Ohio Naval Militia Joins Lake Erie Maneuvers
Ohio's naval militia along with crews from Illinois Michigan Minnesota and Pennsylvania trained on Lake Erie aboard the U S S Essex and U S S Dora the Great Lakes naval station commander William A Moffett directed the maneuvers with Isle De Luzon as flagship Captain Anthony F Nicklett led Ohio boats and crews from Toledo Cleveland and the state fleet.
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Union News Service
Cleveland
Ohio
Jackies
Illinois
Michigan
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Essex
Toledo Company
Ohio Naval Militia
U. S
William A. Moffett
U. Ss. A
Naval Training Station
Great Lakes, Ill
U.S. 8
Isle de Luzon
Anthony F. Nicklett
Toledo
Secretary Seeks Costs For Small Canneries In Ohio
Columbus Ohio Renick W Dunlap secretary of the board of agriculture launches a study to obtain exact costs for home canning gear and the market for small daily outputs. He cites waste of thousands of dollars of fruit and vegetables yearly and notes a home cannery costing about 50 dollars can yield 3000 quarts daily. An Ohio State bulletin backs a setup costing 25 to 40 dollars for farmers to process garden produce.
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Columbus, O
Renick W. Dunlap
Board of Agriculture
Dunlap
Agricultural Extension Department of
Ohio State University
College of Agriculture
Miners Seek Work Over Charity in Ohio District
Columbus reports Forrest K Tipton and State Mine Commissioner Roan toured a Southern Ohio mining area where thousands rely on outside aid. Tipton said miners feel a fundamental problem must be addressed but their first need is work as they reject charity.
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Columbus
Forrest K. Tipton
Roan
Ohio
Congo
Corning
Tipton
Newark Gas Company Ordered to Serve City During Franchise
Judge Jewell ruled Newark Natural Gas and Fuel must furnish gas to Newark residents for the life of the franchise expiring March 1923. He also held Logan Natural Gas company has no separate existence and is the same as Newark.
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Newark
Jewell
Newark Natural Gas and Fuel Company
Logan Natural Gas Company
Newark Company
Bull Kills Prominent Farmer In Newbury Township
An enraged bull escaped and fatally gored Charles Zethmayr, a 56 year old well known Newbury Township farmer. He was walking with Mr and Mrs Hay and Marguerite and John Simon when the incident occurred. Zethmayr leaves two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charden
Charles Zethmayr
Hay
Marguerite
John Simon
Zethmayr
Newbury Township
Ohioan Killed in Foundry Explosion
James Conn, 47, was killed and two fellow workers were injured at Labelle Iron Works foundry. A molten metal splash occurred when water met hot metal during pouring, causing the blast and injuries to the victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Conn
Labelle Iron Works
Bibles Used In Saloons To Check Ages In Bellaire
Bellaire Ohio saloonkeepers enforce the wet regime by keeping Bibles behind the bar to verify buyers age. If unsure, the bartender has patrons swear on the Bible that they are over 21, turning away many would be customers.
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Bellaire, O
Buckeye Press Assn Meet to Convene at Cedar Point
W J Mor tal announces Buckeye Press Association mid-summer meeting at Cedar Point for three days starting Thursday August 19. Editors will enjoy boating fishing lake trips and sports with Sandusky Chamber inviting guests for a day and a Soldiers Home visit. This will be the largest Buckeye gathering as all publishers and editors in the state were invited to join and attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
W. J. Mortal
The
Buckeye Press Association
Cedar Point
Sandusky
Tax complaints denied by 1914 board ruling
More than 5,000 taxpayers face 1914 tax bills deemed unjust as the state tax commission rules the 1914 board could not hear those complaints. The 1915 board, which begins hearings Monday, only has jurisdiction over 1915 complaints. County Auditor Zangerle announced the decision.
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Cleveland
State Tax Commission
Zangerle
Board of
Buckeye Breevities: Ohio News Snippets
In Chardon an enraged bull fatally gored Charles Bethmayr after escaping its pasture. Marble Cliff votes five to two to retain a mayor. Oberlin reports two fatalities when a car overturns into a ditch en route to South Amherst. Kenton records the death of 16-year-old Richard Leslie from a shooting accident. Amherst notes William Kelch, a contractor, killed when his car overturned on the Brownhelm road.
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Chardon
Chas. Bethmayr
Columbus
Marble Cliff
Oberlin, O
South Amherst
Ohio
Amherst
William Kelch
Brownhelm Road
Here
Wet vote in Struthers Ohio signals change for village
Youngstown and Struthers Ohio residents voted wet by 343 to 329 in a Beal law election. In a prior wet and dry contest two years earlier Struthers had voted dry by 13. Canton prepares for immediate construction of a mile of factory buildings and a two million plus three million dollar United Steel operation.
