Sunday School Notes and Fair Prize Plans
P B Moul and Levi Minnich attended a Sunday school convention at Lightsville. The Great Darke County Fair plans an $80 prize for the best attendance on Sunday School Day with prizes of 15 10 and 5. Readers learn of local visitors, camp activities and a Red Cross chapter organized by Judge Teegarden and Mrs Selby.
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Lightsville
L. E. Carr
Presbyterian
Columbus
P. B. Moul
M. E
JL. Selby
Red Cross
Spinach Seed Sown in August Aids Winter Ahead
Spinach seed sown in August under straw cover should grow into plants that survive winter. The protection enables greens to appear in early spring, providing an early harvest.
Rye Cover Crop Adds Fall Pasture To Corn Fields
Farmers explore rye seeded in corn as a versatile cover crop for late fall and early spring pasture. Experiments at the Ohio Station show six pigs per quarter acre gaining about a half pound daily when fed on rye and tankage for 49 days, though rye generally cannot outpace corn for hogging down.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Frye
Personal Goods For Sale Listing Found Near Greenville
A barter style notice lists items including a bed room set sewing machine guitar and heating stove with a contact option at the Journal Office or at 10 West Main Street Greenville. The fragment suggests sale details and a price of ten dollars.
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Journal Office
West Main Street
Greenville
Patriotism and war profiteering curb urged by Ohio Journal
The Ohio Journal of Commerce calls for patriotic conduct in wartime finance urging harsh measures against war profiteers and stressing that capital must not exploit war. It urges unity as drafted youths and volunteers march to battle and notes doctors offer in person treatment for chronic men's diseases with Dr Kutchin visiting Greenville on Thursday Aug 16 at Hotel James.
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Kutchin
Greenville
James
Plant for Second War Crops
There is time for planting a variety of vegetables to mature before frost. Early beets and carrots can be sown now, turnips for winter use in August, bush beans, lettuce, and radish seeds can fill gaps in the garden.
Ruth Law to Fly at Ohio State Fair in Columbus
The Ohio State Fair in Columbus will feature aviatrix Ruth Law with daily flying exhibitions in late August. Other acts include Belleair Brothers looping in a car, Helen Leach-Wallin aerial contortions, and Five Arabian horses with a Roman chariot. Fireworks nightly.
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Ohio
Columbus
EV. Walton
Vaal Wert
United States
Ruth Law
Interantiqueity
Walborn
Bellelair Brothers
Secon
Hildebrand & Company
America
Four Reeders
Europe
Helen Leach-Wallin
Holland & Dockrill
Parker's Orchestra
Fred Lower
Toledo
John Baxter
Ohio State Fair Livestock Classes Expanded for Last Five Days of August
Exhibitors gain boosted horse classes for Percherons and Belgians and continued futurities. Draft divisions see new books and higher offers for geldings and draft mares. No new teams classes. Extra prize money across light harness, saddle horses, ponies, cattle and sheep. Ohio breeders fund Poland China futurity with strong entry. Shorthorn futurity also continued. Hereford and Galloway breeders add special offers.
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Ohio
Ohio Hereford
Ohio Galloway
Mammoth Sheep Exhibition at Ohio State Fair Expands
The Ohio State Fair will host the largest sheep show in the United States with spacious new barns and improved facilities for exhibition and judging. Secretary N. E. Shaw notes rising interest in sheep raising driven by unprecedented wool and mutton prices.
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United States
N. E. Shaw
Board of Agriculture
Ohio State Fair Improves Safety for Visitors
The Ohio State Fair grounds have added a track elevated crossing and a new streetcar loop to replace dangerous grade crossings. Auto access is separated from pedestrians with ample turnstiles and improved entrance flow to reduce crowding. Completion is urged for the opening in late August as state funds back the safety upgrades.
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Ohio State Fair Grounds
Ohio
Fair
Ohio State Fair Promoted Across Central Ohio
The Ohio State Fair in Columbus will run the last five days of August. Manager F E Walborn uses extensive newspaper space and mobile advertising. Autos tour within 75 miles of Columbus posting posters and handing out literature to inform the public.
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Ohio
Threshermen to Gather at Ohio State Fair Week
Threshermen plan a Columbus reunion on Wednesday of State Fair week at the exposition grounds. They will discuss How We Helped to Defeat Germany and show extensive exhibits. Buckeye threshermen respond to President Wilsons bread buckets appeal. Columbus business leaders back the State Fair and have leased a large building for an industrial display with 132 exhibition booths and a musical program.
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Germany
Ohio
Exposition Grounds
Columbus
Buckeye Threshermen
Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
Farmers to See Auto Show at Ohio State Fair
Automobiles gain attention at the State Fair with the most extensive display of cars and accessories planned for the last five days of August in Columbus. Leading makes and models will be exhibited in a dedicated building with special musical and other entertainment lined up.
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Columbus
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