Professor Azariah Root Passes At Oberlin
Sorrow fills Oberlin as Professor Azariah Smith Root dies at 65 after forty years as college librarian and a founder of the Anti Saloon League. A bibliography expert, he served two years in Army libraries, shaping national and Oberlin College affairs with steadfast prohibition advocacy and deep spiritual ideals.
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Oberlin
Azariah Smith Root
Anti-Saloon League of America
American College
Oberlin College
Root
October’s turn brings harvest and new beginnings
The passage reflects on October as a season of change, harvest, and renewed energy. It notes frost, blooming apples, fading roses, and autumn mood, framing October as a vivid, transforming period that signals work ahead and a fresh start before winter. Emily Dickinson is cited as the muse for seasonal mood.
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Frost King
Canada Grows on Exports and Frontier Expansion
The article notes Canada’s population rising from 3.5 million to 10 million in a century and accelerating since World War I. It highlights reliance on foreign markets for exports, expansion of wheat lands, minerals, and timber, and concern over forest depletion alongside rising competition with the United States in global wheat, mineral, and lumber trade.
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Canada
United States
Dominion
Europe
England
Diet and Health: Slumped Stomach Sisters Seek Weight Gain
A reader asks about a sagging stomach and underweight at 43. The columnist explains enteroptosis, suggests abdominal exercises, a snug binder or corset, gradual higher calories, and specific foods like eggs and orange juice, plus rest and mental poise.
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Hubbard
Yesterday's anniversaries today recap
A list of notable anniversaries and birth dates including Mt Holy oxe Seminary cornerstone in 1836, Cres cent City ship boarded in 1852, Missouri state fair opening in 1853, Tembrandt Peale death in 1860, James Gibbons becoming Baltimore archbishop, 1883 Episcopal convention in Philadelphia, and various 19th century to early 20th century birthdays and events.
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Mt. Holyoxe Seminary
America
Crescent City
Havana
Missouri
Boonville
Tembrandt Peale
Washington
Philadelphia
Bucks County
James Gibbons
Baltimore
Protestant Episcopal Church
Christchurch
Prince Meurice of Battenberg
Queen Victoria
Balmoral
France
Treves
Prussia
Turkey
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Republic
Conventions Open Across Cities in United States Today
The article notes multiple meetings today including the AFL convention in Los Angeles, the American Humane Association in Indianapolis, and the National Woman's Trade Union League in New York planning education campaigns. Also on today’s schedule are hearings by the FTC in Chicago on ad practices and ICC hearings in Minneapolis on railroad consolidations.
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American Federation of Labor
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
American Humane Association
Federal Trade Commission
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Minneapolis
Inter-state Commerce Commission
Denver Lbor College
Ed F. Jackson
Indiana
National Woman's Trade Union League
New York
South
Notable Texan Senator Praises Peace Amid Zeppelins Fears
Morris Sheppard, Texas politician and long serving U S Senator, discusses the need for universal peace as aviation and air power raise new military risks. He notes aircraft advances and airship capabilities as part of a grim forecast for future war and urges diplomacy over force.
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Morris Sheppard
United States
Texas
Wheatonville
Tex
University of Texas
Sheppard
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Earth
Marshall Foch Hes
The One Minute Pulpit Verse Paraphrase
Compact selection quotes Proverbs X 18 to 21 about hatred slander and wisdom. It warns that excess speech breeds sin while righteous words nourish many and gold is weighed by the tongue of the just.
Pittsfield Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs Willis Coats of Lorain visited Pittsfield to spend Wednesday and Thursday with Mr and Mrs Ray Brasee and joined Mrs Carl Brandt for Thursday afternoon. Mrs Alice McRoberts of Elyria was with cousin Mrs M G Peard and Stanley Garrett and daughters on Thursday. Mrs Roy Widdowson and Sara Garrett attended the funeral of E H Garrett in Toledo, burial in Toledo. Mra Sexton of Elyria filled in as teacher in District No 2 during Mrs Murray’s illness. Mr and Mrs P Lincoln returned from Hart Michigan visit. Lawrence Bohn of Elyria spent time in town.
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Exacy
Perry Mehrman
Fanny West
Cleveland
Grace West
Nettie West
W. W Whiting
C. Petree
Wakeman
Charles Whitney
Lloyd Moore
Grant Pitts
F. C. Betts
Dorothy Smith
Penfield
Abbie Willems
Alma Archer
Massillon
Fred C. Brandt
Evelyn
Frances Brandt
Herman Kenley
Jack
Betty and
Ice
Davenport
Iowa
Nellie McRoberts
M.G Peard
Kenley
Elsier McRoberts
William McRoberts
Ilinois
T. E Schubert
Pittsfield
Willis Coats
Lorain
Ray Brasee
Carl Brandt
Alice McRoberts
Ely Tia
M. G. Peard
Stanley Garrett
Roy Widdowson
Sara Garrett
E. H. Garrett
Toledo
Chicago
Mra Sexton
Elyria
Lucile Murray
Murray
P. Lincoln
Hart
Michigan
Lawrence Bohn
E MARTIN RET some Orkney Island travel note
A fragment notes limited travel and mentions Orkney Island as a place with some significance to a county treasurer kingo. It also references Mica Tawney Apple bearing a hand grenade for filming.
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Orkney Island
GIN THE GINA Seeks the Easy Chair in Strange Rooms
A 1927 tale narrates a self centered intruder who claims the first seat in any unfamiliar home. The speaker, aware of others' needs, prioritizes personal comfort with blunt arrogance and a confident claim to the prime chair. The narrator’s stance and actions define their intruding manner and disregard for others.
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Gink
Republic Syndicate, Inc
Miss Gildersleeve Celebrates Golden Anniversary at Barnard
One of America's leading women educators Miss Virginia Gildersleeve marks her fiftieth birthday today. She has served for over fifteen years as dean of Barnard College the women’s school of Columbia University in New York City.
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Virginia Gildersleeve
Miss Gildersleeve
Barnard College
Columbia University
New York City
Columbia
Dean Gildersleeve
Misa Gildersleeve
Local family notes and substitute teacher duty in Amherst
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Scott visited their daughter Mrs. Edward Haynes and family in Rocky River. Mrs. Lola Wigerts filled in at South Amherst schools this week. A. W. Jones spent the week-end.
Local Entourage of West Unity Residents Noted in Week's Activities
O B F Rawson returns to son Charles in West Unity after two weeks with Pittsfield and Elyria relatives. Families honor Mrs C S Adams birthday with dinner at Hotel Newell Elyria. Various local residents visit Elyria Cleveland Penninsula LaPorte and Indiana. Camp Fire Girls hike postponed due to bad weather. L L Wheeler travels by auto through southern Ohio.
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Elyria
West Unity
O. B. F. Rawson
Charles
Pittsfield
C. S. Adams
Newell
Wilma Keller
Sttle
Harriet
Reid Biggs
Penfield
George Nichols
John Underhill
Cleveland
F. B. Gott
G. B. Rawson
P. Sage
B H. Ryan
Penninsula
Kenneth Law
Lewis van Arsdale
LaPorte
James Siward
Frank L. Wolcott
Norma
Indiana
Wilkers
L. L. Wheeler
Ohio
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Maytag Company
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