Cox Campaign Opens with Pledges and Foreign Policy Focus
Governor Cox launched the Democratic campaign with strong rhetoric on moral cooperation and the League of Nations. He planned two Wheeling, West Virginia addresses and a prior stop in Zanesville, Ohio, expressing hope for national progress and a belief that reform requires living and dead in faith, while urging against reactionary distrust.
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Wheeling
Columbus
Ohio
Cox
Sampaign
W. Va
West Virginia
League of Nations
Pakes
Zanesville
Otside
Court House Plaza
Runaways Kept on Safe Ground in Virginia
A team of two mules and Orndorff ran a mile at best speed when a gate was fastened. They pulled a wagon with hay cranes and were stopped by Fred Hershman with no serious damage reported. Weathered by the incident, Brill sold a Chevrolet for a Maxwell. Various local visits and a birth are noted, including an eleven-pound boy for Oliver and wife.
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Star Tannery
Orndorff
Mr. Orndorff
Fred. Hershman
W. F. Brill
Maxwell
Thomas Coates
T. L. Coates
S. R.heishman
Jessie Stine
Edna Stine
Roy Heishman
John, Herman
Lawrence Heishman
Perry
W. Va
S.r.heishman
Thomas Coaten
Mary Goates
A. L. Dodson
Oliver Hamelright
Cooler Weather Promised After Unlucky Week
The text notes a shift to cooler weather after Sunday night following a hot stretch with humidity. It mentions the 12th and 13th as days of discomfort, with temperatures around 87 degrees recorded yesterday and the forecast turning cooler thereafter.
Whiskey stolen from a truck in Newark heist
Four armed men hijacked a truck carrying 125 cages of whiskey for Zucker Steiner Company. They held driver Wallace Skion of Newark and a Black chauffeur at gunpoint, loaded the liquor onto another truck and fled. Police made several arrests but recovered only three cases.
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Baltimore
Onch Key
Walon Sk
Newark
N. J
Skion
Hiquor
Zucker-Steiner Company
Roy Scout Singer and Fine Orator Visits Roanoke
The Rev. J. W. Watkins and his fifteen year old son Clyde visited Roanoke, staying at Blossom Cottage in South Roanoke. Watkins, once with the Baltimore Conference, has made over eight hundred visits on his Virginia Avenue charge. Clyde, a gifted singer and Boy Scout, is anticipated as a rising orator and organizer for missions in the Holston Conference, with a Shenandoah Valley departure around August 27 if Boy Scouts arrange a service.
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J. WH. Watkins
Clyde
Virginia Avenue Methodist Church
South
Knoxville
Tenn
Roanoke
Samuel Wallace
Blossom Cottage
Watkins
Baltimore
Virgnna
O' Front Royal
Mascot
Virginia Avenue
Holston
Africa
Shenamdoah Valley
McGraw Claims Mind Was Blank Over Slavin Fracas
New York reports that Giants manager John J. McGraw told the district attorney his mind was blank when explaining how actor John C. Slavin was found unconscious from a fractured skull after a dispute at Lamb's Club House.
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New York
John J. McGraw
New York Giants
District Attorney's Office
John C. Slavin
McGraw
Lamb's Club
Slavin
William H. Boyd
Tennessee House Speaker Declines President on Ratification
Beaker Walker of the Tennessee House rejects the President's call to ratify the suffrage amendment. In a telegram to President Wilson he says Tennessee lawmakers will not surrender honest convictions for expediency or harmony. He notes the message reflects his personal views.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Beaker Walker
Tennessee House of Representatives
Wilson
Tennessee House
State Senate
Walker
Fish Meal A High Protein Feed From Scrap Material
The U S Department of Agriculture reports fish meal from sardine tuna salmon and menhaden canneries and clean by products provides a high protein supplementary feed for cattle hogs and dairy rations. It replaces tankage and adds oil content without tainting animal products while offering dual value as fertilizer.
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Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Kill Out Perennial Weeds
Perennial weeds resist controls and require persistent effort. Quack grass and Canada thistle are the main troubles. Fallowing and cultivation without a crop aid eradication on large areas and rely on deep plowing and frequent cultivation. Preventing leaf growth ensures weed death. Certain cropping systems help with quack grass.
Succulent Feed Insurance for Silo Stockpiling
The piece argues silos should be filled with green succulent feed as an insurance against dry seasons. It contends that storing feed now prevents shortages of seeds and pasture later, ensuring livestock sustenance even in adverse years.
Less Hogs and Cattle In U S See First Four Months Decline
The Bureau of Crop Estimates reports hog numbers on farms fell about 56 percent in the first four months of this year versus the same period in 1919, while cattle fell about 6 percent over the same interval.
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United States
Bureau’ of
Tested Seeds For Field and Garden
Catalog offers pest varieties of seed for home use. It explains field seeds to plant for steady grain and hay yields and which seeds suit abundant pasturage.
Double Duty in South Africa Drives a Powerful Engine
Fragmented text describes a machine’s weight and power source, mentioning South Africa, a drum or engine, and a device that pulls a cable to operate a locomotive-like executor. The passage is unclear and contains errors, but indicates mechanical power transfer and regional reference.
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South Africia
Reckless Driver Cited by American Motorist Column
A brief reader note observes that reckless driving remains prevalent on roads, echoing a sentiment from the American Motorist publication about driver responsibility and safety.
Child Cured of Bowel Trouble Praised Remedy
A brief item notes a child in Dungannon Virginia cured of bowel trouble by Chamberlain's Colic Remedy. The notary public Osborn references the remedy and calls it the best he has ever used.
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Osborn
Dungannon
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