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Special dispatch from Columbus reports inspector John P. Kearns reshuffling Ohio districts to replace Republican staff with Democrats in the public buildings plan unit. Henry Redding of Mansfield named assistant chief inspector. several deputy inspectors displaced. Elliott quits in disgust. Labor and education posts filled with four Democrats and two Republicans moved.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
John P
Kearns
Ohio
Nother
Henry Redding
Mansfield
Redding
Brucker
Douglass
Frazer
Fred Elliott
William E. Knight
Lorain
Rdmund Dickson
Steubenville
Henry L. Leahy
Messillon
Joseph P. Callahan
Coshocton
Frank T. Christian
Akron
James A. Robinson
Canton
L. W. Ralston
Mechanicstown
Ralph C. Shipman
Elyria
William Cope
East Liverpool
Mr. Kearns
State of
Wirmel
Will F. Hauck
Free Employment Bureau
Legislators Gather for Ohio Annual Cedar Point Reunion
Ohio lawmakers plan their yearly Cedar Point gathering Aug 5 to 7 with fireworks legislative ball a boat ride to Put-in-Bay and a banquet. Governors, speakers and press will attend while the so called Ohio Boom Factory incubates booms for next year’s tickets amid festive events.
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Cedar Point
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ohio
Maynard
Morrison
Put-in Bay
Treadway
C. B. Winters
Erie County
Francis W. Treadway
Judson Harmon
Senate
Daniel F. Mooney
Frank M. Clevenger
House
Franle W. Mooney
Paroled convict captured in New Orleans
A requisition was issued for Charles E. McDon who violated his parole by leaving the state. McDon was serving a five year term from Beloit county for housebreaking in 1907 and had worked in Cincinnati before being captured in New Orleans on July 8.
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Cincinnati
New Orleans
Commercial Tribune
Charles E. McDon
Mc 4
Beloto County
Cin- Ww
Businessmen urge canal improvement in Ohio
A Columbus delegation led by manufacturers from Cincinnati pressed the State Board of Public Works to advance the Miami and Erie canal project. Attending were A. M. of Lockland Lumber, Ray of Clifton Springs Distilling, Wigie of Philip Carey Manufacturing, J. Howard Friend of Friend Paper, G. B. Fox of Lockland Paper, and Attorney Harry Probasco.
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Cincinnati
State Board of Works
Columbus
Miami & Erie Canal
Board of Public Works
A. M
Lockland Lumber Company
Ray
Clifton Springs Distilling Company
Wigie
Philip Carey Manufacturing Company
Howard Friend
Friend Paper Company
G. B. Fox
The
Lockland Paper Company
Harry Probasco
Henry County Squabble Over Deputy Elections Supervisor
Henry county faces the first contest over appointing a deputy supervisor of elections. Two rival committees nominate candidates Okee M. Palmer and Usher W. Fisher, each filing with the Secretary of State. Last year the Republican state committee favored the Augenstein faction.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Henry County
Okee M. Palmer
J. R. Linthicum
Usher W. Fisher
A. E. Augenstein
Republican State Committee
Augenstein
Mystery shrouds drowning of mystery at Kalamazoo lake
Kalamazoo Michigan July 13 mystery surrounds the drowning of Miss Mamie Davey of Chicago at Klinger lake St Joseph county and the probable drowning of Claude Hunt a farmer near Sturgis Miss Davey 22 had been recuperating from illness and may have had an appendectomy operation She had expressed intent to drown herself Hunt and Davey sought a rowboat but the owner refused and they obtained one The body of Miss Davey was found in the water no sign of Hunt found the boat showed no struggle and the circumstances remain unexplained Miss Davey s father arrived from Chicago to claim the body
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Klinger Lake
St. Joseph County
Mamie Davey
Chicago
Claude Hunt
Sturgis
Miss Davey
Hunt
Henry Miller
the Lake
Wall
J. Latham Warren
Ashland Boulevard
Drowning death of Miss Davey ruled accidental
Chicago dispatch reports the coroner's jury found Miss Davey died accidentally in a drowning incident. At the Davey home on Ashland Boulevard no family members were present and a roomer said Mrs. Davey and her daughter had left for Sturgis Michigan two weeks earlier.
