Train collision at crossing in Elyria kills engineer
At Elyria Ohio on February 22 a collision between a Baltimore and Ohio freight and a Lake Shore passenger train killed B and O engineer James Vigall and badly injured fireman Charles Richard along with Lake Shore crew members Gus Herbert and John Neihaus. Two passengers were reported hurt as the Lake Shore baggage car and one coach left the track.
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Elyria
Hight
Baltimore and Ohio
Lake Shore
Baltimore & Ohio
James Vigall
Charles Richard
Lorain
Gus Herbert
John Neihaus
Virala
Peter Locato
Brooklyn
Black Hand
Ellis Martin
Ohio
Mississippi
Rochester
W. Va
George Hall
Davis- Smith Furniture Company
Tacoma
Wash
Orange
N. J
John F. Boylan
Lakeside
Denver
Colo
Russesville
Ala
J. W. Draper
F. B. Garret
Lock 3
Pittsburg
Edward N. Jordan & Company
Henry Satterlee
D. D
Protestant Episcopal
Washington
Charle B. Vilma
Hotchkiss
Newcastle-on-Tyne
England
Henry Payne Whitney
Dorothy
Paul Esterhazy
John Monk
Mennonite Church
Midway
South
Bellaire
Auburn Smoot
Blue Lick Ky
Cole Lake
Kilrain
New York City
Illinois Central Railroad
Bloomington
John Johnson
Chicago
Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Peoria
South Carolina Senate
Los Angeles
New York Court of Appeals
Chester Gillette
Grace Brown
Tanestone
Austria
Ignaz Eider von Piener
Vienna
HW. A. Dunlap
Lima
Jeremiah Rex
Tiffin
Stoessel Guilty of Cowardice in Port Arthur Surrender
In St. Petersburg on February 21 the military court found Lieutenant General Stoessel guilty of cowardice tied to the surrender of Port Arthur to Japan. The verdict recommended death with a ten year fortress imprisonment if commuted.
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Stoessel
St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Appeal of Unemployed in Baltimore Meeting
About twelve hundred unemployed men gathered in Baltimore on February 24 to urge the federal government to loan money to states and municipalities on noninterest bearing bonds for highways bridges and other public works to relieve unemployment.
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Baltimore
Fel
Philadelphia Bank Falls Assigns to McNeal for Creditors
Philadelphia bankers and bond brokers A. N. Chandler & Company assigned to J. Hector McNeal for creditors. No asset statement was given, but the attorney said the amount involved would exceed $100,000. The firm operates in Philadelphia and New York.
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Philadelphia Bank Falls
Philadelphia
A. N. Chandler & Company
Bankers and Bond Brokers
New York
J. Hector McNeal
Last of the Paris Racers Crosses Ohio Line
The last two cars in the New York Paris endurance test enter Ohio and face snowdrifts in northern Indiana. The German car gets stuck near Edgerton as the French car follows closely over the Ohio border.
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Toledo
Ohio Line
Indiana
Edgerton
Ohio
National federation formed to fight Prohibition
Chicago Feb 22 plans completed for a national federation of minor interests with headquarters in Chicago to oppose Prohibition in every state. J A McDermott manager of the organization bureau announced the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mqnor
J A. McDermott
Organization Bureau
Suspect Arrested After Fatal Shooting in Cornfield
Ed Williams is charged with killing Benjamin A. Swiger and was captured after hiding with his three children in a cornfield. No motive given. Senate favors governor mansion bill. $75,000 appropriated and heads to the house.
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Chillicothe
Ed Wl. Hiams
Benjamin A. Swiger
Senate
Columbus
Rathburn
House
Market Summary of Live Cattle and Hogs Across Cities
East Buffalo Chicago Pittsburg Cleveland Boston Cincinnati and Toledo report mixed livestock prices. Cattle steers and butcher cattle vary by city with calves hogs and lambs listed, noting different grade ranges and per hundred weight quotes.
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East Buffalo
Chicago
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Shean
Wetbery
Boston
Ohio
Delaine
Kentucky
Indiana
Cincinnati
Multiple incidents across cities claim vidas and devastate property
A string of 1900s era reports details wrecked stores, factory blazes, bomb blasts, ship and rail accidents, burn deaths, and executions. Notable losses include a Brookyln music shop, Tacoma fire, Rochester area death, and a seven figure property blaze in Russesville.
Ohio House delays action on Longworth laws targets
Columbus Ohio February 26. The Ohio House refuses to remove the Atwell resolution from the judiciary committee delaying initiation and referendum action under the Longworth law. The Gayman taxation amendment also fails to gain special order. The Senate agrees to Rathburn amendment for penitentiary inquiry with Ward Huffman and Lawyer named as committee members. Eagleson has yet to name House members.
