Edison Sees Health Field as Frontier for Inventions
In a Review of Reviews questionnaire, Thomas A. Edison argues future great inventions will come from biology and chemistry in health. He cites sickness harming workers, the cost of care, and the need for restraint in eating. He predicts television’s cost and complexity limit ubiquity. He also weighs poison gas, autogiro promise, and praises a Spanish inventor with Columbus’ eye.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
America
Review of Reviews
Edison
Spain
Columbus
Nagy Wife Given Stay Of Liquor Sentence
Bobbie Nagy five and his mother Helen Nagy will spend Christmas together before Mrs Nagy begins a one year sentence for a third liquor law violation. Judge A R Webber granted a stay on $1500 bond until Saturday, when she will be sent to Marysville. Efforts for a governor’s pardon were opposed by the court.
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Bobbie Nagy
Helen Nagy
Pay a Fine of Five Hundred Dollars Under Law
A brief legal notice states that a fine of 500 dollars must be paid as mandated by law. The item references a monetary penalty and the applicable legal provision without additional context or names.
California bigamist recalls conquests in prison
Norman A. L. Flood, 49, at San Quentin while serving one to ten years for bigamy, reflects on his alleged romantic reach. He claims to recall 29 wives and 400 sweethearts and says the method is to persuade women you want them as pals as well as sweethearts.
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San Quentin Prison
Cal
Norman A. L. Flood
Flood
Angora Skyscraper Collapses After Misplaced Forms
Ankara reports Angora’s sole skyscraper toppled during a form shift causing collapse amid faulty cement used in construction. No injuries reported as workers evacuated and investigation begins into materials and safety compliance.
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Angora
Turkey
Dear Santa Claus What I Want for Christmas
A child named Helen Kochis writes a long Christmas wish list listing dolls, a carpet sweeper, duck, mop, high chair, milk bottle, bed, cupboard, buggy, deck set, dishes, doll dress items, hat, skirt, bread box, broom, blocks, stockings, stories, doll house, tree, table, stove, blanket, pocketbook, coffee pot, iron, sink, a new watch, nuts, candy filled stockings, butter dish, beads, phone, victrola, sewing machine, and more.
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Santa Claus
P. S
Helen Kochis
Christmas Wish List From Three Children
A letter from Steve Kochis Dorothy Kochis and Louise Butcher requests Christmas gifts including a bed candy train wagon piano dolls clothing and household items. Each child lists multiple desired items such as a lion bear doll trolley bicycle stove dishes and a sleigh with candy box perfume and more in a heartfelt festive note to Santa Claus.
Bank Serves Coffee and Sandwiches to Calm Depositors
In Raleigh on December 24 the Commercial National Bank calmed frightened depositors by serving coffee and sandwiches while they waited to withdraw or redeposit funds. Despite a noisy queue, most patrons relented and redeposited. Total withdrawals reached 442,166.89 while deposits climbed to 548,667.36 by day’s end.
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Raleigh
N. C
Commercial National Bank of
Officer Called To Arrest His Own Son
Washington police sergeant Charles Mullen was summoned to a shooting case and had to arrest his son George E Mullen 22 who killed a friend in what witnesses called an accident. The revolver was produced during a jocular card game argument and discharged during a scuffle.
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Washington
Charles Mullen
Mullen
George R. Hale
Charles E. Mullen
Cincinnati Man Gets Stay of Execution
State Supreme Court agreed to review the case of John Zeller of Cincinnati who was sentenced to die by the Brown County courts for complicity in the murder of Brown County farmer Robert Clemons on May 13, 1930. Zeller had been scheduled for execution at Ohio Penitentiary on December 10 but was granted a stay pending appeal.
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Cincinnati
Columbus, CO
State Supreme Court
John Zeller
Brown County
Robert Clemons
Zeller
Ohio
Supreme Court
Beard as ventilating plant, Grinnell instructor says
Grinnell I A beard is not just an adornment it is a ventilating plant says Amy Elizabeth Blagg zoology instructor at Grinnell college It strains and washes the air we breathe and serves the added facility of a thermos jug keeping us warm in winter and cool in summer She explains the practical airflow benefits and seasonal comfort provided by facial hair
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Grinnell
Amy Elizabeth Blagg
Grinnell College
Birthday Dinner Honors Charles Kendeigh in South Amherst
Mr and Mrs Milo Kendeigh hosted relatives at their home in South Amherst Ohio on Sunday to celebrate their son Charles Kendeighs birthday anniversary. Dinner was served at noon with covers for Charles Kendeigh and guests including Edward Sutton Clarence Sutton Tupper of Cleveland Homer Wilford and son Milo of Elyria and other relatives.
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South Amherst
Milo Kendeigh
Charles
Charles Kendeigh
Edward Sutton
Clarence Sutton
Tupper
Cleveland
Homer Wilford
Milo
Elyria
Scotch Watch Party Plans New Year’s Eve Dance
The community invites all to a Foresters wall party to welcome the new year with Scotch and American dances, refreshments, and Penman’s Orchestra providing music. Guests include local families and friends from Elyria Amherst Collins Florence and Olivet with a social evening and old year out, new year in.
