Buckeye State News Roundup From Daily Messenger
Cincinnati relations between railroad managers and switchmen threaten a strike within 48 hours over wage demands. Six lines involved including B&O Southwestern and C C L. managers offer 3 cents, union seeks 4 cents. Also notes Parmenter, pioneer editor, dies after bicycle collision. parole and prison stats in Ohio. a child burns to death in Portsmouth. Behum building debris uncoveries. and an insanity affidavit in Columbus station incident.
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Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Chesapeake & Ohio
Cincinnati
New Orleans & Texas Pacific
Norfolk & Western
Hamilton & Dayton
Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville
Footpads Torture Victim in Steubenville Robbery
Frank Coulter a 28 year old glassworker was held up by four men who beat robbed and tied him to a stake and built a fire under him The ropes burned free him He swam the Ohio river then crawled to shore and was found unconscious hours later He recovered enough to reach Steubenville The attackers remain unknown Coulter is in serious condition.
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Steubenville
Frank Coulter
Ohio River
Coulter
Death of Columbus police publisher in Sandusky hotel
The body of G B Sinclair, formerly with Columbus Police Company and a directory publisher, was found in a Sandusky hotel room. Coroner McClelland says Sinclair likely died by his own hand amid domestic and financial troubles. he refused medical aid.
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Sandusky
G. B. Sinclair
Columbus
Directory Publishers
Sinclair
McClelland
Coroner Probes Murder in Dayton as Family Testifies
Dayton November 27 Coroner Kline of Montgomery County opened the inquest into the murder of Dona Gilman. Testimony came from the victim’s brother and sisters, neighbors and others about finding the body but yielded no clews pointing to the killer.
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Dayton
Kline
Montgomery County
Dona Gilman
Verdict in $50,000 slander suit in Delaware
In the Delaware case Amanda Yant versus Miss Idell Neff the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The social leader Miss Neff was accused by Mrs Yant of causing the loss of certain jewels.
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Delaware, D
Amanda Yant
Idell Neff
Delaware
Miss Neff
Akron Negroes Prepare Protest Statement Against Roosevelt
Akron group plans Tuesday meeting to denounce the President and adopt a petition seeking financial aid for colored persons of New York в test of Roosevelt’s authority in discharging colored soldiers.
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Akron
Welt
Crrsons
New York
Roosevelt
Tragedy Foliowe Quarrel In Ravenna Card Game
In Ravenna Ohio on November 27 Augustina Kirillo a 30 year old married man lay mortally wounded after a shooting. An Italian named Mastroke fled after the incident. The two men had been playing cards and quarreled on the way home.
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Ravenna
Augustina Kirillo
White Hospital
Italilan
Mastroke
Arrest of Lima Principal for Cruel Punishment Case
J. C. Arbaugh longtime Ward school principal was arrested by Humane Officer Smily on a charge of cruelly punishing 10 year old pupil George A. Harrison by twisting his face and pulling his hair.
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Lima
J. C. Arbaugh
Ward
Smily
George A. Harrison
Akon: Boarder Stabbed to Death in Hungarian House Fight
In Akron Ohio on November 27 35 year old Kade Wuane was stabbed to death by John Nas pell during a fight at a Hungarian boarding house Nas pell escaped after the attack authorities pursue him The incident shocks the local community and prompts an immediate investigation by police
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Akron
Kade Wuane
John Naspell
Eg.caped
Convicts In the Pen Classification by County
Columbus Ohio Nov 27 The state board of charities has received the report of the Ohio penitentiary classifying by counties the convicts who were in the prison during the fiscal year.
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Columbus
State Board of Charities
Ohio Penitentiary
Brick plant worker nearly cooked in boiler accident
Daniel Strube, a Logan Brick Manufacturing employee, fell into a vat of boiling water and was literally cooked from his feet to the waist. He remains in serious condition in Logan, Ohio, on November 27.
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Logan, O
Daniel Strube
Logan Brick Manufacturing Company
Mulligan Arrested in Dayton on Bigamy Charge
Frank Mulligan a former Elyria resident was arrested in Dayton on a complaint from his wife accusing him of bigamy. Mulligan returned to Elyria to answer the charge.
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Dayton, O
Frank Mulligan
Elyria
Mulligan
Gas tragedy in Providence ends mother and two children
Mrs Charlies G Checkley and her two young children were found dead in their Providence home after the mother turned on the gas and lay down with the children. A note left behind pleaded for release and absolved others of blame, citing unhappiness and a wish to die.
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Providence
R. I
Charlies G. Checkley
Missing Witnesses In Thaw Case Move For Special Commissions
Clifford W. Hartridge for Harry K. Thaw informs District Attorney Jerome that the defense will seek two commissions from the supreme court to secure testimony from F. Beale in Bakersfield California and Thomas Max Caleb in Chicago. Both men were with Thaw and his wife the night of the Stanford White shooting and are out of jurisdiction. The defense argues their testimony is vital and justice requires their evidence. Prohibition In Oklahoma Also noted as Guthrie reports that K J Curl of Bartlesville was named chair of the liquor committee, raising concerns amid a statehood act that will keep Indian Territory under prohibition for 21 years potential constitutional prohibition across the entire state.
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Thaw
New York
Clifford W. Hartridge
Harry K. Thaw
Jerome
Supreme Court
Stanford White
Madison Square Roof Garden
F. Beale
Bakersfield
Cal
Thomas Max Caleb
Chicago
Oklahoma
Guthrie
O. T
Murray
K. J. Curl
Bartlesville
Indian Territory
General Assembly
Ohio
Death rate in Canal Zone drops with fewer pneumonia deaths
Washington reports the Isthmian Canal Commission received a note from Colonel W C Gorgas, chief sanitary officer, stating no American deaths from disease in the canal zone in the last three months. He attributes the decline to reduced pneumonia, noting 86 negro deaths and two white deaths in October among canal employees.
