Canadian West hosts Ohio publishers on summer train trip
Benjamin Yale of the Buckeye Press association finalizes plans for a 16 day Canadian government sponsored excursion for Ohio publishers. Officials will meet in Cleveland Toledo or Detroit and travel to Banff with Canadian reps arranging events along the route. The trip costs publishers nothing and requires only their write ups. A Reform League of Ohio to back initiative and referendum aims to elect delegates to a constitutional convention with statewide organization and federated labor and farm groups. Brand Whitlock of Toledo elected president.
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Columbus
Ohio
Canada
Benjamin Yale
Buckeye Press Association
Banff
Cleveland
Toledo
Detroit
Dominion
Yale
Jettinger
Reform League
Progressive Constitution League of
State Grange
League
Brand Whitlock
Labor Interests Fared Well in Ohio Legislature
Labor interests in Ohio fared well as the 79th legislature adjourned. The measures include nonpartisan judge elections, a 54 hour work week for female workers, nonpartisan nomination and election of constitutional delegates, and direct U S Senate election under the Oregon plan. The text references tie initiative and referendum for measures.
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Ohio
United States
Oregon
State Legislature Debates Factory and Safety Bills
The session discusses financing for unions and employers, stricter reporting of factory deaths, enhanced factory inspector staff, guarded elevator shafts, penalties for unsafe machinery, counter floors in new buildings, reinstating Attorney Thatcher, railroads with full engine crews, four boiler inspection departments, a state building code and penalties for fraudulent union labels.
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State Department of
Charles A. Thatcher
Toledo
Thatcher
Statehouse Passes Safety Bills on Wiring and Sewers
The house approved the Cetone bill giving the state fire marshal supervision of electrical wiring in buildings and power to order razing dangerous structures. It also passed the Deaton bill authorizing sewer districts outside municipalities.
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Cetone
Transfer of Ohio National Guard to Department of the East
Adjutant General Weybrecht received orders transferring the Ohio National Guard from the Department of the Lakes to the Department of the East. Headquarters move from Chicago to Fort Totten New York. If attached to the regular army, orders will come from the department of the east. No reason given. The shift sends Ohio troops east for maneuvers with regular troops instead of west.
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National Guards
Weybrecht
Ohio National Guards
Department of the Lakes
Department of the East
Chicago
Fort Totten
New York
Regular Army
Ohio
Lays Bare Legislative Graft In Akron Money Scheme
Charles W. Kempel of Akron says he received one hundred dollars from Akron loan agent lb Cy Milter to pass to J C Sherra of Alliance for loan shark legislation instructed by Sherra. Kempel indicates the money was handed to Representative Owen J Evans of Stark, who denies knowledge and refuses further comment.
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Charles W. Kempel
Akron
House
Owen J. Evans
Stark
Kempel
Cy Milter
J. C. Sherra
Alliance
Sherra
Representative Evans
Ohio Saloons Increase to 7 079 With Revenue of 3 531 625
State Auditor Fullington reports 189 more saloons in Ohio this year bringing the total to 7 079. Revenue recorded up to January 1 amounts to 3 531 625 58 dollars across the state.
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Ohio
Fullington
Honor Leaders In House Resolved Gifts and Thanks
Speaker Vining and floor leaders Rus sell Langdon Clerk Kemple Sergeant at Arms Melching and assistant Brenkner received tokens of esteem from house members. Formal resolutions extend thanks. Vining received a gold watch and chain as Fayette's Reid presented it. Vining spoke of fairness as a life ambition.
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House
Vining
Russell and
Langdon
Kemple
Melching
Fred Brenkner
Reid
Fayette
Langdon Urged as Republican Governor Candidate
In a political session Russell and Langdon received gavels. Gebhardt presented Langdon with his gavel and predicted Langdon could be the Republican candidate for governor next year, foreseeing a bright political future.
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Russell
Langdon
Gebhardt
Senate Votes Ten Days Pay and Mileage for Clerk Staff
The senate approved ten days pay for the sergeant at arms postmaster and clerks and stenographers and granted mileage to all clerks for two home trips monthly. It funded art including $500 for a picture of former Lieutenant Governor Treadway and $100 for a composite portrait of itself. A $1,500 telephone bill for long distance calls during the session was allowed. A proposal to pay House reporters $665 for ten days after the session failed.
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Senate
Treadway
House
Last Hope Vanished for Canton Man in Electric Chair Case
The pardon board rejected Cletus Willaman's appeal for commutation of sentence for killing his wife's parents. If the governor follows the board's recommendation, Willaman faces execution on June 9. Three Cuyahoga county men were denied relief, while John Tracy and George Piscotta received targeted clemency conditions.
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Cletus Willaman
Canton
Cuyahoga County
Roy Todd
Thomas Sweeney
Robert, Davis
John Tracy
Madison County
George Piscotta
Cleveland
Y M C A Secretaries Sing On State House Steps
Secretaries from various Y M C A organizations sang God Save Our Native Land on the state house steps after the legislature adjourned. Some laid coats on the steps and wore watches outside, while suggestions urged singing and prayer during session rather than after adjournment.
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God Save Our
State House
Hezekiah’s Great Passover and Temple Purification
The lesson centers on Hezekiah’s reign beginning with cleansing the Temple doors and restoring worship. He gathers priests, purifies the temple, forms a new covenant with the Lord, and presents sin offerings with the people participating through laid hands and ritual sacrifice.
