Springfield charter commission elected to draft city government
Springfield voters narrowly approved creating a charter commission to draft a new form of government. About 4,018 favored and 658 opposed. The commission will study a Des Moines style plan with local modifications and seek a second election within a year to adopt or reject the charter.
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Springhelé
Hia
Springfedd
Mie
Ife
Springfield
Charter
Des Moines
Commission
Flower Parade Time Likely Shift to 3 P M
The flower parade during encampment week may move from 1 PM to 3 PM on Wednesday to allow Governor Cox’s forenoon speech and Senator Foraker’s afternoon address. The change would give participants and spectators more time to hear the speeches and attend the parade.
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Cox
Foraker
Reunion of 64th Ohio Volunteers Set in Washington CH
The 47th annual reunion of the 64th Ohio Volunteer Infantry will be held in Memorial hall Washington CH on Wednesday June. Mr Thad P Carr is the contact. leave orders at the Cherry House.
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64Th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Memorial Hall
Washington CH
Thad P. Carr
Washington
Old Reliable Cash Grocery Ad for Potatoes and Produce
The Old Reliable Cash Grocery run by JW Purper & Co lists fresh produce and groceries with low prices. Items include new potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbage, Texas onions, beans, oranges, lemons, berries, bacon, bananas and more. Located at No 77 with two phone lines.
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Texas
Reliable Cash Crocery
JW. Purper & CO
Hammer Throw Champion Receives Recognition Medal
Paul Zimmerman, champion inter scholastic hammer thrower of Ohio in 1913, was awarded a recognition medal by the local high school on Thursday. Zimmerman, class of 1913, holds a hammer record of 157 feet 5 inches. Rhodes of Hilliard previously held the record at 165 feet.
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Aul Zimmerman
Washington
Ohio
Zimmerman
Rhodes
Hillaboro
Bomb kills several at Lisbon civil procession
In Lisbon on June 12 an anarchist threw a bomb into a civil procession. The blast killed several people and maimed many spectators as fragments flew over the crowd.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Henkle Lands Contract for Oakland Avenue Bridge Abutments
County Commissioners awarded the contract for building the abutments for the Oakland avenue bridge to A. Henkle. Henkle submitted the winning bid. The bridge contract had been awarded earlier by the Commissioners.
Crazy Woodpeckers and Feod Bie Meencised Mystery
Fragments of a garbled text describe a peculiar scene with woodpeckers and enigmatic names. The snippet hints at a contest or event involving figures like Neodelitte Ziedens and Feod Bie Meencised, with questions about timing and seating. The passage is largely indecipherable.
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Imahihy
Neodelitte Ziedens
Suit Seeks 20000 Damages Over Ditch Flooding
A $26000 damage suit was filed in common pleas court Wednesday against the Commissioners of Akeene and Montgomery counties as joint defendants. The case stems from a cold water ducking of Katie M. Arganbright, then 15, in a ditch on Shakertown Pike March 13, 1940. Plaintiffs allege county negligence let the road deteriorate and culvert clog, causing floodwater to cover the intersection during heavy rains. Arganbright, of Osborn area, says the incident left her ill for years and nearly an invalid. Attorneys Roy G. Fitzgerald and Amor Po Smith represent the plaintiff.
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Akeene
Montgomery
Katie M. Arganbright
Shakertown Pike
Greene
Montgomery County
Pastors Refuse to Marry Unfit Individuals
Clergy leaders declare opposition to conducting marriages for physically unfit applicants. The article notes protests and calls for officials to take a stand, with references to Protestant figures and local church leaders.
Wasp Sting Causes Man to Crawl Across Room
A man recounted a frightening incident in which a wasp sting swelled his ankle and prompted him to crawl twelve feet across the room. He said the event felt like he had not walked in years and confirmed there was no snake, only the wasp sting.
Immigration Bill Introduced by Senator Dillingham
Senator Dillingham proposes a 10 percent annual limit on migrants from any country except the Western Hemisphere, aiming to curb southern and eastern European and Asian immigration. The plan, opposed by some, would reduce Austro Hungarians Greeks Italians and others, with little chance of passage this session but potential partisan support next winter.
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Washington
Altingham
Vermont
Europe
Asia
Dillieham Burnett
Taft
Dillingham
Committee On
Repubtican
Fins
Mr. Dillingham
Agares
Mr Dillingham
America
Awetria
Trertmany
United Kingdom
France
Belgium
Switzerland
Netherlands
Prominent Doctor Pleads Guilty in Mail Fraud Case
Special to Herald Columbus Ohio June 12 In United States court Dr J J Pair coroner of Washington county pleaded guilty to using the mails for fraudulent purposes. Sentence has not yet been pronounced.
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Herald
Columbus
United States
J. J. Pair
Washington County
Devalon Road Section 2 Closed to Travel
The State Highway Commission orders close of Section No 2 of the Devalon road to travel and the ban is in force. State road law allows closing not more than one mile of a road under construction, so sections are designated from which the public is barred during building.
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The
State Highway Commission
Devalon Road
Repair work at Ghormley’s awarded to contractor
KM Hird, local contractor, won the Ghormley job for repairs on an abutment and pier damaged by the March flood. Hird’s bid was $865.58 and the county commissioners awarded the contract Thursday morning. All superstructure work contracted for must be completed by December 1 next.
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Hird
Ghormley
Coa Missioners
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Holus Wnterscholastic Championship
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Roy G. Fitzgerald
Amor Po Smith
Cana
California
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Mase
Feielf
Therion Chase
Cherem
Marrkece
Airdome
Fond Heart Saves the Day Champion Film
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Ascoretation
Senator Dillingha
Parrett's Grocery
Carolina
Florida
Georgia
Peebles Tallowanda
Devalon
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ANSCO
Delbert C. Hays
Colman
Empire Opera House
the Black
Bison Co
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