Traveling School Farm Run September 12 to 14 in Ohio
An agricultural special train will tour Ohio counties on September 12 13 and 14 1911. Lectures on soil improvement wheat culture seed corn and horticulture will be given aboard with hour long stops in 11 counties including Columbus Columbus Centerburg Mt Versions Howard Danville Brink Haven Glenmont Millersburg Bremen Lancaster Amanda Circleville New Holland Washington D H Sabina and Wilmington.
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Columbus
C. A
Delaware
Knox
Holmes
Wayne
Coshocton
Muskingum
Fairfield
Pickaway
Fayette
Warren
Ohio
Durand
le Grand Powers
Agriculture
Bureau of the Census
Sunbury
Centerbury
Howard
Danville
Brink Haven
Glenmont
Millersburg
Bremen
Lancaster
Amanda
Circleville
New Holland
Washington D. H
Sabina
Wilmington
Excellent ventilation of stables of ordinary size
George F. Weston details venting designs for ordinary stables including sash inlets, galvanized iron side plates to prevent drafts, and adjustable ducts. He explains exhaust flues, hay chute use as vents, material choices for climate, moisture issues, and the benefits of multiple small inlets over few large ones.
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George F. Weston
Canada
State board appoints two special investigators
Fred M. Secrest of Cleveland and T. B. Mulholland of Youngstown named special investigators by the state board of awards. Br. E. Lemert resigns as correspondence clerk in the building and loan department to join Ohio National Life Insurance Co. of Cincinnati, where his father Ge. C. Lemert serves as president.
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Hogan
Columbus
State Bureau of Inspection of Public
Township Board of Education
Supreme Court
Fred M. Secrest
Cleveland
T. B. Mulholland
Youngstown
State Board of Awards
BR. E. Lemert
Ohio National Life Insurance Co
Cincinnati
Ge. C. Lemert
School Opens for Blind and Deaf Pupils This September
More than 700 pupils will return to the state institutions for the blind and deaf in late September to resume studies after a June 7 vacation. The school opens September 21 with about 280 enrolled last year and similar expected this term. The deaf institution opens September 20 with 450 pupils last year and a larger attendance anticipated.
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Institution For the Deaf
Ohio board to move 150 convicts to quarry work soon
Ohio’s board of administration plans immediate use of 150 convicts from the idle house at the penitentiary in the state stone quarry. The move targets ending the contract labor system and sets out to provide work for 569 convicts already under prison contracts while awaiting new work arrangements.
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Columbus
Ohio Board of Administration
Allen W. Thurman
Board of Administration
Board of Managers
Alliance merger plan agreed for Scio and Mount Union colleges
Trustees of Mount Union College approve a report from the executive committee on consolidating Mount Union with Scio College. The formal merger proposal follows an investigation into the two schools by the committee.
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Scio College
Mount Union College
James A. Dempsey Dies After Long Catholic Service
James A. Dempsey district agent for Mutual Life Insurance Co Knights of Columbus and Hibernian and longtime Northern Ohio Catholic leader died at his Sandusky home.
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Sandusky
James A. Dempsey
The
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Knights of Columbus and
Hibernian
Ohio
Destroy Ground Hogs Methods and Warnings
An article by Walter B Leutz details poisons and traps to control ground hogs. It advises soaking wheat with strychnine or using bisulfate of carbon in moss or hay to reach burrows and kill insects instantly while warning about its deadly inhalation risk and the need to keep the bottle corked until use.
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Walter B. Leutz
Strength of Mule Compared to Young Horse Workload
A historical note states the average mule at two years old can perform as much labor as a horse does at three or four years, highlighting early vigor in mules.
Diseases of horse listed with illustrations from Northwest Homestead
The illustration catalogues many horse ailments including poll evil swelling from bridle pressure inflamed parotid gland jugular vein caries of the lower jaw fistula of withers saddle gall spavin ringbone foundered foot and other injuries or conditions such as sand crack caps hock and grease.
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Homstead
Hat on Approval Sparks Marriage Plea
Mrs Jones shows off a milliner’s hat to her husband asking his opinion. He urges quick action calling it the most becoming hat she owns and suggests they telephone first thing in the morning to secure the purchase before it is sold to someone else.
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John
Florence
Unexpected Company Soap Ad Teaches Time Saving
An ad touts Hewitt’s Easy Task Soap as a remedy for interruptions by unexpected callers. The soap promises quick, strong suds for dishes and laundry while being gentle on hands, offered at five cents per cake. Includes moral quotes about behavior and happiness from Massillon and Judson.
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Hewitt
Prisoner Risks Punishment Over Rescue of Dog
North Yakima Wash. Michael Short, serving a street chain gang term for fines, escaped with two men but returned to work next morning. He told the foreman he fled to free his dog tied at home after three days without food or water.
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Yakima
Wash
Michael Short
Mike
Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound Credited By Women
A Cornwallville reader endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for change of life and nervousness after doctors advised hospital care. The letter praises its help and notes thousands of cures reported by the company founder Mrs. Lydia E Pinkham from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Natick
Mass
Nathan B. Greaton
No. Main St
Natick,Mass
Cornwallville
Lydia Pinkham
Wm. Boughton
Greene Co
Pinkham
Credit
Am, Lynn
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