Ohio Legislature Passes Water Control and Tax Reform Measures
Ohio lawmakers approve a bill giving the state board of health full control over domestic water supplies with powers to investigate impurities and require municipal action. The Gayman resolution to place a constitutional amendment on property taxation for vote in November advances after tabled reconsideration. A Thomas bank inspection bill passes the house, mandating annual state inspections of all banks with a governor appointed bank superintendent and examiners.
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Gayman
Columbus
Senate
House
Bense
Ottawa
State Board of Health
General Assembly
Wertz
Wayne
Thomas Bank
Ohio
Ackley
Noble
Emperor William recalls disapproval on Hill ambassador
Berlin reports Emperor William, after full briefing on President Roosevelt and American sentiment, has withdrawn earlier disapproval of Jayne Hill’s nomination as German ambassador. He now says he will be pleased to receive Mr Hill as ambassador. Baron Von Sternburg conveyed the approach and urged a speedy arrangement amid the public impact.
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Mperor William
Berlin
Roosevelt
Emperor Willam
Jayne Hill
Germany
Mr Hill
Roosevelt Baron von Sternburg
Washington
Markets Report An Extensive Commodity Price Table
East Buffalo and Chicago, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Boston and Cincinnati markets show cattle, sheep, hogs, and grain prices. Notable entries include East Buffalo cattle ranges from 6.25 to 7.00 for steers, calves up to 7.50, hogs around 6.30 to 6.85, and Wheat No 2 red around 94 1/2 to 86 1/2 cents. Prices vary by city and grade.
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East Buffalo
Chicago
Cholee
Pittsburg
Prine
Boston
Ohio
Pennnsylvania
Delaine
Kentucky
Indiana
Cincinnati
Mystery surrounds double tragic death in Cleveland Heights
Cleveland, March 31. The bodies of Carl Bernthaler and Lena Zischmann were found in a forest in Cleveland Heights with hearts pierced by a bullet. The missing revolver suggests murder by a third party, though initial speculation cited self harm. Bernthaler, 58, a music teacher and orchestra member, left six children. Zischmann, 30, a German teacher and Bernthaler’s pupil, was long known to the community. her father is a local florist.
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Cleveland
Carl Bernthaler
Lena Zischmann
Cleveland Heights
Bernthaler
Woman Fires Rifle In Wesleyan Accident
Miss Cornelia Albright, social figure of this city, accidentally discharged a rifle at Edwards gymnas- ium while aiming at a target. W J Weldy, senior at Ohio Wesleyan University, was fatally wounded as he descended the stairs. Lieutenant Menges accompanied Miss Albright.
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Delaware
W. J. Weldy
Oho Wesleyan University
Cornelia Albright
Miss Albright
Menges
Wesleyan
Edwards’ Gymnasium
Weldy
Wells Fargo cashier DeWitt found dead in Youngstown
Chauncey DeWitt cashier of the Wells Fargo & Co in Youngstown was found dead in bed with a bullet wound to the head. A 20 year old native of New York he feared tuberculosis and allegedly threatened suicide two years ago rather than suffer the disease leaving a mother in New York and a uncle Thomas M DeWitt superintendent of the local Wells Fargo district.
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Youngstown
Chauncey DeWitt
Wells Fargo & Co
DeWitt
New York
Thomas M. DeWitt
Wells Fargo Company
Death in apartment linked to double tragedy
In Sandusky Ohio on March 30 E J Glendenning a 45 year old traveling salesman and Mrs Katherine Hughes 40 were found dead in a woman's rooms. A bullet hole behind Glendenning's ear and a shot through Hughes eye while seated at a writing desk suggest Hughes killed Glendenning then died by suicide according to police.
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Sandusky
E. J. Glendenning
Cleveland
Katherine Hughes
Glendenning
Hughes
Seventh Ohio Democrats Convene for Bryan and Harmon Endorsements
The Seventh district Democratic convention at Springfield on March 27 instructed delegates to back Bryan at Denver and endorsed Judson Harmon of Cincinnati for governor. O E Duff of Madison county chosen for Congress against Warren Keifer. James Johnson and M K Gantz named as national delegates. The body urged a state primary to pick a U S senator candidate.
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Springfeld
Denver
Bryan
Judson Harmon
Cincinnati
O E Duff
Madison County
Congress
J G. Warren Keifer
James Johnson
M K. Gantz
United States
Girl Fires on Night Riders in Ohio Farm Scene
In Aberdeen Ohio on March 31 farmers face night riders who scrape and destroy tobacco beds at Alvin Warren Bailey Glance and the Scheckner farm. Miss Mattie Scheckner fired a shotgun at the armed gang saving her father’s plants.
