Grafton First Dollar Day Sparks Busy Local Merchants
Grafton observed its first dollar day with busy merchants and crowded streets. The town saw numerous autos and shoppers, while residents reported several social visits and holiday gatherings at homes of Cousins and neighbors. Local clubs held meetings with elected officers and plans for January events.
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Grafton
Ellis Knapp
Eaton
Alfred Cousins
Marvin Ruder
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Wilking
Elyria
Mra Rust
Iva Hosner
Ridgeville
Dale Wilkins
Ontario Street
Jonsa
Francis Wooldridge
Cousins
Crowell
Ruth
Oberlinara
Neff
Pearl
Clyde Andrews
Belden
Fred Kinnect
Leslie Barden
Margaret Moore
Verna Gibson
Carl Higgins
Lakewood
Mr. Hess
O'Connor
L. BD. Gibson
McCloskey
Joe Stack
Cesar Miles Knechtges
Dayton
Eigts
Marsh
Ryder
Kelley
Helcomb
Ed ‘Wise
Guy Durkee
Ann Johnson
W. B. Hitchcock
Walter Baker
H. A. Helley
Wm. Carmel
Holder
Aid to German Children Sparks Controversy in Munich
Photographs depict conditions in Germany with Miss Bevendye, an American actress and founder of a Munich children's aid society, aiding local children and appealing for relief of central powers. The text notes fuel shortages as forests are felled for wood, while women and children cut and haul wood to homes amid unrest surrounding withdrawal of French troops.
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Germany
Miss Bevendye
Munich
Rhineland
Experiments of Soil and Crops Week at Ohio State
Ohio Crop Program and Ninth Farmers Week at Columbus focus on soil and crops. Readings include semi technical lectures and popular discussions, with sessions on rotation, forage crops, and fruit varieties. notes on farm organization and rural defenses are included as context.
Unhappy nobility linked in Duke and Duchess report
A fragmentary note references the Duke and Duchess of Manchester among unhappy nobility. The text mentions Ohio Experiment Station in Wooster mailing free farming bulletins on hog feeding, sow care, winter fattening, corn supplementation, and forage crops, urging farmers to request the information during winter and spring.
Selling Off All Old Hens Costly Practice
A historical note on poultry farming practice where farmers tear down old hens at year end to retain only pullets for better laying. It outlines expenses from incubation to labor over months, with high egg loss during incubation and culling rates to improve second-cycle production, suggesting keeping feed hens during two months to reduce egg production costs.
Oberlin Christmas Wedding Ties Two College Grads
Oberlin report notes Wel Pourne Mellson of Chicago and Patricia Cowan of Oberlin, Oberlin College Class of 1917, wed Christmas night at the bride’s home. They will live in Chicago where Mellson is a chemist for Mays Products, Cowan taught in Cleveland schools. Ceremony by Rev. G G Buckner.
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Oberlin
Wel- Pourne MelHson
Chicago
Patrica Cowan
Oberlin College
3. M. Cowan
Groveland Street
Mollison
Mays Products Company
Cowen
Cleveland
Park Street
T .H. Rowland
Ross Loosbourgh
London
Oh.o
Carey Deming
Eva Flower
Charles Flowers
Elyria Key
Wade Smith
Cleveland Hospital
E W Spaulding
Pleasant Street
Homer
Ohio
Carew Hal
East Lorain Street
Mary Gervish
W B Gervish
Akron
Carol Hankey
Mary McMillan
West College Street
Hobbs Hall
W. H. Haylor
Blyna
Mass
Blanche Stet Si
Ho Ate F
College Street
Warren
Misa Mabel Treat
Tong
East
A. C. Treat Marion Treat
Frewant
Aliss Mildred Morris
Genrgs Morris
Hast College Street
University of Chicago
A.A. Orr
South Cedar Street
Nichols van der Pyl
Doris van der Pyl
Alabama
Lyman van der Pyl
Washington DC
Ellis van der Pyl
Yale
Joseph
Charles Beardsley
States
W. F. Bohn
Oak Street
J F Burke
Elvrra
W .H. Chapin
Woodland
Carl Wood
Savannah
Georgia
Nolida
Theodore Wood
E C Chapin
Brownhelm
W. Chapin
Lorain County Nets Twelfth in State Fair Prize List
The One State Fair association reports exhibitors and prize money by county. Lorain County ranks twelfth with notable entries from Wellington Oberlin Rochester and Columbia Station. Prize totals include cattle sheep poultry and other divisions, with individuals and firms such as Betts & Sons Brandt Boise Chambers Hoskins Rose & Cook Newcomb Penfound Pierce Roe and the Wellington district and clubs contributing significant sums.
