Weekend News From Wakeman and Surroundings
Numerous local social items recap visits and gatherings in Wakeman Oberlin Norwalk and Castalia including guests of the Kenyon Rumsey and Parker families. Recitals, fairs, air races, and reunions are noted with attendees such as Harriette Wilcox's performers and many Mrs and Misses from area households. The Red Caps defeated the Sandusky Duskies 7 to 6 in a local game and several residents traveled to Cleveland and Wellington for events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Kenyon
L R. Kenyon
Castalia
H .D. Peabody
Fred Peabody
Peabody
Pittsfield
George Gerber
Helen
Louvisa Wood
Wellington Fair
W. H. St
Sandusky Duskies
Victorius
Merlin Bement
Visitor Returns From Chix Trip At Bement Home
A brief item notes a visitor at the residence of Mr and Mrs C E Bement and mentions J and Mrs Frank Waldron returning from Chix, indicating a family or social visit among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. EB. Bement
Frank Waldron
A Well Balanced Board at Pleasant View Sanatorium
The Pleasant View Sanatorium appoints Charles Fell Sr of 284 Washington Ave to its board of trustees. Fell, former National Tube Co. manager, joins Dr W E Wheatley of Lorain and Allan Branson the Wellington postmaster, adding strong county representation and public service experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fell
Washington Ave
Pleasant View Sanatorium
Fell
National Tube Co
Lorain
Lorain Bank
Elyria Country Clule
W. E. Wheatley
Wheatley
Allan Branson
Wellington
Vitamins and truck gardens spark a changing diet
A bygone era lacked awareness of vitamins and balanced meals. Today vitamins drive demand for leafy greens and dairy, with lettuce production expanding across seventeen states feeding New York markets. Nine thousand railroad cars weekly move fresh vegetables, enabling year round transport by rail and air, reshaping farming and the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State
Department of Agriculture and Markets
George G. Royce
Pacific Coast
Boston
South
Farm Electrification Spurs New Agricultural Era
A survey shows 11.1 percent of American farms now receive electric service, with 698,786 electrified farms and 177,561 farms powered in 1923. Michigan leads in farm electrification gains, followed by Illinois, marking broader adoption even amid tough agricultural times. Electrification boosts production efficiency and rural life, bringing city comforts to farms and transforming domestic life.
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Michigan
Illinois
The Silent Observer and Other Light Items
A collection of humorous vignettes and fables about truth, vanity, and daily life. A reporter’s boasted certainty ends with a public mockery, a mail carrier’s routine, and quips on walking, money, and fashion.
Netherlands Births 52 Years Ago Horoscope Style
Today horoscope notes a sharp mind and keen insight into affairs. The person is described as reserved and modest, not unsociable, though somewhat awkward, with genuine affections, a pure mind, and a generous, dependable disposition.
Restore Confidence Through Decent World's Course
A nation argues that lasting peace political and financial stability depend on nations and people acting decently and sensibly. If such behavior were assured the endless scramble for world gold would be halted and confidence restored.
