State agencies place workmen in state employment
More than 100000 people found jobs in 1915 through seven state employment exchanges, 108830 total, with skilled positions rising. Workmen's compensation awards totaled 2272417.19 dollars for 1915, up 762139.49 from 1914, as 99988 accidents occurred. Employers listed 779929 workers paid 440972590 in 1915, with 88893 applications in last half of 1915.
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Union News Service
Columbus
Gov. Willis
Statistical Department of the
State Industrial Commission
Ohio
Ohio Dailies to convene major mid-winter session in Columbus
The Associated Ohio Dailies announce a highly anticipated January 25-26 meeting in Columbus. G W C Perry of Chillicothe serves as president with BE H Mack of Sandusky as vice president and L H Brush of Salem as secretary. Prominent Ohio publishers and invited guests will discuss diverse publishing topics.
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Columbus
Associated Ohio Dailies
Ohio
G. W. C. Perry
Chillicothe
H. Mack
Sandusky
L. H. Brush
Salem
Sunday showings violate state law say Cleveland judge
Common Pleas Judge Leighley rules all moving picture theaters that charge admission on Sunday break state law. The Standard Building Co. owners of Wind-a-meer Theater sought an injunction to stop East Cleveland officials from closing Sunday shows.
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Cleveland
Common Pleas
Leighley
Standard Building Co
Wind
Hanover Township School Dedicated in Butler County
The new Hanover Township School Building in Oxford Ohio was dedicated as the first centralized grade and high school in Butler County. Speakers included State School Commissioner Frank Miller former Commissioner Louis E Bonebrake former Gov James M Cox Ohio State University president W O Thompson Congressman Warren Gard and Dr Harvey C Minnich. The building cost $30,000.
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Oxford, O
New Hanover Township
Butler County
Frank Miller
Louis E. Bonebrake
James M. Cox
W. O. Thompson
Ohio State University
Warren Gard
Harvey C. Minnich
Ohio State Normal College of Miami University
Ohio Hardware Convention Opens in Cleveland
Dayton report notes the Ohio Hardware Association convention in Cleveland February 22 to 25 draws unusual interest. Merchants anticipate a strong hardware trade next year but rising prices require dealers to gather information to better serve communities and customers.
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Dayton
Ohio Hardware Association
Cleveland
Red Men Elect State Officers
Mt. Vernon Ohio Great Camp Improved Order of Red Men announces new state officers after close vote. Sachem John Braunschwerger Toledo Senior Sagamore E P B Smith Waverly Sagamore Een J Kaufman Prophet Lewis D Houck Mt Vernon Trustee Albert Retzsch Cincinnati Delegates to National Camp Charles B Baker Stubenville Cincinnati J Guyell Covington named as delegates
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Mt. Vernon
Ohio Great Camp
Sachem
John Braunschwerger
Toledo
Sagamore
E. P. B. Smith
Waverly
Een J. Kaufman
Prophet
Lewis D. Houck
Albert Retzsch
Cincinnati
Charles B. Baker
Stubenville
Gia
J. Guyell
Covington
Jersey Cattle Club to Meet in Columbus During Farmers Week
The American Jersey Cattle Club schedules its annual meeting in Columbus at Ohio State University from January 21 to February 4. Ohio dairy groups join the gathering, with a dairymen machinery show and speakers including Gov. Willis, J. D. Nichols, and Irvin Priest.
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Columbus
American Jersey
Cattle Club
Ohio State University
Ohio
Ohio Dairymen’s Association
Central Ohio Milk Producers
Ohio Association of Creamery, Owners and Managers
Ohio Cattlemen’s Protective Association
Ohio Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers
American Jersey Cattle Club
M.D. Munn
St. Paul
Minn
R. M. Gow
New York
J. E. Dodge
Hood Jersey
Lowell
Mass
W. R. Spann
Shelbyville
Gov. Willis
J. D. Nichols
Cleveland
Irvin Priest
Bureau of States
United States Department of Agriculture
Nurses Strike Shuts Toledo Hospital After Walkout
In Toledo Ohio 37 nurses walked out after hospital authorities refused their demands. About 100 patients were left without attendants as physicians signed a pledge to stop sending patients until the disagreement is settled. The nurses seek removal of superintendent Margaret Wallace and assistant Mercy Moe and reinstatement of nurse Ruby Donnelly. Wallace previously led hospitals in Columbus and Albany before six years in Toledo. An appeal for additional nurses has gone to Columbus and other cities.
