Ohio to Realize Million in Auto Funds Under New Tags
Secretary of State Charles Q. Hildebrandt says 168000 tags issued by Sept 1 cut issuing cost to 54 cents per set. He forecasts $1,000,000 more to highway funds this year earmarked for road maintenance and repair. Ohio becomes second in auto licenses after Illinois and California.
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Union News Service
Columbus
Ohio
Automobile Department
Charles Q. Hildebrant
Fred H. Caley
Ohio State Automobile Association
Hildebrant
Automobile Organization
Illinois
California
Bumper Crops Repeated Despite Heavy Ohio Rain
Ohio's 1,369,049 acres of wheat may yield about 16 bushels per acre after unusually wet summer. Department secretary Rennick W. Dunlap says rains hindered thrashing and caused rotted wheat and choked corn by weeds, though oats output will exceed last year’s.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Department of Agriculture
Rennick W. Dunlap
Department
Bankers Hold Reserves in Ohio Banks Increase
A comptroller of currency report on June 23 shows 355 Ohio banks outside reserve cities raising reserves since May 1. Liabilities and discounts reach 187.92 million, demand deposits 166.88 million, time deposits 58.59 million, with reserves at 23.78 percent vs 23.32 previously.
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Cleveland
United States
Comptroller of Currency
Washington
Ohio
Coffer dam collapses delaying Ohio dam project
In Gallipolis Ohio a coffer dam at Government Lock and Dam 22 collapsed as the Ohio River rose, narrowly avoiding disaster for about 100 workers. The government faces a $70,000 loss and completion is pushed back about one year.
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Gallipolis
Government
Ohio
Ohio Methodist Elders Ordained at 104th Conference
Bishop William F. Anderson of Cincinnati presided at the 104th Ohio conference session ordaining three deacons William K. Anderson Lawrence B. Rothrock and Henry W. Stoady and seven elders James P. Alford Fred R. Alkire Dana I. Burns Arthur B. Davison Samuel C. Elen Charles F. Hager and Fred C. Woed.
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Columbus, O
William F. Anderson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Methodist Episcopal Church
William K. Anderson
Lawrence B. Rothrock
Marietta
Henry W. Stoady
Lancaster
James P. Alford
Harrisburg
Fred R. Alkire
Jacksonville
Dana~i. Burns
Athens
Arthur 8. Davison
Haydenville
Samuel C. Elen
South Webster
Charles F. Hager
Wheeleraburg
Fred C. Woed
Albany
Excess appropriations hit Hamilton county districts
Eleven municipal corporations thirteen school districts and three townships in Hamilton county were found to have submitted budgets in excess of legal limits. Notable overages include Cincinnati 2262807 Norwood 4990 Che 6826 Harrison 1909 Addyston 870 Clowes 1309 North Bend 782 Arlington on Heights and Montgomery 4126.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Norwood
Che
Harrison
Addyston
Clowes
North Bend
Arlington On Heights
Campaign Begins To Educate Miners Directly In Ohio
The Hocking District Coal Operators Association votes to push mining system revision education straight to miners. The shift departs from usual negotiations with leaders, aiming to inform rank and file about the true situation facing Hocking Valley operators.
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Columbus, O
Hocking District Coal Operators’ Association
Hocking Valley
Ohio Briefs: Fatalities, Oil Find, and Local Moves
Multiple Ohio items report fatalities from road and train collisions in Columbus Upper Sandusky and Reese Station, plus an oil discovery near Ashtabula at 2500 feet depth with gas. Notable deaths include Charles Steese head of First National Bank and a $20,000 gift to Cleveland Medical Library by Dr. Dudley P. Allen. A Steubenville coal plant sale to George Watt and a pastor change at First Baptist Steubenville. An Ohio Valley Clay order for 400 glass house blocks destined for Japan.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland Medical Library
Dudley P. Allen
New York
Steubenville, O
Dexter Coal Co
United States
George C. Watt
Braddock
Ohio Valley Clay Company
Japan
Toledo Citizens Seek Plattsburg Style Army Camp
Toledo residents urge a Washington backed military training camp similar to Plattsburg and Cleveland models. A petition seeks federal aid to establish the facility in Ohio. Bellefontaine farmer Stewart Fullerton is joked about by a Columbus pickpocket. his fat wallet held only fine cut tobacco. Dayton motorcyclist Daniel Logel, 20, crashes into a tree to avoid a fallen rider, suffers skull fracture and broken neck.
