State Politics Under Harmon Tax Reform And Bond Debates
A Columbus speech by Governor Harmon criticizes Republicans for graft and claims reform through deposits and interest. The piece contrasts Cleveland and Cincinnati bond votes, notes tax reform advances by the Ohio State Board of Commerce, and endorses quadrennial real estate appraisal to boost tax revenue for schools.
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Ohio State Hoard of Commerce
Ohio State Board of Commerce
Edmund A. Jones
Achevol
J. W. Zeller
New Railroad Plan Ties Ashland to Ohio River Rail Axis
From Cleveland reports independent steel interests plan a vast system to unite raw materials and transport. A new low grade railroad from Ashland to Zanesville would connect with the Virginia Tidewater road and U S Steel rivals, enabling lake ore and coal shipments while backing a 500 million dollar buildup centered at Oak Point Lorain.
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Zanesville
Cleveland
United States Steel Trust
Plana
Ashland
Ohio River
TH. H. Rogers
Seacoast
Virginia Tidewater
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Standard of Coterie
Oak Point
Lorain
Connelaville
Erie Ship Canal Company
Lorain & Ashland
Zaneeville
Hot Springs Blood Medicine Promise Cure
An advertisement offers Hot Springs Blood Medicine by Henderson Crider Drug Co promising to cure sluggishness low energy poor appetite skin eruptions and pimples. A large bottle costs one dollar with a guaranteed benefit claim.
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Hot Springs
Henderson Crider Drug CO
Alger Fire Ravages Ohio Town. $60,000 Loss Reported
Alger, a town 120 miles west of Kenton, was almost destroyed by a fire that began at the Houston Brothers' livery stable. The estimated loss stood at $60,000.
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Ohio
Kenton
Alger
Here
Houston Brothers
Taft Arrives in Charlotte for Centennial Ceremony
President Taft arrives in Charlotte North Carolina with Ambassador and Madam Jusserand at 10 am aboard the president's private car on the Southern Railway to take part in Mecklen burg centennial ceremonies.
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Taft
Charlotte
N.C
Confesses Crime Says He Also Killed Man in Toledo
George Vor a Hungarian who surrendered to police admits murdering his wife and reveals the body’s location. He also claims he killed Joseph Ivan in Toledo, Ohio in 1894 after a quarrel, living there under the name George Hollo before fleeing east.
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Toledo
Perth Amboy
N. J
George Vor
Ecnlef
Burke
Joseph Ivan
Voz
George Hollo
Ivan
Baseball at Cleveland and Detroit and Chicago box scores
Photocopy style baseball box score fragment shows game entries for Cleveland Detroit Philadelphia and St Louis New York Chicago with battery lines and team records. Includes win loss notes and team standings with incomplete figures and abbreviations from a newspaper box score page.
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Cleveland
Washington
Young
Smith and Street
Detroit
Philadelphia
Hatterson Summers
LaFitte
Stanage
Bender and
Thomas
Chicago
Heliton
Burne
Electric Battery Lineup Amid City Matches
Fragmentary sports table lists teams and players across Philadelphia Chicago New York Brooklyn Boston and St. Louis with batteries and scores. Includes clubs Pittsburg and Boston standings and abbreviated player names, points and records.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Hatteries
Keulbach
Kron
Moran
McQuifian
Moren
Doom
New York
RK. H.E Cipeinnatl
F&f
Matterice-Bavideo
Cantwell
Me Fein
Roth
Willie
Durham
Sehler
Brooklyn
Brookigh
Pittsburg
Bell and Mergen
Phillippe
Uthwon
Boston
St. Louis
Bailee
Bresnahan
Tuckey, White and Bowerman
Unclear sports standings fragment with mixed results
Fragmented gymnasium scoreboard shows multiple game results across Milwaukee Minneapolis St Paul and Indianapolis with unclear team labels and incomplete records. Standings section lists teams Milwaukee KC Louis Toledo Minnesota Columbus Indianapolis with partial win loss counts and percentages in messy OCR.
