Ohio publishers balk at 40 percent price cut on school books
Of 32 Ohio schoolbook publishers two refuse the 40 percent sale cut while two accept. Grosset & Dunlap and Saalfield join the state in mandating lower prices for new books and editions. Graves and Zeller push for compliance or state publishing of school books.
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Columbus
Ohio
Grosset & Dunlap Company
New York
Saalfield Company
Akron
Graves
Harmon
Zeller
State Text Book Commission
Boards of Education
Ohio Corporations Face Penalties Under New Tax Laws
Ohio Tax changes prompt filings before July 1 with daily penalties for late reports. Banks taxed on real value of stock. utilities face capital readjustments as 10 mill limit prompts scrutiny. A matron for the Girls Industrial Home may be chosen. bribery case details reveal how votes were purchased for $200 each.
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Columbus
Ohio
Willis Capital
Tax Commission
Sayre
Franklin County
Public Utilities Commission
Delaware
Board of Trustees
Frank C. Hubbard
Ohio county homes seek matron. board unable to hire
Applicants include women with similar experience from outside Ohio and former matrons of county children's homes and other juvenile institutions. The board recently said no qualified matron would serve for two thousand dollars yearly. Trustees appealed to Governor and Mrs. Harmon for help.
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Ohio
Harmon
New Reforestation Plan Promotes Bird Aid
John D. Kent leads a reforestation effort joined by Columbus leaders in boys work. The plan aims to enlist youths to care for and propagate birds that can destroy tree pests, with Davey noting birds eliminate insects as a solution.
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Ohn D. Kent
Columbus
Census rule ties villages to city status in 1912
Villages with 5000 population per the new federal census do not become cities until January 2, 1912 but may elect officers for a city form of government in the upcoming November election. The ruling comes from Attorney General Hogan to the state accounting bureau.
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State Accounting Bureau
Hogan
Judge Allows Dictograph Record in Diegel Bribery Trial
Judge Kinkead rules that a court stenographer dictograph record of alleged conversations among Detective Harrison Senators Andrews Cetone and Huffman and Sergeant-at-arms Diegle may be presented to the jury. The decision lets the state complete its case as planned despite defense fears and potential undisclosed names. The record, naming but not identifying speakers, details a $200 per vote scheme and will be admitted with speakers identified by nonverbal clues.
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Ohio
Frank Harrison Smiley
Harrison
Chicago
L. R. Andrews
Isaac E. Huffman
George K. Cetone
General Assembly
Burns
Senate
Diegle
Cetone
Andrews
Huffman
Ironton
Kinkead
Diegel
Dictograph
Friends of
Coal Deposits to be Taxed in Ohio
In a historic shift the Ohio tax system will tax coal deposits for the first time. Auditors from Jefferson Harrison Guernsey Belmont and Noble counties visited the state tax commission to place coal deposits on the tax duplicate. Previously taxes targeted leased lands and company equipment. coal veins were untaxed until the Dore law empowered reporting by coal companies.
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Jefferson
Harrison
Guernsey
Belmont
Noble
State Tax Commission
Ohio
Tax Commission
Hogan’s Cold Comfort on Green Law and Workmen Fund
Attorney General T. S. Hogan said decisions are being prepared to uphold the Green law restricting women’s employment and to sustain a workmen’s compensation fund. Employers challenging the ten hour day law seek its unconstitutionality.
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T. S. Hogan
Magazines Sued Over Clearing House Conspiracy
A civil suit filed in the U S circuit court seeks dissolution of the Periodical Clearing House and about a score of magazines for unlawful restraint of trade. The petition alleges an illegal combination since July 1909 with publishers forcing contracts and an official price list for subscriptions and wholesale prices.
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New York
United States Circuit Court
Periodical Clearing House
Wise
Equity
Doubleday, Page & Co
Crowell Publishing Company
Current Literature Publishing Company
S. 8
McClure Company
Phillips Publishing Company
Harper & Bros
Leslie-Judge Company
Review of Reviews Company
International Magazine Company
New Publication Company
Butterick Publishing Company
Standard Fashion Company
New Idea Publishing Company
Ridgeway Company
American Home Magazine Company
Short Stories Company, Ltd
Frank N. Doubleday
Herbert 8. Houston
Frederick L. Collins
Charles D. Lanier
George von Atessy
Clearing House
Periodical House
Senator Warren Is Wedded
United States Senator Francis Warren of Wyoming married Miss Clara Le Baron Morgan in the Hotel Gotham ball room. Warren is sixty seven. Morgan thirty five. Only relatives and intimate friends attended. Warren widow for nine years. The bride is daughter of the late John L Morgan of Groton Conn and inherits a large fortune.
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New York
United States
Francis Warren
Wyoming
Clara le Baron Morgan
Gotham
Senator Warren
John L. Morgan
Groton
Supreme Court Orders Dissolution of American Tobacco Co
The U.S. Supreme Court directed the attorney general to urge lower courts to execute its order dissolving the American Tobacco Company. The 30 day window for rehearing requests has expired.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Attorney General
American Tobacco Company
Head of College Resigns at Hemming College
President W. P. McVey of Hemming College Abington Illinois has tendered his resignation. The move comes as the college faces ongoing leadership questions and program adjustments.