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Columbus
House
Ohio Republican Convention
Longworth
Atwell
Judiciary Committee
Gayman
State Tax Commission
Senate
Rathburn
Ohio
Williams
Ward
Cuyahoga
Huffman
Butler
Lawyer
Ashtabula
Eagleson
Defeat of Bronson primary bill in Ohio House
The Ohio House defeated the Bronson primary bill 59 to 32 missing three votes for constitutional majority. Democrats cast 26 negative votes, Republicans five, and one independent. A reconsideration motion passed and the bill was set as a special order for next Thursday. Debate focused on Wertz’s unit rule amendment allowing a candidate to name delegates from his county to the district convention.
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Columbus
House
Bronson
Meck Levels New Charges on Teachers Association
Senator Meck of Dayton accused a Carson faction of running a close group within the state teachers' association. He said the group kept him out of the presidency of the Central Ohio Teachers' association and resisted appointing retiring commissioners as presiding officers, while attempting to name superintendents in several cities.
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Meck
Columbus
Senator Meck
Dayton
State Teachers’ Association
Carson
Central Ohio Teachers’ Association
Meek
Bonebrake
Ohio Democratic committee backs Bryan for president in state call
The Democratic state central committee endorsed William J. Bryan for Ohio's presidential nomination and allowed counties with registration cities to print candidate names on delegate tickets. Hamilton county Democrats pushed for Judson Harmon. The state convention dates were set for May 5 and 6.
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Columbus
Democratic State Central Committee
William J. Bryan
Ohio
Hamilton County
Judson Harmon
Yeaman Former Congressman and Minister Dies in Jersey City
George Helm Yeaman veteran lawyer ex congressman and minister to Denmark under Johnson died in Jersey City at eighty. Born in Hardin County Kentucky he studied law at Owensboro and began practice there. Elected county judge in 1854 and to Congress in 1862 later served as minister in Copenhagen from 1865 to 1870.
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Nce
Denmark
New York
George Helm Yeaman
Johnson
Jersey City
Hardin County
Owensboro
Congress
Copenhagen
State Treasurer McKinnon Accused of Deposits Fee
A senate committee investigating the state treasurer's office reports that Treasurer McKinnon drew 5 percent of interest on state funds deposited in banks as a fee, on top of a $6,600 yearly salary. The inquiry focuses on the state depositary law and related operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Senate
McKinnon
Banker Sentenced in Benton for Embezzling Funds
Ransom A. Youngblood formerly president of the Coal Belt National Bank of Benton and the Salem Bank of Salem Ark pleaded guilty to embezzling 17000 dollars of Coal Belt bank funds. He was sentenced to serve an indeterminate term of one to fourteen years at Chester penitentiary.
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Benton, Ill
Ransom A. Youngblood
Coal Belt National Bank of
Benton
Salem Bank of
Salem, Ark
Coal Belt Bank
Chester
Infant Body Found in Cesspool Sparks Arrest Hunt
Bellefontaine reports a newborn infant’s body found in a cesspool on February 21. The child was alive when discovered but died within twenty minutes. Authorities say they have a crew and expect arrests soon.
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Cesspool
Bellefontaine
Dayton Motor Car resumes full operations after fire
Dayton Ohio February 25 The Dayton Motor Car company resumes full operations with a complete force of operatives. It develops that the loss from the fire is far below the original estimate with practically no interruption to business.
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Dayton, O
Dayton Motor Car Company
Buckeye News Notes: Moonshining Case Ties to Family
In Chillicothe on February 25, prosecutors uncovered that Benjamin Swiger, longtime victim of Ed Williams the West Virginia mountaineer, had under a false identity married Nancy Crawford. A satchel held legal papers proving Swiger was once arrested by the government for moonshining and had arranged a deed to his wife for $900 worth of land if convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Benjamin Swiger
Ed Williams
West Virginia
Trolleys Collide Near Cambridge Ohio Fatality
An interurban trolley collided with a city car on the Byesville line near Cambridge Ohio. Rose Clancey was killed and 15 injured, five believed fatally, including Motorman Robert Allison Conductor Victor McCuillen and Catherine Clancey sister of the deceased. The crash occurred after a curve at a trestle, with both cars traveling fast. injured were taken to the city hospital.
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Cambridge
Byesville
Rose Clancey
Robert Allison
Condu
Victor McCuillen
Catherine Clancey
Good News Proves Fatal in Sylvanian Lumberman Death
Romeo Burns a Toledo area lumberman and Civil War veteran died at his Sylvania home after physicians informed him his son, injured in the interurban wreck, would recover. The father's joy over the boy's survival triggered a heart failure after days of constant watching.
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Toledo
Romeo Burns
Sylvania
Elderly Widow Self Tragically Ends Life By Fire
Mrs. Augusta Strey, 73, of Cleveland, committed suicide by setting fire to her clothing. She believed herself a burden to her grandson who supported a large family after losing his job. Early in the morning she poured kerosene on her garments and struck a match, her body later found by a policeman.
