Notorious Peonage Ring Exposed In Ohio Warden Cracks Down
Special Columbus correspondent reports warden Thomas halting a practice of using wards from penal institutions for unlivable wages. Farmers paroling prisoners to secure labor faced scrutiny after a farmer offered about $8 a month. The piece notes rising coal prices and state financial returns, plus a list of new physicians and revoked licenses.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Thomas
Delaware
Atate
State Medical Board
W. S. Gilhunt
Springfield
Catherine Wray
Remer L. Haines
Xenia
George L. Lambright
Candusky
Charles R. Meek
Lorain
Walter A. Noble
St. Marys
Kier J
Joseph H. Ralston
Ralph B. Thompson
Carroll H.verovitz
Orville
C. Walker
James N. Wychgel
Royal G. Grossman
Cleveland
William W.shapiro
Toledo
Ellis ‘R. Bader
Joseph L. DeCourcy
Harry J. Hammond
Clarence L. Hans
Howard RB. Hackert
Osa Hoerner
Cincinnati
Jacob C. Hutzelman
Hamilton
State highway bids lag as contractors wary of public road jobs
State highway commissioner faces a serious bid scare as contractors grow hesitant to bid on public road improvements. Last Saturday only three bids arrived for 16 proposed projects amid widespread caution in the industry.
Andrews Delivers Sermon In Prison Garb
Former Senator Laforrest R. Andrews preached at the Ohio penitentiary chapel to about a thousand inmates. He spoke on causes that send men to prison and was described by officials as a powerful and unexpected address delivered in prison garb.
Lamar Story Startles Washington in Lobby Hearings
Washington reporting extraordinary developments in the house lobby scene. David Lamar known as The Wolf admits impersonating Democratic leaders to influence major financial figures led by Edward Lauterbach. Ledyard details how Lamar and Lauterbach sought to control investigations and political outcomes involving Morgan interests and the steel trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Senate Lobby Committee
David Lamar
Wall Street
the Wolf
Senate Committee
Congress
Department of Justice
Edward Lauterbach
New York
Lamar
State of
Lauterbach
J. P. Morgan & Co
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Steel Corporation
Morgan Firm
Attorney General's Office
Steel Trust
Clark
Senator Stone
Robert L. Henry
William J. Bryan
Daniel J. Riordan
Lovett
Paul D. Cravath
Maxwell Byarts
Union Pacific
McReynolds
W. F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Charles D. Hilles
Republican National Committee
Riordan
John D. Archbold
Elliott
Standard Oil Company
Oil Trust
Stroock
J. Pier
Morgan & Co
Messrs
Ledyard
Cravath
Evarts
Lamar Lauterbach
A. O. Stanley
Kentucky
Henry D. ‘Martin
American Anti-Trust League
Mr. Stanley
Stanley
Conan Doyle
Palmer
Congressman Palmer
Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Roosevelt
Courtesy In Society And Politeness In Love
A quotation discussion describes courtesy as love expressed in social relations. It defines politeness as love in the things and asserts that love cannot behave unseemly, attributed to Henry Drummond.
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Henry Drummond
Wit and law clash in terse courtroom quip
A brief nugget notes a man uses his own wit against the opinions of others in a sharp legal quip attributed to a sharp mind. The line frames wit as currency and law as audience in a concise, period tone.
Difference in Failures in a Capitalist’s Quip
A Denver capitalist quips about a dishonest liquidation caught in the act. He contrasts pessimists who claim marriage equals failure by noting a key difference: in marriage the wife takes the husband’s name, while in a failure the husband takes the wife’s name.
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Denver
Poets Declining as Publishers Set the Example in Norfolk
A magazine writer notes a decline in poets while publishers in Norfolk Va set a contrasting example through proactive promotion and new initiatives. The piece contrasts literary intent with industry action and highlights local cultural trends impacting publishing.
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Norfolk Va
Bandits Hold Up Train in Sardis with $10000 Loot
Four masked bandits robbed the Chicago to New Orleans train No. 1 at Sardis Mississippi, blowing the Express safe and escaping with more than 10000 dollars in cash and valuables. Passengers were unharmed though a fireman was knocked unconscious. Bloodhounds and nearby posses pursue the robbers.
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New Orleans
Sardis
Miss
American Express Company
Tallahatchie River
Batesville
Enid
COUNT RAIL STRIKE VOTE
Eastern railroads face a potential large scale dispute as 100 000 conductors and trainmen across 45 roads vote on a wage demand of 17 million dollars annually. Managers say public interest blocks raises after 1910 gains. Vote tally likely delayed beyond Monday.
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New York
Elisha Lee
Railroad Committee of Managers
Passers of Phony Money Alarm Latonia Betting Ring
Latonia Kentucky July 3 officers arrested a gang of counterfeiters in the betting ring between races three and four. The crowd feared a riot as the suspects begged for mercy but calmed when officers explained the offense. Detectives had traced the fake money through the Latonia action with management and police on the case for days.
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Latonia
Cincinnati
Rich Man Ends Life In Memphis Hotel
J A G McDonald of Toronto, a Memphis lumberman with offices in Memphis, is believed to have died by his own hand in a Memphis hotel. His body was found at noon with a bottle of poison partly emptied on the room floor.
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Ledyard
Lauterbach
Clark
Senator Stone
Morgan
Bryan
Leydard
Stone
Steel
Memphis
Tenn
J. .A. G. McDonald
Toronto
Canada
Memphi
Generous .at Small Cost A San Francisco Banquet Tale
William McCombs recounts a club chat where philanthropists are praised. A stranger adds a neighbor deserves inclusion, noting he never sends away a tramp empty handed, instead giving them a letter of introduction to the speaker. The tale underscores humor in charity.
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San Francisco
William ¥. McCombs
Eczema Cure Claims Quick Relief for Child
Mrs Edith Schwartz of Hillsboro Illinois reports a twenty day recovery from a two month eczema outbreak on her child after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She says pimples with yellow discharge irritated the skin and caused intense itching and sleep loss before the products cured. Free samples offered through Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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Walnut St
Hillsboro
Ill
Edith Schwartz
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Astonishing Coiffures Of History In High Hair
A look back at extreme hairstyles from the eighteenth century noting how doorways were tall enough for fashion, with anecdotes about Marie Antoinette's wig makers, Mme de Genlis and the Duchesse de Chartres.
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Marie Antoinette
Mme. de Genlis
Voltaire
Ferny
Absalom
Duchess de Chartres
Louis Philippe
Skyscraper rises on Broadway near post office in New York
A 780 foot skyscraper near the Broadway post office in New York City provides working quarters for 10 000 people. If all workers used the subway after work it would take ten car express trains 15 minutes to clear them. The city hosts many similar towers and hundreds that hold over a thousand.
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Lower Broadway
New York City
Remark Overheard Exchange Echoes Dramatic Moment
A sharp witticism lands during a tense scene as one character notes the other’s breath remains dominant. The banter hints at ongoing conflict and rivalries shaping the moment’s tension.
Grape-Nuts Food Promoted For Healthy Babies
A parent credits Grape-Nuts with saving a baby after doctors doubted a milk diet. The letter describes preparing a strained Grape-Nuts juice with milk, salt and sugar, fed every two hours, claiming the infant became strong and healthy.
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Baby
Pete
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D. A.,donovan
Thomas J. Duffy
East -Liverpol
New State Industrial Commission
House
Reynolds
Henry
McCombs
Hilles
D. Brandeis
J. Pierpont Mgan
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Wallstreet
U. P
Richard Yates
Illinois
California
Mississippi
Eastern Roads
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