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Chicago
Klinger Lake
Davey
Ashland Boulevard
Sturgis
Mich
Hunt
Miss Davey
Cincinnati Merchants Eye Fall Festival for 1910
Prominent Cincinnati businessmen push plans for a four week fall festival in 1910 with wholesale and retail exhibitions. A committee will survey business sentiment and, if favorable, active preparations could begin by September 1. A $16,000 surplus fund may serve as the festival nucleus.
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Cincinnati
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Business Men's Club
Otto Armieder
Joel C. Clore
Robert R. Reynolds
Otto Armleder
Julian C. Schaefer
John A. Ringold
J. Ganonet
Harry D. Crane
Irwin Krohn
Braunstein
J. H. Warner
Ppe
Merchants and Manufacturers and Traveling Salesmen's Fees Tonances Association
Suffragettes Defy Silence Rules at Holloway Jail
London reports say suffragettes jailed for disorderly conduct resist prison rules at Holloway. The Women’s Social and Political Union states new martyrs persist in refusing jail garb and food, and ignore silence orders, continuing a campaign against being treated as common criminals.
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London
Holloway
Asquith
Women’s Social and Political Union
Miss Dunlop
Appeal for Bankers in Columbus Court Case
Former Dresden bank managers Jacob and Abe Knappen prep for an appeal after a federal court verdict last month. Their lawyers Seymour and Powell conferred with District Attorney McPherson on transferring the case to the circuit court of appeals. Hearing set for next October.
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Dresden
Jacob
Abe Knappen
Columbus
W. 8
Seymour
Thomas Powell
McPherson
Circuit Court of Appeals
Cottage for Patients at Local Trades Union Hospital
The Central Labor Council and the Woman's Labor League plan a cottage on the branch hospital grounds to provide additional accommodations for union members. John Gillham Tom McManug and William Blum of the council and Mrs Eva n Perry and Mrs Lowenstein of the Label League will mobilize unions. Construction aimed by summer's end.
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Central Labor Council
Woman's Labor League
John Gillham
Tom, McManug
William Blum
Evan Perry
Lowenstein
Label League
Board member opposes selling filtered water to annexation villages
Harry Manss, a public service board member, argued against selling Cincinnati water to several villages seeking annexation. He warned granting water would discourage annexation while denying it might push the villages to join Cincinnati for other services and asserted the Industrial Bureau shares this stance.
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Harry Manss
Board of Public Service
Cincinnati
Manss
Commissioners approve road improvement bids in Muhlenkamp Blue Rock and Mount Carmel areas
Muhlenkamp road on second hill east of Reading pike received a $6 972.40 bid from John F Shanklingis below an $8 611 estimate with six bidders Blue Rock pike saw Joseph Gradison win a 5 959 90 bid under an 8 123 estimate from five bidders Mount Carmel and Pleasant Valley road project bid by William Keller at 4 910 beat a 5 632 estimate with four bidders A request from W R Johnson to open Three mile road near the Coney Island company was sent to legal counsel for opinion on prior closure to curb pedlars and gamblers.
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Muhlenkamp Road
Second Hill
Reading Pike
Joseph Gradison
Blue Rock Pike
William Keller
Mount Carmel
Pleasant Valley Road
Clermont County
W. R. Johnson
Threemile Road
Coney Island Company
Johnson
Governor Harmon to Inspect Camp Perry Militia
Governor Harmon will visit Camp Perry on Friday with Adjutant General Weybrecht and officials. He will observe the First and Second Ohio regiments during rifle practice and assess militia marksmen, as troops are encamped for the first time. The First Infantry and Second Ohio bands perform dress parades and concerts through the weekend.
