Dances Open Up a New Industry in Entertainments
The article reports on a surge in professional dancing companions used by hotels and social hosts. College students and young men advertise their services to accompany partnered women at tea dances and events, earning $5 to $15 per session. Some brokers offer lower hotel rates to traveling salesmen who dance, while rest pairs attend lectures by day and dance by night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
White Mounttains
New Haven
Yale
Abe
Whall
Khe Ika
Summer School Plan by Federal Education Chief
Federal Commissioner of Education amplifies earlier statements advocating practical instruction in summer schools. Dr. Gaston urges programs combining productive work in shops gardens or homes, with four weeks of study and time for children to support themselves, extending to eleven calendar months year round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Commissioner of Education
Fp.gaston
Wittation
Pitkin's Cash Store Price List Fragment
A historical price list from Pitkin's Cash Store shows various grocery items with prices. Items include Armour's Grape Juice in multiple bottle counts, Extra Dry Ginger Ale, Artificial Cherry Phosphate, lemon juice, pickles, olives, onions, herring roe and mackerel, lima beans, and several other canned or bottled goods with unit prices and package counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour’s
Armour
Armours
Armour's
Texas
Bride of America
Pride of America
Serious motorcycle crash injures Dayton man on South Main
Two men riding a motorcycle north on Main Street were struck by a southbound car turning onto Vine Street at the Main Vine corner around 6 pm. Edgar Blocher of Dayton sustained a severe head injury and drowsiness from concussion. Pagar Viocher was injured but not seriously. Blocher was taken to Mt Vernon hospital by ambulance. the extent of skull fracture remains uncertain. The car’s driver, a Fredericktown man, allegedly made an eastward turn near the curb without allowing space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
In & Motorcycle
Main Street
Pagar Viocher
Dayton
Dirtford Blocher
Main
Vine Streets
Automotivn
Fredericktown
Vine Street
Severn
Edgar Blocker
Mtt. Vernon Hospital
Millers
Edgar Blocher
Mt. Vernon
Local Notes Share Visits and Events In Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon residents and visitors are listed after weekend trips and meetings. Included are Harvey J. Moore, W. B. Hoyer, Thomas Clark, Walter Ebersole, Joseph Ahern, Mary J. Banning, Raymond Moore, George Frost, Thomas Beach, Dr. Isabelle Nixon, Dr. J. B. Studebaker, Helen McNabb, Mary Cripps, Gaye Maxwell, and Frank Weaver among others. Hambers highlight social calls, travels, a golden anniversary event, and a post office room agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Clark
Akron
Mt. Vernon
Walter Ebersole
Canton
Joseph Ahern
John W. Ahern
South Vernon
Mary J. Banning
Iowa City
Iowa
Charles K Lake
Raymond Moore
Mt Vernon
George Frost
Dayton
Ohio
Jack Burnis
East Vine Street
Thomas Beach
Timlin
Isabelle Nixon
Columbus
Homeopathic Medical Society of Ohio
Southern
J. B. Studebaker
Springfeld
W. G. ‘Scribner
Thin City
Hanford
Misa Helen McNabb
Haat Vine Street
Mary Cripps
Mansfield
W. B. Moore
Lewis
Sinter
G. Frank Long
Bert
Loudonville
William R. Baum
Washington, D.C
Viswt
Hugh Neal
West High Street
Danville
Gay Maxwell
Maxwell
Washington
Post Office
Dewss Ory Goode Company
West Gambier Street
Perrine
Coats
Prank Weaver
Columbia
Hin Eretor
Nellie
Creamery officials inspect Mt Vernon site plan
Mr W W Davin of Newark and Mr B H Works of Butler visited Mt Vernon Monday to review the new South Main street creamery building. They said machinery will be ordered immediately and expected to arrive by June 1 with installation soon after, enabling the creamery to begin operations promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Davin
Newark
Licking
Skin Grafting Performed For Injured Pennsylvanian
John Lawther, a Pennsylvania brakeman injured in a bridge accident near Mount Vernon, underwent a major skin grafting operation at Mt. Vernon hospital. Sixteen grafts were placed on his right thigh, with skin donated by his Barberton brother and Russell Eastman, while additional patches were taken from Eastman. Further grafts are planned over the following weeks as doctors work to restore the leg and hip.
