Missouri Democrats and a Republican seek the governorship
State records show petitions filed for five Democrats and one Republican for governor. Cowherd leads Democrat petitions with 3,724 signatures while Hadley Tops Republicans with 3,429. Other candidates include Whitecotton Stapel Crow and Vandiver among Democrats, with Lt Governor and Attorney General races also heating up as petition drives continue.
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Commercial Tribune
Jefferson City
Secretary of State
Hadley
William
Crow
Vandiver
H. J. Simmons
Shelby County
W. H., Nyy
Harrison County
Nas
Majors
Elliot W. Majors
Pike County
N. T. Gentry
Boone County
John Kennish
Fiolt County
Gentry
Kennish
Sach Party
Cornelius Roach
Jasper County
Missouri Senate
John E. Swanger
Sullivan County
Roach
Swanger
Kentucky Coal Beds Opened by Eastern Kentucky Rail Line
A United States Geological Survey bulletin reports extensive coal beds in Pike and Letcher Counties opened by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in 1866. The 1906 exploration by Ralph W. Stone shows six beds of high quality with a potential 800 million tons, and a daily capacity near one thousand tons. Politically, multiple signers push nominations for state offices including Auditor, Treasurer, and Supreme Court Judge.
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Unsey Building
Washington, D. C
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Kentucky
United States Geological Survey
Pike and Letcher
Elkhorn
Shelby
Boone Fork
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Ralph W.stone
Storfe
John L. Bradley
W. W. Wilder
James Cowgill
W. F. Maring
Board of and Warehouse Commissioners
S. Hall
Waller
The Meth ord He Sows Destiny Key of Motherhood
At Norwood Baptist Church last evening Dr. J S Sowers preached on motherhood as the sacred duty from God and nature. He said mothers hold destiny, inspire loved ones, and shape character guiding sons and daughters through life. Memory of a mother’s love endures beyond time and faces.
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Norwood Baptist Church
J.S. Sowers
God
Christmas Tree Fire Sends Children to Safety
A late Christmas party at 2442 Bloom Street ended with a lace curtain touching a candle and causing a blaze. Patrolman Jerry Collins rescued several children from smoke as neighbors evacuated. No injuries. firemen arrived after the alarm and contained the blaze. Property loss around $100.
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Andrew Droune
Bloom Street
Yuletide
Droune
Jerry Collins
Fire Hammers Missouri Colony. 125 Patients Placed at Risk
Fire started in an attic at the Missouri Colony for the Feeble Minded and Epileptic in Marshall Missouri. Damage estimated at 40000 dollars imperiling 125 patients and menacing a 750000 dollar institution. Bucket brigade containment confined flames to upper floors of two cottages. Water protection was absent.
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Commercial Tribune
Marshall, Mo
Missoouri
Death of Mrs Pittner Reported in Spring Grove
Coroner Cameron was notified yesterday of the sudden death of Mrs Catherine Pittner age 59. She was found by her children lying on her bed and died before a physician arrived. Death attributed to natural causes. Funeral set for Wednesday morning.
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Cameron
Catherine Pittner
Jacob Pittner
Spring Grove Avenue
Mitchell
Obituary of Allen Campbell Barrows University English Professor
Allen Campbell Barrows a professor of English at Ohio State University died suddenly at his Columbus home after a week with grip. He was about 67, a Western Reserve graduate, taught at Phillips Academy and Iowa Agricultural College, and held the Ohio State chair of English literature from 1894 until his death. Charles E. Godman aged 75 died in Madison Indiana. His father founded Madison's first water works. His brother Captain Humph was killed in 1866 when the R Lytie exploded near Madison while racing with an opposition steamer.
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Allen Campbell Barrows
Ohio State University
Columbus
Barrows
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Phillips Academy
Western Reserve
Iowa Agricultural College
Charles E. Godman
Madison
Ind
Captain Humph
R Lytie
Madison Hile
Hale J Hale dies in hospital after long illness
Samuel J Hale aged 1 years senior partner in Hale Justis Co wholesale drug firm died at Christ Hospital Mt Auburn yesterday afternoon. He had led Hale Justis for thirty three years after twenty years with Dean Hale steam boat outfitters. Survived by wife daughter Mrs Sarah Lemmon from Nashville and two sons Samuel A and William Hare. Funeral arrangements not yet set. He resided at 188 Huntington Place.
