Odds and Ends From A Far-Flung Column
A garbled roundup covers topics from New York show judge John Gerken to archery revivals in Australia. Mentions Tasman Sun travel, White Sulphur Springs archery, Detroit figure Mortua Herbert, Siamese noblewomen, and a strange bean hat contest mayoral anecdote. Notes on nights length and light, Mount Wilson telescope power, and iron deposits in Australia. Mixed fragments lack clear events or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bydhona
John Gerken
Bealand
Australia
Tasman Sun
Fastionalte Resorta
Mieg Mortua Herbert
Detroit
Letcotter
England
Yale Honors Meriorie Hope Nicholson Porter Prize First Woman
Miss Meriorie Hope Nicholson receives Yale University’s Porter Prize, a $500 top honor for its students, noted as the first time a woman has won the award. The article discusses the prize and mentions Mark Twain in a separate, unrelated anecdote about language origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Meriorie Hope Nicholson
Nicholson
Washington
Mrone
Joalin Addison Porter
Ohio News Roundup of Fires Deaths and Strikes
A broad Ohio wire reports fire damage at Chafer plant in Cleveland with $201/100 loss, multiple deaths from shootings and accidents, wage talks at Ohio railways, court fines for prohibition violations, and various local incidents including drownings and a museum gift. Names include Frederick H. Payne and J. Wade. events span Cleveland Canton Columbus Akron Youngstown and more with railway wage boosts and civic actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Frederick H. Payne
Canton
Ohio Wesleyan University
Canton City
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Sludusky
Newark
John Huddleson, Jr
East Liverpool
Aaron E. Watkins
Germantown
Lincoln
Neb
Ray Gambs
Fred Greiner
Glentaney
Columbus
Erie County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Sandusky
Singer
William Smith
Cincinnati
Leona Ashemore
Wyoming
Greenville
Urbana
Volley McClure
Scott
Earl Brown
Union Township
van Wert County
Brown
United States District Court
Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company
William J. Bblin
Gallipolis
Ohio River
Bblin
J. H. Wade
Cleveland Museum of Art
George Shiling
Glouster
Athens County
State Sanitarium
Mt. Vernon
S. A. Douglass
State Eivill Service Commission
Gettysburg
Newton J. Kidwell
Virginia
George Scales Negro
Girard
Youngstown
Scales
Ralph Allman
Portsmouth
Russell Allman
Ralph Reynolds
Stanley Ryan
Macon
Victor Austin
Eugene Scott
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Goodyear
Wing
Cox
Trailsend
Dayton
Saturay
Francis Thimmel
Lancaster
Gertrude Wilson
Warren Barbers
Marion
Senator Harting
Dee Hufford
E. A. Rnfford
Bremen
San Caster City
Dominick Capele
Joseph Campela
Fstatty
Bart Liverpool
Svencer
Burnley
Farmer
Kenton
Ohio Historical and Archaeological Miuseum
Ohio State University
William Warren
Niles
Hocking Valley
Efwanis Clubs
State of Soul Shore
Memorial Hall
Mt. Union Collee
Alliance
William Grail
Lorain
A. A. Kine
Union County
Marysville
David Nest
Richwood
Wilbert Watkt BS
Engier
Ohio
Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association
Cedar Point
Order of Eagles
Elyria
St. Clairsville
Ohio Fuel Supply Company
Charles Ted Stevenson
Uhrichsville Clay Company
Thrichsville
Ed Wourme
Coldwater
Mercer County
Aloysius Vonderhaar
Jennie
Athens
J. W. Heinman
George Bushong
Ernest Bray
Wilmington
Thomas H. McAfee
Trinity Baptist Church
Senator Harling
Ulbrichsville
Arthur Heston
McCook Field
Army Aviation Experimental Station
George White
Marietta
Democratic National Committee
Leonard Berry
Bellefontaine
Paul van Duren
Akron
Dover
Mary Peterson
Emil Peterson
Mansillon
Mansfield Sheet and Tube Company
Mansfeld
Fred Kyne
Harold Kenyon
Sam Lalass
Laster Hardin
Nelsonville
E. L. Derr
Canton Steel Corporation
Payne
M.A. Daugherty
United States
Whitehead
Toledo
Hare
Huron
Prohibition
Lloyd Hedges
Oakland
Fairfield County
John George
Pickaway County
Welliyer
Theodore Roosevelt
Harding
William M. Thompson
New Philadelphia
Charles Bremen
Teren
Elgon J. Hayes
Steubenville
Canada
United Stats
James Cerns
Chardon
Michael Brickner
John Brickner
Hagewell Township
Seneca County
Gohy Pfeifer
Palmer
Waabindon
Balaam the Compromiser Foretold by Moody Dean Gosnell
The sermon traces Balaam as a diver with knowledge of God who yields to avarice and ambition. Balak tempts him with rewards and Balaam seeks God’s reversal. An angel blocks the path, and Balaam’s ass rebukes him. He ends by blessing Israel and dies in battle.
