Ohio Independents Refuse Direct Bell Merger
Announcement from Toledo states J P Morgan & Co bought Everett Moore telephone stocks and will hold control of Cuyahoga and United States Telephone Cos. Ohio independents will not join the Bell wire combination, keeping holdings separate and run independently to resist price cutting while opposing Bell in court challenges.
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Cleveland
Toledo
J. P. Morgan & Co
Everett-Moore
Bell Forces
Ohio
Indiana
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan House
Trust Building
Goulds
Western Union
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Bell
Sinews
Postal
Wire Trust
R. L. Day & Co
Cuyahoga
United States Telephone Cos
Bell Corporation
Miami Valley paper makers form regional association
Representatives of 22 large paper industries in the Great Miami valley organize the Miami Valley Paper makers association with $25 000 000 capital. Officers elected are D E Harlan president W W Sunderland secretary and S M Goodman treasurer. They deny aims to control prices and plan a technical school for papermakers to train skilled labor.
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Hamilton
Great
Miami Valley
Miami Valley Papermakers’ Association
D. E. Harlan
Crystal Paper Co
Middletown
W. W. Sunderland
Friend Paper Co
West Carrollton
S. M. Goodman
Champion Coated Panel Qy
Thieves Break Into Postoffice and Store at New Waterford
Bold thieves shattered into C. H. Jamison’s postoffice and general store in New Waterford DC and stole over $100 in stamps cash and three pension department checks. They cashed the checks via Postmaster Jamison, creating a muddle across government departments with the post office out $300 while the pension department stands to lose the value of the cashed checks.
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New Waterford
C. H. Jamison
Pension Department
Jamison
Wild Man Darcus Dies After Long Infirmary Stay
William Darcus, longtime inmate of the Wayne County infirmary in Wooster, Ohio, was found dead in bed. The article notes he was said to be over 400 years old and once known as Old Billy Darcus, described as deformed with a large head and mouth. He was exhibited in a cage by a showman before the Civil War.
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Wooster
William Darcus
Darcus
Billy” Darcus
City to Lake Park Gift in Jeopardy as Funds Run Out
The council refused to appropriate 3000 dollars by January 1 for park improvements on a 26000 dollar site donated two years ago by philanthropists. The property will revert to donors or their heirs on December 31 if funds are not allocated.
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Lake Park
Masaillon
Evade Oil Test Law Probes Spread to Ohio Cities
Ohio oil inspector W H Phipps reports wholesale evasion of the state oil inspection law by naphtha and gasoline dealers. Settlements with firms B T S P Day Co Canfield Oil Co and National Refining Co in Columbus mark early actions. Prosecutions possible in Toledo Dayton Akron Lima Youngstown Meriden and others as evidence accumulates. Violations carry $1000 penalties per offense and enforcement aims to boost receipts by about $1000 monthly.
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Cleveland
W. H. Phipps
Phipps
Canfield Oil& Co
National Refining Co
Columbus
Toledo
Dayton
Akron
Lima
Youngstown
Marietta
Rich Families Face Burden in Ohio Asylum Reform
In Massillon State Hospital cases a Pittsburg magnate's brother has been an inmate 22 years with no support from his wealthy kin. More than 100 similar instances involve wealthy families avoiding care costs for mentally ill relatives. A crusade to curb asylum populations and force heirs to pay is planned for the general assembly.
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Columbus
Pittsburg
Massillon State Hospital
Ashtabula
Italy
General Assembly
Ohio
Farmers Institute Closes After Two Days of Meetings
Strongsville township farmers gather for the annual Farmers Institute in Berea Ohio. The two day program featured invocations lectures on orchard practice duties of a farmer s wife and farmhouse aesthetics. Horatio Markley spoke on soil building rotation tillage and fertilizers as officers were elected.
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W. I. Chamberlain
Minnie Case
Ruth Hamiston
Horatio Markley
Referendum Favored by Ohio State Grange Action
The Ohio State Grange adjourned at Zanesville after adopting a resolution endorsing initiative and referendum by a 47 to 13 vote. They back direct legislation with a 5 percent referendum and up to 8 percent initiative, require majority support to pass, and oppose Rose law amendments while supporting parcels post postal savings bank direct senator election and quail protection.
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Springfield
Ohio State Grange
Zanesville
Grange
Parcels Post
Postal Savings Bank
United States
Massillon pays tribute to a record-sized patient
Massillon, Ohio and Samuell Cleve, billed as the largest man ever committed to the Massillon State hospital, died of pneumonia. He stood six feet six inches tall and weighed 325 pounds, prompting an undertaker to arrange a casket built to order.
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Massilion
O.—Samuell. Cleve
Massillon State Hospital
Undertaker
Ohio Seeks 37 Acre Riverfront Claim Near Cleveland
The state plans a lawsuit to recover 37 acres along the Cuyahoga near the Cleveland Provision Co land. Ownership dates to 1828 with a deed to the state, now valued at about 375000, and a prior two acre success. State Surveyor Buchanan heads to Cleveland as the public works board presses the case.
