Death Ends Suit Against Trevor In Reading Case
The death of plaintiff Thomas J. Welsh ends a $25,000 damages suit against Joseph S. Trevor as administrator of the Trevor estates. Judge Hoffheimer sustains a motion to set aside service of the summons on Trevor, noting a novel procedural question.
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Thomas J. Welsh
Joseph
Trevor
Thomas
Alfred Trevor
Hoffheimer
Welsh
Reading Road
Alfred Tre
Wée
Joseph S. Trevor
Kate Malone
Ohio
Kansas
Banished Coffee Replaced by Postum In Family Testimony
A reader recounts a mother plagued by seven years of nervous headaches who quits coffee after switching to Postum. She notes headaches vanish and shares how proper preparation convinced another friend to abandon coffee. The account promotes Postum as a coffee substitute from Battle Creek Michigan.
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Postum
Battle Creek, Mich
Will of John B Pausch Set Aside in Common Pleas
Will contest heard by Judge John G OConnell and a jury resulted in setting aside the will of John B Pausch of Mt Healthy estate about 7500 dollars. Mrs Staab the sole heir at law failed to prove undue influence. Other items include a slander verdict against Mrs Kate Niehaus and a manslaughter case conviction of Joseph Grubbs for assault and battery. Grand jury indictments included burglary grand larceny and robbery. Nolan Film Exchange seeks correction of incorporation certificate amid receiver and quo warranto actions.
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John B. Pausch
Mt. Healthy
John G. O'Connell
Pausch
Catherine E. Staab
John B. Staab
Testator
Chester W. Merrill
Jennie Riskey
Kate Niehaus
Rensner & Renner
Joseph Grubbs
Wiliam Farrell
Robert G. Brown
C. O. Rose
Swing Return
Ing
Galvin Battle
Albert James
James Daily
George W. Bartley
William Burnett
Raymond West
James Langtry
Andrew Freeman
Oscar W. Kuhn
Divorces Granted In Four Court Cases
Judge Woodmansee granted Filomena Di Matteo a divorce from Carmine Di Matteo on proof of extreme cruelty with a bank deposit of 400 to 500 dollars held to secure alimony for the children. William J. Fink was granted a divorce from Luella Fink on gross neglect. Judge Swing granted Elizabeth Geale a divorce from Bernard J. Geale for cruelty and failure to provide, and Juliana Beck was awarded alimony from Henrich Beck of 40 dollars plus half of Beck's earnings weekly.
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Woodmansee
Filomena di Matteo
Carmine di Matteo
William J. Fink
Luella Fink
Fink
Swing
Elizabeth Geale
Bernard J. Geale
Juliana Beck
Henrich Beck
Beck
Probate details outline Rietman will and heirs
In probate court the will of John Henry Rietman of 1048 Wilstach Street leaves $5 to son George after both he and his wife declined any further share. Household effects go to children John Christian Harry and Mary Rietman. A $1,000 church loan to St Matthews goes to Mary, and $200 of real estate plus residue to Christian John Harry and Mary. Mrs Winifred Moore leaves real and personal estate to daughter Margaret Brennen and son Thomas.
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Testator
Frederick
Peter Tinsley
Protestant Episcopal Church
George H. Edwards
Inlaw
John B. Tinsley
Augusta T. Hume
C. F. Nicholassen
Hugh White
Junia A. Graves
Fletcher C. Thomas
Hume
George E. Feiering
Thirteenth
Main Streets
John Frank
John H. Burnwinkel
John Herman Burnwinkel
William Clostermeyer
Louisa Bruning
Edgar Stark
Barbara Rein
Joseph T. Schneider
Oliver C. Oldrieve
Charlotte R. Aldrieve
Bernard Neuforth
Catherine Neuforth
Bernard Haverkkamp
Henry Haverkamp
Frank G. Burnwinkel
Norwood
Joseph J. Burnwinkel
Linwood
Archbishop Moeller
Malsbury
John Henry Rietman
Wilstach Street
George
John
Christian
Harry
Mary Rietman
St. Matthews’ Catholic Church
Mary Ri
Injured Lineman Sues Traction Company for 25000
John Bush formerly a lineman of Sunman Indiana sues Cincinnati Traction Company for 25000 in personal injuries after a fall from a high ladder in Cincinnati that broke his ankles. The company moves to quash due to court designation issues. Frank P Hawk and Thomas W Fahnestock of Versailles filed bankruptcy applications for their firm Hawk and Fahnestock.
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Cincinnati Traction Company
John Bush
Sunman
Ind
Cincinnati
Traction Company
United States District Court
United Stattes Circuit Court
Frank P. Hawk
Thomas W. Fahnestock
Versailles
Hawk
H. B. Hole
Court Notes From Nashville and Cincinnati Courts
Nashville clocked clerk reports Judge Horace H. Lurton recovering and not returning until February as Cincinnati Court of Appeals session ends. Detroit attorneys William F. Connolly and Edwin Henderson admitted to practice yesterday. Stella Kuhlman habeas corpus petition filed by Mrs. Pearl Reese. County Jail holds the girl for alleged foitering. Insolvency Court orders Dunbar assignee to file an account for the Gibson House insolvency.
