Opposing Runforms for Ohio Lieutenant Governor Revealed
Columbus dispatch reports Allen C. McDonald of Dayton files to challenge Lt. Gov. John H. Arnold for the Republican nomination. Harding leads Ohio delegates toward the Chicago convention as preparations begin. J. F. Oldfield, longtime state postal inspector, dies in Athens after cancer battle. Louis J. Taber touts Ohio State University grange as the world’s largest. Sixty students work on university farm. Edward M. Sweitzer, former assembly officer, dies in Columbus. Ted Green Jr. named assistant sergeant at arms for Chicago convention. Polygamy bill support urged by Columbus Presbyterians. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. to increase capital, $18,000 fee paid to state.
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J. F. Oldfield
Athens
John. H. Arnold
Allen C. McDonald
Dayton
Arnold
Willis
Ralph D. Cole
76Th General Assembly
Ohio
Chicago
Harding
Gov
Burton
Taft
P. O
Secret Service
Postal Service
Erie
Louis J. Taber
Ohio State Grange
State University Grange
State College of Agriculture
State University
Edward M. Sweitzer
State Senate
Harmon
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Woodmen Lodge
Alliance
Thomas EB. Green, Jr
Youngstown
Turner
Ted
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio Governor Flags Aviation Training and Political Moves
Governor Willis praised Ohio for rapid aviation training and mobilization readiness, citing state efforts at Newport News and planned camps in Cincinnati and Cleveland. The piece also covers Ralph D Cole as temporary chairman of the Ohio Republican convention, Col. W. H. Surles earning a medal for saving Gen. McCook, a Supreme Court ruling on admissible arson confessions, and state legal notices affecting liquor inspectors and bar exam applicants.
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Ohio
Willis
Congress
Europe
Newport News
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Cole
Ralph D Cole
Findlay
Columbus
Senator Foraker
Harding
Chicago
United States Senate
Capt. P. Maynard
House of Representatives
Warren J. Weiser Wll
W. H. Surles
East Liverpool
Supreme Court
Elizabeth Maranda
Akron
High Court
Attorney General's Department
State Liquor License Commission
Maude B. Gilmer
Niles
Bertha R. Bernstein
Minnie Rivkin
Rose Cone
Winona L. Hampton
Margaret Mulvey
Zanesville
Louise Strong
Alliance
Cyrus Newby
Highland County Common Pleas Court
James G. Johnson
Maurice H. Donahue
Chester Bryan
London
Adams
Oregon
Washington
Lucas County
John A. Bliss
State ‘Accounting Bureau
Measles in Ohio Sets New Record
Ohio health officials report a record measles outbreak in the first four months of 1916 with over 36,000 cases, more than doubling the 1915 total of 19,348. April alone saw 13,213 cases, marking a new peak in the four year epidemic cycle.
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State Department OF Health
Union News Service
Columbus
Ohio
State Board of Health
Many Spellers Listed in Ohio State Contest
Columbus entrants join 92 champions in the June 2 spelling contest at Memorial Hall. Cash prizes total 75 dollars plus book sets worth several hundred dollars. Contest draws 77 counties, 12 cities, and five exempted villages with their own contestants. Notable villages include Wilmington and Oberlin. cities include Dayton, Zanesville, Painesville, Sandusky, and Coshocton. Superintendent Pearson released the contestant list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Memorial Hall
Wilmington
Willoughby
Newcomerstown
van Buren
Oberlin
Mt. Vernon
Bascom
Dayton
Jackson
Zanesville
East
Liverpool
Delphos
Painesville
Gallipolis
Sandusky Portage
Coshocton
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Pearson
Sunday School Convention Opens Clark County
Delegates and workers from Clark county Sunday schools met at the Methodist church in South Charleston for the first annual Clark County Sunday School association convention. Rev. C. D. Munsey led devotions and a solo. Dr. Franklin McElfresh of Chicago delivered an address on The Most Interesting Book in the World.
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Springfield
Clark County Sunday Schools
Methodist Church
South Charleston
Clark County Sunday School Association
C. D. Munsey
Franklin McElfresh
Chicago
Plan salary for president at General Methodist Protestant Conference
Radical changes in conference governance propose a $3,000 annual salary for the president and a cabinet of ministers and laymen to assist him. A Board of Control for a superannuated ministers pension fund is planned with funds from the Baltimore book concern earnings. Pittsburg and Maryland publishing interests reported profits the past quadrennium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
General Methodist Protestant Conference
Board of Control
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Maryland
Gospel Missions Elects New Officers in Toledo
Mrs. E. M. Whittemore of New York was reelected president of the International Union of Gospel Missions at Toledo. New officers include Vice Presidents Tobias Fretz Philadelphia and Mrs. Sara Wray New York, Obediah Dugan Charlestown S C, Oliver C. Elliott Boston, F K. Ward Cedar Rapids, J David Fraser Montreal, BH. Kratzig Norfolk Va, and G F Spreng Toledo. Mrs. John H. Byburn New York was chosen treasurer.