Funeral for Henry H. Rogers Held at New York and Learned of Wealth
Henry H. Rogers vice president of Standard Oil dies of a stroke at his New York home and will be buried in Fairhaven Massachusetts. Services in New York at the Church of the Messiah with Rev. Dr. Robert Collyer and a burial in Fairhaven follow. Rogers left a fortune estimated between fifty six and one hundred million dollars and leaves a second wife and four children.
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Standard Oil Company
New England
Stocxe
New York
Henry H. Rogers
Church of the Messiah
Unitarian Institution
Robert Collyer
Collyer
Rogers
Iorvices
Wairhaven
Mass
Virginian Railway
Standard Oj Group
Fairhaven
Mr. Rogers
John D. Rockefeller
J. D. Archbold
H. H. Rogers, Jr
Ohio Fire Loss in 1908 Highlights Fire Prevention Need
State Fire Marshal W. B Rogers reports Ohio lost about 6.7 million dollars in 1908 from 5 222 fires. Driest autumns and September November weather drove higher fire counts. Average fire cost per incident, per capita logs, insurance figures, and urban rural loss distribution are examined.
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Marshal Rogers
Ohio
Hedy Ward
Puts It in Writing Emphatic Statement by Livingstone
Detroit May 20 The arbitration conference heard a written statement from Lake Carriers' Association President Livingstone. He argued the shop issue is fundamental and not arbitrable while conceding workers may join a union if they choose. The discussion centered on union participation rights and employer stance.
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Livingstone
Detroit
Lake Carriers’ Association
Messrs
Klump
Doyle
Woerner
Thei
Lake Carriers
O'Brien Makes Good Showing Against Johnson in Philadelphia
Philadelphia lightweight Jack O'Brien delivered a creditable six round bout against heavyweight Jack Johnson on May 20. The match was even and many believed a draw if a decision were permissible. O'Brien flashed fast footwork and defense, landing repeatedly and forcing Johnson to clinch, while Johnson showed power but limited accuracy. Referee McGuigan praised O'Brien's performance as Johnson weighed about 205 pounds to O'Brien’s 162½.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Jack O’brien
Quaker City
O'Brien
Johnson
O’brien
McGuigan
O Brien
al Kaufmann
San Francisco
Daily Markets Vessenger Special Telegram
Pittsburg Pa May 20 Receipts of cattle were light Prime and extra coreteres 660 685 Veal Common to fair 650 6.60 Peres ea Livestock receipts Hoy Prime and Yorkers 740 7.50 Pigs Common and rough 7.10 7.20 Sheep and Lambs Good to prime Fair to choice lambs Receipts fair 86 1607 6.20 4004 7.50 Don t borrow your friend s Messenger
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Vessenger
Pittsburg
Peres Ea
Wets File Petition for Local Option Election in County
In Youngstown Ohio on May 20 wets filed with the county commissioners a petition seeking a local option election between June 8 and 18. They were surprised by the filing and say they will proceed with additional signatures on a separate petition.
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Wets
Youngstown
Ohio Women Get Offices in Railway Conductor Union
Boston May 20 The grand president of the Order of Railway Conductors was authorized to grant charters to divisions in the Panama Canal Zone. In the ladies auxiliary meeting Mrs J H Moore Toledo Ohio was reelected president and Mrs W E Higgins Columbus Ohio secretary treasurer.
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Ohio
Secretary of War Dickinson Returns Home Early
Havana May 20 The visit of Secretary Jacob M Dickinson to Havana ended abruptly due to illness. The Mayflower sailed with Dickinson and his party aboard. he will be taken directly to Washington. He has vesical stone, a slight fever, and is confined to his stateroom, but his condition is not alarming.
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Havana
Jacob M. Dickinson
United States
Dickinson
Washington
Urges Lower Duty on Foreign Sugar in Senate Address
Washington May 20 A denunciation of the sugar trust and a call for a smaller differential duty on refined sugar in the interest of consumers framed an extended senate address by Senator Clay of Georgia The report also notes Mr Paynter’s attempt to cut Hinotype and typing machine duties from 30 to 10 percent ad valorem but the amendment was rejected All sections of the metal schedule were agreed to before adjournment and Aldrich said he would take up chemical schedule sections next
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Washington
Sugar Trust
Senate
Clay
Georgia
Paynter
Aldrich
Religious Fanatics On Trial In Kansas City Riot
James and Melissa Sharp known as Adam and Eve God face murder charges in a religious riot. They are denied a venue change as the jury selection begins. Adam God taps a Bible during testimony and cites passages for salvation amid emotional scenes.