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Samuel J. Hale
Hale-Justis & Co
Walnut Street
Christ Hospital
Mt. Auburn
Hale
Sarah Lemmon
Nashville
Samuel A
William Hare
Dean & Hale, Steamboat Outfitters
Hale-Justis Company
Huntington Place
Burglars Loot Cumminsville Home Of Oliver D. Stewart
Burglars entered the residence of Oliver D. Stewart at 1552 Chase Street Cumminsville last night. Police describe the burglars as professionals who took clothing from closets, suitcases, a gold watch, rings, and silverware valued at about 200 dollars.
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Oliver D. Stewart
Chase Street
Cumminsville
Stewart
Fire damages St Marys Church in Evanston
In Evanston Illinois this afternoon a fire at St Marys Catholic Church caused about 10000 dollars in damage. Priest Thomas Egan suffered severe burns while trying to rescue a chalice from the altar and Father Patrick Hennessy was overcome by smoke while saving vestments and valuables. The blaze began near the altar most likely from a candle igniting draperies.
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Commercial Tribune
Evanston
Ill
St. Mary’s
Thomas Egan
Patrick Hennessy
Halt 13 called on referendum bill in Ohio politics shift
A halt on consideration of the Atwell initiative and referendum resolution stalls after a Senate committee vote and amid talk of three-fifths support. Officials note potential changes from Judiciary and Carter opposition, with heavy lobbying by the Direct Legislation League and 8000 miners backing Wyandot Senator Brandt faces radical wording changes.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, O
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Senate
Schmidt
Judiciary Committee
Carter
Senator Espy
Wyandot
Howe
Atwell
Brandt
Duval
Pollock
Rose
Hose
Washington
Herbert Bigelow
Direct Legislation League
Gayman
Ohio
Tax Commission
Bigelow
House
Assembly
State Library
Weak Diplomacy Charged in Japan
Tokyo January 19 Progressist party members at a general meeting before the Diet criticized the cabinet for postwar missteps and weak diplomacy. They demanded explanations on seven points including taxation and budget method. Count Okuma did not attend. a prominent leader left for the Constitutionalists.
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Tokyo
Progressist Party
Count Okuma
Progressists
House of Representatives
Constitutionalists
Parable of the Lumber Pile sermon at Sixth Presbyterian
Rev. James Aiken Smith preached at Sixth Presbyterian on the Parable of the Lumber Pile addressing lumber mill workers. He compared grades of lumber to human character and urged preparedness for life’s tests and enduring faith.
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East End
Sixth Presbyterian Church
James Aiken Smith
Young Shoecutter Charles Deskell Commits Suicide in St Louis
In St Louis on January 19 Charles Deskell aged 18 a self described shoecutter killed himself with a razor. A blood splattered note read I killed a man with a bean shooter and I will pay the penalty left by Deskell was found by his mother. Authorities suspect a sudden onset of insanity.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
Charles Deskell
Cornell Debating Team Chooses Coed Miss Cook
Ithaca N Y January 19 Miss Elizabeth Ellsworth Cook a Cornell law coed has been chosen by the debate council to represent Cornell in the triangular league debate against Columbia in Ithaca next month on Federal Incorporation. Her teammates are W T Smith and H T Kent Jr. Miss Cook is a native of Ithaca.
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Commercial Tribune
Ithaca
N. Y
Elizabeth Ellsworth Cook
Cornell
Columbia
Miss Cook
W. T. Smith
H. T. Kent, Jr
Paris Fog Causes Electric Car Collision at Vitry
In dense fog that engulfed Paris and suburbs, two electric cars crashed at Vitry today. Forty people were injured, several seriously, as transportation was paralyzed and emergency crews scrambled to assist victims.
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Paris
Funeral held for Charles Hermany in Louisville
The 77 year old consulting engineer of the Cincinnati Board of Water Works will be buried in Louisville this afternoon at 2 30 in the Church of the Messiah. Chief Engineer Enzenburg of the Water Works Commission will attend the funeral as an old friend.
