Governor Wins Long Fight for Reform in State Institutions
Gov. Judson Harmon sees victory as the senate passes the Alsdorf bill centralizing control of 21 penal reform and charitable institutions. The measure creates a state board, civil service lists, annual budgets, and negotiated bids, with oversight by multiple state agencies. The bill shapes staff terms and transfers, while separate bills address river improvements and a Cleveland kidnapping crime with stiff penalties.
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Columbus
Judson Harmon
Senate
Alsdorf
Civil Service Commission
Treadway
Mendelsohn
Central Board
Patterson
Dean
Penal
Reformatory
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Ohio State University
Agricultural Experiment Station
State Bureau of Accounting
Penitentiary and Mansfield Reformatory
Cleveland
Cuyahoga River
House
Schaibly
Moritz
Willie Whitla
Sharon
State Officials Reimburse Personal Expenses Total $740.46
State Treasurer D. B. Creamer John P Brennan cashier and I B Lewis first deputy fire marshal repaid 740.46 to the state treasury from the fire marshal department. Creamer refunded 319.60 mainly for Belmont county trips Brennan 68.45 for Urbana visits Lentz 261.41 for home visits.
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D. 8
Creamer
John Pp. Brennan
State Treasury
I. B. Lewis
Beatty Committee
Belmont County
Brennan
Urbana
Lentz
Anderson Sunday Baseball Bill Passes Senate
The Anderson Sunday baseball bill passed the senate by a decisive majority. The governor is unlikely to veto as the final decision rests with voters in referendums across cities villages and townships. The measure covers professional and amateur baseball and followed months of persistent baseball enthusiasts statewide.
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Anderson
Senate
Swan Bill Passed to Eliminate Grade Crossings Each County
The house of representatives approved the Swan bill to remove one grade crossing annually in each county outside municipalities under county commissioners. An amendment to include interurbans failed. The chamber also passed the Schaibl measure affecting petitions and names.
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House of Representatives
Dick on Primary Ballot for U.S. Senate in Akron
Secretary of State Thompson directs all county election boards to place Charles Dick of Akron on the primary ballot as a United States senator candidate. Dick filed petitions with more than the required number of signatures 40 days before May 17 and no protest was filed. Ballot printing will allow voters to cast a vote for Dick as for any other primary office.
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Thompson
Board of Elections
Charles Dick
Akron
United States
Governor Harmon Sends Columbus Centennial Report
Gov Harmon transmitted to the general assembly the Columbus centennial commission report. Both the senate and the house referred the message and the report to the committee of the whole.
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Harmon
General Assembly
Senate
House
Committee of
National Guard Officers Ordered to Indianapolis Camp
Adjutant General C C Weybrecht orders 70 militia officers to attend a June 1925 instruction camp at the Benjamin Harrison maneuver grounds in Indianapolis. Regular army officers will direct training across states, with detachments from Fifth and Eighth regiments listed by rank and surname.
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C. C. Weybrecht
National Guard
Indianapolis
Camp Benjamin Harrison
Capts
F. S. van Gorder
Hubert J. Turney
Frank E. Locke
C. Frederick J. Rodgers
Fred H. Lanning
Harry W. Ulrich
Wade C. Christy
Harry Ruff
Jacob Metzger
Frank B. Hollenbach
Eighth Regiment
Co. C. Teetrick
W. E. Walkup
M. R. Lamb
IL. Clark
William Yountz
Allen Weaver
W. H. Miller
A. 8. Wetzel
R. G. Sayre
Governor Harmon Signs Ritter Bill for Camp Perry Land
Governor Harmon signed the Ritter measure appropriating 16000 for 80 more acres for the state rifle range at Camp Perry. He says the amount is high but justified by a condemnation provision if a fair price cannot be agreed. Landowner asks 200 per acre while nearby territory sells for 75.
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Gov. Harmon
Ritter
Camp Perry
Sheriffs Lacked Authority to Issue May Primary Proclamations
Secretary of State Thompson ruled sheriffs have no power to issue proclamations for the May primary election due to no enabling law. The attorney general affirmed, noting several sheriffs did issue proclamations last fall. State accounting examiners say general notice will inform that such acts are unauthorized.
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Thompson
State Accounting Bureau
Senate Opposes Black Bill to Remove Mayors
The senate failed to pass the Black bill by 17 votes, one short of a constitutional majority. Seventeen senators voted against it as opponents moved to prevent reconsideration. The measure, backed by the Anti-Saloon League as enforcement, sparked a bitter floor fight.
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Senate
Anti-Saloon League
Senators Favor the Canals in State Bill Allocation
The general appropriation bill advances with $100,000 for canals. Of this, $40,000 funds the Miami and Erie and $60,000 supports the northern division of the Ohio canal. The M and E H expects property income to rise by $40,000 annually. If the senate approves, the house may not concur and the issue will be resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Finaance Committee
Miami and Erie
Ohio Canal
Senate
House
Gov Harmon Commutes Manslaughter Sentence to Ten Years
Governor Harmon reduces the original twenty year penitentiary term for Charles Smith of Cuyahoga county to ten years in a clemency action.