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Commercial Tribune
Camp Perry
Harmon
Weybrecht
Ohio
Ohio Militia
First Ohio
Second United Band
First Infantry
Hill forecasts solid crops and steady business after Congress adjourns
James J. Hill, chair of the Great Northern Railway, returned from a Canadian fishing trip to New York and spoke optimistically on crops and the economy. He predicted good yields, higher grain prices, and continued manufacturing expansion with potential stimulus after Congress adjourns.
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York
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway Company
New York
Mr. Hill
Nebraska
Minneapolis
Congress
Plans for Major NY Central Improvements This Year
New York Central announces plans to spend 21 488 755 dollars in the current year on improvements. The program includes continued electrification work at New York terminals and upgrades at Grand Central Station, with the proposal awaiting approval from the New York Public Service Commission.
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New York Central
New York
New York Public Service Commission
Grand Central Station
Little Kanawha Syndicate Roads Elect Officers for Year
The Little Kanawha Railroad company and two branch roads held annual meetings in Parkersburg West Virginia on July 13 and elected J T Blair as president J M Schoonmaker as vice president A H Blair as secretary and treasurer Reese Blizzard as general counsel B R Petrikin as auditor and 8 D Brady as chief engineer. The board includes George M Schriver of Baltimore and A L Morgan of Wheeling.
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Little Kanawha Syndicate
Parkersburg
W. Va
Little Kanawha Relilroad Company 6
J. T. Blair
J. M. Schoonmaker
Pittsburg
A. H. Blair
Reese Blizzard
Parker
Chesapeake and Ohio orders fuel car and locomotive fleet
The Chesapeake and Ohio railway ordered 200 freight cars from American Car and Foundry and others in Pittsburgh yesterday. An additional order for 1,000 hopper bottom cars was placed with American Car and Foundry of Charleston. Fifty locomotives are under construction in Richmond for the same company, bringing total orders since January to about 3,500.
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Richmond
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
American Car and ‘Polmadty Company
Standard Steel Car Com
Presser Steel Company
Pittsburg
Ameriaca Car and Foundry Company
Charleston
Viaduct Debate: Railroad Opposes Land Condemnation
Colonel Brent Arnold of the L and N railroad rejects theft claims over a proposed viaduct from Broadway to Main street. He notes a jury will appraise condemned land and the railroad will pay full value, facing delays and higher costs than private right of way.
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Brent Arnold
L. & N. Railroad
Broadway
Main Street
Receivers and Shippers’ Association
Claims Rise Against C. H. D. Railroad in Court Rulings
The docket before Special Master Frank O. Loveland grows with four new claims. Notable judgments include $12,000 to Charles E. McBride from Lawrence County Common Pleas for personal injuries, a Marion County Superior Court verdict for Red Knowles, and $5,650 to August Richter in Cincinnati for similar injuries.
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Frank O. Loveland
Common Pleas Court
Lawrence County
Charles E. McBride
Superior Court of
Marion County
Ind
Red Knowles
Superior Court of Cincinnati
August Richter
Railroad notes report freight meetings and storm damage
Stuart A. Allen of the C H D railroad attends a Chicago freight agents meeting while G W Willis of the C O runs to Chicago for the same event. The Twentieth Century Limited on the Big Four passes Middletown with a log uprooted by Monday’s storm tied to the pilot and carried nine miles before stopping. Storm damage affected roads into Cincinnati and railroad operations.
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Stuart A. Allen
General Southern
Chicago
G. W.willis
Middletown
Cincinnati
Counterfeit Twenty Warns Cashiers in City
Secret Service official Chloe Wilke warned cashiers about a new counterfeit $20 bill imitating the 1906 series with a Washington portrait. The notes, said to be produced in Cuba, join reports of another Godfrey silver dollar counterfeit at the subtreasury.