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Hezekiah
Ahaz
Jetham
Mianasseh
Abijah
Zechariah
Zechariahs
Uriiah
God
Jerusalem
Reform in Judah: Steps toward a national Passover and purification
The text traces a religious reform from Hezekiah’s fund widening to priests and citizens, expanding from Jerusalem to Beer sheba and Dan. It details postponing the Passover to Iyar, tearing down heathen altars, destroying poles and groves, and sweeping zeal across Judah and Benjamin to purge idol worship.
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Nisan
Jerusalem
Beer-sheba
Dan
Peter the Hermit
Jenny Geddes
Judah
Benjamin
Eliphriam
Manasseh
No Satisfying Him in Catholic Standard and Times
Dialogue excerpt shows a harsh reception as one character pleads for hope and is dismissed by another, reflecting a stark social exchange. The line suggests a moral or religious publication context with tone and phrasing characteristic of the period.
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Obell
I a m not able to parse the exact source
The fragment shows a humorous complaint about readability in a letter from a writer named Fritz. The note, attributed to a publication called Flilegende Blaetler, questions whether the figures 1 000 or 10 000 kisses are intended in the missive.
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Fritx
Free cure recipe promises to end urinary troubles
A vintage scam ad offers a home remedy to stop scalding dribbling and other urine problems. It lures readers with a free prescription and claims quick recovery, asserting no cost and immediate mail delivery to the recipient. It lists a fake doctor in Michigan and urges reply to obtain the plan.
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A. B. Robinson
K-52
Luck Building
Derrort, Mich
Applicant Tries to Impress with Fines Paid as Chauffeur Experience
The applicant responds to a driver position question by offering receipts for fines paid as proof of experience. The exchange suggests a humorous or ironic negotiation over qualifications.
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Mr. de Wealth
Victoria opens its five hundredth public library
Australia reports Victoria has launched its 500th free library with about one million books and estimated 3.5 million annual visits. Libraries attract large patronage across halls and subscriptions, with total gross revenue around 340000 from subscriptions grants and hall use. Reading favors fiction over general literature and history receives solid interest.
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Australia
Victoria
Wisconsin Farmer’s Boy Says Train Stuns Village Lad
In February a Wisconsin farmer’s twelve year old son visited a village and saw a train of cars. He became so astonished that he was speechless for three weeks. If ever taken to a circus or zoo he may remain mute. The father hides the farm away in a hole in the ground.
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Sancastonishet
Wisconsin
Bay
Lunch Fit for a King by Grape-Nuts Diet Endorsed by Woman
An active young woman credits Grape-Nuts for recovering from nervous prostration and dyspepsia after years of brain strain and grief. She outlines using Grape-Nuts with sweet cream for a noon lunch, noting improved health and maintained work. She praises Road to Wellville and mentions Postum Co. as the source.
In the Good Old Summer Time Coca Cola Ad
A summer cola promotion urges readers to visit soda fountains or bottles to enjoy Coca Cola. The ad promotes the drink as delicious refreshing and thirst quenching and offers a free booklet from Coca Cola Company in Atlanta Georgia about the beverage.
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Coca-Cola CO
Atlanta
Coca-Cola
Strange Children and Levi Lincoln Lesson
Historian George Bancroft recalled a Massachusetts joke from a country road tale in Percy H. Epler’s Master Minds at the Commonwealth’s Heart. Levi Lincoln, nearly blind, drives geese along Lincoln street and, misreading them as children, tosses pennies shouting God bless you, my children.
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George Bancroft
Massachusetts
Levi Lincoln
Percy H. Epler
Commonwealth
Lincoln — Street
Hewitt's Easy Task Soap Promises Clean Family Laundry
An advertisement targets housewives highlighting Hewitt's Easy Task Soap as pure and safe for delicate fabrics. It promotes two cakes for ten cents with a money back guarantee if the first cake isn’t liked.
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Hewitt
Humor in marriage as wife tests husband’s value
In a witty exchange Nagget and Mrs Nagget discuss a wife treating her husband like valued bric-a-brac. The elder Mrs Nagget counters with a quip about worth increasing the effort to break him. The dialogue showcases domestic irony and social commentary.
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Nagget
Distemper Cure Claims Nationwide Success for Horses and Dogs
Spahn Medical Co advertises SPOINS DISTEMPER CURE claiming to cure all forms in horses and dogs and to prevent disease in stables. Over 600,000 bottles sold last year. Priced at 5 cents and 100 dollars, with agents wanted and orders via Goshen Indiana manufacturers.
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Spahn Medical Co
Goshen
Ind
Night Shift Dialogue Sparks Sleep Talk Humor
A humorous exchange between a wife and husband about sleep talking, highlighting a playful dynamic. The wife questions the habit while the husband jokes that talking in sleep is his only chance to remember.
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John
Puck
Castoria Reminder Seeks Signature of Use Over Years
Health advisory urges mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria for the signature of its use over years and to ensure the product is safe for infants and children.
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Hee
Stag Formal Garden and Patent Eye Salve Advertisements
A collage of old ads promotes a formal garden, eye salve in aseptic tubes for eye infections, and a range of patent medicines. Notable lines mention no chickens, a 25 cent drug size, Mrs Winslow’s Syrup for teething, and Garfield Tea for a lazy liver, with mixed quips about language.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promised Cure
Chicago reader testimonial praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female weakness and stomach troubles. The ad urges insisting on the product over substitutes, touts a 30 year standard remedy made from roots and herbs, and cites numerous women restored to health.
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Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Mrs. Janetzes
Arch St
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Wellville
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Stag
Knicker
Booker
Garfield
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Carters
Jere Goltre
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Jackson
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