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Charles Hermany
Cincinnati Board of Water Works Commissioners
Louisville
Church of the Messiah
Enzenburg
Water Works Commissioners
Laxative Bromide Quinine Lock for Signature
Fragmentary note mentions a laxative bromide quinine remedy and a signature line with the initials BE, W., GROVE. The text references a single compound named BROMO QUININE and an instruction to lock for a signature, indicating a brief procurement or catalog entry.
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GROVE
Foraker Readies New Moves After Washington Trip
Senator Foraker returns from the capital to face Hamilton County’s political questions with trusted allies. He plans decisive action soon after consults in Columbus and Cincinnati, aiming to ease party tensions and secure a Taft-favored path to the Presidential nomination amid Republican endorsements.
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Foraker
Washington
Hamilton County
Republican Central Committee
Taft
Columbus
Charles E. Bultman Colored Republican Club Plans January Meetings
The Charles E. Bultman Colored Republican Club schedules four mass meetings in January. At 2318 May Street January 24 speakers include Rev Dickerson W M Sant and B Coleman. January 21 Madisonville Town Hall features R M Sant Rev Dickerson and Rev McAdoo. January 22 Lincoln Club at 2742 Eastern Avenue has B Coleman W M Sant H F Anderson and Rev Dickerson. January 22 headquarters 865 Wehrman Avenue hosts Hon W B Chapman.
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Charles E. Bultman -Colored Republican Club
May Street
Dickerson
W. M. Sant
B. Coleman
Madisonville Town
Wehrman Avenue
W. B. Chapman
Lockland
Hold Trio For Malpin Robbery
Police detained W Hines 19 John Patten 25 and Hugh Donald 6 Riverview Place after a Sunday morning robbery at the McAlpin home. They allegedly forced a transom window entered rooms seized silverware and jewels and fled toward the river.
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Crowley and Dowd
W. Hines
Monastery Road
John Patten
Concord Place
Hugh Donald
Riverview Place
McAlpin
Third
Broadway
Hines
Reform School
Patten
Woman’s rapid tale ends with found child at corner
Mrs. Dr. John Meserve of Norwood reported her five year old son Donald missing after a stranger spoke to them on a southbound Norwood car. The stranger planned to follow and help with the boy. She returned to Peebles Corner and police confirmed Donald’s safe return after ten minutes when the woman appeared with him.
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Peebles Corner
Donald
John 8
Meserve
Madison Avenue
Norwood
Body of Father John M Mackey Laid In State
Escorted by priests and seminarians the body of Father John M Mackey was moved from Mt St Marys Seminary to St Peter Cathedral and lies in state guarded by the Cathedral Youth Sodality. Archbishop Moeller will celebrate the solemn high requiem mass at 10 this morning. Burial follows in the priests lot at St Josephs Cemetery Price Hill this afternoon.
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John C. Chase
Haverhill
Mass
Turner Hall
Chase
Father Gapon
St. Petersburg
Prof. Kirkpatrick
William D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
John M. Mackey
Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary
St. Peter’s Cathedral
Young Men's Sodality
Moeller
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Price Hill
Paris awards humane cab drivers in annual prizes
Paris society rewards kindness to horses with annual prizes. Edme Tupinier a cab driver for forty two years and Jean Marie Renard a carter for thirty years receive 600 francs each. Twenty cabdrivers receive smaller prizes.
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Commercial Tribune
Paris
Societe Des Animaux
Edme Tupinier
Jean Marie Renard
Denham Reaches Frankfort Voter Momentum for Brad ley
H E Denham Republican representative from Monroe and Metcalfe counties arrives in Frankfort after pneumonia illness and is expected to vote for United States Senator tomorrow or Tuesday. His vote would push Governor Bradleys tally to sixty five votes, his full strength.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
H. E. Denham
Monroe
Metcalfe
United States
W. O. Bradley
Burglars Force Window at Residence of Max Goldberg
Burglars forced open a side window at 9 Wast Ninth street last night and ransacked the bedroom drawers. They fled with Max Goldberg’s gold watch and chain using a pry bar to raise the window.
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Max Goldberg
Ninth Street
Jimmy
Oklahoma's Blind Senator a Worker
Washington dispatch profiles Thomas P. Gore, Oklahoma’s blind senator, describing his posture, cane work, and courtroom presence. It notes his plan to contribute a major speech, and highlights his wife Mrs. Gore as his indispensable assistant, observer, and eyes.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Senate
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
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