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Youngstown
O.—Struthers
Here
Canton
United Steel Corporation
Newark Gas Escrow May See $300,000 Returned
If higher courts uphold Judge Harry Jewell of Delaware, Newark Natural Gas Co. must refund $300,000 held in escrow pending litigation to Newark gas consumers. In Cleveland, Harry K. Thaw is described as a coke magnate with an office there as he resumes his journey to the San Francisco Exposition after a night at Matteawan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark, O
Harry Jewell
Delaware
Newark Natural Gas Co
Newark Gas Consumers
Cleveland, O
Harry K. Thaw
Cleveland
Matteawan
San Francisco
Patients moved to new Lima state hospital by rail
Sixty eight patients from the Newburg State Asylum near Cleveland were transported in a special car to the new state hospital north of Lima on the Ohio Electric Railway under heavy guard.
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Lima, O
Newburg State Asylum
Cleveland
New State Hospital
Lima
Ohio Electric Railway
Transfer of 68 patients to Lima state hospital for criminal insane
Sixty eight male patients from Newburg state hospital were moved in a special car over the Pennsylvania railroad to the new state hospital for the criminal insane at Lima. Dr H Hyde superintendent and about a dozen guards led the transfer. The crowded conditions at the Cleveland facility were only slightly relieved by the move.
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Cleveland, O
Newburg State Hospital
Pennsylvania Railroad
New State Hospital
Lima
H. #. Hyde
Ohio Man Wins Free Marion Institute Scholarship
Fremont congressman A W Overmyer awards Clarence J Ball Reich of Tiffin a yearly scholarship at Marion Institute Alabama. The program funds one state per year to train candidates for the United States Naval Academy. Ball Reich led the Annapolis examination on July 10.
Dayton Sheriff Huffman Dies Suddenly at Home
Dayton Ohio, former Montgomery County sheriff and district tax deputy McCurdy Huffman, aged 37, died suddenly while seated in a chair at his home. A physician arrived too late to save him.
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Dayton, O
McCurdy Huffman
Montgomery County
Policeman Shot During Pursuit in Pomeroy Case
In Gallipolis Judge Peoples in common pleas court gave Night Policeman Ed Roberta of Pomeroy an indeterminate sentence to the Ohio penitentiary. Roberts was shot and killed by Rice 18 of Rutland whom he was pursuing to arrest.
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Gallipolis
Roberta
Pomeroy
Ohio Penitentiary
Peoples
Common Pleas
Roberts
Rice
Rutland
Remains of Man Found Five Miles From Eastland Scene
Federal grand jurors inspecting the Eastland disaster site note a man’s mutilated body recovered from the river five miles away. Divers report gruesome debris and fish rising as crews encircle the Hastland with a heavy cable to right the steamer. Volunteers and firemen assist in lifting operations as nets are laid and early identifications are tentative.
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Eastland
Chicago
Randolph Street Bridge
Federal Grand Jury
Hastland
Fire Department
Western Avenue
Sheldon
W. Gerewitz
West Thirteenth Street
Eight Die In Northwest Entry Mine Explosion Trapping 115
Eight are dead and fifty injured after an explosion at United Coal Mining Co Mine No 1 traps 115 miners in the northwest entry. At the time 375 men were in the mine. Cause undetermined, no cave‑in or coal fall occurred. several at risk of death.
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Christopher, II
United Coal Mining Company
German Warsaw Losses Reported in Major Allied Drive
London reports high German casualties as forces retreat along a line from the Gulf of Riga toward Warsaw and toward Galicia near Sokal. Estimates exceed 600000 men lost, with the Russian front still intact and the immense campaign continuing.
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London
Gulf of Riga
Warsaw
Sokal
Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt Injured in Plunge at Biltmore
Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt daughter of the late George W. Vanderbilt is resting comfortably after an operation to stop a ruptured blood vessel. The incident occurred while she was swimming to take up the Biltmore estate and made a sudden plunge.
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Asheville
N C
Cornelia Vanderbilt
George W. Vanderbilt
Biltmore
German Submarines Sweep Seas Sink Ten More Vessels
London reports German submarines in British waters have sunk ten ships, including neutrals from Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, in a single day bringing total losses to 25 in two days. Several sailors are missing, while crews were sometimes evacuated onto rescued ships. The Mangara, 1,821 tons, from Bilbao to West Hartlepool, was torpedoed off Suffolk with 18 crew aboard. Secretaries McNamara cites low overall British merchantman fatalities and few neutral losses since the war began.
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London
England
McNamara
Admiralty
Glasgow
Bilbao
Spain
West Hartlepool
Suffolk
Militia Called Out in Massena Bridge Clash at ALCO Plant
Three companies of New York state militia arrived to take charge after a riot at the Aluminum Company of America plant in Massena. Police were beaten, deputies wounded, and strikers dispersed by bayonet charges. The strike reportedly stems from wage demands amid wartime plant orders.
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Western
Union News Service
Massena
N. Y
Marine and
Two Sailors Die in Haiti Fighting
Secretary of the Navy announced that two American seamen were killed by snipers during the landing of Admiral Caperton's forces at Port au Prince, Haiti. A 500-marines regiment was ordered to embark on the battleship Connecticut in Philadelphia to sail to Port au Prince.
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Port Au Prince
Washington
Admiral Caperton
Haiti
Daniels
Heavy Guns Prove Most Effective on Carso Plateau
An official note from Rome dated July 29 describes operations on the Carso plateau. It states that in recent bloody engagements heavy artillery achieved the best results and that trenches after bombardment were invariably found full of dead.
