Holiday Meeting of Ohio Teachers Prominent Men on Program
Ohio State Teachers Association plans its annual holiday meeting in Columbus after Christmas. More than 3,000 educators from across the state will attend, discussing curriculum, protection from criticism, and how to teach history and science. H. V. Hotchkiss leads the group with W. E. Kershner as secretary.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State Teachers’ Association
H. V. Hotchkiss
Akron
W. E. Kershner
Thirteen Ohio postmaster appointments sent to Senate
Cincinnati Ohio thirteen postmaster appointments were forwarded to the Senate. The list includes Sol Fischer Corning Henry W Streb Dover James M Phillips Bethesda James A Angus Genoa James B Beard Newton Falls Co K Rockwell North Baltimore Thos M Duncan Bridgeport James Connor Toronto James L Vanaham Wellington H E Rice Xenia George D Smith Oak Harbor F G Davis Tippecanoe City S A Murry Washington C H
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Senate
Sol Fischer
Corning
Henry W. Streb
Dover
Canal Dover
James M. Phillips
Bethesda
James A. Angus
Genoa
James B. Beard
Newton Falls
Co. K. Rockwell
North Baltimore
Thos. M. Duncan
Bridgeport
James Connor
Toronto
James L. Vanaham
Wellington
H. E. Rice
Xenia
George D. Smith
Oak Harbor
F. G. Davis
Tippecanoe City
S. A. Murry
Washington C
Paroles Granted to Inmates at Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield Ohio Thirteen Hamilton county inmates of the Ohio State reformatory were among 167 parolees at the board of administration meeting. Eight were rejected and 12 violators restored. The board heard 241 cases the highest total yet. The reformatory houses 1 284 inmates the largest number in its history, though facilities were built for 956.
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Mansfield, O
Hamilton County
Ohio State Reformatory
State Board of Administration
Reformatory
Many Pensions Granted in Ohio at $12 Monthly
United States government grants pensions at twelve dollars per month to several Ohioans including Susannah Arnold Julia M Chambers Ida R Daggett Matilda Jeffries Nancy E Mowrey Martha M Trout Anna E Brown Emma L Carpenter Martha Cole Louise E Diver Mary J Fogel Sarah B E Harris Flora Herman Agnes Jones Lucy K Neff Julia Rossefot.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
Susannah Arnold
Mr. Cory
Julia M. Chambers
Canton
Fannie Cropper
Manchester
Ida R. Daggett
Hamilton
Matilda Jeffries
Zanesville
Nancy E. Mowrey
New Vienna
Martha M. Trout
Peoria
Anna E. Brown
Hillsboro
Emma L. Carpenter
Martha Cole
Eaton
Louise E. Diver
Middletown
Mary J
Subscription list tied to church fund raises in Marion
Rev Father Joseph M Denning says the so called Black Hand roster seized by police is a subscription list for raising funds to establish an Italian church. The story suggests the Mafia rumor in the area is unfounded. Eight Italians are under arrest amid the Antonio Cristofarro murder case.
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Marion
Joseph M. Denning
Antonio Cristofarro
New Owens Glass Plant Planned in West Virginia
Owens Bottle Machine Company officials led by President E. D. Libbey and General Manager M. J. Owens plan a $509,000 glass plant at Cedar Grove West Virginia. They have optioned 7000 acres in Kanawha county on which eight gas wells produce about 40 million cubic feet daily and the land price is reported at $180,000.
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Toledo, C
Toledo
E. D. Libbey
M. J. Owens
Owens Bottle Machine Company
Cedar Grove
W Va
Libbey
Owens
Kanawha
Farmers Week at Columbus Opens Details Planned
Columbus Ohio reports that Ohio State University hosts the fourth annual Farmers Week from January 31 to February 4 with over 100 speakers and a full schedule from 9 am to 9 pm. Advance registration targets 2000 farmers and family members, exceeding last year’s 1000 attendance.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Agricultural Extension Department
Banner Farm Week of
Ohio
Miners See Ohio Jobs Improve Amid Shortage
Ohio coal mining shows improvement with fewer out of work workers and more absorption by neighboring fields. Columbus notes that 3,000 out of work now versus 20,000 a year ago, and Sunday Creek field faces a miner shortage if it reopens. Car shortage limits fulltimel labor.