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Kansas City
James
Melissa Sharp
God
Dee
Adam
French Peasant Women Hard Workers
From Plougastel France a correspondent notes the hard labor of peasant women digging in fields driving cattle and tending farm machinery. The writer ponders husbands and fathers’ appreciation and cites a ballad about a wife Jeanne whose death is mourned but not as much as her beasts’ loss.
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Jeanne
Beaves
Plougastel
France
New Orleans
Cultural Norms and Marital Role in China
Excerpt from Things Seen In China describes traditional Chinese views on marriage and woman’s status. It contrasts Western expectations with Chinese practice where a wife’s rights are limited, and a bride seated on her husband’s garments signals a mistress position during the ceremony.
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Caudie
China
J. Br, Chitty
Nel sonville Alumni Plan May 2 Festival and Reunion Features
Nel sonville High School Alumni Association aims to host a May 2 reception banquet and ball with class reunions for the fifth tenth fifteenth and twentieth anniversaries. Committees led by Alfred Scott Dr A J Pritchard Miss Vivian Wells and others organize banquet reception entertainment and toasts. Bell Telephone managers Earl Cherrington and A B Daniels switch posts as logistics shift in Logan.
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Nelsonville High School Alumni Association
N. Hill
Association
Alfred Scott
Carnel Spencer
Charles Poston
A. J. Pritchard
James Sharp
Frank Poston
C. BE. Welch
Elsie Cummins
Stella Linton
Frank Benson
Floyd Medill
Vivian Wells
Lena Blake
Mildred Hickman
Charles Sheppard
W. I. Parks
Lula Poston
Earl Cherrington
Bell Telephone Company
Logan
A. B. Daniels
Woman's Relief Corps to present literary musical program
Members of the Woman's Relief Corps will stage a literary and musical entertainment at the Christian church Friday evening May 21 at 8 o'clock. The ladies invite public patronage. Kontour Street paving is planned for this summer and may include Adams and Franklin streets. Charles Hildebrandt of Logan attends the city visit with friends.
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Woman's Relief Corps
Christian Church
Kontour Street
Adams
Franklin Streets
Charles Hildebrandt
Logan
Henderson Caldmer Drug Co Ice Cream Ad
Luscious soda and ice cream advertised as pure syrups and high quality by the Henderson Caldwell Drug Co for a summer season. Claims strong repeat business as customers are promised satisfaction and repeated visits.
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Henderson-Caldmr Drug CO
Personal Mentsion Orlando Cullums Transferred to Raymond City
Orlando Cullums left this afternoon for Raymond City West Virginia where he has been transferred as agent. He has served as check clerk at the local K and M office for the past year. Mrs J G Cornwell of St Johns Kansas visiting relatives in the area accompanying by R M Laird and Mrs Eli Gabriel will visit their aunt Mrs Julia Callahan.
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Orlando Cullums
Raymond City
W. Va
Mr. Cullums
Mra. J. G. Cornwell
St. Johns
Kan
R. M. Gabriel
Eli Gabriel
R. M. Laird
Julia Callahan
Oliver F. Rowland
Jonmn
J. Woolley Woolley & Rowland
Athens National Bank
Execu
For Sale Two Houses and Lots Near Depots
Two houses and lots offered for sale. A 4 room and a 6 room house with sewer and gas, large basement and cellar, large lawn and paved street with walks. Near both depots. Inquiries to W A Webster 568 Cemetery St P O Box 391 Home phone 421. Daw.
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W. A. Webster
Cemetery St
Athens Markets Report Prices From Ohio Produce Company
Market prices in Athens for wholesale and retail staples including butter eggs chickens and produce. Listing shows butter per pound and per dozen, live hens and roosters, spring wheat flour, corn per bushel, wheat per ton, and straw per ton with varied cents values. Prices are corrected daily by the Ohio Produce Company for dealers and markets in Gree Country.
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Ohio Produce Company
Columbus
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