Toledo man dies by swallowing iodine in Chicago incident
Prio Horrman of Toledo committed death by own action in Chicago Saturday by swallowing a dose of iodine. In Findlay Cole's barn was destroyed by fire Saturday, suspected incendiary with a grudge against Cole. A Toledo meeting of independents decided to place a state ticket. a Columbus convention to nominate is set for August 21.
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Prio Horrman
Toledo
Chicago
Congressman Cole
Findlay
Cole
Independentg
Columbus
St Marys Man Convicted as Horse Thief Gang Leader
Harry Spayp of St Marys was convicted at Hamilton and sentenced to four years in the penitentiary for leading a gang of horse thieves active in Ohio and Indian lands.
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Harry Spayp
St. Marys
Ohio
Hamilton
Rockefeller arrives in New York after abroad trip
Joan D Rockefeller reached New York on Saturday from a foreign trip and said he enjoyed it. Asked about the Standard Oil probe at Findlay he smiled and offered no further comment.
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Joan D. Rockefeller
New York
Standard Oil
Findlay
Tax on Sage Estate Grants NY Widow Share Yet Affects Heir Bequests
Under New York law the Russell Sage fortune is taxed at 1 percent on widow’s share and 5 percent on all other bequests. The state expects to collect between 700000 and 800000 dollars from the estate.
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New York
Russell Sage
Train collision near Columbus injures passengers
A rear end collision between two T. and O. C. trains near Columbus Sunday night left five passengers seriously injured and sixteen others slightly hurt. An eight coach train carrying over 300 passengers was struck by another train and the rear coach split lengthwise.
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Columbus
Repentant Goldbug Paper Advises Bryan to Emulate the Sphinx
A reformist goldbug paper urges William J. Bryan to act like the sphinx and warns he may be credited with sayings he did not utter. It notes some statements he has made are bare wagers for cent-dollar Democrats, some of whom must be left.
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Bryan
Tailor Valentine Yonkowski Sent to Six Months Jail
New York tailor Valentine YonKowski was jailed for six months after refusing to pay $5 weekly support to his wife. He told the court he preferred jail to pay for his large family, claiming 15 children with his first wife and 10 with his second, and that he had spent about $15,000 raising them.
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Valentine Yonkowski
New York
Postmaster General Order Lets Farmers Use Metal Mail Boxes
The August 1 order allows rural delivery patrons to own or have their boxes made but requires galvanized sheet iron or sheet steel boxes of specified dimensions. Wooden boxes now in use will be gradually eliminated.
Heiress Widow Receives Major Share of Sage Fortune
Rosse Eva Sacer leaves 80 million to his widow aged 77 with 680000 to kin across 25 nephews and nieces and three grandnieces and one great grandnephew. Proviso bars contest. Indiana nephew threatens suit claiming mental incompetence. A friend hints charity fate for the estate.
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Rosse Eva Sacer
Indiana
Sage
Hearst Aide Talk Sparks NY Political Shakeup
The piece reports shifts in New York politics with Murphy and Tammany backing Hearst for governor, and Hearst set to punish McClellan and likely Jerome. Parker, once a presidential hopeful, questions Hearst’s Democratic credentials and cites doubts about a Democratic convention caving to Hearst’s demands.
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New York
St Fa
Murphy
Tammany
Hearst
McClellan
Jerome
Parker
Independence League
Democrats
Assault and battery charge in Bryan walk to Williams county
Mrs. Lucie Graves sues son in law Charles Robinson of Bryan for assault and battery with intent to kill after a four mile nighttime pursuit. Robinson allegedly threw stones struck Graves and drew a revolver while escorting his wife and child and the granddaughter Clara Holbrook from Defiance toward Bryan.
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Lucie Graves
Charles Robinson
Bryan
Hunter’s Court
Fatally Burned at Lakeside Berry Cottage Fire
Special to Express Toledo reports a fire at Lakeside Sunday that destroyed the Berry cottage and several outbuildings. Mrs. E A Berry wife of Bishop Berry of the Methodist church was fatally burned with burns to the breast head and face and recovery is considered impossible. Rev Mr Berry was repairing a gasoline plant when a pipe broke spraying gasoline which ignited from a lamp in the cellar.
