Ohio State Fair Praises Stir Under Willis Administration
The 1916 Ohio state fair set attendance records with over 50,000 daily visitors and livestock exhibits surpassing previous years by 118 carloads. Supporters credit the Willis administration and the ten-member state board of agriculture for economical, people-centered management and no political show. Governor Willis attended Governor's Day, boosting public approval, while costs under the Willis board totaled 83,000 for the year versus 118,000 under Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeye
Ohio
Willis
Columbus Citizen
Toronto
Duncan Marshall
Alberta
Canada
T. D. Harmon
the National Stockman
John Cunningham
Ohio Farmer
P. E B. Menning
Chicago
State Board of Agriculture
Onlo
George Stauffer
Ottawa
W. H. Kinnan
Cleveland
Great Credit Fa
United States
Columbus Barracks
Camp Willis
Willis State Board of Agriculture
Cox
Willia
Ragland Presbyterian Church Votes to Add New Wing
The Ragland Presbyterian Church congregation voted to add a new wing to the church. The addition will be started at once to provide larger quarters as the church expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ragland Presbyterian Church
Executor sale transfers two farms near Winteraville
At the executor's sale held Tuesday the W. J. Rinehart homestead of 114 acres near Winteraville sold to Baxter Rinehart for 14500 dollars. The adjacent 100 acre farm sold to George Sanders for 6300 dollars.
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W. J. Rinehart
Winteraville
Baxter Rinehart
George Sanders
Mack Withdraws From Law Enforcement Governor Bid
Rudolph A. Mack of Cincinnati pulled out as a candidate for governor on the alleged Law Enforcement party ticket after signatures and petition irregularities were flagged by the Cincinnati Enquirer and Columbus investigators. He plans to push a so called Law Enforcement league with backers linked to Bob Wolfe and Charles Gerrish, seen as Cox supporters seeking Cox’s re election.
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Columbus
Rudolph A. Mack
Cincinnati
Law Enforcement Party
Chiio
Mack
Willis
Law Enforcement League
Anti-Saloon League
Hamilton County Dry Amendment League
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Republican Campaign Committee
Matt Glaser
Robert F. Wolfe
Cox
Wolfe
Charles H. Gerrish
Gerrish
Bob Wolfe
Charles Gerrish
Columbia
Cox Commission a Costly Affair
Columbus, Sept. 5. Ernst & Ernst report says the Cox controlled industrial commission should cut its salary payroll by 39,000 annually, yet investigations show no retrenchment occurred and expenditures rose under Cox appointees. Three business leaders led the second inquiry, confirming the first findings.
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Columbus
Ernst & Ernst
Industrial Commission
Cox
Ohio
Harmon
Willis
Cox Controlled
Yaple
Local couples listed with ages and hometowns in Steubenville area
A fragmented OCR list names several individuals and partners with ages and home towns. Entries include Charles W Russell 21 Irondale and Mayme F Household er 17 Hammondsville, Robert W McCausland 37 and Jennie L O Neal 29 Steubenville, Anthony C Lionette 28 Jersey City and Teresa Petrella 7 Steubenville, Howard N Burnle 23 and Inez P Bowman 29 Steubenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Russell
Irondale
Mayme F. Householder
Hammondsville
Robert W. McCausland
Jennie L. O'Neal
Steubenville
Anthony C. Lionette
Jersey City
Teresa Petrella
Howard N. Burnle
Inez P. Bowman
Prepared test questions for teacher certification 1915
State prepared exam items test mental qualifications for teachers. Questions include arithmetic problems on division and multiplication, accounting a purchase bill, commission calculations, geometry in a room, tonnage pricing, and interest accumulation. The set reflects early 20th century education certification content and currency terms.
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Plant root hairs absorb food through osmosis and active transport
Root hairs uptake nutrients from soil by osmosis into cells and active transport to move minerals into the plant. Deep plowing loosens soil for roots but subsoil may be hard and compact, delaying rooting and increasing erosion risk. Six pruning reasons include improved fruit quality, size, harvest efficiency, tree vigor, disease control, and spacing. Seed ears are selected by uniform kernel size, disease resistance, and vigor. Local silage uses corn, sorghum, or millet. typical fill date is late summer. alternatives include clover or grasses. The Babcock test measures milk fat content. Breeding farm horses yields higher performance, with Percheron valued at higher market price Bart.
Education group questions address reform and discipline themes
Group A and Group B and Group C present prompts on modernization and secularization of schooling, costs per pupil over time, reading texts, prison of Prussia, discipline, imitation offenses, attentive conduct, positive and negative discipline, country life versus country school, physical exercise, study time management, and psychology's value to teachers.
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Poe
Parker
Herbert
Pestalozzi
Prussia
Morehouse
Carney
Little Red
Historical Questions on U.S. Government and Colonization
A compilation of queries about leaders Wilson Roosevelt Taft the District of Columbia governing the presidency war powers and timelines for emancipation from slavery plus contrasts between Massachusetts and Virginia settlers and early colonial settlements across Spanish French English Swedish and Dutch efforts.
