Country Life Week at Ohio State University in Columbus
Ohio State University will hold Country Life Week in Columbus from August 10 to 14, 1914. The event brings rural ministers teachers Y M C A and other leaders together with speakers from Ohio and beyond to discuss farming methods rural social problems and church and school roles in improving country living. Notable figures include W C Thompson F G Blair A B Storms and G Walter Fiske among others. The program spans five days with sessions in Onwshend Hall and covers farming methods soil issues community church cooperation and rural education.
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Ohio State University
Columbus
Union News Service
Country Life
Country School
Country Home
Ohio
YMC
College Agriculture
W. C. Thompson
F. G. Blair
Ilmnois
A. B. Storms
Iowa State College
G. Walter Fiske
Oberlin College
Bilas B. Persons
Cazenovia
N. Y
Virginia C. Meredith
Indiana Home Economics Association
H.C. Ramsower
Silas E. Persons
College of Agriculture
Springfield Plans Legal Notes for Improvements
An attorney general opinion finds the city may issue notes to cover pre improvement costs under Section 3915. The notes mature at project completion and are repaid by proceeds from anticipated bonds drawn against future assessments.
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Springfield
Ohio Cherry Crop Tops Nation As Harvest Nears
Columbus reports Ohio near completion of a record cherry harvest. State inspector N E Shaw notes Ohio leads in cherry trees and prices run around two dollars wholesale. The Clyde area hosts the state's largest industry with an 80 acre Pickett and Heffner orchard.
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Columbus
Ohio
Buckeye
N. E. Shaw
Clyde
Inspector Shaw
Pickett & Heffner
N. B. Shaw
Nva St
Jocusts
Better Sanitation Conference Heads North Ohio
Cleveland Ohio reports the state board of health will hold a Cedar Point conference with municipal and township health officers to discuss rural sanitation. About 300 cities and villages and 1000 townships in northern Ohio are expected to attend. John W Hill of Cincinnati will open with Rural Sanitation. Dr E F Mc Campbell will discuss The Enforcement of Public Health Laws.
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Cleveland
State Board of Health
Cedar Point
Ohio
John W. Hill
Cincinnati
E. F. McCampbell
Pensions At $12 Per Month In Ohio
Pensions of 12 dollars a month have been granted to a list of Ohio residents including Elizabeth Bushong Forest Laura Elwell Columbus Alice Farrabee Columbus Mary Lakin Columbus Eliza Wheeler Mr Gilead Sarah Woodworth Millfield Florence Adams Cleveland minors of William Chance Powhattan Point Mary Daring Dayton Sarah Lockhart Ashland Mary Lokey Mt. Washington Caroline Mc clarren Iberia Harriet Swallow Kenton Alvis Wall Newark Sarah Walter Northup Lydie Wombold Liberty Nancy Croy McArthur Mary Doll Cincinnati Olive Gascoigne Metamora Jennie McDaniel Rushtown.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Elizabeth M. Bushong
Forest
Laura Elwell
Columbus
Alice L. Farrabee
Mary B. Lakin
Eliza J. Wheeler
Mr. Gilead
Sarah B. Woodworth
Millfield
Florence A. Adams
William Chance
Powhattan Point
Mary P. Daring
Dayton
Sarah M. Lockhart
Ashland
Mary EB. Lokey
Mt. Washington
Teachers Training Popular Demand in Ohio Colleges
Training schools for teachers in Ohio show record attendance. Ohio University, Athens, reports 2,600 students, more than double last year, while Miami University, Oxford, lists 1,120 students, up 100 percent.
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Portsmouth
State Department of Public Instruction
Ohio University
Athens
Miami University
Oxford
Pomerene Seeks Exemption for Doctors in Narcotics Rule
Ohio lawmakers clash as Senator Pomerene proposes exempting physicians and nurses from narcotics sales records. The Ohio Pharmaceutical Association and state health officials warn the amendment would undermine the Harrison and state narcotics laws and fuel illicit traffic. Also notes rural health conference at Cedar Point, Ohio, and ongoing wet and dry prohibition battles, coal strike suffering, locust plague nearing end.
