Scarborough School Hosts May Day Visit From New York
New York columnist Charles B. Driscoll writes from Manhattan about May Day memories and a visit to Scarborough School on the Ossining riverfront. He praises the school’s democratic chair, faculty selection, and student interactions while noting cultural figures and hotel stationery quirks from his travels.
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Stanley Walker
New York
Philadelphia
Walker
Texas
Mrs. Astor
Low Percentage Of Reactions To Skin Tests In Elyria
Elyria health workers report only 37 positive tuberculin skin reactions among 613 school children tested this month, about six percent, lower than usual. Dr. G. E. French notes positive results signal possible infection, not disease, and urges follow up X rays.
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Elyria
G. E. French
Kathryn Fulton
Mabel Ellis
French
Fulton
Board of Health
E. G. Curtiss
G. W. Savage
Gerald C. Stang
May Day Greased Pole Contest Origins in Saxony
An ancient Saxony tale describes a tree cut on May Day stripped to a green tuft used to tie ribbons, sausages and prizes. Youths then climbed the pole to claim souvenirs marking the grease pole contests at county fairs.
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Saxony
Missing heir question heats Kentucky feud in Crandon tale
In a Kentucky setting Jerry Crandon a penniless novelist leads a trailer life near Judge Weatherford and his granddaughter Mercedes seventeen. A radio hint of a Crandon estate heir sparks reporters to probe while romance blooms between Jerry and Mercedes as tension with Blake Feaster grows.
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Jerry Crandon
Indiana
Kentucky
Judge Weatherford
Mercedes
Jerry
Crandon
Blake Feaster
Blake
Grandad
Erry
Crandan
Dreaming of a Crandon Birthright Amid Hidden Threats
Jerry Crandon travels to the city to investigate his birthright to the Crandon estate and to broker his future with Mercedes. He reads a threatening note from Gerald Crandon Jr warns him to leave Kentucky or face danger as the serial continues.
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Ashton
Mercedes
Grandpa
Jerry
Gerald Crandon
Kentucky
Indiana
Weatherford
Gerald Crandon, Jr
Finnegan Couple Return From Wedding Trip
Brownhelm Mr and Mrs Farrell Finnegan returned Monday evening from a short wedding trip and are living with Mrs Ethel Bechtel. The bride Gertrude McQueen daughter of Milo and Mrs McQueen is a Brownhelm High School and Oberlin School of Commerce graduate and works at Amherst Hardware Co. The marriage took place on Saturday April 22.
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Farrell Finnegan
Northeims Begin New House Near Current Home
Mr and Mrs Conrad Northeim plan a new residence just south of their existing dwelling. Provincial building activity in Lithuania has provided employment for town residents who were idle.
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Conrad Northeim
Lithuania
Lorain County Sees Sharp Drop in Severe Industrial Accidents
Industrial accidents in Lorain County fell in severity last month with four fewer serious events than February. Total claims reached 227, no fatalities occurred versus February’s two, and time loss dropped to about 1,788 days from 10,308. A partial disability total of two compared with four prior.
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Lorain County
Thomas P. Kearns
Division of Safety and Hygiene
Ohio Industrial Commission
Violent rumblings shake Honduran gulf coast area
Residents along the Gulf of Fonseca report smoky clouds and rising crumbles from Diente Blanca Mountain in Honduras causing alarm as nearby hills appear to sink.
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Diente Blanca
Honduras
Gulf of Fonseca
Ohio Guard Officer's Wife Buys Vendor To Silence Complaints
A Ohio State Reformatory officer credits Vendor with curing long standing ailments from constipation to nervous fatigue and kidney discomfort. He praises Vendol as a grand medicine made from nature and urges readers to consult Phillips Drug Store and leading druggists about Vendor.
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Ohio Guard
H. A. Welsh
Ohio State Reformatory
Ashland
Ohio
Phillips Drug Store
Broad St
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Hal O'Flaherty
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United Feature Syndicate
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Ercedes
Chronicle-Telegram
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