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Ohio
Columbus
Hocking Valley
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Hocking
John Moore
The
Ohio Miners
Moore
Heavy fire loss in state bulletin reports October totals
State Fire Marshal Buckley notes 319 fires causing 319045 dollars in losses in October. The largest loss, 28000 dollars, came from a back firing automobile. Fires stemmed from matches and children at play, faulty wiring, defective flues, and several suspected incendiaries.
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Columbus
Buckley
Tragedy Touches Kel ly's Island Wine King Henry Trieschmann
Henry Trieschmann aged 72 a wealthy wine maker of Kel ly's Island died at Good Samaritan hospital from blood poisoning caused by a sliver under a fingernail infection Elyria reports the Ohio State Grange opposes army navy expansion and notes degrees conferred Lorain County Grange granted fifth and sixth degrees in a ceremony In Toledo Walter L Ross receiver for the insolvent railroad obtained federal permission to buy a private car five locomotives and 10000 tons of steel rails at a cost of 562869.50 In Columbus the Civil Service Commission cut pay for a clerk from 1800 to 1500 leading to Harry B Brown's resignation and placement on the eligible list General John C Speaks urged hunters to renew 1916 licenses for New Year hunting by midnight December 31.
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Sandusky
Henry Trieschmann
Kelly’s Island
Good Samaritan Hospital
Elyria, O
Ohio State Grange
Army
Navy
Lorain County
Toledo, O
Killits
Walter L. Ross
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Company
Columbus
John C. Speaks
Fish and Game
Large new coal mine under development in Northwestern Athens county
William Jobs and associates are developing a major coal mine in the Nelsonville area of Northwestern Athens county. The mine will employ 500 to 600 workers when fully developed, with nearly 3000 acres of coal lands under lease in the Hocking district.
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Athens
Hocking
Athens County
William Jobs and
Nelsonville
Wil
Ohio mother travels to Lincoln to reclaim missing son
Mrs. Mary McCabe of Youngstown travels to Lincoln Nebraska to recover her 16 year old son kidnapped by his father when he was five. The boy was later deserted and Mrs. McCabe learns he is in an institution.
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Youngstown, O
Mary McCabe
Lincoln
Neb
Man Sues Butler County for 5000 Damages After Crash
Hamilton D. and George W. Jones of Cincinnati sue the Butler county commissioners for 5000 damages. They claim injuries to Jones and damage to his automobile when it plunged off an unguarded bridge approach into a creek. Four passengers were involved.
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Hamilton
George W. Jones
Cincinnati
Butler County Commissioners
Wilson Wedding Quiet Family Ceremony at Galt Home
President Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt wed privately at the bride’s Washington home in an intimate ceremony attended only by relatives. McAdoo and a Marine band provided music as the couple planned a honeymoon southward and a January White House return for Pan American events.
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Washington
President Wilson
Edith Bolling Galt
Twentieth Street
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Mr. Wilson
Bertha Bo
Paris
Trousseau
Mrs. Wilson
White House
Wilson
United States
Jefferson
Madison
Fillmore
Benjamin Harrison
John Tyler
Theodore Roosevelt
George Washington
Custis
Thomas Jefferson
John Wayles
Martha Skelton
Wayles
Union Station
National Capital
Congress
Margaret Wilson
Francis Bowes Sayre
Williamstown
Mass
William G. McAdoo
Anne Howe
Philadelphia
Joseph R. Wilson
Baltimore
Helen Woodrow Bones
Norman Galt
Edith Bolling
Virginia
William H. Bolling
Bolling
Bertha Bolling
H. H. Maury
Anniston
Ala
John Randolph Bolling
Richard W. Bolling
Julian B. Bolling
R. E. Bolling
Panama
Dr. W. A. Bolling
Louisville
Letitia Christian
Church of the Ascension
New York City
Grover Cleveland
Frances Folsom
Cleve
Mr. Cleveland
Miss Folsom
Mrs. Galt
Warhington
Haig Named New British Commander in France
London reports Lieut. Gen. Sir Douglas Haig is appointed to succeed Field Marshal Sir John French in command of British armies in France and Flanders. Haig, 54, brings a record of Soudan and South African War service and early WWI commands, signaling a potentially stronger western campaign in coordination with other Allied fronts.
