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Newspaper
Hamilton Telegraph
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
2
The Telegraph reports on the funeral of Dr G B Kent and the obituary of the late physician, noting his long career in medicine and teaching. It details the ceremony at Green Wood Cemetery and honors his charitable work, humility, and influence on students and communities.
An elderly essay notes a man of learning and public spirit who balanced religion and agnosticism, avoided excess, and valued discipline. He influenced voters, contemplated ministry, and urged humane civic values while confronting life’s decline with quiet dignity. Reach through grief to preserve his legacy.
An issued bulletin from Ohio’s forestry bureau notes that about 23 million acres in Ohio were originally forested, with current primeval growth at around 23 470 000 acres and 45 000 acres of remaining forest. It stresses preserving trees for water and soil, urges planting on farms, and discusses weather impacts on crops in Butler County, including corn and wheat prospects, while noting public concerns over tariff disputes and corporate opposition.
Local singers travel to Covington Kentucky for a Saengerfest by the united singing societies of Southern Ohio and Kentucky. Groups from Cincinnati Dayton Wassilion Aurora Lawrenceburg Louisville Newport and Covington will represent in the July gathering at Regent Hall and Brasmore's Garden. The convention will meet at Turner Mall with performances and collective singing plans.
Adolphus Busch of St Louis celebrated his seventieth birthday amid congratulatory telegrams. The Grand Duke of Hesse conferred the title Commercial Councillor, signaling recognition of his standing in business and society.
The 9-year-old daughter of Albert and Stella Harvey, from 222 South Seventh Street, suffered severe burns Friday afternoon at Mercy Hospital. The funeral will be at home at 8 o clock tonight and burial tomorrow at Riverwood Cemetery.
Canton Ohio July 12 Stark County temperance forces despite defeat Saturday in the local option election vow to strike anew. Officials of anti saloon leagues claim the wets won by about 4100 across 23 precincts yet to report. Final tally shows wet majority in county around 400 with 267 saloons remaining in business and brewery property valued at 3 million removed from danger.
Henry Barnes of Oxford Ohio faced charges of selling fraudulent green goods. He boasted of trimming men from home and plotted revenge after a Logan County man was swindled out of $1000. The scheme involved counterfeit money and fake consignments, with Barnes evading repayment and sharing plans to "send it later" from a government office.
In Middletown Ohio on May 12 Mrs. Carlo Sutphin, mother of Tr Suton, stepped from a chair to fetch a newspaper and slipped, fracturing a hip and wrist. Though she sustained minor injuries then, her advanced age raises fears the injuries may prove fatal.
W Smith replies to injunctive suit brought by Frank G Lilseh, claiming adjoining property in Middletown and his carpet cleaning business on rear of Mstat. He denies furniture dirt odor and debris on Hhteed's property, states no nuisance on Vesetiles or stored food, and seeks dismissal with costs.
Clarence Kaers a tobacco worker of Middletown and Rabie Moore a tobacco worker of Middletown are named in a licensing dispute before The Rey Ms McKinnon with details listed in the public notice.
Court records show Stephen Simpson received a five year term in the State Penitentiary after a trial in the Sansmon Ples court for manslaughter. The judge rejected defense claims about Garfield Sales and Boat House character, ruling the boarding house issue immaterial to the murder verdict and upholding the jury’s decision.
About an hour after Judge Murphy denied a new trial, Stephen Simpson was brought from jail and sentenced to five years in the Ohio penitentiary for murder. He claimed self defense, saying rival Lavith a victim in a city fight and Sales’ threats made him fear for his life. The judge noted the jury’s quick 20 minute verdict and urged leniency through good behavior, with possible reduction to under four years.
July 12 President Lewis of the United Mine Workers is expected to settle the dispute with Pittsburg Coal Co. President Poehnn of the Pittsburg district miners union called a strike for next Thursday in the mines that employ eighteen thousand men. Grievances center on safety explosives and the eight hour law, with Lewis unlikely to approve a strike.
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