Home Coming Day Slated At Ohio State Fair
President L P Bailey lists 1907 state board committees including executive, farmers institute and auditing. Committees will handle exhibits in departments such as Hose cattle sheep and swine farm products and machinery. State board plans a home coming for Ohioans living in other states at the September fair. local board cooperation needed, with a February 15 meeting set to decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
L. P. Bailey
State Board of Agriculture
T. E. Crowley
C. H .Ganson
Samuel Taylor
A. P. Sandles
Farmers’ Institute
Dr. H. M. Brown
William Miller
L. W. Kilgore
Cw. McParland
P. G. Ewart
Hose Department
C. H. Ganson
Urbana
London
W. McFarland
Galion
H. M. Brown
Hillsboro
Akron
T. E. Cromsey
Ashville
Ottawa
AGT OF KINDNESS BRINGS GG REWARD
Miss Ethel Bish of Findlay receives a $20,000 bequest from Mrs. Mary Kendall of Oswego New Jersey for an act of kindness performed years earlier. While at a Toledo business college Ms Bish aided an unknown woman who had fallen in the street and helped her to safety. The recipient later learned of the gift after the Kendall will was probated.
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Bish
Floods cripple communications isolate towns in Kentucky and Indiana
Evansville Indiana reports floods crippling wire communications as Enterprise Kentucky and other towns become isolated. Hawesville hosts 40 families in the courthouse while 406 people flee to the hills. Stanley Kentucky is nearly flooded with residents on river knolls. skiffs are the only transport and food is scarce. Miss Nancy Grady was
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Evansville
Ind
Enterprise
Hawesville
Court House
Stanley
Nancy Grady
Cemetery Burials Blocked as Floodwater Submerges Graveyard
In Spencer County Indiana a cemetery lies two feet under floodwater preventing any burials. The report notes a resident burned to death while drying clothing amid the disaster. Local authorities struggle with impassable roads and rising waters.
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Spencer County
Idiana
One Sewer Contractor Firm Has Lived Up to Contract
Members of the board of public service state that Ferguson and Purcell, the sewer contractors building the trunk sewer on West River Street, have made satisfactory progress and appear to have fulfilled their contract despite alleged east side delays such as labor shortages.
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Board of Public, Service
Ferguson & Purcell
West River Street
Two Prisoners Released from County Jail
Two prisoners whom the grand jury failed to indict were released from the county jail Thursday morning. Sadie Gilkerson, bound over from Lorain on a pocket picking charge, and Charles Love, bound over from Lorain for a rape. Love has since married the girl he was accused of victim.
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Sadie Gilkerson
Lorain
Charles Love
Love
Marriage Licenses Reported for Four Couples
John Csonko 21 a laborer of South Lorain weds Helen Pondy 18 of South Lorain. George Hegnet 20 a machinist of Amherst weds Martha Schmouck 17 of South Amherst.
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John Csonko
South Lorain
Helen Pondy
George Hegnet
Amherst
Martha Schmouck
South Amherst
Orchard Practice for Maintaining Tree Fertility
An agricultural note explains that large fruit crops strain tree vitality and that soil fertility must be maintained. It recommends regular soil cultivation early in the season on level ground, plus two methods: sowing cover crops and spreading stable manure well away from trunks in light applications over several weeks.
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National Stockman
Gut Orner
GREAT RICHARD QUITS AS MISS DUNN CLAIMS INJURY
Cleveland January 24 Richard Mansfield and his star Miss Dunn have fallen out. Miss Dunn alleges he hit her too hard in the back during Tuesday night’s play leaving her laid up. Outside observers think Mansfield severed ties because she drew applause away from him.
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Cleveland
Richard Mansfield
Iis
Miss Dunn
Mansfield
Aged Lady Dies of Croup. Child Follows Twice
Mrs Clara Sayles, aged alt years, died at her son William Sayles home on East avenue at 3 80. She had moved from New York to this city months ago. Funeral at Sayles residence Friday at 11 am with burial at Buiternut Ridge. A four year old son of Gus Koehn on Columbus street died of croup in the early hours Thursday. Funeral Sunday.
