System to Record Pupil Health and Family History
A state wide record system devised by Frank W. Miller will document each grade school pupil's physical condition, birth data, family health history, and personal history. Annual medical tests by nurses and physicians will be recorded, including vaccination status and past illnesses.
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Western
Union News Service
Columbus
Frank W. Miller
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Health
State Department of Public Instruction
Electric Show Opens in Cincinnati at Music Hall
The first Electric Prosperity Week event in Cincinnati was held at Music Hall. President C. C. Moore of the Panama-Pacific Exposition spoke via telecommunication to W. W. Freeman, who led the local exhibition. About 800 attendees heard the exchanges with Newton M. Miller also signaling from San Francisco and Mayor Frederick Spiegel replying.
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Cincinnati
Music Hall
C. C. Moore
San Francisco
W. W. Freeman
Moore
Mr. Freeman
Newton M. Miller
Ohio
Frederick Spiegel
Carried Banner to Victory in Mexican War
Athens Ohio recalls a patriotic flag made by local women nearly seventy years earlier for Ohio soldiers in the Mexican war. The banner led troops into Mexico City and, worn by time, was given to the adjutant general’s department for archival preservation for all time.
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Athens
Ohio
Mexico
Mexico City
Adjutant General's Department
Deacon Long’s Night Attire Causes Tumult in Pomeroy
In Pomeroy Ohio Deacon Long lies ill in bed with trousers on after a night shirt incident. He dislikes night garments and resisted wearing a shirt, arguing changing clothes before bed is wasteful. The tale highlights his stubborn stance and the trousers being restored.
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Pomeroy
Long
Ohio Guardsmen To Meet In Cincinnati Convention
Cincinnati will host the Annual Convention of the Ohio National Guard December 6 and 7. The event doubles as a two day school for every guard officer in the state with officers from across Ohio attending.
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Cincinnati
National Guard
Attorney Shot by Client in Batavia Office
Fred Trump convicted of arson in common pleas court shot his attorney Judge T P Breeding in the latter's Batavia office and then killed himself. Breeding was found unconscious and later died from a chest wound. Police report notes the shooting occurred after the arson conviction and left Breeding fatally wounded in his office.
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Batavia
Common Pleas Court
Fred Trump
T. P. Breeding
Death of Bishop Moore in Cincinnati
Bishop David H. Moore dies in Cincinnati after a career with the Western Methodist Book Concern and service as editor of the Western Christian Advocate. Bishops attend his funeral at Walnut Hills M E Church with eulogies by colleagues. Interment occurs at Athens beside his wife, with Fred Jones Post G A R honorary pallbearers.
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Cincinnati
David H. Moore
Western Methodist Book Concern
Moore
Western Christian Advocate
Methodist Epicopal Church
Walnut Hills M. E
McMillan Street
Ashland Avenue
Fred Jones
Athens
Appeal to Commission on Toledo Rail Freight Congestion
Traffic Commissioner H G Wilson of the Toledo Chamber of Commerce urged the Utilities Commission to curb rail car unloading delays. The commission studies the issue with possible orders to shorten unloading times or raise demurrage to speed shipments by manufacturers and big shippers.
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Toledo, C
Utilities Commission
H. G. Wilson
Toledo Chamber of Commerce
Remove Historic Landmark in Cincinnati for Yard Expansion
Sedam cemetery, the first white settler burying ground west of Mill Creek, faces destruction to clear space for expansion of the Big Four yards. Twenty nine pioneer graves lie on a knoll once part of an aristocratic Cincinnati area dating back about 75 years.
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Cincinnati
Sedam
Millcreek
Ohio
Buckeye Corn Special Tour carries 700 through East Coast
Six special trains from Ohio cities carried 700 persons to Washington Philadelphia and New York on the Buckeye Corn Special Tour. State officials note 300 fewer tourists than last year. Gov. Willis and Senator Pomerene joined in Washington while the Ohio Society of Philadelphia hosted the governor and officials.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Gov
Willis
Pomerene
Ohio Society of Philadelphia
Buckeye Briefs: Mill Owner Killed at Work in Hillsboro
Short items from Ohio towns report Harry H. Richards, owner of a large flour and feed mill in Hillsboro, killed while operating machinery. Other notes include an $80,000 plant planned by Hamilton Otto Coke Co to extract light oils from coke by products, a state order requiring all food containers to be cleansed and sterilized, and a Chardon woman preserving a 1862 currant wine bottle for her 60th wedding anniversary.
