Ohio mobilizes coal effort under Johnson and Garfield
Ohio forms a state coal distribution system led by Homer H. Johnson after federal and state action on Oct. 16 to keep 20 percent of mined coal in state for emergency relief. Gov. Cox urges full mine output and cooperates with a state five member committee to oversee the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Homer H. Johnson
Cleveland
United States Fuel Administration
Washington
Johnson
James M. Cox
Gov. Cox
State Committee of Five
Toledo
Youngstown
Cincinnati
Harry A. Garfield
J. M. Roan
Coal Clearing House
McGhee
National Coal Administrator’s
Roan
Dugan
Public Utilities Commission
Federal Food Administration
D. Franklin Garland
Adams
H. L. Hostetter
Allen
M. Austin Potter
Ashland
J. M. Fluke
Ashtabula
O. R. Cleveland
Athens
C. M. Copeland
Auglaize
Albert Herzing
Belmont
John T. Scott
Brown
EB. B. Stephan
Butler
George Verity
Carroll
G. EB. Bell
Champaign
Clyde H. Hooley
Clark
Charles L. Nisley
Clermont
H. C. Aultman
Clinton
J. Edwin Gay
Columbiana
W. Irving Lewis
Coshocton
H. A. Caton
Crawford
J. T. Hopely
Cuyahoga
H. D. North
Darke
J. L. Selby
Defiance
Minnie Ridenour
Delaware
W. D. Thompson
Eric
Alfred Wright
Fairfield
Col. W. Leiby
Fayette
Alex H. Ballard
Franklin
David Warwick
Fulton
R. H. Fernald
Gallia
Wayne Lutz
Geauga
Harold Ryder
Greene
G. H. Geyer
Hamilton
W. A. Julian
Hardin
A. F. Rothstein
Lorain
Louis Burgner
Lucas
I. E. Macomber
Madison
O. M. Moulton
Mahoning
Samuel G. McClure
Marion
R. M. McClure
Medina
C. E. Jenks
Meigs
G. H. Crow
Mercer
Cotterman
Miami
John P. Neilson
Monroe
E. C. Ferock
Montgomery
N. W. Kirkpatrick
Morgan
C. G. Johnson
Morrow
Mary Mateer
Muskingum
N. D. Snedeker
Noble
H. L. Bates
Ottawa
A. O. Dime
Paulding
Mary Malloy
Perry
John L. Martin
Pike
Charles P. Gableman
Portage
James Wilson
Putman
D. J. Kennath
Richland
L. H. Beam
Ross
Walter Sears
Scioto
W. M. Briggs
Seneca
P. M. Hendershott
Shelby
Lee A. Dollinger
Stark
J. H. Barr
Summit
P. R. Knoble
Turnbull
C. M. Wilkins
Tuscarawas
Frank Balyeat
Vinton
C. H. Copeland
Warren
Stanley Sellars
T. D. Chamberlain
Wayne
C. E. Thorne
Williams
W. H. Slater
Wood
H. B. Williams
Wyandot
A. B. Whitney
Garfield
National Coal
Army
Navy
Mr. Johnson
Pilgrim Memorial Fund
Congregational Church
National Council of Congregational Churches
Pearson
Trade acceptances urged to win the war
Dr. J T Holdsworth of the University of Pittsburgh called trade acceptances a key wartime tool at the Cleveland Association of Credit Men gathering. He said they substitute for open accounts, are negotiable, liquid, and would ease Liberty Loan financing by converting tied up mercantile funds into usable form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
J. T. Holdsworth
School of Economics
University of Pittsburg
Cleveland Association of Credit Men
Federal Reserve
America
Dean Holdsworth
Two Die as Train Hits Auto in Huron
A New York Central train struck a car near Huron killing Michael Cassidy and Arthur Slyker instantly. Internally injured Jack Shepard is expected to die, with Herald Kresk Ira Wilkinson and Fred Krock also hurt. All victims were from Huron and en route to Camp Sherman with cigars and confectionery for draftees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
New York Central
Michael Cassidy
Arthur Slyker
Jack Shepard
Herald Kresk
Ira Wilkinson
Fred Krock
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Akron Welcomes Club Women Delegates at State Convention
Akron opened its gates to a thousand delegates from cities across Ohio for the twenty second annual convention of the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs. Mayor W. J. Laub greeted participants at the First Methodist church during the opening session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs
W. J. Laub
First Methodist Church
Robbery at Fay Co. Store Ends With $2,000 in Goods
Police across neighboring cities are alerted after two robbers broke into the Fay Co. store in Elyria, stealing women s furs coats and other wearing apparel valued at about $2,000. They escaped in an automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Fay Co
Priest Will Enter Army from Athens
Rev. Father James T. Banahan, pastor of St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Athens for over a decade, announced he has been made an army chaplain and will depart next Monday for Camp Jackson in Columbia, S. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Athens
James T. Banahan
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Camp Jackson
Columbia
8. C
Explosion Kills Woman in Sandusky
Mrs. George Ringholz, 41, died when natural gas exploded in a stove she cooked over. A glass shard from a broken jar severed her jugular vein by striking her throat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
George Ringholz
Death Returns for Second Child in Bay Ridge
While Helen 10 was being laid to rest in Sandusky on October 16 Norma eight, another Johannsen child, died at the Bay Ridge home of diphtheria and scarlet fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Helen
Norma
Christian Johannsen
Bay Ridge
Quick Thought Saves Life On Erie Tracks Collision
Mrs. Irvin I Michaels clung to the engine pilot after a fast mail train struck their car at Ohio City near Van Wert. The auto carrying her husband and niece Miss Eva Kuhn was demolished. Kuhn and Michaels escaped with minor injuries, while the woman saving herself by grabbing the engine prevented a fatality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert