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Toledo
Berry Cottage
Lakeside
E. A. Berry
Bishop Berry
Methodist Church
Pig Fire Destroys Dixie Home After Flea Scare
Kentucky farmer G. W. Dixie lost his pet pig after fleas spread to children. He greased the animal with coal oil to kill the fleas and later a yard fire began when the pig approached the blaze. The pig caught fire, ran under the house, and the parlor floor ignited, leaving the residence nearly wrecked.
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G. W. Dixie
Kentucky
Dixie
Circus Dates Canceled Over Glanders Quarantine
Barcum and Bailey and Hagenbeck circuses canceled Dayton engagements due to fears that quarantines for glanders would confine their performing heroes.
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Barcum & Bailey
Hagenback
Dayton
Son in Cheyenne Shot in Quarrel Lays Wounded
John Jubenville junior, about 26, was shot in a quarrel over work in Cheyenne Wyoming. Two bullets hit him left collar bone and chest. one still in body. He lies in St Johns hospital in serious condition with doubtful recovery. He is a Civil War veteran with limited income and no funds for care.
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John Jubenville
Sunday Street
St. John’s Hospital
Cheyenne
Wyo
Jubenville
Johnston
Julienville
Glanders Fights Gain State Aid for Dayton Horses
Ohio's emergency board approved a preliminary 5000-dollar grant to the state livestock commission to combat the glanders outbreak among Dayton horses. The full board will consider more funds and potential reimbursement by the next legislature. Governor Harris urged inviting a top USDA veterinarian to Dayton to help stamp out the epidemic and reassure owners whose horses are being slaughtered.
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Columbus
State Emergency Board
State Livestock Commission
Dayton
Harris
United States Department of Agriculture
Interurban line extension seeks Clinton street consent
Frank P. Edson of Van Wert representing the Schoepf syndicate reports consent from Defiance property owners to extend the C L M into Clinton street. The plan connects to Ottawa avenue and Second street with a loop via Clinton and Wayne, keeping Defiance as northern terminus for now. eventual northward link to Toledo area is anticipated to connect Columbus Indianapolis Dayton Springfield and 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
Third Street
Wayne
Defiance
Toledo
Columbus
Indianapolis
Dayton
Springfield
Cincinnati
New Apparatus Aims to Improve Tar Macadam Roads
Good Roads magazine credits Arthur Brown city engineer of Nottingham and Herbert G. Clark with inventing a mechanized tar macadam mixer. The device dries heats and coats slag with tar in one pass reducing costs to at most a quarter of hand mixing and delivering road material ready for laying in about four minutes.
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Good Roads Magazine
Arthur Brown
Nottingham
Herbert G. Clark
River Trent
England
Leopold
Ostend
Blankenberg
Belgium
Columbus Woman Refusal Redefines Age Question Policy
A Columbus woman who chose jail over revealing her age achieved a significant legal result. The ruling implies attorneys may demand age only when it is a vital issue. otherwise, asking for age is impudent and may be treated as such.
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Columbus
Effect of Environment and Fashion on Daily Habits
Readable extracts discuss how environment affects behavior with a circus wardrobe handler noting sensitivity to unusual noises. A section on how Parisians keep clothes clean through frequent cleaning, then guidance on whitening wood floors by scrubbing with cold water and soap, avoiding soda and changing rinse water regularly.
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Anna White
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Paris
Hollow concrete blocks offer savings and versatility
A farmer's bulletin notes hollow concrete block construction saves material and labor versus brick or stone masonry. Blocks are larger, require fewer joints and less mortar, are lighter, and form easily to shapes. They provide strong walls, fire resistance, and spaces for pipes and wires, aiding heating and ventilation.