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Hillsboro, O
Harry H. Richards
Hamilton, O
Hamilton Otto Coke Co
Columbus
State Dairy and Food Department
Chardon, O
Martha Pease
Chardon
Eliza Eldridge
Otway Officials Questioned as Campaign Reports Missing
Portsmouth Ohio report notes that Otway village officers elected to take office after January 1 face delays. All officials including Mayor-elect S Unger failed to file required campaign expenditure statements with the Deputy Supervisors of Elections, leading the board to withhold commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Otway
S. Ungerdown
Local Youth Dies After Rifle Wound During Hunt
Sidney O. Lester Maurer, 19, of Kettlerville, 15 miles northwest, walked a half mile to a nearby farm house with a rifle wound in his abdomen from an accidental hunting incident. He died shortly after.
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Sidney
Lester Maurer
Kettlerville
Here
Ground grading under way at Marysville reformitory site
Grading around the women's reformatory near Marysville advances quickly as plans from the board of administration take shape, offering a preview of the new state institution's appearance once built.
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Marysville, C
Marysville
Board of Administration
Nogales Border Clash Ends Villa Holdout
On November 27 at Nogales Arizona Carranza troops and American forces clashed after Villa's garrison withdrew. Fortifying action left forty Villa members dead and three American miners killed. General Obregon's Carranzistas occupied Nogales as U S soldiers reported wounded and Captain Sage cited a friendly-fire incident.
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Nogales
Ariz
Stephen Little
Fairmont
N. C
United States
Villa
Sonora
Sage
Villistas
Obregon
Funston
Washington
Carranza
War Department
Frederick Funston
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Mexico
Herbert L. Cates
Arthur L. Saute
Twelfth Infantry
Gates
Little
Colont Sage
Banker A J Baber Dies After 60 Years Led First National
Paris reports banker A J Baber aged eighty four has died. He served as president of the First National Bank in Paris for sixty years.
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First National
Paris
Ill
J. Baber
First National Bank
German Aviators Die Freezing Near Uvinsk Marsh
Petrograd dispatch reports two German airmen, a pilot and observer, froze to death in a marsh near Uvinsk after being forced to ditch following engagement with Russian aircraft.
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Petrograd
Uvinsk
Captain Boy-Ed Accused by District Attorney
In New York on November 24 Captain Boy-Ed naval attache to the German embassy was accused in federal court of dispensing German funds in the United States and flouting U.S. laws. Assistant U.S. District Attorney Roger Wood opened the trial of four Hamburg American Line officials charged with forging manifest papers for sixteen ships carrying supplies to German warships. The government alleges G. B. Kullenkampf received 750000 dollars from Germany and later sent 600000 to Philadelphia under Boy-Ed’s direction. An important government witness, a Philadelphia shipping man, has left the country. Jury sworn. Wood began presenting the case.
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New York
Boy- Ed
United States
Roger Wood
Hamburg-American Line
G. B. Kullenkampf
Germany
Mr. Wood
Boy-Ed
Philadelphia
Wood
Ten Dead in Train Wreck Near Columbus Georgia
Ten people are confirmed dead and twelve injured after a head on collision on the Central of Georgia railroad eight miles from Columbus. Passenger train No. 2 from Birmingham to Macon struck a special train carrying the Don T. Kennedy Carnival company from Atlanta to Columbus. Fred Kempf, owner of one of the shows, and his wife perished in the blaze as spectators failed to aid them. The Kennedy shows had finished a week in Atlanta and were set to open in Columbus Tuesday.
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Columbus
Central of Georgia
Birmingham
Macon
Don T. Kennedy Carnival Company
Atlanta
Fred Kempf
Kennedy
Teutons Drive Out Serbians and Capture Prisoners
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports Teutonic allies have driven Serbs from much of Serbian territory into Montenegro and Northern Albania. Berlin says Rudnik was captured, 2700 prisoners taken, and war materials seized as part of the operation to open communications with Bulgaria and the Turkish Empire. The Germans claim over 100000 Serbian prisoners were captured with moderate losses on their side and no disease outbreaks.
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London
Montenegro
Albania
Bulgaria
Berlin
Rudnik
Mitrovitza
Turkish submarine sinks Barulos in Mediterranean attack
An eyewitness aboard the steamship New York reports a Turkish submarine stopped the British passenger ship Barulos in the Mediterranean and after 25 people were drowned helped rescue many of the 250 passengers who had gone overboard in a panic.
