a 40 day fast to treat chronic stomach trouble. She consumed only orange and lemon juice and water. She lost 25 pounds but remained ambulatory. Her refeeding began with a small amount of soup.
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Rosebers
Ore
J. M. Lane
Rosebure
130 Local Boys to Attend Y Conference Hartford Meeting
The first annual Older Boys conference of the YMCA will take place in Hartford on October 22 to 24, with 900 to 1,000 boys expected and Bridgeport contributing 180. The event, under State Sunday School Association and YMCA auspices, features dinners, sports, study, and talks by notable speakers from New York. Representatives from many churches will attend based on a church apportionment list. The Y’s slogan invites churches to send boys for Christian service.
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Conn
Bridgeport
State Sunday School Association
New York State
A. W. Beaven
Rochester
N. Y
Alfred Waite
New York City
Follo First Presbyterian
United Congregational Church
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Methodist
Olivet Congregational
Park Street Congregational
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First Baptist
Second Baptist
St John’s Episcopal
Memorial ‘Baptist
People’s Presbyterian Church
Grace M. E
Universalist Church
St. Paul's
St Luke's
Christ Church
Calvary Baptist
First Lutheran
Black Rock
King’s Highway
West End
Summerfield
M. E
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