Mother's tireless search reunites lost son after years apart
In Portsmouth Ohio a mother from Portland Oregon recovers her child fifteen years after a custody loss and alleged kidnapping. After years of saving and setbacks including a bank failure and robbery, Mrs. Con stance Burt finds her son Wesley with relatives and the pair are joyfully reunited when a photo triggers recognition at the police court.
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Portsmouth
Constance Burt
Portland
Ore
Wesley
Burt
Chicago
Murder of a Boy in Orrville Ohio Sheriff Seeks Killer
Thomas Dye son of Joseph Dye section foreman was found shot in the back near Orrville on Friday morning. Four men were arrested then released as laborers traveling to Cleveland to seek work on the Ramsey road. Police continue to search with about two hundred men in the Wooster Orrville Massillon area as clues mount.
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Orrville
Thomas Dye
Joseph Dye
C., A. and C
Here
William Casey
Charles Kelly
Edward Curtis
Cleveland and Southwestern
Medina
Cleveland
Lorain County
Wooster
Fred Schultz
O' Mansfield
Dye
Massillon
From madhouse to jail Melvin Smith released then rearrested
Canton Ohio April 14 Melvin R Smith once confined as sane despite his 1903 commitment for killing Conductor Shetlock was freed and immediately arrested on the old murder indictment. Courts will determine his current responsibility for the deed alleged during a period of unsound mind.
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Canton, C
Massillon State Insane Asylum
Shetlock
Kennedy announces for Republican nomination for secretary of state
Belefontaine Ohio April 12 Gen Robert H Kennedy former lieutenant governor and congressman and member of President McKinley's insular commission makes formal announcement of his candidacy for the Republican nomination for secretary of state.
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Belefontaine
Robert H. Kennedy
Mermier
McKinley
Insular Commission
Loyal Hound Saves Bucyrus Home From Fire
In Bucyrus Ohio on April 13 a house fire was stopped when a dog alerted Mrs. Saul to smoke and flames pouring from a flue. Neighbors rushed to help and firefighters prevented a disaster by arriving promptly.
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Bucyrus
Saul
Postmasters Confirmed in Ohio List
Washington April 4 reports the confirmation of several Ohio postmasters including J. J. Robinson Port Clinton H Hildebrand Ashland T J Davies Barberton A J Simmons Geneva R B Fulton Germantown W B Kohler Kenton J T Pickering Lancaster J W Orr Piqua.
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Washington
Ohio
J. J. Robinson
Port Clinton
H. Hildebrand
Ashland
T. J. Davies
Barberton
A.J. Simmons
Geneva
Fulton
Germantown
Polish immigrant charged with coal theft in Dayton
Michael Placedo, a Polish immigrant who arrived a week ago, is charged in Dayton with stealing 00 pounds of coal from a C V & D car. He told officers through an interpreter that he believed the coal was free.
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Dayton
Michael Placedo
New Bank For Oxford
Columbus Ohio April 12 The Farmers State and Savings Bank Co of Oxford Butler county 26000 dollars was incorporated by 8 B Fye John Stephenson John H M Hays W W Stewart J 46 Welsh and W T Johnston
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New Bank
Oxford
Columbus, O
Farmore’ State and Savings Bank Co
Butler County
B. Fye
John Stephenson
John HM. Hays
W. HW. Stewart
J. 46
Welsh
W. T. Johnaton
A Dayton Man Ends Life Over Marital Rift at Crosby Hotel
Wm H Weaver of Dayton, Ohio, killed himself by drinking carbolic acid at the Crosby hotel in Kansas City. He left a note to his wife blaming a rival man named George and urging better treatment, after signing the hotel register and joining others in the lobby. He was about 30 years old.
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Kansas City
Wm. H. Weaver
Dayton
Crosby Hotel
Weaver
George
Suspected arson suicide in Leipic Junction fire
Clarence Frank of Leip sic Junction near Columbus Grove allegedly attempted to burn his residence to claim a $500 insurance payout. Deputies say he shot himself Friday morning before arrest. the dwelling and goods valued at about $200 are mentioned.
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Columbus Grove
Clarence Frank
George Marr
Leipsic Junction
Hollenbeck
Goodell
Frank
Jones Coal Co Signs 1902 Scale in Hocking Valley
Athens Ohio April 138 A hitch arises in settling local disputes between Hocking Valley miners and operators under the 1903 scale. Operators seek to suspend mines pending adjustments while miners officials have not granted the request. Jones Coal Co of New Straitsville signed the 1902 scale joining eleven companies in the valley to concede miners demands.
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Athens
Hocking Valley
Jones Coal Co
New Straitsville
Cooke Withdraws From Fourth District Campaign
J F Cooke of Wapakoneta Ohio ends his bid for congress in the fourth district due to ill health and a physician advised rest. The move leaves three candidates in the race as the campaign tension is deemed a risk to his health.
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Wapakoneta, O
J. EF. Cooke
Congress
Ohio bills without governor signature may be illegal
Cleveland report notes that if the Massachusetts and Florida supreme courts decisions are followed in Ohio, all bills passed in this session and allowed to become laws without the governor's signature would be illegal and void.