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John Lawther
Pennsylvania
Thin City
Gambler
Mt. Vernon Hospital
Benday
Lawther
Barber Top
Russell Eastman
N. R. Waetman
Bant High Street
Jeg
Deaths in Marengo and Mt Vernon Area
Walter Davidson died at his Marengo home Friday of typhoid fever and was buried in Canterbury cemetery after a Sunday funeral. Burgess died at Columbus state hospital after a long illness. services at Gay Street M. E. Church with burial at Mound View. Mrs George B Lewis of 302 Went Gambler Street died Monday after heart trouble and neuritis. survived by husband Milton S Lewis and daughter Mrs George B Davie after a paralytic stroke.
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Walter Davidon
Walter Davidson
Marengo
Canterbury Cemetery
Ruth E. Burpese
Mins Roth
Burgess
State Hospital
Columbus
Mt. Vernon
McCormick Undertaking Rooms
Gay Mtrewt M. Church
A. D. Barnett
Mound View Cemetery
George G. Lewis
George B. Lewis
Gambler Street
Abe
Attoke
Lawia
Axe
Milton 8. Lewis
George B. Davie
Unclaimed Mail List Delays Delivery At Mt Vernon
Postal notice shows unclaimed letters at Mt Vernon post office including names such as Anderson, Charles Cerceran, Ming Bowtrive, C.F. OuNron, Foote Mary Dona M. D. Togan, May Joteston, Kellbat Rey, O.G. Helly, Raith, Maney haw Austin, S. Towart, Mire Povos Willan and others. Items addressed to street and general delivery remain behind.
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Yur Mall
Sumber
Mt Vernon
Anderson
Charles Cerceran
Ming
Bowtrivelait
OuNron
C.F. Foote
Mary
Dona
M. D Togan
Rank
Uphen
Mian May Joteston
Charles & Kellbat
Rey
G. Helly
Mies Raith
Wwin
Frey
Maney
Haw
Austin
Fattorein
Same
Owart
Mire
Povos
Willan
Indiby
O. Dowes
Various Curious Items and Natural Wonders Across The World
A fragment lists games and party ideas with portraits and married names, discusses breadfruit trees and the cow tree, explains daisy and related flowers, offers riddles about engravers and pianos, and notes a Malay archipelago crab and nut harvest. It weaves trivia, poems, and brief miscellany with old newspaper tone.
Tramps Rounded Up by Police Sunday Evening
Police rounded up a large number of tramps in the "Yungies" Sunday evening and towed them to the city hoose as work searchers. The men were escorted out of town and sent elsewhere for bur woury.
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Respecthd Ubot
Mim
Her
Fey Kinwe Eavackera
Abedreayin
Bur
Senate committee opens hearings on interstate trade bill
Washington May 11. Senate committee on interstate commerce began a series of public hearings in the city to gauge opinion on a proposed five member commission. The panel would investigate corporations engaged in interstate trade and could compel reports and publish findings to protect public welfare. Also Des Moines May 11. The nineteenth annual convention of the American Federation of Musicians opened with President Joseph N. Weber of New York presiding. Delegates from major U S and Canadian cities attend as the five or six day session plans address band and orchestra welfare and organizing history since 1896.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Trade Commission
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Congress
Commission
Joseph N. Weber
New York
United States
Canada
Sor
Federation
National League of Musicians
American Federation of Labor
Eee E
Hamilton to Welcome the Duke of Connaught Visit
Hamilton Ontario prepares for a royal visit by the Duke of Connaught governor general with elaborate scale arrangements. City business section reports stores richly decorated in anticipation of the viceroy's arrival and entourage tomorrow.
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Sonnaughts
Hamilton
Ont
Duke of Connaught
Dominion
Bueinena Sey
Ion
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Pitkin’s
Fitkin's
Bigge
W.C. Baseselt
Harvey J. Moore
W. B. Hoyer
Vernon
Mra
Mary Kelly
Wert Gorbier
Marthew
Kelly
Charles “Tart” Sapp
Kay City Federal League
Vine
Creamery
Rome
Philadelphia
Miteria
Munter
Munician
Dalrpinki
Woolchopper
Longelott Barker
Berge
Albatross
Broadcrown Shepherd
China
Ellie Outing Manned
Pacific
Baron von Humboldt
South America
Venezuela
Kentucky
Cochin China
Malay Archipelago
Madden
Quener —Coutit
Err
St—seustertett
PacSimile Signature
Castoria
Infante
Bears
Banner
Ad& Pay
Berry
Brussells
Axminster
Arnold
Amerigan Federation
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