Upper Sandusky Event Notes and Local News Tally
Upper Sandusky hosts shows amid a push for a new Pennsylvania union station and reports on farm sales and library talks. Obituaries note Mrs Eliza Disher and Mrs Sarah Kurtz. Nevada pictures capture Pennsylvania locomotive collision remains. Local trials, schools test coal versus gas, and a seventh annual military ball of Company L conclude the items.
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Upper’ Sandusky
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
John Kessler
Court of Common Pleas
Albert
Allion
Pennsylvania Railroad
Upper Sandusky
Charles Robey
Benjamin S. Ulrich
Tymochtee Township
Sycamore
Sarah Kurtz
Amos
Katharine Leist
Circleville
Farmers’ Institute of
W. S. Chamberlain
J. L. Buchanan
Carnegie Library
W. J. Wilcox
Nevada
Carey
Co. D. Kentfield
Francis Fox
Charles Miller
Circuit Court
Hurin
Nevada News
Fort Wayne
Wk Company L
Armory
Atlee Pomerene Elected Senator Following Dick
In a decisive campaign outcome Atlee Pomerene defeated rivals to win the senate seat once held by Charles Dick. The victory shifts the balance of power in the state with Pomerene poised to take office after the election.
Porcelain plant nears operation with steam system tested
A two week start is planned as a 75 horsepower steam engine heats the Porcelain plant. The system returns condensed water with minimal loss, and the facility expects rapid commissioning despite shipping delays. W. H. Williams led design and layout planning while Frank Damon oversees the engine room.
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Frank Damon
Times
W. H. Williams
Pomerene Nominated for U S Senate by Ohio Democrats
Atlee Pomerene of Canton won the Democratic caucus nomination for the U S Senate on the first ballot with just enough votes. Several lawmakers shifted their votes before the result, and the selection pleased Democrats and Republicans alike. Hanly criticized Governor Harmon and threatened to support Woodrow Wilson instead.
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Ohio
Atlee Pomerene
Canton
United States
Hanly
Anderson
Dore
Finnefrock
Goodbread
Wyandot
White
Sandusky
Bour
Seneca
Marion
Pomerene
United States Senate
Hanley
Harmon
Woodrow Wilson
Grand march led by Fern Lambert and Frank Drecsler
The event featured a grand march led by Miss Fern Lambert and Frank Drecsler with music supplied by Bert's Orchestra of Upper Sandusky. Sycamore Leader described the scene in its coverage.
Excellent Photograph Highlights Missionary Society Meeting
John Melancthon, son of Rev. and Mrs. E Luther Spaid, was made a life member of the general association at the Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society meeting in October. The issue of Women's Home and Foreign Missionary journal features the likeness of the child. A portrait of Mrs. H B Kurtz of this city, also a life member, appears in the St Bowe of the monthly.
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Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society of the Wittenberg Synod
John Melancthon
E. Luther Spaid
General Association
Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Journal
St Bowe
H. B. Kurtz
Washington Women Put On Jury Duty Despite Petition
Women in Washington state are eligible for jury service and must serve when called. A group petitioned to be excused, but authorities refused, arguing they make excellent jurors full time.
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State of
Washington
Resignation at Glove Factory and Hardware Store Clerking
Eugene Kimmel resigns from his traveling salesman post at Carey Glove factory and takes a clerk position at Mapletoft hardware store in Forest. Report news via Home Phone 300 or Mutual Phone 11 to The Times office.
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Eugene Kimmel
Carey Glove Factory
Mapletoft
Forest
Mutual
Times Office
Illustrated Sermon by Rev E Luther Spaid Draws Big Congregation
Rev E Luther Spaid presented an illustrated sermon on the life of Christ Sunday night. The service opened with darkened rooms and hymns projected on screen, followed by series of depictions from nativity to ministry with brief explanations. Miss Dorothea Whaley sang Abide with Me as illustrations accompanied the music, and the preacher called the experiment experimental, vowing to share reasons later. The audience was large and edified, gaining new views of Christ’s childhood.
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E. Luther Spaid
Christ
Jesus
Spaid
Dorothea Whaley
Will Vote for Presidential Candidates
The piece urges voters to support progressive political reforms, praising Oregon for initiative and referendum and direct primaries. It argues primaries before presidential nominations reflect popular will, reduce convention manipulation, and empower the people against party bosses.
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Oregon
United States
Ash & Hook and Ranger and Huston to close early season
Hardware stores Ash and Hook and Ranger and Huston will close at 7 00 p m from Monday January 9 through April 1 1911.
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Ash & Hook
Ranger and
Huston
Prisoner Claims Flying Machine Perfection Under Life Sentence
A prisoner serving a life term asserts he has perfected a flying machine based on a new principle. He laments that his invention may never be tested due to his confinement.
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Eliza Disher
Eden Township
Cordray
Tuscarawass County
R. Feil” Company
Cleveland
Fanger & Huston
Kv”. H. Snyder
Inds
C.,c. Bowley
Carey, Ohio
the Times
Carey Electric Telephone Co
John Brown
Manacer
Charles Dick
National Electric Porcelain Plant
Dustries of
White Mountains
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
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