Akron Republicans condemn Doyle appointments amid city office sale fears
Indignation runs through Akron Republicans after rapid City Commissioner appointments by Mayor Doyle. Critics accuse Doyle of breaking pledges and aiding Judge Anderson, urging next legislature to stop political office sale and restore voters’ control.
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Doyle
Behinlf
Republican Party
Mr. Doyle
Lilia
Tebell
Adamson
Tmne
Anderson
Akron
Board of Commissioners
30 Hours Bullet Put There by His Wife Said She Dropped Him
In Codia April 47 Daniel Smith was shot in the brain by his wife who says she had to drop him to save the family. He survived about 20 hours after the shooting. She claims he once tried to poison the family with candy laced with arsenic. Police plan to hold Mrs. Smith for the killing report.
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Codia
Daniel Smith
Mrs. Smith
Reappears Paints Mrs Fitzs Eye in Dark Blue Colors
Washington April 17. Bob Fitzsimmons Mrs Fitzsimmons and Miss Jessie Ralph with the Honest Blacksmith show were involved in a post performance altercation. Mrs Fitzsimmons struck Miss Ralph, who cried, then Bits the Honest Blacksmith appeared and blackened Mrs Fitzs eye, after which all were reconciled.
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Mrs. Fitz
Trearer P Lameley’s alleged suicide amid bond trouble
Treasurer of Ada ma township P Lameley of Lowell drowned in the Muskegon river this morning after leaving his home. He had been defeated for re election and was reportedly short in his accounts. His bondmen notified him they would not remain on his bond.
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Zanesville
P. Lameley
Lowell
Muskegon
Adama
Bel
One Price Admission At Randolph Park Theatre
Admission to Randolph park theatre this season will be 10 cents. Chore will be no reserved seats.
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Randolph Park
Fire destroys Birmingham street car barns and church
Fire at 4 am in Birmingham destroyed the car barn of the Birmingham Railway Light and Power Co. and five electric cars. The Third Presbyterian Church and nearby cottages burned as Rev. J. A. Bryan and family escaped in night clothes. Total losses estimated at 150000 dollars.
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Birmingham
Aln
Birmingham Raiway, Light & Power Co
Third Presbyterian Church
J. A. Bry
Bryan
Birmingham street car service cut to five cars from eight
Local transit officials limited Birmingham street car service to five cars from eight after evaluations. Officials cited staffing and maintenance constraints as factors impacting reliability. Community riders face reduced schedules and potential delays during peak hours.
Bishop J J Beher Dies in Chicago Home at Noon
Bishop J J Beher senior bishop of the Evangelical Association died at his Chicago home at noon Tuesday after two months illness. He was widely known in Summit county amid a historic Greentown property dispute between the Dubbs and Exhers factions. The split drew attention as the church fight continued.
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J. J. Beher
The
Evangelical Association
Chicago
Summit County
Greentown
Dubbs
Exhers
Daher
Gov Nash Demands Ruthven Testimony For Pardon
Columbus April 17 Gov Nash insists on expedited Ruthven case testimony and wired Cleveland that a pardon favor must arrive tomorrow or it will be too late Truthvenx tied to an execution on May 8 with the date advancing the legal timetable.
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Columbus
Nash
Ruthven
Cleveland
Tredeh
Jim
Truthvenx
Opposition to the Re Nomination of Senator Lieber
Special correspondence from Columbus reports Antisaloon League leader PA Baker saying if Senator Sieber of Akron secures renomination the League will back an independent candidate in Summit County. The letter warns Lieber’s renomination would be blocked and notes two other prominent Republicans may seek the nomination. The memo urges Republicans to push a uniform primary plan to choose delegates to the state convention, with threats of using an independent candidate if the plan fails.
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Columbus
A. Baker
Ant-i Saloon League
Sieber
Akron
Summit County
Rev. Baker
Sleber
Lieber
Feld
Temperance
Geo. W. Steher
Clarke
Summit-L
Sister
G. W. Kline
Portage
A. L. Cole
GC. N. Davin
C. W. Caborna
T. G. Hart
Genuga
W. G. Moetcalf
J. ©. Riley
Ashinbula
W. G. McCartney
H. A. Mixer
Justice of Tortie
Notice to Strikers at McKeesport Plant to Return by Apr 18
In McKeesport Pennsylvania on April 17 a notice from American Sheet Steel Company Superintendent H. M. Cooper warns that any employee in Wood's department Run Out forge bar mill and sheet tile who fails to report by 7 am Thursday April 18 will be discharged and may claim wages only upon applying at the office. The move suggests management plans to bring in replacement workers amid tensions as strikers patrol the area with guards overnight. A local Amalgamated Association meeting was held at 2 pm to consider many membership applications.
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Amalgamated Association
800 Strike at Natalia Colliery in Shamokin Pa
Eight hundred miners walk out at the Natalia Colliery operated by Shamokin Coal Co after the operators refuse to discharge an outside boss and other officials. The colliery is now idle as the dispute disrupts operations.
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Shamokin
Splij
Koya
Fay
Natalia
Shamokin Coal Co
Wood to visit Washington on Cuban policy talk
Washington, April 17. General Wood will travel to Washington within a week to confer with the President and Secretary Root on Cuban affairs. The outcome depends on whether the Cuban constitution is satisfactory and how the Cuban delegation aligns with Root's policy, as well as the conduct of the Cuban convention.
