Pair of human legs found at Springdale dam
Pittsburg January 4 coroner and county detectives probe a grisly discovery of severed legs in the Allegheny River above the city. A calfskin dress shoe and a sock were found with the right limb, left sock remaining on the other. Officials say there are no bus accidents or missing persons reports and expect a lengthy case as they examine the scene and morgue evidence.
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Pittsburg
Springdale
Allegheny River
Sprindale
W. A. Clows
Springvale
Purley
Clows
George Mercer
H. W. Lowe
Wants the Dig Food Laws Changed
Columbus report states Ohio State Food and Dairy Commissioner Ankeney urges aligning state food laws with the national standard. He asks transfer of weights and measures enforcement to the state food commission, power over dangerous patent medicines, and state analysis of foods sold under coined names with publicizing results.
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Ankeney
Harris
Ohio
Elyria Pastor Chided and Fined for Threats on Car
Rev. Ford Fisher, former Cleveland pastor, was fined $10 and costs in Oberlin for threatening and abusing Ferry Williams of the Elyria Republican and L. Bickford, an Elyria bank teller, plus their companions. The incident occurred on a car from Elyria to Oberlin when Fisher objected to requests to make room. A woman with a new diamond ring was mentioned in the context of party trouble.
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Oberlin
Ford Fisner
Cleveland
Ferry Williams
Elyria
Preat Increase in Steel Earnings Reported
United States Steel announces December quarter net earnings near 39 million dollars, up from 38.114 million in the September quarter and 40.125 million in the June quarter, marking the best quarterly earnings since the company’s founding. The 14 percent surplus after preferred dividends compares with 8.5 percent in 1905 and 10.7 percent in 1902.
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United States Steel
Sandusky Gat Jumps in Wheel
Sandusky Jan 4 A car adopted the Sandusky Foundry plant as her home and attempted to jump through the engine firwheel. Tabby was caught in the spokes and whirled around many times before being thrown through a window. With eight lives left she fled to seek another home.
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Sandusky
Sandusky Foundry & Machine Co
Tabby
Taft Seeks Reimbursement for Saloonkeepers in San Francisco
Secretary of War Taft asked Congress to reimburse San Francisco saloonkeepers up to 50 000 for liquors confiscated and destroyed by troops after the San Francisco earthquake. The request was transmitted in a Thursday communication to Congress.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
San Francisco
Whitstar Sets Marriages Record in Youngstown
Youngstown Ohio January 4 Rev F S Whitstar holds the record for marriages in a year with 699 in 1996 up from 646 the previous year The marriage parson has earned the nickname as many couples travel from Pennsylvania to Youngstown to wed in the city known as Gretna Green of the region
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Youngstown, O
F. S Whitstar
Pennsylvania
Youngstown
Gretna Green
Information on confidential endorsements for appointments
Columbus dispatch notes Gov Harris declares information on endorsements and protests for candidate appointments confidential, barring public access. The piece also advertises DeWitt’s Early Risers pills and Pantake flour by Mrs. Austin, promoting their use for liver cleansing and easy breakfast cakes.
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DeWitt's
Mileage grants end as year closes in Columbus Judge
The 10 cent per mile aid for prisoners being moved from trial to the penitentiary ends with the year. County officials raced to use the grant in December, enrolling over 100 new prisoners at the penitentiary. Property transfers list numerous payments in Lorain, Wellington, Elyria, Amherst, and Carlisle townships, totaling thousands. Also advices DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve advertised as a remedy for dry skin.
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Columbus. Jar
W. L. Fay
Matthias Mowby
Avon Township
Harriet E. Hastings
LaGrange
Amherst Township
Lucus R. Marsh
George Horn
Brownhelm
S. B. Day
Alice Carter
Carlisle
Henriett Telson
Ferdinand Katz
DeWitt
Will Return To Her Husband In Ohio Jail News
Enola Morehouse, freed at Wooster on murder charges, remains near the jail as federal authorities have not yet arrested her for alleged mail misuse. She and her husband, who aided during the trial, plan to reunite in Lorain as Morehouse prepares a home. Cider era remark concludes the brief item.
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Cleveland
Enola Morehouse
Wooster
Guaranteed Pile Cure and Digestive Aid Ad
An advertisement for a pile cure promising immediate relief by external or internal use with a mail order option of fifty cents. It includes a druggist in Elyria and promotes Kodol for Indigestion, a vegetable acid solution that aids digestion and complies with the National Pure Food and Drug Law. Reporter Want Ads bring results.
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Co. C
Bowers
Elyria
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Robinson
Columbus
State Food and
Gupids
A.R. Champney Co
Partners OF the Tide
BY Joe Lincoln
New England States
BY Heyer
Joe Lincoln
New England
New York Globe
Cape Cod
Lincoln
Nashville American
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