Ohio's Annual G. A. R. Campfire Ends Encampment
The 48th Ohio G. A. R. encampment closed in East Liverpool under a near freezing day with eight heat prostrations, five veterans. Speakers included Rev. C. W. Blodgett of Cincinnati and Department Commander W. R. Warnock of Urbana. Officers were elected and Senator J. B. Foraker named a delegate to the Detroit national encampment.
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Union News Service
East Liverpool
Mer
Grand Army ‘of the Republic
Department of Ohio
Ceramic Theater
C. W. Blodgett
Cincinnati
Hell
W. R. Warnock
Urbana
William 8. Matthews
Columbus
Erasmus Wilson
Pittsburg
J. Kent Hamilton
Toledo
W. H. Surles
J. B. Cummins
Xenia
J. King Gibson
South Charleston
J. B. Foraker
Detroit
Ohio Supreme Court Rules Private Corporations Tax Exemption
The Buckeye court holds private corporations cannot be taxed on goodwill earning power or capital stock surplus. Public utilities and railroads remain unaffected. The ruling, in the Harry L. Long v Champion Coated Paper Co. case, may lower assessed tax figures in Butler County and beyond.
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Columbus
Ohio
Buckeye Supreme Court
State Tax Commission
Harry L. Long
Butler County
Champion Coated Paper Co
Butler County Court of Appeals
Miners Protest Aid in Nelsonville Ohio
Unsettled mining conditions spark dissatisfaction among Nelsonville miners over relief they received from the United Mine Workers Local. After three months idle, each man got six dollars in benefits and locals in Sunday Creek valley reportedly demand district control of funds without general assessments.
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Nelsonville
United Mine Workers
Sunday Creek
Kent State Normal School Enrolls 1250 for Second Summer Term
President McGilvery and assistants enrolled 1,250 students for the second summer term at Kent State Normal School setting records for the educational institution in its second year.
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Kent, D
McGilvery
Kent State Normal School
Canton capitalists form eight million steel plant trust
Canton Ohio investors led by H M Geiger form an eight million dollar Central Steel Co to build a large steel plant in Massillon. The plan includes connecting factories with the Massillon rolling mill owned by Geiger and supplying enamel ware production.
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Canton
H. M. Geiger
Massillon
the Central Steel Co
Geiger
Ee Ee
Inet Link
Chalu
Fight of the teachers in Cleveland public schools escalates
In Cleveland Ohio the battle between public school teachers and the board of education continues as Superintendent J H M Frederick lists appointments for the coming year omitting 18 instructors linked to the Grade Teachers club. Seventeen are named on the organization executive committee and active in union efforts.
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Cleveland, O
Board of Education
J. H. M. Frederick
Grade Teachers Club
Bonds to Build Municipal Electric Plant Approved
Norwalk voters approved a $120,000 bond issue to erect a municipal electric lighting plant by 1,131 to 129. The city’s current 19 year old franchise with the Cleveland, Southwestern & Columbus Railway Co. expires in September 1916.
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Norwalk
Cleveland, Southwestern & Columbus Railway Co
Marietta Student Drowns in Muskingum River
Marietta Ohio reports college student John Finch drowned in the Muskingum River north of the city. Two companions John Dencon and Gates Dawes, son of former Congressman Dawes, nearly lost their lives while attempting the rescue.
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Marietta, O
John
Finch
Marietta College
Muskingum
John Dencon
Gates Dawes
Dawes
Members pledge to make Ohio dry by 1915 and saloonless nation
At the Youngstown District Methodist Episcopal conference in Conneaut Ohio members uplifted their hands and pledged to toil toward making Ohio dry in 1915 and for a saloonless nation in 1916.
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Conneaut, O
Youngstown
Buckeye Briefs Share State Bar Honor and Local News
Columbus Cleveland man Samuel Crobaugh earns honor with 94.3 percent on the state bar exam among 285 applicants. Marion resident John Postell, 21, wakes from a dream to find a bullet in his thigh from a nearby house. Wooster notes Sheldon Parks of Cleveland named chair of Wooster University endowment drive seeking 1 million dollars. Caldwell reports Republican Journal Co building gutted by fire, 6000 loss, insured. Steubenville remembers Joshua W. Skeels, 95, oldest Mason in the county, admired for work and outdoors life. Gallipolia reports Ohio River navigation suspended between Gallipoli and Pittsburgh due to low water, not seen in 25 years.
