Presbyterian Assembly funds home missions. tobacco ban urged
May 31 1906 report notes a 1,000,000 allocation for home missions by the Presbyterian General Assembly in Des Moines Iowa, up 100,000 from last year while also urging a tobacco ban for ministers and elders. An action in Franklin common pleas tests the Jones local option law’s constitutionality, arguing state law must apply uniformly and ballots cannot substitute signatures. Ohio Republican flak over Senator Foraker’s rate bill vote signals likely Democratic gains.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
Des Moines
Iowa
Franklin Common Pleas Court
Jones
Ohio
Foraker
Bellaire Herald
State examiner removes village clerks over bookkeeping gaps
The state examiner of village accounts is turning over some county clerks in Muskingum villages due to inability to understand and adapt to the new accounting system. No serious trouble reported yet in Guernsey townships or the courthouse, suggesting the inspection may not be complete or that officials are adept at bookkeeping.
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Muskingum
Guernsey
Ubgs
The Cambridge Herald Celebrates 38th Year
The Cambridge Herald marks its 38th year with praise for its clean bright newspaper and its commitment to accuracy. The Jeffersonian extends best wishes to editors and proprietors Mehaffey and Ogier for continued success.
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Cambridge Herald
Jeffersonian
The
Herald
Messrs
Mehaffey and
Ogier
Nominee James T. Lindsay Nominated for County Treasurer
James T. Lindsay, a longtime Cambridge and Columbus businessman, is named as a nominee for county treasurer at the Franklin County Republican convention. Known as a former partner in Beymer & Lindsay and a respected local grocer, Lindsay is praised for high character and solid business qualifications.
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Franklin County
James T. Lindsay
Lindsay
Cambridge
Item
Beymer & Lindsay
Columbus
President Cassatt Considers Resignation Over Board Politics
The article reports President Cassatt aggrieved by subordinates prompting possible resignation amid internal conflicts over corporate side line speculations. It notes a parallel concern at Standard Oil and suggests John D Rockefeller might also resign if similar tensions exist.
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Cassatt
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefller
Petitions From Women on Smoot and Utah Vote Fallout
A flood of petitions from women across states demands prompt action on Senator Reed Smoot and Utah’s electoral bargain. Labor groups in his district contemplate voting against Uncle Joe Cannon, hoping to swing support to a different man, though party pressure may sway indecisive voters before election day. The Whitaker strike settlement ends after sixteen months and 21.77 million, resuming work June 2000, with unions praising loyalty and principle intact as conflict eases.
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Senate
Reed Smoot
Smoot
Utah
Joe Cannon
Failt
Caldwell board selects W J M Carr Cambridge as superintendent
The Caldwell school board elected Wun J. M. Carr of Cambridge as superintendent for the coming year by unanimous vote. A resolution asks teachers to refrain from political activity, note that most teachers are women. Carr has extensive superintendent experience and previously served in Cambridge schools and Muskingum county legislature. The piece also discusses liquor laws, graft prosecutions, and the importance of honest county commissioners for public works in the era.
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Caldwell
Wun J. M. Carr
Cambridge
Carr
Muskingum County
Union Proclaimed Between Cumberland and Presbyterian Churches
An official proclamation declares the union of the Cumberland Presbyterian and the Presbyterian churches in the United States. The Cumberland church, though weaker in strength, holds valuable property and lists 2645 churches and congregations with 151,929 members and 164 ministers. The split arose from revival-driven licensing of preachers without standard training, leading to irregularities and eventual formation of a separate denomination.
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Cumberland Presbyterian
Presbyterian Churches
United States
Cumberland
Tis
Cumberland Presbytery
Presbyterian Church
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Senator Burton’s bribery case over illicit legal fees
Kansas Senator Burton faced potential imprisonment for taking $500 a month for five months to influence a postal order. The article notes other senators’ wealth from government law work and deems Burton’s act foolish and specially reprehensible. A St Louis speculative firm was denied mail service for illegal business, then paid Burton to withdraw the order, triggering the conflict.