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Chloe Wilke
United States Secret Service
Washington
Cuba
Godfrey
Bachelor’s Hall at White House Remains Homey and Busy
President Taft, the summer bachelor at the White House, endures heat with daily reading of letters from Beverly about Mrs Taft’s improving health. He starts mornings with exercise, then news, lunch with guests, and afternoons golf, keeping a social yet quiet routine at the executive mansion.
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Beverly
White House
Washington
Dirvner
Ich
Beverly hostess Mrs Leiter entertains Miss Taft at Neptune Street
Beverly Massachusetts July 13 Mrs Levi Z Leiter of Chicago acted as hostess to Helen Taft the president's daughter as the first summer resident host in the area since Mrs Taft's arrival at Woodbury Point A luncheon at the Dudley L Pickman cottage followed tennis with guests including Caroline Nabuco daughter of the Brazilian ambassador.
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Beverly
Mass
Levi Z. Leiter
Chicago
Massachusetts North Shore
Taft
Woodbury Point
Suit Over Missing Umbrella Seeks Ten Dollar Damages
John D. Cunningham sues the Pennsylvania Railroad in Justice Muller's court claiming a missing umbrella worth ten dollars. The umbrella disappeared during a trip on the company trains. John D. Campbell represents the plaintiff.
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John D. Cunningham
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Muller
Cunningham
John D. Campbell
West Cincinnati Business Association Meeting Hears Nominating Notes
At last night's meeting Charles A. Maish agreed to speak at the next gathering. Dr Cc E Agin was endorsed for membership on the new health board. The session adjourned with remarks about Riverside Resort and preparations for the upcoming speeches.
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West Cincinnati Business Association
Charles A. Maish
Cc. E. Agin
New Health Board
Riverside
Ousted Employee Dismisses Nagel and Officials
A field service employee of the general lighthouse board sends a blunt letter to Secretary Nagel after being asked to resign for insubordination. The item ties to a broad personnel shakeup at the department of commerce and labor, amid findings that 139 of 472 Ellis Island immigration staff are below efficiency standards. The notice also notes promotions for Charles J. Ruff Alf en Church Jerome C. Shear Mark Maloney and John Speed 8 with salary increases or transfers.
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Washington
General
Department of Commerce and Labor
General Lighthouse Board
Nagel
H-L
Immigration
Ellis Island
N. Y
Charles J. Ruff
Alfen Church
Jerome C. Shear
Mark Maloney
Ohio
John Speed 8
Kentucky
Open Shop Talk Limited At National Typothetae Meet
Detroit July 18 delegates from the United States and Canada attend the twenty third annual convention of the National Typothetae of America. The open shop issue will get limited discussion as cost of production educational matters and correction of trade abuses top the agenda. An executive committee meeting this afternoon kicks things off.
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Detroit
Mich
National Typothetae of America
United States
Canada
Denver Teacher Clarence Ruggles Near Death by Action
Clarence Ruggles, a G. W. Clayton school teacher in Denver, attempted death by his own action in Chicago. He planned to resume teaching in Denver in September after studying medicine and taking exams for a Chicago night school position. Friends note repeated despondency and a postal card to his wife hints at his state of mind.
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Denver
Col
Clarence Ruggles
Chicago
G. W. Clayton
Ruggles
Superintendent ‘of
Postal changes announced in Kentucky postmasters
Postmaster General Hitchcock announced appointments for Kentucky postmasters. Laura Fraze replaces J W Fraze in Grayson County Eveleigh and Jones in Oho County receive new appointees Henry W Morton replaces R A Beatty in Brooks ville Kentucky Senate confirms Henry C L Me as postmaster in Brooks ville with executive session details unclear.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Kentucky
Eveleigh
Grayson County
Laura Fraze
J. W. Fraze
Jones
Oho
Henry W. ‘Morton
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Knappen Brothers
John F. Shanklingis
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Umbrella
Squire’s Court
Hades
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