Agricultural Special Train to Tour Ohio Farms in 1911
The Ohio State University College of Agriculture will run a free agricultural special train from Columbus to visit numerous towns from July 31 to August 11 1911. Lectures cover soil improvement wheat culture sugar beet growing dairying and related topics taught by professors McCall Ward Livingston Grant Darst Bear Johnson Bachtell Erf and Rinehart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. D. Ward
G. Livingston
C. J. Grant
W. H. Darst
F. EB. Bear
0. M. Johnson
M. A. Bachtell
Oscar Erf
BH. F. Rinehart
Columbus
Preparations for nominating delegates under the Green law continue
Officials debate how delegates to a constitutional convention should be chosen under the Green law. The matter hinges on a disputed claim by Secretary Graves that selection mirrors legislature methods. The Supreme Court may test the issue, though courts favor liberal interpretation to avoid crises.
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Graves
Harmon
Hogan
Supreme Court
Tax shift raises burden on railroads and utilities in Ohio
Ohio tax commissioner John H. Clarke told Nickel Plate officials that small taxpayers will save about one fifth of former payments next year while railroads and utilities bear a doubled share. Clarke cited Nickel Plate taxes rising from 117000 to 251000 and value jumps from 4.7 million to 25.1 million, amid broader utility valuation increases.
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Columbus
Ohio
John H. Clarke
Cleveland
Nickel Plate Railroad
Tax Commission
Clarke
Nickel Plate
New York
Chesapeake & Ohio
Indiana
Detroit
Toledo
Ironton
State board taps 88 boys to help police fairgrounds
Secretary A P Sandles outlines a plan pairing one boy from each county to aid at the state fair. Selected by vote, the boys will assist on grounds and enjoy sight seeing trips to Hartman farm and town sites. The program aims to boost fair interest and attendance.
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A. P. Sandles
State Board of Agriculture
Columbus
Sandles
Indictments Against Lied Nolled by Judge Dillon
Judge B B Dillon of the common pleas court nolled the two remaining indictments against Fred Lied former Columbus public service board member who is serving a four year state penitentiary term for taking a bribe from the Cleveland Trinidad Paving Co in connection with E Broad street paving. Lied was convicted on December 1 1909 but began his sentence in 1910 due to appeals.
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Turner
B. B. Dillon
Common Pleas Court
Fred Lied
Board of Public Service of Columbus
State Penitentiary
Cleveland Trinidad Paving Co
E. Broadstreet
Lied
Eleven Lives Lost in New England Hurricane
Grim reports from the West Indian hurricane strike the New England coast. Eleven sailors confirmed dead as fishing and coasting craft sink or cripple. Names include five from the Boston schooner Woko mis, four dorymen from the Arbitrator, one from the Tay, and John Wade of Northport Maine after being blown from a Belfast wharf.
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Boston
New England
Boston Sword
Nantucket Sound Shoals
Provincetown
Tay
Mount Desert Island
John Wade
Northport
Maine
Belfast
Brockton Fire Destroys Market Buildings Hurts Thirty Five
A major Brockton blaze destroyed the public market, Woolworth building, and two tenements. Thirty five firemen were injured by ammonia fumes and falling debris as nearby YMCA, police, and drugstores became temporary hospitals. Nearby aid from Stoughton and Avon helped subdue the fire, with losses around 210000 dollars.
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Brockton
Mass
Woolworth Co
Stoughton
Avon
Fresh troop movements to Texas amid Mexico tensions
Army officers at Fort Sam Houston indicate a late September transfer of troops to Texas. War Department orders call for locating and surveying camps for divisions. Engineers surveyed New Braunfels while officers in Houston review sites and others search El Paso for mobilizing a large force.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Fort Sam Houston
Mexico
Washington
War Department
Corps of Army Engineers
New Braunfels
Houston
el Paso
Miners Work To Reach Trapped Prisoner At White Oak Mine
In Joplin Missouri more than a hundred miners toil to sink a shaft toward the drift of the White Oak mine where 21 year old Joseph Clary is trapped after a cave in. A six inch prospect hole is being drilled to lower food and drink if the prisoner survives the entombment as days pass before access is gained.
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Joplin
White Oak
Joseph Clary
Evans brothers endure perilous Andes ascent
Howard Evans tells of a trip with his brother Daniel to the Andes that left them unconscious and later recovering at home in Baltimore. The brothers survived a high altitude ordeal after reaching sea level from extreme altitude during their ascent.
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Baltimore
Howard Evans
Daniel Evans
Andes
Niece of Taft Travels to Seattle for Birth
Mrs George Snowden, a Taft niece, raced from Vancouver to Seattle to bear a child she wants to be born under the U S flag. She says she cannot bear to be mother to a child not born under the country of her uncle, President Taft.
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Seattle
Wash
George Snowden
Taft
Vancouver
Snowden
Post Office Extends Savings System to Major Cities
Postmaster General Hitchcock signs a new order expanding the postal savings system to Philadelphia Brooklyn Cleveland Minneapolis Milwaukee St Paul Louisville Jersey City Wilmington Del and Long Island City following the program's earlier success.
