Massillon State Hospital Expands Farm and Plans June Meeting
A 49 acre Smith farm lease near Massillon State Hospital will grow potatoes with 220 acres of hospital farm ground dedicated to garden truck. 1436 patients are cared for as trustees prepare for a midsummer meeting June 15 led by Superintendent Eyman. 1,000 plus trees and shrubs have been planted on hospital grounds.
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E. G. Wagner
Eyman
Massillon State Hospital
Smith
Hospital
Association of Trustees Superintendents
State Hospitals of
Ohio
Massallon State Hospital
George Stockton
State Hospital At
Columbus
H. H. Shirer
Massillon Hospital
Shirer
Illinois
Circus Parade Tragedy Fears Eight Horses Run into Store
In Columbus on April 22 a circus parade incident left one dead and five seriously injured as eight horses, frightened by a busy street, charged into a store window. The frightened crowd panicked and scattered, triggering a chaotic scene. Local authorities investigated the circus event and reported casualty details.
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Columbus
Ohio to pursue strict anti cigarette legislation in next assembly
Cleveland April 22 reports say Indiana and Wisconsin anti cigarette laws spark move toward similar measures in Ohio. Legislators from Cuyahoga county favor rigid action and plan to study Indiana and Wisconsin laws before introducing a bill. Church groups Y M C A Anti Saloon League and W C T U back bans.
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Cleveland
Indiana
Wisconsin
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
House of Representatives
Cuyahoga
Indianapolis
Supreme Court of the State
Anti-Saladn League
Shonts Reshapes Canal Hiring Policies Under New Policy
Washington reports that Theodore P. Shonts seeks to remove political influence from Panama Canal hiring and to replace the auditing system with railroad office methods. He pledged a free hand to staff decisions, potentially granting jobs to capable applicants regardless of endorsements and moving operations toward streamlined procedures. A separate note mentions a Navarre Ohio dwelling for sale with terms via A W Goshorn agents.
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Washington
Theodore P. Shonts
Panama Canal
United States
Canal Commission
Canal Board
Shonts
Commission
Jess
Berean of Insular Affairs
Welty Endorsed for Governor by Stark County Democrats
Stark County Democratic central committee endorses John C. Welty of Canton for Ohio governor and pledges support. Primary election date set for June 10 with 40 of 87 members present. Debate over timing versus state convention resolution, adjournment fights, and plans to land Canton as state convention host noted.
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Canton
Stark County
Democratic County Central Committee
Emil Kauffmann
H. C. Pontius
Hubert C. Pontius
John C. Welty
John E. Monnot
Monnnot
Monnot
State Central Committee
Gregory
Welty
Kauffman
J. B. Fierstes
Squire Sibila
Mr. Fierstos
Sibila
Rhodea I. Gregory
Canton City
Canton Township
John L. Hay
Hay
Mr. Welty
Democratic Central Committee
Ohio
John Do Welty
Bank Wreckers In Lorain Bank Fail Case Sent to Prison
Columbus April 22 Cashier Ed F Kaneen and assistants H B Walker and Dana S Walker admitted blame for the Citizens Savings Bank of Lorain failure. Kaneen said he continued speculation until ruin and accepted seven years while Walker and Walker receive two and a half years each. Sheriff Charles F Salisbury escorted them to the Ohio penitentiary for their debarring sentence.
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Columbus
Ed F. Kaneen
Ohio Penitentiary
Lorain Bank
H. B. Walker
Dana S. Walker
Citizens’ Savings Bank of
Kaneen
Spotted fever not infectious says health chief
Columbus reports Dr C C Probst secretary of the state board of health says the April 26 meeting in Cincinnati will discuss the epidemic of spotted fever or spinal meningitis. He notes no medical authority regards the disease as infection or contagion and quarantine is unlikely to help. digestion waits on appetite and health on both. If it doesn't try Burdock Blood Bitters.
