Fillmore Prepares For School Openings And Local Sales
The Fillmore area readies for a September 10 school opening with filled staff lists for Fillmore High and local Common Schools. Marion township teachers are named by Trustee John Clark. Real estate deals include Gilbert L. Ruark farm sold to Paul Priest for 3680 and a north Fillmore store and restaurant buildings changing hands.
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Fillmore
Marion Township
Townsisp
John Clark
Fillmore High
Homer Higgins
W. M. Goldsberry
John Burton
Lucy Garrett
Mary Burks
Rose Hollingsworth
Mary McMaster
Mary Wright Lisby
Lois Oliver
Marjorie Ogle
Cross Roads
E. Frost Hurst
Ruthland Dunlavy
A. T. Foster
Gilbert L. Ruark
Paul Priest
North Fillmore
Fred Duncan
Harry Alter
G. L. Ruark
Doctor's Oklahoma trip ends with vehicle crash near home
Dr. J. H. Crouch of Fillmore and his daughter drove to Oklahoma City to visit relatives. On the return, within a few miles of Fillmore, their car struck fresh gravel, skidded into the ditch and rolled over. No accident occurred earlier in the trip.
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Oklahoma
J. H. Crouch
Fillmore
Crouch
Oklahoma City
Ice Cream Festival Planned at Methodist Church Yard
A Saturday evening ice cream festival will be hosted by the Methodist Big Society in the church yard. Telegrams report Amos Hunter Roy Phillips and family are well and traveling east toward Lima Ohio and homeward to Fillmore. Several local property moves and renovations are noted including quarry reopening south of Fillmore and administrator sale plans in the Welch estate.
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Methodist Church
Methodist Big Society
Amos Hunter
Roy Phillips
East
Lima
Ohio
Fillmore
H. H. Clements
Welch
Royal Bastian
Sally D. Welch
John W. Day
Tapioca From Poison Root
Cassava root contains hydrocyanic acid and is extremely bitter in nature. Heating the root makes tapioca palatable and neutralizes its poisonous qualities, according to Popular Science Monthly.
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Popular Science Monthly
The Century Plant Blooms Only in Time
The piece notes that the century plant often blooms only once in a hundred years amid observers impatience. In parts of South America it may bloom every eight years in the wild, but transplanting to green houses with artificial care lengthens the interval before flowering.
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South America
Marble from Beaver Dam Quarry in Washington Monument
The facing marble of the Washington Monument came from Beaver Dam Quarry in Baltimore County Maryland. A color variation occurred because construction was interrupted for over twenty years and weathering affected the stone.
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Washington Monument
Beaver Dam
Baltimore County
Maryland
YMCA Origins and Jubilee Knighting Mentioned
The YMCA began in England in 1844 with founder George Williams, a London dry goods merchant. On its jubilee occasion, the originator was knighted. The YWCA started in 1855 in two places, then united in 1877.
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Young Men's Christian Association
England
George Williams
London
Peculiar Bank Cashier Purchase Stirs Suspicions
Mrs Hayrix notes cashier Jim Peabody bought Deacon Brown's last cost for $100, claiming the sum matches her own recent bank deposit. Farmer Hayrix reacts with astonishment, calling the coincidence peculiarly significant to day.
Visualizing National Fire Loss In Timber Equivalents
Graphical figures estimate annual U S timber loss from preventable fires equals enough lumber for five room bungalows placed 50 feet apart along a route from New York to Chicago.
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United States
New York
Chicago
Women Denied Solace of Prayer in Various Cultures
Across regions women face restrictions on prayer. Hindu congregations in some areas bar women from worship. among Japan’s Ainu women may only pray in rare cases as deputies of their husbands.
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Ainus
Japan
Tattooed Dogs and Their Owners Stir City Directory
In New York a man lists himself as a tattooer of dogs in the city directory. An inquiry shows many dog owners have their names tattooed on their pets, a practice he says is a gainful occupation.
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New York
Origin of crests traced to The Carians and Richard I
The Carians are credited as the originators of crests. Richard I of England wore a helmet crest resembling a plume of feathers. In the Fifteenth century the crest was described as a figure on a coronet.