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Toledo
E. M. Whittemore
New York
International Union of Gospel Missions
Tobias Fretz
Philadelphia
Sara Wray
Obediah Dugan
Charlestown
S. C
Oliver C. Elliott
Boston
F. K. Ward
Cedar Rapids
J. David Fraser
Montreal
Kratzig
Norfolk
G. F. Spreng
John H. Byburn
Will of Mrs. Elizabeth McCormick Frazier Sustained
In Cincinnati, Judge F L Hoffmans court the will disposing of a $15000 estate mostly to public institutions was upheld within an hour. Contesting relatives were grand nieces Lucy Lambdin and Edna Joannes of San Francisco. Other relatives resided in Delaware Portsmouth Peebles and Sinking Springs plus Clermont and Madison counties Ohio.
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Cincinnati
F. L. Hoffman
Elizabeth McCormick Frazier
Lucy Lambdin
Edna Joannes
San Francisco
Delaware
Portsmouth
Peebles
Sinking Springs
Clermont
Madison
Ohio
Jury drawn for Anderson v Union County in auto collision suit
Bellefontaine Ohio June seventh set for trial in Logan County Common Pleas Court. Alice M Anderson sues Union County Commissioners for ten thousand dollars in damages for injuries from an automobile accident. Plaintiff demanded a foreign jury and it was granted.
Colleges May Be Merged In Ohio And Michigan
The Methodist Protestant church may consolidate its colleges in West Lafayette Ohio and Adrian Michigan. A general education board will supervise all conference schools and colleges and a unified college could be located in Ohio with Steubenville and Zanesville named as possibilities.
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Zanesville
West Lafayette
Adrian
Mich
Church
General Conference
Ohio
Steubenville
Buckeye News Notes Stir Steubenville Strike and Local Incidents
Steubenville strikes hit local union workers as employers take over truck duties. In Cleveland a Parkwood garage fire destroys eleven autos valued around ten thousand dollars. Massillon reports Dominic Matteo with a two month old neck fracture may recover after a fall from a hand car. Oberlin sees James R. Severance 70, longtime treasurer and trustee, die of indigestion. inventor of the McCormack binder. Portsmouth opens a new traction line by Ohio Valley Traction between Wheelersburg and Portsmouth with plans to reach Ironton soon.
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Oberlin, O
James R. Severance
Oberlin College
McCormack
Portsmouth
Ohio Valley Traction Company
Wheelersburg
Ironton
Mayor to file charges over waterworks dispute in Greenville
Greenville city authorities plan to press charges against John Lucas after he failed to resign from the waterworks plant post as asked by Mayor Weaver. Incompatibility and insubordination cited as reasons amid ongoing water system disputes.
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Greenville
John Lucas
Weaver
War Declared on Mosquitoes In Toledo Schools
Toledo launches a city wide drive to curb mosquitoes by sending 40,000 folders to public schools. Pupils urged to help parents remove breeding sites at home as Commercial Club marks a mosquito elimination week.
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Toledo
Commercial Club
Springfield schools chief facing charges of incompetency
Carey Boggess, superintendent of Springfield schools, was formally charged by three of five board members with incompetency though he holds a one year remaining on a five year contract. In Millersburg a man named Charles Hall or Charles B Kaine was jailed on forgery accusations linked to a bank swindle involving fraudulent notes.
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Springfield, O
Carey Boggess
Springfield
Board of Education
Boggess
Millersburg, O
Charles Hall
Charles B. Kaine
Miller
Ohio
General Assembly of United Presbyterian Churches in Cleveland
The fifty eighth General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Churches of North America met in Cleveland. The denomination includes 1,136 congregations, 1,151 ministers and 198,580 members in the United States. Contributions last year totaled 3,081,023 dollars or 19.71 dollars per member.
