Ohio Supreme Court wipes out Espy law in school board cases
In Cincinnati the Espy law and a push to switch city boards from big to small were struck down by the state supreme court. The ruling limits owner objections to street extensions to the street center and upholds damages rulings in Civil actions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Cincinnati
Cox
Cincinnati Superior Court
Lucas Circuit Court
Harry Coleman
T. & O. C. Railroad Co
Emil Justice Rose
Cleveland
State Medical Board
Rose
Lorain
Toledo
Circuit Court of Cleveland
Kittie von Quinman
Cleveland Railway Co
Absence Ends in Tragedy at Chardon Cigar Factory
Louis T. Bower, a former Cleveland man and 45 year old with heart trouble, lay dead in his Main Street cigar factory for two weeks. Occupants, smelling carbolic acid and sulphur they believed came from dead rats, entered and found the body in the Chardon Savings Bank on the first floor. He had recently talked of plans to marry a Cleveland girl.
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Chardon, CO
Louis T. Bower
Cleveland
Main Street
Chardon Savings Bank
George C. Smith
C. L. Smith
E. G. Hazen
Bower
Prisoners Made Good Men
The Mansfield state reformatory at Columbus submits a biennial report to Gov. Harmon urging parole votes by a single manager against inmates. The reformatory farm earned 14000 dollars in the year. Managers seek 25000 dollars to buy more land aiming for 1000 acres. Three fourths of former inmates are described as now good citizens.
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Columbus, O
Mansfield State Reformatory
Judson Harmon
Mansfield Institution
Reformatory
Father of Ohio inmate Aaron Rasor dies at home
Aaron Rasor, 69, father of Guy Rasor, who is serving 20 years for the murder of Ora Lee, dies at his Wadsworth area home. Officials list heart trouble, but family says worry over his son’s case contributed to his death.
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Akron, O
Aaron Rasor
Guy Rasor
Ora Lee
Wadsworth
Guy Raser
Columbus
Divorced Shelby Official Bertha Hanna Eloped
Walter D. Hanna city clerk of Shelby obtained a divorce from Bertha Hanna in the probate court here. He was awarded custody of their two minor children. The wife did not contest. The Hannas were prominent socially in Shelby and the wife eloped to Cleveland with a Shelby painter several weeks ago.
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Mansfield
Shelby
Bertha Hanna
Hannas
Cleveland
Wellston Courtship Ends in Marriage of Noted Attorney
After eight years of courtship and six rebuffs, Attorney Thomas C. Riley of New York and formerly of New Matamoras Ohio has wed Miss May Sellers of Wellston, daughter of a local capitalist.
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Wellston, C
Thomas C. Riley
New York
New Matamoras, C
May Sellers
Wellston
Woman's Nose Cut Off In Accident in McArthur Ohio
Mrs. George Scholl and her daughter, while hauling a cart load of potatoes, were involved in an accident near McArthur Ohio. The cart upset, cutting off Mrs. Scholl’s nose and lacerating her tongue.
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McArthur
George Scholl
Two Killed in Hunting Incidents in Ohio and Nearby Areas
In Wayne county near Burton City retiree Cyrenius Streiselman, 50, was fatally shot by his 17-year-old son Donald during a bird hunt. Near Waco 17-year-old Clarence Hines died instantly when his gun discharged as he crossed a fence. Carl Schwing, 16, of Cincinnati shot himself in the mouth during a hunt at Darrtown, losing four teeth but surviving after surgery.
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Cincinnati
Darrtown
Schwing
WIN CHRISTMAS TREE FIGHT
Sunday school superintendents and ministers in Kenton Ohio abandoned plans to skip Christmas treats. They decided to keep the usual trees and candy for children after protests. A joint conference restored the traditional Christmas exercises in local churches.
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Kenton
Mrs Harmon Scores Point On State Girls Home Policy
Columbus Ohio Mrs Judson Harmon wife of the governor urges reform at the State Girls Industrial home near Delaware citing crowding as a disgrace Juvenile courts now hesitate to place girls there to remove them Reorganization changes policy on finding homes for girls instead of detaining them The 1909 year ending November 15 saw 146 girls received down from 231 the year before
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Columbus
Judson Harmon
Delaware
Ohio
State Board of Charities
Liquor Fines Hit $3,000 in Steubenville
Judge R G Richards imposed fines totaling 3000 for violations of the local option law in Steubenville. Property has been levied on for the Dow tax in all cases.
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Steubenville
R. G. Richards
Village Secures 36 Year Water Contract
Youngstown village joins Mahoning Water Co. of Struthers in a 36 year agreement to obtain a Lake Hamilton water supply, with the water company controlling the delivery and source.
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Youngstown
O.—East
Youngstown Village
The
Mahoning Water Co
Struthers
Lake Hamilton
Kenton Hires New Mathematics Teacher
Noah H. Stull, formerly superintendent of De Graft schools, is appointed as mathematics teacher at Kenton High School in Kenton Ohio. Stull has seven years in De Graft education and now joins the Kenton faculty.
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Kenton High
Kenton
O.noah H. Stull
de Graft
Kenton High School
Cannon Defends Tariff Policy and Insurgents in Speech
Kansas City November 27 Speaker Cannon addressed the Knife and Fork Club defending the Payne tariff bill and accusing insurgents of agitating for political gain. He noted compromises in the bill, praised the new tariff as boosting revenue and prosperity, and predicted improvements in production and government revenues after its enactment. He also criticized opponents and defended party unity.
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Kansas City
Cannon
Knife and Fork Club
Chicago
Cummins
Iowa
Taft
Aldrich
Illinois
Republican Party
Payne Law
House
Champ Clark
Payne
New York
United States
Winona
Bryan
LaFollette
Bristow
Aura
Bullet Kills Woman Near Munising Roadhouse
Munising Michigan November 26 Mrs Harriet Hill 29 was killed at a roadhouse twelve miles east of town. Police said a shooter fired through a window killing the woman. Frank Fitzpatrick reported the shooting occurred from outside the house.
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Munising
Mich
Harriet Hill
Here
Frank Fitzpatrick
Lost Registered Letters Recovered After Train Mishap
A five letter registered package from Schuyler went missing on The Overland Limited No 2 on Friday November 5. The pouch catcher hook failed and the letters were found later on the tracks under the dining car, unharmed. Postoffice Inspector L A Thompson investigated, noting the strange recovery. In Grover Cleveland reminiscences, George F Parker shares a political windfall tale about spending large sums to chase a nomination.
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Schuyler
At Point
Omaha
Postoffice
L. A. Thompson
Council Bluffs
Union Pacific
Fez Pressing Binds Turkish Market Prayers and Head Coverings
Markets across Turkish towns offer fez pressing for a few cents. Observant Muslims must keep the head covered during prayer so a brimless fez or similar cap is worn to keep the head and prayer rug properly pressed.
Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Blood Action And Testimonials
An OCR fragment promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a genuine internal remedy for catarrh, claims it purifies blood and soothes mucous surfaces, and touts physician approval and testimonials. It also hawks other products and quack-like advice on medicines and home remedies.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Great Britain buys most U.S. goods in 1908 trade report
The July report from Canada’s Department of Trade and Commerce shows the United States sold $620 million in goods to Great Britain in 1908, ten million more than the combined totals to France Germany and Holland.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Holland
Department of Trade and Commerce of
Canada
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Mrs. Harmon
Uncle Joe
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Grover Cleveland
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Western
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Mercer St
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