Toledo man dies by own action in Chicago
Arto HorrMay of Toledo died Saturday in Chicago by swallowing iodine. A fire in Findlay destroyed Congress MaN Coue’s barn on Saturday, attributed to an incendiary with a grudge against Cole. An Independ ent meeting in Toledo Saturday planned a state ticket with a Columbus convention August 21 to nominate. Harry Spayp of St Marys jailed after conviction in Hamilton for four years in the state penitentiary. Joan Rockefeller arrived in New York from abroad, commenting little on Standard Oil inquiry. New York law taxes 1 percent on widow’s portion of Russell Sage estate and 5 percent on other bequests. state estimate $700,000 to $800,000.
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Congress
Coue
Findlay
Cole
Independente
Toledo
Columbus
Harry Spayp
St. Marys
Ohio
Indiana
Hamilton
Joan D. Rockefeller
New York
Standard Oil
Russell Sage
Train collision near Columbus injures many passengers
In a rear end crash between two T and O C trains near Columbus Sunday night five passengers were seriously injured and 16 more slightly hurt. A eight coach train carrying over 300 passengers was struck by another train. the rear coach split lengthwise.
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Columbus
Wounded Civil War Veteran Shot in Quarrel at Cheyenne
John Jubenville of Sunday street Cheyenne suffers two bullet wounds to chest and arm with left collar bone shattered. Doctor Johnston says prognosis serious and uncertain. Father asked to pay hospital expenses. Jubenville is a Civil War veteran with limited income and pension. Also notes Postmaster General rural box rule confusion and Sage will details. Politics in New York mention Hearst and Tammany. Parker questions Hearst candidacy.
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John Jubenville
Sunday Street
St. John’s Hospital
Cheyenne
Wyo
Jubenville
Johnston
New York
St Fanow
Murphy
Tammany
Hearst
McClellan
Jerome
Parker
Independence League
Democrats
Fatally Burned at Lakeside Cottage Blaze
Special to Express Toledo July 30 A fire Sunday destroyed the Berry cottage and several outbuildings at Lakeside. Mrs E A Berry wife of Bishop Berry of the Methodist church was fatally burned and expected not to recover. The blaze started when a gas line break drenched her with gasoline and ignited from a cellar lamp. Nearby, G W Dixie lost his pet pig and nearly his house after oil on the animal caught fire. The Barcum Bailey and Hagenback circuses canceled Dayton dates fearing glanders quarantine. John Jubenville, about 26, shot in Wyoming after time here, had worked in the west years earlier.
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Lucie Graves
Charles Robinson
Bryan
Toledo
Berry Cottage
Lakeside
E. A. Berry
Bishop Berry
Methodist Church
G. W. Dixie
Kentucky
Dixie
Barcum & Bailey
Hagenback
Dayton
John Jubenville
Wyoming
West
Fighting Glanders Epidemic Moves to Raise Funds and Aid Dayton
Columbus officials report a preliminary $5,000 approved by the state emergency board to back the livestock commission in fighting the glanders outbreak among Dayton horses. The full board will meet to discuss more funding and possible reimbursement from the next legislature for any Dayton horsemen harmed by orders to kill infected animals. Governor Harris suggests asking the U S Department of Agriculture to send a top veterinarian to Dayton to stamp out the disease and reassure owners that horse deaths are justified.
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Columbus
State Emergency Board
State Livestock Commission
Dayton
Harris
United States Department of Agriculture
Consent sought for C. L. M. extension into Clinton street
Frank P. Edson representing Schoepf syndicate secures consent of property owners for extending the C. L. M. electric line into Clinton street in Defiance. Plan routes from near Clipper Plow Co. to Ottawa avenue then Second street Clinton and Wayne, looping back to Second. Northern terminus remains Defiance. possible northward extension to Toledo. Beneficiaries include direct connections to Columbus Indianapolis Dayton Springfield Cincinnati.
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Frank P. Edson
van Wert
Schoepf Syndicate
Indiana, Columbus & Eastern
Clinton Street
Clipper Plow Co
Ottawa Avenue
Second Street
Clinton
Clictop
Third Street
Wayne
Defiance
Toledo
Columbus
Indianapolis
Dayton
Springfield
Cincinnati
Effect of Environment on Habits and Dress Habits
A veteran wardrobe woman of the Barnum Bailey circus explains how routine sounds calm her, while any unusual noise wakes her. Separate notes discuss why Parisians stay well dressed by frequent cleaning and how to brighten wood floors with proper washing practices and grain direction.
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Anna White
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Paris
New Apparatus Aims to Modernize Tar Macadam Roads
Good Roads Magazine notes the shift from hand mixing to a new tar macadam machine. Arthur Brown of Nottingham and Herbert G. Clark invented a compact system with hopper feed, a heated cylinder, worm conveyor, and automatic tar spray. The device dries heats and coats slag in one pass, slashing mixing time to about four minutes and cutting tar cost to a quarter.
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Good Roads Magazine
Arthur Brown
Nottingham
Herbert G. Clark
River Trent
England
Leopold
Ostend
Blankenberg
Belgium
Hollow concrete blocks cited as economical building material
A farmer's bulletin outlines advantages of hollow concrete block construction. It claims material savings over brick or stone, lower laying costs due to larger blocks and fewer joints, similar or greater strength, formability, fire resistance, and temperature stability. Hollow cores also ease pipe and wiring installation and can host heating and ventilating flues.