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Rome
Carso
Roumania Reports Big Harvest For 3,000,000 Tons To Germany
A Bucharest dispatch notes Roumania has completed a very abundant harvest nearly everywhere. With the Dardanelles closed, it is expected about 3,000,000 tons of grain will be shipped to Germany.
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Roumania
London
Bucharest
The
Times
Dardanelles
Germany
Seven Die in City Heat and Drowning At Resorts
In New York seven persons died from drowning or heat in the city and vicinity. Over twenty were injured in automobile and motorcycle accidents. Coney Island and other seaside resorts had their busiest summer day with thousands guarding beaches through the night.
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New York
Coney Island
Marines Land in Port au Prince to Guard French Legation
Washington grants permission for French marines to land at Port-au-Prince Haiti to secure the French legation as Admiral Caperton oversees operations in the city and stability efforts continue in the region.
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Washington
France
United States
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Adm. Caperton
Cincinnati Market Prices For Grain Livestock And Dairy
Cincinnati market quotes list corn soybeans and oats prices, hay timothy and clover grades, wheat red No 2 and 3, poultry and eggs rates, butter dairy and cheese terms, cattle hogs sheep lambs and calves price ranges and typical buys for shippers butchers and packers across multiple grades and weights. Volume and unit details reflect 19th or early 20th century market reporting style with numerous cents per unit quotations and a mix of standard and special items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy
Philadelphia Officials Announce Great Temple Unearthed
Officials from the University of Pennsylvania Museum announce the discovery of a buried Egyptian temple in Memphis. Unearthed by the Eckley B. Coxe Jr expedition, the site yielded four thousand or more specimens, hailed as a milestone in modern Egyptology.
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Philadelphia
Memphis
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Eckley B. Coxe, Jr
Minnesota farmer reports prosperous Saskatchewan and Alberta
A Meyer from Bagley Minnesota writes of his Saskatchewan and Alberta visit noting many former local farmers now prospering with barns full of stock. He cites land from 160 acres upward, crops on 100 to 400 acres, bumper prospects, and lower prices for land and groceries compared to Minnesota though kerosene remains high. He urges others to seek new homes there.
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A. Meyer
Minnesota
Bagley Independent
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Clearwater
Polk
Minn
T. T
John Dahls
W. J
R. D. Holt
Martin Halmen
Ole Halvorson
Wm. Walker
Geo. Colby
Bagley
Syd
Five Years Since I Asked Her to Marry Me
The sandy drummer jokes about a planned celebration linked to a past proposal. A grocer clarifies the line as a wooden or proper wedding while the drummer confirms the intention to mark the anniversary of asking a girl to marry him, noting she said no.
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S. d
Beauty and the Beast Remark Sparks Witty Exchange
A sharp aside describes a “deucedly pretty girl” beside a “hideous bulldog” with a quip that she should have a man to soften the contrast. The bon mot captures a playful theater or social scene remark.
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Beauty
Changed His Mind
A dialogue fragment shows a couple in dispute over devotion with the wife challenging the husband to prove his love by dying, reflecting tension in their courtship.
Domestic Warfare of Matrimony Afloat
A father and son discuss high divorce rates using a nautical metaphor. The exchange likens marriages to a sea filled with floating mines, suggesting peril and instability in relationships.
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Lemuel
Paw
Peculiar Husband Spurred Gloves Comment at Social Tea
Mrs. Barker quips about her husband being a peculiar man who must be handled with gloves. Her friend jokes whether she means boxing or rubber gloves in a light social exchange.
Job Interview Skit Ends With Vegetarian Mismatch
A humorous exchange features a job applicant for a gardener position who boasts ten years of vegetable experience and a strict vegetarian stance. The interviewer mentions animal care, prompting the applicant to reveal his refusal to tend a horse and cow, highlighting the clash between meatless ideals and farm duties.
Hubby Will Economize
A humorous exchange about frugal living. The fiancée jokes that they will economize by giving up many things Jack needs, highlighting a lighthearted view of financial caution before marriage.
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Jack
The Purpose of Thrift in a Father Son Exchange
A father urges thrift to his son by describing a plan to save pennies for future carfare. The exchange emphasizes frugality and family guidance on money habits.
Tramp Told to Do Split for Dinner by Stern Feminist
A retired acrobat said at the door I am a tramp. A stern feminists demanded he perform the split for his dinner at the woodpile. The exchange reflects sharp social tension in a brief, pointed encounter.
Pleasing Father and the Aeroplane Purchase
Jinks defies his father’s uplift aim after college by using the initial check to buy an aeroplane. The exchange shows a turning point in his career path and ambitions.
Economizing Says Judge Sees Low Spending
Quote from Judge noting success in cutting expenses by charging everything and spending little this week while criticizing lack of business sense. The remark highlights frugality and financial prudence attributed to George.
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George
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Benjamin Oborn
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Teuton Warsaw
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Lake At Biltmore
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Bradley A. Fiske
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Kaiser
Cincinnati
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