Remarkable revival after suffocation by diphtheria death
Lucille Hudson a four year old girl from Springfield was pronounced dead after diphtheria smothering. Dr Louis Lyman revived her by slitting the windpipe with a knife and inserting a rubber tube, then breathed into the chest. After an hour she resumed breathing and is said to be recovering. The case is described as one of the most remarkable in surgery.
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Springfield
Lucille Hudson
Edward Hudson
Louis Lyman
Tobacco Ban Extends to City Hall in Cleveland
President Springborn of the board of public service forbids tobacco use by city hall staff in public offices effective now. Mayor Tom L. Johnson admits ordering the reform and vows to obey, noting tobacco may be used after working hours only.
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Cleveland, O
W. J. Springborn
Board of Public Service
Tom L. Johnson
Johnson
Springborn
Ohio State trustees file annual report in Columbus
The Ohio State University trustees report to Gov. Harris shows 2,277 students, state receipts of 615,491.45 dollars and disbursements of 598,258.80 dollars. An increase of 120 students over last year, with intent to spend over 3,000,000 dollars on improvements. Students were paid 7,789.66 dollars for labor during the year.
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Columbus, O
Ohio State University
Harris
Ironton gunshot case leads to manhunt in Ohio
Ironton Ohio Chester Cable, 19, a coal miner, lies dying at Keller hospital from a pistol wound inflicted by Joseph Addis who is at large. The three Cable boys and two Addis brothers went hunting. after Joseph Addis was thrown over an embankment he drew a revolver and shot Cable.
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Ironton, O
Chester Cable
Keller Hospital
Joseph Addis
Cable Boys
Addis
Cable
City Sends Record Number of Foreigners Abroad
Nine hundred non citizens departed Youngstown for the Erie line bound for New York to await passage to Europe. The exodus marks the largest single departure of foreigners from the city.
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Youngstown
Erie Road
New York
Europe
Van Wort to Hold Local Option Election
The Van Wort city council ordered a local option election for December 26. Van Wort has 8,000 residents and fourteen saloons.
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van Wort
Veteran Found Dead in Barn Amid Chloroform Incident
Kenton Ohio civil war veteran Windsor 66 was found dead in his barn likely from chloroform used on an old horse. A separate item notes Negro Columbia and Ben Simona a longtime Allen county inmate granted a Thanksgiving pardon by Gov Harris. Simons, a warden’s office porter, is said to have seldom broken rules.
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Kenton
O.-Billett Windsor
Negro
Columbia
Ben Simona
Allen County
Wos
Harris
Simons
Man Dies After Shotgun Accident In Letpelc
A 26 year old man, Letpelc O. e Harry McCullough, was fatally shot when both shotgun barrels discharged into his chest during a hunting accident. He leaves a wife and a child.
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Letpelc
O.eHarry McCullough
Reine Coaryer
Fair Managers To Convene State Meeting In Wapakoneta
Ohio fair officials including officers and county board managers will meet December 11 in Wapakoneta with morning and afternoon sessions. Fourteen fair managers will speak. A. P. Sandles and Allen O. Meyers are slated for the evening Brown theater program followed by a banquet. New Bremen Tricounty Fair Co. will cease fairs amid foreclosure on a $3000 debt.
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Columbus, O
Ohio Fair Managers’ Association
Wapakoneta
Brown Theater
A. P. Sandles
Ottawa
Senate
Allen O. Meyers
Columbus
New Bremen Tricounty Fair Co
Plan to Protect Ohio Fish
The Ohio fish and game commission weighs a bill for next general assembly to ban netting and fishing for commercial purposes in Buckeye Lake and similar waters. General John C. Speaks says the goal is to make these areas public parks for sportsmen and strengthen penalties beyond the existing law.
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Columbus, O
Ohio Fish and Game Commission
General Assembly
Buckeye Lake
John C. Speaks
Fish and Game
State Board Probes Athens State Hospital Affairs
A committee from the state board of charities finished a three point inquiry at Athens state hospital and returned to Columbus. It examined alleged scalding of Mrs North among inmates, care for a patient with a broken limb, and the slaughter of cattle with calves for food. Results withheld until the governor receives the report.
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Athens, O
State Board of Charities
Athens State Hospital
Columbus
Mary North
Attorney General Wins Judgment Against Booth and Co
Ohio officials announce judgment in Washington D C circuit court over Booth and Co a Illinois fishing firm with multiple purpose Illinois charter. Company argued it only conducts fishing in Ohio and has acquired many small firms but may not have violated law.
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Columbus
Elis
Washington
D. H
Booth & Co
Illinois
Ohio
Dayton state hospital eyes old Shaker farm purchase
The Dayton state hospital seeks to buy the Shaker farm with an $80,000 option good until 1909. Yearly maintenance cost per person rose 11 percent to $158.41, totaling $168,864.49 spent. $339,025 is requested.
