Suckeye News Notes Refuses to Resign
Cincinnati May 12 H Heath tawden professor of philosophy at the University of Cincinnati has been urged to resign by President C W Dabmey over his radical views on marriage and sociology The professor vows to resist a forced retirement He came to Cincinnati from Vassar where he taught six years He says he never taught private ideas to students and kept a wall between his views and his classes Bradeen supports an ideal state with comradeship of sexes while Dabney calls that idea too revolutionary for a university instructor.
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Cincinnati
H. Heath Tawden
University of Cincinnati
C. W. Dabmey
Bawden
Vassar
Bradeen
Dabney
University of Ciocinnati
Appointments Announced in Ohio State Offices
Columbus Ohio May 12 Frank Brown of Dayton promoted by Auditor Guilbert to head a new uniform accounting system for state departments Wheeler Wikoff of Columbus named examiner to succeed him Fred H Caley of Akron appointed to head the automobile registration bureau under the Ward law John Laughlin of Paulding named filing clerk Fred W Eliott of Columbus named assistant chief inspector of workshops and factories to oversee public school buildings and other public meeting structures
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Columbus
Frank Brown
Dayton
State Bureau of Inspection and Accounting
Guilbert
Wheeler Wikoff
Fred H. Caley
Akron
Thompson
Bureau of Registration
John Laughlin
Paulding County
Fred W. Eliott
Woman shoots self after confrontation at Erie depot
In Lima Ohio on May 12 Miss Lettie Warner and two friends confronted Garry Noover at the Erie depot after alleging he spread rumors about her. Noover drew a revolver and killed himself, dying instantly. He and Warner had dated for months but recently quarreled.
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Lima
Garry
Garry Noover
Erie Depot
Tragedy in Washington D D H Motive Suspected Jealousy
Bert Devaney, 43, a white horseman, killed Miss Lid Bird and injured Mrs. Bird in the abdomen before fatally shooting Silas Shackleford. He then shot himself in Ackleford’s barn. The victim Miss Bird was an educated young colored woman. Authorities note jealousy as a suspected motive.
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Washington
D. H
Bert “Vaney
Miss Lid
Mrs. Bird
Silas Shackleford
Devaney
Miss Bird
Ackleford
Shackleford
Motorman Assaults Soldier in Elyria
United States Recruiting Sergeant Michael Sorger of Cleveland was badly beaten in Elyria Ohio after escorting Miss Edith Brunger to her home. Sorger secured a warrant for Clarence Nash a motorman on the Cleveland Western and Cincinnati line. He says Nash stepped onto the porch said good evening and struck him with a heavy weapon then followed as he ran and assaulted him again causing severe injuries.
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Elyria
United States
Michael Sorger
Cleveland
Clarence Nash
Sorger
Edith Brunger
Rates Street
Nash
Fined For Giving Prizes At Bellefontaine Opera House
Curtis V Smith manager of the Grand Opera House in Bellefontaine Ohio paid a $25 fine and costs after a grand jury indicted him for conducting a lottery Tickets were given away during a week long engagement and a Saturday drawing awarded two prizes of small value The jury ruled the act a lottery.
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Bellefontaine
Curtis
Smith
Grand Opera House
Democratic Twentieth District Convention Endorses Platform
Cleveland May 12 The Democratic Twentieth district convention endorsed the state platform but pledged support only for party candidates who stand on it. The convention elected Charles P Salen and Thomas P Schmidt delegates to the national convention at Denver and adopted resolutions instructing them to vote for W. J Bryan.
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Salen
Cleveland
Charles P Salen
Thomas P Schmidt
Denver
W. J Bryan
Charges Against City Clerk Resignation Follows Irregularities
Lee Baker city clerk resigns after being charged by state examiner WII Heck with illegal drawing of funds and payroll irregularities. Authorities allege street payrolls were raised and the increases used improperly.
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Wilmington
Lee Baker
Wii © Heck
State Bureau of Accounting
Mrs Gladden Taken Ill in Columbus Crisis
Columbus Ohio May 12 Mrs Glad den wife of Rev Dr Washington Gladden long ill suddenly became critically ill bringing concern to family and parish.
Riot injures two native and foreign quarrymen at Blooxiington
A riot between native and foreign quarrymen in Blooxiington Nt Camp Creek left two men seriously injured. The report lists numerous other incidents and disasters across the country, including fires, suicides, and political moves, reflecting a turbulent period.