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New York
Barulos
Mediterranean
Eleanor Franklin Egan
Eighteen Vessels Sunk by Central Powers Submarines
Berlin reports eighteen ships sunk in the Mediterranean by Central Powers submarines totaling 112 082 tons. The statement refutes Petrograd’s claim that the German cruiser Frauenlob was sunk by an Allied submarine.
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Berlin
London
Mediterranean Sea
Petrograd
Frauenlob
Cincinnati Market Prices For Grain Livestock And Poultry
Cincinnati markets list prices for wheat corn oats rye mill feed hay and butter eggs poultry cattle bulls calves hogs sheep and lambs. Prices include various grades and weights with ranges such as wheat No 2 red at 1 14 1 15 and corn No 2 white 62 64 cents per bushel and hogs at 6 65 6 70 per hundredweight.
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Bologna
Tornado toll from Hot Springs suburb devastation rises
A tornado two miles southeast of Hot Springs, Arkansas, left thirteen dead, twenty injured, and thirty homes demolished. Names listed include Mrs Crowder and three children, Mrs George Tanner and two children, Mrs Paul Kennedy, and several others. Wire communication was cut until morning. the city itself was not struck.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Crowder
George Tanner
Paul Kennedy
Brooks Davis
Ida Donaldson
Poe
Ivy
Lawrence and Hanley win Chicago six day race at Coliseum
Lawrence and Hanley won Chicago's second annual six day race at the Coliseum scoring 82 points in a stellar finish. Ryan and Thomas placed second with 865 points, Walker and Walthour third with 45 points, Mitten and Hansen fourth with 64 points. Only four teams of the original 14 finished.
Wheat Seizure Disrupts Eastern Grain Trade
The government has seized about 20,000,000 bushels of wheat in elevators at the head of the lakes and in eastern terminals, disrupting the grain trade of Eastern Canada. Officials in Ottawa offer no clear plan on extending seizures to western farmer stocks and elevators across Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan to the Pacific Coast.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Pacific
Ottawa
Sure Death to the Bugs Insecticide Claim by Dr Brooke
Dr Herbert E Brooke port health officer of Singapore sends a home made insecticide to the London Lancet claiming it outperforms cycl lin phenyl benzine petrol kerosene turpentine or soap. The formula uses carbon disulphate kerosene lysol and water to create a spray that kills bugs within seconds and has been effective against lice on a pariah puppy and cattle ticks.
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Herbert E. Brooke
Singapore
London Lancet
P. Scott Falshaw
Conservation Sermon Ends With Toothpick Joke
A lecturer berates audience for forest waste and demands a volunteer to justify forest conservation. A small man rises and explains he has used the same toothpick twice, turning the moment into a moral quip about conserving lumber and natural resources.
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Harper’s Magazine
Unnecessary tale from Former Speaker Cannon
Former Speaker Cannon recounts his early days with a penniless physician friend. The story centers on a joke about hair loss and an office safe as a punch line, ending with the quip that the physician would buy a hair brush to match.
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Cannon
Henry
Joe
Happy Man Opera Star Receives A Thousand Per Night
A man who sings at his work is described as contented. He is an opera singer earning a thousand dollars per night, illustrating a life of performance and ease as the city notes his consistent joy in his craft.
Laxative Quinine Ad From E W Grove Signature
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine as superior to ordinary quinine with tonic and laxative effects. It claims no nervousness or head ringing and urges looking for the E W Grove signature, priced at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
A Seasoned Person
A seasoned speaker calls a manicure worker hard to work with, describing her as difficult. The dialogue notes she is as hard as nails.
This Will Interest Mothers Sweet Powders for Children
This Will Interest Mothers describes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children to ease feverishness headaches bad stomach teething disorders regulate bowels destroy worms and claim to break up colds in 24 hours. It notes mothers have used them for 8 years and that druggists sell them for 25c with sample free and lists A S Olmsted Le Roy NY as address. The text also contains an unrelated line about women in a neighborhood giving a tea dansant during fires.
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Gray
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
The Man Who Feathers His Own Nest Must Be a Bird
A concise proverb-like remark asserts that someone who enriches himself at the expense of others is likened to a bird. It uses a witty comparison to critique self serving behavior.
Marine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago for Illustrated Book of the Eye
Illustration request from Marine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago for an illustrated eye book allocation. Readers are invited to obtain a copy free with library outreach, detailing ocular health and care.
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
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Lloyd Forrest
James S. Walton
Juarez
Chihuahua
Nacozari
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DR. J. Goricar
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Rudorik
Western Newspaper
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Hanley
Ryan
Thomas
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Dean
West Virginia
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Willow, W. Va
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