Avon Lake Visits Mother
Avon Lake August 31. Mr and Mrs J C Britton and son Erwin are visiting the former's sister in McClure. Miss Jane Walker spent a week with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Allen DeRussey in Cleveland and has returned home. Mr and Mrs Arthur Andrews and son Warren left Thursday for an auto trip to Ann Arbor Michigan. Eighteen girl scouts with captain Mrs R J Kihm returned home Saturday after a three day camping at Findley camp on Abbe road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon Lake
J. C. Britton
Erwin
Jane Walker
Arthur Andrews
Warren
Ann Arbor
Mich
R J. Kihm
Findley
Abbe Road
Avon and Lake Road residents host visitors in brief notices
Mr and Mrs Ben Walker and daughter Marjorie and Glen Barr of Avon visited the former's brother Mr and Mrs Alvin Walker on Center road. Mr and Mrs Gail Smith of Cleveland recently called on his parents Mr and Mrs Carl Pederson on Hunter Road. Miss Bilman of Westerville Ohio visited Miss Lulu Kunipper and Miss Betty Dorothea Clapper on Lake road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Walker
Marjorie
Glen Barr
Avon
Alvin Walker
Center Road
Gail Smith
Cleveland
Carl
Pederson
Hunter Road
Bilman
Westerville
Ohio
Lulu Kunipper
Betty
Dorothea Clapper
Lake Road
Avon Lake social notes mix in scattered local news
Ninitiog at pima and Van Wert Ohio have returned home. Lester Barnes spent a day with Miss Bernatta Bue on Jaycox road. Mr and Mrs Miller Jones Elyria stay at T and 3 hn Brittan. Mrs and hae B J Nusadbrtor and family enjoyed an auto ride through county. Ruth Mitchell of Steve Moore Toad and Lois Jane Dur visit Cleveland. Mary and Ruth Mitchell and Mrs Leonard Mitchell motor to Gates Mills. Mrs A L Paterson of Cleveland a business caller in Avon Lake. Mrs Rohr and Mrs Hill entertained Avon Lake Lake Sewing Society. Dinner at noon, afternoon sewing. Jene and Dohman Lake road ste picnic at Euclid Beach. Apart from tea and coffee, America can grow or dig out in borders everything needed for civilized life. Early Massachusetts required wives to obey husbands under penalty of imprisonment.
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Ninitiog
Pima
van Wert
Ohio
Lester Barnes
Bernadetta Bue
Jaycox Road
Miller Jones
Elyria
Hae
B.J. Nusadbrtor
Renee *Trently
Ruth Mitchell
Steve Moore Toad
Lois Jane Dur
Cleveland
Ruth
Leonard Mitchell
Gates Mills
Harry Harvey
Lake Road
Frank Smith
Canton
A. L Paterson
WAS & Business
Avon Lake
Smoke Cool Old Gold Tests Proclaim Brand Leader
A testing laboratory and science declare Cool Old Gold as the easiest of the four leading cigarette brands. The ad asserts the product’s ease and superiority, citing science as proof and a conclusive test.
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T.u's
New York
Anniversaries and Today in History With Notable Births
Read a compact tally of birthdays and historical anniversaries from 1806 to 1906, listing Charles J. Lever Theophile Gautier Galusha Grow Mary Putnam Jacobi Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and others. It also notes Edward I s decree exiling Jews and various notable births and deaths across centuries.
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Charles J. Lever
Theophile Gautier
Bermann von Helmholtz
Galusha A. Grow
Pennsylvania
Bor
Windham Co
Conn
Glenwood
Mary Putnam Jacobi
New York
Paris
N. Y. Academy of Medicine
London
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Andoves
Mass
Boston
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Pususner
John W. Cullen Company
Chicagg
NEW Tore
Detroit
General Motors
Hhs
Wim
Wakeman
Harriette Wilcox
Norwalk
Norwalk High School
Arthur Witzlaben
Schwartz
Libbie Currier
Max Peabody
Curtica Todd
C. Wessel
Elmer Shelton
H. J. Millhouse
Eleanor Johns
Tom Hurst
Cc. J. Hart
Theresa Jean Foisy
Betty Hoyt
Jean Mockler
Margaret Kellar
Lois Mockler
Katherine Witzlaben
Eleanor Peabody
Vivian Currier
Florence Kilgore
Laura MaeKenyon
Elaine Mockler
Laura Wessel
Miss Wilcox
Netherlands
Girl Scouts
Phil's
Broad Street
Jene
Oe Dohman
Ste
Enclid Beach
Pat Cleveland
America
Massachusetts
Alfred Alten
Second St
THE
Elyria Hardware CO
O.G
John Bunyan
Charleston
Charlotte H. Brown
Alice Freeman Palmer Institute
Sedalia
N. Y
Newark
N. J
Nathan Haskell Dole
Chelsea
Charles A. Boston
Baltimore
Joseph A. Blake
San Francisco
du Bose Heyward
North Carolina
S. C
John H. A. Morgan
University of Tennessee
Canada
Edward L. Thorndike
Columbia University
Williamsburg
Wilhelmina
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