Railroads Demand Wood for Ties and Structures
A Maxwell's Talisman writer notes railroads use vast wood quantities for ties stations platforms bridges and more. He cites about 286,262 miles of U S tracks. The Providence Bulletin adds stinging quip about William Travers Jerome as the Mont Pelee of Manhattan Island and remarks on blindness in Russia.
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Talisman
United States
Russia
William Travers Jerome
Manhattan Island
Providence Bulletin
Prorit in Ducks and Geese
The article describes duck and goose farming practices focusing on Toulouse geese and Pekin ducks. It covers market value, growth timing, egg production, housing, water needs, confinement, and care strategies to maximize profitability and prevent cross contamination with other fowl.
Making cheese from milk with rennet and controlled heat
The article outlines a method to coagulate milk with commercial rennet at 86 degrees after holding milk for several hours. It details breaking curd when size reaches a finger, heating to 100 degrees, and aging until firm. It notes about 2½ pounds of salt per 1000 pounds of milk and pressing curd with at least 100 pounds per cheese.
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Field and Farm
Four Rules for Cream Separator Handling
Prof Erf of the Kansas Station lists four points affecting cream quality. Speed of the bowl changes fat percentage. milk temperature thickens cream. hourly feed consistency matters. flushing water or skim milk alters cream quality. Operators must handle separators with care and judgment.
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Prof
Erf
Kansas Station
Feather plucking ethics and value in duck farming
The article outlines when to pluck ducks for feathers during cold periods. It notes ripeness criteria, production rates, and the higher value of Pekin, Aylesbury, and Rouen ducks for feathers and carcasses, contrasting with common puddle ducks. It mentions processing steps like steaming and sun drying.
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Aylesbury
Rouen
Pekin
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 stopping point when granules are smaller than wheat kernels, salting to aid flotation, drawing off buttermilk, and washing butter with cold water to harden granules.
Milking With Regularity Prevents Sunday Shrinkage
A Denver dairyman delayed Sunday morning milking by an hour and a half and saw a large milk yield shrinkage for the day. Monday and Tuesday mornings showed further decreases, with fifty cows averaging about two pounds less per animal. The farmer pledges to keep to regular milking times.
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Denver
Packing Eggs for Market Using Newspaper Layers
The guide suggests packing eggs for transport by lining the bottom with newspaper, layering eggs tightly, adding two thicknesses of newspaper between each layer, and finishing with a blanket or shawl over the top layer. This method aims to prevent movement and improve protection compared with oats, sawdust, or bran.
Dairy Farm Guidelines for Safe Milk and Clean Stables
The text advises keeping dogs away from dairy herds to prevent excitement and milk loss. It describes cleaning cow stables with gutters 15 to 16 inches wide to catch excrement and keeping records of each cow’s milk yield to guide feeding. It notes cows may eat varied feed before milking if done a few hours beforehand.
Scale Wash for Fruit Trees Recipe
A scale wash for fruit trees uses 40 pounds lime 30 pounds sulphur and 20 pounds salt boiled then diluted with 100 gallons of water for application.
Aluminum Paper Aims to Preserve Butter Sweetness Longer
A newly invented aluminum wrapping claims to keep butter sweet and flavorful for extended periods. Inventors highlight airtight properties and potential market use in dairy packaging.
Thinning fruit yields better quality and rising prices
Thinning fruit is proven to improve quality and promote higher prices, with the practice gaining traction widely as reported by Farm and Ranch.
How a Voter Chose His Candidate in 19th Century Harpers
District Attorney Jerome recalls a Presidential election day encounter with a limited English speaker. The citizen’s vocabulary hampered conversation yet revealed one fact: when asked who he would vote for he said he would vote for ten dollars.
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Jerome
Squibs About Women In Aventurine Style Wit
A compact collection of quips about women from a historic voice mocks female behavior and speech. It highlights stereotypes about silence, voting, secrets, vanity, and sorrow with sharp humor and period tone.
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Defiance, Ohio
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Hicksville
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