Pageant of Progress Opens in Chicago Exposition
President Harding will press a button from Washington to formally open the Pageant of Progress Exposition on Chicago's municipal pier. The event features exhibits from nearly a thousand firms and individuals across paper, furniture, appliances, autos, electricity, clothing, and more.
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Chicago Coliseum
Municipal Pier
Iinois
Thompson
Great Central
Great Lakes States
Secretary of the Navy
Denby
United States
Canada
P. Gress
Central West
Bell Shopping Difficult as Citizens Protest Early Ringing
Cincinnati July 20 report on Grandin Road residents led by Albert Krippendorf securing a temporary injunction to bar Holy Angels church from ringing bells before dawn. Bell shopping tour reveals attempts to replace the 700 pound bell with quieter options. church agrees to test lighter bells lined to deaden sound, injunction to remain until then.
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Cinsinnati
Minda
Albert Krippendorf
Grandin Road
Holy Angels Church
Therfe
Qammouth
Simon Ross
Eugene Davis
Old World and American Localities Heat Up National Portraits
A survey highlights diverse U S towns and cities from Cincinnati to Okmulgee. It notes historic Losanfbuls before 1790, Washington D C street plans, Fort Worth's 24 story claim, Boston’s vast chamber of commerce membership, Philadelphia’s woolen and textile industries, and Okmulgee oil wealth. It mentions glove production by Johnstown and Gloversville and a Mississippian ritual at Vicksburg once practiced to purify air each morning and evening.
Dover mill girls organize early 1828 fireworks ban
Frémént, O, July 29. After this year's Fourth, the Clyda village council ordered its attorney to draft an ordinance prohibiting the sale of fireworks. The excerpt notes workers in America, if not the first, were organized by the Dover mill girls of 1828.
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Mill Girls
Dover, N. H
Frémént
Clyda
Aspirin warning ad promotes Bayer brand aspirin
A fragmented advertisement warns that genuine aspirin carries the Bayer name on packaging and blisters. It touts physicians use for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism toothache and lumbago and notes handy tins of twelve Bayer tablets cost only a few cents with larger packs sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Three Die After Electric Wire Contact in Strasburg
In Strasburg two boys aged 10 and 9 and a woman were killed after contact with an electric wire. The victims were Donald Heitzman and Harold Horn of New Philadelphia. Their parents, Mr and Mrs Edward Heitzman, found the scene. Mrs Heitzman, 34, died instantly and Mr Heitzman was seriously injured.
Big Movement of Flaxseed on Great Lakes
Toledo Ohio reports the year’s largest flaxseed movement on the Great Lakes with two boatloads of 150,000 bushels each arriving, part of a 300,000 bushel order to be stored locally. A third vessel is en route. the first load from Winnipeg paid 35,000 in duty. The second shipment was American flax from Duluth.
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Toledo
Great Lakes
Duluth
Multiple Local Notices and Miscellaneous Updates
Reports from Columbus to Omaha cover deputy appointments, a theft warrant, and railway line upgrades to run by August 15. Crop outlook shows corn at 75 percent, potatoes 40 percent, and oats one quarter of normal. a family birthday celebration and a Y M C A meeting are noted. A clairvoyant visit, a runaway horse incident, and a presidential appointment to organ‑ ization committees are recorded alongside a Bethlehem Steel dividend declaration and a tie verdict in an international track meet.
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Charles Beck
Columbus
Ohio
I Dog Ernst
Hamilton
Middletown
Millcreek
Gars
Fountain Square
Urmston
State Industry Commission Sets Worker Compensation Rates
Columbus reports the State Industry Commission set service costs for workers compensation payments after a conference with a hospital representative committee. Cleveland notes formation of a committee to coordinate veteran services in Guyshoga county by American Legion Red Grass and British great war veterans of America. Toledo reports the Lake Shore Electric car crash victims and blame absolved by the coroner. Cincinnati records a destructive windstorm and blackout in Carthage and surrounding suburbs. Washington notes the House’s party line vote approving use of contingent funds for Walter’s salary.
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Guyshoga County
American Legion
The
Red Grass
British Great War Veterans of America
Doctor sues over bank note payment
Dr O Wyle sues Ore G Condon for 155.25 alleging obligation on a note given by Condon to a First National Bank. The note reached maturity and Wyle claims to have paid it, seeking reimbursement.
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Dr. O. Wyle
Ore G. Condon
Anderseg
Condon
Apsley Rubber Co Sues Jake Finkelman in Common Pleas
The Apsley Rubber Co filed a suit against Jake Finkelman of Middletown in common pleas court on Friday seeking 347.87 for merchandise sold on account. The action aims to recover the amount claimed as unpaid debt.
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Apsley Rubber Co
Jake Finkelman
Middletown
Common Pleas
Finkelman
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