Library Edges Special Girl Scout Book Shelf In Elyria
The Elyria Public Library has arranged a dedicated shelf of Girl Scout titles for summer study and badge work. The shelf features works from the Girl Scout Manual and titles by Anne Kelleher and various authors, spanning crafts, navigation, nature, music, geography, and literature.
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Elyria Public Library
Anne Kelleher
Lorain
Elyria
Juliette Low
Choate
Ferris
Newell
Williamson
Baker
Sam
Reed
North America
Gilbert
Fox
Berry
Ernst
Mathews
Hawskworth
Fuller
Beard
Paterson
Comstock
Maeterlinck
Nelson
Miller
Buchanan
Townsen
Seton
Salomon
Bailey
Wilder
The Autobiography of Hon George Metcalf excerpt
The narrative discusses postwar reconstructions and enfranchisement as well as social tensions in the South. It recounts debates over whether freedpeople should emigrate or stay, the political shift toward Republican dominance, and the desire to protect landowners' rights while extending voting. The author travels toward Austin to teach in a freedmen funded school, facing isolation on an island after disrupted travel.
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Republican Party
South
Vicksburg
George M’gee
Congress
Pease
Austin
Tunica County
Mississippi
Freedmen’s Bureau
KKK
Helena
Robinson Crusoe
John the Revelator
Isle of
Patmos
Daruma Sukiyaki Spot and New York Reflections
A narrator recalls dining at Daruma on Sixth Avenue, noting its plain charm, Japanese clientele, and simple beef tenderloin sukiyaki. The piece also brushes past cultural portraits, watch collecting by Henry Graves Jr., a comic county fair memory of Mort Morgan, and a critique of Queensboro Bridge paint amid World’s Fair anticipation.
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New York
Sixth Avenue
Daruma
Broadway
Times Square
Henry Graves, Jr
Geneva
Switzerland
Fifth Avenue
Graves
Mort Morgan
Mort
Kansas City
Goats Cause Barn Fire Killing Pigs Cattle and Horse
A barn on Leo Smith's farm near Salina New York burned to death ten pigs two cows six goats two rabbits and a horse after a goat kicked over a lantern. Smith escaped by leaping 14 feet from a hayloft.
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Salina
N. Y
Leo Smith
Smith
Ohio State to Add Tower Club for 120 Scholars
Columbus Ohio. A third section will be added soon to the Hotel De Stadium Tower Club at Ohio State University enabling 120 more selected scholars to attend the university this year at a very small living cost.
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Columbus. O
Ohio State University
Lake Erie fishing boom boosts Cleveland area catches
Lake Erie's fishing industry reports strong activity with higher white fish returns and more blue pike, while perch catches hold steady. The Cleveland area notes improved year over year results and increased fishing business.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Parade Day Tag Day in Youngstown Parade Police Trial
Police in Youngstown Ohio decided to test a new approach after noting many missing children during parades. They tried tagging children to improve safety and identification during the event.
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Youngstown
Officials Charge Suspension Obtained Illegally in A W W
Toledo dispatch reports President Homer Martin of the United Automobile Workers Union faces charges from four of five suspended officials asserting their suspension was obtained illegally. The four include George Addes and Richard Frankensteen with others from Detroit Milwaukee and local pledges accuse Martin of involvement as a stool pigeon and accuse Fred C Piper of wire tapping.
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Toledo
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers Union
Martin
Fred C. Piper
Finance Committee
George Addes
Secretary-Treasury
Boy Shot To Death In Ohio Accidental Shooting
Colligan Bourgeois age 12 died after a playmate William Ellery age 13 fired a rifle while boys played. Witnesses say the incident happened yesterday in Shelby Ohio and authorities are investigating the accidental shooting involving the Bourgeois family.
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Shelby
Colligan Bourgeois
A. M. Bourgeois
William Ellery
Boston Patrolman Hit by Stray Lead During Shooting Gallery Incident
Patrolman Michael McNulty was struck on the right cheek by a stray bullet from a nearby shooting gallery. Investigation tracks the errant shot to the gallery as the cause of the injury.
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Boston
Michael McNulty
Coach from Holliday livery joins Horner museum display
In Corvallis Oregon stagecoach from the Ben Holliday livery, dating before 1860, has been placed in the Horner Museum at Oregon State College. The coach is linked to Mark Twain's Roughing It and Horace Greeley’s ride described by Twain.
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Corvallis
Ore
Ben Holliday
Horner
Oregon State College
Mark Twain
Horace Greeley
Pioneer New York
Tagging of Youngs townsters succeeds
A tagging program for residents of Youngs town proved successful as the initiative completed its planned census update and identified all individuals tagged in the community. Local officials praised the effort for improving safety and service delivery.
Davey challenges Sawyer to repudiate Lewis in radio blast
Gov. Martin L Davey in a Cincinnati radio broadcast urges Democratic rival Charles Sawyer to repudiate John L Lewis and the CIO. He says Sawyer seeks support from the CIO leader and even invited a Communist CIO lawyer from Toledo to Cincinnati for campaign aid, accusing Sawyer of courting un-American labor enemies. Hostile demonstrations by alleged communist supporters are cited as evidence.
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Cincinnati
iPe
Charles Sawyer
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Martin L Davey
Davey
Sawyer
CIO
Toledo
John Lewis
County awards jail sanitation upgrade bid to Amherst Hardware
County commissioners let a jail improvement contract to Amherst Hardware Company for 8,994.94 dollars, the low bid among three. The project will modernize sanitation facilities to meet state building and plumbing standards.
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Amherst Harware Company
Youth Killed In Crash Near New Matamoras
Hyman Faulkner 19 of Kinston North Carolina died in a two car crash at New Matamoras Ohio in the early hours. James Woodruff 21 of Madisonville Kentucky and Paul Norman 21 of Kinston were seriously injured after the vehicle they were in reportedly lost control.
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Marietta, O
Hyman Faulkner
Kinston
N. C
New Matamoras
James Woodruff
Madisonville
Paul Norman
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