Warn of Summer Day Concoction Experts Urge Caution
A Columbus health warning links tainted summer ice cream to a child's death and illnesses from local vendors and factory products. Officials urge careful buying, stricter enforcement, and public vigilance to prevent ptomaine poisoning during hot weather.Governor Willis prompts flag day observance and state plans to produce free anti-toxine at Ohio State University.
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Columbus
State Board of Health
Willis
Ohio
United States
Republic
Ohio State University
Board of Health
Miller
John I. Miller
Twig Blight Threatens Ohio Apple Crop Across State
Gov and legislature clash over funds. there is a bid to retain stationery while returning law books and valuables. Twig blight investigates in southern Ohio with six inspectors. pear trees urged to be removed to halt disease spread. Judge Thomas Jones receives a mistaken certificate from Gov Willis.
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Turner
Col
Fred Blankner
N. B. Shaw
Ohio
Jones
Thomas Jones
Supreme Court
Gov
Willis
Big Menu for State Militia Encampment in Yellow Springs
Ohio National Guard prepares for summer drills at Yellow Springs with two brigades. Contracts for provisions exceed 12000 dollars as 2800 officers and men in the First brigade camp July 26 to August 2 and 2500 in the Second August 9 to 16. Food costs alone at current prices would run over 55000000 annually, far above state expenditures.
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Union News Service
Columbus
Ohio National Guard
Yellow Springs
Quartermaster’s Department
Adjutant General’s Office
National Guard
Buckeye
Ohio Knights of Pythias Elects Directors and Trustees
The Grand Lodge of Ohio closed its session in Zanesville electing two Pythian Home directors William C. Kirschner of Dayton and J. W. Blackburn of Lima, and grand lodge trustee W. S. Winn of Zanesville. Officers installed include William F. Schuchardt Cincinnati as grand chancellor and others. Ohio reports 93,000 members, the banner state.
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Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Pythian
Cleveland
William C. Kirschner
Dayton
J. W. Blackburn
Lima
Pythian Home
W. S. Winn
William F. Schuchardt
Cincinnati
George L. Behrens
Columbus
E. A. Coll
Marietta
A. A. Wormwood
E. W. Tidd
Stockdale
Fred E. Bruml
Ohio
Excellent program set for State Sunday school convention
In Zanesville Ohio 89 speakers join Gov Frank B Willis on the program for the State Sunday school convention slated for June 22 23 and 24 The event draws national figures from New York Chicago and Denver Special noonday meetings for men will be led by Dr Franklin Mc Elfresh Frank L Brown and Dr W C Pearce with ties to Columbus Cincinnati Brooklyn and the international Sunday school associations
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Zanesville
Frank B. Willis
Columbus
New York
Chicago
Denver
Franklin McElfresh
Methodist Board of Sunday Schools At
Cincinnati
Frank L. Brown
Brooklyn
N. Y
World Sunday School Association
W. C. Pearce
International Sunday School Association
Cincinnati Eyes 1916 Osteopathic Convention Bid
Cincinnati osteopaths plan to fight for the 1916 convention of the American Osteopathic Association. A large delegation from Cincinnati will attend the 1915 convention in Portland Oregon, the first week of August.
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Cincinnati
American Osteopathic Association
Portland
Oregon
Shovels Replace Miners in Jefferson County Coal
Steam shovels will remove 7000 acres of coal land in Jefferson county near Steubenville replacing 400 miners with 25 workers. The tract lies between the Pennsylvania and Wabash-Pittsburg terminal railroads and active operations will start soon.
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Steubenville
Jefferson County
Pennsylvania
Wabash-Pittsburg
Cincinnati Chosen as Next Ohio Printers' Fed Meeting
Dayton reports Cincinnati selected as the Ohio Printers' Federation next convention site. Officers elected include President A J Braunwart Cincinnati and Vice President J Ely Dayton. Other executives named: J A Cannon Cleveland F J Heer Columbus J J Bennett Lisbon.
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Dayton, O
Ohio Printers’ Federation
Cincinnati
A. J. Braunwart
Dayton
J. A. Cannon
Cleveland
F. J. Heer
Columbus
J. J. Bennett
Lisbon
C. J. Jettinger
Delphos
D. B. Neil
Charles P. Carl
Powder explodes in boy's eye in Bellefontaine incident
In Bellefontaine Omar Reames reports that his 13 year old son Donald Reames and Ray Kelly were handling a powder can when it exploded. Donald suffered a concussion and likely will lose sight of his eye if he recovers.
