Ohio leaders urge action as looks toward reform in many fields
A Columbus report covers Governor Willis hosted by 50 of Ohio's prettiest women, a drive to curb loan sharks led by Harry T Hall, standardizing fire hose equipment, training private citizens for Camp Perry, and a constitutional stability debate. It notes road contracts exceeding 1 million dollars, Lookout Mountain monument plans, and state library book loans for travelers.
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Ohio He Asks the People To Give Aid and Advice To the State Banking Department
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Ohio State Fire Prevention Association
Camp Perry
Lake Erie
Adjt
Hough
New York
National Guard
Constitutional Stability League
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Elizabeth Mauser
Woman's Suffrage Association
Paul Fischer
Agricultural Commission
Ohio Flood Loss Exceeds 2.4 Million Across Central Counties
Western Newspaper Union reports flood damage in central Ohio surpassing 2.4 million dollars. Kenton Hardin and Lima suffer extensive losses with Marion at 500000, and smaller towns totaling over 200000. Dredging calls rise as county officials assess crop devastation including about one tenth of the state's corn.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Kenton
Hardin County
Lima
Allen County
Marion
Scioto
Columbus
State Health Convention Opens With Tuberculosis Plan
Dr H T Sutton of Zanesville urged centralized authority to wipe out tuberculosis at Cedar Point Ohio. He called for placing the Bureau of Vital Statistics under the state health board and for state production of antitoxine, condemning current expenses as exorbitant. About five hundred health officers attended.
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Cedar Point
H. T. Sutton
Zanesville
State Board of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Health Board
Destroy Pear Trees Threaten Ohio Orchards
A D Selby of Wooster experiment station warns that twig blight is destroying many pear trees in southern Ohio and may spread statewide. State orchard inspectors plan to compel selling and burning all pear trees to save apple orchards.
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Columbus
Ohio
A. D. Selby
Wooster
Edison from Ohio a Cincinnati telegraph job loss tale
In Cincinnati Ohio E P Brad street recounts Thomas A Edison’s early career ending with his firing from Western Union after arriving in the Queen City alone from Milan Ohio. Edison then shown as proof Ohio birthed great inventors and the pride of Cincinnatians.
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Cincinnati
E. P. Bradstreet
Thomas A. Edison
America
Western Union Telegraph Company
Ohio
Buckeye Brevities from Ohio Short Items
A digest of incidents across Ohio includes the National Union Association annual session in Kenton with officers named. a fatal crash near Galion injuring two others. Lorain Coal and Dock Co halting a major mine in Bridgeport. a drowning and a child rescue attempt in Cleveland. a dramatic escape from a train near Delaware. legislative moves in Columbus on a constitutional question and hog cholera serum production. Dresden National Bank closure amid cashier disappearance probe.
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Lorain Coal and Dock Co
Kenton
National Union Association of the United States
Judson Snyder
Newark
N. Y
Frank C. Orr
Churubico
Ind
W. W. Bowers
Ohio Law Makers Outing to Cincinnati and Chattanooga
The legislative reunion committee decided to hold the annual assembly reunion September 21 and 24 in Cincinnati. The outing includes a trip through Kentucky and Tennessee to Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain on a special train. Estimated expenses of 5000 dollars will be borne by Cincinnati business men.
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Cincinnati
Kentucky
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain
Workers Needed in Youngstown Area Amid Labor Shortage
Superintendent W. C. Simcox of the state free labor bureau reports demand for common labor in Youngstown and the Mahoning valley exceeds supply. Steel mills and plants are busy, with additions under construction, and immigration declines plus reservists mobilization are blamed for the shortage.
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Youngstown, CO
W. C. Simcox
Free Labor Bureau
Youngstown
Mahoning Valley
Ohio Equal Suffrage group opposes Stability League plan
At a state officers conference of the Ohio Equal Suffrage Association resolutions were adopted opposing the Ohio Stability League. They warned that proposed legislation would be a great detriment to the welfare of the people.
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Springfield
Ohio Equal Suffrage Association
Ohio Stability League
Lincoln highway spurs growth for Harris Brick in Cincinnati
The Lincoln highway through Ohio boosts business for Harris Brick Co of Cincinnati. The company raises capital stock from 50000 to 150000 as demand for paving bricks from Zanesville kilns grows, leading to new kilns being erected along the route.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Harris Brick Company
Zanesville
Miners Toast Annual Christmas Drunkenness at Sawyer’s Bar
In Siskiyou County in a San Francisco Call report, Oro Fino mine foreman Billy marks Christmas by visiting Sawyer’s bar for a yearly drink. He says he wants to know exactly when the whisky tastes good to know he is drunk, a ritual the miners deem superior to anywhere else.
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Sawyer’s
San Francisco
Billy
Oro Fino
Sawyer
Health of Russians improves as war ends boosts immunity
The article notes a lower sick rate in Russia since the war began, attributing much to stress and strong interests. it mentions vodka as a factor but highlights the human body’s resilience under excitement. It cites San Francisco refugees as a contrasting case with strong health during open-air living and short commons.
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Russia
San Francisco
Vagrant arrest ends cross country walk bet
A man who bet ten thousand dollars he could walk from San Francisco to New York without a cent was arrested in Philadelphia as a vagrant. He was forced to ride in a patrol wagon three blocks, which disqualified him from the wager.
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San Francisco
New York
Philadelphia
Three Simple Tenses in a Single Thought
Johnnie warns that only the present matters as the future is distant. Warring nations currently spend 96 percent of incomes on war.
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Johnnie
One unfailing sign of spring prompt joke exchange
A playful exchange notes spring signals the urge to watch others work and laughs at vanity. References to Red Cross blue detergent, laundress attire, and grocery ads frame the light gossip. Manila is cited with a mean annual temperature around 80 degrees.
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Manila
Woman Recovers Health After Pinkham's Remedy
In Unionville Missouri Mrs Martha Seavey credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her debilitating female illness after doctors failed. She says she felt weak could barely walk and suffered nervous spells but improved after taking the remedy and urges other women to seek help. The Pinkham company notes thousands of similar letters and offers confidential guidance from a woman.
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Unionville
Lydia E. Pinkham
Martha Seavey
Missouri
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