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Balaam
Israel
Plains
Moab
Canada
Balak
Eine
Jehovah
Balsam
Moses
Jonah
Daddy's Evening The Circus Dream
A storyteller Dad narrates Jay Rial a gentle boy who loves the circus. Jay grows into a benefactor arranging free circus access for sick and poor children, fulfilling his dream by giving thousands a joyful day. The piece contrasts dream with grown up excuses and ends with a Scout joke and school humor.
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Daddy
Jay Rial
Lins
Circus Ame
Mann
Uttle Jus Rial
Jay Rin
Rial
Have a Purpose in Life and Realize Death’s Value
A compact reflective quote set urges finding purpose to guide efforts and strength, contrasting a life without meaning to a ship without a rudder. It notes death as the ultimate attainable goal and suggests few guides exist to judge its worth.
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Ufe
Carlyte
Reality of Love and Voices of Faith
A compact reflection on the power of love rooted in scripture and doctrine. John Kelman cites the Gospel as evidence that earthly limitations cannot erase the reality of love, while Thockerny comments probe vanity and social pedigree within religious life.
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John Kelman
D. D
Veterans at big pow wows duel over convention age
Chauncey M Depew Joseph Cannon and Louis F Payn trade jibes about who attended national conventions longer Depew cites 1864 while Payn claims 1800 and Cannon recalls Lincoln beating him to a bill payment and walking to a Chicago convention from New York Morning Telegraph report
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Chauncey M. Depew
Joseph & Cannon
Joe
Senator Depew
Louis F. Payn
Chatham
New York
Joe" Cannon
Abe Lincoln
New York Morning Telegraph
Chicago
Kidney trouble claims and surprising home remedies
A collage of early 20th century health notes and ads discussing kidney and bladder complaints, Swamp Root remedy advertisements, cold water thawing claims for Alaska mining, a hearing restoration device demonstration, a photographer's likeness tale, and various beauty and lifestyle snippets. The era’s casual medical tips mix with promotional blurbs and light vignettes.
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Alaska
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Name District
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Sumes
Prem
Mise Alice Paul
Efuilcotin
the Nations Woman's Party
Miles Money
Crum
Alise Paul
Mary Thistle
Ada Mixon
Elizabeth Kolb
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nexistant Secretary of the Navy
Spoit Wuiperntic
R Street N. W
Colleen
Boston
Jdjenere
Kasuga
Boston Harbor
Drat Jones
Fee
Rares
J. Kawimoru
America
Canary Isla
Mount Witton Observatory
California
Irun
France
Salata
Telsworth
Carche Blovakin
Tropics
Mark Twain
Mark Twais
Samuel L Clemens
Mark Twale
Clemens
Virginia Dig
China
Siam
Cactus Jow
L. W. Gosnell
Moody Bible Institute
God
Sylvia
Buddy
R. L. Stevenson
Thockerny
Nceme
Bayer
A. O. Leonard
York City
Mr. Leonard
Firth Waue
New York City
Lucy
Mary
Lacey
Annie
Baston
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