Joyous Buckeye Home Coming Chorus to Lead Columbus Event
Columbus prepares for the Joyous Buckeye Home Coming on September 2 to 6 with a mass chorus of 500 trained voices led by Professor Karl Hoening. A song contest offers 50 dollars, another 50 for a fitting poem, and national and local Buckeye societies plan to attend, promising a grand, hospitable welcome.
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Columbus
Karl Hoening
Capitol City
Ohio
T. L Calvert
South
Middle States
Columbu
Lightning Strikes United Brethren Church During Severe Storm
A Monday morning thunderstorm struck the United Brethren church on South street near the Big Four railroad. Lightning tore siding from the belfry and caused interior damage to a torn piece of paper in the northeast corner of the audience area.
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South Street
United Brethren Church
Interesting Letter From California Travelogue Across the Plains
Leo Krupp writes from Stockton describing a Chicago to Stockton trip. The route passes Nebraska and Wyoming with farming, railroads, and dryland experiments noted, then Cheyenne and Uintah high altitudes, snow fences, and pasture in buffalo country before reaching Ogden Utah and continuing.
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Leo Krupp
Stockton
California
Chicago
Down
Nebraska
Iowa
Omaha
Missouri River
Ohio
Wyoming
Cuneyenne
Government Experiment Station
Uncle Sam
Cheyenne
Capitol
Capitol Avenue
Capitol Building
Cariegis
Utah
Ogden
Rabies Cat Leads to Pasteur Institute Request in Wyandot County
In Upper Sandusky Fred Landversight and Lewis Snyder were bitten by a rabid cat. Doctor Rayth sent the head to Columbus and confirmatory results urged sending patients to the Pasteur Institute in Chicago. The county commissioners refused funding citing no law for mad cat cures, prompting debate over statutory interpretation. A Sons of Veterans camp and local real estate transfers also feature, along with rural route concerns and road-improvement devices.
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Fred Landversight
Lewis Snyder
Upper
Sandusky
Rayth
Columbus
Pasteur Institute
Chicag
Lucas County
Tas
Union-Republican
Moony Evening
Sons of Veterans
Upper Sandusky
Kirby
John Ulrich
Ceb Hunter
A. EB. Gibbs
Carey
Henry Daymon
W H. Snyder
Edwin Brown
Clarence Black
Eliza Snyder
J W. Snyder
J W
Morrow County
Wyander
Pitt Township
Eliza
Catharine [Fulford
Bellevernon
Josephus
Upper Sandysky
Westington
J. Ward King
Findlay
Champ Clark
Missouri
Chatauqua
Neighbors Rally To Harvest Wheat For Disabled Farmer
E T Criger of Biglick township injured when a hay rack toppled on his foot. Unable to harvest eighteen acres, neighbors organized a work party with four binders and many hands to shock the wheat. A bountiful supper followed, and Criger expressed deep gratitude for the communal aid.
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E. T. Criger
Biglick Township
Higer
Selon
Boy Is Hurt In Barn Accident At Pratt Station
Last Sunday Fred Pratt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Minton Pratt at Pratt's Station, fell while climbing a rope with a ladder. He fractured his left arm near the shoulder and elbow, a second crack noted, and Dr. Sheldon from Houcktown set the fracture.
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Elza Jarn
William Greno
Minton Pratt
Pratt
Northern Ohio Railroad
Fred
Carey Farn
Sheldon
Mr. Pratt
Houcktown
Old Clock Passed Through Generations From Lytle Family
The clock, over a century old with wooden wheels, moved from Samuel Lytle to W OH Lytle via his father. It was originally brought to Crawfordsville by Mr Hixon, who held it for more than twenty years and kept it as an old clock. Manufactured by Williams Orlen Preston Co in Farrington Connecticut, PF Pradger cleaned it and found it in good condition and keeping time.
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W OH. Lytle
Samuel Lytle
Mr Hixon
Crawfordsville
Mr. Hixon
Mr. Litle
Williams, Orlen, Preston & Co
Farrington
Conn
Pradger
Lightning Kills Mrs. Henry Smith at Pleasant Home Church
A missionary meeting at Pleasant Home church near Lemert ended as a storm raged. Mrs. Henry Smith stood under a chandelier talking with the pastor when lightning struck the belfry and descended, killing her instantly as others nearby escaped unharmed.
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Pleasant Home
Lemert
Henry Smith
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P. S. Engler
M BECK @ SON
M. Beck
SON
Vance ST
Boston
BIG Four
Kates
H. J. Rhein
G. FP
A. G
Cincinnati
Irs W. Kelley
Mansfield, Pan
Furey
J. D. Ewing
J. A. Smith
Real Estate and Insurance Agency
West Main Street
Bunter
Cransfer Line
American Express Office
Wyandot County
William Corfman
Sycamore
Corfman
Syamore
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