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Burton
Kansas
St. Louis
Post Office Department
Cambridge dries on two-year extension petition drive
Cambridge voters near the end of a two year dry period as petitions circulate for a second submission on continuing prohibition. Officials improved order, reduced alcohol related injuries and deaths, and business conditions are strong, though a return to open saloons is not evident despite petitions seeking 40 percent support.
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Cambridge
Cambrdige
Wat
Ideal public official in Judge Gaynor’s mold
The New York World praises Judge Gaynor as a model official adding learning independence earnestness and zeal to ability. It argues voters demand able public service from schoolmasters to laymen, favoring enlightened independent minds over demagoguery, with militia against graft and partisanship. Mistakes will occur but public sentiment and fearless independence safeguard institutions.
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New York World
Gaynor
Interawias
Apg
Inheritance Tax Opinion Affects Supposed Estates
Attorney General Ellis opines that estates begun under the inheritance tax law before repeal must be taxed under the repealed rule. If the Supreme Court rules per this view, state revenue could rise by $150,000. A journalist notes the law yielded $500,000 in 22 months, mainly from Hamilton and five large counties, with poor reporting by probate judges and several counties silent on estates. Two hundred estates await Supreme Court interpretation of the repealer law.
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Ellis
Supreme Court
Hamilton County
Cuyahoga County
Hamilton
Columbiana
Jefferson County
Washington
Adams
Brown
Vinton
Jackson
Best Men Needed for County Officers Says Signal
The Signal argues voters demand top material for county offices. It warns Democrats to nominate truly capable, honest candidates and notes that a poor minority candidate elected would harm both party and people. It stresses leadership, competence, and integrity over mere names on tickets.
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Tom
Harry
Worth While Judge Ethics Highlight in Truesdale Row
A New York World note questions the Worth While of railroad president W H Truesdale of the Lackawanna after three U S judges accuse him of breaking a contract with sordid motives. It cites his role as chairman of an insurance company's house cleaning committee and warns that eroding public trust in courts could empower powerful interests.
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United States
W. H. Truesdale
the Lackawanna
Truesdale
Insurance Comny
N. Y. World
A Rare Man and Schurz’s Senate Fight For Restoration
The piece honors Carl Schurz's lifelong zeal for union and his strong push in the U S Senate to restore suffrage to ex Confederates disfranchised after the Civil War. It notes the Missouri native aimed to reunite the nation, even as the victorious vote risked shifting Missouri’s legislature to Democrats and ending his term.
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Carl Schurz
United States Senate
Missouri
Theill
Schurz
Y. Post
Cure for husband’s lodge habit through shirt waist technique
A Wheeling Register reader asks for a recipe to curb her husband’s nightly lodge attendance. The proposed cure involves supplying many small buttoned shirt waist holes and instructing him not to leave the house after supper until his shirt waist is buttoned. If this fails, the case is deemed hopeless.
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Register
Wheeling Register
Test of motor toll policy stirs Cambride residents
Tin owners in Cam bride numbered fourteen oppose the county toll on the National pike set at three cents a mile and demand registration with the toll keeper. They argue the higher charge unfairly burdens motor cars compared with carriages and call for a test case to challenge the county commission's authority.
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Cambride
Laylin
Columbus
Ohio
Secretary of State
Lewis Co. Laylin
Secretary
Public minded residents form independent political group
Lavish residents and local voters organize to study issues and men, pledge to inform themselves about principles measures and candidates, and to stay aloof from old party ties while readying to vote intelligently. The group aims to form opinions and participate as conscientious citizens.
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Tie Biessne Enterprise
Jarkson
Ofo
Senator Morgan's wartime college tale echoes old visiting lore
A quirky reminiscence recalls Senator Morgan answering a question about his college days by recounting his Civil War refuge behind William and Mary's brick walls. The piece then shifts to vivid portraits of S. T. Dakin's formidable handshake and a St Petersburg observer's critique of Goremykin as a lazy, cunning bureaucrat.