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London
Douglas Haig
John French
France
Flanders
Haig
French
Oxford
Seventh
Hussars
Soudan
Atbara
Khartum
Aldershot
Russia Balked in Balkan Invasion as German Front Resists
London reports Russia's plan to invade Bulgaria via Roumania stalled by fresh German troops on the eastern front. A renewed Austro German push is feared, while a neutral zone in the Bulgar Greek frontier and Greek elections may delay operations. Venizelos' pro allied stance could shift Greek alignment.
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London
Russia
Bulgaria
Roumania
Balkans
Greece
New Postmasters Named Across Several States
The president sent nominations for postmasters to the senate listing picks in Michigan Illinois Indiana and Indiana towns including Escanaba Centralia Wenona Bowen Bushnell U Colchester Nauvoo New Windsor Oak Park Melrose Park Frankton Winchester Crawfordsville Kendallville Rosedale Oxford Batesville Owensville and more.
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Washington
Senate
Michigan
John O'Meara
Escanaba
Ilinois
May N. Prill
Centralia
Thomas J. Hopkins
Wenona
C. H. Johnson
Bowen
James H. Spiker
Bushnell
John F. Bushmeyer
U Colchester
George H. Hart
Nauvoo
H. Bruce Schroyer
New Windsor
Robert Sherrard
Oak Park
Louis W. Richter
Melrose Park
Indiana
John C. Ring
Frankton
Edward 8. Edgar
Winchester
William H. Johnston
Crawfordsville
Joseph T. Stahl
Kendallville
William T. Newton
Rosedale
Ralph W. McConnell
Oxford
Charles V. Hirt
Batesville
Frank W. Boren
Owensville
Five Die In Train Wreck Near Chester Pennsylvania
Five persons were killed and eleven injured in a rear end collision between an accommodation train from Wilmington to Chester and a Baltimore and Ohio empty express cars train at Felton south of Chester. Two railroad employees and two Black passengers died. Daniel Callenger of Philadelphia was the fifth victim. All the injured lived in Philadelphia, Chester, or nearby towns.
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Chester
Wilmington
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Felton
Daniel Callenger
Philadelphia
Chicago Wins G. O. P. Meet for 1916 Convention
The Republican national committee chose Chicago as the 1916 convention site with a 40 to 18 to 7 to 2 vote, San Francisco St Louis and Philadelphia trailing. A subsequent ballot made the selection unanimous.
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Washington
Chicago
Republican National Committee
St Louis
San Francisco
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Presidential Honeymoon Photos Stopped by Secret Service
In Hot Springs the Wilsons arrived for a mountain honeymoon with 24 accompanying guests including Secret Service men and reporters. Photographers ignoring a ban attempted to shoot the President and Mrs. Wilson as they exited the train, prompting agents to seize cameras and restrain operators to prevent snapshots.
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Hot Springs
Secret Service
Wilson
Powerful Japanese Fleet Reported in Suez Crisis
A. M. Papajian Bey, former Egyptian interior minister, says a surreptitiously sent Japanese fleet has entered the European war theater and is stationed at the Suez Canal. He warns Britain cannot lose the canal and that it has been heavily fortified for imminent action.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Japan
Suez Canal
A. M. Papajian Bey
Egypt
Great Britain
Papajian Zey
Recruiting scheme fails to meet conscription aims
London reports a Weekly Dispatch critic argues Lord Derby's recruiting plan did not salvage conscription. He claims thousands of single men refuse to join the colors and that compulsory measures are needed. He also says many single men are wrongly placed in reserved trades, hindering married men from keeping pledges.
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London
Weekly Dispatch
Lord Derby
Cincinnati Markets Grain And Livestock Prices
A detailed listing of Cincinnati market quotes covering Wheat Corn Oats Hay Eggs Poultry Cattle Bulls Calves Hogs Sheep and Lambs with bid and ask ranges for varieties and grades. Prices include wheat No 2 red at 1.22 1.24 per bushel corn No 1 white 72c No 2 white 71 72c oats No 2 white 45 46c hay No 1 timothy 18.50 etc.
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Timothy
German Gas Attack Near Ypres Reported
British lines northeast of Ypres faced a heavy German bombardment as reinforcements arrived. The Germans released gas while the French batteries and British guns targeted the German trenches in the evolving gas operations.
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London
Ypres
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