Railroads drive vast wood demand across the nation
A Maxwell's Talisman writer notes railroads are the chief wood consumer, using cross ties, stations, platforms, bridges, rolling stock, and more. He cites about 286,262 miles of U S railroad track. A Providence Bulletin line adds Russia has the most blind people, but many are waking up. William Travers Jerome is called the Mont Pelee of Manhattan Island.
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Maxwell
Talisman
United States
Russia
William Travers Jerome
Manhattan Island
Providence Bulletin
Prorit in Ducks and Geese
Practical notes on raising geese and ducks. Toulouse geese are common for markets but flesh is coarser. Pekin ducks mature fastest, lay well, and fetch good prices due to white feathers. Ducks need fresh air, protection, and water near feed. keep them separate from chickens and turkeys. provide shelter, littered floors, and a duckyard with a two foot high fence.
Duck Feathers and Farm Profit from Duck Down
The article explains duck feathers as a protective covering and a profit factor, urging farmers to avoid plucking in cold weather. It notes ripeness indicators, frequency of feathering, and compares duck breeds like Pekin Aylesbury Rouen and common puddle ducks for feather and carcass value. Steaming and sun drying are methods to process the plucked feathers.
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Aylesbury
Rouen
Pekin
Packing Eggs for Market Improvement Tip
Advice on protecting eggs during transport from a newspaper use. Describes layering eggs with newspaper between each layer and covering the top with a blanket or shawl for stability. Recommends this method as more satisfactory than oats sawdust or bran.
Scale Wash for Fruit Trees Recipe Record
A scale wash for fruit trees is prepared by boiling 40 pounds lime 30 pounds sulphur and 20 pounds salt then diluting with 100 gallons of water to create the treatment solution.
Making cheese and a civic anecdote from Harper's Weekly
Instructions describe milk preparation heat rennet and curd handling to make cheese with salt and pressure. The piece then shifts to District Attorney Jerome recounting a citizen with limited English vocabulary on election day asking who he will vote for and replying for ten dollars, attributed to Harper's Weekly.
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Jerome
Ah Bane
Four Rules For Separator Handling From Kansas Station
Prof Erf outlines four key points for dairy separator use. Speed and temperature of milk affect cream thickness and fat percentage. Amount separated per hour and even feed into the bowl influence cream quality. Flushing with water or skim milk also changes outcomes. Proper care and judgment are required to avoid lapses by heedless operators.
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Prof
Erf
Kansas Station
Precautions in Butter Making
Instructions for butter production describe churn speed for a forty gallon box about fifty revolutions per minute and higher speed for smaller churns. It covers signs of butter granule size, adding salt to aid flotation, drawing off buttermilk, and washing butter with cool water to harden granules, with two wash cycles using ten to twelve quarts per twenty pounds.
Milking By Sunday Schedule Drops Dairy Yield
A Denver dairyman delayed Sunday morning milking by an hour and a half and saw noticeable milk shrinkage that affected the day. Over fifty cows the Monday morning drop reached about one hundred pounds, averaging two pounds per cow, showing the folly of irregular milking times. Field and Farm.
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Denver
Dairy Herd Welfare Through Stable Hygiene and Feed Records
The notice emphasizes keeping dogs away from dairy herds to prevent milk disruption. It advises cleaning cow stables with gutters 15 to 16 inches wide to catch excrements and keeping milk records tied to each cow’s feeding to aid the feeder. It also states cows may eat freely several hours before milking if the feed is not tainting the milk.
Aluminum Paper Keeps Butter Fresh Longer
Aluminum paper serves as a new wrapping for butter claiming to preserve sweetness and extend freshness over time. The material is presented as a protective barrier against moisture and odors, potentially improving shelf life for dairy products.
Thinning Fruit Boosts Quality and Prices
Thinning fruit is proving such an advantage to the quality that the plan is gaining ground everywhere. Better prices for better fruit is the result.
Squibs About Women and Speech Moments
A collection of brief quips on women highlighting stereotypes about voice, silence, secrecy, and restraint. The lines play on gendered traits with wry, cracked humor, noting deaf mutes as an exception and lampooning manners of speech and passion in women.
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Arto HorrMay
Chicago
Valentine Yonkowski
Mrs. Graves
RusseEvy Sacre
Sage
C & LM
Defiance Home Saving & Loan Association
Crosby House
C. B. Squire
Sec’y
J. A. Sites
Lewis Block
Northwestern
Piaakine
W. A. Kehnast & Co
Defiance, Ohio
Field and Farm
Harper’s Weekly
Dairy Notes
R. W
Wortman, Lewis Block
D. Lieberthal, Mer
Perry St
N. W. Bell
John W. Davis
Waynes Treet
BR. R. Parcher
Defiance High School
Hicksville High School
Patterson
Hicksville
D. M. Whetstone
General Assembly
State of
Richland
Defiance County
Alonzo Seiple
Richland Township
Board of Education
Board of Trustees
Adams Township
Board of Township Trustees
H. F. Bostelmann
E. A. Marckel
Standard Oil Company
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