Ohio News Roundup Highlights 1921 County and City Events
Ohio towns report street improvements funding over 100000 dollars. Canton voters reject charter government and a 125000 dollar park bond. Dayton records 13412 foreign residents led by Hungarians with 6000. Chinese 60. Rescue and fatal incidents include drownings in Columbus Big Walnut Creek and Lima St Marys Lake.
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Findlay
Henry County Sunday School Association
Napoleon
Jacile
Leibert, Evans
New Carlisle
Huntertown
Ind
Lima
Dayton
American Red Cross
Ohio
Marion
William Grall
Lorain
Pearl Henry
Canton
Adjutant General's Office
Big Walnut Creek
Columbus
Eleanor Moorman
Poland
Europe
Farm
Ohio River
Steubenville
Frank Olphin
Alta
Ray Jackson
McClure
Ribbons Enter Homes Through By-Paths of Style
The piece describes how ribbons wander into many items in women and children's apparel and home furnishings. It details specific uses for satin ribbons in baby bonnets hats sachet bags camisoles and small coats, noting methods like shirring tucks and loops with decorative lace and bows.
To Swim Or Not to Swim Miri Bathing Suits Compared
The article explains variations in bathing suits for women, detailing pure wool swimming suits designed for real swimming with close fit and shape, versus lighter beach and bathing suits aimed at beach use. It describes trunks and overgarments, color pairings, accessories, and practical differences.
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root advertised as kidney liver bladder remedy
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a safe non stimulant medicine for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It claims purity with a sworn statement and offers medium and large bottles at drug stores, with a trial bottle available by sending ten dollars to Le Dr Co in Binghamton New York.
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Dr. Kilmer
le Dr. & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Woman as Muse in Florida Times-Union Cartoon
A brief cartoon caption notes a woman’s decisive aim whether she chooses cosmetics or cannabis, reflecting a lighthearted take on female perception and urban life in Florida.
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Florida Times- Union
Cuticura Talcum Powder Advertises Trio
The advertisement promotes Cuticura Talcum Powder as a scented, economical, versatile antiseptic for face skin baby and dusting use. It claims to render other perfumes superfluous and cites it as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio with Soap Ointment and Talcum.
Neighbors Share Jocular Exchange About Music and Games
In a light exchange, one neighbor asks if another’s daughter plays Bach. The reply notes she may perform Beethoven but prefers bridge, highlighting a humorous contrast between classical music and a card game.
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Beethoven
Othine double strength promises clear skin
Advert shows Othine double strength as a remedy for freckle spots and skin blemishes. It claims to remove ugly spots with night and morning applications, noting the worst spots begin to fade and lighter freckles vanish, with most needing under an ounce.
What She Could Be
Two young children discuss future plans with bold statements about marriage and nursing. One says she will not marry or become an old maid, while the other concedes nursing as a possible path, illustrating early dreams and social expectations.
James Hoban Designer of White House
James Hoban of Ireland born about 1755 designed and directed rebuilding of the White House after the 1814 fire. He came to the United States, settled in Charleston and later Washington as the capital was laid out, and spent most of his career in government service.
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Cincinnati
Harl Lee
Edward Lawrence
Dorothy Eppstein
Cleveland
Albert Schmitt
Schmitt
Thomas Moffatt
Myers Lake
Canton
Bert Garrett
Muskingum County
Dresden
Edwin J. Myers
Crawford County Law Enforcement League
Bucyrus
Moving Picture
Mamie Ehlers
W. W. McCullough
Pennsylvania Railway
Lancaster
John Birk
Ohio
Davis
Cattse
Common Pleas
Dennison
Hesse Arnold
Fred Aufderstrasse
Carpenter
Pemberville
Luckey
Ale
White House
James Hoban
Ireland
United States
Charleston
D. C
Washington
Enriching the Language Says New Phrase Origins
A Luray Herald note cites French terms carried home by soldiers with colorful phrases such as bean tote bone jar billy do lingery auntrance fox paws Jenny's pa silver plate three beans and toot sweet. The Boston Transcript media remark accompanies a broader charge that talky chatter often masks thin thinking while good merchants avoid both drowsiness and aggression.
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The
Luray Herald
Jenny
Boston Transcript
Bayer Aspirin Ad Claims Safe Pain Relief
An advertisement for Bayer Aspirin urges consumers to take only genuine Bayer tablets with the Bayer Cross. It says physicians determined the dosage over 21 years and millions found it safe, listing uses from colds to headaches and rheumatic pain, and notes small tin boxes cost a few cents with larger packages sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Wife seeks separation over philandering piano student
New York wife files suit accusing her husband of cheating with a piano student, blaming music for the rift. The Daily Sandpaper presents the case as a domestic dispute arising from a musical liaison and marital strain.
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Daily Sandpaper
New York
Cartoons Magazine
Allen's Foot Base Advertisement Claim
An ad promotes Allen's Foot Base powder to relieve corns and bunions and reduce foot odor and sweating. It suggests shaking the powder into shoes to fit shoes one size smaller and claims comfort for tired feet.
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Allen
Resignation of U.S. Vice President Calhoun
The only vice presidency resignation occurred when John C. Calhoun left the post to serve as a United States senator.
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John C. Calhoun
United States
Castoria Advertisement Hidden in Golf Laughs
A humorous vignette frames an old Caproni advertisement for infants products and Fletcher's Castoria. Mrs Robinson comments on her husband's golf mishaps while he struggles in a bunker, she reads a novel and quips about his game being confined to one place.
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Fletcher
Robinson
He Got It. Boston Transcript Dialogue Fragment
A brief exchange notes Crabbe visiting a place to borrow something. He returned with trouble and is now in the hospital, prompting a warning to not lend him anything.
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Crabbe
Boston Transcript
It Pays to Advertise in Public Places
A Western evangelist paints religious slogans on rocks and fences along public highways. One sign asks What will you do when you die and an ad painter replies Use Delta Oil Good for burns in a counterpoint noted by the American Legion Weekly.
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The
American Legion Weekly
Letting the Other Fella Have His Way Brings Peace
A concise saying proposes that peace is easily achieved by allowing others to prevail. It frames concession as the path to harmony in disputes.
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Harry Myers
Myers
Herrick
Tiffin
Otto Schroeder
John Sarka
Youngstown
Leonard Anderson
East Liverpool
A. G. Murrell
Registrar of Vital Statistics
Virden Colwell
Defiance High School
Power Creek
Ellsworth Hanna
Elizabeth Welshimer
St. Marys Lake
Bucyrus Manufacturers’ Home Building Association
Thomas Barna
Vulcan Coal Mines
Thomas Creek
Middleport
Hobson
Joseph Mills
John Ryan
Fairfield County Auto Club
Fairfield County
Supreme Court of Ohio
John Haack
Toledo
Robert Hairston
George Miller
Big Stillwater Creek
Uhrichsville
Fred Ward
Hamilton
Westenhaver
Portage Rubber Company
Barberton
Ernest Grover
Portsmouth
George Gunnell
Trinity Episcopal Church
Adolph Jonke
Dute
Postum Cereal Conc
Battle Creek, Mich
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