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Toledo, O
Toledo
Margaret Wallace
Mercy Moe
Ruby Donnelly
Wallace
Ohio News Briefs From Buckeye Hubs And Dates
Reports from Gallipolis Ironton Newark Columbus Marysville Springfield Cincinnati note hospital power issues judge death anniversary birth arrest and court filing. Highlights include Epi leptic hospital dynamos affected by flood La grippe death of Judge E V Dean 91 and 101st birthday for Mrs Lorinda Ballou born 1815. Postmaster Shuff resigns for Union Central Life with higher pay.
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Ironton
E. V. Dean
Ohio
la Grippe
Wooster
Newark
Lorinda Ballou
Granville
Muskingum County
Toledo Mayor Milroy Election Fight Moves to Supreme Court
W E Cordill representing Dr C W McGuire argued the Toledo mayor race case continues to the State Supreme Court over charter based preferential voting. In Dayton workhouse farm talks finalize with a Germantown Pike site across Soldiers Home gate, 111 1 2 acres at 139 per acre totaling 15500, former owner Ferdinand Schroeder noted.
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Toledo
Charles M. Milroy
State Supreme Court
W. E. Cordill
C. W. McGuire
Milroy
Dayton, O
Germantown Pike
Ferdinand Schroeder
Montgomery County
Dayton official Waite touts commission form in Cincinnati talk
Henry M. Waite city manager of Dayton former Cincinnati city engineer told the Women’s City Club that the commission form of government saves money for taxpayers. He argued the system streamlines municipal operations and reduces waste.
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Cincinnati
Henry M. Waite
Dayton, O
Women's City Club
Mr. Waite
Boal Will Filed In Piqua Probate Court
The will of William King Boal a prominent Ohio store manufacturer who died a week ago in Piqua was filed in the probate court. The estate is valued at about 500000 dollars.
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Piqua, O
Wiliam King Boal
Cabinet 16 With Wilson On Mexico War Debate
Washington reports detail cabinet support for Carranza's pursuit of Villa bandits. Senator Works urges congressional intervention to establish a Mexican government, while Sen. Lodge and Sen. Stone argue against war and push measured aid. Carranza telegram promises plena pursuit and punishment.
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Washington
Carranza
Mexico
Chihuahua
Works
California
Senate
Congress
Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Huerta
Stone
Villa
Zapata
United States
Democratic Party
Europe
Nes
Heavy losses for Teutons in two week Eastern drive
Petrograd reports the czarist offensive ends with Czartorysk capture driving Austro German forces from the east bank of the Strypa river. Russians claim over 200000 prisoners and 400000 killed or wounded for Austro German forces. Russians advance thirty miles along a sixty mile front. Vienna notes Russians halted attacks after repulse east of Galicia and Bessarabia.
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Petrograd
Czartorysk
Strypa
Teuton
War Office
Sereth
Vienna
Rioting Stopped in El Paso After Massacre Turmoil
Police and United States soldiers restored order in El Paso after three days of unrest sparked by the massacre of 18 foreigners in western Chihuahua. Sentries guard main streets, 150 arrests made, and hundreds of miners attend double funeral for Maurice Anderson and B. L. Robinson with services planned for other victims.
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FE Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Maurice Anderson
B. L. Robinson
Santa Ysabel
Seventeen Die In Brandon Canada Pacific Crash
In Brandon Manitoba a snow clearing train collided with a loaded stock train in the Canadian Pacific yards. Seventeen workers were killed, fifteen fatally injured and about twenty badly hurt as sixty men rode the caboose. The temperature was 46 below zero at the time.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Pacific Railway
Brandon
Caboose
Samuel Lucas famed songwriter and entertainer dies at 75
Samuel Lucas author of Grandfather's Clock and longtime American stage performer dies at his New York home at age seventy five.
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Samuel Lucas
New York
Bergen Fire Leaves 20,000 Homeless in Norway Conflagration
A massive Bergen blaze destroyed a third of the city, killed two, left about twenty thousand homeless, and caused property damage around 40 million dollars. The hurricane winds spread the flames through business districts and residences, leading to dynamite blasts to halt spread as ships and officials rush aid.