Erie
Ohio City
Irvin I. Michaels
Ohio volunteers respond to food administration call in Columbus
In Columbus the answer to what drives the food administration is the spirit of volunteer service. Ohio men and women answer the wartime need by giving time freely and patriotically, surprising even skeptics who doubted Ohio’s earnestness in the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Mills
Columbus
Cincinnati
Fred C. Croxton
Mills
Ohio
Cox
Camp Sherman
Gov. Cox
Chillicothe
Food Administration
City Officials Seize Coal to Help Suffering Residents
City officials seized six carloads of coal to relieve suffering residents of Bowling Green. The coal was apportioned among dealers and sent out one ton to each consumer. The coal was confiscated from the Toledo and Ohio Central road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Green
Driver Dies as Auto Plunges in Fog
East Liverpool reports the death of Harry Moore a 26 year old monument dealer when his car plunged over a 12 foot wall at the street end, the driver blinded by dense fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Liverpool
Harry Moore
Monument
Red Cross leaders tour West to explain fund use
Henry P. Davison and Harry D. Gibson lead a Westward tour beginning October 22 visiting Denver San Francisco Seattle Minneapolis Chicago and Cleveland. They aim to inform chapters donors and the public on how the 100 million war fund is spent and to render an account of Red Cross stewardship. Reverend Robert Davis accompanies them from Englewood New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Red Cross War Council
Henry P. Davison
Harry D. Gibson
American Red Cross
Red Cross
War Council
St. Louis
Denver
San Francisco
Seattle
Minneapolis
Chicago
Cleveland
Davison
War Fund
Great Fund
France
Russia
Romania
Italy
Serbia
Gibson
Robert Davis
Englewood, N. J
Paris
American Red Cross Commission
The Masqueraders Painter Wins Love and Fortune
Warren Deane, an aspiring artist, finds sudden luck after a botched step near a cliff leads to a saving act for a child. He sketches the moment, befriends Maude Springer, learns she is an heiress, and writes a heart story that mirrors his hopes of love and artistic success. Maude reads the tale and signs the match with a hopeful “finis.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Deane
Rupert Thrall
Thrall
Warren
Virden
Maudie
Winnie
Maude Springer
Woodland Dell
Paradise
Robert G. Elliott The Last Free Stater Dies
Robert G. Elliott of Lawrence Kansas died recently. He led the first Free State colony from New England to Kansas and became a key Free State figure in the 1850s border conflicts. Elliott edited Kansas first Free State paper, befriended Abraham Lincoln, and survived two fires and numerous threats before his passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Elliott
Lawrence
Kan
New England
Kansa
Free State
Kansas
Abraham Lincoln
Patriots to the Bone
A Boston Transcript quip notes two women walking Tremont Street with the remark they are willing to bear arms and bare legs, reflecting a period urban humor about patriotism and appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Street
Boston Evening Transcript
Methodists Plan New Mission College in Rome
American Methodist Missionary college moves forward in Rome Italy with site at Monte Mario secured for expansion plans to build new buildings and facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
American Methodist Missionary College
Italy
Monte Mario
A National Blessing Says Griggs On Katmai Eruption
Dr. R F Griggs just back from Katmai declares the 1912 largest volcano eruption will be the last for thousands of years. The New York Sun remarks a need for explosive human beings to blow off and shut up for a similar span.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Griggs
Katmai
New York Sun
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Cleanse and Soothe Skin
For skin troubles the Soap cleanses and purifies while the Ointment soothes and heals. They give immediate relief from itching burning eczema pimples dandruff and most baby skin troubles. Daily use helps prevent minor problems from worsening. Free sample by mail with Book. Send postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Time to Fight Mice in the Home
The article urges strict cleanliness to deny mice food and entry. It advises removing crumbs in kitchens and bedrooms, sealing cellar passages and wall cavities, and choosing between a mouse trap or a cat as a last resort. It frames ignoring infestation as wasteful and unpatriotic.
South African furniture market boosted by steel tube shortages
Wooden bedsteads and other furniture items have surged in production in South Africa as English steel tube factories divert to munitions, stimulating local furniture manufacturing in recent months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
England
Diplomacy Necessary in a Woman's Argument Strategy
A reflective line suggests a man dismisses a woman's knowledge unless she argues persuasively. The mood emphasizes tact and rhetorical skill in disputes.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paul Jones
Haman
West
Western Newspaper Union
Patriots
Walter Baker & CO
Dorchester
Mass
Neo
U.s.rateorr
Tar
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!