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Aberdeen
Alvin Warren
Bailey Glance
Scheckner
Mattie Scheckner
Lumber Men Must Go to Jail
The circuit court affirmed the lower court sentencing of 20 Toledo lumbermen to six months in the work house under the Valentine antitrust law. Because the supreme court ruled imprisonment must be in a county jail, the men were resentenced. The group includes Toledo’s wealthy and leading citizens.
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Toledo
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Ice Trust
Triple Tragedy at Mil ler's Station in Steubenville
March 31 in Steubenville Ohio reports a triple murder at Millers Station. Angelo and Tony Selvistri brothers Bernardo Cagnamon and Rookey George, railroad section hands, lived near the station. All believed to bear small fortunes. The Selvistri brothers and Dagnannon were found dead. George cannot be located.
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Steubenville
Miller’s Station
Angelo
Tony Selvistri
Bernardo Cagnamon
Rookey George
Panhandle
Selvistri
Dagnannon
George
Unrequited Love Drives Cleveland Man to Hangself
Cleveland march 26 Peter Benesch 26 hanged himself from his room door after being jilted by the woman he loved. Neighbors found the body after placing a ladder to view the dangling figure. A note tied to his shoe revealed the motive the woman had gone to Pittsburg to marry another man.
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Cleveland
Peter Benesch
Benesch
Pittsburg
President Roosevelt Urges Sherman Act Amendment
President Roosevelt sends a message to Congress urging changes to the interstate commerce law and the anti-trust act. He argues modern business requires combinations and calls for labor and child labor reform, injunctions in labor disputes, and new financial measures including postal savings banks and tariff adjustments. He also favors free wood pulp and data collection for the next Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Bituminous Mines to Close Across Most Fields
Columbus O March 30 Tuesday night ends the present mining contracts in all soft coal fields except the central Pennsylvan ia field where a new contract allows miners to continue working The indications are that mines will close in other fields for several days or weeks while the coal demand remains slack and stockpiles exist President elect Lewis favors reestablishing joint relations in the central field and cautions against new pacts that would complicate big districts Wage scale is expected to hold pending negotiations.
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Columbus
United States
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Iinois
Lewis
Ohio
Illinois
Taft Attaches Troops to Treadwell Mine Situation
Taft ordered troops to Alaska after telegraph reports eight hundred striking miners with dynamite and intent to destroy property or life threatened Treadwell mines. General Bush was instructed to assign a sufficient force to support the U S marshal in enforcing the law at Treadwell.
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Taft
Washington
Treadwell
Alaska
Bush
Vancouver Barracks
United States
Free Textbooks Bill Clears Senate Vote
The Senate passed Pollock's bill providing free textbooks and supplies for students and allowing purchase of books from the board at cost. It may be initiated by the board or placed on the municipal ballot if a petition of 20 percent is filed. The measure received 22 ayes to 5 nays.
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Columbus
Senate
Pollock
Board of Education
Chicago Agents Sue Moore and Hansen for 160000 Damages
Following litigation against the Columbia Life Insurance company by Chicago agents and others, a suit was begun against H C Moore and Carl Hansen, the general agents in Chicago, for 160000. It is claimed the pair neglected their contract to attend to Chicago business, and the alleged failure damaged the company’s business by about 50000.
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Cincinnati
Columbia Life Insurance Company
Chicago
Sult
H C Moore
Carl Hansen
Moore
Not Guilty Plea Wins in Cleveland Slaying Case
Andrew Kolinoski, charged with killing his wife and her boarder amid alleged infatuation, was found not guilty by a jury in Judge Babcock's court. He admitted the deed but pleaded emotional insanity and justification, after an all night deliberation.
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Cleveland
Andrew Kolinoski
Babcock
Kolinoski
Notable Crimes and Disasters Reported Across the Nation
Arrivals in Vienna include Count Leszlo Szechenyi and the former Miss Gladys Van derbilt. Chester Gillette reportedly confessed guilt over Grace Brown's murder. Missouri battleship target practice caused a minor burst. Crimed events span from safe robbings in Baltimore and South San Francisco to a train tragedy in Holdredge Nebraska and a dam failure in Plainwell Michigan. Fire disasters strike Winchester Kentucky and Covington tobacco warehouses.