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Richard I
England
21 763 275 in Schools of U S
The 1920 census shows 21 763 275 persons aged five to twenty attended school in the continental United States. Males numbered 10 886 703 and females 10 876 572 with attention to September 1919 to January 1920. Differences between urban and rural areas reflect economic and social factors.
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United States
Bureau of Census
Bureau
District of Columba
Of Course Men Change
A brief London Opinion line notes how quickly feelings shift saying two months ago I was in love with Ronald and now I cannot stand him. The quip ends with remark on how men change in relationships.
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Ronald
London
X Town Names Rare in United States
A note highlights that fewer than a dozen U.S. towns begin with the letter X and most of those are Xenias, underscoring the rarity of X starting place names.
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United States
Doctor Says City Folks Are Becoming Germ Proof
Dr William H Park of New York City health labs says city dwellers grow immunity from constant germ exposure. He notes subway air carries millions of germs and vaccinates bodies, with diphtheria deaths falling due to antitoxin and natural immunity. He cites war camps and crowded homes as factors in urban resistance.
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William H. Park
Department of Health
New York
Park
Tennis Ball Fells Largest Cincinnati Zoo Hippo Zeekee
Zeekee the hippo, once the nation’s largest captive, died after a tennis ball wedged in his stomach caused a four day suffering. The ball and pennies were found inside the animal, whose value was cited at five thousand dollars and more as a zoo attraction.
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Cincinnati Zoo
United States
Zeekee
Moon Does Not Affect Vegetation Says Official
The director of the office of experimental stations states that, years ago, he knew of no experiments showing lunar influence on plant growth or vegetation. He emphasizes the absence of evidence linking the moon to ecological changes.
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Office of Experimental Stations
Moon Influence On Weather And Vegetation Myth Or Fact
A Weather Bureau note by P. Connor argues that moon light effects on weather and vegetation are myths. He states that under identical conditions frost damage depends on factors other than lunar phase. The statement challenges common beliefs about lunar influence on agriculture.
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P. Connor
United States Weather Bureau
Deposits in New York Banks Reach Record High
Time and demand deposits in New York banks at week end totaled about 4.5 billion dollars. One National Bank held net time and demand deposits near 600 million. The largest check ever drawn in the United States was for 96,111,111.11 dollars, payable to the Canadian minister of finance, drawn by J P Morgan & Co.
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New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Logic of Holidays
A compact note reflects on holidays aiding appreciation of steady labor. The line suggests holidays let people value rest within ongoing work.
Ancient Gas Attacks in Antiquity
Article notes early uses of gas as a weapon noting 189 B C when jars with feathers were set alight and smoke blown into foes faces using bellows. It highlights ancient wartime tactics described in historical records.
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B. C
Whistling balloons delight children on streets and in shops
Street vendors and candy promotions offer small balloons that whistle as they float, giving children two thrills: the long rise and the sudden burst when they pop. The simple toy scene captures a lighthearted moment in everyday urban life.
True economy rewards steady savings growth
The passage extols savings over wealth pursuit, praising those who save as true success. It notes starting a savings account and adding to it regularly, and mentions paying 4 percent on time deposits to assist savers.
Pays 44 Year Old Judgment at Winterset Court
J N Wiggins of Palmyra Nebraska paid a 1879 judgment against him after 44 years. He settled $450 with 10 percent interest to heirs of J S McGinnis, the original surety who died years ago. Wiggins claimed the claim’s statute of limitations ran out. Steam power on West and Middle West farms prompts safety warnings from the ASME boiler cone committee about high pressure boiler explosions.
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J. N. Wiggins
Palmyra
Neb
Winterset
Wiggins
Iowa
J. S. McGinnis
McGinnis
West
Middle West
Boiler Cone Committee
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Cat Loud Piano Lesson Heard at Home
A person in a Chicago Journal item recalls hearing a piano being played in a basement while a daughter was at school. The observer investigates and finds someone lingering near the keys as they try to play badly. A Thought for the Day warns that shifting responsibility backfires.
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Cat
Chicago Journal
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