Reform spirit clubbed in Ohio legislature defeat of Bronson bill
Columbus March 2 A reform driven session saw the Bronson primary elections bill defeated after a dramatic floor clash. The Woodburn and Van Dusen measures faced inocuous scrutiny while Mayor Johnson and Senator Lamb opposed the Metzger street railway bill. The Reed inheritance tax plan was wiped from the books as Beatty’s repeal moved forward. Public saloons and mayoral powers drew attention as reform efforts clashed with political machines.
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Bronson
Thompson
Woodburn
Tion
Herrick
Nash
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Johnson
Cigil
Civil Service Commission
Ohio
Stockwell
Tom Johnson
Metzger
Senator Lamb
Coums
Reed
Senate
Beatty
Hearing to Extend as Testimony on County Funds Continues
The investigating committee plans a longer hearing in Cincinnati, resuming this week with testimony on the deposit of county funds in banks. Shimansky notes the session will extend to finish this financial probe.
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Degla
Cincinnati
K. Shimansky
Drumms Moguls to speed up team with Miller and Murphy
Fred Drumm plans a swift upgrade for Zanesville Moguls by adding Bill Miller from Buffalo and Ed Murphy, previously with Buffalo and last season leader in first base hitting. Drumm is spending freely to push the team beyond $1,600. Murphy, en route to Pittsburgh for a visit, says he would return only if paid the Buffalo salary under his two year contract. He prefers a southern team for easier travel and warmer climate.
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Fred Drumm
Zaneaville
Drumm
Buffalo
Bill Miller
Ed Murphy
Murphy
Eria
Pittsburg
Stallings
Ihis
Zanesville
Stalling
South
Rim
Theatre Curtain Ad Debt Sparks Local Meeting
Local business leaders who signed on for Verbeck theatre curtain ads face a Clark Curtain Company collection dispute. Clark of Chicago seeks payment on a note dating to December 1904 after another curtain company overwrote ads six weeks after painting. Attorneys have placed accounts with Canaga & Snyder and plan legal action. opponents argue ads should have stayed two years.
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Verbeck Theatre
Clark Theatre Curtain Company
Chicago
Clark Company
Thinh
Clark
Canaga & Snyder
Curtain Company
Brug Murder Mystery Deepens in Lorain Woods
More than a week after the body of Mike Bruce the Austrian was found in the woods opposite the steel plant police have no lead to the slayer. The case stands as a near classic unsolved murder in Lorain history with probable motive but no suspect. An affidavit by Prosecuting Attorney William G. King charging W H Cromwall a Parkman druggist with violating local option laws was filed in probate court Tuesday.
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Mike Bruce
Bruce
Lorain
William G. King
Chardon, CO
W. H. Cromwall
Parkman
Witch Hazel Industry in Middlesex County
A Hartford Courant described witch hazel production across lower Middlesex County farms. Men haul brush from six species to stills, distilling crude extract valued at four to five dollars per ton of brush. The season follows harvests, keeping farmers busy while roads and woods provide rough terrain and distant cutting stations.
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Middlesex County
Saya
Hartford Courant
Hivex
New York
Ealesmen
Deaths of J Urig and Young Major Kennedy
J Urig died of old age at his Shepherdfield home at eighty four. A Civil War veteran he served with honor. He leaves a son Major Joseph M Kennedy aged twelve who died at his home near Middletown Ohio. he served on General Fremonts star in the Civil War.
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John Urig
Sheffield
Joseph M. Kennedy
Middletown, O
General Freemont
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