18 May 1916
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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
1
Seasonal warmth aids planting while much plowing remains. Local notices report social calls and visits among residents in Greenville, Palestine, and surrounding townships. Sunday school attendance, Mothers Day events, and community activities are noted amid estate filings, property transfers, and local errands.
Dr Paul W Harrison, medical missionary, spoke at Ohio State University chapel about Arabians’ poverty due to limited training and opportunity. He cited a Bedouin who wore one garment five years, described insect-driven seasonal cycles, and noted Arab cheerfulness despite hardships and disdain for infidels.
A fragment from an old advertisement verso mentions Children Cry FOR FLETCHER S CASTORIA and playful letters. The text implies a rhymed prompt about what to do with rasping letters and suggests filing them away.
The Asbury Park Fishing Club records show Jacob Wertheim of New York City landed the season's biggest Jersey coast tuna, 286 pounds, after 1 hour 17 minutes. He also caught the largest striped bass, 45 pounds 13 ounces, from his private pier.
A physician advertises 85 years of practice and offers free consultation with examination and advice. Dr. Kutchin plans a visit to Greenville at the Hotel James on Thursday May 25, inviting patients to discuss chronic ailments and stomach trouble with affordable charges.
Superintendent Gillespie reports child numbers fluctuating with county weather law changes. When dry there were 48 children, now 11 inmates remain. He notes 99 percent originate from homes with drunkards, highlighting the impact of alcohol on youth.
A Toledo liquor dealer writes to a local paper boasting of being "a liquor man" and argues taxation funds schools. He claims saloon profits educate children, while critics counter that liquor taxes do not fund public schools and call out ignorance in the trade.
Dayton special report quotes Montgomery County probation officer Marie J. Bureh on juvenile court cases attributed to intoxicating liquors. She notes about 75 percent of cases relate to alcohol, with beer at home and parental drinking linked to incorrigible and degenerate child behavior.
In New York a push by the National Liquor Dealers association against moviemaking depictions of bars faces countered by Photoplay Magazine offer to run descriptive pictures of virtuous or admirable liquor industry figures. In Cincinnati the brewing family dispute highlights drinkers costing jobs. Washington state reports a small liquor license expenditure under prohibition with thousands of permits issued for personal use.
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