Missing Peo ples lumberman mystery widens from Washington
Prosecutor Foster in Washington pursues clues to the disappearance of David W. Peoples of Hardwood Finish Co. with reports of possible sightings in Memphis and Rosslyn Virginia. Investigators search hospitals and streams while assessing robbery and murder theories as they track two weeks of absence and two thousand five hundred dollars collected.
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David W. Peoples
Hardwood Finish Company
Foster
Washington
Peoples
Memphis
Tenn
Mr. Foster
T. N. T. Club Meeting at Henry Home
Mrs. H. D. Henry hosted the T. N. T. Club at College street Tuesday evening. The gathering featured club work and a guessing contest followed by a two course luncheon. Guests included Mrs. James Palmer and Mrs. Minerva Woodworth of Millfield, mother of the hostess.
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T. N. T. Club
Henry
H. D. Henry
College Street
James Palmer
Minerva Woodworth
Millfield
Use Their Hatpins Two Dayton Girls Triumph
Two Dayton girls fought off an unknown assailant with hatpins after a bold attack in a distant city area. They alerted Mrs. David Wirth, who then encountered a suspect matching their description and escaped further danger after striking him with a handbag.
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Dayton
David Wirth
Suspect Admits Drunken State in Mary Forschner Case
Elwood Welmer, arrested at Hamilton as a Mary Forschner murder suspect, arrived in Dayton after admitting heavy drinking for six weeks and blaming it for his shattered nerves. He asserts Ottawa, Ohio, as his home, but police doubt he can be linked to the crime.
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Dayton, O
Elwood Welmer
Hamilton
Mary Forschner
Dayton
Welmer
Ottawa, O
Sandles Gains Secretary Post with Higher Pay
Columbus Ohio January 27 The state board of agriculture reorganized the department naming A P Sandles Putnam county as secretary his salary rising from 2700 to 2800 a year. The board as appointed by Governor Harmon also includes Jacob A Beidler and J F Cross as members. Brown and Bailey were removed with no remonstrance.
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Columbus
State Board of Agriculture
Harmon
Jacob A. Beidler
Lake County
J. F. Cross
Fayette County
J. W. Kilgore
Madison County
William Miller
Ottawa County
A. P Sandles
Putnam County
J. W. Fleming
Franklin
C. W. McFarland
Crawford County
E. J. Filbin
Cuyahoga County
R. H. Ramedell
Erie County
N. E. Shaw
Franklin County
Sandles
T. L. Calvert
Messrs. Brown and Bailey
Burlesque Actress Mazie Kenney Killed by Unknown Admirer
In Philadelphia on January 27 Mazie Kenney, a burlesque actress, was shot and killed by an unidentified man infatuated with her. The assailant then shot himself in the head and died after being taken to a hospital.
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Philadelphia
Mazie Kenney
Casley Weds White in Quiet Methodist Ceremony
Miss Bess Casley daughter of Mr and Mrs William Casley of North High street and Mr George White married Saturday evening at the Methodist parsonage by Rev F M Swinehart. Miss Casley is a well known young lady of this city and the marriage surprised many friends.
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Bess Casley
William Casley
North High Street
George White
F. M. Swinehart
Miss Casley
Youth Forged Money Order Sent Home on Parole
Harry Woodson aged 12 and colored was brought from Nelsonville Tuesday noon and taken before Probate Judge Lynch. He forged an order for money on the York Clay & Mining company and appeared before Mayor Wells. Judge Lynch released him on parole after a stern lecture.
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Harry Woodson
Nelsonville
Lynch
Young Woodson
York Clay & Mining Company
Wells
Mr. Ernest Brandel Visits Friends in Athens
Mr. Ernest Brandel of Chillicothe visited friends in Athens on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Brandel
Chillicothe
Athens
Judiciary Panel Presses Roosevelts Information on Steel Merger
The Senate judiciary committee, facing political strain, will push a probe into President Roosevelts access to information from United States Steel regarding its absorption of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. Attorney General Bonaparte argues the commerce and labor act bars such demands, as the act requires data to be public when the president directs. The committee seeks sufficient evidence to determine the presidents authority while avoiding a clash with the White House.
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Washington
Judiciary Committee
The
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
United States Steel Cor
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Bonaparte
Department of Commerce and Labor
Tennessee
BE. H. Gary
H. T. Frick
Commerce and Labor Act
Steel Trust
Hewitt Overcomes Prosperity To Get Drunk In Public
Star witness Orvel Hewitt wandered the streets yesterday in a maudlin state after bootlegging cases. He was not arrested and remained free.
