The Pool Room Plotters and a German Professor
Danny Roberts recruits Herr Oberman, a German music teacher, to rig horse races via telegraph wires run by a Western Union contact. They bet heavily on Los Angeles fifth and fourth races, misusing fake pool rooms and telegraph tips. The plot collapses when results differ and the conspirators defect, with the Western Union manager fired in the fallout.
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Doc Floyd
High Rollers
Danny Roberts
Danny
Herr Oberman
Rothskeller
Michigan Avenue
Oberman
Herr Professor
Ihs
Rarebit
Handy Bill
Narcissus
Lsten
Herr Oberman Thas
Owir Eee
Vo Reed
Danny Robberts
Michigan
Jackson Boulevard
Western Union Building
Board of Trade
Brown
Los Angeles
O. K
Middle West
Mr. Brown
Western Union
Heir 0
M. M
King
Military Man
Dec Floyd
Jack Cleland
Big Arids
O K
Cleland
Tommorrow
Jones of Ironton to be Warden of Penitentiary
Columbus reports T H B Jones of Ironton named warden of the penitentiary after a conference of the new board of managers and Democratic leaders. Other items note retirement request for W H Phipps, illness of Daniel Lorpy, and prison and charity actions in Ohio.
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Columbus
Harmon
W. H. Phipps
T. H. B. Jones
Ironton
Board of Managers
Marietta
Daniel P. Lorpy
Board of Penitentiary Managers
BE. B. Sims
Penitentiary
Dunlap
State Girls’ Industrial School
Delaware
State Board of Charities
Gov. Harmon
Franklin County
Frank Gebbert
Fostoria
Carl Anderson
Congress
Gebbert
J. W. Zeller
L. C. Dick
West Jefferson
Zeller
Snyder
Jones
Board of Public Service
Ohio City
Denman
State Bureau of Accounting
Public Service Board
Red Hot Poker for Punishment
In Toledo on April 17 Mrs. Joseph Sager wife of a Celina physician was sent to the work house for six months and fined 150 dollars after pleading guilty to torturing her 10 year old adopted daughter. A teacher found burns on the girl and she said the foster mother had abused her and recently used a red hot poker as punishment.
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Toledo
Joseph Sager
Celina
Gored to Death by Ram Near Zanesville
Mrs Mary Chaney aged 77 was attacked and killed by a ram while walking across a field near her home 20 miles north of Zanesville Ohio yesterday. Neighbors found her body after a struggle with the animal.
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Zanesville
Mary Chaney
Local Farmer Takes Own Life in Shallow Pond
Levi Crum a 77 year old farmer from Austin town was found dead by drowning in a pond on his farm. He knelt on hands and knees to submerge his head in water. Crum was described as wealthy at his residence in Youngstown.
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Youngstown
Levi Crum
Austintown
Crum
Fire Cripples Cincinnati Traction Service
A large fire damaged a power house in Cincinnati cutting traction service for thousands living on nearby hills. Residents had to rely on various conveyances to reach their workplaces as a result of the outage.
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Cincinnati
Milling Company Files Involuntary Bankruptcy
Following a rise in grain prices the Marfield Milling Co. of Chillicothe filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition yesterday. The company was controlled by Edwin Hite Ferguson of Louisville Kentucky.
Minister Rotten-Egged In Adelphi Speech Incident
Rev. W. Eldredge of Cincinnati spoke for the dry cause at Adelphi near Chillicothe Ohio. A crowd of wet bystanders showered him with rotten eggs during the remarks triggering disorder and a brief confrontation before police separated the participants.
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Chillicothe, O
W. Eldredge
Cincinnati
Adelphi
Here
War Veteran Killed in Pickaway County Accident
George Bartley aged 65 a Civil War veteran was killed yesterday when struck by a car in Ashville Pickaway county near the Scioto Valley Railroad. The incident occurred April 1 and details describe a fatal traffic accident in the area.
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Columbus, C
George Bartley
Ashville
Pickaway County
Scioto Valley
Going the Pace
A quip about adapting to modern progress features a playful exchange between a tortoise and a snail, illustrating the joke that even slow creatures embrace speed through new technology.
Baby Eczema cured by Cuticura after costly failed treatments
In Burnt Cabins Pennsylvania in 1908 a mother describes an infant with watery eczema spreading on both cheeks. After spending over fifty dollars on doctors and medicines the Cuticura Remedies finally cleared the skin for good, leaving no marks. Mrs. W. M. Comer, Boston company notice included.
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W. M
W. M. Comerer
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Engagement Ends Over Socks Lesson Learned
Old Uncle Latzen Berry recalls Almfra Stang ending her eight year engagement with Charles Henry Tootwiler after discovering he saved 217 pairs of socks to prove his thrift. The tale, recounted in Puck style, frames a humorous village misunderstanding about economy.
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Latzenberry
Almfra Stang
Charles Henry Tootwiler
Puck
The Missionary Mule Explains a Humble Crusade
An old farmer describes a mule as a missionary due to its impact. The mule once knocked a man to the ground and later helped inspire a sheriff to seek religion during a camp meeting, illustrating surprising religious effect from an unlikely animal.
Pastor declines vacation request in church scene
A church meeting votes for Pastor to take a vacation. He plans to visit a fellow worker in a neighboring village. The visitor asks to lead in prayer, but the pastor declines, saying he must run his vacation.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Coffee Change Helps New York Woman
A New York woman recounts quitting coffee and using Postum to relieve heart and stomach trouble. She describes years of milk and toast, then recovery after switching to Postum, claiming improved digestion and overall health in ten days. She urges others to try Postum as a remedy and asks why people don’t quit coffee for nourishment.
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N. Y
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