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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1915
Page
8
An article warns against wood alcohol in medicines and everyday products, noting deaths and blindness from poisoned cordial, external uses can harm digestion and sight, urging warning labels and prohibition. It also records township bid notices and a health product claim for Hanford Balonmester with a money-back guarantee.
Professor W L Jepson of the University of California pushes for common folk names for park flowers. He argues botanists have named most plants, but public naming would boost interest and knowledge of species such as Montine misery and Calandrinia canescens var menziesii. He recalls asking children their names for meadow flowers and stresses the value of local labels in Yosemite and Sierra meadows.
The Ohio State Board of Agriculture unanimously refused to sell space at the State fair grounds to the Ohio Temperance Union. Board members said the group’s name was misleading since its aim appeared to oppose statewide prohibition. The move undermines the Brewers Workingmen late state campaign by blocking distribution of literature at fairs.
More than 160 campaign managers county presidents and secretaries from dry organizations met in Newark to plan the statewide effort for prohibition. They expect a hard struggle against the proposed constitutional amendment affecting initiative and referendum and aim to build broad voter support. A new Workmen's Publicity and Protective association opened state headquarters in Columbus to promote prohibition among workers and counties, led by W. Hase of Springfield and L. C. Lewis of Columbus. The group plans literature distribution and field organization to mobilize labor for election day against liquor interests.
A heated dispute over Ohio license law pits decentralization against the old framework. Liquor interests back the referendum, wets from Cincinnati lean toward the new law for expanded privileges, while many state liquor men oppose it in favor of the old system. Parties remain divided as the Anti-Saloon League condemns all license schemes, urging prohibition instead.
A brief promotional note urges customers to sample a product labeled Cowl and promises a repeat order if they like it, hinting at a sales approach aimed at securing ongoing purchases.
A collage of local ads highlights Bruce Cramer tailoring dry cleaning services, Wauseon Floral Co offerings, tin and furnace work by R. R. Coon & Son, and The New York Candy Kitchen. It promotes auto tires, garages, and fittings, plus a consumer creed urging home shopping and wary of mail order. Includes theater note for Princess Theatre summer season and repairs at Wauseon Garage.
Smallman announces plumbing and heating lines at Mohr & Clark with customer price comparisons and invites shoppers to compare in person. Brigham Guilford & Co department store touts carrying everything the city store offers minus the higher price with a phone contact 628.
Towns seek to keep youth by building public playgrounds with sections for children and spaces for older youths. Parks funded by city upkeep, with tennis courts, baseball grounds and picnic areas, could host summer tournaments and league play to boost worker morale and productivity. Includes testimonial on Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy and a note on granite strength.
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