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Harmon
Charles Smith
Cuyahoga County
Rural Shoemaker Swindled in Ohio Diamonds Plot
Warren Ohio the Garretsville shoemaker Harry Simons was swindled out of 200 dollars by two men from Cleveland posing as diamond sellers. Simons believed one man was a Cleveland jeweler and was shown stones tested as genuine after a 50 dollar advance. The duo led him to Leavittsburg before fleeing.
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Warren
Harry Simons
Garrettsville
Cleveland
Simons
Leavittsburg
Evens nonpartisan judiciary bill dies in Columbus
The Evans nonpartisan judiciary bill, proposing nomination and election of judges without party designation, fails in Columbus. The Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee of 13 lawyers votes against reporting the measure, killing the reform in its tracks.
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Columbus
House
Senate
Senate Judiciary
ASSERT LAXITY AT BOYS' FARM IN CLEVELAND
Parents of boys sent to the Boys' Farm at Hudson accuse the facility of fostering bad behavior by allowing smoking and nightly roaming among neighboring farms. Head of the farm Cary R. Alburn defends lighter discipline, saying inmates are not as vicious as reform-school cases. A 16-year-old ex-inmate Hans Hansen describes contempt for authority, interference when masters act, and frequent smoking card playing and late night escapes.
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Cleveland, O
Hudson
Cary R. Alburn
Alburn
Hans Hansen
Hansen
Packers Cause High Prices in Columbus Report
A legislative committee report to the general assembly pins rising living costs on packers who squeeze farmers and raise retail prices. It cites storage refrigeration speculation exporters and price makers as intermediaries and notes breadstuffs butter hogs cheese pork lard bacon and eggs have risen dramatically since July 1 1906.
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Columbus, O
General Assembly
Science key to paying farming at Oberlin talk
Akron industrialist C Barber head of the Diamond Match Co known as the match king spoke to Oberlin students. He argued his prices stay low but blamed farmto city migration on the lack of scientific farming and described buying nine adjoining farms to illustrate the shift. He urged that scientific farming will pay and noted children move to factories or cities for opportunities.
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Oberlin, O
Ohio
C. Barber
Akron
Diamond Match Co
Oberlin
Barber
Gov Harmon Fined $100 for Safety Act Violation
Gov Harmon as receiver for the Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton railroad was fined $100 by Judge Hollister in Cincinnati for failing to enforce the safety appliance act. The court found the railroad’s non enforcement and ordered the fine paid from railroad funds.
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Cincinnati, D
Gov. Harmon
United States
Hollister
Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
Ohio miners approve wage scale amid idle season
Ohio coal operators report 96 percent of 45 000 soft coal miners signed the preliminary wage scale granting a 5.56 percent raise, per G W Savage state secretary of the United Mine Workers. Miners are largely idle until surplus coal is exhausted and work resumes under the new scale.
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Columbus
Ohio
G. W. Savage
United Mine Workers
Akron man shoots wife then kills himself after quarrel
Harry Fravel 30 shot and killed his wife Phoebe Minnich Fravel at their Barberton home after a noon quarrel. He then shot himself in the head and breast, collapsing in the yard. Doctors say he cannot recover at Barberton hospital.
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Akron
Harry Fravel
Barberton
Barberton Hospital
Fravel
Phoebe Minnich
State wide uniformity bill faces rural school opposition
Ohio officials and most rural superintendents oppose the Yount bill now in the House after passing the Senate. It would let a state commission select textbooks for rural schools, removing local control and risking chaos in course offerings. Critics claim the bill unlocks city-rural tensions and benefits a book trust, urging protests to representatives.
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Columbus
Zeller
Yount
Senate
House
State Commission
Ohio
Gibbs
Lorain County
Book Trust
Shankland
House Committee On Common Schools
Indicted by Federal Jury in Cleveland
Cleveland Ohio Harry L Morris son of the late Philip Morris Del Coronado was indicted on three counts by a federal grand jury for sending threatening letters to Mrs Dan O Caswell widow of Cleveland Heights to extort 2000 Inspector Oldfield and Mrs Caswell testified before the grand jury the letters were sent March 25 29 and April 1 Morris was arrested April 2 near the Hanna memorial University Circle the case may not go to trial until early May.
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Cleveland, O
Harry L. Morris
Philip Morris
del Coronado
Dan O. Caswell
Cleveland Heights
Oldfield
Post Office Department
Caswell
Morris
University Circle
Hanna Memorial
Aged Bride Seeks Decree In Ohio Court
Lena C. Warner files for alimony against John Henry Warner in common pleas court. The 70 year old husband and 67 year old wife dispute housework standards and handling of boarders. Warner owns a Munson farm and has long served as justice of the peace. a restraining order blocks disposal of the property.