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Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association
State Agricultural Commission
Pomerene
United States Senate
Ohio
Ohio State Board of Health
Cedar Point
Columbus
J. H. Martin
Athens County
T. Else
Tuberculosis Hospital Seen as Training Ground in Mt Vernon
The Mt Vernon state tuberculosis sanatorium may expand beyond treatment to train nurses and doctors in new methods, aiming for a broader role without large cost increases. The move follows criticism over expenses and results since establishment four years ago.
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State’ Tuberculosis
Mt. Vernon
State Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
Mt. Versanatorium
State Society
G. BE. Robbins
Chillicothe
Samuel Iglauer
Cincinnati
R. G. Paterson
A.W. McKenzie
Columbus
Ohio Prohibition Amendment On November Ballot
The Ohio Antiliberal League backs a statewide prohibition measure on the November ballot, paired with a repeal of county local option. The amendment bars sale and importation of intoxicating liquor with a one year six month onset and would repeal conflicting statutes.
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Union News Service
Columbus
Ohio Antiliberal ‘League
General Assembly
Timothy S. Hogan
Prohibition Committee
A. J. Freiberg
Cincinnati
West Virginia
Ohio
A. M. Courtenay
15000 Signatures Back Referendum on Equal Suffrage
Cleveland woman Miss Bertelle Lyttle will carry to Columbus 15000 signatures from Cuyahoga County suffrage supporters asking a referendum on equal suffrage at fall elections. She will deliver the petitions to Mrs Harriet Taylor Upton, who will prepare them for presentation on July 30.
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Cleveland
Bertelle Lyttle
107Th Street
Warren
Ohio
Woman's Suffrage Party
Cuyahoga County
Lyttle
Harriet Taylor Upton
State Suffrage Association
Upton
Columbus
Ohio coal wage scale reached after prolonged talks
After weeks of negotiation a compromise wage scale for four Ohio coal districts was signed by miners and operators. The plan sets 47 cents per ton for machine mined run of mine coal and 67.6 cents for pick mined coal with future ratification expected at a state convention. Internal questions be referred to sub districts. Operators will continue to collect union dues.
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Western
Union News Service
Columbus
Ohio
Hocking
Jackson
Pomeroy
Creeksville
Insurgent Ohio teachers push for civil service and higher pay
In Sandusky Ohio the insurgent branch of the Ohio Teachers association vows to press for civil service status for teachers and higher salaries at the next regular session. Led by F M Shelton and Miss Maud Moore of Canton they sought to add their demands to the resolutions report but were blocked. Regulars warn they will oppose any legislative push.
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State Veterinarian Department
Herman King
Gibsonburg
Sandusky County
King
Ohio
Record breaker in fires shocks Cincinnati on Fourth
Cincinnati set a new one day fire record as 43 still alarms and three box alarms rang out between July 3 and July 4. Fire Chief Bunker compiled the figures showing the surge in calls within city limits.
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Cincinnati, O
Fire Department
Bunker
Ohio chiropodists form Pedic Society of the State of Ohio
Columbus Ohio chiropodists organize to elevate and standardize the profession. At a Virginia hotel meeting the Pedic Society of the State of Ohio is formed.
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Columbus
Ohio
Virginia Hotel
Pedic Society of
State of
Multiple Ohio Local and State Notices From Buckeye Briefs
Dry vote in Montgomery township 142 to 43 moves to Beal law local option. Toledo labor opposes Hobson bill urging Congress to vote against nationwide prohibition. Gav Cox names John Weld Peck to Miami University trusteeship Oxford term ends Feb 28, 1920. Valley View farm buildings burned. rose value about 100000. Gov Cox may appoint six to ten to probe judicial procedure per act. Thomas Cadden named master mechanic Baltimore and Ohio shops Hamden. succeeds John Homer to Norfolk and Western at Williamson W Va.
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Marion
Montgomery Township
Agosta Corporation
Columbus
A. R. Bolin
Cox
Hamden
Thomas Cadden
Cincinnati
Baltimore & Ohio
John Homer
Norfolk & Western
Wikiamson
W. Va
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Wm. Osley Thompson
Country Life Week
Buckeye State
United States
Pomerine
D. A. Donovan
Columbus, Ohio
Cupid
Frank W. Miller
Richard Henry Dana
National Civil Service Reform League
Dana
Columbus State Hospital
Jimmie la Monte
Jimmie
Liberals
Toledo
Lebanon
Valley View Farm
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