Right of Trades Unions to Discipline Members Tested in Court
In Cincinnati on Monday Judge Hosea heard the first case testing whether unions can discipline members in arrears for dues. The contractors’ and master plumbers’ associations seek an injunction to restrain plumber strikes and discipline actions. The Central Trades Council backs working plumbers and building trades, arguing no party should be enjoined, while funds for striker benefits were discussed with reassurance of support from national bodies.
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Cincinnati
Hosea
Superior Court
Contractors’ Association
Plumbers’ Union
Master Plumbers’ Association
Tragic Death In Burgetts Town Fire Crowd
Bar ney Congleton arrived in Burgetts town from Steubenville to seek work. He was shoved into a blaze by a railroad crew, tripped back in, and fatally burned as fellow workers, said to be drunk and quarrelsome, did not arrest anyone.
Governor orders probe into Akron prize fight
Columbus Ohio December 19 1913 The reported prize fight at Akron between Gus Ruhlin and Charles Gheen prompted Gov Nash to instruct the attorney general to work with Summit County to ascertain the facts. If law was broken the governor orders prosecution of principals spectators.
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Columbus
Akron
Gus Ruhlin
Charles Gheen
Nash
Attorney General’s Department
Summit County
The Failed Willoughby National Bank Figures Filed
The state ment of the failed Willoughby National bank was filed showing liabilities 419,644 dollars and assets 566,832 dollars. The bank attorney expects all assets can be realized at full value with careful management. Of assets 351,000 dollars relate to the R C Penfield interests and are deemed good. Back salaries as Christmas gifts are to be paid to Hamilton police and firemen three months overdue through board of public safety arrangements before Christmas.
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Cleveland, O
Willoughby National Bank
R. C. Penfield
Hamilton, O
Hamilton
Board of Public Safety
Train collision near New Salisbury kills one
Cleveland December 21 reports a collision near New Salisbury between a double header freight train and a light engine. H. H. Robey of Wellsville was killed after being thrown from a car. Five other trainmen sustained light injuries.
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Cleveland
New Salisbury
H. H. Robey
Wellsville
Firemen Injured As Wall Falls at Mansfield Plant
The Aultman Taylor Machinery Co mold ing shop in Mansfield was gutted by fire Sunday morning causing $6,000 damage insured. Chief Knoffiock and several firemen were injured when a wall collapsed during the blaze.
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Mansfield, C
Aultman Taylor Machinery Co
Knoffiock
Supreme court adjourns for holiday recess
Columbus Ohio December 19 The supreme court Friday adjourned for the holiday recess. The next session will convene January 5. Before ad journment a number of decisions were handed down.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Nagel Sentenced to Electric Chair in April
Upper Sandusky Ohio December 21 Philip Nagel was found guilty of murdering his lifelong friend Willie Wade and sentenced to be electrocuted on April 20 next Nagel accepted the sentence without outward demonstration
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Upper Sandusky, O
Philip Nagel
Willie Wade
Nagel
Cleveland Grocer Walter Byechey Indicted for Embezzlement
Cleveland Ohio December 21 Walter H Byechey general manager of the Peoples Provision Co was indicted by the grand jury on five counts alleging embezzlement.
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Cleveland, C
Walter H. Byechey
The
People’s Provision Co
Dozen Injured as Canby Building Fire Sparks Jumping Plunge
A fire in the Canby building on South Main Street in Dayton forces occupants to jump from the fifth floor. Three girls leaped onto a skylight and fell into Kirby's store. others reached the Elks building roof. Miss Levisson and Minnie Troxell are among the seriously hurt. several people were overcome by smoke and rushed to Deaconess hospital.
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Dayton, O
Canby
South Main Street
Miss Levisson
Aris
Kirby
Elks
Frank Hughes
Miamisburg
Anna Spohr
Lottie Armstrong
Laura Klump
Viola Weckesser
Minnie Troxell
Deaconess Hospital
Ellis Reeder
Traction car collision in Cincinnati injures many
The 9 o clock car for Lawrenceburg on the Cincinnati Louisville and Asheville traction line stopped at North Bend power house. The motorman left his post and a leak in the air pipe released the brakes. The car sped down the incline and side swiped an oncoming car. Both cars wrecked. many aboard injured. William Kretz, motorman of the incoming car, was found in a ditch but not seriously hurt.
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Cincinnati
Lawrenceburg
North Bend
Funeral for Hon. C. S. Rannells Held in McArthur
The funeral service for Hon. C. S. Rannells was conducted Thursday at the Presbyterian church with G. A. R. assistance. Rannells, a Hocking Vinton district legislator serving his second term, was born in Cambridge in 1844, moved to Vinton county in 1850, served in the Civil War, became a notable physician, served as surgeon at Sandusky Soldiers' Home, and practiced in Zaleski until his death.
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Zaleski
Death of William Aurand in Webbs Summit
William Aurand of Webbs Summit Hocking county Ohio was found dead near his home. He had been shot though not robbed as money remained on his clothes. His leg was nearly shot off at the knee and it is believed he bled to death after being laid out during the night.
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Junction City
William Aurand
Webbs Summit
Hocking County
Aurand
Daytons Richard Mose Misdiagnosed Cure with Wood Alcohol
Dayton reports Richard Mose treated stomach trouble with a home remedy alcohol and water but drank wood alcohol by mistake. He is expected to recover, according to friends.
