Poison in Widow's Death Prompts Wide Inquiry
In Bridgeport Connecticut on January 31 authorities investigate the death of Mrs. Hannah E. Cross and the disappearance of about $50,000 from her estate. A chemical analysis reports 20 grains of codeine in her organs and a candicile addition to the will naming Frank M. Garland as executor. Garland is missing, as is the estate money. A niece Mary Wagner has inherited a fortune and Edith Luquer Campbell and her husband occupy the Cross mansion in lavish fashion.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Hannah E. Cross
New York
Cross
Could Loss Of 41 Lives Have Been Prevented
Norfolk officials debate if the Monroe Nantucket collision could have been avoided. Capt Berry's quick full speed astern drew the Nantucket from the Monroe, water flooded in, 41 missing including 19 passengers and 22 crew. Federal probe begins Monday as Merchants & Miners defends Berry.
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United Press
Norfolk
Virginia Peninsula
Monroe
Old Dominion Line
Berry
Nantucket
Old Dominion
Merchants & Miners Line
Atlantic
Federal Steamship Inspection Service
Weather Forecast and County Groceries Bid Notice
The forecast calls for snow and colder temperatures with Sunday likely to be chilly. Stark County Commissioners will accept sealed bids until 10 o clock A M February 11 1914 for furnishing groceries for the County infirmary. Details and list of required articles available from C L Stoner Clerk of County Commissioners.
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Stark Couny Commissioners
L. Stoner
Clark County
Woman Offers To Lick Man And Wife Told In Court
Rebecca Andrews, a performer from Young NE, was charged with disturbing the peace in police court after allegedly insulting Mrs. Jennie Bigham. She said she lost her temper after remarks about her, and boasted she could lick both. Judge Quinn fined her $25 with costs suspended on good behavior.
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Rebbeca Andrews
Jennie Biggham
Young
Andrews
Biggham
A Good Meeting Place in Fredericks
Meeting note advertises a late chance to secure January clearance bargains at W. F. Frederick Piano Co. in Canton with the address 218 Tuscarawas Street.
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Fredericks
W. F. Frederick Piano Co
Tuscarawasst
Canton
Adrt
Many Light Plant Plan Revived in Canton
Canton officials consider reviving a many light plant to unite competing transmission poles. Mayor Stolberg plans a five month review after meeting with Jones & Co engineers from Cleveland. Cleveland financier Barber seeks a franchise free of charge to enter Canton light supply, promising lower rates. Rodmann of Jones Co will brief council after a tour of Akron projects and other cities where similar systems are installed. Costs are being evaluated with a figure once estimated at 186000, but final pricing awaits plan completion.
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Canton
Stolberg
Theodore Rodmann
H. Whitford Jones & Co
Cleveland
Electrical Mechanical Engineers
Rodmann
Jones’ Company
Turnbull
Ohio CC
Barber
Canton Electric Co
Howenstine
Jones Company
Akron
Norwood
Barberton
Mansfield
Local Man Wins Postoffice Contract for Cambridge Project
James Devault, Cambridge contractor, secured the U S treasury contract to build a sandstone post office in Cambridge Ohio. Devault bid the lowest at 63000 dollars from a field of seven bidders.
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James Devault
U. S&s. Treasury
Cambridge
O. Devault
Devault
Mrs Asenath Lestude Sues For Divorce From Alfred Lestude
Mrs Asenath Lestude has filed suit for divorce from Alfred Lestude in common pleas court. The spouses were married on January 16, 1913, with charges of extreme cruelty.
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Asenath Lestude
Alfred Lestude
Common Pleas Court
Renkert building contract let to Cleveland firm
The interior and completion of the Renkert building on Marketay N have been awarded to RK. A. Curry Co. of Cleveland. Completion is scheduled between May 1 and June 1.
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Renkert
Marketay N
RK. A. Curry Co
Cleveland
Run on Bank Continues as Depositors Line Up
New York reports a fourth day of bank runs sparked by a groundless rumor. Depositors queue to withdraw as the large institution with 97 million dollars in deposits opens for business. Extra tellers paid every person promptly. Marysville notes the death of A. M. Southard, a wealthy farmer, whose body was found in his barn after his Scotch collie barked, alarming his wife.
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United Press
New York
Bank For Savings
Marysville
A. M. Southard
Hobo Meeting Ends as Delegates Return to City
Ten members of the International Order of We Won't Work Were Arrested after the Cleveland convention ended they had camped by Bellevue water source and cooked before patrol officers swooped in. They faced disturbing the peace charges as some delegates lingered in prior court appearances.
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International Order of
Cleveland
Biffle
Boar
Skotnicky
Bellevueau
Quinn
Lehman Aids In Appeal For More School Funds
At the Ohio Association of School Board Members meeting in Columbus the group unanimously backed a resolution to raise city school finances. President John H. Lehman urged higher revenues and endorsed plans to allow four mills without budget commission revisions and six mills when needed.
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Lehman
Ohio
Ohio Association of School Board
Columbus
John H. Lehman
Canton Board of Education
Boards of Education
Budget Commission
Board of Education
Canton Doctors Refuse Stark Phone Contracts
Canton physicians will not renew service contracts with Stark Telephone until interconnection terms with Bell are settled. Dr. C. E. Fraunfelter announced after a Canton Medical Society meeting that wide rate variation exists among doctors and that Stark employees receive reduced rates. They will seek a ruling from the public utilities commission before renewing.