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Goerbvre
W. P. McVey
Hemming College
Abington, IL
Action for Perjury After Lorimer Case
Washington witnesses describe denials and contradictions in the Lorimer case. Edward Hines testifies he did not arrange a $10 000 contribution or discuss money with Funk or Governor Deneen. Hines reinforces that Lorimer was not told of funds and that he spoke against any such arrangement. Edward Tilden of National Packing denies handling funds or recollecting Lorimer talks. The exchange centers on possible perjury and election funding claims.
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Washington
Edward Hines
Chicago
Clarence S. Funk
Hines
Senator Lorimer
W. H. Cook
Deneen
Funk
Union League Club
Fred Carney
Marinette
Wis
Charles Hall
Sault Ste. Marie
Isaac Baker
Mr. Funk
Lorimer
Senate
Lorimer Funk
Cook
Kenyon
Springfield
Aldrich
Taft
Penrose
Edward Tilden
The
National Packing Company of Chicago
Tilden
Attorney Marble
New Naturalization Rules Take Effect Here
New rules under the 1906 naturalization law enforce certificates of landing for citizenship. Applicants arriving since 1906 must show date place and manner of arrival before final papers are issued.
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New York
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Henwood Found Guilty in Colorado Barroom Shooting
Denver jury convicts Frank H. Henwood of New York of second degree murder for the shooting of Sylvester von Pub near George E. Copeland in the Brown Palace hotel barroom. Copeland injured as Henwood fires in a Denver barroom incident.
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Denver
Colo
Frank H. Henwood
New York
George E. Copeland
Copeland
Henwood
Brown Palace
Sylvester von
Brighter Outlook As Trade Improves In Second Half
R G Dun reports a brighter mid year trade picture with iron and steel showing marked improvement and exports moving toward a strong US surplus. Leather demand remains steady though footwear production varies. bank clearings fall 6.9 percent from last year while New York Exchange sales shift due to stock activity.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
United States
New York City
New York Exchange
Chicago
Boston
Baltimore
Cleveland
Louisville
New Orleans
Cincinnati
US and Canada Business Failures and Grain Exports Report
Bradstreet's data shows US weekly business failures at 227, up from 222 the prior week and compared with 197 in the same week 1910. Canada reports 31 failures. wheat and flour exports total 2,078,405 bushels for the week, with the 52 week total at 122,873,761 bushels. Corn exports for the week are 613,848 bushels, and the 52 week corn exports total 60,254,817 bushels.
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Bradstreet
United States
Canada
Cincinnati Markets Report From The Grain And Live Stock Pages
A detailed price rundown for Flour-Winter patents to fancy grades, wheats, corns, oats, and more. Live stock prices include cattle, bulls, calves, hogs, sheep, lambs, with range figures for shippers, cholers, and packers. Also listed are poultry eggs butter apples carrots celery lemons onions oranges potatoes and sacks/boxes prices.
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Cincinnati
Louisiana
California
New Orleans
Ohio
Indiana
Hoods Sarsaparilla Ad Claims Health Benefits
An advertisement extols Hoods Sarsaparilla as a cure for blood humors eruptions and digestion issues. It promotes liquid and Sarsatabs chocolate tablets claiming vigor appetite and energy benefits.
Night swallows warn would be early risers
A reflection warns that those who aim to rise early face danger from night swallows. The excerpt cautions self reliance may backfire and suggests prudence in daily ambition.
Brazilian Balm Claims Rapid Cure For Serious Illnesses
An advertisement touts Brazilian Balm as curing catarrh asthma bronchitis quick consumption and alleges instant pneumonia typhoid and blood poisoning relief. It promises long track record 82 years with thousands cured and offers two bottles for one dollar with express paid. Dr B F Jackson Arcade New York markets the remedy through druggists.
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B. F. Jackson
Arcade
New York
I Was Born Aboard An Airship A Quirky Start
A humorous exchange claims a rapid start in life as the speaker jokes they were born in an airship. The remark plays on the idea of an unusual origin to spark amusement.
First Crowned Heads Fly in Airplane Feats
Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria becomes the first crowned head to fly, knighted in midair by his aviators. Prince Henry of Prussia is noted as the first professional aviator of royal rank, with Mr. Roosevelt and Arthur J. Balfour among early prominent figures in aviation.
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Czar Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Prince Henry
Prussia
Mr. Roosevelt
Arthur J. Balfour
Edith and Edward clash over cigars in family standoff
Edith-Papa bans marriage to Mr Stingy over cheap cigars. Edward objects, Edith counters that he complains about expensive brands. The exchange exposes family tensions around social status and taste.
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Edith
Papa
Mr. Stingy
Edward
Quit Coffee to Restore Heart Health Promises Life Insurance Approval
A Colorado man recounts abandoning coffee after heart trouble, indigestion, and nervousness improved rapidly with Postum. After quitting coffee he was accepted by a life insurance company, praising Postum for restoring digestion, stabilizing his heart, and ending nervous symptoms. Battle Creek, Michigan firm backs the claim with a testimonial letter.
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Colorado
Life Insurance Co
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Wyoming Statesman
Connecticut
Fund
United States Commerce and Labor Department
Cincinnati Grain Market
Cincinnati Miscellaneous
Carter
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