Ancient onion poultice and odd cures found in 1797 notebook
Ohio researchers reveal a 1797 notebook detailing home remedies from forebears. Onion on the forehead and behind the ears claimed to cure headaches, alongside bizarre salves, dog fat poultices, and bitter roots for gout, with notes noting some remedies held vitamins still valued by modern science.
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Ohio Archaeological and Historical Museum
Charities Hartman
Springfield
Hartman
Schoolgirl Invents Aluminum Shower Cap
A schoolgirl shows a simple use for Reynolds Wrap as an aluminum shower cap to protect curls. The ad touts Reynolds Wrap as economical reusable and suitable for many household tasks with grocery and department stores offering it.
Obituary for Judson Norton Stone Oberlin Leader
Funeral services set for Judson Norton Stone 87 a longtime Oberlin Republican. former postmaster state senator 1916 1920 and Oberlin mayor in the 1920s. Stone died Saturday at Alien Memorial Hospital after decades as Lorain County Republican committee man.
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Oberlin
Judson Norton Stone
Alien Memorial Hospital
Stone
Lorain County
Cancer Society Fund Drives Support for Patient Dressings
The gift to the American Cancer Society funds a broad battle against cancer and supports a dressings service that provides free cancer dressings to patients in need.
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American Cancer Society
Auto Crash Then House Collision Near Columbus
An auto and a truck collided north of Columbus and the vehicle then struck a house on Olen tangy Road across from Ohio State University. Three people were injured none seriously. identified as Dr. Carl W. Smith 55 of Marion Gerald Morrison 18 of Columbus and Jovonne McAwee 19 of Westerville. Adolph Ackerman, son of the homeowner, was inside the house and not hurt.
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Columbus, C
Columbus
Carl W. Smith
Marion
Gerald Morrison
Jovonne McAwee
Westeville
White Cross Hospita
Adolph Ackerman
Olentangy Rd
Ohio State University
Miss McAwee
Garrison
Smith
Cleveland Girl Seeks UN Help to Free Family in Siberia
A 15 year old Cleveland girl Donna Armonas asks UN Secretary General Trygve Lie to obtain permission from Soviet authorities for her mother Barbara Armonas and her infant brother to leave Siberia and join them in Cleveland. Donna cites warnings to Lie about facing no fear from Stalin or Truman. Her father John, 45, left Lithuania with Donna, while Barbara and the baby remained due to Lithuanian citizenship claims. State Department efforts have not succeeded.
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Cleveland
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Russia
Siberia
Donna Armonas
Lie
Stalin
Truman
State Department
Oldest Lorain resident Lasure B. Johnson dies at 98
Lorain's Lasure B. Johnson, 98, who recalled witnessing the Battle of Gettysburg in his boyhood, will lie in state in Lorain with funeral services tomorrow afternoon. He was noted as the city's oldest resident and a local historical figure.
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Lorain
Lasure B. Johnson
Battle of
Gettysburg
GOP Candidate Supports Taft in Ohio Primary
Columbus Mayor James A. Rhodes, a Republican gubernatorial hopeful, accused out of state conspirators and Fair Dealers of plotting to purge U.S. Senator Robert A. Taft. He argued Taft’s defeat would be a national tragedy and urged Ohio Republicans to back Taft in the unopposed primary to resist anti Taft forces.
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Columbus
Ohio
U. S
Robert A
Taft
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
University
Bob Taft
Ort
Washington
Senate
Teenagers Seek Fresh Start With Healthy Habits
A guidance note urges teens to finish a wellness program by saying no to excess, eating slimming greens, milk and cereals, and avoiding second helpings sweets and lazy days. It promises better mood skin and energy, and offers Missa Mottram for help with school or home issues.
Youngstown foreman dies two hours after car illness
Joseph L. Malarick, 59, the general turn foreman at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Coke Plant, died two hours after police found him ill in his parked car. The death occurred in Youngstown as authorities investigated the sudden illness.
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Joseph L. Malarick
Youngstown
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