Ohio’s famed Buckeye heritage and its notable contributors
A retrospective list honors Ohioans who advanced the nation in presidents and vice presidents, inventors, industrial leaders, writers, artists, educators, and public figures. It names Edison, Hall, Kettering, Midgley, Brush, Rockefeller, Fairless, Sherman, and many others across science, industry, literature, music, art, and education. The piece underscores Ohio’s enduring impact on U.S. progress and culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
James A. Garfield
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Benjamin Harrison
Willam McKinley
William Howard Taft
Warren G. Harding
Eliza Jane Thompson
Woman’s Christian Temperance Movement
Lilian D Wald
The
Federal Children’s Bureau
Zane Grey
Avery Hopwood
Henry Howe
Oh MeIntyre
William Deen Howells
Ernest Ball
Ballard
Benjamin R Hanby
Darling Nellie Gray
James H. Rodgers
Teil Taylor
Pawn
Millstream
Archibald Willard
Spirit of 76
Kenyon Cox
Frank Duveneck
George W. Bellows
Howard Chandler Christy
Steven Dohanos
William A.billd Treland
Frederick Bopper
Richard F. Duicalt
Ambrose Bierce
Ohio Pastors' Convention Opens With Noted Clergy Talks
About 2000 ministers gather in Columbus for the 34th annual Ohio Pastors' Convention. Speakers include Dr Liston Pope of Yale Divinity School and Dr H Conrad Hoyer of the National Lutheran Council. The event closes with the finals of the Prince of Peace Declamation Contest among 5000 entrants.
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Columbus
Ohio
Liston Pope
Yale University Divinity School
C. Oscar Johnson
Third Baptist Church of
H. Conrad Hoyer
Natiional Lutheran Council
Prince of Peace
Oho Council of Churches
By Any Other Name
Dr. Alan Nunn May plans to change his name after leaving an English prison on New Year’s Eve. He hopes to teach physics but not work in atomic science, staying clear of his past atom spying.
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Alan Nunn May
Books You May Enjoy This Spring at the Elyria Library
With spring hints in the air, Elyria Public Library invites readers to browse decor magazines and home decorating books. Highlights include Better Homes and Gardens and Good Housekeeping, plus Sherwin-Williams volumes and Early American Decorating by Esther Stevens Brazer.
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Elyria Public Library
Better Homes and Gardens
House and Garden
House Beautiful
Good Housekeeping
Sherwin-Williams
Esther Stevens Brazer
Peg Hall
How to Know American Antiques and Antike Reproductions
A reader learns the library offers talks on antiques and reproductions and a display of cookbooks. The library room hosts material on upholstery, slipcovers, drapes, and home furnishing ideas to aid spring decorating.
Elyria financial outlook improves with assessor figures
Ten years ago Elyria showed a $4,690,378 rise in total valuations, lifting the financial picture versus the prior year. American colleges faced enrollment dips as drafted young men reduced campus populations while only those designated for further training would attend.
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Elyna
Elyria
Ohio
R C Maston
Young Matrons Club Raid Stuns Toledo Meeting
Police swept a YWCA building in Toledo to raid a Young Matrons Club gathering of 125 women. Officers declared the raid a pinch while promising further investigation into gambling halls.
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Toledo
YWCA
Warren Strike Ends at Mullins Liberty Plant
A three day stoppage by 900 United Steelworkers CIO members at Mullins Manufacturing Co Liberty plant ended as workers returned to production of artillery shells while negotiations settle seniority rights.
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Warren
Liberty
Mullins Manufacturing Co
United Steelworkers Cio Union
Meat Loaf Recipes for Moist Dinner Staples
A recipe collection offering moist meat loaf for six, plus croquettes from leftovers and a shrimp soup option. Includes ingredients like bottom round, onions, shredded wheat, bacon topping, and a shrimp cheese soup for four to six. Steps cover mixing, baking, frying, and finishing.
Points for Parents Not This Mother
A mother urges children to self rely in a lesson on responsibility. The piece argues the key factor is the mother stopping to do things for her child and pushing them to remember lunch money horn and library book.
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Dorothy Funk
Charles Farrar Browne
Artemas Ward
Kin Hubbard
Abe Martin
David Ross Lock
Petroleum V. Nasy
Philancer Chase
Kenyon College
Willliam Rainey Harper
University of Chicago
Thomas W. Harvey
Horace Mann
Antoch College
Wiliam Holmes McGuffey
Reader
Joseph Ray
Ray
William Henry Veneble
Adam Wagnalls
Lst
James
Cleveland Adobe
Cincinnati Observatory
US Weather Bureau
John Harris
Bainbridge
Ernest J. King
Kennesaw Mounts
Landis
Adelph S. Ochs
Alfred Kelley
Buider
Ths
United States
Buckeye
Fulton Funeral Home
Grafton, Ohio
Tirpitz
Tromso i Fjord
Norway
Tromso
Karachi
Pakistan
Moele Sales and Distributing CO
Lodi ST
Fci
ETSOL
Roberta Ray Blanchard
Richard Nixon
Eft
Arthur Summerfield
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Wulfred T Grenfell
Elyria High School
Community Chest
Stamens
Broadway
Lara
C-T
Marseilles Ave
California Ceramic
China
Penney
Rondo
Calicos
Rome
Dubn & Ofite
By Alice Denhoff
Edyth Thomas Wallace
Oresee In
Penney’s
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