Oberlin hosts large missionary rally with students from many colleges
Nearly 400 delegates from sixteen northern Ohio colleges attended Oberlin college as host of the student volunteer union convention. Highlights included a banquet, talks by Henry Church, Fred R. Bunker, and Dr. Harry F. Ward, debates on mission work, Shansi Day remarks, and a short story contest for local high school students with cash prizes.
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Oberlin
Ohio
Student Volunteer Union of
Morthern Ohio
Oberlin College
Henry Church
Kins
Fred R. Bunker
Interchurch World Movement
Harry F. Ward
Union Theological Seminary
World Brotherhood
Findlay College
Cleveland Hible Institute
Find- Jny
Cleveland
Charles F. Wishart
Wooster, College
Shans
China
Women Relied Corps Birthday Social at G A R Hall
The Women s Relief Corps held its birthday social Friday at the G A R Hall. More than one hundred attended a supper served at 370. Miss Edith Metcalf spoke of her experiences in France during the war, recalling base hospital wards south of Paris and praising soldiers of all nationalities.
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Women’s Relief Corps
G. A. R. Hall
Oberiia
Women's Relief Corps
Wdith Metcalf
France
Oberlin Faces Denison in Season Finale Showdown
Oberlin's basketball team hosts Denison tonight in a bid to finish the season with a victory. The Granville quintet is seen as dangerous, with Denison recent strong form marking them as a top state rival. Oberlin relies on Freyard Hubert to curb Owen-Retig’s scoring edge.
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Oberlin
Denison
Granville
Baptist
Astonight
Case Qberlin
Freyard Hubert
Owen-Retig
Glenn E Plumb to Speak at Oberlin Church Sunday
Glenn E Plumb, Oberlin graduate and author of the Plums railway plan, will address the men’s league of the First Congregational church Sunday at 9 45 am in the church auditorium. He has practiced law in Chicago since 1895 after Northwestern University.
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Oberlin
Glenn E Plum
Men’s League of the First Congregational Church
Plumb
Chicago
Northwestern University
Ambition Brand Wendell's Pills Promote Nervous Relief
An advertisement touts Ambition Brand Wendell's Pills as a remedy for nervous disorders, despondency, and fatigue caused by overindulgence or overwork. It claims they restore vigor and calm the nerves, sold for cents under maker authorization.
Town Meeting Scheduled on Sunday About Industrial Questions
Town residents are invited to a Sunday meeting during Sunday school at the church auditorium to discuss industrial questions and plans. The event aims to engage even opponents and to gather broad input from Allmen of the town.
Oberlin Social Notes March Meetings and Events
Oberlin notices list March gatherings for local clubs including the History department meeting at 8 oclock PM Mrs Budington hosts at 34 South Cedar Street and the Woodland Avenue Thimble Bee with MrsCondery. Other meetings include the Literary and Social club at 230 oclock, West Lorain Street Neighborhood club at 192 West Lorain, Southwest Sewing group at 128 Morgan, and regular WOR Co session at GAH hall.
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W. C. Christy
Oberlin
Oberlin Woman's
A. Budington
South Cedar Street
Woodland Avenue
Bee
M Condery
Literary and Social Club
Burkiew
WOR Co
GAH
Oberlin Circle
Child's Conservation League of America
WF. Lehir
WCYTU
Pyle Inn
Br. Cochran
London
Habitual Criminal Given Life Sentence in Local Court
Indianapolis March 6 Howaro Cerf thirty was sentenced to life imprisonment by a jury after trial for grand larceny and habitual criminal. The theft involved an automobile last November. The sentence marks the first use of the habitual offender statute in a local court. Cerf was previously convicted of burglary in Kansas and larceny in this state.
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Indianapolis
Mareh
Howara Cerf
Lfe
Kansas
Shoe Box Mystery Investigated in Ashland Creek
An infant was found dead in a shoe box drifting down a swollen Ashland creek. Coroner Dotterweich’s team investigates a possible murder and disposal of the child.
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Ashland
March
Swollen Creek
Dotterweichs
Fire destroys Elkwood Casting plant near Cincinnati
A blaze at the Elkwood Casting Company plant in St Bernard and nearby works caused about 500000 in damage. Fire crews from Cincinnati fought the flames, destroying the plant save for one office building and spoiling patterns and equipment valued at roughly 250000.
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Cincinnati
Elkwood Casting Company
St Bernard
Los
Cincinnpat
Lorain city police reorganized into a six rank force
March dispatches reveal a city ordinance in Lorain Ohio creating a formal police structure with a chief, captain, three lieutenants, three sergeants, nine detectives and forty two patrolmen. Starting salaries range from 1890 to 3000 dollars amid a plan to build thirty homes. Also noted is the absence of the sanitary officer and city solicitor as the bridge remains blocked.
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Lorain
Ourat Nance
Have Color in Cheeks From Olive Tablets Adverted
An advertisement promotes Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable compound that clears the liver and bowels like calomel without after effects. It claims improved skin, bright eyes, and buoyancy, urging nightly use for constipation relief and noting masses sold at 10c and 25c.
La Grange girl raises big sum for Serbians
Madame Caroline Bartlett and Canon Savage have secured pledges totaling three hundred thousand dollars for Serbian orphans through meetings across the United States. A Rochester Chamber of Commerce gathering yielded ten thousand dollars for the cause, while Bartlett demands Doctor Fitch answer for discrediting her loyalty. Authorities in the U.S. have traced the matter to Fitch with no response from him.
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Madame Caroline Bartlett
Canon Savase
United States
Serbia
Canon Savage
England
Madame Bartlett
Rochester
Chamber of Commerce
Doctor Fitch
Bartletrey
Rochester Chamber of Commerce
Chanmahes of Commerce
Milks Emulsion touted as cure for child pneumonia and weakness
An advertisement claims Milks Emulsion restores appetite and strengthens health in children with lung trouble and wasting. It describes a Dayton parent praising its effects on a ten year old with chronic pneumonia, notes pleasant taste, digestive benefits, and a money back guarantee with pricing at 60 cents and one dollar per bottle.
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Mr G
Maple St. Dayton
Omulaton Co
Terre Haute
Fragmentary notes on a woman's wartime service and press SLIGHTS
Fragments claim unfounded charges harmed a woman's country work during the war in France. The text notes a doctor attached later and references jealousy and publicized slander affecting her efforts.
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France
Theurgeons
Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges Across Town
Admissions include Mrs Margaret Tob at Irondale Street. Discharges list Mrs Fred Zimmerman and baby in Cleveland, Mrs Chas Pitts and baby in Ridgeville, Mrs J Pemberthy and baby on East Broad Street, Frank Huffman on Prospect Street, Alfred Nash on Winckles Street.
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Margaret Tobis
Irondale St
Fred Zimmerman
Cleveland
Chas Pitts
Ridgeville
J. €. Pemberthy
East Broad St
Frank Huffman
Prospect St
Alfred Nash
Winckles St
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