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Gallipolia
Ohio River
Gallipolie
Pittsburg
Great Salem Fire Devastates City Amid Martial Law
A historic Salem blaze raged for 15 hours destroying up to 400 buildings and leaving thousands homeless. Officials report 3 dead, 50 injured, and as many as 20,000 displaced. water supply cut, militia feeding lines run from Highland Avenue, and relief drives attract help from 25 towns. Governor Walsh appeals for funds and organization to aid victims.
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Salem
Mass
Plymouth
Walsh
Cresce
Highland Avenue
George Lee
Sarah Fiske
Mary Hasell
Archduke and Consort Shot in Sarajevo Attack
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess of Hohenberg were killed in Sarajevo after a bomb and a later pistol attack. Assailants Pierre Gabrinovic and Princip fired on the royal carriage as crowds cheered a royal visit.
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Union News Service
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Franz Josef
Duchess of
Hohenberg
Pierre Gabrinovic
Prinzip
Gabrinovic
Royal Automobile
Archduke
Count von Boos-Waldeck
Col
Merizzo
Franz Ferdinand
Burgomaster
Rudolfstrasse
Franz Josefstrasse
Wilson Predicts Great Economic Boom After Anti-Trust Passage
President Wilson declares a national revival will follow the passage of anti trust legislation completing the administration program. He addresses Virginia editors at the White House and warns against delaying reforms, noting prior currency reform and tariff adjustments eased business fears.
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Mr. Wilson
Washington
United States
Wilson
Virginia
White House
Congress
Congress and To Prophets of Evil Times. “We Know What We Are Doing,” Mr. Wilson
Phen
Friends of Business
Alienation suit filed for $10000 in Joliet
Mrs Carrie Grosman, formerly of Chicago, sues William Hutchinson for $10000 damages alleging alienation of her husband’s affections. Hutchinson later identified as a wealthy Chicago broker.
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Joliet
Carrie Qroasman
Chicago
William Hutchinson
Mutchinson
Speedy Success and a Daughter’s Quick Rise
A father notes his daughter’s rapid achievements securing a stenographer position in a large firm. He adds with pride that she has already received three marriage offers, illustrating both career progress and social expectation.
Terpsichorean Addrens First Golfer Ever Notice
A playful note remarks on a golfer driving off the tee with a posture or motion reminiscent of dancing the tango. The item questions whether the stance signals golf form or dance influence in the early scene.
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Terpsichorean Addrens
Bombardment of Puerta Plata Ends With Machias Fire
In Dominican waters the gunboat Machias silenced the rebel stronghold at Puerta Plata with its main battery after Dominican forces violated an artillery ban. The eight four inch guns fired a limited volley as Captain Russell pursued peaceful settlement amid repeated conferences aboard the battleship.
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Washington
Puerta Plata
Bordas
Santo Domingo
Machias
Puerto Plata
Russell
Dominican
California Strands On Tory Island In Thick Fog
The Anchor Line steamer California en route from New York to Glasgow went ashore on Tory Island amid dense fog and rain. Wireless calls drew swift aid from gun boats and torpedo boats patrolling the northwest Irish coast for gun runners tied to the Ulster movement. The vessel carried 421 saloon and over 300 second cabin passengers with five to seven fathoms of water at the strikes, and there was no panic.
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Londonderry
Ireland
California
New York
Glasgow
Ulster Movement
Freight Train Plunges Over Embankment In Indiana
In Jeffersonville Indiana eastbound Big Four freight No 64 ran onto an uncompleted switch and rolled ten feet down an embankment. One man probably fatally injured and three others hurt. Fireman G A Eldrige was pinned in the cab and scalded before extrication. Injured rushed to Deaconess hospital Louisville. Engineer from Wabash Indiana and conductor from Greensburg Indiana.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Big Four
G. A. Eldrige
Deaconess Hospital
Louisville
Wabash
Greensburg
Cincinnati Markets Grain and Livestock Prices
The Cincinnati market report lists corn, hay, oats, rye, wheat, poultry, eggs, cattle, bulls, calves, hogs, sheep and spring lambs with varied prices. Quotations cover No. 2 to No. 8 white and mixed corn, timothy and clover hays, oats, rye and red wheats, plus live stock classes from shippers to butcher grades and related poultry and egg values.
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Bologna
Shoe Industry Sees Rising Activity in Boston Factories
Boston boot and shoe market shows overall improvement with women's shoe factories operating at full capacity and strong demand ahead. Men's factories run only sparsely, with few operating more than four or five days a week.
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Boston
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Wooster
Sheldon Parks
Wooster University
Steubenville, O
Joshua W. Skeels
York
Vicksburg
Massachusetts
Henry C. Frick
Pittsburgh
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Prigzip
Cabrinovice
Miljachka
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