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Nashville
Frank O. Loveland
Circuit Court of Appeals
Horace H. Lurton
Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
William F. Connolly
Edwin Henderson
Detroit
Stella Kuhlman
Pearl Reese
A. M. Warner
Horace B. Dunbar
Gibson House
Evicted Tenants Spark Riot on East 110th Street
A landlord's eviction attempt on the Upper East Side triggered a riot as about 2,000 sympathizers gathered. City Marshal and 25 assistants faced resistance while executing eighty dispossess warrants. four women and several men were arrested as police struggled to disperse the crowd.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Upper East Side
East 110Th Street
First
Second Avenues
Laxative Brom Quinone Claim Spurs Signature Cue
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a claim about a laxative brom quinine remedy and mention a signature by E. W. Grove. No clear event or context provided.
Legistors Quit for Week Amid Slow Senate Work
In Columbus on January 17 the Senate closed for the week after a brief session. Fifty-eight bills were filed with only West’s renumbering of municipal code sections passing. a hospital appropriation for the Girls Industrial Home at Delaware passed in the House. The Meek charges prompt a three member Senate and three member House investigation committee to probe the State School Commissioner and Board of Examiners. A Ten-Minute House session preceded potential utilities and civil service bills next week.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Senate
Huffman
Lamb
Toledo Auto Club
Senator West
House
Frizell
Montgomery
Delaware
Ward
Harris
Marie Bernardo
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus City
Meek
State Board of
Committee of Investigation
Department of the State School
Senator Meek
Board of Examiners
State Board of Examiners
Temperance Committee
Drake
Shuler
Harry Hunt
Cincinnati
P. P. Claxton
University of Tennessee
United States
Kidnap Tale Sparks Police Probe in Pittsburg
A telegram to police requests locating Florence Livingston's parents. The message says she was arrested in a Chinese eating house in Pittsburg and that she told officers she had been kidnapped by a Chinaman seven years ago.
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Florence Livingston
Teleram
Pittsburg
Ohio Counties Set Primaries as Taft Forces Expand
OhioRepublican committees in fifty of eighty eight counties vote to hold primaries for delegates to the state convention. Cuyahoga adds 63 votes bringing total seats to 564. Lake County shows isolated opposition headed by former Congressman Belcher. Tuscarawas and Athens counties back Taft. Ross County faces delegate naming disputes.
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Lake
Beidler
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ohio
Republican State Committee
Cuyahoga County
State Committee
Foraker
Taft
Lake County
Belchler
Tuscarawas County
Athens
Washington County
Ross County
Monroe County Republicans Set February 11 Primary
In Monroe Ohio a joint session of the Central and Executive Republican Committees ordered a primary on February 11 as urged by the state call. No indorsement resolution was offered though a large majority favors Taft. They approved the Congressional Committee plan and set a delegate primary for the Steubenville convention on February 26.
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Monroe
Commercial Tribune
Woodsfield
Central and
Executive Republican Committees
Monroe County
Taft
Congressional Committee
Steubenville
Taft Favored In Hancock County Political Endorsements
Special Dispatch to the Commercial Tribune from Findlay Ohio reports the Hancock County Republican Central Committee endorsed Secretary Taft for the Presidency with two dissents. Ralph D. Cole was endorsed for a third term in Congress and Prof. John W. Zeller was endorsed for State Commissioner of Common Schools.
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Taft
Hancock
Commercial Tribune Findlay
Hancock County
Republican Central Committee
Ralph D. Cole
Congress
John W. Zeller
J. J. Watkins
Union
Kentucky State College
Lexington
Kentucky State University
House
King
Shanks
Lincoln County
Capitol Commission
State House
Summit County Primaries Ordered and Taft Endorsed
The Republican Congressional Committee in Akron Ohio ordered primaries in Summit County. The County Central Committee will meet tomorrow to endorse Taft and order primaries.
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Summit County
Commercial Tribune
Akron, O
Republican Congressional Committee
County Central Committee
Taft
No Endorsement in Wyandot Taft Primary Decision
UPPER SANDUSKY Jan. 17. The Republican County Central Committee did not endorse Taft this afternoon and instead voted to holding a party primary. The move reflects a shift in local GOP strategy and sets the stage for a contested nomination.
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Wyandot
Commercial Tribune
Upper Sandusky, O
Indorse
Taft
Republican County Central Committee
Taft Indorsed by West Virginians
In Parkersburg West Virginia the Republican State Executive Committee endorsed William H Taft for president by all but two members as individuals not as the committee The convention site vote favored Charleston over Parkersburg eleven to four for the state nominating convention with Parkersburg defeating Wheeling ten to five for delegates to the national convention
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Republican State Executive Committee
Chancellor Hotel
William H. Taft
Charleston
Wheeling
Ohio River Pilot Suspended Over Collision
United States Marine Inspectors Clark and Thomas suspended Pilot Elias Argo for fifty four days for causing the collision between the packet steamer Henry M. Stanley and the U S dredgeboat Oswego near Gallipolis Island on the night of September The Henry M. Stanley sank and was burned to the water s edge with passengers and crew escaping death The case will be appealed to Supervising Inspector Crumbaugh of Cincinnati.