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Columbus
Dayton State Hospital
Harris
Edible theft leads to man fleeing after kitchen altercation
In Youngstown Mrs. Andy Pesal confronted a stranger taking her food and struck him with a chair causing him to crash through a window before he escaped. In Columbus Frank Barl’s electroexecution sentence was extended to December 20 for further pardons review after a denied retrial. In Zanesville inventor John B Overmyer of the time lock safes died at his country home near Somerset from heart failure.
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Youngstown, O
Andy Pesal
Ear
Columbus
Frank Barl
William Lage
Sidney
Board of Pardons
Proof for Two Cents Kidney Cure Advertisement
Medina resident G W Winney shares a testimonial claiming Dean's Kidney Pills cured his kidney and rheumatic issues after 18 months in hospital. He says weight rose from 143 to 162 pounds after 10 to 12 boxes and invites others to write for details. Sold at 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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G. W. Winney
Medina
N. Y
Dean
Mr. Winney
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Fresh Ice Box Lesson Ends With Surprise
A Scandinavian domestic in a Cleveland home learns to keep the refrigerator spotless by discarding leftovers every morning. The next day the mistress spots something odd in the yard and asks Sophie what it is. Sophie proudly explains it is old ice from yesterday, thrown away as instructed.
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Cleveland
Sophie
Harper’s Weekly
Cure of Scaly Sores After Seven Years
Mrs Henry Porter of Albion Nebraska reports severe head and neck sores during measles that crusted into penny sized patches. After six months of salves and blood remedies, the Cutura Reme dies cured her in three weeks and she has remained well for seven years. Dated August 25 1906.
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Henry Porter
Albion, Neb
West Side Irish Servant Girl Jokes Visitor With Brogue
A New York West Side household tale features an Irish servant girl who answers a caller’s question about her mistress with a saucy brogue line. She offers to fetch the mistress and warns her hands are wet, saying put the tickets in my mouth. The anecdote recalls the changing status of Irish servants in American households.
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Emerald Isle
New York
West Side
N. Y
Productive power of Western Canada soil
Winnipeg Correspondence argues Western Canada soil is highly productive with strong grain yields in 1907. Frost in August limited potential. Southern Alberta sowings show huge expected yields. Canada offers 160 acres free to settlers. Craik Saskatchewan note praises soil power with a dahlia bloom after 80 days, illustrating robustness of crops.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Alberta
Craik
Saskatchewan
Sears Roebuck Indicted for Mail Fraud in Des Moines
Sears Roebuck & Co of Chicago faces a three count indictment in Des Moines for using the mails to defraud. The charges allege false catalog representations and schemes to obtain money by pretenses, including a June 13 1907 sale of supposed white lead claimed as Sears Roebuck manufacture to Dr. C F Spring. A second count involves a ring bought by R H Miles and a third concerns another misrepresented ring mailed to buyers.
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Des Moines
Sears Roebuck & Co
Chicago
C. F. Spring
Sears-Roebuck
R. H. Miles
Manayunk man frees whiskers trapped in safe door
George Edgemont a Jefferson street resident locked his safe with his beard caught in the door delaying him until his daughter and a locksmith freed him. The tale ends with the safe opened and a locksmith restoring access after about an hour. A separate Pittsburgh style sermon recounts the prodigal son tale with comic phonetic speech.
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George Edgemont
Jefferson Street
Hermitage Lane
Manayunk
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Edgemont
Ade Seeks Name Of Irish Laborer At Scene
A story recalls George Ade as a reporter sent to write up an Irish laborer who fell from a building. Ade asks for the man’s name while officers assist the injured to an ambulance, provoking the laborer’s quip about being docked pay for hospital time.
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George Ade
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Crowded with Claims and Prices
An old advertisement offers a $100 reward for a case of catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous system remedy. J Chen ey Co Toledo and Wa l pine Rinwan Marvin Wholesale Druggists endorse F J Cheney with testimonials and pricing at 75 cents per bottle.
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Han
Fragmented Slogans and Phrases Across the Page
A jumble of disjointed lines references Bromo Quinine as a laxative, notes a signature search for KB, and mentions a World over cure in gas cane. It asserts a cycle of leaders where the statesman guides the masses and the masses steer the politician, with no clear narrative or event.
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Rove
KB. W
Strange Disease Discussed By Two Mothers
Two middle aged women in a car discuss illnesses of one woman's children. One child has a fever and the doctor calls the other child’s illness an epidemic. The conversation reveals unfamiliar terms and maternal concern.
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Mother Number One
Panicked beggar refuses work fearing employment
A mendicant tells a kind citizen he is a panic victim. The donor offers a dime, but the man rejects work, saying he is scared to death of labor.
Simple pleasant laxative Syrup of Figs and Senna
The Well Informed world favors a known value liquid laxative. The California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe gentle yet effective remedy. Buy the genuine product manufactured by California Fig Syrup Co sold by leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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