Objections to the Yellow Dog Lease in West Virginia Mines
The Independent reports objections to the Yellow Dog house lease_vars detailing harsh terms that allow entry and eviction for rent nonpayment. A Massillon miner letter urges action, notes conditions on West Virginia mines, and calls for a possible miners' work suspension to win rights.
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West Virginia
Independent
The
Massillon
Massillon and District
Stocedale
Campanile of San Marco Exposed as Missing
A dramatic note on Venice lacking the Campanile of San Marco described as an artistic disaster beyond belief, with an analogy to an unlikely absence such as Naples without a capital landmark.
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Venice
Naples
Campanile of San Marco to be rebuilt after collapse
The writer laments the collapse of Venice's Campanile di San Marco and argues that despite Italy's poverty the tower must be rebuilt to preserve the city's iconic silhouette. He notes the tower as a dominant historical and aesthetic landmark guarding Venice for eight centuries.
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Veanvins
Gibraltar
St. Mark’s Square
St. Mark's
Bridge of Sighs
Venice
Florence
Seville
Pisa
Bologna
San Marco
State House
Boston
Trinity Church
New York
Great Sea Republic
Byzantium
Italy
San
Rocky Mountain Tea Ad Claims Genuine Madison Medicine Co
Dear Sir the writer thanks for recommending Liver Pills for constipation and liver trouble praising their effectiveness over several years. The ad promotes Rocky Mountain Tea as genuine Madison Medicine Co product priced at 35 cents.
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Madison Medicine Co
T. Baltzly
Mr. A. A. Slsase
Louisville, C
Grand jury to probe death of Nora Ferris at Delaware home
Columbus reports that Nora Ferris, a 14 year old inmate at the state girls industrial home in Delaware, died after punishment by Matron Myrtle Sellars. Attorney General Sheets says Sellars appears guilty of manslaughter and urged Delaware county's grand jury to review the case. The board of charities findings prompted the criminal inquiry.
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Columbus
Nora Ferris
Delaware
Delawre County
Myrtle Sellars
Sheets
State Board of Charities
Miss Sellars
Chicago
Nash
Miss Ferris
Delaware Scandal Reports Call for Women Physicians
Harriet Taylor Upton of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association describes a Delaware girls industrial home inquiry recommending a resident woman physician. She argues that suitability for trust should be by individual, not gender, noting trustees must be electors and questioning the absence of women in public institutions.
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Harriet Taylor Upton
Ohio Woman Suffrage Association
Delaware
Association
Stiles
Very Young Man Edwin Mills Leaves Lakes for New York Steel Post
Edwin Stanley Mills former Massillon resident and Cleveland representative of the steel trust resigns as assistant general manager of the Pittsburg Steamship Company to take a higher position with United States Steel Corporation in New York. He will depart for New York Thursday. Also a Massillon post office notice lists unclaimed letters including ladies and men, with instructions to claim at the office.
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Edwin Stanley Mills
Massillon
Cleveland
Steel Trust
United States Steel Corporation
New York
Mills
Pittsburg Steamship Company
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mr. Mills
Steel Corporation
Carnegie Company
Steel King
Jury Completes Selection in Massillon Murder Trial
Canton July 16 jurors appointed for the Sarah Robinson murder case after exhaustive venires. The twelve seated jurors include Nathan Tsarowski and Louis Moushey among Canton residents. Prosecutor Day outlines the state case alleging premeditated murder. defense seeks self defense citing fear of McNair and hostile acts. The jury visits Honkeytown to view the shooting location.
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McCarty
Honkeytonk
Massillon
W. B. Lindsey
Homer Mong
McNair Accused in Self Defense Claim After Fatal Shooting
A jury heard that McNair assaulted a woman who planned to return home and beat her unconscious after the trunk was packed. He claimed self defense and said he would have shot her if she had not shot him, arguing the testimony would prove her innocence. The defendant remained in his house from Monday to Wednesday morning as attendants testified to the events.
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Day
Common Pleas
Sarah Robinson
Walter McNair
McNair
A. M. McCarty
McCarty
Jen Robinson
Sarah
Cinch Bug Campaign Warns Farmers Of Coal Tar Remedy
Ohio Experiment Station warns cinch bugs threaten corn and oats. limited fungus supply favors immediate field action. Recommends V shaped trench with coal tar to deter bug migration and frequent cultivation to bury pests, followed by kerosene emulsion spray to kill clustered insects. Director Chas E Thorne signs.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Chas E. Thorne
Car Wheels Made of Money and Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
The article notes a government practice of destroying nearly half a billion dollars in soiled bank notes yearly to make railroad car wheels. It then pivots to promote Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for stomach, liver, and bowel issues, detailing its daily use and purported health benefits. It also discusses food elements in fruit pulp and asserts fruits like bananas, dates, and figs are nutritious but not truly foods, with juices viewed as condiments.
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M. Balland
Hearn’s Japanese naturalization and salary joke
The text recalls Lafcadio Hearn becoming Japanese and notes a humorous salary cut from 150 to 50 yen per month. It mentions foreigners earning more than natives, and at a celebration dinner the university president quips that the last distinction is erased by reducing Hearn’s pay, while the American born professor feigns amusement.
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Lafcadio Hearn
A Peculiar Plant and Ancient Chinese Glossaries
A plant in New South Wales yields glossy mucilaginous juice used by Chinese women for hair dyeing and eyebrow tinting while in Java the same flowers are employed to black shoes. The oldest Chinese dictionary predates Christ by over a millennium, noted in Fa cutade.
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New South Wales
Java
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W. W. Webb
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William B. Lindsay
Nathan Torowski
Louis F. Moushey
Joseph D. Miller
Canton Township
M. E. MecFerran
J. A. Burkholder
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