Cox Seeks House Stay as Cox Inspects Ohio Capital
Governor-elect James M. Cox reviews the government he will lead in Columbus, meets Gov. Harmon on legislative recommendations, discusses tax reforms with the state tax commission, and notes house hunting guided by John L. Vance. He favors the E. K. Stewart residence on East Broad and Monroe avenues for a large, comfortable official home.
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James M. Cox
Gov. Harmon
State Tax Commission
Finley
Columbus
John L. Vance
Citizens’ Trust and Savings Bank
Cox
E. K. Stewart
East Broad Street
Monroe Avenue
Cleveland
Driver Rights Shared in Steubenville Accidents Ruling
Supreme court syllabus affirms Jefferson county award to heirs of a milkman killed by a Steubenville and Wheeling Traction Co car. It holds a wagon driver may not be deemed negligent per se for crossing near a track, but motormen must slow to avoid collisions. Also notes Ohio collateral inheritance tax totals and potential legislative changes to tax all inheritances.
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Supreme Court
George C. Brissell
Stark County
Stark, Mahoning
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Brissell
William T. Spear
Jefferson County
Steubenville and Wheeling Traction Co
George A. Edge
State
Treasury Department
Cuyahoga County
Hamilton County
Ohio boiler safety law cited in annual report
Charles H. Wirmel the head of the department cites advantages of the new Ohio boiler inspection law in his annual report to Gov. Harmon effective July 1. The year saw three explosions in covered boilers with three deaths and one injury. Uncovered boilers had four explosions causing four deaths and 11 injuries. Fifty nine boiler manufacturers are registered under the law to build Ohio standard boilers. 23 are Buckeye state concerns. The department lists 10 general inspectors and 146 qualified insurance service inspectors.
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General Assembly
Charles H. Wirmel
Harmon
Buckeye
Board Reports 1913 Savings and Growth in State Agencies
Fiscal Supervisor Brown’s annual board report shows state expenditures for eleemosynary institutions fell about 500000 in 1913 from 1912 while institutional population rose 157. Supplies on hand valued at 100000 accompany the savings and efficiency claim. Governor-elect Cox spoke at Ohio day in Columbus, 2000 attendees. Dean Edward Orton Jr also spoke. Does Not Constitute Embezzlement. The Ohio Supreme Court upholds that township treasurers who convert funds may do so if they later repay and hand over custody to a successor.
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Brown
Board of Administration
Cox
Columbus
Franklin County Alumni Association
Ohio
Ohio State University
Alumni Association
Edward Orton, Jr
Medina County
Supreme Court
Buckeye Notes Coshocton Riot and Local Crimes
Four Coshocton youths, all 14, blamed dime novels and wild west shows for crime spree. They confessed to two weeks of burglaries, led police to shed full of loot from Coshocton shops. Various regional incidents across Ohio include fatal laundry explosion in Toledo and a notable Lima elopement.
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Coshocton
Toledo
Reliable Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co
Frank Walker
New Matamoras
Norwalk
Ernest Welch
Dayton
Thomas Lean
Catherine Osterle
Xenia
Osterle
Mary Osterle
Homer Hicks
J. R. Ryan
Michaella Lane
Sean
Lima
Minerva Bleum
G. E. Bleum
Lima Trust Co
Detroit
Mich
Virgil Kniseley
Alan F. Kniseley
Cincinnati
New Philadelphia
Charger
McKinley
Albert Lewis
Strasburg
Washington
Lewis Farm
Portsmouth
George D. Selby
Pearl E
Mark W
Homer C
Roger B
Ohio
Caldwell
Maywood Smith
Gayle Rodecker
Summerfield
Here
Smith
Akron
A. B. Church
Buchtel College
Dr. Church
North Norwich
N. Y
St. Lawrence University
Canton
First Universalist Church
Jefferson
Jesse Sharpe
Fred Brydle
Conneaut
Sharpe
Steubenville
Charles W. Paul
Ohio Engineers
M. Adams
Mason Thilcote
East Liverpool
David Gaeler
Cleveland
James Frato
George Stoll
W. 28Th-St
St Patrick’s Day Ball Tales From Lord Spencer Era
Autobiography excerpt recounts viceroy era hospitality at Irish ball and the odd crowd that attended. A comptroller witnesses a stout lady slipping a whole fowl into her bag amid raids on food. The captain quips about ham as a joke while the thief remains unabashed.
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Lord Spencer
Ireland
Sir Alfred Turner
Hair Loss Remedy Ad Headlines Ailment Claim
An advertisement from 1911 promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as a cure for a child’s scalp outbreak with itching and hair loss at 818 E Second St Muncie Indiana. It claims dramatic improvement after three washes and notes global sales and a free sample offer.
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Second St
Muncie
Ind
Emma Patterson
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
What Are Her Thoughts in a Curio of Teething Sorrow
A fragment shows Gladys with a far away look while a listener notes her fiancé lives nearby. The text then shifts to an old catalog style advertisement for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain claiming gum relief and wind colic cure at 25 cents per bottle.
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Gladys
Clever Woman Hidden By Subtle Grin Hint
A remark praises a woman as clever and perceptive while noting she withholds open display of her wit. The line hints at a sharp, discreet intelligence not overtly shown.
Noisy Alley Fight Leaves Mose Injured
Mose describes a street confrontation with Sam Jackson after a dispute over Saling. He details being punched in the mouth and ears and kicked as he tried to run, leaving him fatigued and bandaged. A contrasting classroom moment asks why a rhino is called having a thick rind.
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Saling
Mose
Sam
Jackson
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Ravenna
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Donald Harding
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Muncy
R. V. Pierce
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Putnam
Pines
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