Storm and tidal wave devastate North Carolina coast
A storm with a tidal wave struck the South Atlantic coast causing widespread destruction. North Carolina towns suffered heavy damage with many buildings and bridges wrecked. New Bern was among the hardest hit. Photos depict Johnson street near the Neuse river bridge and East Front street flooded by the sea.
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South Atlantic
North Carolina
New Bern
Johnson Street
Neuse River
East Front Street
Public Health Exhibit Tours Marysville to Promote Sanitation
The state board of health opened a six day exhibit in Marysville to boost sanitation awareness in small towns. It travels to county capitals for one to two week stays, using electrical models and posters to show infant mortality, sleeping porches, farm sanitation, and disease prevention. Lectures and motion pictures accompany daily health topics including sewage, garbage disposal, food inspection, fly control, and tuberculosis prevention.
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Union News Service
Marysville
State Board of Health
Bad Eggs Under State Probe In Ohio
Ohio farmers face renewed egg inspections as the state dairy and food department launches prosecutions under the pure food law. Four inspectors travel statewide using candling devices to find tainted eggs. sellers risk fines and liability for losses estimated at 1.7 million dollars.
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Columbus
State Dairy and Food Department
Ohio
Prominent Brewer Peter Schwab Dies at 76
Hamilton Ohio. Peter Schwab president of the Cincinnati Brewing Co. and a leading figure in state and national politics died at 76, surrounded by his wife and children. Physicians attribute death to heart disease brought on by a severe dyspeptic attack while he entertained old friends at the Hamilton Club.
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Hamilton, O
Peter Schwab
Cincinnati Brewing Co
Hamilton Club
Ohio mayors serve on boards of education without pay
Ohio mayors and councilmen may join local boards of education without compensation. Attorney General Hogan issued the opinion to Richland County prosecutor O. M. Farber stating pay absence is the decisive factor.
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Columbus
Ohio
Board of Education
Atty
Gen. Hogan
M. Farber
Richland County
Willis After Railroad Weighing Scales Bill
Representative Frank B. Willis of Ada Ohio introduced a bill in the House, backed by the Interstate Commerce Commission, to require all U S railroads to use scales that meet standard tests for freight weighing, following a commission study of overcharges and undercharges from incorrect weight.
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Ada, O
Frank B. Willis
Ada
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Methodist Conference in Urbana Discusses District Consolidation
West Ohio Covenant ministers propose abolishing Bellefontaine district and merging with Findlay and Delaware to trim superintendents from ten to eight. Bishop Anderson led services at Grace Church and Five other pastors preached as the conference welcomed guests and noted charges, with Bishop Walden praising union efforts.
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West Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference
Bellefontaine
Findlay
Delaware
William F. Anderson
Grace Methodist Church
Grace Church
W. F. Oldham
Thomas Nicholson
M. E
West Ohio
Methodist Episcopal Church
Merritt J. Nash
Cygnet
Toledo
Anderson
Old Presbyterian Church
Hillsboro
Woman’s Temperance Crusade
E. D. Whitlock
Brand Whitlock
John Walden
Cincinnati
Walden
Levi Gilbert
B. F. Haywood
Southern California
E. Deets Pickett
Methodist Temperance Society
Edwin R. Graham
D. A. Hayes
Barrett Biblical Institute
Evanston, Ill
Anton Besh
Copenhagen
Denmark
Dan R. Brummitt
Chicago
W. H. Fickenson
Northeast Ohio
J. C. Barnes
Kentucky
J. L. Delany
Lexington
R. D. Morgan
Ohio
Alfred P. Smith
J. A. Lowry
Genesee
Messrs. White and Gray
Columbus
Antis Will Test Ruling On Brewery Saloons
Columbus attorney general Ho gan's ruling allowing breweries to own saloon premises without fixtures or dealer ties will be tested in court. Wayne B Wheeler of the Ohio Anti Saloon League says the license law requires a full divorce of manufacturers and retailers and that the ruling conflicts with the law. He objects to interpreting the statute as permitting any liquor sale in saloons and argues the constitution prevails over statute if in conflict.
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Columbus
Hogan
Wayne B. Wheeler
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
Wheeler
Gideon Bible distribution by local men at Sunday services
About six hundred men and boys of high school age distributed Gideon Bibles in Lima on Sunday. After presenting each Bible at Trinity church, the group marched to nearby hotels to leave copies for guests and travelers.
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Lima
Trinity Church
Zanesfield Awards Library Contract to Columbus Architect
Dr Hart Sloan of Boston funds a new public library in Zanesfield Logan county with a $15000 project. Architect C B H Rickets of Columbus secured the contract to prepare plats and specifications. Sloan, a Zanesfield native and Boston financier, backs the project.
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Bbliefontaine
B. H. Rickets
Columbus
Zanesfield
Logan County
Hart
Sloan
Boston
Finiment
Suffragists Place Circulation of Ohio Equal Suffrage Petition
Harriet Taylor Upton announces that Ohio initiative petitions for a state constitutional amendment granting equal suffrage will be circulated. She says the proposal form has been approved by Atty Gen Hogan and petitions are being printed in Cleveland with assurances of obtaining the necessary signatures.
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Bryan
Harriet Taylor Upton
Warren
Upton
Hogan
Cleveland
Mra
Japanese Courtesy Inspires Tokyo Streetcar Notices
A Tokyo city electric bureau asked riders how to address them to urge moving up. Of 2719 suggestions six were translated, including move to the middle and a playful note about a pretty girl. Officials frowned at some lines but will teach conductors to use other forms.
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Japan
City Electric Bureau
Tokyo
Independent
Doctor reports fever easing to near starting level
Casey notes the doctor says the patient seems elated as the fever nearly returns to its initial height. The report indicates improvement but does not confirm a cure.
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Casey
Puck
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