Founded by educator and inventor Joseph Oppenheim in Maria Stein, Ohio, and moved its operations to Coldwater, Ohio, in 1908, New Idea revolutionized agriculture by developing a manure spreader that efficiently and widely distributed manure, significantly reducing manual labor and improving farm productivity. Early advertisements for New Idea highlighted the spreader’s unique paddle mechanism, inspired […]
In Coldwater, Ohio, Coldwater High School’s athletic identity has long been synonymous with the “Cavaliers.” But this wasn’t always the case. Before 1940, Coldwater’s teams were known as the “Yellow Jackets,” a name that by the late 1930s had begun to seem ill-fitting to students, staff, and the community. Through documented efforts by Coach Bill […]