Economy as a political burden in Buckeye assembly
In Ohio's 82nd General Assembly Democrats frame economy as an affliction to guard against. The piece notes budget plans, standardization of salaries, and a resigning focus on reform under Cox after Willis's inauguration. It highlights war talk on suffrage and prohibition and reforms aimed at removing saloon influence from politics.
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General Assembly
Buckeye State
Columbus
Finley- Wolfe
Wilson
Cox
Ohio
Driftwood
James M. Cox
Statehouse
Gov. Cox
Heffernan
New York City
Donaldson
Willis
A. V. Donahey
State Board of Administration
Gov. Willis
Ohio National Guard
Old Guard
Guard of Honor
Republic
Senate
Terrill
House
Adjutant General
Civil Service Commission
James Ross
Ross
Industrial Commission
Supreme Court
Parrett-Whittemore
Warnes
Barry and Horn
Harding and Tremper
C. J. Smith
Guthery
Frank
Parrett
Milton Clark
Suffrage and Tax Clash Highlight Ohio Assembly Sessions
The Columbus legislature ends its third week amid debates over tax reform, temperance, and women’s suffrage. Bills push for eight hour work limits for women, pay raises for teachers, and a Massachusetts style voting reform while party lines blur between city and rural blocs.
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General Assembly
Agnew
Cleveland
Horn
Planned Consolidation of Cleveland Traction Firms Nears
Developments indicate an 40 million merger of Cleveland traction properties led by Hodenspul Hardy & Co. with Stark Electric and Lake Shore Electric under the Northern Ohio Electric Corporation. Bankers met with owners as options on Stark Electric stock surfaced and terms for purchase were reported, with exchanges in Alliance and New York.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland Traction Properties
New York
Hodenspul, Hardy & Co
Northern Ohio Traction and Light Co
Cleveland
Financial District
Stark Electric Railroad Co
Carton
Alliance
Salem
Stark Electric
Cleveland, Southwestern
Columbus
J. O. Wilson
The
Southwestern
Lake Shore Electric
Cleveland, Painesville and
Eastern
Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula
Northern Ohio Electric Corporation
E. W. Moore
Hamilton Street Cars Halted by 25 Cent Strike
About 50 motormen and conductors on the Hamilton Ohio Electric Railway strike for 25 cents per hour. affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. The company stored provisions for guards from Cincinnati while preparations to operate cars again were under way and a sympathetic strike may follow.
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Hamilton
Ohio Electric Railway Company
American Federation of Labor
Lindenwald
Cincinnati
Ohio Electric Railway
Fire destroys Lima railroad coach sheds and shops
A blaze at Lima Ohio wiped out the C H D railroad coach sheds and repair shops, causing an estimated loss of 75000 dollars. An explosion of chemicals is suspected to have started the fire. About 50 coaches in the shops were destroyed. over 500 workers are employed at the facilities, the only C H D shops on the system.
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Lima, O
Surveyors of Ohio Meet in Lima
Northwestern Ohio County Surveyors Association held its annual convention in Lima. A A Taylor Hancock county surveyor was endorsed as State Highway Commissioner. Perry Ford Ottawa presided. Cecil L. Rood Toledo and R M Sprohl Bowling Green spoke.
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Lima
Ohio County Surveyors’ Association
A. A. Taylor
Hancock County
Perry Ford
Ottawa
Cecil L. Rood
Toleo
R. M. Sprohl
Bowling Green
Lima Man Sentenced for Auto Thefts
Lima Ohio police say Carl Astray, 34, was sentenced to the Ohio penitentiary for stealing automobiles in Lima. Police report he was also served a sentence in San Quentin for stealing a minister's car.
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Lima
Carl Astray
Ohio Penitentiary
San Quentin
Governor Cox May Speak at Philadelphia Rally
At a large Philadelphia rally on April 8, President Wilson and Governor Cox are expected to speak to rural church supporters across the North Atlantic and Central Western States.
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Governor Cox
Columbus
Philadelphia
North Atlantic
Wilson
Sportsmen Seek Separate Fish and Game Body for Ohio
Columbus convention of the League of Ohio Sportsmen votes to split the Fish and Game Department from the State Board of Agriculture. A Conservative Commission of Ohio would govern, with a bill drafted for the legislature. Backers say sportsmen fund most propagation and protection efforts and urge expanded deputy wardens and more land for refuges and propagation.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Fish and Game Department
State Board of Agriculture
League of Ohio
Conservative
Commission of Ohio
J. F. Atwood
League
Shaft to Ohio's Heroes Monument Near Lookout Mountain
A monument to Ohio soldiers at Lookout Mountain near the White House is nearly ready for dedication in late spring or early summer. Gov. Cox is expected to give the principal address, with Captain H Bolton of McComb, Hancock county, head of the commission. Cox supported the project and helped secure legislative funding for the statue. The shaft stands high on the mountain, among other state monuments, recalling fierce battles fought nearby.
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Galbreath
Columbiana County
East Liverpool
Youngstown
Ohio
Bellaire
Cleveland
House
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Harriet Upton Taylor
Ohio Woman's Suffrage Association
Elizabeth Hauser
Girard
Association For Woman's Suffrage
Reynolds
Platt
Cox
Sandles
Alfred Putnam Sandles
Ottawa
Interstate Stone Men’s Association
Jesse Taylor
Jamestown
Board of Agriculture
Columbus
Lookout Mountain
White House
Big Four railroad buys Galion yard site for new facilities
In Galion Ohio the Big Four Railway acquires a large area just north of the limits for new yards and terminal facilities including a roundhouse and offices. Other Ohio items note resignations and new hospital plans in Lima and a civil suit in Ironton.
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Galion, O
Big Four Railway
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DLO Organization
Finley-Wolfe Clan
Clarence Maris
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Massachusetts
Montgomery County
Frank B. Willis
Hardin County
Ohio Fair Boys
Chamber of Commerce Auditorium
H. H. Timby
Ashtabula
Timby
Ohio Retail Dry Goods Association
Rorick
F. H. Rorick
Wauseon
Stae Board of Administration
A. F. Shepard
Louis M. Day
Ross County
Utilities Commission
Day
Oliver H. Hughes
Highland
Northern Ohio Electric
Tis
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Surveyors OF
Buckeye Counties
Game and Fish Department
Agricultural Board
SHAFT
Buckeye News
Columbus, O
Clarence M. Hinman
Columbus Clearing House
Clearing House
Napoleon, O
Col
J. M. Rieger
Common Pleas Bench
State Armory Board
Col. Rieger
Schrembs
A. E. Manning
St. Rose Church
Sisters of Charity
Ironton, D
John Rigoway
United Rescue Mission
City of
Ironton
Sara Newman
Columbus, CO
Dayton Power and Light Co
Jamestown Electric Light Co
James Holden
Zanesville
Edward Snelling
Thornville
Della
Campbell
Life of
Lincoln
George F. Reiser
State City Free Employment Office
Toledo
Public Service
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