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Chardon, O
Common Pleas
Lena C. Warner
John Henry Warner
Warner
Munson
Ohio Republican sub committee names temporary convention officers
Columbus chairman Walter Brown of the Republican state central committee announces the sub committee to select temporary officers for the state convention. Members include M A Karshner Maurice Maschke A L Garford and Peter W Durr. A temporary chairman will be chosen after July 1 following Congress adjournment.
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Columbus
Walter Brown
Republican State Central Committee
M. A. Karshner
Maurice Maschke
Cleveland
A. L. Garford
Elyria
Peter W. Durr
Cincinnati
Brown
Congress
State Officials Rebate $740.46 From Beatty Committee Fees
Columbus Ohio state treasurer D. S. Creamer cashier John P. Brennan and I. B. Lentz repaid $740.46 to the state treasury for personal expenses. Creamer kept $310.60, Brennan charged $68.45 for Urbana visits, Lentz $361.41 for Belmont County home visits. refunds arise from Beatty committee work.
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Columbus
D. 9. Creamer
John PP. Brennan
State Treasury
I. B. Lentz
Beatty Committee
Creamer
Belmont County
Brennan
Urbana
Lentz
Judge Upson, Noted Ohio Politician, Dies at 87
Akron Ohio mourns as Judge William H Upson longtime state politician dies at home after a month long illness. Appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court in 1883 by Gov Wester Upson also served as circuit judge state senator and congressman. Born in Franklin County he was a graduate.
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Upson le
Akron
William H. Upson
Ohio
Upson
Gov. Wester
Supreme Court of Ohio
Hayes
Iite
Franklin County
The Old Fashioned Woman Narrates Modern Kitchen Changes
An old-fashioned woman visits Shade Land and contrasts her traditional kitchen with a city kitchen. She describes a six-hole stove sink long tables pantries and a dishpan versus modern appliances like chafing dishes and wash basins. Her sigh blows through the tale, ending with a gust that disperses Shades.
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Shade Land
Atchison Globe
Future for Indian Woman in Nursing Prospects
Miss Estelle Rees notes education elevates Indian girls who now seek a higher maid of husband and can earn a living if unmet. Trained Indian nurses impress hospitals with patience, stamina, and steadiness in surgery. They exhibit calm under pressure, obedience to physicians, and a reserved strength in caring for severe illness.
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Estelle Rees
The Miraculous Hazel Twig and the German Divining Rod
The German emperor shows interest in an inquiry by the Cornish Higher Education authority into the success of the divining rod for locating minerals. He tested German diviners in his presence and is convinced metals and water can be found underground. A test in Berlin hid metal objects later found when the rod bent.
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Africa
Berlin
Prince von Carolath
Dundee Advertiser
Dickens Urges Rulers to Heal Poor Dwellings
The quote pleads for leaders to remember the poor and improve wretched byways and dense housing. Dickens argues domestic virtue springs from home and condemns grand streets for highlighting social decay and disease.
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Charles Dickens
Landlord Refuses Lamp Sale in Dry Indiana County
An Indiana village hotel landlord in a prohibition county declines a drummer’s request to buy a lamp. The deaf landlord believes the dry police are watching and jokes about keeping the lamp lit.
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Prohibition County
Indiana
Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
His Idea and the Jest of Jonson-Jagson's Fate
A snippet notes Jonson-Jagson's wife died last week and he has been drinking since, with a wry aside about his inability to endure prosperity. The lines hint at a comic or satirical reflection on grief and ruin.
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Jonson
Jagson
Henpeck
Where She Scored
Sheldon Kerruish recalls a neighborhood tale about children comparing their parents faults. A girl boasts her father reads Cicero better than others admit about cigars swearing and drinking, ending with the sister’s win and a sly jab at grown up flaws.
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Sheldon Kerruish
Cleveland Leader
Mrs. Smith's Hired Girl Keeps Loyal Servant
Mrs. Smith has kept a servant for three years who, despite higher offers, stays to do washing, scrubbing, curtain cleaning, and bedding. The girl works hard because Mrs. Smith buys Easy Task laundry soap which halves the work and eases the rest.
The Irish of Shakespeare and an Irish Character
An Irishman debates Shakespeare with an Englishman and claims two Irish figures Miss O Phelin and Corry O Lanus while neglecting Hamlet's friend. The piece ends with a proverb about friendship and influence by Rev. William Dickie.
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Miss O’phelin
Corry O’lanus
Hamlet
Springfield Republican
Marine Eye Salve Promises Care For Irritated Eyes
An advertisement for Marine Eye Salve from Marine Eye Remedy Co. of Chicago promotes a remedy for redness itching eyelids cysts styes and falling eyelashes. It urges readers to request the asep tic tubes size 2c and to not mold others to fit an ideal but adjust one’s ideal to the person.
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
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