Aiken law valid says superior court upheld saloon tax
The circuit court in Cincinnati ruled the Aiken law valid raising the saloon tax from 300 to 1000 dollars. The suit by saloonkeeper Bernard Wrede sought to enjoin the tax and challenged Pattison's signature. The court held the law valid, dismissed the petition, and noted the case would rise to the supreme court.
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Supreme Court
Cincinnati
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Houck
Mebers
Superior Court
Bernard Wrede
Rubber imports surge as bicycles and cars drive demand
New York Jan 3 The rise in bicycle and automobile use and broader electricity adoption have sharply boosted India rubber imports. Estimated crude rubber value for 1906 nears 50 million dollars with October alone at five million. Ten months 1906 show 26 million pounds imported valued at 11.5 million. Average price per pound rose to 77 cents, up 73 percent since 1898, reflecting demand for tires and electrical industry needs.
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New York
India
United States
Tata
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Import Data on Gutta-Percha Trade Noted in Industry Report
The report highlights imports including 26 053 pounds of gutta percha used mainly in submarine cable production, reflecting key material flows across the industries.
Veterans Push Canteen Beer Sale Petitions
Veterans of the Civil and Spanish American wars prepare to send petitions to Congress urging beer and light wine sales in canteens at army posts. The aim is that available alcohol reduces cravings among soldiers where service is provided.
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United States Congress
Law Declares Wheeler Young Legally Dead
In Columbus, Wheeler Young, Franklin County's absconding sheriff, was declared legally dead under a last session's law after seven years absent. Ed Thrailkill, representing Ed Young, applied to appoint an administrator. John R. Horst Way was named administrator. Young owned a 105 acre Harrisburg area farm and about $17,000 in unpaid costs. his wife had already obtained a divorce, making the brother the heir.
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Wheeler Young
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Young
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Ed Young
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John R. Horst Way
Harrisburg
Chinese revive boycott in Hong Kong meeting
Dispatches from Canton report over 1000 people attended a meeting to revive an American-Chinese exclusion act protest. Resolutions call for boycotting American goods, banning ads for American manufacturers, discouraging laborers from Panama, petitioning the viceroy to press Imperial China for modification, and placarding the country with the resolutions.
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Canton
Panama
America
New Naturalization Law Cuts Citizenship Applications
The new naturalization laws, effective last year, reduced citizenship applications at the Lorain probate office from crowds of 25 and 50 to bands of one to ten. Applicants must be well versed in U S history, a hurdle for foreign settlements. Local men educate the less fortunate on questions for the filing, as the common pleas court now grants the papers.
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United States
Lorain
The
Common Pleas Court
Nineteen Killed in the Mines Report Reveals December Toll
The state mine inspector’s report shows fifteen miners killed in December in this state. Nine deaths were from cave-ins. The prose also quips that money talks only when its owner has a loose tongue and its remarks offend.
Public Printer Charges Public Printer Makes Charges
Columbus Ohio January 3 During five months of his term State Supervisor of Printing Johnson reports a saving of 8000 in department expenses due to competitive purchasing. Old regime purchases overpaid with goods wasted and warehoused. Paper shavings contract bid renewal yielded 60 to 75 percent higher bids since expiration.
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Columbus
Harris
Johnson
Wheeni
Prominent NY figure cites death toll and 1907 fears
Rev Josiah Strong, president of the American Institute of Social Service, claims 57 500 Americans await death sentences and 1 000 weekly killings in 1907 through rail and other accidents. He cites a morbid diet fear and promotes Holister’s Rocky Mountain Tea as a health aid. End with a Santa Claus note about children awaiting visits.
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New York
United States
Josiah Strong
American Institute of Social Service
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN Artful plaster casts embed drawings in decorative trays
An article explains a girl artisan method to embed printed drawings into plaster casts using smooth trays, wet overlays, and careful edging. It details materials from drugstores, setting depth, and attaching passepartouts, plus ideas to make trays into medals and wall hangings. It also notes current fashion in gray astrakhan, mink boleros, and ermine trims for furs with styling hints.
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Paris
Lavour
Jolly Homes Promote At Home Tile Fun and Family Cheer
A vintage appeal urges parents to keep youth at home for leisure and merriment. It warns that repressing children's buoyant spirits may drive them to unsafe places, arguing a lively fireside half hour eases daily stress and safeguards their outlook as they grow.
Two Traits Men Value in Women In Essays and Etiquette
A passage notes men prefer women who are original, genuine, and unselfish, with outward refinement. It emphasizes that a dainty dress and the care of small details like shoes and gloves captivate masculine interest more than fashionable wardrobes.
Dress to suit your figure and waistlines
A vintage style note on dressing to flatter a woman's figure, advising shorter waists for height, avoiding long waistlines and mismatched girdles, and pairing girdle color with skirt. Also an ad copy touting Kodol For Indigestion as a digestive aid, claiming it digests foods and corrects deficiencies in digestion per the National Pure Food and Drug Law.
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Palmer's
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Plaster OF Paris
Jolly Homes
Liberty Clothing
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