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Western
Union News Service
Christiania
Bergen
Norway
Eidsvold
Corps of Engineers
Pitched Battle at Polish Church in Du Pont
In front of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish Roman Catholic Church at Du Pont a clash between 30 state troopers and a mob left one rioter dead and several others dying in Pittston Hospital. Captain Leon Pitcher and eight troopers were injured. Seventy three rioters were jailed in Wilkes Barre. thirty held for contempt for interfering with services as sentence was suspended.
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Pittsburg
Sacred Heart of Jesus
du Pont
Pittston
Leon Pitcher
State Constabulary
Wilkesbarre
Floods Devastate North Holland Washing Ashore Drowned
Amsterdam dispatch reports Purmerend flooded near Amsterdam as floods in North Holland continue. Cattle float in water and only trees and farmhouses rise above the surface. The bodies of 12 persons drowned in the Marken wash ashore at Voilendam.
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London
Central News
Amsterdam
North Holland
Purmerend
Marken
Voilendam
Cincinnati Market Prices for Wheat Corn Oats Hay Poultry and More
A dense price list from Cincinnati shows Wheat No 2 red at 1.31 1.32 per bushel, Corn No 1 white 78c, Oats No 2 Northwestern 53 54c, Hay No 1 timothy 20.50, Eggs Prime firsts 34c, Poultry broilers 18c, roasters 15 44c, turkeys various, Cattle prices by grade, Hogs and Sheep values, with wide ranges across items and lots. Includes many grade and weight details for shippers, butchers, cows, calves, sows, and market categories.
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Bologna
Americans Trapped After Twin Train Wrecks Near Juarez
About 200 U S refugees fleeing Mexican danger are stranded without food or water after two train wrecks derail near Juarez and Parral. One train bound for Juarez is lost on the line south of Juarez, another from Parral halted south of Santa Rosalia due to a serious accident.
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el Paso
Texas
Mexico
Villa
Juarez
Parral
Santa Rosalia
Jad Salts Urges Kidney Relief for Meat Eaters
Advice lists backache and dull kidney pain as signs of excess meat consumption. It recommends Jad Salts a few tablespoons in water before breakfast to stimulate sluggish kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and reduce bladder weakness.
Sophie Tucker Lets The Silent T Speak In Retort
Sophie Tucker, famed vaudeville star, quips at director Ben Teal during rehearsal. When he notes the word disputed has a silent T, she replies Mr Teal with the T silent, turning a correction into witty humor for the company.
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Sophie Tucker
Ben Teal
Miss Tucker
Sophie
Mr. Teal
Cascarets Cleanse Tummy and Bowels for Morning Relief
A vintage advertisement urges a 10 cent Cascarets box to relieve headache biliousness indigestion and sour stomach by cleansing the stomach removing sour food easing the liver and bowels and giving a clear head by morning. It claims the product works while you sleep and is gentle on children.
Last Office Boy Remains Unmatched in Clerical Wares
A wry remark contrasts efficiency with a muddled stamp task while praising the boy's telephonic explanations to his wife. The speaker laments losing such a versatile helper, noting his unmatched skill in communication over the phone despite clumsy stamping.
True Mustarine Rub For Pleurisy And Sore Throat
Readers are advised not to close the stomach. The best way to overcome throat or chest soreness is to rub true Mustarine from the yellow box for about 25 cents. It relieves rheumatic pains and neuralgia, stops pain and congestion, and brings relief by morning. Made by Peryedicine Co., Rochester, N. Y.
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Peryedicine Co
Rochester
N. Y
That Camping Trip
A brief exchange notes good weather on a camping trip with sun filled days drying bed clothes before the next rain arrives.
Recipe for Gray Hair Dye and Dandruff Relief
A home formula mixes water bay rum Barbo Compound and glycerine to darken grey hair. Apply twice weekly until desired shade, with benefits claimed for dandruff relief and improved hair texture.
Man Tries Logic Against Woman's Tears in Odd Case
A peculiar report describes a man who confronts a woman's tears with rational argument, an act labeled as a padded-cell style maneuver and noted for its unusual reasoning approach within the local commentary.
Clean and Healthy Take on Dr Pier
A compact note on a clean and healthy approach to treatment by Dr Pier. The text emphasizes reliable regulation and avoids sensational tall tales, focusing on straightforward medical guidance.
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Dr. Pier
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