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Toledo
Plattsburg
N. Y
Cleveland
Washington
Bellefontaine
Stewart Fullerton
Huntsville
This County
Columbus
Dayton, O
Daniel Logel
Smith Named Assistant Corporation Clerk in State Appointments
Columbus Republican John A. Smith of Logan was appointed by Secretary Hildebrandt as assistant corporation clerk. He succeeds Democrat Thomas Way of Woodsfield who left the post recently. Salary set at 1350 dollars.
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Columbus, D
John A. Smith
Logan
Hildebrandt
Thomas Way
Woodsfield
Democrat
Trapped Woman Burned to Death in Akron Home Basement
Ada M. Logan 37 wife of Dr. George M. Logan was burned to death in the basement of her Akron residence when a fire sparked by a gas explosion ignited her clothing while she was wedged between a staircase and the furnace.
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Akron
Ada M. Logan
George M. Logan
Columbus Street Character Walters Dies at 78
Willard D. Walters known as Get Ready Walters for eight decades in Columbus warned passers-by of the second coming. He died at age 78 from Bright's disease after a long public presence on city streets.
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Columbus, O
Willard D
Walters
Columbus
Christ
Bright
Workforce Meeting Proposes Fifty Hour Week With Overtime
Hamilton O employees of the Nilea Tool Works were called to gather in a mass meeting and told that the work week would be fifty hours in the future. No pay reduction was mentioned and time and a half would be paid for all time worked over fifty hours.
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Hamilton
Nilea Tool Works Company
Dayton Gas Company to issue bonds for improvements
The Public Utilities Commission approves Dayton Gas Company to issue 140000 in first mortgage bonds to reimburse the treasurer for funds used in betterments over five years. Oxford village selected as meeting place for the next annual conference of the Christian Association of the United Presbyterian Church Southwestern District of Ohio in September 1916.
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Columbus, C
Dayton Gas Company
Public Utilities Commission
Oxford
O-Thia
United Presbyterian Church
Ohio
State Civil Service and Tax Inquisitors Face Scrutiny
Special Columbus correspondence reports stalled arguments on several constitutional amendments. The State Bureau of Accounting opposes tax ferrets employment, while county treasuries balk at uncertain funds. Governor Willis eyes a possible special session amid civil service law scrutiny and ongoing state fair activity.
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State Bureau of Accounting
Columbus
Hildebrant
State Civil Service Commission
General Revenue Fund
Treasuries
Buckeye State
Gov
Willis
Charles C. Moore
Buckeye
Gox
John. Thomas
7Th St
Thomas
Lincoln
Neb
I. Izano
Franklin County
Montgomery County
Bureau
E. R. Mueller
Mueller
Plants That Murder and Lure Insects and Rodents
An illustrated catalog of carnivorous plants describes the moccasin flower as a deadlier lure for ants and wingless insects. Orchids, Indian Pipes, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, and pitcher plants are noted as kidnappers, robbers, or killers that trap victims in leaf cups or flower pits.
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Jack-in
Jack
Summer Bloomers and Plants
L. M. Bennington advises on overwintering various plants and bulbs. Fold lemon verbena and tuberoses for indoor blooming, store bulbs in sand, lift and dry calla bulbs, bring agapanthus indoors, keep water hyacinth moist in soil, and prepare cold frames. Remove spent annuals, tidy beds, divide iris clumps, and winter many shrubs in cellar or greenhouse.
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L. M. Bennington
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San Francisco
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Ashville
Fred C. Albrecht
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Ohio State University
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Florence
General Assembly
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