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Clara Sayles
William Sayles
Eest Avenue
New York
Sayles
Buiternut Ridge Cemetery
Gus Koehn
Columbus Street
Croup
Court stops big railway bond issue in Minnesota
Ramsey county district court judge Oscar Hallam issued an order enjoining Grease Northern railway officials from raising or issuing $60,000,000 in additional stock during litigation. The order requires a written application and approval by the Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission under revised state law.
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St. Paul, Minn
Ramsey County District Court
Yesterdasy
Oscar Hallam
Grease Northern Railway
Minnesoa Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Minnesota
Questioning Progress Amid Laughing Men and Weddings
A collection of satirical snippets on progress, happiness, and society. Commentary ranges from a critique of nineteenth century thinking to lighter items on marriage rings as signs of lasting unions and a quip from the Houston Post about debt and virtue. The pieces mention Alfred Henry Lewis, Cosmopolitan, Julia Marlowe, and various newspapers.
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Mom
Chicago
Calcutta
Alfred Henry Lewis
Cosmopolitan
Winter Pear promise for commerce growers and horticultural notes
The Crocker pear, a promising winter variety also called Crocker Bartlett, originates in California and is spreading to eastern regions. It is vigorous and productive but susceptible to local scab. spraying, pruning, and clean-up are advised, along with grafting, stock feeding, and storage tips. The Date Palm resists alkali, enabling profitable cultivation in saline lands to reclaim irrigated southwest acreage. After Blooming Cyclamen care instructions conclude the piece.
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California
Crocker Bartlett
Bureau of Flant Industry
Torrey Mission Draws Large Crowds in Cleveland
Torrey Mission meetings at Lyceum theater and Central Armory draw about 10 000 attendees with 15 reported conversions. Dr Mitchell refutes rumors of guaranteed large fees for Torrey and confirms only living expenses and offerings for himself and assistants. Hazel Fritz, eight, sings The Glory Song as part of a notable evening moment.
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Cleveland
Oberlin College
Torrey Mission
Lyceum
Central Armory
Charles Bayard Mitchell
Torrey
Payne Avenue
Butler
Lunatic Man Kidnaps Kisses Provokes Prospect Fear
Residents of Prospect, south of here, fear a supposed lunatic with a mania for kissing women and girls. He prowls street corners at night, posing a danger though he does not harm. Women stay indoors and posses organize patrols to catch him. Locals suspect he escaped from an asylum.
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Maron
Prospect
Here
Brainache remedy touts Life Plant as uric acid cleanser
An advertisement claims brainache stems from thick uric acid in blood and promotes Life Plant as a natural remedy to dissolve excess uric acid, improve blood flow, and ease headaches. It cites Theodore Lanning of Dennison Ohio and invites readers to send symptoms to J J Mizer M D and request a health book.
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Bright
LIFE
Theodore Lanning
Dennison
Ohio
Life Plant
J. J. Mizer
M. D
Life Plant i Oa. Che
Life Plant CO
Canton
Kennedy Laxative Cough Syrup Promoted By Mother
An ad praises Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup claiming taste and maple flavour, notes it contains Honey Tar, contains no opiate or narcotic, and conforms to the National Pure Food and Drug Law, sold by all druggists.
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Kennedy
Markets Report From The Northeast Food Prices
A detailed list of farm and market prices for dairy, eggs, fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, meats, lard, sausage, and grains. Includes butter, cheese, eggs state and western, apples, potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, tomatoes, celery, lettuce, squash, ham, bacon, lard, fresh pork loins, sausage, and wheat corn oats with price per unit and location notes.
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State
Western
Kim
Virginia
California
Cahage—Holland
Califorti
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Pittsburg
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Aoam
Osborne
Kan
Houston Post
Newark
Journal
San Jose
Crocker Pear
Pose
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Hubert Day
William H.hurd
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