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Dayton, O
Richard Mose
Mose
Machinists Accept Wage Cut in Youngstown
After a long meeting the Machinists' union accepted the wage reduction approved by local machine shop operatives in Youngstown Ohio. The cut ranges from 5 to 15 percent affecting about 400 workers.
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Youngstown, O
Machinists’ Union
Cleveland Trust to Acquire Central Trust Becomes 34,000 Depositors
Cleveland Trust Co. has purchased the business and good will of Central Trust Co. Terms of consolidation are not disclosed. The merged institution now serves 34,000 depositors with deposits totaling $18,000,000.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Trust Co
Central Trust Co
Columbus Man Acquitted in First Degree Murder Case
Alonzo Greenlee is found not guilty of murder in the first degree over the spring killing of farmer George Geyer in Columbus County. The jury acquitted him after deliberation, ending the high profile indictment for complicity.
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Columbus, O
Alonzo Greenlee
Greenlee
George Geyer
Bar Association Moves to Curb Divorce Rates
At the annual State Bar association meeting in Columbus Ohio on December 21 a committee was authorized to draft a bill to mitigate the rise of unlimited divorces.
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Columbus
The
State Bar Association
Watkins resigns from Ohio canal post. Dietz named successor
Columbus Ohio December 21 George H Watkins member elect of the state board of public works resigned as superintendent of the southern division of the Ohio canal F C Dietz named as his successor
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George H. Watkins
Columbus
State Board of Public Works
F. C. Dietz
Snow telescope gifted to Chicago University at Williams Bay
The Snow horizontal reflecting telescope, an addition to Yerkes observatory, was presented to the University of Chicago by Miss Helen Snow in memory of her father George M. H. Snow. A 30 inch plane mirror and a two foot secondary mirror direct light to a concave 60 foot building laboratory allowing precise imaging in a darkened room.
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Snow
Chicago University
Williams Bay
University of Chicago
Yerkes Observatory
Wis
University
Helen Snow
George M. H. Snow
Chicago
Open air winter treatment for tuberculosis started on Blackwell's Island
New York City plans to extend open air therapy for tuberculosis all winter at the Blackwell's Island hospital. A row of ten tents behind the hospital for consumptives will house twelve beds each in an open air design to maximize fresh air and recovery while preventing spread. This marks a historic first for New York's department in combatting TB.
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New York City
Department of Which
Blackwell's Island
New York
Blackwell’s Island
Largest Southwest Farm Claims 101 Ranch Vast Oklahoma Spread
The 101 Ranch on the Ponca reservation claims the largest Southwest farm. It grows multiple wheat varieties to harvest at peak. Wheat fields cover 1,000 acres each, cattle pastures 1,000 to 1,500 acres, and 6,000 cattle year round. Corn rows stretch 1.5 miles, with 500 miles of rows requiring 800 workers. Three weeks of cutting with 30 selfbinders and 40 days with steam threshers process the crop. The ranch spans 50,000 acres.
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Southwest
Ponca Reservation
Peruna Ad Emphasizes Home Use For Children’s Health
An advertisement urges keeping Peruna in every house with children as a preventive and cure for catarrhal affections. It argues avoiding waiting till illness, claims vast lives saved and chronic cures prevented, and frames Peruna as a household safeguard with no substitutes.
Peruna Promises Relief Through Fall and Winter Colds
Advertised letters from Mrs. Brown of Dunneg an Springs Missouri and Mrs. Schafer of St. Louis praise Peruna as a cure for past coughs croups and catarrhal fever. The piece asserts Peruna as a family safeguard reducing doctor visits and claims rapid relief with Dr. Hartman offering free advice.
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J. M. Brown
Dunnegan Springs
Perwina
Good Track Good Trains Good Time
New York Central claims superiority in time equipment roadbed dining service and scenery for West to East travel. Readers urged to mail two cents to George H Daniels for a copy of the Illustrated Catalogue of the New York Central's Four-Track Series.
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New York Central
George H. Daniels
Grand Central Station
New York
Roomful of presents ends as couple elopes
A humorous Plain Dealer note recalls a couple choosing elopement over gifting a roomful of presents. The exchange highlights fond sentiment and a lighthearted stance on modern marriage traditions.
Wiggles Dawson Speech Skills Highlighted in Ward Caucus
In a Somerville Journal note Wiggles Dawson is praised for his versatility in making speeches at a ward caucus and at a Sun day school anniversary. A dialog excerpt shows Mrs Jilt and Miss Hilst discussing his reaction to news of a marriage and his expressed regret in plain terms.
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Wiggles
Dawson
Wagele
Somerville Journal
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Gov. Nash
Dayton
C. S. Rannells
Big Southwestern Farm
Market Report
St’rts
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Indianapolis
Peruna
Alice Schafer
Albert Lietzman
Milwaunee Ave
Dr. Hartman
Hartman ,Sanitorium
Ohio
AVAR
Winchester
George
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Geulus
Jilt
Miss Hilst
Myra
Jill
Miss Hilt
Philadelphia Press
Western
Canada
Western Canada
Jmmiorahos
Ottawa
H, MM
Williams
Law Huilding
Toledo
Anakesis
Tribune Dating
Boston
Mass
St. Jacobs
Price
Stine Et
Prout
R. Paxton Co
Dept. 4
Macs
George Morton
Gen's Pass
MR. & Tryst
Louis Mo
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