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Morgan
College of William and Mary
Virginia
Branson
Dakin
Breckenridge
S. T. Dakin
St. Petersburg
M. Goremykin
Count Witte
Death of Elmer A Taylor in Bloomfield During Fishing Trip
Elmer A Taylor of Bloomfield died after cramps while swimming during a fishing trip with his son, neighbor Benjamin Warden, and two Warden sons. He drowned in about 15 feet of water. body recovered around 3 pm after outlasting two hours of search. Taylor, a former Guernsey County settler, was a Sunday school superintendent at Bloomfield Presbyterian church. survived by a widow and four children Nelle 18 Myrtle 14 Ethel 11 Waller 19. Parents reside at Miller's Station near Cambridge.
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Elmer A. Taylor
Bloomfield
Taylor
Benjamin Warden
Mr. Warden
Moorhead
Muskingum County
Guernsey County
Presbyterian
Bloomfeld Land
Nelle
Myrtle
Ethel
Waller
Miller's Station
Cambridge
Signal
High Degree Masonry Reunions Announced in Cambridge
A reunian and work meeting of the Scottish Rite Masons is announced for Wednesday and Thursday in Cambridge Lodge rooms. It lists the Lodge of Verification, 14th degree, Corner Princes of Jerusalem, Lodge degree, and Rose Croix chapters with degrees from 4 to 1 percent. A banquet will be held Thursday evening. all Scottish Rite Masons and their ladies are invited.
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Cambridge Masonic
Lodge of Verfection
Princes of
Cambridge
Epworth League Annual Session Set for Senecaville
The Cambridge District Epworth League announces its twelfth annual session to be held in Senecaville on June 12 and 13. The program opens with devotions and music Tuesday evening and features papers, addresses, recitations, and a long service with reports and elections on Wednesday. Delegates: chapters with 50 members or fewer may send three, plus one for every 25 over 50. bring annual dues of 25 cents. Rail connections via Cambridge and Love City.
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Cambridge
Epworth League
Senecaville
Ffty
Love City
Ross Sullivan
Ohio
Curious Foreign Facts from a Distant World
England hires many workers from Europe yet most return to their homelands. Only 684 aliens were naturalized last year in the United Kingdom. A British Bible Society distribution reached nearly 6,000,000 Scriptures. Lions attacked a village in British Central Africa, killing eleven residents. Clans advanced to Berlin for a new theater showing life sized mechanized dits. Japan expands forts and museums as it aims to improve them. The small republic of Panama, under U.S. protection, is the only one invited to the Hague fears conference, which declined. Prince Arthur of Connaught’s gifts from Japan are valued at about $200,000.
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England
Europe
United Kingdom
British Bible
Lite Remblic
Papama
United States
Hague
Prince Arthur
Connaught
Japan
Noted Figures and Curious Encounters in Public Life
Ex Senator Chandler jokes about creating copy to please press during campaign in New Hampshire. Vernon Pierce, a 42 year old dwarf from New York, is described as healthy but very small, with remarks from double Rosebud and Tom Thumb. The Maharanee of Baroda complains of intrusive reporters in New York, noting Americans’ curiosity but explaining her preference for privacy and comparisons to Indian civilization.
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William J. Chandler
New Hampshire
Washington
Hils
Chandler
Ten
Cain
Vernon Pierce
Upkirk
Vernon
Pierce
St. Henry
N. Y
Double Rosebud
America
Tom Thumb
Maharanee
Baroda
New York
India
Europe
England
Drowning of Elmer Taylor After Fishing Trip
Elmer Taylor of near Bloomfield drowned in Wills Creek near the McGiffen farm four miles from Plainfield on Friday afternoon while on a fishing outing. He sank after cramps while swimming on his back. body recovered with life extinct. Survived by a wife and several children. funeral services planned for Monday at Mt. Hermon with interment to follow.
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Elmer Taylor
Bloomfield
Wills Creek
McGiffen
Plainfield
Grouk
Taylor
Simon Taylor
Liberty Township
Cambridge
Guernsey County
Mt. Hermon
Deafness Cure Claim Prompts Constitutional Remedy Offer
An advertisement asserts local applications cannot cure deafness, blaming inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh. It offers a $100 reward for any catarrh deafness not cured by constitutional treatment from F J Cheney Co Toledo and promotes Paz Ointment for piles with a money-back guarantee if not cured in 14 days.
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Hall
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