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Canton
Stark Telephone Company
Bell Company
C. E. Fraunfelter
Canton Medical Society
Stark Company
Fraunfelter
Public Utilities Commission
Weiss appoints six deputy collectors
Internal Revenue Collector Harry Weiss recommended six deputy collectors to Senator Pomerene on Friday. Named were Eli K. Geiselman of Wooster Lyman Hitchcock of Millersburg James Dunn George A. Shannon Joseph Greeves and Edward N. Biever of Cleveland.
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Internal Revenue
Harry Weiss
Pomerene Friday
Eli K. Geiselman
Wooster
Lyman Hitchcock
Millers-burg
James Dunn
George A. Shannon
Joseph Greeves
Edward N. Biever
Cleveland
Expert from Philadelphia in Canton talks on electrolysis damage
A Philadelphia expert in electrolytics met Saturday with Mayor Stolberg and City Solicitor Ruff to discuss electrolysis damage from stray currents to water pipes and how to compel N. O. K. to repair. The officials gave no immediate statement, promising future remarks.
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City Hall
Canton
D Stolberg
Ruff
Brolberg
Kuff
Heckman v Lahr Dismissed Over Real Estate Commission
The case of John Heckman against H. A. Lahr for a real estate sale commission in Lake-ip is dismissed at the plaintiff's cost. The amount asked in the suit was two thousand five hundred dollars.
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Slit
John Heckman
H. A. Lahr
Lake-ip
Warden Orders Separate Chapel Services for Prisoners
Columbus Ohio January 31 Prison authorities barred mixed services at the Ohio penitentiary to curb flirting. Warden Thomas said men will attend the chapel while women will hold separate services in their own quarters citing discipline concerns.
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United Press
Columbus
Cupid
Thomas
Ohio Penitentiary
Little God
Canton Hit by Winter Storm Strikes Canton Saturday
The storm arrived at 10 45 Saturday morning and lasts through the day into Saturday night with sleet and snow. Winds of 40 miles an hour caused telegraph and telephone wire damage as Bell and Stark lines report outages. Telegraph communication west of Chicago was disrupted while streetcar service remained running all night to keep trolley lines clear.
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Canton
Carl Meyer
Stark Telephone Co
Bell Telephone Co
Chicago
United Press
Belle Centre Woman Dies After 11 Operations
Belle Centre resident Mrs. A F Glasgow died following eleven surgical procedures. The death was reported in Bellefontaine. No further details were provided on medical cause or her age.
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Bellefontaine
A. F. Glasgow
Belle Centre
City waste disposal costly in Canton as Cleveland shows profit
Canton faces high garbage disposal costs as its plant burns four to five tons of coal daily without recovering heat. Experts say Cleveland and other cities reduce expenses by municipal collection and selling by products like greases and fertilizer, unlike private Canton contracts.
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Cleveland
J. M. Schneider
Sanitary Garbage Company
Canton
Cincinnati
Weds To Wed Early As Isham Pair Tie Knot
Mr and Mrs Ralph H Isham wed hastily after a telegram from Henry H Isham president of the Marietta Columbus and Cleveland Railway asked the couple to marry at once and hurry to his bedside in Santa Barbara California The bride Marion Gaynor is the 16 year old daughter of the late Major William Gaynor of New York The groom is 26 and the early marriage occurred despite plans to wait until she reached 18.
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Ralph H. Isham
New York
Henry H. Isham
Marietta, Columbus and Cleveland Railway
Santa Barbara
Cal
Isham
Marion Gaynor
William Gaynor
Mr. Isham
Miss Gaynor
Government monopoly urged on telegraph and telephone
Postmaster General Burleson urged a federal monopoly over telegraph and telephone services in a Senate report. The plan calls for government ownership of all telegraph lines and the national telephone network with revocable private licenses for parts of the system. The report backs Rep. Lewis's proposal and argues private control delays progress and raises costs.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Burleson
Post Office Department
Congress
David J. Lewis
Maryland
Trap Door Threatens Massillon Property and City
In Massillon a trap door on Tremont Street side of a building, owned by the Walter J. McClymond estate and formerly occupied by Miller Furniture Co, allegedly caused Mrs. Sara J. Hoopengainer to fall April 26 1912 injuring her. She seeks 1000 damages and names the estate Miller Furniture Co and the city as defendants for the door’s erection or maintenance.
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Massillon
Miller Furniture Co
Walter J. McClymond
Massilon
McClymond
Tremont Street
Sara J. Hoopengainer
Tremont-st
Navarre Bridge to be Finished in Two Weeks
City officials and county commissioners meet to address hazardous conditions at Navarre Road, Beldenavy, and Hurforday bridges. Schisler commits to opening one bridge side within Chee and completing work in two weeks. Beldenavy to add a footbridge. Hurforday alignment issues to be reviewed.
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Navarre
Navarre Rd
Beldenavy
Hurforday
Tolberg
Kent
County Commission
Sechisler
Chee
Schisler
Beldenav
Hurforday Bridge
Llis
Hearby
Toval Blend Lolice Noted for Fine Flavored A
A fragment notes Toval Blend Lolice celebrated for a fine flavor. The text cites praise without dates or locations, leaving the context unclear but affirming quality. No further details specify producers, events, or institutions.
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Toval
I Fine
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John W. Campbell
State Commission
Weiss
King Winter
Bestir
Iease
Bove
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