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Bellefontaine
Donald Reames
Omar Reames
West Liberty
Ray Kelly
Buckeye Brevities Highlights From Ohio Cities
Toledo reports record first day registration for the Ohio United Commercial Travelers convention. In Lima, Olivet Presbyterian Church receives 500 dollars from Silas Evans will. Wheeling Steel coal plant in Martin's Ferry resumes after a year idle. Mrs Tillie Campbell found not guilty in court in Cincinnati. Cemetery Superintendents pick Youngstown for next meeting. A sow nursing eight piglets adopts an orphan kitten near Lakeview.
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Toledo
Ohio United Commercial
Toledo delegates pick Columbus for 1916 UCT convention
At the final session of the state convention of the United Commercial Travelers Columbus was chosen as the site for the 1916 gathering, replacing tentative plans for Toledo.
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Toledo
the United Commercial Travelers
Columbus
Hamilton O Edger Grant Hauck 21 Dies of Hydrophobia
Hamilton Edgar Grant Hauck age 21 died at 220 South C street from hydrophobia after a dog bite received last February. The report notes the cause and location of death with limited additional context.
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Hamilton
Edgar Grant Hauck
South C Street
Ohio state reformatory inmates win parole in bi monthly meeting
Seventeen Hamilton county inmates of the Ohio State Reformatory and 119 others were granted paroles by the state board of administration at the bi monthly parole session.
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Mansfield, O
Hamilton County
Ohio State Reformatory
State Board of Administration
Explosion at Goodyear plant injures several workers
Akron reports a gasoline explosion at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co reclamation works leaving two men possibly fatally injured and several others cut or bruised. In Cincinnati Maurice J. Freiberg of the Ohio Wine and Spirit association spoke at the convention opening, addressing liquor license decentralization, home rule defense, and county liquor organization plans.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Cincinnati
McDermott
Maurice J. Freiberg
Ohio Wine and Spirit Association
Spencerian penmanship pioneer honored with log cabin tribute
The Ashtabula county agricultural society marks 40 Lund a log cabin on the county fair grounds in memory of Platt R. Spencer of Geneva, inventor of the Spencerian system and founder of Ohio's first business college in a log cabin here in early days.
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Geneva, O
Ashtabula County Agricultural Society
Lund
Platt R. Spencer
Geneva
Ohio
Child Scalded to Death in Napolean Kitchen Accident
Three year old Napoleon, son of George Vondeilen, fell into a pail of boiling water while playing in the kitchen as his mother scrubbed the floor. He died within a few hours from the injuries.
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Napoleon
George Vondeilen
Peter the Pessimist and the Nevada Mine Plot
In a 1915 tale, Peter Martin vows to ruin John Jarvis and then courts Jarvis's sister Eva. After a planned revenge scheme, Peter falls for Eva, while Jarvis unexpectedly reveals a buried fortune from a Nevada mine, turning the plot on its head.
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John Jarvis
Peter
Eva Jarvis
John
Jarvis
Miss Jarvis
Brother John
Denver
Eva
Friend
Nevada
World artificial silk output nears twenty million pounds
The article states that global production of artificial silk reaches about 20,000,000 pounds annually. It highlights the large scale of synthetic fiber manufacturing and its economic significance.
Pride Stops Parade Horse For Shoe Shine
A storyteller recalls the grand marshal’s bay horse halting mid parade. A listener quips that pride made the horse stop, but the tale reveals the horse wanted its shoes shined.
King George and Kaiser Garter Reversal Mentioned
A fragment quotes a passerby remark about King George removing the Garter from the Kaiser and other rulers. A minor street scene shows a boy helping a stout woman with an untied shoestring, illustrating polite acts amid satire.
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George
Woman quits coffee after four years of illness
An Ohio woman recounts severe heart trouble and nervous prostration tied to coffee. She switched to Postum and reports steady nerves, a healthier heart, and no further pains or medicines, praising Postum as easier to quit coffee and better mood.
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Ohio
Postum
Postum Co
Cattle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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