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Newspaper
Hamilton Telegraph
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1910
Page
2
The city shows rising gas use with 72 new connections in October and many in November. In a period when daily consumption grew from 266,006 to 755,000 cubic feet, the Service Department faced strain as meter readers and Director Sloneker noted the workload would soon be unmanageable. The article hints at rapid progress despite limited capacity.
The article describes a presidential estate with colonial styling built about fifteen years ago on a hill overlooking a creek. It notes features like a tennis court trout stream pond and a wine hole golf course with future landscaping and a grand garden while mentioning security lines and nearby woodland as part of the visit.
A scrambled OCR fragment describes an estate with Sec retary Charles Nerson and family at Paluled sytitle. It mentions upper doors with bedrooms and bathrooms, stables, a nadir station, and a ten minute walk to a landing privilege. The text is garbled and lacks clear dates or locations.
The President's message to Congress highlights arbitration over war, urges direct sea links with South America, expands a representative China system, and discusses tariff revisions under Payne principles. It notes the Hague Tribunal's success, calls for a stronger merchant marine, and signals tariff criticism balanced by protection aims, while previewing a legislative effort to standardize grocery weights.
The Associated Press telegram reports President Taft will preside at the American Red Cross Society annual meeting in Washington. Delegates are expected to attend, with Taft as head of the organization overseeing the afternoon session.
Reported in local notes that the Grand Theatre offers a strong week’s program headlined by Collins Duo and Charte Harris, with Jule Weld as the teacher in School Days. Feature acts include an animal circus, a human roulette wheel, a kicking mule, and concluding pictures, all priced with one show at 7:45.
In Oxford 610 Dec, a young jewetor was arrested on a warrant from President Guy Batter Benton charging whisky provision to a student. He pleaded guilty before Mayor Sloane and received a $50 fine plus costs. Benton urged suspension for future good behavior. the mayor granted it with fatherly advice and a pledge to curb drinking and gambling in the village. Water rate relief for Chicago proposed as a 10 percent reduction. Bernard J. Mullaney urged the council to back the plan after Christmas.
Sherwood Martindell released a new book titled Joy Thoughts, praised as a companion to Love Thoughts. The prose and verse volume aims to lift spirits and offer courage during dark hours.
A fragmented market page lists prices for corn, potatoes, onions, vegetables, and meats. It notes quotes from Carr Milling and Geo Hoppate with figures for beans, cabbage, tomatoes, eggs, and various cuts of beef and pork, alongside cattle and grain markers at Cincinnati Union Stockyards.
A historical market column lists prices for poultry meats and eggs, fruits and vegetables, dairy products, and fresh fish. Items include springers at 1 per lb, ducks 10 to 12 cents, turkeys 11 cents, eggs 27 cents per dozen, California grapes, apples, lemons, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, cucumbers, and country butter priced per unit or pound.
The Oxford village board of education met with President Alexander presiding. Decisions included one summer holiday period from December 23 to January 6, and a policy allowing only one football game, with discipline actions for students involved in misconduct. Millikin Post officers were elected. Madame Pod Broomfel Zeister of Chicago was announced for a piano performance at Western College for Women. Travel notes include Alderman Reed’s 2700 mile auto journey from Omaha to Oxford. Screen listings offer The Heart of a Chinese drama in Oxford theater tonight.
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