Election event and campaign notes in Wooster area
Fragmentary OCR reads about a political event in Wooster with names such as Judge CGA and Fredrick C. R Schon, outlining campaign activity and a presidential primary. References to operas, committees, and local officials appear in a disjointed list with times and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hhoner
CGA
Olser
Ptoastigaster
Fredrick
C. R Schonn
J. G. Young
Harveel
A. M
Cleveland
Warrick
Akron
War ship ban plea drives public call for peace in 1921
National sentiment grows against naval arms race as editorials recount a plea to halt dreadnought building and scrap war materiel. Letters from Internal Revenue Collector Harry H Weiss praised by The Press encourage no submarines, no chemical weapons, and a shift toward peaceful industry. The piece ties wartime cooperation with local paper support and urges readers to back disarmament and a broader global peace effort. A community sale notice follows local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Weiss
Interal Revenue Collector
Cleveland
Ohio
O.lice
Fragmented OCR summary of agricultural experiment notes
Fragmented text mentions an experiment at an Ohio university with references to sweet clover and a status report. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR and missing dates or outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio- ‘Stata-University Wass
Gutfield
Materials Used in the Manufacture of Electric Lamps
An article outlines key materials for lamp production. It cites tungsten filament from California Colorado Nevada and South Dakota, along with glassmaking ingredients like silica soda and nitré from Chile. Other inputs include arsenic borax feldspar lead aluminum rhyolite from Greenland cobalt from Canada copper zinc bases from Utah Missouri and various cements and resins from Vermont Ohio India and Georgia.
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California
Colorado
Nevada
South
Greenland
Canada
Utah
Missouri
Vermont
Ohio
India
Georgia
Early Lettuce Cultivation Tips From Ohio Export Garden Guide
Officials advise sowing lettuce seed in March to use hotbeds, with careful watering and ventilation to avoid disease and temperature stress. Transplant frames are recommended for seedling growth, while ordinary culture requires well drained soil, stable manure, and thinning to maintain spacing.
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J B. Keil
Ohio
euMoor
British Isles to be reforested with Douglas fir and Sitka spruce
The dominion forestry service will establish a plant at Westminster to extract green cones from Douglas fir and Sitka spruce for reforestation. A ton and a half of cones per six hours will be processed to yield seeds, with 8 000 pounds of seed heads annually from 120 tons of cones. Cones will be gathered from Queen Charlotte Islands for Sitka spruce and western Rocky Mountain slopes for Douglas fir.
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British ‘Isles
Sitka
Aitka
Hudson's Bay Company
Prairie Provinces
British Commission
Wild Goose Chase and the Steeplechase Origin
A New York Herald piece traces the steeplechase’s etymology from a hazardous Irish sport. It notes riders chased a distant steeple, with leaders changing after misfortune, valuing daring and endurance. The "Wild Geese" iconically linked to Irish valor may derive from this chase.
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Ireland
Dan
New York Herald
Theaurora Borealis Named in Early Observations
The aurora borealis term was first used by Cassend in 1621 who described the phenomenon as a periodic light display near twilight. Displays vary in frequency with cycles of about 60 years and shorter 10 to 11 year intervals, with arches and colored rays appearing from yellow to green to violet. The same name is used for a similar southern phenomenon near the South Pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassend
Brance
South Pole
Newcomers Learn City Signals On First Harbor Visit
A party aboard a Southern port vessel on arrival in New York spots various signal fabrics from a roof top. Officers explain the red cloth is a tablecloth and the others are wash, debunking the idea of city channel codes or weather signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pittsburgh Dispatch
World Press Exhibit in Prague Shows Global Newspapers
A novel exhibit in Prague under the Charles Pichal newspapers administration displayed more than 4 000 papers from China Japan Palestine Australia and many countries across Europe and America. Over 500 papers from France were shown, offering the Czech Slovak public a highly instructive glimpse into world journalism.
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Prague
Charles Pichal
China
Japan
Palestine
Australia
Russia
Isidia
Africa
Turkey
Europe
America
France
Politicat Strategy and the Washington Statesman Shadow
The Birmingham Age Herald quotes Senator Snortworthy on how time in Washington shapes him into a statesman while he privately favors a small town businessman image. He argues that experiences abroad boost credibility with constituents and that he remains a friend of the plain people back home.
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Congress
Washington
Senator Snortaworthy
Jim Snorteworthy
Birmingham’ Age-Herald
Across Atlantic to Pacific: Record Telephony Feat Noted
A telephony experiment linked a ship 200 miles off the Atlantic coast with Catalina Island, 30 miles from California, using wireless and land lines to carry speech across two oceans. Also a Sharon Center dance January 12 features Rogers orchestra for subscribers.
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Atlantic
United States
Catalina Island
California
Machine Clears Land for Farm Equipment
A new self propelled machine plows and clears fields by tearing roots with a caterpillar front, carrying debris to a belt for disposal and pulverizing soil at the rear. It speeds land clearing, reducing labor and time by more than half with a capacity of about three acres per day.
Enlivening the Opera House Audience
A loud, guttural woman in an orchestra seat at the Fay lown performance in the Manhattan opera house loudly read captions aloud and interpreted pantomime for others. Her remarks include exclamations about Pavlowa in Amarilla and a line about worshiping where he sat in the count's garden.
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Fay Lown
Manhattan Opera House
Pavlowa
Amarilla
iNew York Evening Post
Truly Mathematical Prodigy Demonstrates Rapid Roots
A mathematical prodigy described in The Lancet could give the square root of any number in about four seconds and the cube root of six figure numbers in six seconds. He reportedly computed the cube root of 405 474 875 as 775 in 18 seconds without writing, and showed other remarkable feats from birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilid
Hospital Without Wards Aims at Private Treatment
A fragment notes a New York hospital project offering private treatment for the poor. It contrasts a city dining scene with figures seeking affordable care and mentions a Birmingham Age Herald excerpt describing the concept.
Fourth in Poultry Production State Leads Union Output
The article notes a 1920 census finding the state fourth in poultry production and town leaders claim the state produced tens of millions of dollars in poultry products. It emphasizes strong industry figures and regional rankings within the Union.
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Hyman F. Fr
Walcome Sound
Hari
Hy Whiss
Internat
Revenue
Fea
Ray
Taottle
Ence
Menca
Gue
League
the Press
Rittman, Ohio
Willeh
Hell
Heaven
Rittman Feed & Transfer
S Maln-St. Rittman Ohio
Federal Poultry
Ons
Gatehouse & Steiner
Auds
Tal Wein
Tool’l Bank
DR. F
Cook
Strine
Weg
Boi
Viator
Hestoge
British Forests
Chase
Darger
Hallmark
Raes
Wadswcoria
Unio
Xotice
Aree
Sharon
Rogers
Vauville
Birmingham Age- -Herald
Wien
Pharmfacturers
Tay Exbra
Taul
Smitie
Alvin Petit
Orr
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