Dayton Keeps NCR Plant as City Pledges Support
About 6,000 Dayton leaders attend a mass meeting to keep the National Cash Register Co plant in the city. The chamber of commerce proposal adds a railroad outlet, a bridge over the Miami at Stewart street, and rivercourse straightening with levee reconstruction partly funded by NCR. President J. H. Patterson says pledges from Dayton justify the company staying.
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Dayton, O
National Cash Register Co
Patterson
Dayton
Chamber of Commerce
Miami
Stewart Street
Miami River
J. H. Patterson
National Cash Register
Governor Harris to visit all seventeen state institutions
Governor Harris plans a summer tour visiting each of Ohio's seventeen state institutions to inspect their operation. He will travel quietly without announcements or formal itineraries, possibly moving across regions day by day to observe the conduct and leadership at each facility.
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Columbus
Harris
Preble
Kosher Meat Ban Triggers Cleveland Riots
In Cleveland a melee erupted after a four cent per pound raise on kosher meat sparked anger in a Jewish district. Women and children picketed shops, delivery wagons halted, meat was dumped in coal oil, and shops were ransacked as crowds clashed. one man ran over a baby while fleeing and a bystander was seriously injured.
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Cleveland
Jacob Rockovitch
Rockovitch
Qne
Lost watch recovered by conscience and priest
A man who found James McMullen’s watch in Urbana twenty years ago returned it after a religious awakening. The finder kept quiet until a priest declined to reveal his identity, and the watch was rerturned to McMullen at the Catholic church. First Step Toward Transfer. Canton, O. R. B. Shields, administrator of Abner McKinley’s estate, filed for sale of real estate to fund the National McKinley Memorial Association. Appraisers named. Kenton and Ashtabula boards updated. Other notes include state appraiser changes and an accident report at MUL Creek Park. Archbishop Moeller presided over Notre Dame ceremonies in Hamilton. Weather and local incidents described in brief notices.
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Urbana
Jas. MeMullen
Woodcock
McMullen
Canton
R. B. Shields
Abner McKinley
McKinley
M. C. Barber
National McKinley Memorial Association
Stranger Tries Farm Deed and Mortgage Using Forged Signatures
In Tiffin on Tuesday a man posing as George M. Snyder filed a deed transferring 120 acres in Scipio township from Finley Ringle and took a $2,500 loan from Nicholas J. Welter. The deed and signatures are forged. the con man vanished after securing the money. a local real estate firm was duped.
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Tiffin
George M. Snyder
Finley Ringle
Scipio Township
Nicholas J. Welter
Ringle
Snyder
Busy Sandusky husband skips court in divorce suit
Peter Anderson, a Truron businessman, was ordered to appear as defendant in a divorce suit filed by his wife. He sent word that he was too busy, and Mrs. Anderson was granted a decree.
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Sandusky
Peter Anderson
Truron
Plaintif
Tragic Deaths Strike Sandusky and Columbus
Patrick Clark admitted from Cla ck nails to Soldiers' Home was killed almost instantly by a street car in Sandusky. Coroner Thos Kiernan of Fairfield county, struck by apoplexy in Columbus, rallied and will go home to Lancaster. A Columbus notice reports George H. Merkel seeks to lease a six foot wide strip for canal bank access.
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Sandusky
Patrick Clark
Clacknail
Columbus
Thos. Kiernan
Fairfield County
Lancaster
Canal Bank
George H. Merkel
Cincinnati
State Board of Public Works
Be Ready for Opportunity and Pluck in Business
A motivational piece urges constant readiness and pluck as keys to success in business. It stresses enthusiasm perseverance and finishing what is begun, warns against snobbery toward workers in overalls, and urges serving the public to grow sales.
Perseverance and Push in Business Outlook
Motivational piece urges constant effort and advertising to seize opportunity. Advocates aggressive promotion, customer outreach, and persistent work ethic to overcome stalls, with tips on dealing with customers in dry goods and groceries and maintaining enthusiasm in sales.
Tale of the Dorothea and a Philadelphia shipwright line
A historic ship named the Dorothea began as a joke bid at an auction when a Philadelphia apprentice bought her for five dollars. She later became the cornerstone of a family shipping business in the Quaker City and was rebuilt as a grand yacht for the Cramp family. After the Spanish American War she sat at League Island until Illinois Naval reserves secured rights to her for naval use.
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Philadelphia
Dorothea
Delaware Bay
League Island Navy Yard
Chicago Chronicle
Illinois Naval Reserves
Navy Department
Lonely Dougherty Island named most remote on earth
The article ranks isolation of southern seas islands noting Crozet group and Hog Island. It cites Heard Island Bouvet and Possession as remote, but Dougherty Island tops list with only two sightings in a century and official admiralty directions calling it the most remote place on earth.
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Catherine
Cape Town
Hog Island
Heard Island
South Georgia
Bouvet Island
Possession Island
Bouvet
Dougherty Island
Admiralty
Cure for Cracked Skin Pomade Recipe
A housewife remedy advises using cocoa butter and sweet almonds with oxide of zinc borax and bergamot to treat cracked hands. Heat fats, mix in zinc and borax, cool, then blend bergamot oil to create a healing pomade for regular rubbing two to three times daily.
Dialogue of Dreamer and Realist on Vision and Coal
A playful exchange contrasts a dreamer’s questions about pictures with a realist’s reply about coal bills, highlighting different perspectives. The snippet preserves quirky wordplay and character interaction.
Lice in Poultry Use of 20 Mule Team Borax
Mrs. B. R. Buffham of Roswell New Mexico reports spraying her 8S. C. Leghorn hen house with 20 Mule Team Borax to control lice after dangerous inflammable lice killers. She says she found no lice and will continue using borax as spray and wash.
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B. R. Buffham
Roswell
New Mexico
Drummer Seeks Hot Water at Texas Wayside Inn
A traveling man stays in a small Texas hamlet and asks for hot water after discovering the hotel lacks an electric bell. The porter apologizes, explaining no hot water is available, but offers to heat water for the guest.
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Texas
Darkey
Tramp’s visit ends with feigned generosity at back door
A hatchet faced woman questions a tramp at her door about food and alcohol. She accuses him of liquor while he denies possessing any. He insists he has none and vanishes, leaving the exchange to end awkwardly.
Quaker Wit piece on warmth and a corseted recovery
A Quaker riding with a dressed companion hears her complain of the cold. She shivers in lace bonnet and shawl asking how to warm up. The Quaker offers a blunt solution, saying unless they put on another breastpin.
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Magaina
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