On to Tolman as Crusaders Press Local Agents
A heated anti loan-shark campaign continues with L. H. Lanning surrendering to the City Auditor for a 1908 license payment of 250 dollars and a pledge to report weekly. The effort aims at Tolman and his local managers as arrests and fines mount, with Tolman refusing to surrender and the crusaders calling for a final strike at his operation.
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Neave Building
Ohose
von Bargen
O'Brien
Lanning
Deckebach
Uney
Morrill
Town Investment Company
D. H. Tolman
Barker &,Freisens
People’s Loan Company
Capital Loan and Discount Company
Eureka Realty and Loan Company
Wn Investment Company
D. H. To
Alexander McDonald Brown
The
Brown Investment Company
William E. Becker
Swueders
Katie Blomfdrde
H. Tolman
Tolman
Brown
Wildernness
Park GRAIN Plan G Hins Bankers Lug Approval
Cincinnati bankers at a Queen City club dinner endorsed the new park commission and the Kessler canal beautification plan. Ault and Fleischmann urged a single-minded board to secure funds and complete the park system, noting Taft’s election as aiding business recovery and warning against risky ventures.
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Bankers’ Club
Queen City Club
Park Commission
J. A. Ault
Julius Fleischmann
Mr. Ault
Kessler
Mr. Fleischmann
Cincinnati
Fleischmann
Brown
President Ault
New. Commission
Ault
Pool is broken by tobacco growers
One hundred of more loads of loose tobacco pledged to the association have been brought to Mayfield town and sold. The event is described as part of ongoing actions by local tobacco growers and associated handlers.
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Mayfield
Wets Prevail In Allen County Vote
In Allen County Ohio the wets won by 66 votes on December 11. The county contains eighty saloons.
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Allen County
Columbus
15000 Members in a Single Band of Anarchists
In Calcutta December the council adopted a summary justice bill to strengthen government action against rampant anarchy and sedition in India. The Vohinteeks an alleged anarchist group with 15000 members is cited as organizing murder and arson. Lord Minto urged stamping out conspiracies aiming to assassinate officials and discredit British rule.
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Calcutta
Council
India
Rata Ns
The
Vohinteeks
Minto
Lingafelter Pardoned by Governor Harris in Ohio
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports Newark banker James F. Lingafelter, imprisoned for forgery linked to the 3 year old Licking County bank failure, granted a pardon by Governor Harris after a doctors' prognosis that his life would be short in prison. Also noted is William Young, a 15 year manslaughter convict, released after his sentence was commuted to nine years for good behavior.
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William Gilbert
Ie New Commission
W. W. Brown
Merc qrenants’National Bank
Cane
William Howard Taft
Brown
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
James F. Lingafelter
Newark
Ohio’ Penitentiary
Licking County
Harris
C. B. Gould
Charles 8. Hamilton
$500,000,000 Bond Issue for River Work Endorsed
The National Rivers and Harbors congress endorsed a $500 million bond issue to fund river and harbor improvements. The vote urged Congress to authorize the bonds during the current session and create a permanent commission to study waterways. The proposal was presented to Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon, with Cannon promising referral to the proper committee.
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Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress
Fairbanks
Cannon
National Congress
Permanent Commission
Army
United‘ States
Sietlen de Wathatnna
J. Hampton Mere Okiladelphia
Permanent
International’ ‘Association
Representative Pearl of Ohio in Senate Contest
The Tribune reports Representative Pearl of Ohio returning from a trip to discuss a contest for the U.S. Senate seat. Details focus on candidates Battan and Be Bannon and road issues surrounding the event.
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Matendar
Dante
Mm Eretat
ETON
Pearl
Ohio
Mmi
Uli
Ceed Mer. Fordkerry Stor
Bala Mr
Be Bannon
Goebel Proposes Ice Harbor at Mill Creek Mouth
Washington dispatch notes Representative Hierman P. Goebel introduces a bill for a survey and cost estimate to build an ice harbor at the Ohio River mouth of Mill Creek. The measure aims to replace last year’s plan opposing an ice harbor and aligns with broader Mill Creek improvements and a Cincinnati to Lake Erie ship canal project.
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Cincinnatian
Wasabaton
D. C
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ohio River
Hierman P. Goebel
Ohio
Mill Creek
Goebel
Goebé
Cincinnati
Lake” Erie
Mrs Roosevelt Receives Gifts From China
Washington December 11 Mrs Roosevelt accepted special gifts from Chinese visitors including mitts in a reception marking cultural exchanges. The ceremony highlighted friendship between the United States and China as officials presented the items.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tone Ba
Grosvenor Injures Thumb On Train To Washington
Former Representative Charles H. Grosvenor of Athens Ohio lost the end of his right thumb while a Pullman car door cracked as he boarded a train to Washington. The injury, though painful, was not described as life threatening and he has been resting while his thumb was dressed.
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Tribune Boupeac
Mumbelyeaetes
Wasuinoren
D.C
Ytsakde
Washington
Grosvenor
Athens
Labor injunction sought in Boston against boot and shoe workers
In Boston on December 11, members of the Dodge Bros and B E Cole shoe firms appeared in the Superior Court to obtain an injunction restraining the Knights of Labor and two local assemblies from interfering with men hired to fill striker vacancies.
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Boston
Mass
Dodge Bros
B. E. Cole & , Shoe Manufacturers
Newburyport
Knights ‘of Labor
Taft Taft Roosevelt talks on cabinet and currency reform
President Roosevelt and President-elect Taft held an extensive White House conference discussing cabinet appointments and currency reform. Judge Taft and Senator Aldrich reviewed the monetary commission results, with plans for future talks with Secretary Root and other officials.
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Monetary Commission
and Aldrich
Washington
Roosevelt
Wiliam H. Taft
White House
Petty Cabinet
Root
Taft
Aldrich
Petliever
Perkins Resolution Calls for 5 Member Committee on President’s Message
Representative Perkins of New York introduces a House resolution establishing a five member committee to examine the president’s message and determine steps to protect Congress’s dignity. The measure, backed by Denby Weeks Williams and Lloyd, is adopted unanimously as Perkins urges unity and proper self respect among government branches.
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Washington
House
Congress
Perkins
Messrs
New York
Denby
Michigan
Weeks
Massachusetts
Williams
Mississippi
Lloyd
Missouri
Secret Service
Treasury Department
U States
Congress of the
United States
Pres
Perkina
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Crusaders Cay Now
Park Grain
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New Commission
Kessler Project
President Brown
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Cannon ,Il
Louisiana
Bernham
Cincinnatian Vice President
C. ‘Gibbs
West Virginia
BB. Dovener
Wheeling
Indiana
Odell
Evansville
Kentucky
James. Rogers
Paducah
Woman’s Rivers, and
A. B. Avery
Shreveport
Francinn Shuttleworth
J. F. Billison
John L. Matthews
Bannon
Tion
Ice Harbor
Mrs. Roosevelt
China
LABOR
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Burton
Postal Savings Bank
Mr. Taft
George A. Knight
California
Duncan B. McKinley
Wade H. Ellis
Cardinal Gibbons
Father Ketcham
Indian Bureau
Farmers’ National Congress
Fulton
Oregon
Northwest
Kittredge and Gamble
South Dakota
Stubbs
Kansas
Hoggatt
Alaska
Hinshaw
Nebraska
McGuire
Oklahoma
Sims and
McSweeney
Tennessee
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Townsend
Clapp
Nelson
Minnesota
Davis
J. J. Richardson
T. T. Gaff
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