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Foresters Wall
Penman
Roths Celebrate Fortieth Wedding Anniversary
In Columbia Ohio Mr and Mrs William Roth were surprised by 24 relatives last Wednesday as they marked their fortieth wedding anniversary with cards visits and gifts including a Governor Winthrop desk from their children and a lamp from siblings. Brighton and Columbia teams played at home Friday with both wins. Lydia Kelner and her children visited William and Leon Cole Sunday Elden Cole joined them for a few days. Lee Walker hosted a Christmas dinner with the Walker and Dair families. Two community meetings were held last week including a Grange Christmas party on Tuesday.
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Columbia
William Roth
Governor Winthrop
Botha Brighton
Lydia Kelner
LaGrange
William and Leon Cole
Elden Cole
Lee Walker
Walker
Dair
Grange
Community Christmas Party and Farm Bureau Meeting Notes
A large Christmas party entertained about 110 people with a tree, music from the School Glee Club and other local groups, readings, and gifts. The Columbia Farm Bureau held a record district meeting in Medina with hundreds attending, officers elected, and a varied program at the town hall and school activities.
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P. W. Hineman
Glee Club
Gertrude Akins
Garwood
Hell
Medina
A. D. Crocker
M. H. Bartter
R. J. Perkins
J. J. Sabins
America
Rolland Cartright
Donna Stinchcomb
C. C. Barr
Gladden Johnson
Cleveland
Lillian Doyle
Detroit
Roy Putt
H. C. Blackburn
Pavonia
Ohio
Wilmore Burnett
Hast River Road
Ralph King
Ravenna
W. D. Krause
Eva Howard
Walston
Mass
Boston
Ella Baker
A. K. Mollason
Acme Grange
James Wright
Station Road
Columbia Farmers Institute
Max Hitchcock
A. M. Bosler
Mary Anderson
Flemming
Ladies of Methodist Church
P. W. Heineman
Mabel Rice
Ernest Reisinger
Mr. Jordan
Dorothy Crocker
Dr. Anderson
H. C. Bartter
Osborne
Enoch Arden
Gordon Bartter
Ora Walker
Marjorie Allen
A. D. Croc.er
Columbia Farm Bureau
Harold Halderman
Robert Painter
Baptist Church
Warren Ives
Jay Jasper
Mr. Fiemming
Horton Alger
Horton Alger, County Agent; Music By Mrs. Alger
Reading
Melba Garwood
Rev. Bosler
Mrs. Alger
Christmas visits and town notices in Russia Township
Local residents from Lorain to Oberlin and Amherst visited relatives and shopped in nearby towns. Russia Township schools closed for a two week Christmas vacation. Oberlin Grange hosted the December Farm Women’s Club meeting with about fifty attendees and officers elected for the coming year.
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Clyde Dague
Wellington
Elmer
Schubert
Hollis Keighley
George
Walter Walker
Evangeline Hacker
Oberlin
Harry Gibson
Robert Hasenflue
Amherst
Charles Hasenflue
Bert Franklin
Arthur Boley
Elyria
John Franklin
Samslow
Wesley
Edwin Harper
South Amherst
Emma Berg
Russia Township
Oberlin High School
Florence Reese
Leroy Schramm
Donald Holzhauer
Wesley Samslow
William Schubert
Russia Township Farm Women’s Club
Grange Hall
Gar McRoberts
Fred Berg
Harriette Sandrocks Twelfth Birthday Party Held At Home
Simeon Nash reports a pleasant gathering at Harriette Sandrock's home for her twelfth birthday with fifteen friends enjoying games and a two course lunch. Viola Reinhard and William Berg wed in Tegawanda New York on December 16, Rev Henry Date officiating. The couple will tour Florida by auto and reside on the groom’s farm locally upon return.
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Simeon Nash
Will Maynard
Greenwich
Harriette Sandrock
Viola Reinhard
Amberet
William Berg
Tegawanda
N. Y
Henry Date
Florida
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Field of Health
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Steve Kochis
Dorothy Kochis
Louise Butcher
T. Alec
Greatings
Sokols
Broad St
Wilbur
Fay Wilbur
Olivet
Michigan
Gust Anderson
Anderson
Willard Davidson
Florence
Clayton Leonard
George Curry
Collins
A. F. Nally
Howard
Vincent Nally
Richard Hanson
Leland Packard
Samuel Buswell
The
Losts
J. Reese
Mae Nicol
New Haven
Conn
James N. P. Nicol
Edwin Pushbach
Edwin Jr
Baltimore
Maryland
Christ Fahrney Sr
George Knapp
Theresa McCord
Robert Slack
William Meacham
William
Oltman
Germany
East Main Street
Walter Urschul
Robert Minch
Thomas Flowers
Jacob Muth
Lila
George Garthe
Henry Kolb
North
Russia
North Russia
Dan Baker
Lorain
Stang & Elgart
Chappel St
Turner
Amherst Eagles
KEN
Merry Christmas
Howard B. Somers
Elyria Savings & Trust
Dave
Crawford
Studs
Foster-Fitch
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