Riddle Loses Fight to Keep State Junior Contest Post
T P Riddle of Lima loses bid to retain his $3500 job as manager of state junior agricultural contests. J R Clarke of Columbus is named successor for one year at $2000, and Riddle accuses Governor Willis Secretary Dunlap and Clarke of causing waning interest in the 1915 corn boys excursion.
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Columbus
T P. Riddle
Lima
State Board of Agriculture
J. R. Clarke
Riddle
Clarke
Willis
Dunlap
Ford alive rumor ends with cable from Stockholm
A Detroit rumor of Henry Ford's death at sea proved false when a cable from Stockholm reported he left for New York on the steamer Bergssjord in fair health. The message came from a peace party member, clarifying the earlier citywide rumor.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
City
Stockholm
Peace Party
Ford
New York
Bergssjord
Persian cabinet dissolved as pro allied government formed
A Teheran dispatch reports the Persian cabinet once pro German has been replaced by a pro allied regime. Prince Firma is named premier and is linked with Russian nobility, signaling strong British and Russian influence and aiding Russian passage to assist British forces in the Tigris region.
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Persia
London
Ahah
Tigris
Firma
Teem
Market cattle and hog prices across cities
Market summaries from Chicago Cleveland Pittsburgh and Buffalo show cattle receipts and price ranges for steers heifers cows and calves with hog and sheep figures. Prices vary by city with prime and choice grades quoted and totals of receipts listed.
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Bheep
Buffalo
Ysr
Cleveland
Pittsburgh Pa
St . Fen
Town Merchants Should Trade Local to Aid Growth
An editorial urges farmers and storekeepers to stop draining town commerce for mail order gains. A farmer vows to spend locally and correct errors, while merchants are blamed for harmful competition. The piece calls for more local trading, building home markets, and broader cooperation among retailers to strengthen rural communities.
Real estate transfers in Wayne County
Transactions include Wertz to Wertz land in Sugarcreek for 1 dollar and Wertz couple to Staver in Dalton for 56 cents. Young to Hartel Smithville for 1 dollar and Hartel to Young in Smithville for 1 dollar. Steiner to Kirk in Orrville for 1 dollar. Shunk to Blizard in Baughman for 700 dollars. Becker to spouse in Orrville for 1650 dollars. Sheriff transfers Congress Township land to Horace Holmes et al for 12000 dollars.
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CS. Wertz
R. B Wertz
Sugarcreek Township
R. B. Wertz
H. K. Staver
Dalton
Leota FE. Young
Otto D. Hartel
Smithville
Leota E. Young
William H. Steiner
Sue H. Kirk
Orrville
J. A. Shunk
Ed. Blizzard
Baughman Township
Viva Mabel Becker
Wayne County
Horace B. Holmes
Congress Township
Submarine Gardens at Avalon Islands Described
A historic piece recounts Avalon Cataline Islands off Southern California with its famed submarine gardens. It explains how tourists ride glass bottom boats to view deep clear waters 60 feet down, sea life and seaweed beds, and the fragile underwater scenery that attracted visitors before a notable fire impacted Avalon.
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Avalon
Cataline Islands
Calfornia
Long Beach
San Diego
Destruction at Avalon Yet Rich Ocean Gardens Endure
A diver navigates thirty feet down to harvest abalones amid kelp forests as ships pass. Avalon lies in ruins but the underwater beauty of gardens, kelp and marine life remains a marvel for observers from the surface.
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Avalon
Live and Let Live sentiment in American progress
A newspaper essay extols Wilson and the US stance of no conquest, seeking only rights and fair trade. It urges communities to embrace living and letting live, warns against restricting recreation, and lists residents from multiple towns connected to the piece.
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Wilson
America
Patrick Henry
Local trades advertise lumber, roofing posts and ladders
W. R. Shook offers lumber roofing posts and ladders to builders. Hotel Sigler promises good meals and clean beds. Sigler's Garage sits beside the B. & O. depot.
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W. R. Shook
Sigler
Sigler’s
B. & O. Depot
Central Hotel
Sterling
Ohio
Insurance and real estate ad copy and barber shop note
Multiple small business notes advertise insurance policies and real estate listings by John Schorger and Schorger Block. A separate line promotes the Opera House Barber Shop offering sanitary service and a first class shave with hours closing at 8 p m except Saturdays. Spade King and Co claim to be Santa Claus Headquarters in Rittman and urge visits.
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John Schorger
Schorger
Opera House
Everything Sanitary
C. S. Turner
Spade King and CO
Santa Claus
Rittman
Wants ads reach readers in popular column
Read by a broad audience this popular wants column invites readers to place advertisements. The notice highlights the column as a primary channel for sharing wants and seeking desired items or services.
Marriage Licenses Issued Across Several Ohio Towns
Perry lory of Lodi and Vera Pearl Meiser of Urbank joined in marriage. Clarence Hoffman of Orrville and Clira Spronger of Dalton also obtained licenses. E Richey and Ruth E Bon italzi Naomi Lehman, both from Dalton, listed among licensees.
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Perry
Public Sale of Rosa Myers Farm Assets in Rural Ohio
Public auction to be held January 5 1916 at Rosa Myers farm 314 miles south of Rittman and 344 miles northwest of Marshallville near Old Peoples Home. Items include one horse two mules five cattle nine pigs farm implements and hold goods such as wagons harness tools and household apparatus.
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Rosa Myers
Rittman
Marshallville
Old Peoples
Milwaukee
Auction Notice for Household Goods and Tools
Items include stove for wood or coal, cook stove wood only, two tables, one cupboard, two chairs, cracks, fruit jar, washing machine and other articles. Terms: sums $5 and under cash. sums over $5 eight months with bankable note at 6 percent from due date. 4 percent discount for cash. Rosa Kauffman, Fortney and Miller Auctioneers. Platte Weimer and D. L. Fredrick Clerks.
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Rosa Kauffman
Harry Fortney
E. H. Miller
Platte Weimer
D. L. Fredrick
Public Auction at Residence in Rittman Ohio
The undersigned will sell at public auction at her residence on North street in Rittman Ohio Saturday January 1 at 1 00 pm the following described property cupboards stoves and many other articles too numerous to mention Terms made known on the day of sale Lookabaugh Co H Lookabaugh Auctioneer N B House will be for sale or rent
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North Street
Rittman
Ohio
Unsuccessful Men Called to Seek Nerve Health Advice
An apparent health advertisement urges men to boost nerve strength and overall vitality. It promotes Dr. Kutchin, a veteran nerve specialist, claiming free consultation and a move to Ortville on Tuesday January 4th at the Hurd House Ady.
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Kutchin
Ortville
Hurd House
Ady
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M. W
G. L. Brinkerhoff
Spade King and Co's
Hanes & Ebert
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H. Weiss
Rittman’s
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Ohio Avernue
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Main Street
Erie Crossing
D. W. Brenneman
Submarine Gardens
F. J. Milnes
National Indoor Game Association
Downer’s Grove, In
Sherman Landis
Ruth Peters
Chester Township
Oxbo Poole
Mabel Gallentine
Creston Car
Myers
Mary Huauenstein
Edward Keffer
Anna Anderson
Wallace C. Brandt
Chatham
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Pleasant Home
Byron Holmes
Flora
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Crystal Restaurant
J. L. Harpster
Schorger Elk
F. Grissinger
Daniels
Heys and
Clark
A. H Thomas
Acker & Halli
Hull Block
Joe Kurcan
Spade & Wenger
General Hardware
Electrc Light Company
Rittman Hardware CO
D. R. Niles’ Jewelrey
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