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Wilson
Roosevelt
Taft
District of Columbia
United States
Massachusetts
Virginia
United
Probate actions and estate confirmations in Amsterdam area
Probate Court reveals John A. Cunningham estate worth 100000 with 50000 realty and 50000 personal. Sale confirmations occur for Samuel W. Watt and Helen Harrington estates. Petition to sell real estate in Wim. Gerke estate appeared August 28. Weather note mentions a warm wave until the next moon change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Cunningham
Amsterdam
Samuel W. Watt
Helen Harrington
Wim. Gerke
Salt Lake Church Names Secession States After War
The source discusses Mormon church involvement in naming secession states and explains how those states regained their status after the Civil War. It also mentions six notable Southern figures from Civil War times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mormon Church
Anatomy quiz from a medical text on circulation and digestion
A historical exam style set of questions covers emergency first aid for severed forearm arteries, tracing a single blood circuit and organ passage times, effects of conditions like peritonitis appendicitis and pneumonia, and anatomy of organs such as the salivary glands the eustachian tube spleen iris cornea cardiac orifice thoracic duct and remedies for burns nosebleeds and bee stings. It asks to name and locate salivary glands identify mumps impact, and discuss digestion influenced by alcohol and tobacco along with roles of digestive organs.
American Literature in Periods and Key Writers
This summary outlines major American literary periods with representative authors, sketches The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Pilot by Lydia Maria Child, lists four school reader poems with authors and short quotes, names several classic works and their authors, provides a brief Louisa May Alcott bio with six works, and mentions two Ohio writers with sample works and quotes.
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Poor Richard
Louisa M. Alcott
Ohio
Study Questions on Geography and Resources
Answers cover sun direction in summer, effect of axial tilt on zones, lists of animals by region, mining regions for various minerals, optimal trade routes for cheap goods, continental areas by million square miles, and map tasks. Also asks for U S island groups and Ohio islands with noted purposes.
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Africa
Australia
Asia
North America
Ohio
United States
Grammar and pronoun questions with poetry line analysis
This item lists tasks on grammar topics including subjunctive mood verb phrases adverb classifications gerunds adjective comparison possessive rules and gender versus sex. It asks for noun cases verb tenses and voice and requests a diagramming approach for the phrase scooping the dew that lay in the flowers.
Glossary of Language Ideas and Spelling Challenges
The item lists questions on accents spelling sounds and word relations. It asks for three examples of accent change without spelling change and defines terms like synonyms homonyms antonyms syllables and phonics with several illustrations. It then requires spelling of a long list of varied words and proper nouns.
Key agricultural terms and practices overview
Defines agronomy horticulture animal husbandry arboriculture and entomology and explains how one relates to farming. Discusses hog production hindrances profitability links with other farm activities. Covers harrow types pruning objectives and principles for orchards. Outlines study needs for ag purposes scoring beef cattle points and weights. Describes the purpose of a frame and provides lawn beautification and landscape guidance.
Miner Burned at Adena Coal Mine in Powder Explosion
George Bolosh, an Austrian miner at Adena Ohio coal mine, was admitted to Martin's Ferry hospital after a powder explosion at work. He suffered burns to the arms and limbs but is not in serious condition.
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George Bolosh
Adena
Ohio
Martin’s Ferry
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Personal notes reveal a flurry of midwest visits
Mrs. Alex B Sharpe visits Columbus and Miss Annie May arrives from San Diego to stay with Mrs Ida Gottmann Thomas. Numerous residents travel to Pittsburgh Chicago Canton and Cleveland for brief visits operations and social events. Widespread cross city and regional movement marks this personal notices column.
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Alex. B. Sharpe
Columbus
Sallie Gregg Dougherty
Pittsburgh
Robert Sherratt
Atlantic City
A. E. Cairns
J. G. Walker
Newark
J. M. Monfort
Chicago
F. L. Hooper
Z. C. Winters
Frances Warren
H. N. Decker
Matthew Swan
Cleveland
Jennie Bell
Moody Bible Institute
W L. Hall
Fairmont
C W. Morton
Annie Johnston
Wheeling
James B. Fitzsimmons
Burns Epley
Lorain
W. A. Ralston
Washington Street
Marian Gillespie
Martins Ferry
J. W. Craig
Dock Street
Madge Combs
Uniontown
Florence E. Zane
South Street
Charles Stiggs
Canton
Walter Strayer
Henry Bauman
Davis Gaston
Stanton Boulevard
Cincinnati
Julia McCullough
Fernwood
Frank McCullough
la Belle View
Charles Wander
Harlan Ong
Smithfield
John McCleave
Edna Johnson
East Liverpool
Pleasant Heights
Anion
Ohio
Annie May
San Diego
Cal
Ida Gottmann Thomas
Blanche
Ruth Rosenberg
Rose Levinson
A. M. Lyons
M. P
Zanesville
Helen Gill Robbins
J. J. Gill
California
East
Canada
Thomas Walker
West Market Street
H. A. Alban
Wintersville
W. E. Abraham
Center Chapel
Erma Rarey
Cass Rarey
Richmond
Jefferson County
Wells High School
A. R. Horner
North Follawsbee
Joseph Ford
J. H. Leon
Ford Leon
Bloomfield
Iowa
Jennie Scott
Julia K. McCullough
N. L Ford
Pleasant Hill
Jennie Sharp
Allegheny General Hospital
Washington
Bess George
Leetonia
Craig Cochran
Akron
J. R. Ross
Cadiz
Fred Traup
Ernie McMillen
Miller Rubber Company
Sulzbacher’s
Steubenville
George Wilson
Mee
Esther George
Downers Court Clears Two Cases with Sentences and Discharge
Otto Albright received a 90 day sentence for nonsupport while Tony Alapierio was discharged after a hearing on a larceny charge. Local court records summarize two distinct actions with brief outcomes and no further details provided.