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One State Fair Association
Lorain County
G. Betts & Sons
Wellington
F. C. Brandt
Oberlin
B. F. Boise
H Chambers
Hoskins
Rose & Cook
Bert Newcomb
H. O. Penfound
Etna
E. P Pierce
G B Roe
Wellington District Holstein Association
Bradford
Rochester
Sheer Iy & L
G Blodgett
Columba Station
Jewett & Ledgard
Russell Bridgett
Columbia Star DongRs
Poulery Club
Christmas Visits Across Town and Weather Study
Families along Groveland to West College share Christmas gatherings with relatives in Blyna Warren and elsewhere. The piece also reports Ohio Experiment Station findings on soil exhaustion, mineral needs in crops, and the impact on clover yields and animal nutrition.
Cheap seeds aid in soil improvement
In Wooster Ohio on December 27 officials at the Ohio Experiment Station urged farmers to grow more grasses and hay crops, noting grass seed prices will drop. They warned that past seed costs limited red clover, alsike, and alfalfa for general farm use and stressed the need to expand legumes, especially clover, to boost soil health as Ohio statistics show one acre of clover covers only about 10 acres of other crops.
Uniform books aid 20000 farmers under tax plan
Over 29000 Ohio farmers receive uniform farm accounting books from the College of Agriculture and the Bankers Association at 12 cents each. The books, distributed through farm accounting schools and bankers, help determine income tax dates and provide space for a year of records. Nut growing in Ohio could expand with more orchards and resistant chestnuts, as experts note breeding lags apples by 150 years. Black walnuts, butternuts, hickory, and husky chestnuts are among favored varieties. pecans suitable in southern regions.
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Horticultural Department
Onio
College of Agriculture
Ome Bankers Association
Internal Revenue Collectors
American Farm Bureau Federation
Oda
Ohio
Rbruickshank
The
Farmers Week at College of Agriculture Highlights
Short notes discuss livestock breach and community welfare. Plan to attend the farmers institute for questions and elect efficient officers for next season. The event runs January 1 to February 4 offering farm and home information.
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College of Agriculture
Bulletin on Forage Crops in Pig Fattening Issued
A new bulletin from Ohio State University Extension Service at Wooster explains feeding swine on clover alfalfa beams and other forage combinations. It covers economics, crop mixes, proper supplements, and pasture use to fatten pigs. Residents can request the bulletin free of charge.
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Ohio
Wooster
Quail Protection Question Hinted In Legislature
Reports from Larer county indicate quail, once protected birds, are now pursued by hunters who flushed more birds this year. Farmers, viewing quail as insect destroyers, feed them. A C Baxter says a bill may move quail from songbird to game class, leaving enforcement to farmers and local groups.
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Couy
Lersin
Protectom Isip
Farmers and Farmers Organizations
A C Baxter
State Fish and Game Department
Quail game restoration discuss to aid hunters
The fragment notes a long troubled history of quail, suggesting a return to a game status. It mentions open seasons and prior releases around 1917, with Winter losses and the possibility of using district and county game protectors for enforcement. It hints at propagation on game farms and mentions pheasants as a related note.
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Eucens Zimmerman
Ohio Experiment Station
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Don Sung
Maj! Burrell Dogger Co
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