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Cleveland
Augusta Strey
Family Wiped Out in Urbana Crossing Tragedy
Augustus Mauck his wife and daughter Gladys were killed in a grade crossing accident in Urbana Ohio. The Maucks from Lippincott Station were returning home after shopping when an Erie westbound passenger train struck them at Bloomfield avenue.
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Urbana
Augustus Mauck
Gladys
Mauck
Lippincott Station
Erie
Bloomfield Avenue
Campbell Secures Nomination At Ohio Republican Convention
At the Fifth Ohio Republican congressional convention in Bryan Campbell of Napoleon received the nomination for congress. W H Dailey and J D Hill were named delegates to the Chicago convention and instructed for Taft. Campbell had served one term before being defeated by Ansberry a Democrat two years prior.
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Campbell
Toledo
Bryan
W Campbell
Napoleon
Congress
W. H. Dailey
J D Hill
Chicago
Taft Campbell
Ansberry
Dem
Banker and Merchant O Cheseldine Dies in London
Charles Cheseldine president of the Madison National Bank died at his mother in law Mrs Elizabeth Minshall home after returning from the south two weeks ago. He was about 45 years old with a wife and two children and was for years in the dry goods business.
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London
Charles Cheseldine
Madison National Bank
Elizabeth Minshall
Longworths to Attend Dinner With Buckeye Republicans
Congressman Nicholas Longworth and Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth will dine with the Buckeye Republican club in Columbus on March 4 after the state convention ends. The event is staged by the local party organization.
Engineer electrocuted in Cleveland wire tangle
Cleveland Feb 25 John Glover engineer at the municipal electric light plant was electrocuted by 2300 volt alternating current in a tangle of wires near the switchboard. Death was instantaneous.
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Cleveland
John Qglover
Municipal Electric Light Plant
Fire damages Friend paper mill in West Carrollton
Fire at the Friend paper mills in West Carrollton near Dayton causes about 100000 dollars in damage. The blaze, sparked by a hot box on machinery, is believed to have started the fire. loss is covered by insurance.
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Dayton
Friend Paper
West Carrollton
Here
Dayton Plant Destroyed in Fire at Stoddard Dayton Factory
Fire of unknown origin gutted the mammoth Dayton automobile plant in Dayton Ohio destroying the old section. The loss is estimated at over 250000 dollars. Local authorities and fire crews fought the blaze through night hours.
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Dayton
Dayton, O
Stoddard
Dayton Automobile Factory
Rackwalker’s Fate on Terrains Tracks Near Rendville
Corning Ohio February 26 James May fifty walked the T and O C tracks near Rendville until struck and killed by a freight train He was employed at a coal mine near Moxghala and leaves a family.
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Corning
James May
Rendville
Moxghala
Kyle Again Honored at Dayton Judicial Convention
Dayton Ohio February 20 Judge Charles H Kyle of Xenia Ohio was nominated to succeed himself at the biennial convention of the second subdivision of the Third judicial district held here.
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Kyle
Dayton, O
Chas. H. Kyle
Xenia
Woman and Fashion For Early Spring Shirt Waist Suit
This simple good looking model suits light woolen fabrics in plain checked or striped patterns. The skirt features a circular design with a front gore arranged as a box plait to echo the blouse. A color accent comes from a matching tie and belt.
Braids to Dominate Spring Fashion with Novel Centered Edges
The article notes braids remain practical and ornamental, with binding braids gaining use in tailored costumes. New season offerings feature colored patterns and striped effects with center arrangements for flat edges, plus double pull edges for curve fitting. Soutache and radium braids are highlighted as upcoming spring and autumn features with radiums expanding production in Berlin.
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Berlin
Combs In Old Shapes and Modern Amber and Tortoise Designs
The article notes a shift from antique high back shell combs to stylish carved amber and tortoise models with shorter teeth and wider spans. It discusses the empire comb four to six inches wide and two to five inches tall and advises matching shape to the wearer’s hair arrangement.
A Summer Frock From Lingerie Flouncings
An old fashion note explains summer gowns may be made from lingerie flouncings now sold in stores. Home sewers can develop a gown within about $10. It suggests six teen yards of fiouncing as material for a full frock.
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Batiste
Acquaintance With a Detective Leads to Embarrassment
A young woman recalls an uneasy encounter with a detective once hired for a theft case. She notes his earlier deception and later lingering surveillance as she walked Broadway. She accuses him of shadowing and avoiding recognition when she reached her doorway.
Advice to a Young Man About Courtship Dialog
A humorous exchange between a youth and a society man about talking to a young woman. The youth asks what to say to a girl who may lack beauty. The reply suggests discussing the ugliness of other girls present.
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Dante
Tall
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Rer
Ohio Democrats
Buckeye News
Hart
Sandubry
Stephen
J. Hart
A.O
J D. Ewing
Stephen J. Hart
Upper Sandusky, Ohio
Ewing’s Drug Store
J. A. Smith
Real Estate and Insurance Agency
Clay Street
Carey
Pike
Jeverfahnese
Broadway
New York Globe
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