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Washington
Canal Zone
Isthmian Canal Commission
W. C. Gorgas
Gorgas
Canal
Inclosed Harbors and Bottled Valleys of the World
The article surveys natural bottle shaped harbors formed by islands and submerged rivers. It cites Havana Corregidor Alcatraz Smith Key Digby strait Fundy tides Madeira Melbourne Port Philip Yarra Rio Janeiro and New York as examples. It notes many bat tle harbors arise from drowned rivers and lingering ancient river beds.
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Cuba
Havana Harbor
Corregidor Island
Manila Bay
Alcatraz Fortress
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Smith Key
Santiago
Annapolis Basin
Nova Scotia
Bay of Fundy
Digby Strait
North Mountain
Fundy
Digby
New York Harbor
Australia
Melbourne
Port Philip
Yarra
Rio Janeiro
South America
Maracaibo
Rio
New York Bay
Hudson River
Atlantic
St, Nicholas
Timid Folklore of Fearful Mothers and Spiders
Mrs Stapleton boasts of timidity inherited from her mother who feared animals thunder and wind. She recalls her own terror at a spider crawling up her skirt and being rescued by a friend, noting spiders make her faint. The exchange ends with a quip about future caution.
Elkins Law upheld as curb on rebates in New York case
Washington reports that the Elkins law proves capable of stopping transportation abuses after the New York Central and Sugar Trust were convicted of rebates on sugar shipped to Cleveland. Judge Holt rules the act covers the rebate even if involved shipments closed before it took effect, allowing conviction by proving a rebate or discrimination. This supports McCall’s view that enforcement would influence rate making.
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New York
New York Central Railroad Company
Sugar Trust
Cleveland
Holt
Elkins
McCall
Atlantic Monthly
Ohio Tax Reforms Targeted by State Education Campaign
A state tax commission chaired by Attorney General Wade H. Ellis will educate Ohioans on revising tax laws to be fairer. Ellis proposes hearings across cities with industry and civic representatives to draft remedial legislation for the next General Assembly.
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Ohio
Wade H. Ellis
Stae
Ellis
Ohio State Bar Association
State Tax Commission
Bucyrne
Board of Trade
Tax Commission
City of
Cincinnati
Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets Advertisement Petition
Force them No aids them Ra mon's treatment of Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets strengthens the liver and digestive organs so that they do their own work and fortifies your constitution against future trouble. Entire treatment 25c. Sold by W. H. McKee.
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Ramon
W. H. McKee
Eastern Star Elects Officers in Amesville Meeting
In Amesville on Friday evening The Eastern Star elected Emma Patterson as W M R V King as W P Lucy Dunbar as A M Maude Curfman as Secretary Mrs Jas Snedeker as Treasurer Ella McCune as Conductress and Mrs Ella Carpenter as Associate Conductress. Also promotional note for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve with local pharmacy sales mention.
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Amesville
The
Eastern Star
Emma Patterson
W. M
R. V. King
W. P
Lucy Dunbar
A. M
Maude Curfman
Jas. Snedeker
Ella McCune
Ella Carpenter
Athens County Good Roads Association Meets December First
The Athens County Good Roads Association will meet at the Mayor's Office on Saturday December 1 at 1 PM. Election of officers and other business will be discussed. All members and any citizens interested in advancing good roads plans are welcome.
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Athens County Good Roads Association
Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea Ad Promises Vitality
In thisSeason of decay the ad urges readers to fortify their system with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea available as tea or tablets at 35 cents. It presents a tonic claim aimed at boosting vitality amid seasonal decline.
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Hollister
Ramon’s Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets Advertisement
A 19th or early 20th century style ad touts Ramon’s Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets as a cure for facial pimples acne skin blemishes liver spots sallow skin tiredness and headaches. The remedy is sold by W H McKee and claimed to gently stimulate the liver and bowels without violent purgatives. Entire treatment priced at 25 cents.
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Ramon
W. H. McKee’s
Train Robber Claude Randall Offers Full Confession
Claude Randall, the gang rail robber, is jailed in Marshall Missouri and proposes a full confession in exchange for a burglary charge. He claims to have boarded the Chicago and Alton train at Glasgow and Slater, took about $1,500 and several watches, and was captured after a struggle with the conductor.
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Kan
Rumsey
Rock Island
Glasgow
Rum- Bey
United States
Randall
Claude Randall
St. Louis
Slater
Golden State Limited
Mississippi's Negro Disfranchisement Boosts South Industry
Congressman John Sharp Williams attributes rapid southern industrial growth to political disfranchisement of Black people. He notes Mississippi 1890s constitution reduced Black voting without violating the fifteenth amendment, cites similar moves in several states, and links it to peace and prosperity. He advocates importing white laborers as a solution to the negro problem.
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Louisiana
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
Williams
Pleasant Sunday at A. P. Linscott Home in Athens
Miss Clara Eck Canton Miss Gertrude Hawkins Nelsonville Miss Clara McKinstry Athens and Harry Hawkins Nelsonville with Samuel Warren Thomas Cotton Mrs Jessie Warren and Florence Linscott Athens spent Sunday at the Linscott home. A general good time was had. No one has seen Tom Cotton. Perhaps he is still in Canaan or in Canton.
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Clara Eck
Canton
Gertrude Hawkins
Nelsonville
Clara McKinstry
Athens
Harry Hawkins
Samuel Warren
Thomas Cotton
Jessie Warren
Florence Linscott
A. P. Linscott
Tom Cotton
Canaan
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