Coliseum Opens As World’s Largest Stage In Ohio Exposition
Columbus, O. The Coliseum at the state fairgrounds is the centerpiece of the Methodist Centenary celebration from June 20 to July 13. Originally built to house livestock, it’s been transformed into a premier auditorium with a $50,000 pipe organ and the largest stage in America. It seats 12,000, with an orchestra pit for 15. Daily pageant The Wayfarer features 1,000 participants along with organ recitals and regular concerts by the symphony orchestra and trombone choir.
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Columbus
Wayfarer
Symphony
Hestra
Fight Luxury Tax Urges Missouri druggists to press repeal
Mrs. Minnie W. Whitney of Kansas City, president of the Missouri Pharmaceutical Association, issued an appeal to druggists to unite against the luxury tax. Thousands of circulars urge congressmen to repeal the tax on soda water, proprietary remedies, toilet articles, perfumery, and other druggist sales.
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Missouri
Minnie W. Whitney
Kansas City
Missouri Pharmaceutical Association
Labor shortage eased where farm workers find care
An authority on farm labor notes shortages vary by care. Harvest helpers often lack community ties and sleep in barns. In many areas the county jail fills during harvest. Some districts create winter jobs and build small homes with plots for exclusive cultivation to reduce complaints and stabilize labor.
Notable Events Highlight City Arts Week
A choir of 100 performs amid lectures by Lowell Thomas, famed traveler and writer, with other distinguished events. The Coliseum architecture ensures every spectator enjoys an unobstructed stage view and clear acoustics for spoken word and music.
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Lowell Thomas
The
Holy Land
Coliseum
Century Centenary plans large public entertainment festival
Columbus hosts a Methodist Centenary celebration from June 20 to July 13 featuring daily programs for all ages. Events include Rainbow Division and Jackie bands, ColUm bia University musicians, a 50,000 organ, a 1,000-voice chorus, and a Wild West show. A 500-child pageant dramatizes the Children's Crusade of the twelfth century. Esteemed speakers such as Taft, Wood, Daniels, Bryan, Roosevelt, Allen and Lane are slated to speak at the Coliseum Calebatan.
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Columbia
Columbus
Alonzo E. Wilson
Department of Special Days
Rainbow Division
Jackie Band
Chautauqua
Exposition Grounds
Mecca
William J. Kraft
Columbia University
Wilson
the Pantry
William H. Taft
Leonard Wood
Josephus Daniels
William Jennings Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Henry J. Allen
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Henry P. Fletcher
United States
Mexico
el Sr
Lic Bonilla
Washington
Tiplady
Notice On Nursery Stock Returns And Bootlegger Clampdown
A notice from Chase Nursery Co invites owners of purchased nursery stock from Mr McAfee who suffered losses to present their tags for cost relief. Trenton authorities plan to curb bootlegging pint flasks amid a thriving illegal trade. The article notes the government faces a 440 million dollar railroad deficit due to wartime ownership and higher costs. Minnie Talbot is sworn in as Lafayette county's first woman sheriff after her husband and deputies were murdered. A Putnam county rural school pie supper yielded profits over five dollars per pie and a single cake raised 1081 dollars for public schools.
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Minnie Talbot
Lafayette County
Circuit Court
Davis
Lexington
Gardner
Joseph Talbot
Putnam County
The Rise of Traffic Enforcement Across the Nation
The article argues that tighter automobile law enforcement is spreading nationwide. It notes many motorists face small fines for minor violations, and suggests harsher measures like revoking driving rights for persistent speeders would be more effective. It emphasizes the nuisance of court summons deters the average driver.
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Horace Whitehouse
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Children’s Crusade
Wallace Crossley
Guv Crossley
Old Bethel
Henry Poe
Henry
John Davery
Washington Abernathie
John
Hannah Edwards
Simon Poe
Ebeneezer Hubble
Abraham Randol
Ebeneezer
Trenton
Yowell Saddlery Co
Monroe City
Dixon-Terrell Motor Co
Chas. A. Brown
Philadelphia
Stoutsville
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