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Hewitt
Orvel Hewitt
Owings v Jennings Coal Lands Appeal Upheld
Circuit Judges Jones and Cherrington affirmed the lower court ruling in favor of Cecelia D. and Marie W. Jennings. The suit by Charles H. Owings against Jennings sought about 290000 including five years interest over 3000 acres of coal lands in Bern township. Owings, once a Stewart merchant now in Zanesville, accused Jennings of refusing a deed after an option, claiming his loss of 225000.
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Jones and Cherrington
Lower
Common Pleas Court
Charles H. Owings
Cecelia D
Marie W. Jennings
Circuit Court
Logan
Athens
Charles Owings
Stewart
Zanesville
Owings
Bern Township
Abraham G. Jennings
New York City
Jennings
Man Sleds One Mile Down Icy Plymouth Hill
A foreigner living on Plymouth Hill Thomaston sledded a mile down an icy slope seated on a large iron scoop shovel. Friction burned him severely and he needed a physician and new trousers after the ride.
Coal Hearing Postponed In Ohio Rail Case
The Interstate Commerce Commission postpones the coal roads hearing until March 16 at the Columbus Federal building. The session will cover three Ohio lines including Mocking Valley allied roads Wheeling & Lake Erie and Detroit Toledo & Newton with indirect involvement of Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania lines. Harry A. Arnold of Columbus leads ICC representation to manage papers and witness arrangements.
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Ohio
Columbus Federal Building
Interstate Commerce
Clark
Ohio Coal Roads
Mocking Valley
Allied Lines
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Detroit
Toledo & Newton
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania
Harry A. Arnold
Columbus
Iinterstate Commerce Commission
Republic and Florida Clash In Fog Fatal Ship Disaster
New York reports detail the Nantucket wreck where the White Star liner Republic sank after a fog collision with the Italian liner Florida. Captain Sealby and wireless operator Binns are hailed, while Florida’s crew cleans debris for repairs. One Boston man, Eugene Lynch, died from injuries. his wife perished in the disaster along with banker W J Mooney.
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New York
I. Sealby
Jack Binns
Republic
Florida
Nantucket
White Star
Scailby
Binns
Sealby
Brooklyn
Rospini
C. B. Richards & Company
Archibald Thatcher
Admiralty
Richards
Eugene Lynch
Boston
Long Island
W. J. Mooney
Langdon, N. D
The
No Man's Land
Judge Hart to Hear Charges on Jurors Today
Nashville Tenn Jan 27 Judge Hart will hear charges against jurors Leigh and Jackson after exhausting two venues of 500 talesmen without a jury for Colonel Cooper Robina Coover and John D Sharpe in the murder case of former Senator Carmack A new venire of 500 homes was ordered and the sheriff will summon them for 9 am Friday The state also filed against Juror H C Jackson claiming incompetence as an habitual drunkard and nine men remain in the jury box with two jurors charged The delay may push the 12 jurors into next week.
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Hart
Nashville
Tenn
Duncan B. Cooper
Robina Coover
John D. Sharpe
Senator Carmack
Leigh
Jackson
H. C. Jackson
J. 8
Veterans 10 Get Dollar a Day
Gen Isaac Sherwood of Toledo wins a favorable house committee report on a pension bill. The measure, amended, would pay $25 monthly to privates and $50 monthly to officers who served one year in the Civil War and are at least 70, with a 10 to vote in committee. Support came from Rep Geo W Gordon and three Republicans Holiday Bradley and Anthony.
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Washington, D. C
Isaac KR. Sherwood
Toledo
Ohio
House Committee On Military Affaire Ae
Een
Sherwood
Geo. W. Gordon
Tennessee
Holliday
Indiana
Bradley
New York
Anthony
Kansas
Grand Army
Bremen oil field blooms with thirty plus companies
Lancaster Jan 26 Bremen oil field shows rapid growth with over thirty companies formed largely by locals. A. Young plans a comprehensive prospectus with a field map and history, to attract investment as dividends flow to Bremen farmers and residents. Purvis, called an oil king, received 1887.50 in dividends this past month from Bremen holdings.
