Chautauqua reshapes after war with debt relief plan
The Chautauqua Institution announces a six hundred thousand dollar program to wipe debts tied to war activities and expand postwar offerings. It aims to transform the summer school into a broader peace-time Americana hub with new programs, speakers, and resumed patronage as it moves past the war era.
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Chautauqua
Fist Y. W. GC
Lana Army
Chautauqua Lake
Plattsburg
America
Home Agent Program Expands in Lorain County
A new bill by the state legislature authorizes county commissioners to fund home demonstration agents in any Ohio county for five years. The measure allows appropriations beyond the existing $1,500 limit and requires at least $1,000 annually after initial staffing, extending county support for youth and home demonstration work.
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WEW
Ohio
Coram Football Team Starts Fall Training
The Coram football team begins fall practice this week in preparation for the upcoming season. The local squad, the first to organize for the fall sport, aims to build readiness for high school play.
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CORAM
Doram
Stroller A Tc
Late News of Today Columnus July 14
A collection of brief items from July 14 reports Leroy Milling and Adam Balezik recaptured after escape in Columbus, a death sentence awaiting electrocution in Ohio, taxi strike tensions in Milwaukee, wage demands in Chicago, Frank Younb named head of blind school in Alexandra, and a jail gospel singing ban in Chatham County during a jailbreak attempt. An auto accident near Hunting Creek killed two officers and four enlisted men, with eleven soldiers injured.
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Columnus
Leroy Mulling
Adam Balezik
C. J. Starloff
Toledo
Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Frank Younb
Toy the Blind
State Board of Administration
Swob
Alexandra
Greater Hunting Creek
Here
Cornigen advertised by Elyria druggist
An Elyria druggist promotes a corn treatment named Cornigen claiming it removes corns and callouses quickly and prevents them from returning. The ad urges customers to tell friends and take the cutout to their local drugstore for purchase.
Dirigible B 34 lands after transatlantic run to England
The British airship B 34 landed safely at Pulham England completing a round trip from the British Isles to the United States and back in about 75 hours. The voyage faced head winds fog and an engine breakdown near Clifden Ireland but overall the mission finished without serious incident. Major Segsion led the crew noting sightseeing crowds over New York and estimated times for the journey.
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London
Pulham
England
British Isles
United States
Long Island
Roosevelt Field
Mineola
N. Y
New York
Roosevelt Fleet
East Fortune
America
Major Segsi
NC4
Trepassey
N. F
Horta
Azores
Alcock
Brown
St. Johns
Clifden
Ireland
G. H. Scott
Dirigible
Broadway
Newfoundland
Tess
Probe Ordered Into Cruelty to American Soldiers
Washington July 14 Investigation of charges of cruelty to American soldiers arrested in France and jailed near Paris will be conducted this week by a subcommittee of the House committee probing war expenditures. Rep Dallinger Republican of Massachusetts urged inquiry into alleged beatings starvation and savage treatment, saying some men were forced to bleed faint and even prefer death.
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Washington
France
Paris
Special
House Committee
House
Representative Dallinger
Massachusetts
Dallinger
Mr. Dallinfer
Andersonville
Arrest Two Boys For Theft Of Automobile In Amherst
Amherst July 1 Marshall Williams Miller returned from Toledo with Bonna Lamont and Robert Navison in charge of Robert Cromwell s Ford sedan stolen three days after delivery.
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Amherst
Marshall Wiliam Miller
Toedo
Bonna Lamont
Robert Navison
Robert Cromwell
Pleasantville Reunion and Local Happenings Rise
Pleasantville notes report the Tran reunion held Saturday June 28 with 66 attendees. Residents plan the next reunion at Mr and Mrs Wesley Tran home. Visitors include Audrey Bebner of Cleveland staying with grandparents, Wildermuths from Marion, Eichenburg family from Cleveland, and Milton Behner buying a Ford sedan. Insight on local visits and rumors of a wedding in the area.
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Woughon
Cleveland
Milton Behner
John Lahiff
Lahiff
Wesley Tran
Anc
Christena Wildermuth
Henry Bebner
Vernon Wheeler and Son
Elyria
A. Beckett
L L. Wheeler
Peage Treaty Taken Up Today
The senate foreign relations committee met to plan actions on the peace treaty with no signs of definite agreed plans from both advocates and opponents. Leaders expect several resolutions to obtain papers from the state department as the committee studies the treaty over the coming weeks. Senator Swanson plans a prepared address as debate resumes on treaty topics.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Wilson
State Department
Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Japan
Germany
Borah
Idago
Lansing
House
Bliss
Shantung
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Costa Rica
Swanson
Virginia
Buttermilk Ban Hinted If Prohibition Strictly Enforced
Westfield July 14 Professors voice view that buttermilk should be banned under strict prohibition. Prof L B Allyn of the State summer school notes buttermilk seldom has less than 1 percent alcohol and increases with fermentation.
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Westfield
N. 3
L. B. Allyn
Kerosene Air Shipment For France From Tampico Cleared
The first kerosene air shipment to France from Tampico was loaded aboard a British tank vessel that cleared Havre and Rouen carrying 1800 tons in bulk. The cargo was consigned directly to the government of France.
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France
Tampico
Havra
Rouen
Local Officer Returns After Year Overseas
First Lieutenant Bon Sawyer of this city is due home in a few days after his contingent arrived in New York aboard the liner Imperator. He has been in France for over a year with no company from the South. Mrs Sawyer will join him at Camp Sherman if he is demobilized there, else he may be sent to an eastern camp.
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Bon Sawyer
New York
Imperator
Sawyer
France
Iouth
Camn Sherman
Husband seeks help in locating missing Lorain wife
Feliz Papas asks police to locate his wife who vanished after going to fetch water near the Lorain Ashland and Southern tracks last Wednesday night. An empty bucket was found near the car tracks. Five children remain.
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Lorain
Feliz Papas
Ise
Foul
Ashland & Southern
Wellington to Have Improved Phone System
Wellington July 14 The Wellington Telephone Co by its stock holders voted to increase capitalization from 23009 to 120000 A modern switchboard and plant will be installed to be completed by January 1
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Wellington
Wellington Telephone Co
President Wilson Cousin Called Heroine of Courwai
Miss Mary Cunningham, a cousin of President Wilson, earns the title Heroine of Courwai for remaining in her home throughout the German occupation. The Ulster woman endured a shattered house with windows blown out and furniture burned for fuel yet she stayed, despite hardship.
Former Lorain Teen Killed Stopping Runaway Horses
Lorain Ohio July 14 Wallace Brewster a former high school student was killed at Cunestota North when he tried to stop a runaway carriage from hitting two children. The team of horses bolted and tripped him, causing fatal injuries as he lost his grip on the wagon’s reins.
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Lorain
Wallace Brewster
Cunestota
Irya
Tran
Hohh
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Chatham County
W. W. Ballentine
Mason, Atlantic
Underwood & Underwood
Chronicle-Telegram
Pleasantville
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C. W. Phillips
Redington
Susan
National Biscuit Company
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Starr Piano Company
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