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Washington
Postal Savings System
Hitchcock
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Louisville
Jersey City
Milmington
Del
Long Island City
Taft son arrives in Weisbaden for extended stay
Robert A. Taft senior, elder son of President Taft, reached Weisbaden in Prussia for an extended stay. He is noted as accompanying his father during international engagements while pursuing personal travels and rest.
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Weisbaden
Prussia
Robert — A. Taft
President Taft
Washington to Sign Arbitration Treaties with Allies
Washington reports the United States will sign a general arbitration treaty with Great Britain and another with France in Washington. After signing, formal exchanges between the involved governments will follow.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
France
Consul Atwell Dead in Ghent Belgium
William P. Atwell long time Washington resident and American consul at Ghent Belgium dies in Ghent at age 66 native of Warren Ohio and Civil War veteran remembered for service in diplomacy and commerce duties.
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Washington
Willam P. Atwell
Washington, D. C
Ghent
Belgium
Atwell
Warren, Oy
Ohio towns vote dry as Mogadore also goes dry
In Lorain Captain Richard Thew heads a new Municipal league panel to vet candidates for cornell and school boards. Minerva voters backkeeping saloons out by 65 of 374. Mogadore approves dry by 18 in a tightly fought series with Stark and Carroll counties showing mixed results. Story covers multiple Ohio communities and notable local actions.
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Lorain
Richard Thew
Municipal League
Cornel and School Board
Youngstown
Lavina Dunn
Minerva
Stark
Carroll
Carnes
Fisher
Steubenville
W. H. Wolker
Glen Rock
Rush Run
Trapp
Toledo
Toledo & Ohio Central
Cottonwood
Elizabeth Klapp
Mansfield
Ohio State Reformatory
Board of Managers
Findlay
Charles Krabill
Arcadia
Delaware
M. D. Moore
American Seeding Co
Springfield
Moore
Akron
Ferguson
Summit County
William Murray
Frank Price
Cuyahoga Falls
Hudson
Murray
Rockwell
le Deaux
William Metcalf
Metcalf
de Graff
Ato
One on the Old Gentleman in the Village Inn
An elderly German father warns his son about excess drinking during a Sunday visit to a village inn. He says a gentleman stops when enough is reached and defines drunkenness by counting men in a corner. The son questions how to tell when he has had enough.
Train collision blamed on airbrake cord pull
The Cleveland Plain Dealer recounts a railway horror scene where a passenger asks how the accident happened. The conductor says someone pulled the airbrake cord, causing the second section to crash into them. He notes it will take six hours to clear the track.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ontario Finds New Penal System With Farm and Road Work
Ontario government ends prison labor contracts and shifts most inmates to open air work on farms and road projects in new districts. A minority will stay indoors due to health or other constraints and produce hospital supplies such as beds and blankets.
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Ontario
His Prescription to Take a Buggy Ride
A noted quip from Judge describes a young doctor seeking company for a buggy ride. The prescription calls for one buggy one horse one good road and one doctor to be taken from 3 p m onward. The lighthearted line reflects social customs of the era.
A Matter of Repair in English Commandments
A witty exchange imagines England starting a movement to remodel the Ten Commandments. Hicks notes the idea as progress, while Dorkins calls it a waste, proposing restoration instead.
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Hicks
England
Dorkins
Harper’s Weekly
Lucky Mistake Boosts Postum Use Across Brookline Family
A Brookline woman reports a mistaken Postum delivery led her household to a coffee substitute that pleased all, improving her husband’s delicate stomach and persuading her sister to switch from coffee. The Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Mich. promotes The Wellville booklet with the claim.
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Brookline
Mass
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wouldn't Any Woman Jack But She Objects to New Wrinkles
A fragment hints at a domestic contention with a woman resisting age-related changes. The line suggests a humorous or pointed remark about appearance and consent in a relationship context. No clear names or orgs are present.
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Jack
A Bitter Critic in Philadelphia Dinner Remarks
Ex Governor Pennypacker denounces the divorce evil at a Philadelphia dinner. He cites families of the Dash type as a cause, while Mr Dash replies sternly to his son about discipline. The boy retorts that whipping is all his parents ever agree on.
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Pennypacker
Philadelphia
Dash
Spohn's Distemper Cure Promoted in Goshen Ad
Distemper in horses and dogs said cured by Spohn's Distemper Cure. Over 600,000 bottles sold last year. Priced at 50 cents or 1 dollar. Agents wanted. Spahn Medical Co., Spec. Contagious Diseases, Goshen, Indiana.
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Spohn
Spahn Medical Co
Goshen
Ind
Judge recalls his generosity as a boy at school
The judge notes a habit of sharing punishments with school mates. He recalls the subject always letting others take his share, illustrating a long standing generosity from youth through life.
Mrs Winslow's Syrup Teething Remedies Ad
A historic ad touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething easing gums and pain, claiming cures wind colic at 25 cents per bottle while noting dodging bad story tellers as a tip to avoid poor relations.
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News OF Ohio
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