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Cleveland Provision Co
Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Cuyahoga River
Board of Public Works
Corrigan-McKinney Co
Hawley
John Giessendorfer
State Board
State Board of Public Works
Buchanan
Curtiss Fights the Wrights in Buffalo Patent Suit
In Buffalo three aviators the Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss face a patent dispute in U S court. The Wrights seek a preliminary injunction to stop Curtiss from manufacturing and selling aircraft, claiming Curtiss infringes their patent. Curtiss’s counsel argues their method differs and does not copy the Wrights balancing devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Wright Brothers
Glenn J. Curtiss
Herring-Curtiss Co
Hazel
United States
Wrights
Curtiss
H. A. Toulmin
Springfield
Dayton Fire Fatality Claims Rhoden Family
A south Dayton fire caused by an oil explosion killed Mrs. Cynthia Rhoden, 30, and her daughter Ruth, 2, and left four year old Daisy seriously burned. The mother died while trying to save her children. the baby could not be saved.
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Dayton, O
Cynthia Rhoden
Ruth
Daisy
Jail the End of Honeymoon in Canton
Henry Weinschenker and his 17 year old wife Pauline are jailed in Canton on charges of forging and passing a bogus check. Pauline is the daughter of Emma Jackson who had a warrant accusing the man of abducting her. The couple married while away from town. authorities say funds for their honeymoon came from the forged check.
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Canton
O.—Henry Weinschenker
Pauline
Emma Jackson
Weinschenker
Mangino Captured After Cleveland Murder Confession
Sicilian Antonio Mangino, charged with killing his wife and two children in Cleveland, was captured in Akron. He gave a full confession to Akron police before being taken to Cleveland where he reiterated the confession at Central station. He said his wife started the fatal fight.
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Cleveland, O
Antonio Mangino
Akron
Mangino
Cleveland
James Trojan
Central
Man Sentenced to Pen for Fatal Assault in Akron
Fred Johnson, who assaulted N R Hirech, a race track man, causing his death, was sentenced by Judge R M Wanamaker to two years in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to manslaughter in Akron.
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Akron
O.fred Johnson
N. R. Hirech
R.M. Wanamaker
Johnson
Moiety Claimed by Richard Parr in Sugar Fraud Case
New York. William Loeb Jr approves the moiety claim by Richard Parr, deputy customs collector and informer in the sugar fraud, on 2,135,148 paid by the American Sugar Refining Co. Parr may receive about 700,000 to 1,000,000 depending on the treasury ruling, with Parr credited for exposing the weight manipulation via a steel spring. Parr faces rivals but is favored by treasury approval. the case follows a jail verdict and restitution. Parr currently heads the weighing department of the customs service.
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New York
William Loeb, Jr
Port of
Richard Parr
United States Treasury
American Sugar Refining Co
Parr
Treasury Department
Loeb
Harrison Osborn
Customs
Edwin I. Anderson
Mr. Loeb
Osborne
Secretary of the Treasury
Customs Service
Rock Island flyer derails on curve near Benson
A Rock Island flyer on the Southern Pacific line left the track in a sharp curve near Benson Arizona. The crash killed the engineer and fireman and injured 30 passengers including mail clerks badly. The baggage car chair car and tourist sleeper overturned while the sleeper remained on the track for about 500 yards.
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Tucson
Ariz
Rock Island Flyer
Southern Pacific
Benson
Saint Louis Child Dies In Toy Stove Explosion
Six year old Hast St. Louis Minnie Comin died when a toy stove exploded as she tried to light a fire. Her mother Katherine Comin was fatally burned while attempting to rescue the child and her father Edward Comin was badly hurt as he and a bystander extinguished the flames.
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St. Louis
Minnie Comin
Katherine Comin
Edward Comin
Week’s Lexington sales total 1,986,965 pounds
Sales for the week reached 1,986,965 pounds at an average 14 cents with season total 9,500,000 pounds. Item prices list flyings 9 14, trash 10 17, luga 12 50 16, bright leaf 14 25, red winter 16, tips 8 12, green and damaged 7 9.
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Lexington
Three-Cornered Street Fight Ends with Manager Dead
Charles Vans, manager of the Siam, Maben, Misa company, is dead and Harry Johnson is wounded after a street battle that erupted into a three way struggle for the weapon used in the fatal clash.
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Siam
Maben
Misa
Charles Vans
Harry Johnson
Train Struck by Snow Plow in Colorado Snowstorm
A Rio Grande train on the Crested Butte branch was caught in a snowstorm near Denver. A snow plow with three engines collided with the buried train, causing three deaths.
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Denver
Col
Rio’ Grande
Crested Butte Branch
Public health advice on home cough syrup cure
An article promotes a home remedy for coughs colds bronchitis and hoarseness claiming to cure in five hours. It describes a laxative non-alcoholic cough syrup made from wild cherry bark compound essence cardial and white pine syrup with dosing instructions and cautions for children.
Dozen Cleric Seeks Advice After Church Warden Insult
The Rev. Mr. Dozen complains of public ridicule by his congregation who call him foolish and conceited. He recounts a street meeting with an old German friend, who suggests he may simply bray at critics, offering a blunt, humorous response to his woes.
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Detroit News- Tribune
The Mother of Invention
A small town insurance man plans a dinner with a top insurer. When his guest smokes but the cigar stands are closed, he rifles the guest’s overcoat and pockets to produce a fine cigar. He returns, says he does not smoke, and offers the cigar to his guest.
Well Told Party Inspires Conflicted Joy
Mr. Cumrox praises a party as a great success while questioning why crowds feel like a stranger in his own home, revealing a mix of civic approval and personal unease about the event.
Worth Its Weight in Gold
Pettit's Eye Salve strengthens old Breegate or Howand Bron in a wartime style item promoting a medical remedy. A married man can always get a little off his sentence for bad behavior in a cheeky aside.
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Pettit
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Henry ST
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U.S
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Thompson
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