Vorys Resigns as Ohio Insurance Chief in Decisive Move
A. J. Vorys, Taft’s manager, resigns as state insurance commissioner. Governor Harris names Judge C. C. Lemert to fill the vacancy, effective December 10. The report also covers epilepsy treatment insights from Dr. W. H. Pritchard and hospital statistics for the Gallipolis institution, including patient numbers, gender split, and a requested $435,000 appropriation.
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A. I. Vorys
Taft
Harris
C. C. Lemert
Kenton
Dee.loth
Criefly
W. H. Pritchard
Ojo Hospital
Gallipolis
Pritchard
Gallipolis Hospital
Mysterious two week sleep grips Hattiesburg woman
In Mc Henry near Hattiesburg Mississippi Mrs F Bond has slept in a cataleptic state for over a fortnight. Doctors and locals watch as she remains motionless except for two minor twitches. Breathing steady and pulse normal, with no tissue loss. She comes from a well known local family.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Head Severed in Cincinnati Train Fatality
A fourteen year old boy, George Hopkins of Camp Washington, fell under a moving freight train on the C H & D yard tracks. His head was severed and found about one hundred feet east of Mitchell avenue. The body was taken to the Morgue and identified as his son by George W Hopple.
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Cincinnati
Dee
George Hopkins
Hopple Street
Garrard Avenue
Camp Washington
Mitchell Avenue
George W. Hopple
Roosevelt Bryan comment on Foraker letter in Zanesville
General R B Brown former Grand Army of the Republic leader says Foraker is a presidential candidate but not a senator. He predicts a Roosevelt Bryan 1908 tie with a third term as the battle cry and believes Roosevelt's nomination would solve the issue.
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Zanesville, O
R. B. Brown
Cief
Grand Army of the Republic
Foraker
United States
Roosevelt
Bryan
Christening Fete Ends in Murder in Dayton
Dominick Allie a 30 year old foreman and his guests were at a home christening when Alfonso Rozzo 35 attacked Allie’s wife at the door. Rozzo then fought Allie in the yard and was killed when Allie fired his revolver striking Rozzo through the heart, killing him instantly.
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Dayton
Dominick Allie
South
Williams Street
Allie
Alfonso Rozzo
Rozzo
Allio
Vicious Rooster Attack Hurts Child in Piqua
The four year old daughter of Frank Gear may lose sight in one eye after a vicious game rooster attacked her face. She ran home pursued by the bird which pecked her temples and forehead until she reached shelter.
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Piqua
Dee
Frank Gear
Five Bristol Women Plunge Toward Death Pact
Five Bristol boarding house residents Misses Carrie Nelson Minnie Carroll Olga Carothers Jane Douglass and Lucy Jackson attempted suicide together by bichloride of mercury. Nelson remains in danger while others were saved by doctors. Police found documents suggesting a death by own action club and a wider burst of recent attempts among local women.
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Bristol
Carrie Nelson
Minnie Carroll
Olga Carothers
Jane Douglass
Lucy Jackson
Miss Nelson
Taft Tours Kremlin as Congress Opens in Washington
Secretary Taft visits the ancient Kremlin in Moscow with a Russian tour party. He views crown jewels armor and relics and is welcomed by the American colony. Taft attends a banquet, a dinner and a ballet in St Petersburg before returning to ongoing currency debates in Congress.
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Moscow
Taft
Kremlin
Russia
Peter the Great
Roosevelt
Emperor Nicholas
Samuel Smith
United States
St. Petersburg
Watterson backs Bryan as he aims to unite Democrats
Louisville observer Henry Watterson declares support for William Jennings Bryan, urging Democrats to close ranks behind the Nebraskan. He predicts financial woes will hurt Republicans and criticizes Washington's administration while noting Bryan’s leadership appeal amid a tense party mood.
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Louisville
Henry Watterson
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Nebraska
Watterson
Washington
Gronbach to Move Meat Market to High Street
Charles Gronbach, longtime operator at Fourth and Ludlow, will relocate his meat market to High Street soon. He will occupy the space vacated by Jon L. Walker in the First National Bank block.
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Charles Gronbach
Fourth
Ludlow
High Street
Jon L. Walker
First National Bank
Powell's Fatal Shooting Sparks Conflicting Accounts
In Hopkinsville Kentucky on December 2 Melvin Powell aged 17 shot and killed Lillian Humphreys 16 near the city. Two eye witnesses give conflicting tales with friends saying accidental discharge while Miss Humphreys's sister asserts intent. Powell fled and remains at large.
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Hopkinsville
Melvin Powell
Lillian Humphreys
Powell
Humphreys
Honeymoon Special to Depart From Chicago on 30 Day Train Ride
Final plans are set for the Honeymoon Special departing Chicago December 1 for 30 days of travel. The train is run by the Northwestern, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific lines with facilities for Dan Cupid to steer the trip. Attempts are to keep the list to newlyweds, though married couples who still love each other and have not yet taken such a trip may book.
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Chicago
Dan Cupid
Northwestern
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Condron Dies in Cincinnati After Week of Suspense
James Condron longtime Democratic leader and former water works paymaster died at Cincinnati City Hospital after being found critically injured beside a freight car near Eighth Street and McLean Avenue. Police consider possible assault or being struck by a train as factors in the death.
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Cincinnati
James Condron
City Democratic
City Hospital
Eighth Street
McLean Avenue
Condron
Middletown Man Roy Swigert Ends Life in Home
Roy Swigert a 28 year old rougher at American Rolling Mills shot himself in the kitchen of his Tenth street home around 10 o clock Saturday night He left farewell letters to his wife and two children The coroner will hold an inquest Funeral services planned with Elks memorial at the Sorg opera house attended by about 1500 people The incident followed by unrelated jail news involving Mrs Buddington and a minister’s wife in Blessfield Mich and a Hamilton jail case awaiting the January grand jury
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Middletown
Roy Swigert
American Rolling Mills
Tenth Street
Swigert
Ike Barnes
Tenth
Main Streets
Lchumaker
Riges
Simpson
Buddington
Blessfield
Mich
Sadie Hoagland
Hamilton
Middletown to host Christmas carol sing with Waits echoes
A Middletown lady hosting a guest from England has started Christmas carol practice. Bert Charles will train a boy choir from the Junior Presbyterian brotherhood to perform carols on Christmas Eve at several homes, reviving the old English Waits tradition.
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Middletown
Merrie England
England
Bert Charles
Presbyterian Brotherhood
Kaiserin Pushes Cooking Instruction in Schools
Berlin reports that after a conference with the Kaiserin and the Prussian minister of education, cooking instruction and other household skills will be made obligatory in all girls schools.
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Berlin
Kaiserin
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Ene
Democrat-Sun
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Ilinois
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Gronbach
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Elks
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M. ©. Burns
Charles Miller
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