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Lancaster, C
Bremen
Httle Bank
Purvis
Wireless boom may force wireless on ships after Republic
Washington January 27. Following the Republic disaster the wireless triumph may push Congress to require ocean-going steamers leaving American ports to carry wireless apparatus for transatlantic or transpacific crossings.
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Washington
Jan
Republic
Congress
Atlantic
Pacific
Grave robbers disturb graves in College Corner
In College Corner Ohio on January 27 grave of Mrs. Clara Wright and infant child was found dug open and remains taken by grave robbers. The incident reports a disturbing desecration of a family grave, with investigators seeking clues about the theft.
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College Corner
Clara Wright
Ohio Troops Stay at Home for Taft Inaugural
Ohio National Guard officials announce no regiment or battery will attend Taft's inaugural due to high railway fares. Troop A of Cleveland may participate, having performed escort duties in the past.
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Ohio
Columbus
Ohio National Guard
Cleveland
Infirmary Fire Claims Two More Victims
It is believed two men John Mink and Daniel Murphy were burned to death in the Canfield infirmary fire. Neither inmate has been seen since the blaze, with investigations at Petersburg and Youngstown homes. Their bodies are thought to lie in the ruins, bringing the death toll to three.
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Youngstown, O
John Mink
Daniel Murphy
Canfield Infirmary
Petersburg
Youngstown
Nelsonville Couples Seek Marriage Permits
Lemuel Valkenberg, a 24 year old miner, and Bessie Clarey, 19, both of Nelsonville, seek marriage permits. George W. Stone, 19, a miner, and Sadie Pickett, 18, also of Nelsonville, obtain consent in the groom’s case.
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Lemuel Valkenberg
Miner
Bessie Clarey
George W. Stone
Sadie Pickett
Nelsonville
January Proves Bad Coal Month in Hocking District
Warm weather kept coal sales low throughout January in the Hocking Valley. Prices did not rise for the first time in history. most operators offered discounts. Lakes docks report ample coal to meet winter demand, foretelling no Northwest rail trade this winter and reliance on lake trade next season.
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Hocking
Hocking Valley
Producers Near Vincent Sparking Ohio Oil Boom In 1900s
The Square Deal company leases over 500 acres near Vincent in Washington county and drills three wells about 150 feet apart producing three barrels daily. Franklin Oil and Kenyon Oil & Gas, both Columbus ventures, start pumping and plan more wells as gas sales rise. Several firms hold large acreage around Marville and Canal Winchester, with new incorporations and ongoing drilling pushing regional activity.
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Square Deal Company
Athens County
Vincent
Washington County
Nathan Miller
Kenyon Oil & Gas Company
Columbus Men
Ihe
Bremen
Flagdalery
Avelon
Raccoon
Bloom Company
Carroll
Fairfield County
Bnail
Carter Ol
Maxville
Bremen Company
Levi Henry
Purvis-Turner
Avelon Company
Eureka Company
Simeon
Canal
Winchester Oil& Gas Company
Canal Winchester
State Conference Attendees Attend Law Enforcement Meeting
F. B. Roach W. B. Lawrence and Rev F M Swinehart attended a law enforcement conference in Columbus under the Anti Loan League. The conference closed Tuesday evening with a mass meeting of several thousand people. Hon Seaborn Wright of Georgia spoke Monday before the conference.
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F. 8. Roach
W. B. Lawrence
F. M. Swinehart
Columbus
Seaborn Wright
Georgia
Taylor Rents Two Storerooms in Nelson Block
C L Taylor, longtime operator of a novelty store in Cambell Block on West State Street, has rented the vacant storerooms in the Nelson Block owned by Henry Nelson and his sister. The two rooms are being finished and Taylor will occupy them on March 1.
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C. L. Taylor
Cambell Block
West State Street
Nelson Block
Henry Nelson
Mr. Taylor
Strike Settled at Sandusky Glass Plant
Three hundred striking workers at the Enterprise Glass Company in Sandusky Ohio will return to work within ten days after a conference with officials and acceptance of the sliding scale offered by management.
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Sandusky
Sandusky, O
Enterprise Glass Company
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D. W. Peoples
Mr. R. L
Stevenson
D. C
Mr. Peoples
Tal
Mr. Peo
Ples
Washington and the Vicinity
Virginia
Rosslyn
Acoss
Potomac
Bowkett
Alexfandria County
Mr. Stevenson
Agricultural Board
A. P. Sandles
Cassey-White
Case
White Star Line
Flagdale
Pleasantville
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