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Cleveland
Supreme Courts
Massachusetts
Florida
Ohio
Combes Disappears in Ohio Bail Forfeit
Davis Y. Combes of Hazard Kentucky has vanished in Hamilton Ohio and forfeited his bail. The noted Kentucky feudist was to stand trial for attempted assassination in the Cotten game case.
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Hamilton, O
Davis Y. Combes
Hazard
Combes
Kentucky
Mill man Jesse Mills Dies by Suicide in Barn
Jesse Mills aged 21 from west Carrollton hanged himself in his barn near Galton. His 16-year-old wife was with him. a note to her read Life is nothing but sadness for me. The body was found after neighbors alerted authorities.
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Galton
Jesse Mills
West Carrollton
Mysterious Shooting at Dorsey Hotel in Steubenville
Bert McMath a tube mail employee was fatally shot at the Dorsey hotel in Steubenville on April 14. Several fellow boarders were held for questioning as police suspect a drunken carousal led to the fatal event.
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Steubenville, O
Berty McMath
Dorsey Hotel
McMath
Akron Safe Cracked. $400 Stolen in Seed House Heist
Akron police report a wholesale seed house in the business district was blown by expert safe crackers Friday morning. The safe yielded about $400 and the building suffered partial wreckage from the explosion.
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Akron
Rotzuum Brow
Tariff Reform Debate Reaffirms Protection Policy
The Ways and Means chairman and Representative McCall clash over tariff revision. McCall argues some schedules could be modified without breaking Republican protection, while Payne and the party favor delaying any general tariff change. Public sentiment supports keeping the Dingley tariff intact to preserve American industry and wages.
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Ways and Means Committee
Representative McCall
Massachusetts
McCall
Payne
Troy Times
House of Representatives
Congress
Enormous bank clearings in 1905 exceed all prior years
The year 1905 recorded bank clearings of 413.8749 billion dollars, about 31 billion more than 1904 and far above any earlier year. Analysts note stark growth since the Dingley tariff, with January clearings at 16.3215 billion and 1906 projections far above 1896 levels.
Treasury shows February surplus tops $1 million
The February treasury statement reports a fiscal year surplus exceeding one million dollars with receipts now higher than expenses for the first time in two years. The previous deficit stemmed from extraordinary payments including Panama Canal costs, and critics blamed the Dingley tariff while the tariff law proves effective as revenue grows.
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Treasury
Sam
Troy Times
Notable Editorial Snippets From City Papers
A compilation of brief editorials comments on political figures and trade relations. It notes Bryan’s political stance from Asia, Judge Parker’s presidential hint, and the view that Germany will avoid a tariff war despite prior threats.
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Bryan
Asia
Kansas City Star
Judge Parker
Milwaukee Sentinel
United States
Germany
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Diverse News From Abroad And Europe’s Industrial Rise
Reports from foreign fields note the House mistresses' Union opening Hamburg schools for domestic servant improvement. A 68 by 21 by 7.5 foot oak dredger serves Dun dee harbor now in use over a century, Watt built. MPs push to end time limits on railway tickets. A Byfleet women rifle club forms with a miniature rifle. Frederick de Martens resigns from St. Petersburg law chair. Mlle Butticar Reiss, Lausanne, first European woman engineer, diploma holder in Geneva. Lieut. Bilse, six months fortress term for book criticism, marries wealth and lives in Switzerland.
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Hamburg
Dundee
James Watt
Mlle. Butticar
Reiss
Lausanne University
Geneva
Grape-Nuts and Postum Defend Ad Claims Against Editors
A Michigan factory pamphlet defends Grape-Nuts and Postum against labor editor libels. It details production processes from grain to sugar and asserts infant and athlete digestion benefits. The text vows legal action against liars and invites visitors to inspect facilities.
Critics accuse sanitarium staff of promoting false health claims
A reader charges cooking school teachers and demonstrators aligned with a sanitarium of pressuring them to praise Grape Nuts and Postum in exchange for pay. The column accuses a head doctor of guiding deceits, cites a magazine department he writes, and notes a New York case where a young woman faced retaliation for exposing the conduct with a $10 reward.
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New York
Department of
Ananias
Trade Paper Editors and the Advertising Pasture Metaphor
The writer uses a ranch metaphor to defend selective advertising in grocers’ papers. They describe rival trades as “cattle” that react with slander when not funded, claim legal action can suppress such attacks, and argue for maintaining control by branding those who oppose them.
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Texas
Labor Trust
Socoed
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Wayne County
Melvin Smith
Conductor Shetlock
Kennedy
J. E. Cooke
Cincinnati
Mark A. Knowlden
Ernest B. Smith
Hyde Park
Ellis
Columbus
Wade H. Ellis
Bureau of Public Accounting
Byfleet
Surrey
England
Frederick de Martens
University of St. Petersburg
Lieut
Bilse
Switzerland
Labor Union
Michigan
America
London
Amanias
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