Gunness Mystery Reports Detail Murder Patterns
In Laporte Indiana on May 12 the Meyer report on Helgelein and Miss Olsen’s deaths dominates Gunness case coverage. Doctors say both died unnaturally while decay in the woman’s body prevents determination of manner. Helgelein’s body shows a brutal struggle and mutilation. Prosecutor Ralph N Smith denies an interview about a gold band ring. A widely quoted claim by Carrie Garwood about child abuse by their mother is contradicted by Garwood.
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Laporte
Ind
Meyer
Helgelein
Miss Olsen
Ralph N. Smith
Representative Roberts Refuses Salary Increase and Mileage
Columbus Ohio May 12 Representative Jesse B Roberts of Cuyahoga county refused to accept 606.97 from the state claim it owes him but which he says it does not He received 400 extra pay from salary increases and the remaining for a 12 cent mileage error He would not sign a charity over the warrant or frame it as graft saying he would not draw it even for that purpose He is the only legislator to refuse both extra pay and excess mileage.
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Roberts
Columbus
Jesse B. Roberts
Cuyahoga County
Ohio
Atlanta’s Big Fire Devours Block Of City Commerce
A fire in Atlanta on May 12 caused an estimated loss of 1.25 million dollars destroying two blocks of business property. Fire and police crews combed the ruins after the blaze began in the Schlessinger Meyer bakery building and spread to the Terminal hotel. One major loss was a prominent Atlanta businessman owning an entire block.
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Atlanta
Schlessinger Meyer Company
Terminal Hotel
9. M. Inman
Lad shoots his father at Niagara Falls in heating family abuse
Norman White, 15, told police he bought a revolver with his savings after years of watching his mother abused by his father. He fired five shots as his father returned home. four missed and the last struck the man’s right lung. Doctors say the father cannot survive.
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Niagara F Alls
Norman White
White
Five Men Drowned Off Plum Island Cruise
A naptha launch carrying nine Newburyport men on a pleasure cruise was capsized by a large wave at the bar off Plum Island near the Merrimac river mouth. Five men drowned. Captain George E. Bailey, owner of the launch, and three others were rescued by passing boats.
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Newburyport
Mars
Plum Island
Merrimac River
George E. Bailey
Five Young Men Drown in Ohio River Accident
A guaso ine launch on the Ohio river near East Liverpool became disabled and was carried under a fleet of empty coal barges. Five of the nine aboard drowned including Thomas Nagle M Johnson Donald Mundy James Dawson and Carson Finch all of East Liverpool.
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East Liverpool
Ohio River
Here
Thomas Nagle
M. Johnson
Donald Mundy
James Dawson
Carson Finch
Infirmary Director Dies after Washington County Fire
A gas explosion at the Washington county infirmary near Marietta Ohio started a blaze that destroyed the laundry while the main building remained intact. Director Young aged 60 a Civil War veteran sustained fatal burns and several inmates were injured.
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Marietta
Washington County Infirmary
Young
Roosevelt Lays Cornerstone for American Republics Home
In Washington on May 12, President Roosevelt and officials laid the cornerstone of a proposed home for the union of American republics. About three thousand spectators watched as flags of 21 republics flew, armor displays were shown, and a ceremonial mortar spread prepared the stone. Speakers included Roosevelt, Secretary Root, Andrew Carnegie, and Ambassador Nabucho of Brazil.
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Washington
Union of American Republics
Root
Washington Navy Yard
Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie
Nabucho
Brazil
Taft Confers With Amador on Canal Treaties Progress
May 12 Panama reports Secretary Taft holding talks with President Amador Foreign Secretary Arias Arango and Panaman minister to the U S Mr Squiers and William Nelson Cromwell on treaties among Colombia the United States and Panama. A tentative accord on key points is said to be reached with details awaiting inquiries. The Panaman government agrees to pause action until Taft can confer with Roosevelt and Root after reviewing Colombia's seizure of Juarado.
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Panama
Taft
Amador
Arias
Senor Arango
United States
Mr. Squiers
William Nelson Cromwell
Panama Canal Company
Colombia
Juarado
Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Collision on Third Avenue elevated injures twenty five
In Hurton Collision New York on May 12 a southbound Third Avenue elevated train discharged passengers when a following train in the same direction rounded a curve. The motorman failed to see the rear coach until close. Windows shattered and passengers were cut by flying glass.