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Downers Court
Otto Albright
Tony Alapierio
Bond Election Carries In Wellsburg Vote Totals
A bond issue of 85000 to provide for severing Wellsburg and a one half cent additional levy to carry the indebtedness were carried by a majority of 44 votes yesterday in a special election. 219 voting for the issue and 72 against. 216 for the levy and 73 against. Miners Day will be celebrated in the district on October 7.
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Wellsburg
Ohio Bankers Group Seven Set to Meet in Barnesville
The Ohio Racsvitlal Association group seven will convene in Barnesville on October 12 for their scheduled meeting. Members and observers anticipate discussions on regional banking matters and upcoming activities.
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Ohio Bankers
The
Ohio Racsvitlal Association
Barnesvill
Iron and Woodworking Machinery from Baird & Co Pittsburgh
Advertisement for iron and woodworking machinery including planers presses engines pumps electric motors boilers and mill outfits. Mentions gas engines belt pulleys shafting and other equipment offered by Baird Manufacturing Company of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
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Baird MA ¥ CO
Pittsburgh
Contractors Equipment Ad For Concrete Mixers And Scrapers
Baird Machinery Co advertises contractors equipment including ten foot capacity concrete mixers priced at 204.90 and six foot mixers at 195.00. Street on Studebaker scrapers listed. Everything for contractors with assorted prices and gear.
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Studebaker
Baird Machinery Co
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Independent Report
C. B. Jones
Z. L. White Co
Custom House
Probate Court
South Aug
Geography
Edward Cadogan
M. I. N. Club
Stanton Park
Kenneth
Millard Thompson
Pine Cliff
W.va
Charles Wolf and Child
Birmingham
Ala
Wm. Boedecker
F. E. Cunningham
Fred Cunningham
Margaret Vaughan
H. W. Masters
G. E. Turner
Virginia Avenue
Pittsburgh Construction Company
Portsmouth
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Methodist Protestant Church
Mary Colwell
Euclid Avenue
Carnegie Street
Murphy
Abel
Colwell
Five Oaks
George Spies
William Spies
Helen Lange
Marie
Edith Spies
F. W. Floto
A. C. Floto
E. Marie
Carrie
John E. Richey
Archie S. Ball
Ray Seidenburg
Herman Schaefer
Charles F. Becker
Holy Name Church
Laura
Rupert Lehosky
Parlett
William B. Heillock
Father Weigand
Rose McMahon
James McCaffery
Louisville
Lincoln Avenue
la Belle Yards
Celia Levinson
Michael Levinson
South Third Street
Samuel Greenberg
Celia
Harry Hoffman
Youngstown
Mr. Williams
New York City
Earl Wilson
Roumatein
A. A. Hincheline
Charles Hughes
Northigsh Street
Catherine Ward
Sacred Heart Church
East Liverspool
Michelle Burke
Niagar Falls
Mary Hughes
Wm. Cehoppe
Childred
Frances Coburn
Julia Powers
J. K. Biddle
Atelantic City
J. H. Andrews
la Jolla
City
D. C. Murray
Philadelphia
Gilbert Follansbee
Bernard Riggs
Uhrichsville
Robert Speaker
Pittsburg
John Bates
Pleas
Heights
Jack Herbert
Sarahmed Fickes
Johnstown
W. F. Brittain
C. T. Rodgers
J. B. Kohlberg
Atlantic
New York
E. F. Calmert
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
P. A. Ward
Cumberland
North Third Street
Sarah Cunningham
L. V. Cooper’s Department Store
Wassill Leps
Otty Pryor
Eptember
Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra
Conway
Russian Symphony Orchestra
Reeker Factory
Eation County Farms
BETHANY COLLEGE _ HISTORY
West
West Virginia
Wellaberg
Bethany
Agri
Dalene de Stee
Ageicelann de Sanie
Ting
Thomas & Cramblet, LL. Pb
W. VA
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