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Columbus
C. C. Probst
State Board of Health
Cincinnati
New York
Wheat Plunges as May Contract Falls Sharply
In Chicago trading on April 22 May wheat slid rapidly amid renewed talk that John W Gates May wheat deal was dead. Prices tumbled from a Thursday high toward 103 per bushel as bearish news and larger receipts for the week weighed on the market.
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Chicago
John W. Gates
Minneapolis
New Commission Busy Double Tracks Panama Railroad
Washington April 22 The executive committee of the new Isthmian canal commission moves at high speed to double track the Panama railroad and re equip with American sized steel cars. Twenty four 185 ton double tender locomotives are ordered for construction with a $12 050 each bid from American Locomotive Works. Delivery to Colon is set for July 1 and about $1 500 000 in seventy five pound steel rails will be ordered. Chairman Shonts said the plan will “make dust fly” after the consultation with Judge Magoon.
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Washington
New Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama
American Locomotive Works Company
Colon
Shonts
Magoon
Farmer Ashcraft Dies at Feet of Wife in Ohio Farm Death
Coshocton, April 22. George Ashcraft, a wealthy farmer, collapsed and died this morning while placing extra cover over his ill wife. Within three hours she died from the shock. They were the same age.
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Coshoeton
George Ashcraft
Navy denies Tacoma rushed to San Domingo after drills
Washington April 22 The Navy Department denies that the cruiser Tacoma has been given rush orders to go to San Domingo. After completing her target practice the Tacoma is going to San Domingo to join her squadron.
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Washington
Navy Department
Tacoma
San Domingo
Orders From St Petersburg For Rojestvensky
Paris confers that dispatches from St. Petersburg state explicit orders to Rojestvensky to remain outside French waters. He must obey or face punishment.
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Paris
Foreign Office
St. Petersburg
Rojestvensky
Emperor Nicholas orders squadron to leave French waters
A semi official telegram from St. Petersburg reports Emperor Nicholas has ordered Admiral Rojestvensky s squadron to exit waters of France. The notice notes a push toward retreat amid the Russo Japanese War context. C W Lenhart Bowling Green Ohio testifies to lasting relief from a leg sore after using Doan s ointment.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Rojestvensky
Wabash Boycott Tangles Pittsburgh Freight Ties
New York reports a dramatic shift as President Joseph Ramsey retires from the Wabash. George J. Goulds Colorado Fuel and Iron Company leads a fierce boycott against Gould interests, halting Wabash freight from Pittsburg and blocking a tonnage contract Carnegie left to Carnegie Steel buyers.
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New York
Joseph Ramsey
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
George J. Gould
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Gould
Wabash
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Steel Company
Dundee Silica Sand Plant Sold to Columbus-Cincinnati Group
Walter H. Allman sells his Dundee Silica Sand interests to Columbus and Cincinnati capitalists who will assume control between May 1 and 15 and operate the plant under a new Columbus-based Dundee Silica Sand Company capitalized at 150000. Dr D S Gardner named vice president. Colonel Cable president. Myers secretary treasurer. offices in Massillon. New firm to expand operations including a fifty ton per hour dryer and plans for sand lime brick manufacture. Allman to stay on briefly to aid transition and honor existing contracts.
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Walter H. Allman
Dundee Silica Sand Company
Massillon
Columbus
Cincinnati
News Company
Allman
D.S. Gardner
E.G. Kinkead
E. W. Spencer
W. J. Kuerts
E. L. Abbott
J. B. Thayer
Mr. Allman
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
Don C. Cable
Nelsonville
F. W.myers
West Virginia State Penitentiary
C. J. Ellis
E. G. Kinkead
D. S. Gardner
Cable
Gardner
Myers
Ruggles-Cole Engineering Company
Chicago
American Sand Lime Brick Company
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Coshocton County
NEW Commission
Panama Railroad
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C. W. Lenhart
Bowling Green
U.S. Steel Corporation
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