Markets Across Cities Report Mixed Livestock Prices
Buffalo cattle and hog prices vary by category with steers and heifers priced around 6 to 7 dollars. Pittsburgh Cleveland and Cincinnati show similar ranges for cattle calves sheep and hogs with per head values and grade distinctions noted.
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Pittsburg
Chicago
Cleveland
Cat
Ewon
Boston
Weol
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Delaine
Kentucky
Indiana
Toleedo
Global oddities and economic notes from the era
A wide range of brief items including Bank of France profits, U S sugar factory counts, Chinese walled cities with no clergy, a teen stowaway, a Venice cam panile angel, a Chinaman in Altoona, a disguise arrest in Pittsburgh, a St Louis court-certifying phrase, diet of nuts by a Somali soldier, Britain and German factory codes, a San Francisco drowning incident, a Titicaca tunnel proposal, George Chester’s ring dream, Edinburgh aluminium books for the blind, hypnotic art by Fraulein Smith, Canadian seed wheat purchases, Rothschild wealth projections, sociological views on New York misjudgments, the Barberini collection, Harvard-born Charles Davos, Siberian bride statistics, a German dividend anomaly, U S senators by state, Berlin gossip on Kaiser, and whistling by the crown prince.
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Bank of France
United States
China
Venice
Altoona
Pittsburg
Sam Yee
St. Louis
Mie Car
Germany
Ah Mah
San Francisco
Lake Titicaca
Cordilleras
Pacific
George Chester
West Livingston
N. J
Edinburgh
Fraulein Smith
Geneva
Chlonels
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
London
New York City
Signor Volpi
Italy
Charles D. Davos
Harvard
Fall River
Mass
Toledo
Rock Island
Chicago
Topeka
Siberia
International Boring Company
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Brown
Bankhead
Johnston
Alabama
Guggenheim
Senate
Owen
Oklahoma
Curtis
Kansas
Smith
Michigan
Taylor
Tennessee
Paynter
Kentucky
Berlin
Real estate bargains in Carey area from J A Smith
J A Smith lists weekly farm bargains in Warren Ohio agency rep. Prices range 15 to 125 per acre. Includes 9 room house with barn near Catholic Church, 7 room house on Clay Street, 120 acre farm 4 miles from Carey, and 87 acre farm near Carey with brick house and red barn. Expenses refunded to buyers. Come quick.
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Trumbull and Portage Co
Warren
Clay Street
Carey
Pike
Bright Lexicon and a Young Lie
A minister’s son disputes a lesson on words with his father. The boy recalls the pledge that there is no such word as cannot and tests him after overhearing a neighbor’s father claim the minister is “full of it.”
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Papa
Willie
Eddie Westwood
Religions In China Mention Buddhism Taoism and Confucianism
The piece describes three Chinese faiths Buddhism Taoism and Confucianism and notes ancestor worship preserved by Confucius. It mentions ancestor tables writing spirits names burning incense and spirit money while some households burn paper houses. Jean and Lisette discuss a Normandy style home and a lease for two years with a large family.
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China
Jean
Normandy
Lisette
Childrés
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Camp Creek
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George P. Case
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United States Cavalry
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Tanamuck
Emma Lofgren
Veteran Army of the Philippines
United Spanish War Veterans
Illinois
William Jennings Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Isaac Williams
New York
Sonora
Mexico
Joseph Ruth
Arcadia
Wis
Willis A. Moore
Youngstown
Richard Croker
Rhodora
Newmarket
England
Fire Island
Peter Rickmers
Butler-Mercer
John Murray
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Times
Queen Victoria
Clearwater
National Lead Company
Brooklyn
Orchard Street
Castle Rock
Colo
Charles H Wright
St.Louis
Shelbyville
Ill
Engineer Berkman
Chattanooga
Tenn
W. J. Oliver
Harry Orchard
Gooding
Idaho
Board of Pardons
Opha Redmond
Hamilton County
Harry Redmond
Kate Hale
Connecticut
Carmalto
Joseph Ware
Boyle County
W T Brady
Okla
Oma
Tulsa
Frank L. Gould
Gould
Augusta
Perkins Manufacturing Company
Thomas J. Sullivan
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Knott & Pope Company
Isthmus
Hart
Uprer'saanduuskyy
Oto
Stephenij
A. O. Martin
J.D. Ewing
Stephen J. Hart
Upper Sandusky, Ohio
Ewing's Drug Store
J. A. Smith
Real Estate and Insurance Agency
J. D. Ewing
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