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Cleveland, O
James Wilson Visits Columbus for College Tour
James Wilson former Secretary of Agriculture visited Columbus Ohio on a tour of agricultural colleges. He attended a luncheon at the Athletic Club hosted by Dr W C Thompson and met dignitaries including former Governor Campbell Judge John B Sater Governor Willis Judge Maurice H Donahue Julius F Stone and Dr B T Wilson.
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Columbus
James Wilson
National
Agricultural
Athletic Club
W. C. Thompson
Marion businessmen back Goran plan to recruit Company D O N G
Marion Ohio business men and manufacturers endorse Captain George T Goran plan to recruit Company D O N G to full peace strength at once and pay employees full time for weekly drill plus half time during annual camp.
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Marion, O
Marion
George T. Goran
WV Second District Race Shows Republican Surge
The vacancy in West Virginia’s Second congressional district was filled in November with the Democratic candidate winning by 1350 votes as 1715 Progressive votes shifted toward the Republicans. The result hints at a broader national drift toward the GOP and notes Democratic losses and Republican gains compared with 1914.
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West Virginia
Sugar tariffs and British sugar production eyed by senator
Senator Robert F. Broussard of Louisiana predicts tariff revisions and higher sugar duties as England expands production after the war. He notes British Guiana’s growth from 100000 to 2500000 tons and cites Brussels conference limits, warning England will compete in the U.S. market.
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Robert F. Broussard
Louisiana
Shoreham
England
British Guiana
Germany
Washington Post
Unjust to Roosevelt over Leonard Wood career claims
Washington correspondence of the New York Evening Post disputes claims that Roosevelt jumped Leonard Wood ahead of others. It notes Wood was made chief of staff by Taft in 1910 when ranking major general, and that earlier promotions involved McKinley and Roosevelt as well as merit and seniority factors cited by Secretary Root.
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Roosevelt
General Wood
Washington
New York Evening Post
Leonard Wood
Army
Taft
McKinley
Wood
Cuba
Root
Lst
Ex President Taft Seen as Model of GOP Unity
The article praises Taft for effacing personal power and urging a united opposition to the national administration. It notes he seeks no personal gain, supports no specific candidates for Chicago, and favors a ticket built on straight Republican principles.
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Taft
Chicago
Man seeks to stir discord not a good Republican
A remark labeling a man who tries to sow discord within the Republican party as not a good Republican highlights intra party tensions and calls for loyalty to party unity. The statement frames discord as contrary to GOP values and leadership expectations.
Anti-Dumping Law Proves Inadequate Without Tariff
After the war European nations may flood markets with cheap manufactured goods. The secretary of commerce cannot craft an effective anti-dumping law. The only certain antidumping device is a genuine protective tariff, which the Republicans hope to win in November.
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Secretary of Commerce
Cloent
Dairying Prospects In Western Canada Rise With Demand
Western Canada dairy and hog industries show strong growth as war demand boosts cheese sales and prices. Reports from Calgary and Monarch Alberta highlight favorable markets, low land costs, and potential for large-scale cheese production, with weather and feed supporting keeping quality and profits.
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Canada
Western
Alberta
Denmark
Rockies
Monarch
Calgary
Largest Car Ferry Drives Freight and Passenger Cars
The new world’s largest car ferry crosses the Carquinez straits between Port Costa and Benicia, Cal. Part of the Southern Pacific railroad, the 43 foot wooden hull uses over 2,000,000 feet of lumber, 76 tons of spikes, and supports 36 freight cars with two engines or 24 passenger cars with two engines. It is operated by electric power.
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Carquinez Straits
Port Costa
Benicia
Cal
Southern Pacific Railroad
Alling year of university 1 ets near a plea
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a year related to a university and a plea or request but lacks clear names places or dates. The readable words suggest financial or academic context without specific details. More text needed for a precise card.
Widow in St Louis hoards late spouse’s nat on chair
A talkative widow in St Louis drapes the deceased’s nat on the back of a chair and speaks to it for hours, a habit noted in local gossip about her devotion to the late lamented.
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St. Louis
Nat
The Coat of a Donkey Tailored by a Tailor
A proverb notes that a horse coat is natural, while a donkey's coat is often altered by a tailor. The saying contrasts inherent beauty with crafted appearance and reflects humor about animals and human tailoring.
Riches Ride the Skies as Planes Take Wealth
A brief quip notes modern travel shifts where wealth travels by air, leaving old means behind as aviation dominates wealth movement.
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Buckeye News
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Parkwood
Massillon, O
Dominic Matteo
Jennie Bogart
Cincinnati Housewives’ Co-operative League
P. Burns Company
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