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Commercial Tribune
Gallipolis
United States Marine
Clark
Thomas
Elias Argo
Henry M. Stanley
United States
Oswego
Gallipolis Island
Crumbaugh
Cincinnati
Babe Found In Pennsylvania Depot
A two year old boy was found wandering in the Pennsylvania Depot last night. The well dressed infant wore a Buster Brown suit black shoes stockings and a fur cap and was taken to the Children's Home.
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Pennsylvania Depot
Four Girls Die as Fire Traps Factory Entrances
In Scranton Pennsylvania the Imperial Knitting Company mill fire trapped eighty five female workers on the third floor. Half jumped from the windows as flames blocked the only exit and hallway. Four were killed and many injured in the disaster with losses estimated at seventy five thousand dollars.
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Commercial Tribune
Scranton
Imperial Knitting Company
Marie Buckley
Catharine Grifith
Jennie Ratchford
Underwear
Little Man Foils Policeman in New Orleans Shooting
New Orleans inspector Howard S. Whitaker suspended with five detectives after firing at editor Joseph M. Leveque of The Morning World. Copy reader Edward F. Roberts saved the editor, subduing the inspector who claimed self defense. All six pleaded guilty to shooting with intent to kill. bail set at 2000 for Whitaker and 1000 for each detective. Malfeasance charges follow as editors call for removal.
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Commercial Tribune
New Orleans
Howard S. Whitaker
Joseph M. Leveque
Morning World
Whitaker
Leveque
Edward F. Roberts
Inspector of Police
Roberts
First City Criminal Court
Louisiana
City Today
Equity Tobacco Makers Plan New Twist Factory in Lexington
Lexington on January 17 reports Equity Tobacco Companies jubilant over major sales and a new venture. Lovell & Buffington purchased 305000 pounds of Equity tobacco for Equity's First Deal. The White Plume Tobacco Company seeks incorporation to operate in Lexington and manufacture Equity twist tobacco. J D Walker and Joseph F Walton inspected Equity samples in Winchester and bought Walton’s stock for the new factory from Equity’s secretary.
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Dispatcheo Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Equity Tobacco
Lovell & Buffington
Joseph F. Walton
Equity
Winchester
Secretary of Equity
Murderer Barker Hanged After Four-Year Battle
Lincoln Neb Jan 17 Governor Sheldon visited the penitentiary after a personal appeal from Frank Barker who was hanged at 2 pm today. Barker had evaded execution for almost four years by technical pleas and last night sought a reprieve. After a two hour interview the Governor refused to intervene. Barker murdered his brother and sister in law on February 13 1904.
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Commercial Tribune
Lincoln
Neb
Sheldon
Frank Barker
Barker
Kentucky Solons Take a Vacation
Kentucky lawmakers adjourned the Senate briefly with no ballot for U S Senator and a House session short. Petitions pressed for eight hour and under 21 telegraph offices rules while bills target railroad dispatchers and tobacco growers protections.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Senate
United States
House of Representatives
Obituary notices of several prominent figures and veterans
Obituary notices report the death of Civil War veteran Dr J B Hayes at a G A R banquet in Carrollton Illinois aged 63. Also noted are the deaths of Daniel C Stover 68 a Freeport Illinois stove maker Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany Countess Montignos Louise and the King of Millemil Milton Paylor Toledo Ohio George C Cochrane Minneapolis Journal editor Natchez birth West Point education and various editorial posts.
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J. B. Hayes
Carrollton
Ill
J. B. Norton
Norton
Daniel C. Stover
Freeport
Archduke Ferdinand Itv
Grand Duke of Tuscany
Salzburg
Austria
Montignos
Louise
Milton
Paylor
Toledo
Board of Public Service
George C. Cochrane
Minneapolis Journal
Louisville Courier-Journal
Minneapolis
Natchez
Miss
Cvil
West Point
P. Named
Ft. Wayne Pioneer Press
Reed
Xony
Toselli
Bromine Quinine Cold Cure Claim Lacks Clarity
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a product claim for curing a cold in one day or two days. The text is incomplete and does not provide verifiable details, dates, or organizations. No clear individuals or sources are identifiable.
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Noere
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Fie
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Charles Becker
John Hauck Brewing Company
Clore, Dickerson & Clayton
Union Savings Bank and Trust Company
William S. Merrell Chemical Company
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E. W. Grove
Onl
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Stark
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State Central Committee
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Equity Society
Nebraska
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Solons
Tennessee
Heard
R. C. McCracken
Muhlenberg County
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George W. Stone
Litchfield
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Robert Riddle
Boyle County
E. W. Lillard
Beckham
Crecelius
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