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Washington
Wood
Root
Roots
Navy to Spend Five Million on Luzon Naval Station
Washington April 1 The Navy Department plans a five million dollar expenditure to build a naval station in Luzon. Secretary Long announces the project as part of expansion efforts, outlining anticipated facilities and strategic value for the Pacific fleet.
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Washington
Navy Department
Congress adopts plan for naval dockyard in New York
In a wartime measure, Congress approves a plan for a new naval yard. Secretary Long forms a board headed by Rear Admiral Way Jor with Civil Engineers Wolcott and Menoedl to review estimates at the New York navy yard. Provisional survey cites a dry dock cost of 1,099,000 dollars and shop and machinery at 4,000,000 more.
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Ooneapo
Sulie Tay
Tunen
Congress
Long
Renr
Way Jor
Wolcott and Menoedl
New York Navy
Ervey
Justice Nash Opens Temporary Office In Odd Fellows Building
Justice Nash has opened a temporary office in the library room on the top floor of the Odd Fellows Building. In a few days he will move to the second floor room and establish a permanent office in the Hailston building, having already handled four male cases.
Milner Recalled as South Africa Leave Accepted
Milner's view review from South Africa on leave of absence is accepted as equivalent to recall, signaling British government views his presence in South Africa as undesired at this time. President Kruger says peace is now reportedly nearer.
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Sir Alfred Milner
South Africa
Kruger
Mrs Lettie Ennis Dies of Pneumonia at 85
Mrs Lettie Ennis aged 85 years died Wednesday morning at her daughter’s home 187 North Walnut street. Cause of death pneumonia after nine days illness. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at nine o’clock at St Vincent de Paul’s church.
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Lettie Ennis
Arrival of Mr John R Gammeter to Hawburg
A cablegram reports Mr John R Gammeter of The B F Goodrich Rubber Co arriving in Hawburg from New York on March 31. The Pennsylvania steamship was 36 hours overdue and faced very heavy weather during the voyage with several accidents.
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Hawburg
John R. Gammeter
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co
New York
Pennsylvania
Preparations to Abandon Hire Depot Under Way
Work to planking and bridge between tracks at Union depot is nearly complete improving appearance safety and convenience. Superintendent A Allen of the Erie and Me We P Kimble, who left Akron yesterday after a conference, returned with C A G C officials to discuss proposed changes before transferring from the Erie to Union station.
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Union Depot
A. Allen
The
Erie and
P. Kimble
Akron
Erie
Union Station
Burghers Envoys Andries and Weasels Alive Reported
Cradock Cape Colony April 17 reports from Heilbron in the Orange River colony that the envoys Andries and Weasels, earlier said to be killed by Boers, are alive.
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Cradock
Cape Colony
Spli
Heilbron
Orange River Colony
Andries
Weasels
Peice
Canton Saloonkeeper Held On Suspicion Of Arson
Ganton April 17 Special Correspondence Toha Fach a saloon keeper was jailed on a charge of setting fire to his own property. The fire at the Tuscarawas street saloon destroyed the building after 19 o'clock last night. A bundle of papers, a lit candle, and gasoline odor were found near the bar. A mortgage of 44 against the saloon stood in favor of a local brewery. Deputy Fire Marshal Henry Hart of Akron arrived to handle the case.
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Ganton
Toha Fach
Tuscarawas Uve
Mesvar
Fach
Pire
Henry Hart
Akron
District conven tion of the Ladies of the Maccabees opens
One hundred and fifty visitors are expected for the district convention in Schumacher hall at 2 o clock Thursday afternoon. Anna O. Locke of Toledo, past great commander, and Jessie K. Sager of Canton, grand finance keeper, will be present. A supper is served from 5 to 7 o'clock for visitors and in G A By hall the Busy Bee Hive team will exemplify the order’s work in the evening.
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Ladies of the Maccabees
Schumacher Hall
Anna O. Locke
Toledo
Jessie K. Sager
Canton
G. A
Iron Bridge inspection to replace old county structure
County Commissioners inspected the old bridge over the Capil near Halo on the road from Manchester to Mainet. The aging piles have rotted, and officials plan an iron bridge with stone abutments. The next Actual Business College Debating Club meeting is set for Wednesday April 17 at 7:30 in the college rooms.
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Capil
Halo
Manchester Road
Mainet
Business College Debating Club
Roomna
Ready cooked food aids busy workers in city flats
Two young ladies employed downtown rent a small flat and do light housekeeping. They solve meal planning by keeping rich Willie or cram and dry crisp Grape Nuts nearby. In thirty sevens the meal is ready and tastes blend with grape sugar for sustained nourishment.
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Husband
Bob Fitzsimmons
Bob
Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons and
Jessie Ralph
Short
Birmingham Street
Eig Ulvision
Esher
Senator Leiber
Anti-Saloon League
Robdry O. Ryder
Ohio Antplaloon League, Lilerdenominational and
Omni Partisian
Purley A. Baker
Gilbert J. Raynor
Wheeler Building
Columbus, O
Anth
Colubuy
McKeesport
American Sheet Steel Company
8. M. Cooper
Sheet Tile Department
Commission
Naval Station
Sec'y
Luzon
Justice Nash
Odd Fellows’ Building
Admsterdam
Borr
Ladies of Maccabees
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