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Leszlo Szechenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
Vienna
Chester Gillette
Auburn
Grace Brown
Magdalena Bay
Missouri
Hansberger Brothers
Baltimore
Lydia
Chippewa
Puget Navigation Company
Point No Point
Wash
Federal
Ricken Mountains
Lake Zurich
Switzerland
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
J. Pierpont Morgan
Hartland
Middlefield (O
H. J. Clark
Clark
Uti
O) Bank
Lima (O
Commonwealth Power Company
Plainwell
Mich
Kalamazoo River
Ofice
South San Francisco
Cal
George Yenning
Millersburg
Iowa
Farmers’ Bank
Springtown
Ark
Milano
Anthony Comporti
Selementa Montelani
South Bend
Ind
San Francisco
Durham W. Stevens
Dorothy Palmer
Harry E Palmer
Dayton
Lynn
Bainbridge
Jim Wright
Lyles
Aberdeen
Earl Hudson
Bellefontaine
Queen & Crescent
Lexington
Columbia
Ohio River
Parkersburg
W. Va
Spencer Compton Cavendish
Duke of Devonshire
Balfour
Toronto
Ont
Joseph Micovitch
Rock Island
Daily News
Formalin Treatment for Seed Oats Adv visable for 1908
Observations from 1907 show inferior oat quality and yield. Ohio State Experiment Station notes oat smut and new diseases. recommends reclaiming seed oats and treating with formalin before sowing. One pint of 40 percent formalin makes 40 gallons solution. one gallon treats a bushel. Cost under one cent per bushel. Apply by sprinkling or immersion. dry after treatment. Treated seed improves germination and stands. formalin not poisonous when dry. Formalin sold by druggists 25–30 cents per pound. suppliers and sample submission details provided.
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Ohio
Department of Botany
Tne
Wooscer, O
Western Ohio Patents Reported by H E Dunlap
Patent lawyer H E Dunlap of Wheeling West Virginia lists issued patents to Western Ohio inventors. Names include SS Boal Piqua stove W Q OC Ellis Greenfield nutlock for axle spindles J Emenaker assigners G Mitchell M F Frivterer Hamilton window W D Fuller Springfield Hy trap P Haas Dayton water closet valve A C Heck Findlay sectional conveyor for excavating machines ditching wheel TL Malloy Hamilton smoke house H B Snell assignor to Snell Judd Co actuating mechanism for electric switches EF R Wesse Norwood treating hides.
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H. E. Dunlap
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio
SS. Boal
Piqua
W.Q. OC. Ellis
Greenfield
J Emenaker
G. Mitchell
M F. Frivterer
Hamilton
W. D. Fuller
Springfield
P. Haas
Dayton
A. C. Heck
Findlay
TL. Malloy
H. B. Snell
Credu
Snell-Judd Company
EF. R. Wesse
Norwood
A Quarrel Ends With Dismissal Of A Waitress
A domestic spat leads to the dismissal of a pantry worker amid accusations of impertinence. She quotes the waitress saying the couple would not notice the noise if they talked more. The exchange reveals tensions over daily meals and conduct.
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Solse
Cheap Clay Street three to seven room houses offered
A brief advertisement notes a 9 room house with a new barn near the Catholic Church and a large east front porch. It also mentions a very cheap 7 room house on Clay Street priced affordably.
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Clay Street
Five Hundred Pounds of Shadow from Putnam's Magazine
A reminiscence of a tall yellow brick boarding house on the corner of Tenth Street and Fourth Avenue in New York kept by Miss Anne Swift. The two heavy, short residents share a moment of literary reflection about life and mortality.
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Tenth Street
Fourth Avenue
New York
Anne Swift
Miss Swift
Boarder
W. L. Alden
Revenge in a Rural Village Feud Over Tea
In a remote urban village a witty woman explains a feud with another woman over tea. A visitor asks about Miss Smith. the narrator boasts she retaliated after Miss Smith requested tea previously. The exchange hints at social judgment and marital status as a measure of respect.
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Hill
Buckeye News
MENT
Western Ohio
Hart
Cet
Stephen’ . Hart
O Martin
J.D. Ewing’s
Stephen J. Hart
Upper Sandusky, Ohio
Ewing’s Drug Store
J. A. Smith
Real Estate and Insurance Agency
Carey
Pike
Naaeliy
Fe Teak Ao
Ehooy
Bhoop
Dr. Shoop
J. D. Ewing
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