18 Dec 1914
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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1914
Page
1
Ectors and publishers extend cordial Christmas greetings to readers advertisers and correspondents. The note expresses sincere wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and notes that next Friday is Christmas with uncertainty about delivering next week’s issue.
Members of the Women's Relief Corps and Lozure Post G A R marked the seventy third birthday of Comrade Wy Sherer with a home visit and a banquet. The event featured a musical program by Mrs Gor and recitations by Mrs Wright, plus a gold headed cane presentation by F E Kenyon. Comrade C M Spring received a similar tribute Monday evening at his home.
The Peoples State Bank issued Christmas Savings Club checks to 1914 members, each embossed in festive colors and given for use during the holiday season. The plan educates savers and funds Christmas purchases, with a 1915 club starting December 21 inviting all citizens to join. Hanford's Balsam is recommended for horse lameness.
Pulios County Agricultural Society reports debt paid and treasury balanced. Five board members and officers elected. Announcement notes large attendance at fair, many attendees were women and children, with about two hundred present at the meeting and around sixteen thousand to be entertained at the fair. Secretary E P Ames invites members to attend at 10:00 a m and praises retiring members.
Former Watsoon man Barney Oldfield driving a Maxwell won second place in the Corona road race after officials corrected a scoring error involving O Donnell. Oldfield set speed marks for the 301 mile course by not stopping at pits, averaging about 55.95 mph. Pullen won with a Mercer, O Donnell was third in a Dusenberg, with DePalma in a Mercedes close behind.
The Ohio Grain Show at Ohio State University on February 25 1915 offers special classes for Corn Boys during Farmers Week. Students must submit ear samples of corn and grain samples, with premiums totaling 240 dollars. Interested youths should contact H U Simmermacher at Townshend Ohio State University Columbus for premium lists and details.
The order removes most restrictions on shipping hay straw manure hides and wool across counties but keeps limits within ten miles of quarantined premises for Class A areas and within three miles for gifts to avoid triggering infection rules. It mentions certain counties and outlines continued controls and delivery details from USEON FLORAL Co. and page continuation.
Local appeal urges youth to donate toys to the Civic Club via the Fulton County Tribune office for distribution to needy children this Christmas. Judge Michael Donnelly of Napoleon, longtime Fulton Williams judge, dies in Ann Arbor after illness.
An expression of ideals that elevate greatness as a universal aim. It cites the great man as fighter, entrepreneur, thinker, and servant, framing success as the culmination of diverse exemplary roles.
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