State Briefs Across Towns Highlight Turbulent July Weather
The cloudburst in three townships in the lower Hocking valley wrecked more than thirty structures and damaged roads. In other briefs, Chas etta’s police chief duties were shifted, Rick ette named to replace Henry Ohlinger after a fatal motor accident, and Victoria Varga, Defiance County’s first woman bootlegger, paid a $600 fine. Akron warns about shirkers, Lima reports a divorce over a wife’s ties to spirits, Columbus plans Elks special trains for Boston, and Mansfield notes Roy West’s release from reform school after 17 months with his mother.
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Hocking
Roy
Chasetta
Sauvage
Rickette
Henry Ohlinger
Dan Roush
Defiance
Defiance County
Victoria Varga
Siagal- Jone
Varga
Magnus Johnson's Rise and Campaign With Suspenders
Friends recount Magnus Johnson from Minnesota rising to the U.S. Senate by humble means during his bid against Gov. J A C Preus. A humorous tale notes he shed his coat as a sign of frugality and diligence.
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Magnus Johnson
Minnesota
J. A. C. Preus
Johnson
Local notices and social events from Columbia and Columbus
Columbia notes record birthdays visits and church activities plus a July 18 funeral for Wilbur Smith with regional relatives in attendance. Social groups meet on farms and at churches while youth lessons begin in band training. In Columbus two Black men duel over ballplayer debates, causing a window to be shattered.
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Columbia
P. G Worcester
Oberlin
Robert Squire
Odd Fellows
Bert Adams
Adams
George Hance
Methodist Church
Walter Adams
Berea
Grange
Methodist Sunday School
John Offenburge
Alice Grills
Cleveland
Olive Tighe
Wilbur
Emil Smith
C. H. Wood
Fields
Elyria
Robert Morlock
Washington
Misse Burnett
Faith Warne Jacquay
Wendell Wood
Rolland Cartwright
Fortune Bros
The
Baptist Church
Rex Putt
Lee Walker
India
J M Longdon
Claude Adams
Vernon Rundle
Nellie Weitzel
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Akron
Shirkers
Tha Akron Better Business”Association
Wackerer
Lima
Blatche Shank
David Shank
Continental
Common Pleas
Shank
Columbus
Ohio Elks
Boston
Ahiio Elks
Atlanta
John G Price
Mansfield
Roy West
North Carolina
Mansfeld Reformatory
West
the Melody Music Shoppe Co
Broad ST
Liberal
West Broad Street
J. H. Bartter
Knights of Old
Elmer Gooder
Jeposit Ling
Gaisa
Leela Eed
Lens Boot Sha
LOS Atov
Topkiss
Dimity
Amoskeag
Hill
Nate
Broad ST. Elyria
ALWA
Norman
Bray
Ace Land
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